Thursday, November 24, 2011

Occu-Fest 2011!! in Saint Louis

When
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Time
12:00pm until 3:00pm
Where

Freedom Square (7th and Market)
Description
Description
In celebration of hitting the two month mark, Occupy St. Louis is throwing a party down at Freedom Square!

We invite you to a day of fun, frivolity, food trucks, music and t-shirt making. Yes, we know that it will probably be cold. Yes, we know there may be snow on the ground. Do we care? Of course not!

So come on down to Freedom Square for a celebration of this movement!

note: advanced forcast is for cold day, but no rain/snow

Saturday, November 19, 2011

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/fourteen-arrested-as-unions-occupy-st-louis-protestors-unite/article_8f3fe2b4-e7be-5234-8729-7817b3bf65f3.html

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/fourteen-arrested-as-unions-occupy-st-louis-protestors-unite/article_8f3fe2b4-e7be-5234-8729-7817b3bf65f3.html

click link above


from article

ST. LOUIS • A coalition of Occupy St. Louis protesters, including a handful of area labor leaders, were arrested Thursday after blocking the eastbound entrance to the Martin Luther King Bridge.

St. Louis police said 14 people were taken into custody.

The local acts of civil disobedience were part of a day of protests across the nation stemming from the Occupy Wall Street movement.

The arrests here were peaceful, with several protesters engaging authorities in playful banter as the protesters were escorted in plastic handcuffs to nearby police vans.

The action at the bridge ended a march that began with a 3 p.m. rally at Kiener Plaza.

About 800 people, bolstered by representatives of the Teamsters, United Auto Workers, Service Employees International and other unions, participated in the rally and the subsequent march north through downtown.

Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/fourteen-arrested-as-unions-occupy-st-louis-protestors-unite/article_8f3fe2b4-e7be-5234-8729-7817b3bf65f3.html#ixzz1e3otwVvJ

Huey Long: Share the Wealth; Every man a King; Income Redistribution; Ta...



were he alive, he might well win a presidential election no matter what party he decided to run.

Huey P Long "Share the Wealth"



afraid this might catch on if economic trends continue.

Super Committee Dems Want Rich Tax Cuts



Clinton taxes on rich? How about we return to Eisenhower rates of 70 percent range.

Personally I favor the Huey Long rates of 100% over ten million.

Super Committee - Is Compromise Possible [NBC 11-11-2011]



not happy with dems having social security on table, as well with medicare and medicaid.

Sunday, November 13, 2011

cbs some "honest corruption" of insider info



this sort of corruption predates the "Tammany Hall" corruption

all levels of government use "insider" info

Occupy St. Louis Stages Arrests



sounds like reasonable advice--the basics of going to jail in St. Louis

Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Paul Krugman: Here comes the sun

Paul Krugman: Here comes the sun

click link above.

alas Paul, economics and politics are two seperate things

Kathleen Parker: Republicans are also playing the class card on taxes

Kathleen Parker: Republicans are also playing the class card on taxes

click link above

from article

'Republicans aren't mistaken when they say President Obama is declaring class warfare. He's been working that turf with a pretty big shovel. How many times have we heard that millionaires and billionaires (as though there were no difference) refuse to pay their fair share?

But Republicans are also playing the class card when they insist with equal passion that half of all Americans pay no taxes. Missing from this statement is the word "income," which would make the assertion truer. But it's more effective to imply that half the country — i.e., the shiftless and dependent — only want something for nothing.

What happens when you win an argument based on half-truths? In politics, it doesn't matter. Winning is all that matters. In real life, the people lose.

Read more: http://www.stltoday.com/news/opinion/columns/kathleen-parker/kathleen-parker-republicans-are-also-playing-the-class-card-on/article_a3eb0205-4b9a-5547-838f-9ea57d06e6d3.html#ixzz1dE70iEQ3
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note: class warfare is a loaded term and political talking point. everything of political nature can be called class warfare depending on the spin

The Geezer Mafia



smusing vid, full of bullhocky

rally occupy St. Louis Nov 17, 2011

Rally and March for Jobs with Occupy St. Louis
Thursday, November 17, 3pm

Join Jobs with Justice, local unions, community groups, and Occupy St. Louis in a Rally and March for Jobs. Congress needs to get serious about solving our jobs crisis and put people to work doing work that needs to be done.

The rally and march is at Kiener Plaza, 7th and Market, downtown St. Louis, 63102.

For more information, see the Rally and March flyer, or contact MO JwJ Communications Organizer Charlie Edelen at charlie@mojwj.org.

Occupy Oakland: General Strike Attendance Downplayed by MSM



undereporting demonstration attendance pretty standard

no coverage is pretty standard as well.

11-02-11 4 - Campaign Cash, with Bernie Sanders - Countdown with Keith O...



we also need an admendment for economic rights for the common folks, like the one proposed by FDR

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Patty Murray Stunt Double RE: the Super-secret-committee



social security, medicare and medicaid are on the table for cuts. make no mistake, dems that vote for cuts to these programs will have an election problem.