Occupy Wall Street or Your Street Now!

This is the movement I have been waiting to happen, the one that says, enough is enough! The one that places the blame on the actions and the people responsible rather than dividing us with fear tactics and misinformation. The movement that stands up for the people, the people without any real power but who go to work everyday and who give back to the community. The one that stands up for the people who are working longer hours for less pay. The one that stands up for people who are unable to find jobs but must endure a House of Representatives who spends their time on culture war issues (the House has voted on seven anti-abortion bills just this year). The one that stands up for the people who have lost their homes or who are under water to help make the wealthy wealthier. (To quote Chris Rock, "Shaq is rich. The white man who signs his check is wealthy.") I have been waiting for the movement that stands up for me and, most likely, you. Remember Billionaires for Bush (satire, I think)? Welcome to Occupy Wall Street (serious as a heart attack, I know)!

It is no surprise that Elizabeth Warren could not get confirmed by this Congress. She exposes these Wall Street billionaires and the cronies who love them. She kicks the pedestals out from under those who believe they should be standing on one. It was our labor who helped build companies. It was our tax money who allowed them to grow and succeed. And, it was our tax money that kept them  from going under after they  failed. We are now holding them accountable and we demand economic justice.

Street demonstrations may not get much accomplished, but they are messy and inconvenient, and as the numbers grow and the police continue to pepper spray and injure its participants, they are newsworthy. And, they are growing from the largest cities to the smaller towns. Working people, union and non-union, are saying enough. Wall Street took our pensions, are taking our 401Ks, and are after our Social Security. We say, NO!

Elizabeth Warren details our history in the following video. This is the best education I have heard on why people are occupying Wall Street and Main Street. We are mad as hell, and we aren't going to take take it anymore.

Yes, maybe bongo drums are funny. Would you prefer the man who showed up at an Arizona protest with an assault rifle over his shoulder? Did you laugh when a Tea Party demonstrators spit on esteemed civil rights leaders and Congressmen and hurled racial and homophobic epithets? Did you laugh when an entire media outlet became the mouthpiece of that movement? The majority of the Tea Party demonstrators fall into this 99% group; their organizers and financiers do not. Watch Ms. Warren's video and ask yourself, what am I laughing about?