wish I could rec this response

We needed to see this. You are spot on.

I am the 99%!!!!

There's really only one person responsible for Scott Brown's victory, and that person is Martha Coakley. She did not campaign, and therefore deserved to lose. My city, Waltham, was a "bellweather community" for Suffolk University polling, meaning that the city's demographic and voting patterns closely matched the statewide percentages. I think we all recall the poll they released in the weeks leading up to the election, the one which put Brown up 7 points. That was based primarily on results from my city. What was the final result in Waltham? Brown by about 7 points. What was Brown's final margin of victory? About 7 points, IIRC.

What's my point? My point is that during that all too brief election season, the Mass Democrats came out to rally for Martha 3 times. Governor Patrick came once. Congressman Markey came once. Senator Kerry came once. Our complete State House delegation was at every rally. Waltham Democrats canvassed, went to phone banks, called ane talked to people until we had no voices left, all in support of Martha Coakley. How many times did Coakley come to Waltham? ZERO!!!!!!! She never showed her face. One would think, if a candidate wanted to win an election, one would at least put in an appearance at a "bellweather community".


Also, don't forget, that President Obama, himself, came to Boston to campaign for Coakley. Of course, by then it was too little too late.

Will Rogers said, "I do not belong to any organized political party. I am a Democrat." That statement is just as true today as it was then. We have blue dog Democrats, like Ben Nelson, who vote as often with the GOPukes as with their own party. The Repigs seem somehow to be able to maintain control over their caucus, while Reid and Pelosi could not do the same. Add to that the fact that the Democrats never had a filibuster-proof majority in the Senate, so the obstructionists could prevent any real progressive work from being done.

Mass protests in the streets, a la Tunis and Cairo, for starters.

How long a stretch is it from deporting booksellers and forcing bookstores to close, to burning books?

"Born in Jerusalem, Fahmi is inexplicably threatened with being forced to leave Israel for having stayed too long on a tourist visa in the city of his birth. For thirteen years, he alone has carved out an active space in which a small, endangered group of civilized people share their love of ideas in a place known for irrational expressions of both sudden and bureaucratic degradation. He has brokered his land - his bookstore - fostering decency, wonderment, and respect among his patrons in ways that escape the gatherings of even the greatest nations."

"In this coming season where we revisit the Great Exile, we lose if Fahmi is banished, just as the vector of the word of human divinity was lost at the gates of the land of redemption. In so doing, we lose our own."


http://www.backpagesbooks.com/defense-munt...

 
He's the real deal. He has my vote every time.

Don't forget the brave soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines. Although they are forbidden by law from organizing a union, they too are public sector workers. And the PTB abuse them just as surely as they abuse the teachers, social workers, snowplow drivers and firefighters who are allowed to organize.

Kudos to Sec. Clinton.

Join our happy family.

So, that's what I'll do. Good luck to you.

I'm willing to listen.

Nonviolent resistance to the PTB often results in arrests. MLK, Ghandi, and many others were willing to go to jail to further the causes they believed in. What would happen if people blocked a major highway during rush hour with signs saying something like, "Impeach the Supreme
Court 5", or something like that. They would be arrested, of course, and likely be assessed a nominal fine. But they would also make the evening news, and likely be able to tell their story to the "damn liberal media".

Would yo be willing to do something like that? Just asking.

Disclaimer for DHS agent Stevens: I am not advocating lawbreaking. I'm just asking what fellow DUers might do.

Fire 'em all.

Company management was piss poor. Couldn't pay their bills. Paychecks were late twice because they would have bounced. Bosses finally decided to lay off all mfg workers and outsource the work. Now it's all but impossible to find a union machinist job here in MA.