Voices are being heard in the land...

[MichiganVote]

"Voices are being heard in the land, voices preaching doctrines wholly unrelated to reality, wholly unsuited to the sixties, doctrines which apparently assume that words will suffice without weapons, that vituperation is as good as victory and that peace is a sign of weakness.

At a time when the national debt is steadily being reduced in terms of its burden on our economy, they see that debt as the greatest threat to our security. At a time when we are steadily reducing the number of Federal employees serving every thousand citizens, they fear those supposed hordes of civil servants far more than the actual hordes of opposing armies.

"We cannot expect that everyone, to use the phrase of a decade ago, will 'talk sense to the American people.' But we can hope that fewer people will listen to nonsense. And the notion that this nation is headed for defeat through deficit, or that strength is but a matter of slogans, is nothing but just plain nonsense."

The prepared speech John F. Kennedy never gave as planned on 11/22/63 in Dallas, Tx.

We have been battling the right wing conservatives who want what they want when they want it a very long time. There is no doubt about this decade long struggle. We gain a little, we've lost a lot.

Now we have even more to lose. If or when we lose our youth, we have lost our right to call ourselves a country.

Enough. This decades long struggle has murdered our leaders, our sons, out daughters and now it wants our children and seniors to perish. To the less connected youth, our time, your time, is now. We cannot effect change without you.

In whatever way works for you our young friends, Fight! Let your voices be heard.

[CJCRANE]

1. Interesting speech....K&R nt

[MichiganVote]

2. Deep in the heart of Texas no less.

If John still had a few blinders on, Robert had none.

[Doctor_J]

3. Do you have suggestions?

As some predicted, the occupation hasn't done much to change the habits of Wall Street or DC. Contrast with the teabaggers, whose summer of screaming, menacing, and gun-waving got them a voting majority in the current Congress. What do you propose?

[hootinholler]

4. That screaming was cover for the corporate cash infusion

which created the TB's candidates. The entire movement can be directly traced back to the Kochs.

Real grass roots change requires time. I for one am impressed that OWS has been able to move the national conversation to include wealth disparity. I'm looking forward to where it leads.

[Doctor_J]

5. Well, while you're waiting for "real change" that "requires time",

things are going to get much, much worse. I have seen no movement whatsoever in the "national conversation". No one with any power has embraced the OWS, even after they've been terrorized and splintered by militarized police forces. Kneeling and getting beaten/pepper sprayed by authorities who will suffer no repercussions is not progress.