Thanks for posting; that's a jaw-dropper...
Thanks for posting; that's a jaw-dropper...
Michelle Bachmann scares the hell out of me. She's a right wing xenophobe. She supports torture. She's also very pro-war and anti-constitutional rights.
As Yogi Berra famously pronounced, "It ain't over till it's over."
Camps Are Cleared, but ‘99 Percent’ Still Occupies the Lexicon
By Brian Stelter, New York Times
Whatever the long-term effects of the Occupy movement, protesters have succeeded in implanting “We are the 99 percent,” referring to the vast majority of Americans [[and its implied opposite, “You are the one percent” referring to the tiny proportion of Americans with a vastly disproportionate share of wealth), into the cultural and political lexicon.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/01/us...l-lexicon.htmlTop GOP Strategist Admits He’s ‘Scared’ Of Occupy Wall Street Because It’s ‘Having An Impact'
By Zaid Jilani, ThinkProgress
The The Republican Governor’s Association met in Florida this week and featured pollster Frank Luntz told attendees that he’s “scared of this anti-Wall Street effort. I’m frightened to death.” The pollster warned that the movement is “having an impact on what the American people think of capitalism.” So the pollster offered some advice for them about how to fight back. Here’s a few snippets of what he said...
http://thinkprogress.org/special/201...y-wall-street/A Banker Speaks, With Regret
By Nicholas D. Kristof, New York Times
If you want to understand why the Occupy movement has found such traction, it helps to listen to a former banker like James Theckston. He fully acknowledges that he and other bankers are mostly responsible for the country’s housing mess.
All this came into sharper focus this week as Bloomberg Markets magazine published a terrific exposé based on lending records it pried out of the Federal Reserve in a lawsuit. It turns out that the Fed provided an astonishing sum to keep banks afloat — $7.8 trillion, equivalent to more than $25,000 per American.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/01/op...th-regret.html
Update?
What's going on Occupiers... winter hibernation is over...
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