They are shooting bullets wrapped in rubber at unarmed protesters. Again.
Enough is enough!
Not ONE banker has gone to jail for the fraud committed on Wall Street other than Bernie Madoff, whose crime was stealing from the rich. Stealing from the working class? Not one arrest. NOT ONE.
Enough is enough.
This is footage from the Coffee Party "Enough is Enough" rally at the Capitol in DC that I attended yesterday. I think you'll enjoy watching the whole video. Thom Hartmann's speech begins at 8:05 in the video. My speech begins at 25:24.
I won't lie to you, I think the single mom named Jessica who spoke after me did a better job representing what I stand for than I did. I am honored and humbled to share the podium with such fine and excellent hard working people, and right now my greatest wish is that with my voice I can honor and represent all of the hard working people out there who are being robbed and exploited and denied the American dream because the rich needed another tax break and corporations needed even bigger record profits. It is way past the time for all of us to say "ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!"
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The day before I gave a speech to the General Assembly of #OccupyChicago. I told them that the media interviews us at day, then the police assault us at night. Then the media comes back the next day and asks "Why are you here?"
Well I came to protest the unaccountable criminality on Wall Street, but I stayed when they started shooting bullets wrapped in rubber at unarmed Americans.
Enough is enough.
I apologize for the lack of transcripts and the short post. I am at Dulles Airport on my way to Oakland via Salt Lake City. That would make my trip 11 states in 8 days. I have been fortunate that I have not yet been a victim of the rampant police violence that has been inflicted on unarmed Americans cross country, but I continue on because of those who have been less fortunate than I.
Now, more than ever, Occupy Wall Street is about social justice. We are about economic justice. This is about our future, and I love this country and my fellow countrymen. I refuse to let this nation become a third world sweatshop police state for the lower 99% of us on the income scale. Enough is enough.
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Hope to see you in San Francisco and Oakland, or back here on these Orange shores soon.
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And be a better person to your brothers and sisters around you.
Peace and love to all.
Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to be ruled by Bank of America.
7 people were arrested, that somehow justifies firing bullets wrapped in rubber at unarmed citizens? WTF???????
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