http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Tue, 21 May 2013 19:12:31 Tue, 21 May 2013 19:12:31 Do everything possible to bring about positive constructive change.

It is clear that we have much larger numbers of allies among Democratic legislators, and few or none among republicans.

It is clear that the system is compromised, and that enormous pressure must be put on the system to bring ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Zorra/214 Sat, 10 Dec 2011 12:50:22 There are many here that are traditional labor/human rights Democrats who can see the obvious: That the Dem party and many Dem elected representatives have been co-opted by the DLC/Third Way and their 1% sponsors.

[i]Liberals see themselves as way more liberal than DLC/Third Way supporting Democr... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Zorra/213 Fri, 09 Dec 2011 12:08:07 There is a lot of very insincere opposition to OWS going around, and various insincere criticisms as well, and I took your post the wrong way.

A lot of people are hurting because greedy banksters found a way to circumvent or remove the regulations that formerly prevented them from causing this da... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Zorra/212 Thu, 08 Dec 2011 01:06:38 Jesse Jackson's Rainbow Coalition Dubs Occupy Phoenix the 'Mississippi of this Movement'

Sunday Dec. 4 marked day 50 of Occupy Phoenix. The movement that many pundits dismissed as the political equivalent of "Seinfeld" i.e., a movement about nothing--scored a triple play of successes this week.
... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Zorra/211 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 12:43:08 from changing Senate rules anytime they wish. The Constitution, Article 1, Section 5, states:

[i]The Senate and House each sets its own rules, disciplines its own members, and by a two-thirds vote can expel a member. Censure and lesser punishments require only a majority vote.[/i]

http://www... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Zorra/210 Sun, 04 Dec 2011 11:03:28 Occupy supporters, and everyone who believes in equality and democracy...

"Keep hope alive. The truth will prevail."

We marched, sometimes arm in arm, through Phoenix in the rain. There were no differences. No races, young, old, male, female, rich, poor, straight, GLBT. We were just a coll... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Zorra/209 Thu, 01 Dec 2011 21:04:24 for peacefully expressing my 1st amendment rights in the past. Or more recently, participating in OWS General Assemblies and other constructive actions intended to promote positive action on behalf or the 99%. So that negative inference as to my character in your post is not at all accurate.

Pr... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Zorra/208 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 13:08:43 subsequently try do whatever is genuinely possible to remedy the problem, instead of ignoring the problem completely and subsequently allowing it to become more serious.

Ignoring problems long enough most often causes the problems to become irreparable.

It is possible to constructively critici... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Zorra/207 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 11:49:20 some photos of a bizarre modern cultural phenomenon of mass spontaneous hysteria instilled deep into the subconscious of this unique, arguably primitive, culture by a council of snakecharmers known as marketers. These marketers are engaged and compensated by the Chiefs that own the culture, often c... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Zorra/206 Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:31:27 That's what this is all about.

[i]"Most of the cast that you meet on the streets speak of true love,
Most of the time they're sittin' and cryin' at home.
One of these days they know they better get goin'
Out of the door and down on the streets all alone."[/i]
Truckin', The Grateful Dead
word... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Zorra/205 Fri, 25 Nov 2011 15:53:14 may have their great human needs satisfied; that those now denied opportunity shall come to enjoy it to the full; that all who yearn for freedom may experience its spiritual blessings; that those who have freedom will understand, also, its heavy responsibilities; that all who are insensitive to the ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Zorra/204 Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:20:52 How the 99% successfully fights back when they have no representation in government, and their lives are governed by oligarchal financial empire.

Boston, 1773:

In Boston, the arrival of three tea ships ignited a furious reaction. The crisis came to a head on December 16, 1773 when as many as ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Zorra/203 Fri, 25 Nov 2011 12:43:35 it immediately and universally raises this question in the minds of the liberals/progressives among us:

"What is this person hiding, and why is s/he hiding it?"

Speaking and writing using vague, winding, general, non-specific terms and phrases when addressing specific issues/events makes the... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Zorra/202 Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:03:42 To draw any analogy between a long standing political party like the GOP that has all the power and wealth of the entire 1% behind it, and a ragtag bohemian fledgling democratic movement like OWS is unreasonable. The GOP has every status quo means at their disposable to create public opinion.

... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Zorra/199 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:42:43 It is a guarantee that the 1% would devise a foolproof smear against any individual leader, and that this would destroy the OWS movement.

This is why the RW think tanks have devised and have been spreading the meme that OWS needs a leader.

*THEY DESPERATELY NEED US TO HAVE A LEADER SO THAT THE... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Zorra/200 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:05:00 But we know that there is a genuine egalitarian democratic collective consciousness spreading and evolving right now, [i]a new course in human events.[/i]

This collective consciousness agrees on a basic primary goal, almost universally agrees that we do not need a leader.

An individual leader ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Zorra/198 Mon, 21 Nov 2011 12:57:43 They are going to do something to try to stop the worldwide populist democratic movements from being successful.

A major war can serve them in many ways. Below are some of these ways, but there are many other ways war serves the 1%. War is a complete, proven, time honored win-win for the 1%.
... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Zorra/197 Sun, 20 Nov 2011 10:32:10 Critical mass is a sociodynamic term to describe the existence of sufficient momentum in a social system such that the momentum becomes self-sustaining and creates further growth.

Social factors influencing critical mass may involve the size, interrelatedness and level of communication in a socie... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Zorra/196 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:06:42 I am of the opinion that the OWS played a significant collateral part in the widespread gains for labor and the Democratic party in the recent elections.

Because many of us have little or no confidence in the current wealth controlled campaign/legislative/political status quo, we feel that OWS, r... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Zorra/195 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:03:27 A hundred thousand people camped in parks and marching in the streets across the country has conveyed the message very clearly. It's in their face.

The PTB, meaning the 1% and their many employees in government (see link below) ignore the message because acknowledgment implies credibility and s... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Zorra/194 Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:07:48 This ain't Burger King.:-)

For now, OWS, IMO, is exactly where we need to be in our evolution.

Major political and social change does not happen overnight. Many forces have to be brought to bear in order to effect these changes. OWS is the primary mover for effecting political and social cha... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Zorra/192 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:13:16 Seriously. The venom, both subtle and direct, that is being spewed toward OWS is scary. Because freerepublic has this very same view of OWS.

OWS is a democratic movement basically comprised of concerned and aware progressives who are basically interested in promoting the labor friendly, egali... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Zorra/193 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 23:37:01 Actually, I do see some value in attempting to present the President with a petition that should make him aware of our concerns, because he rarely or never seems to acknowledge these concerns publicly, so we'll try this way, this time. Hello? Mr. President...?

But he can note our concerns, and ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Zorra/191 Wed, 16 Nov 2011 19:02:43 In the eyes of the law.

The whole idea of having black slaves in this country was to make sure that white folks could have free labor.

Slaves made more profits for slave owners.

Slaveowners owned their slaves, and slaves had no legal rights.

In that sense, slaves were considered property... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Zorra/190 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:07:33 I recognize that enormously wealthy, greedy, malevolent megalomaniacs have established, in their own self interest, a global economic program that is causing widespread and completely unnecessary misery, hunger, suffering, and death to multitudes of people.

This program is responsible for the e... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/Zorra/189 Tue, 08 Nov 2011 12:38:06