Why Occupy Needs Its Own Norquist Pledge

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Friday April 27, 2012 · 5:41 PM PDT

2012/04/27 · 17:41

Though I'm not a fan of "pledges" as I feel that politicians need to uphold their pledge to the Constitution rather than to outside interests, in this political climate, we have seen how effective the "Norquist Pledge" has been in shutting down our government and keeping Obama & the Democrats from being able to strengthen the jobs situation & reforming the tax code to something more equitable for the 99%.

For that reason I propose that Occupy have it's own litmus test for candidates that claim to be for the 99%. Occupy has been very successful in changing the discourse from one of austerity pushed by the so called "Tea Party Caucus" to one of Social, Economic & Political Justice. Now we need to mature as a movement and turn that into political capital. Just wanting change won't make change. And in our society, the only was to effectively garner change is to use the system to our benefit.

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Saturday August 27, 2011 · 11:19 PM PDT

2011/08/27 · 23:19

As many of you know, www.thinkprogress.org has found a list of the corporations that are supporting the ALEC legislation. I have been working on a series of articles focusing on each corporation in order to boycott them, and send a message that corporations are NOT people, and that WE the People do not approve of their supporting the legislation passed out to our elected officials through the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).

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Thursday August 18, 2011 · 10:07 PM PDT

2011/08/18 · 22:07

Continuing to dig up information about those Corporations that donate to ALEC as it's imperative that WE use our collective economic might (purchasing power) to let them know we do NOT approve. Here is a list of products produced by Kraft. Mind you this may not be everything, so if you know of something I missed, please add it!

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Wednesday August 17, 2011 · 9:06 PM PDT

2011/08/17 · 21:06

Looking at the list of the funders of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) I am sickened. Thanks to the good work of Think Progress, we have that list. What I'm curious about is how many of us would boycott these funders AND their holdings?

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Tuesday August 09, 2011 · 1:00 AM PDT

2011/08/09 · 01:00

This is my first ever blog of any kind, so please don't be too harsh with me.

That being said, the question of "What happened to our generation?" needs to be asked.

I'm 53 years old, so missed MLK, and was barely old enough to feel the pain of Bobby's assassination. I DID march with Cesar Chavez in the San Francisco Bay Area where I was born. OUR Generation moved mountains. WE pushed through Equal Rights. WE made damned sure that the UFW happened. WE pushed through a womans right to choose. WE stopped a needless war that cost us the cream of the crop of a generation. WE pushed through so many positive changes in our society.

Then we stopped. WHY? I look at where we were, where we were headed and where we are now and I scratch my head thinking of the momentum WE wasted.

I look towards the future and wonder what could have been. I see what's happening in Wisconsin and regardless of the outcome of the recall effort I actually feel some hope. I then find myself wondering if I'm fooling myself, though I pray that WE are finally waking up from our slumber, and perhaps, WE may find our way to move forward again. But only if WE stop bickering amongst ourselves and work towards the common good of our party, regardless of our own pet peeves and pet projects.

I know I'm just asking questions, and am not providing answers. But I don't claim to have all the answers, it's my hope that these questions can be answered by YOU who want BETTER for our Nation and our People.

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