"Happy Birthday Occupy Wall Street ... thoughts on Year One"
Fifteen years ago, I ran across a book, "100 Most Influential People in History," during one of my dalliances to my local Marin County bookstore. "Influential People" was one man's assessment on exactly that. But how he determined his rankings was the interesting part. They weren't always the reasons you would think. But after thinking about it, they made complete sense. For example:George Washington was ranked in the top 40 of all time. Understandable. But the reason why ... not so much. You…See More
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I believe the calls to action are getting urgent because the next election is already over. One of the duopoly parties will be elected to every seat in Congress, funded by corporate money (profit's and nonprofit's) and nothing will change. Unless we organize around one or two or three ideas/bills with at least supermajority support of the 99, what I call the 66, and we demand passage. (the 99 has a huge number of conservatives in it) I've built a free platform to do just that at www.aGREATER.US. I invite the 99 to submit bills, rate ideas, submit constructive op-eds on them, and see what WE want (based on a bipartisan rating system).
It is time to exhibit leadership.