Stupid Americans

Sometimes I'm astounded by the US. The nation has a lot of problems - overspending on warfare (don't call it Defense, since it is use to Attack), problems with affordable and universal heath care, the approach to gun ownership, the  privatisation of prisons, the ineffectual and incredibly harmful war on drugs and the massive increase in student and other debt.

This comic sums it up well

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Occupy Wall Street - the reasons

From http://www.reddit.com/r/politics/comments/lexz2/here_is_what_occupy_wall_street_is_about_and_the/

Here is what Occupy Wall Street is about and the data behind the movement!
Everyone works hard not to get cheated out of their fair share. In the past 30 years, due to gains in technology, productivity rose but salaries when adjusted for inflation decreased for the middle class. The extra wealth accumulated at the top 1%. They then use that wealth to influence politicians and get bailouts and all sorts of other favors. When wealth that is concentrated in the hands of a few is one of the main influences in politics then society is no longer a democracy it is a plutocracy. That is what the protest is about. We all work hard and we all want to be treated fairly and we want the rule of law to be restored such that it applies to everyone in society and that the wealthy are not exempt from their actions. Corporations are needed; unethical behavior and corruption aren't needed.

Complete album of all the data: http://imgur.com/a/U4FR4

Occupy Wall st interview with Fox News

I love this guy

The land of the free?

I've been following the Occupy Wall St protest. Surely, this movement represents the very heart of the US - people who have been disenfranchised by greed and risk taking demanding political accountability and social change. How have they been treated by those who have the power and the money?

You tell me.

See http://www.thirteen.org/metrofocus/news/2011/09/observations-of-a-jailed-journalist/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pL4Xc-AGaIA