Yes, there are those in the Tea Party that have a lot in common with those in the OWS...except for one thing....the Tea Party is largely funded and controlled by the Kochs and others. The same could be said for another seminal group that could be very dangerous....Americans Elect. Once large masses of people are controlled and steered by wealthy people like this then the people lose their teeth.

The very reason why America was able to break free of the English Kings rule was due, largely, to their "hit and run" guerrilla tactics. They did not have the latest and greatest technology nor the "stand and fight" discipline or highly regimented armies. They had to fight with what they had. Hit and run "terrorism" defeated the British. All the British Generals could do is call names....like "cowards"...now doesn't that sound familiar?

We, the 99% are up against such a regimented and powerful force that has manipulated the economic and political system to their overwhelming favor. By trying to play the game "their" way, IE: having leaders that are corruptible, or corrupted to begin with, and continuing to believe that our only course of actions are that defined by our current corrupt political system, then we will lose the economic war that has been raging against us, by the 1%, for over 30 years. The Tea Party members had a good idea until they were hijacked by the very people that sought to undermine them. The OWS may be doing so well because they have not aligned themselves under the thumb of a single representative or spokesperson.

I like the way you think!

Thank you, Senator Sanders for all your hard work for us, the American people. You are the ONLY Senator that I am aware of that routinely takes time to talk to us. We truly appreciate you!

I wish you and your family a very happy Thanksgiving! =)

The following quote is for those on the far right who think it's the young women's fault she lost her unborn child (for being at OWS)

"He that would make his own liberty secure must guard even his enemy from oppression: for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach unto himself." ~ Thomas Paine

I am troubled by the willingness of so many Americans to be fed the blather that comes from some of the so-called news outlets. Can you do a story on the future of journalism, and how we can encourage our fellow citizens to be informed by impartial, objective news sources?

I find some of the voices on the left to be troubling as well. A specific example is Randi Rhodes. I feel there is a strong thread of intellectual dishonesty in her broadcasting that provides too much ammunition for the other side to claim "they are just as bad". Ed Shultz falls into it as well, but he is such a stallwart voice for labor and other issues that receive so little attention, that one might forgive his less frequent misrepresentations of certain positions by his opponents in ideology.

I find myself drawn to the voices of credible, intellectually honest people of both conservative and liberal ideologies. I am far more prone to agree with liberals on most topics, and find the conservative viewpoint to be too cold and uncaring to embrace in most cases. But a clear and intelligent representation of their views are important, lest we go too far with certain liberal agendas.

Thom, please consider a segment on how to identify and recommend intellectually honest reporting on all sides of the big issues.

Thanks for what you do.

How do patriots involved in a pro democracy movement like OWS get labeled as a bunch of dirty hippies without focus who think they are all entitled to a free ride?

How does the notion that tear gas, riot gear, billy clubs, and pepper spray are needed in dealing with a group of peaceful citizens from every walk of life...... exercising their first amendment rights?

How do some police officers develop an attitude leading to the usage of assaultive behavior against docile victims?

Why are those who want economic fairness and prosperity for all considered a threat?

The answer to these questions can be traced back to media like GOP TV. Those in control of the corp. media like Murdoch who view democracy as simply an obstacle standing in their way when it comes to the pusuit of greed and power employ tools of mass deception like O'Reilly, Limpbaugh, Beck, Megyn Kelly, etc. to spread their subversion. So who are the real trouble makers? Maybe being sprayed with a harmless food product would straighten out some of these over paid, democracy hating, malcontents!

Two of my Republican friends rely on Fox News for their information. They believe everything they hear and they do not trust any other news media. They do not trust network television, they do not trust any of the major newspapers. They have been told by the Fox News staff that the reason they do not hear these stories other places is that the mainstream media are afraid to tell the truth. They tell their viewers that they are the only source to be trusted. They have become a kind of religion to the viewers. When I tell my friends that a particular story is not true and send them to another source my friends tell me that they don't trust that source. One friend told me that Snopes and Wikipedia could not be trusted because they were controlled by left-wingers. Once, when a terrible lie was being told that accused a scientist of having a view that global warming is a hoax, I visited that professor's personal website at his university. On his website he was complaining that some right wingers were telling a lie and using his name without his permission. When I told my friend that this story he was telling me and his friends was completely untrue, he would not believe me. When I finally convinced him to visit the professor's website, he finally agreed to see for himself. He reluctantly told me that the information he was passing out was false. I suggested that it was his responsibility to correct the story he had told his friends. He refused. He said that "even though the story was not true, he liked the story and would not retract it to his friends." This kind of intellectual bankruptcy is common in the Republican Party. They figure the people who support them will believe anything they say, so why not tell lies if the lies will help them get votes. I have long beleived that the United States would not be taken down by external armies. Our biggest risk is death by corruption. If Republicans believe that lying is fair in politics, lying to their supporters, then we are facing a terrible villian from within. These Republicans are behaving more like terrorists than anything else.

stupid is as stupid does...

fox/gop tv rates up there with goebbel's propoganda machine. except it's more prevalent and has more money than goebbels. if not corrected, our country is toast. The GOP would create death camps if they could... their hate mongering is palpable.

Too many morons, not enough time.

Fox news is a one way dark street that is very one sided I watch c - spane @ R T to get the BIG picture.I pray the rich@greedy dont get total control of our media newspapers disapering sadly we need our infestagative reporters now more then ever

Can I afford food tasters? No. But I don't think it's necessary anyway.
Gerald
HCG diet

Ya think they will notice when WE overthrow OUR government?

If they keep trying to starve the beast, and its people, they will see what Occupy REALLY means!