[Street] Half-Windsors for the 99%!

Reed Underwood fb at occupyboston.org
Tue Nov 15 08:55:36 EST 2011


From Bill Moyers (a liberal of the LBJ era, which may rub some the wrong way):

"I don't think Occupy Wall Street will have the influence they want unless they 
do what the tea party did and take over the nominating process. Unless they do, 
they will never have the satisfaction that they want and that the civil rights 
movement, say, had back in the 1950s and '60s. These people are not going to have 
long-ranging effect unless they have a party to act on their interests. They need 
to become a political movement instead of a grievance committee."

Though there is a great deal of hand-wringing about being co-opted by a political
party or special interest group, it remains a plain fact that people who win elections
make the decisions. A failure of people in and sympathetic to the Occupy movement
to engage politicians and voters isn't a sign of purity. It's self-limiting and
defeatist. One thing Occupy has proven is that direct action can't be ignored.
So, is this the place to talk about mic checking politicians/CEOs at town halls and other
public appearances?

Scott Walker
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oHRdiklTlU
Eric Cantor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i-nCqINfAI
Blue Cross Chief
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJ1_Pebu5Tc

No more nice dinners or folksy glad-handing until the theft and fraud stop. I have
a nice suit all pressed and ready to go. And it has several pockets in which I
can stuff print-outs of prepared statements to recite with compatriots.

Half-windsors for the 99%!

-R.
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