Forum Post: Unite and Occupy Washington
Posted 13 years ago on Oct. 25, 2011, 9:12 a.m. EST by bc42
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from Hillsdale, NY
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The fragmented U.S. Occupy movement needs to unify and occupy Washington. In the coming months, individual protests in various cities will be disbanded by the powers that be via the police. This is a perfect time to move on Washington, in mass, with elections approaching as the media will then be forced to address the Occupy Movement in the form of questioning those who seek elected office of their position on this ISSUE!
Do it. Organize and get it started but don't wait for the other occupations to be broken up.
@bc42, @LukeBigJohn,
I agree, guys. Combined with massive boycotts and account closings with the big banks, we can have the moneyscum and their political puppets on the ropes.
Hi people, you have all my respect and support. Corporate greed is certanily a great cancer of this world but is not the root cause of all evil. In europe and specifically in Italy, corporations do not have such a leverage on politics but, as you may very well know, things are not going much better than in U.S. In my opinion the world corruption can be greatly reduced if every protest demands a DIRECT DEMOCRACY. If people replace the congress then they can stop all the laws and bailouts and wars they want to stop. Today is not hard to gather votes electronically (like the youtube thums up, for example). In a direct democracy people can decide how much should be the salary of a politician and if it is not much more remunerative than any other 'normal job' then only the ones who really care for the wellness of the nation will remain in office. Let's think about this together.
I'm not even comfortable with electronic voting at the poll...how do you ensure there is no manipulation? The demand for instant information of voting results is hurtful, and not everyone has access to technology required. I'm cutting food budget to keep my Internet access, but if they raise the price, I'll have to give it up... I still prefer paper ballots that can be verified.
I agree. Instant voting is a BAD a very bad idea. People could be easily manipulated by the same $$ forces were fighting. Voting should be a thoughtful exercise not something done on a whim or an impulse. A paper ballot with proper oversight has been proven to be the safest and most secure method of voting. Canada I believe has banned all electronic voting and uses paper very effectively.
9/11 is invoked and broadcast daily
American people refuse to examine the evidence that was filmed at the WTC to learn what really happened. Americans are too arrogant and too ignorant to admit they were misled and manipulated by their government and media propaganda whose claims are on the level of Santa coming down the chimney to leave presents under the tree. The Santa story grooms American children to accept complete nonsense later in their lives about 9/11 and other very important criminal acts by government officials.
There are no quotas in America for the number of lies told by American officials. There is a bottomless pit of lies and weird nonsense that Americans have no problem accepting. Obama just told another whopper when he claimed that all troops will be brought home from Iraq. The troops left in Iraq are called contractors. No media reporters are reporting the contractor story. Americans now call liars "flip-floppers".
The book written by NYT reporter Philip Shenon divulges incredible first hand accounts from senior officials including the Director of the FBI Tom Pickard who had a violent confrontation with his boss, the attorney general John Ashcroft on July 12, 2001 because Ashcroft refused to listen to any evidence that America would be attacked by Al Qaeda at the direction of Osama bin Laden.
The fact that Shenon and his editors for the NYT decided to hide this story by not publishing it in the NYT when Shenon learned about it directly from Tom Pickard in 2004, but published the story in 2008 in Shenon's book THE COMMISSION is the revelation that only SCREWED AGAIN has published for its world wide audience. http://overthecoals.blogspot.com/
I agree, we need a massive move on DC. If a million people Occupy down town DC ,especially K street and the main Depts. of Gov't , Congress and the SCOTUS. We'd be a force to be reckoned with. I doubt the military would even try to stop such a force. How to feed etc. such a group is another thing however.