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Comment on American Weapons: Destabilizing Middle East And Killing Syrians by Ole Ole Olson

Ole Ole Olson — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 20:43:15 +0000

Great to see Gilbert getting more airtime. You’re expertise has been grossly underutilized in the larger media.

Comment on It’s Time To Occupy Mainstream Media by Ole Ole Olson

Ole Ole Olson — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:39:02 +0000

Don’t hate the media, become the media
-Jello Biafra

Comment on Progressives Guide to Social Media 1: Intro by Ole Ole Olson

Ole Ole Olson — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:41:03 +0000

Part 2 is up: http://newsjunkiepost.com/2012/02/07/progressives-guide-to-social-media-2-reddit/

Comment on Super Bowl and Election 2012: Panem, Circenses and Brainwashing by Tammy Marchand

Tammy Marchand — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:46:41 +0000

Great article, Gilbert. Unfortunately, Americans have become spectators and the worse kind. They stand still in the middle of the road watching a great big 18 wheeler quickly approaching them. And all that they do – if their eyes are opened – is say, “Wow! Look at that big truck! It’s getting closer and closer!” They won’t move out of the way to save their own butts. They are passengers on the 1%’s American Dream.

Comment on Progressives Guide to Social Media 1: Intro by Ole Ole Olson

Ole Ole Olson — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 13:15:21 +0000

Thanks Tammy. I’m sure a lot of folks with short attention spans will just see a text wall and run away screaming, but that’s the nice part about having something online, folks can always come back and find answers when they need to.

Cheers!

Comment on Progressives Guide to Social Media 1: Intro by Tammy Marchand

Tammy Marchand — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:15:44 +0000

Thanks, Ole! This is great information. And I am looking forward to lesson #2.

Comment on Occupy: Can We Take Money Out of the Social Equation? by Gilbert Mercier

Gilbert Mercier — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 13:20:05 +0000

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Comment on Thanksgiving For What? 46.2 Million Americans Are Living in Poverty by dave

dave — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 20:15:46 +0000

http://newsroom.blogs.cnn.com/2011/11/23/as-you-raise-that-fork-remember-those-with-less-on-their-plates/

Comment on Thanksgiving For What? 46.2 Million Americans Are Living in Poverty by define

define — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 06:05:50 +0000

Define poverty.
The average american in poverty has a cellphone, a job, a car, more than one tv, a microwave.

The Census Bureau identifies a family as “poor” if its income falls below specific thresholds; however, in counting a family’s income, the Census Bureau omits nearly all welfare benefits. In 2010, government spent $871 billion on means-tested welfare programs that provided cash, food, housing, medical care, and social services to poor and low-income Americans.

Additionally, poverty is defined by income. If I am retired, own my $500,000 home and car and get befits, I am poor.

You need to look beyond income envy to identify the poeple who are truly poor – people who are often drug addicts, mentally ill and otherwise handicapped.

Cut the Occupy dogma crap and make a difference!

Comment on OWS: What Can the Global Occupy Movement Learn from Egypt? by Zamo

Zamo — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 22:56:02 +0000

Leaving open questions like that about violence is irresponsible—violence in a primary nonviolent nation will never work—and by primarily nonviolent I mean that protesters in this country are not met with machine guns, but pepper spray, and infrequently. The violence we have seen at Occupy Movement is the work and “organizing” of a few anarchists—the same people who turned WTO protests violent and ineffective…Americans listen to and respect nonviolent protesters, and it turns the hardest heart when nonviolence is met with billy clubs—no one cares if someone breaking windows and burning cars is arrested.