Would an Anti-Bailout Divestiture Movement work?

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Monday March 23, 2009 · 3:34 PM PDT

2009/03/23 · 15:34

I'm having trouble sleeping. I shake with anger during the day. I can't walk by a tv or browse a website without catching a glimpse of something that makes my blood boil and makes me weep for the future. And I don't see our pathetic leaders doing anything that gives me any real hope for accountability or stability now, or in the future. So here's a thought...

Given the politically universal anger with the bailout, has anyone considered organizing something like an Anti-Bailout Divestiture Movement, where Americans of all political affiliations could sign up and agree to remove their money from and refuse to do business in the future with any companies that have taken bailout money?

daywalker

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Wednesday March 11, 2009 · 2:50 PM PDT

2009/03/11 · 14:50

See, this is why I have no patience for people that flip out whenever someone simply mentions that it might be nice to consider the Palestinian perspective on things.

This ridiculous article at the NY Times site, with a nice front page picture of a poor poor Israeli child, is a PERFECT example of the type of Israel biased coverage that dominates US news.

daywalker

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Sunday December 21, 2008 · 5:56 AM PST

2008/12/21 · 05:56

Could use some suggestions on this one folks. I live in a very progressive college town flooded with amazing social service, outreach and community support organizations. Like many other places, we are getting hit very hard with layoffs and other effects of the downturn.

However, there are so many organizations around here willing to help, so many people willing to volunteer if they knew what was out there, but more importantly, so many of the people who need the most help don't even know what help is available!

With that in mind, I could use advice on the types of organizations and people that you think would be good to bring to a one day, one-stop "fair" I'm trying to set up for both those who want to help and those who NEED help to find out all that is out there. I'm looking to reserve our local community building and envision having each group set up with tables, with a sign up sheet or some basic information on their group, and also might try to have a separate room for a breakout sessions where members of these groups can get together and brainstorm how they can work together through the craziness.

daywalker

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Thursday November 06, 2008 · 8:50 AM PST

2008/11/06 · 08:50

I want to cry every time I look at these. I'm loving all the videos and pictures flooding the Internet now of people celebrating and all these beautiful shots of people around the world coming together, but so far, this series of pictures beats them all. I don't think anything more perfectly captures what just happened than this.

daywalker

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Saturday September 27, 2008 · 6:40 PM PDT

2008/09/27 · 18:40

Just looking for a little advice from the more experienced people out there. In short, just met Eric Massa here in NY (running against Randy Kuhl in NY's 29th district). Absolutely loved the guy, had some great conversations with him, and left really fired up to help him.

I'm dying to help him raise some more money since they are in such a close race, I just don't know the best way to do this.

I know there are so many different fundraising pages out there, and I'm sure there's some typical protocol for asking the Kos crew to donate or to help spread the word to other sites, but I just didn't want to do something stupid here.

Can anyone please throw me a few tips on the best way to go about doing this. Thanks! Appreciate the support as I try to become a little more active in these final weeks.

Let the bodies hit the screen

daywalker

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Tuesday August 12, 2008 · 12:21 PM PDT

2008/08/12 · 12:21

No long post here folks. Just something simple...something I already know the answer to, I'm just wondering if anybody else is thinking it, or if anyone is going to ask the networks about this...

Can someone please explain to me why, with the Russian/Georgian conflict, networks and their websites had no problem showing pictures of victims, of badly hurt people suffering, as soon as they got a hold of such shots, but such pictures were hidden from US citizens for years when it was damage we caused in Iraq, and we paid for, and damage those same networks like CNN showed to people in other countries, but hid from our eyes, even though we funded it? Just curious...why are these victims worth seeing? Why are we allowed to see and empathize and bear witness to their pain and not others who we are more directly responsible for hurting?

Is this really how it's gonna end ...or...how an idealist dies.

daywalker

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Tuesday June 24, 2008 · 5:05 AM PDT

2008/06/24 · 05:05

About a year ago, in an angry rant to my Congressman, I flipped about how the Democrats did not live up to any promises made to me and me friends and country about all the changes they were going to make when they got more power after the Congressionals. I flipped out because a woman asked why they have done nothing about Iraq, and he said the 08 elections were going to be a referendum on Iraq and show what the country really wants, and once the message is clear and they have more power after that, then the Dems can do something.....and that's when I stood up and went crazy...

daywalker

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Sunday June 01, 2008 · 10:29 AM PDT

2008/06/01 · 10:29

So, it goes like this...late last night, I read Frank Rich's article on McLellan. Filled with anger, I jump on the comments section and rattle off some thoughts. Despite my history of writing things there that are too filled with truth to get posted, imagine my excitement when I just clicked over and saw...TADA...my post is number 1...with 94 people recommending it. You can check it out here:
http://community.nytimes.com/...

But then...I get to the end, and my blood boils, my faith in democracy is once again crushed, and I start cursing like mad...

daywalker

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Wednesday February 13, 2008 · 8:59 AM PST

2008/02/13 · 08:59

I just read that CNN has officially launched their new user-run "citizen journalist" site iReport.com.

Now, while they say it will be moderated for objectionable content, I think it presents us with a great chance to really start hitting back hard against the lazy, biased, corporate run media.

So, here's what I propose...

daywalker

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Wednesday October 24, 2007 · 7:03 AM PDT

2007/10/24 · 07:03

So, I just have to throw this out there if only to vent. Can someone tell me what the hell is going on? How is it that natural fires in California that make hundreds of thousands evacuate (which, while terrible, many of them will have insurance to at least partially get their life back if their homes are destroyed) is worthy of front page round the clock coverage with minute by minute updates and special graphics and everything else....and yet using our tax dollars to bomb the hell out of entire cities forcing the likely permanent displacement of millions of Iraqi refugees gets an occasional article or two?....

daywalker

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Thursday August 23, 2007 · 2:53 PM PDT

2007/08/23 · 14:53

When I saw this picture of this poor Iraqi child, I was shocked for two reasons. 1) how could anyone do this to a child, and 2) how in the hell did this picture make the front page of CNN, and where the hell were these pictures before and during this war

http://www.cnn.com/...

daywalker

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Wednesday November 08, 2006 · 11:34 AM PST

2006/11/08 · 11:34

I am literally shaking with anger over Rumsfeld's resignation.
If there is one thing this shows us, which we already knew and which needs to be pounded into the head of every media moron out there, it's that yes, believe it or not, public officials in power will make statements that have nothing to do with the truth, but are aimed at projecting a certain persona or attitude or simply to stick to talking points.
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