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Big Government : The Communist Revolution, Unions, #OWS & 'The Power of the 99% in 2012'...

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 02:42:39 +0000

"Nationally coordinated grassroots work..." LMAO! That one completely escaped me. Excellent point!

Big Government : Become a Force Multiplier: Five Simple Tasks for American Activists

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 20:17:36 +0000

Darby, I'm not belittling you in the slightest. [I'm sorry if you perceived it that way.] Your comment made me wonder if, in fact, you read the PowerPoint though. You're right, it is basic GOTV stuff, but I can't tell you how many TP folks are clamoring for something to do and aren't getting the leadership. It's not their "leaders" faults (so many are new to this), it is simply not having the knowledge on how to organize this stuff. There really is no magic bullet that anyone will come up with other than organizational skills and mobilization. So far, with few exceptions, no one has stepped up to the plate--or knows how to. This means *we the people* have to do it ourselves, moreso than 2010 because of the disappointments in the ability to affect change with merely the Freshman class (and the fact that it's a presidential election year). I do know the dilemma with time..probably more than you realize. :) However, if you're able to volunteer even two-three hours a month, Precinct Activism and Recruitment is probably the best utilization of your time. Lastly, if you do come up with the strategy (or a better idea), please ping me at LUR and let's get it out there (seriously).

Big Government : Become a Force Multiplier: Five Simple Tasks for American Activists

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:27:30 +0000

Please don't just praise the PowerPoint, use it.

Big Government : Become a Force Multiplier: Five Simple Tasks for American Activists

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 22:25:45 +0000

Darby: Seriously? But I would love for some smart political strategists, ideally not just GOP establishment hacks, come forward with some ideas and organization on which volunteers such as myself could jump. Did you not read through the PowerPoint? The strategy is there. If you're not in a TP group, or some other organization, you need to be. Once there, recuit, PC Activism, & GOTV. There should be committees set up for each task. You don't need follow a leader, you need to be one.

Big Government : Code Pink's Medea Benjamin: Unions, Van Jones Not Behind 'Occupy Wall Street'

Fri, 7 Oct 2011 04:41:58 +0000

This was not an SEIU-organized protest. The Blaze article quoted above was a bad case of trying to connect two distant dots.

Big Government : Meet #OccupyWallSt's @JeffRae: Professional Rabble Rouser, Agitator, Organizer & Labor Activist

Mon, 3 Oct 2011 02:21:14 +0000

I didn't say it made sense and one would think it's an oxymoron. Yet, go to the park, you'll see those who advocate complete anarchy mingling with those who advocate complete Communism. The anarchists want to destroy "the machine" (as do the Communists), yet the Communists have a plan--the anarchists don't (or perhaps they do, but they're pretending they don't?). Although the unions have since gotten involved, I have yet to see anything that resembles a cogent collective thought as to what 'utopian' system will replace our quasi-free market. Instead, it is a hodgepodge of (primarily) Marxist thought. (Thus, the reason I'm using the term Neo-Communism).

Big Government : Meet #OccupyWallSt's @JeffRae: Professional Rabble Rouser, Agitator, Organizer & Labor Activist

Mon, 3 Oct 2011 00:51:48 +0000

Actually, I didn't say the protest wouldn't make it through its first two days. And, actually, I haven't called them "Communists." They are a hybrid, however, of Communism and Anarchy...a "Neo Communism." Your problem is not the anger, nor the protests. It is the system in which you espouse. Totalitarianism by the masses.

Big Government : Meet #OccupyWallSt's @JeffRae: Professional Rabble Rouser, Agitator, Organizer & Labor Activist

Mon, 3 Oct 2011 00:22:25 +0000

Hey now...don't lump all those free birds into the same boat. http://www.nedhardy.com/wp-content/uploads/images...

Big Government : Meet #OccupyWallSt's @JeffRae: Professional Rabble Rouser, Agitator, Organizer & Labor Activist

Sun, 2 Oct 2011 22:46:29 +0000

Actually, it's the other way around... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agitprop B-)

Big Government : Meet #OccupyWallSt's @JeffRae: Professional Rabble Rouser, Agitator, Organizer & Labor Activist

Sun, 2 Oct 2011 21:51:39 +0000

Not so anonymous, heh?

Big Government : And, So It Begins: Unions & Professional Left To Join #OccupyWallSt Protesters

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 18:03:17 +0000

The protest, all along, has been to bring down Capitalism (symbollically through Wall St.), to "tear down the machine (actual quote)." Their more fuzzy though about what they're proposing to replace it with. (Honestly, I don't think some really thought about it until after they got there and started holding "People's Assemblies" --which they seem to be very big on.)

Big Government : And, So It Begins: Unions & Professional Left To Join #OccupyWallSt Protesters

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 18:00:07 +0000

Longun45: The reason I went to NYC on the 17th was to confirm what I suspected. This was not an SEIU/Lerner organized event. There was a story that tried to link the two a few weeks ago based on some faulty information. A few of us had been looking for the union connection for months. This was more anarcho-communism inspired. The group #Anonymous is one of the sponsors. Anon was a response to Wikileaks. If this were union organized, they would have had their goals already prepared, It took them several days to get their demands together. This is more of the crowd that protests the IMF (they're pro-union, but not *the union,* per se). As one cop said, these are the protesters that no one else wants--the far fringe. They have, however, been vocal in calling out to the unions (on Twitter) saying "why aren't you here?"

Big Government : And, So It Begins: Unions & Professional Left To Join #OccupyWallSt Protesters

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:52:40 +0000

An excellent point: "...you wanna influence the “machine” bring K-Street to a halt. "

Big Government : And, So It Begins: Unions & Professional Left To Join #OccupyWallSt Protesters

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:51:16 +0000

Thanks for posting the link. I tweeted it a couple of hours ago (forgot to thank you then).

Big Government : And, So It Begins: Unions & Professional Left To Join #OccupyWallSt Protesters

Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:50:17 +0000

No, you're not the only one struck by the irony. That's why I wanted to point it out.

Big Government : Obama's Labor Secretary To Headline AFL-CIO Union Organizing Summit Targeting Young Workers

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 16:13:17 +0000

They already have... Actually, the Machinists did... http://www.unionofunemployed.com/

Big Government : Obama's Labor Department Blasted in Public Comments Over Dangerous 'Persuader' Proposal

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:30:00 +0000

You might have missed this one: http://bit.ly/nE5fWJ RICO is a difficult care to make and there has to be evidence that the acts committed were not part of a union's "legitimate" union objectives.

Big Government : Obama's Labor Department Blasted in Public Comments Over Dangerous 'Persuader' Proposal

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:27:22 +0000

Did you mean *Creeping*? Or an *all out sprint*? Just curios. :)

Big Government : Obama's Labor Department Blasted in Public Comments Over Dangerous 'Persuader' Proposal

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:26:03 +0000

It is only when they begin shooting their own that they may take pause, which is the point of that statement.... And there are a *ton* of their own that they will be shooting.

Big Government : The AFL-CIO Defends Union Violence As A 'Legitimate' Union Activity...

Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:28:23 +0000

Halloween is a good place to start: http://www.unionplus.org/union-made/halloween-tre...