We the People are Coming

Occupy Wall Street has lasted for several days and now people all over the world are protesting corporate and government greed in their respective countries.  It is no longer a movement in the US but a global movement that is gaining strength.

Yesterday, while most of us were watching Sunday football, having a beer or two, or maybe a glass of wine and eating munches, a marine was standing up to the NYC police force who were trying to disband the protesters, defending their rights to protest in a peaceful manner.  Watch the 90 second video below...

While I am not completely sure what this protest movement will accomplish, one issue is certain and that is, in this country, we are free to voice our opinions if when the majority may not support those opinions.

Small corporations are the backbone of this country while large corporations have the resources to manipulate Congress who create the playground rules by which everyone must play.  It is also obvious, and it does not take a politician to see this but America has gotten greedy.  Perhaps too greedy...  for her own good.

It is not just foreigners that buy our goods and services but Americans.  Americans who work hard for their money and who can exercise their rights to vote if they should so desire.  And, believe me, I think those who will be voting in this country will reach an all time high, don't you?

The entire world is fed up with how the wealthy manipulate all the rest of us...  that is the bottom line, to use a business analogy...  and, while our business and economic models are built upon greed, everyone is entitled to a reasonable profit, with reasonable being the key word here.

I'd like to add Alex, that a big part of this protest is the sad fact that none of the investors who crashed wall street and stole the equity from millions of homeowners have ever been brought to Justice.  Not one is serving time in prison for causing not only the theft from 401k's, pensions, and home equity but then they stole money from the U.S. Treasury by claiming to be "too big to fail".  This failure is coming to light now when the Congress won't make them welfare wall streeters.  Typically they want all of America's earnings from the middle class on down.  Do we give it to them?  The Republicans say  "yes" and the dumb Democrats say "maybe".

Our Founding Fathers set up a Republic, not a Democracy, where the people should be strictly controlled to ensure that individual liberties were protected.  One issue here is for certain and that is the commerce of business has robbed us of our individual liberties and as a result we are no longer able to pursue happiness.  The commerce of business is a pyramid scheme and our talking head politicians serve and protect those who scratch their backs with financial contributions.  Monies that these businesses have made for our efforts to manufacture and to purchase.

We the people are coming! ! !  On the wings of Eagles...

Yes, and we have to be careful here because Wall Street is not just for greedy businessmen and politicians but for the American Workers as well.  Let me explain.

American pension funds and 401K's are invested in Wall Street.

Churches invest their monies in Wall Street.

Insurance Companies invest in Wall Street.

Educational Colleges and Universities invest in Wall Street.

Banks and Credit Unions invest in Wall Street.

Foreign Countries invest in Wall Street.

Individual people invest in Wall Street.

Large non-profits invest in Wall Street.

So, if we take down Wall Street, we take down some of the wealth of average citizens who are working for a retirement one day...  that is the evil inherent in the Wall Street greed...

But, it is still time to take back our country.