Mayday 1971: Most arrests in US history

[Zorra]

6. Well, (essentially) 59 Dems to 41 republicans is

a large majority in my estimation. That's an 18% advantage, + the VP Senate president.

(Before I go on, I just want to make it very clear that I plan to vote for every Democrat on my ballot, and I have voted for every Democrat on every one of my ballots in every election since I became of voting age.I have never voted for anyone that was not a Democrat, unless it was a non-partisan contest).

The filibuster can be eliminated by the majority in the Senate at any time, by simple majority vote.

(Here's a recent piece on Senate filibusters that I found interesting)

By the way — the two Democratic candidates who are currently advocating Senate reform on their Web sites? One is easy to guess: Elizabeth Warren, who of course was herself the victim of a threatened Republican filibuster. The other is maybe more interesting. It’s Ed Case, who is running as the more moderate of two candidates in a contested primary in Hawaii.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/post/neither-party-is-ready-for-filibuster-reform/2012/04/19/gIQAPLrhTT_blog.html

Anyway, instead of doing what was right for the country and just steamrolling republicans, they chose to allow the republicans to filibuster at will. A huge foolish, (or deliberate?) mistake, from my POV.

(Fact: Republicans will never allow the passage of any legislation that is not in the interests of the 1%, if it is anywhere within their power to prevent such legislation).

Consequently but predictably,, we got slaughtered in the 2010 elections. I'm no rocket scientist, but I could plainly see, (and screamed about) what was going to happen if the filibuster was not quashed for the sake of passing necessary constructive legislation, and preserving the Dem majority in both Houses.

There's no question that there's a whole lot of money brokering power in our political system. To me, that means the game is indisputably rigged according to the interests of the 1%. This is not acceptable to me, nor is it acceptable to any Occupier, that's pretty much what Occupy is about. And we completely understand that since money brokers power, there will never be enough progressive democratic voices in Congress to bring about the changes necessary to remove the 1% from power, and create a just and equitable system.


I totally want the Dems to win enormous majorities in both Houses. I want President Obama to remain in the WH. I believe that this is by far the best possible US electoral outcome for the planet, 2013.

At the same time, I can't let a rigged game prevent me from taking steps to rig the game in my favor. So I'm gonna strike, boycott, and protest on Mayday. I'm going to continue to advocate for, and participate in, as many Occupy direct actions as I can, in order to play outside of the rigged game, and in order to try and rig the system, the game, in favor of those who the game is supposed to be rigged in favor of --

We the People.

Solidarity. We are the 99%


☮ccupy

Peace, and best of luck, Scuba, I believe we basically have the same goals; we just maybe have some different ideas of how to attain them.