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People are still thinking too small, too short-term, too black-and-white.
This isn't about Democrats vs Republicans, or liberals vs conservatives, or union workers vs non-union workers, or who voted for who or what they campaigned for.
This is about corporatists vs everyone else.
It's not about busting unions so that Obama has less support in 2012. Obama gets his money the same place Republican candidates do--corporations! (Guess what kind of people Obama chooses to surround himself with? Just guess.) With the Citizens United decision, corporations can just outright buy any office they want.
It's about continuing to take from the people and give to corporations. In Wisconsin and Idaho, they're busting unions. In Michigan, they're ready to sell off whole towns to corporations (and then let them dismiss elected officials). And that's just a typical Wednesday in this country.
Masses of people took to the streets to protest the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Over a million flooded D.C. for the March for Women's Lives. Everyone made very clear their disapproval for bailing out the banks (who provide no valuable services, and just gamble OUR money to make THEMSELVES wealthier and the entire nation poorer). And now thousands of angry people are swarming the Wisconsin capitol.
Every single time, the media refused to report any of this--at best, it's greatly downplayed.
Every single time, our so-called "representatives" ignore the will of the people.
Every single time, we think casting enough votes or writing enough letters will fix things.
But guess what? It's not going to fix SHIT. Go ahead, vote for Democrats in 2012 and pat yourself on the back for it, but I guarantee you within a few months of that election, we'll all be depressed and pissed off again--and we'll have fewer civil liberties, less money, less representation, if any at all left. Corporations own our government and threatening to vote out some pawns isn't going to scare them: they can always buy someone else to advance their agenda, and keep us pitted against each other over Republican vs Democrat, white vs black, pro-choice vs pro-life, Obama vs Bush bullshit.
For the TL;DR crowd. This has been making its way around the Internet: A public union employee, a tea party activist, and a CEO are sitting at a table with a plate of a dozen cookies in the middle of it. The CEO takes 11 of the cookies, turns to the tea partier and says, "Watch out for that union guy, he wants a piece of your cookie." Swap "public union employee" and "tea party activist" out for just about any opposing pair.
This isn't about Democrats vs Republicans, or liberals vs conservatives, or union workers vs non-union workers, or who voted for who or what they campaigned for.
This is about corporatists vs everyone else.
It's not about busting unions so that Obama has less support in 2012. Obama gets his money the same place Republican candidates do--corporations! (Guess what kind of people Obama chooses to surround himself with? Just guess.) With the Citizens United decision, corporations can just outright buy any office they want.
It's about continuing to take from the people and give to corporations. In Wisconsin and Idaho, they're busting unions. In Michigan, they're ready to sell off whole towns to corporations (and then let them dismiss elected officials). And that's just a typical Wednesday in this country.
Masses of people took to the streets to protest the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Over a million flooded D.C. for the March for Women's Lives. Everyone made very clear their disapproval for bailing out the banks (who provide no valuable services, and just gamble OUR money to make THEMSELVES wealthier and the entire nation poorer). And now thousands of angry people are swarming the Wisconsin capitol.
Every single time, the media refused to report any of this--at best, it's greatly downplayed.
Every single time, our so-called "representatives" ignore the will of the people.
Every single time, we think casting enough votes or writing enough letters will fix things.
But guess what? It's not going to fix SHIT. Go ahead, vote for Democrats in 2012 and pat yourself on the back for it, but I guarantee you within a few months of that election, we'll all be depressed and pissed off again--and we'll have fewer civil liberties, less money, less representation, if any at all left. Corporations own our government and threatening to vote out some pawns isn't going to scare them: they can always buy someone else to advance their agenda, and keep us pitted against each other over Republican vs Democrat, white vs black, pro-choice vs pro-life, Obama vs Bush bullshit.
For the TL;DR crowd. This has been making its way around the Internet: A public union employee, a tea party activist, and a CEO are sitting at a table with a plate of a dozen cookies in the middle of it. The CEO takes 11 of the cookies, turns to the tea partier and says, "Watch out for that union guy, he wants a piece of your cookie." Swap "public union employee" and "tea party activist" out for just about any opposing pair.
2011! Well, that decade went by fast. And I still don't know what we're calling it...
( Resolutions! )
This is the first time I actually have a list to refer back to in a year...let's see how I fare!
( Resolutions! )
This is the first time I actually have a list to refer back to in a year...let's see how I fare!
The Friday Five
Jun. 25th, 2010 11:43 am1. When is your usual bedtime?
I try to get to bed by midnight, but it's not unusual for me to still be up at one or two in the morning.
2. How many hours of sleep do you need?
Seven or eight. I err towards eight hours, but after a few nights of that, I start automatically waking up after about seven hours. I can get away with less, but seven or eight is good sleep.
3. Do you usually remember your dreams?
No, unfortunately.
4. How many pillows do you sleep with?
Two, one with a satin pillowcase for my hair.
5. What is the wildest dream you've ever had?
I had this really disturbing one where my family was in convenience store. Someone came in to rob it, I hid somewhere, and watched him gun down my mother and sister. I woke up sweating and shaking. When I was in a convenience store one day, and a customer got very, uh, physical, I thought of this dream and walked right back out of the store!
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I try to get to bed by midnight, but it's not unusual for me to still be up at one or two in the morning.
2. How many hours of sleep do you need?
Seven or eight. I err towards eight hours, but after a few nights of that, I start automatically waking up after about seven hours. I can get away with less, but seven or eight is good sleep.
3. Do you usually remember your dreams?
No, unfortunately.
4. How many pillows do you sleep with?
Two, one with a satin pillowcase for my hair.
5. What is the wildest dream you've ever had?
I had this really disturbing one where my family was in convenience store. Someone came in to rob it, I hid somewhere, and watched him gun down my mother and sister. I woke up sweating and shaking. When I was in a convenience store one day, and a customer got very, uh, physical, I thought of this dream and walked right back out of the store!
Questions from
thefridayfiveThe Question
May. 4th, 2010 03:32 pmTitle The Question
Word Count 667
Genre Drama
Content General, nothing to warn for.
Summary Ethan and Derica have recently gotten engaged; Derica's friend decides to pay her a visit.
Notes This is pretty much fanfic of my own original fiction. Wrote this last year for a creative writing class, and it sparked a little debate.
( At the age of fifteen, Ethan knew exactly who he would marry. )
Word Count 667
Genre Drama
Content General, nothing to warn for.
Summary Ethan and Derica have recently gotten engaged; Derica's friend decides to pay her a visit.
Notes This is pretty much fanfic of my own original fiction. Wrote this last year for a creative writing class, and it sparked a little debate.
( At the age of fifteen, Ethan knew exactly who he would marry. )
Life Drawing Workshop
Mar. 28th, 2010 11:10 amMy skill at drawing male figures has always trailed my skill at drawing female ones. So I looked into some life drawing workshops, and of course found a gazillion in Philadelphia, and spent the last month telling myself I would I would I would get up early on Saturday, go into the city, and draw some nekkid people.
I finally did yesterday (as well as discover there is, in fact, a cute part of Philly). Unfortunately, the model was a woman, but I had a good time. I haven't done any kind of life drawing since high school, and forcing my butt in a chair and drawing for four hours is pretty...awesome.
( Drawing under cut. )
I'm working on a bunch of things right now, but I'm not going to post until they're almost done. I've been on a crazy writing kick lately, too.
I finally did yesterday (as well as discover there is, in fact, a cute part of Philly). Unfortunately, the model was a woman, but I had a good time. I haven't done any kind of life drawing since high school, and forcing my butt in a chair and drawing for four hours is pretty...awesome.
( Drawing under cut. )
I'm working on a bunch of things right now, but I'm not going to post until they're almost done. I've been on a crazy writing kick lately, too.
