Who are the 99 percent? Who are we?

“I did everything I was supposed to and I have nothing to show for it.” It’s not the arrests that convinced me that “Occupy Wall Street” was worth covering seriously. Nor was it their press strategy, which largely consisted of tweeting journalists to cover a small protest that couldn’t say what, exactly, it hoped to [...]

World Financial Crisis for dummies

Great, simple explanation by Benjamin Fulford  of the fraudulent nature of the financial system worldwide. US – World Financial Crisis Explained By Benjamin Fulford 1-11-11 Heidi is the proprietor of a bar in Chicago. She realizes that virtually all of her customers are unemployed alcoholics and, as such, can no longer afford to patronize her [...]

In Less Than A Minute Alan Grayson Explains #OccupyWallStreet To The 1 Percent

2012 House candidate Alan Grayson owns those trying to discredit Occupy Wall Street by explaining to the panel what #OccupyWallStreet is all about. Ok, there is a lot of anti-republican talk which I don’t totally appreciate (The composition of the 99% is BOTH Republican and Democrat), but the explanation is so quick and simple that [...]

Banks Bailout Stings Unemployed

Source: Technorati A techie lost his job during the 2008 downsizing and tried to renegotiate with his banks on his car loan. Denied! He sold everything he had to keep making the payments since his unemployment ran out last April. Friday he was notified he qualified for the new Federal extension so he could again [...]

2011 in U.S. looks painfully like 1932

Nearly 20 percent of American workers unemployed – facing what looked like an endless future without full-time work, losing homes and struggling against downward mobility. Many Americans marching in the streets – and even resorting to violence. That was 1932. Historian Arthur Schlesinger’s 1957 book “The Crisis of the Old Order, 1919-1933″ described the times: [...]