Sleeping Tiger Awakened? (Unions, Seniors, Unemployed, Teachers, etc)

[Blackhatjack]

It appears that the put upon 98% of the American population is beginning to find their voice.

Imagine what this country will experience once Unions and Seniors and the Unemployed and Teachers etc. all join together to hit the streets in protests, and begin to exert their economic power by boycotting Wall Street firms and corporate recipients of taxpayer money.

We are just beginning to see the desperate and downtrodden decide to act in unison. And if the politicians (and political parties) can't read a 12% approval rate for Congress (and 3% approval rate rumored for Republican members of Congress) they are about to find out what those numbers mean.

Once you've lost your job and can't find another job, lost your home, have no health insurance, can't afford education, and hear the Republican proposals to further cut government benefits for those suffering in such dire straits, --- THERE IS NOT MUCH LEFT TO LOSE.

[nadinbrzezinski]

1. Yup...it is just beginning.

[napoleon_in_rags]

2. There are literally a million ways to protest too...

That's what people have forgotten here, the simple fact that we all have power. Once this fact is remembered, the game changes radically.

[Name removed]

3. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[Dawson Leery]

5. The "silents" as they are called are as a majority ingrates.

These sob's inherited the benefits that the GI's fought for only to take it for themselves.

[txwhitedove]

6. You just insulted a lot of older people more than once in this post, and apparently forgot

there are a lot of young Republicans.

[newblewtoo]

18. I wasn't sure who they refered to

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silent_Generation

but the hardly seem young.

[txwhitedove]

20. I replied because a poster was broad-brushing "Seniors" in an insulting manner.

Tell me the age demographic of voters responsible, that's fine, but shouldn't be reduced to "Senior" bashing.

[midnight]

4. I hope this is so.

[Skittles]

7. WAY too late

[upi402]

8. kicking

and recommending!

[LooseWilly]

9. Careful.... suggest that Democrats might also "find out" and your post is likely to be deleted...

Follow the party line or you're a threat to... the party line.

The party line.

The party line.

It must be good.

It's the party's line...

[Bluebear]

10. +

[Skittles]

11. I was accused of being a DU TROLL tonight

I kid you not - those folk are SOOOO fucking DELUDED

[truedelphi]

12. Did anyone else catch that moment in Roseanne's Nuts last night, where

Roseanne's boyfriend Johnny is explaining to the grandkids that the upper one percent of this nation owns at least 785% of everything, while the rest of us have to share the remaining fifteen percent?

The grandkid piped up with something to the effect that everyone should share, and the pieces of the pie should be equal. Pretty smart little kid.

[lib2DaBone]

13. How can any Senior Citizen...(Dem or Repuke) vote against Social Security?

I JDGI (just don't get it)

I know Rush Limbaugh and Hannity are good at brainwashing and lying, but how are they able to convince Seniors to vote against their own welfare?

Seniors elected pRick Scott here in Florida... proof positive!

[RebelOne]

16. I am a senior and collecting social security

and there is no way that I would vote against my only source of income. Good thing I do not live in Florida any more.

[newblewtoo]

17. lots of seniors are

ineligible for Social Security or will receive it at a greatly reduced rate from what they may have contributed. I am speaking of those who receive state and federal pensions.


If one has no stake in the system then one has no concern about its success or failure. That is also why the payroll tax holiday is such a bad idea, remove the sense of ownership and you remove the sense of responsibility.

[QC]

14. kick

[bvar22]

15. "FREEDOM 's just another word for Nothing Left to Lose"

Thank You, Janis.

And FREE people are dangerous people.

When the Working Class & the Poor realize we have more in common with each other,
than we have with the Ruling Class Elite Leadership of BOTH political parties,
we can have the "CHANGE" we deserve.

Spread the word.
WE outnumber THEM.

Viva Democracy!
I hope we get some here soon.


"There are forces within the Democratic Party who want us to sound like kinder, gentler Republicans.
I want a party that will STAND UP for Working Americans."
---Paul Wellstone

photo by bvar22
Shortly before Sen Wellstone was killed
You will know them by their Free Trade, Privatization, & Tax Cuts.


Solidarity!

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[Imajika]

19. How many times do we have to hear this stuff...

...about people joining together "to hit the streets". It seems to be a favorite line on DU and the mass protests people hope for just never materialize. There are some protests here and there, even very large effective ones like what happened in Wisconsin, but nothing close to being some grand movement across America to "hit the streets". The local protests actually appear more successful, where the national events seem to sputter out and achieve little.

The "desperate and downtrodden" are not about to decide to act in unison. The country is divided, there are just as many Americans supporting the right as there are backing the left. The enemy is just as likely to protest as we are.

This isn't the 60's and the movement for change today is not likely to look the same. Don't expect masses of Americans to unite, put down the PS3, turn off American Idol and "hit the streets" anytime soon.

[Generic Other]

21. I compiled this list 2003-2005

Millions of us "hit the streets."

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=4439801

[white_wolf]

22. We need to follow the lead of the ILWU.

They know how to fight for their rights.