I received an email today from someone who did not understand why I was not actively supporting the “Occupy” efforts across the country. I’ve been watching news of these activities with interest. (The real news, not corporate owned media outlets who are NOT reporting it for the most part, and not accurately reporting it for the rest.) A week or so ago I intended to go down and find out for myself what was going on, but work and several family disasters delayed my expedition down there. Probably the same excuse, many of you have for not actively helping in some way or another.
When you consider that the Occupy efforts appear to be a collaboration of committed individuals who have various concerns and complaints, many of which are caused by corporations, politicians, bureaucracy, greedy examples of those with more than most, etc. The problems are social, economic, and political. I can see my reader’s point
These are the same people who are helping to enable corporations and various hands and arms of government that are causing the very situations that are creating whistleblowers. Greed, power mongering, cronyism, influence pedaling, unethical and criminal contracting activities, fraud, waste, abuse, and a host of other ills are examples. Honorable people when confronted by this try to change it, report it, fix it and usually get the stuffing kicked out of them for their efforts in the climate we are dealing with in this country today.
I agree that I should help promote the support of those who have the courage, determination and commitment to go be an active part of peaceful protest in events being staged across the nation. Even if you cannot take part in the sign holding and waving, stop by and talk, find out why these people are down there and what they need to stay well and comfortable. This is especially true in parts of the country that are now turning cold, wet and inhospitable. My reader suggested donating supplies that are so critically needed like, warm coats, gloves, hats, food, especially things that can be cooked or heated under outdoor camping conditions. Waterproof plastic storage boxes, tents, sleeping bags, cooking utensils, first aid supplies, those hand warmer sticks you can buy at sporting goods stores, and anything else that will keep up the volunteer’s spirits and energy.
My reader reported that the Occupy Tacoma (in Washington State, south of Seattle, in a park on Pacific Avenue, downtown, at the cross street with the new bridge across the Puyallup River) is a neat and orderly effort showing a positively motivated cooperative of young and old that demonstrates a stellar example of the best of human effort. They, who are giving the best they can to make a difference and to help the majority of us break out of our complacency and paralyzed condition, deserve our support and help.
When those with wealth and political control, who continue to take and take and manipulate things to the detriment of the majority (working class and poor) in this country are taken to task, and our society balances and rights itself again, we will also be reducing the number of whistleblowers, because there will be less crap and corruption to report, and to fight against in our work places.
Please take time this week or weekend and do what you can for your local “Occupy ____________” effort. If you can report on your local Occupy activities, please comment here on this site; you are welcome to voice your observations and opinions.
As for me, I am going to the coat closet, storage room and pantry right now!
GFS
WAKE UP AMERICA.... WE MUST.....WAKE UP OR THE FUTURE WILL NOT BE VERY ROSY THIS CENTURY.....!!!!!!
Or else we will loose everything we built up after WWII....
Are we really afraid of being protectionists....or should we STOP IMPORTS....or slow it down a lot so our decimated industries can get back in the game and compete against Asia and other foreign countries........
After 45 years of offering Exports to Asia it is no wonder we have no jobs at home in America......plus our richest companies now are Importers but do not have jobs for Americans at home...as we have finally hit the Wall...finally...I am not surprised as everything now is going up in price...it is called inflation for sure....that will be the final blow to America....
How about picketing all the US Malls who carry 95% of Imports like in my 2 industries....Manufacturers who are hanging on still and who are still in business but have been decimated or many others have gone out of business for the last 45 years because they could not compete with Foreign countries or American Importers either...........so "America" .... and at any store that sells Imports...Picket them...they will eventually get the message and sell American products eventually .......and say in your picket signs that WE WILL NOT BUY IMPORTS ANYMORE...and...SELL ONLY MADE IN THE USA PRODUCTS....those IMPORTS benefits all the Special Interest Folks who eliminated our Manufacturing bases over the last 45 years...with the help of our Government and with campaign financing which they offered to legislators to pass just the right bills for them in exchange........I have seen it happen with my own eyes....IMPORTS are our long lost jobs mostly transferred in Asia.....picketing with signs will raise the ears of those Buyers who put Imports in our Retail Stores and who sell them willingly to naive consumers......consumers who have zero ideas that they are eliminating American Jobs....so.....!!!!!!
Also wondering why we have a 2% of rich folks who have as much money as the rest of the 98%...IMPORTS are full of benefits and profits...that is why our Retailers don't buy American made products....as there less profits in buying or selling American products for sure....this issue Imports has contributed to our demise economically for a very long time....
Many of us are already Liberals....but Liberals & Conservatives and folks in the middle have all created this economic problem over the last 45 years........and it has not helped in this century or the last one to have 2 parties that can't work together in Washington or in our 50 States.........as they don't have common senses on how to fix America....how many times more am I going to vote out legislators and replace them with another while the problems get worse after I voted.......!!!!!
What do we have to be and do to overcome our present situation....???? START OVER...!!!
Here is one of my ideas to fix our economy first and get our jobs back.......STOP IMPORTS...!!!...and stop trading Boeing Airplanes for Sweat shirts with China......it won't work well for us to Trade this stupid way........Imports are Imports that have eliminated our jobs sources at home....!!!!
And is becoming protectionist necessary.....!!! YES
And can we overcome the world order that we impose on many countries...!!! YES if we don't get involved unless someone attacks us....
And so on....and on.....and on.....!!!!
So... Stop Imports and slow down Asia or they will control all of our best markets....and Asia will have the jobs for their People and we won't....it's that simple.
Joel in LA at EMAIL: [email protected]
Posted by: Joel Kaye | October 25, 2011 at 03:26 PM