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...wasn't a specific incident? The Republicans and the Right Wing gave permission for all of us to use words we haven't used before: capitalism and socialism. So let's have a discourse. They called Obama a socialist because he told Joe the plumber he wanted to spread the wealth around. Then we had the crash and a month later Bush is talking about the glories of capitalism. I don't' remember in my lifetime where the President starts off a speech says, "And now class, today's topic is capitalism." They started using these words...
...called the TARP program part of a financial coup d'etat. But if we get our money back, with interest, and the banking system reverts to doing what it should do, haven't the citizens won? If you give me $700 billion per year, hey I have some good ideas. I can make some money with that, for me and for you. I'm going to have my best quarter if you gave me that money. I wonder how many people in the inner cities would love a little bailout money to get out the hole they...
...Real wages have not increased in a decade. You would think that labor unions would have been able to take advantage of the situation and recruit more members? Why haven't they? This is the crux of the problem: because the Republicans and the right wing have been successful in almost eliminating unions, everyone else has suffered as a result. Because unions fought for good pay and benefits, so many other people who weren't union members benefited. By decimating the working class the corporations may have increased profits short term. But what they found is that [by forcing down...
...What do you want people to feel when they walk out of the theater? I want what all filmmakers want: I want people to walk out and say to each other: 'Wow, that was great way to spend two hours. That was exhilarating. I haven't seen anything like that in a while...
...right now is far worse than it was eight years ago. So increasing the number of troops does not help resolve the situation there. I think that just giving this form of advice is very valuable assistance. But we certainly hope that there are ears ready to listen. We haven't found that yet. We hope that you will be able voice out these concerns so powerfully that finally they will be heard...