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Category Archives: Corporate Greed
The GOP, Corporate America, And The Powell Manifesto
Progressives and others have been going wild this week over a Rick Santorum remark denegrating college education, basing his statement on something that President Obama didn’t even say. It is time for us to get over being shocked by every “crazy” … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Greed, GOP
Tagged Chamber of Commerce, GOP, Lewis Powell Memo, rick santorum
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Overturn Citizens United
Overturn Citizens United. National Week of Action Begins January 16. Get involved. Find out how. United4thePeople.org
Posted in Calls to Action, Corporate Greed
Tagged Overturn Citizens United
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Letter From The 99% To The 1%
From our inbox: The letter below is a simple, elegant expression of the reason for the Occupy Wall Street movement. We do not know its origin. Please share widely. Letter to the 1% We are the 99%. We are the … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Greed, Occupy Wall St.
Tagged 1%, 99%, occupy Wall Street
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Happy Holidays: ‘Tis The Season For Hope And Renewal
It Never Had To Be This Way It is the solstice and holiday season and I, as many others plan to mellow out and let the world roll on without me for a couple of days. There is just one … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Greed
Tagged choices, GOP, media, occupy movement, of the people, renewal, solstice
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ALEC Readies Its Christmas List
ALEC is having a little get together before Christmas to let those legislators who owe allegiance to them and not to their voters just what it is they want in the next year. Last year was a good year for … Continue reading
Posted in ALEC, Corporate Greed
Tagged ALEC, Lofgren, secrecy
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What The Hell Is A Person Supposed To Do?
Next week the so-called “Super-Congress” will deliver its verdict on whose throat to cut as a sacrifice to the gods of austerity. It is at times like this that a citizen feels so helpless that they want to run screaming … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Greed, Economy, How You Can Help, Letters
Tagged hang together
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Iowans Living in the 99 Percent
During a Saturday afternoon discussion with my mother and sister we ran the stack, using the Occupy Wall Street technique for managing the order of speakers. We each agreed tacitly to the process as reflected by the civil tone and … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Greed, Economy, Occupy Iowa, Occupy Wall St., Progressive Community
Tagged occupyiowa, OWS. Occupy Wall Street
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Walker And Cronies Forced To Listen To 99%
I watched this and thought about how often the 99% is forced to listen to the right-wing propaganda machine… Enjoy this powerful video of Walker and his rich pals having to endure the message of the 99%. If the 99% … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Greed, Occupy Iowa, Occupy Wall St.
Tagged #occupy iowa, 99%, occupy Wall Street, Scott Walker
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Why Terry Branstad Couldn’t Care Less About Us
I remember these principles from a macro-economics class I took in college: When there are more jobs than workers available to fill the jobs, wages go up, unions are strong. When there are more workers than there are jobs available, … Continue reading
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Occupy Iowa City Walk To The Pentacrest
Occupy Iowa City held an action Saturday (see Saturday’s BFIA post), a march from College Green Park to the ped mall (Black Hawk Mini Park) where there were speeches and a presentation by four corporate pigs defending the 1%. The … Continue reading
Posted in Corporate Greed, Occupy Iowa, Occupy Wall St.
Tagged occupy iowa, occupy iowa city, OWS
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