Ok, first Al Gore, and now Chris Matthews are calling for people to

[CleanGreenFuture]

hit the streets.

Who else? Seems I heard about another pundit saying this...Bill Maher, maybe?

[rsmith6621]

1. I'm Ready

[CleanGreenFuture]

3. Melissa Harris-Perry joining Chris in calling for street action.

[roguevalley]

21. I will go with you. :) I am walking from a long way off but I hope to

hit DC by December.

RV, from Alaska via Oregon

[calimary]

51. I am, too.

Got some good practice during the early '70s. AND again during the dubya years. And at all times and in every case - TOTALLY PEACEFULLY. Hell, I brought my children with me. I am ready. It's LONG PAST TIME.

[spanone]

2. chris matthews just said he doesn't see that happening...at all.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

4. Lazy, fat-ass Americans? Not a chance. Chris is right. n/t

[Cleita]

24. Lazy fat-ass Americans? What's been going on in

Wisconsin in January, in near zero temperatures, and is still going on? Really?

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

27. Minus Wisconsin, of course. The majority of Americans are misinformed, disinformed,

LAZY!!

An *authentic* Tea Party grassroots movement would usher all these jackasses out of town!

We outnumber them. And still, the vast *majority* of us sit on our lazy, fat asses.

[Cleita]

30. Unfortunately, what you are going to see is what's going

on in London from those who have lost everything and have nothing else to lose except a few social programs that our government is now trying to take away from them. I'm sure it's not what Matthews, et al has in mind. We have been having rallies and demonstrations in front of the offices of our Repuke Congressman since this whole debt ceiling debacle began, but it's never covered in the news. As far as he is concerned it never happened. I guess when someone burns a swastika or other symbolic icon on his front lawn he might take notice.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

33. You got it right, my friend!! n/t

[CleanGreenFuture]

5. But he said it should happen. And just because he is skeptical that a passive American

populace could get it together doesn't mean it won't eventually happen.

[Paper Roses]

6. This old lady has her orthopedic shoes ready.

I have children and grandchildren. The government may be ready to put me out to pasture but I have to do anything I can for my family.

[CleanGreenFuture]

9. Children and grandchildren...My primary concern also, Paper Roses.

[young_at_heart]

11. Another old lady seconds your motion!

We remember the 60's---where are all those people?

[Ninga]

17. I'm with you sister! Marched to protest Vietnam, ready and willing to protest again.

[lunatica]

7. The last time millions of us hit the street we were ignored and called

a fucking focus group by Bush.

But if 2 and a half teabaggers hit the streets they stop the presses.

[arcane1]

28. Indeed! I can see the headlines now:

"Millions March in Protest of Obama's Socialist Policies" :eyes:

My cynicism is a good old friend, but sometimes it's an annoying one. Don't get me wrong: I'll be out there in the streets, but I won't get my hopes up either :evilfrown:

[Blue_Tires]

45. +1000

I was out there in '03 as well...

[SoCalNative]

8. Can't I just write a check

so someone else can hit the streets?

:rofl:

[liberal N proud]

10. When are we going!

[nadinbrzezinski]

12. Am I smelling a tipping point?

[Gin]

13. I'm eating my peas!

[LiberalLoner]

14. Maybe so. n/t

[Taverner]

15. Oct 6

This needs to happen regionally as well as in DC

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

35. unfortunately, Oct. 6 is partially organized by those crackpots at ANSWER

who, with their habit of putting self-professed communist speakers on stage, has a tendency to highjack and hurt the credibility of many a cause on the left. As someone who went to DC 8 times to protest the war, I can say that any time ANSWER got involved it became cringe-inducing.

I'd like to see a major progressive rally (last year's Jon Stewart "Let's be Friends" event didn't count), put together by a solid group like moveon or maybe Feingold's Progressive United. People are ready to get out there, be heard and show the teabaggers what a real populist movement looks like.

[bklyncowgirl]

47. Yes I checked out their website, all excited, and was underwhelmed

It sounded like the usual warmed over hippy dippy, lefty louie claptrap. Like you I've been to quite a few of these things and between the godawful speakers and the side issues, the free Mumia, save the whales, freedom for some subgroup of a subgroup of a subgroup in some 3rd world country somewhere not to mention the 9/11 Truthers and the die hard Communists it can be pretty painful.

You'd never know that there's a major economic crisis going on from their website.

I want to march. I've been taking part in the Moveon actions at local Congressional offices but we need to do something big and visible. I'll probably go to this but I'm pretty sure it's going to be more of the same.

[OHdem10]

16. When you go for street action, it has to be street action. Just

a March will bring them to say. Oh, the Left doest like
this sooo----ooooh.

More than one time or people snooze. If you have watched
Wisconsisn, they have been in streets weeks at the time.

[onethatcares]

18. I need a sign meme.

then watch for me in St. Petersburg Floriduh.

Seriously, I need something short and sweet to stand on the corner with. I've been out there with a "BRING THEM HOME" sign and get a few honks and

thumbs up but haven't been able to cut any message about what's happening down to less than 43 words.


BTW, someone is going around the town spraypainting over the "Bring em home" signs. That's weirder than hell.

[robertpaulsen]

48. Three words: TAX THE RICH!

Short, simple, easy enough to chant in place of "USA! USA!"

And if enough of us say it, and keep saying it, it might actually happen. I'm not expecting an immediate return to that socialist Eisenhower's rates, but if we keep our focus, we will prevail.

[emilyg]

19. Ready.

[Horse with no Name]

20. It's the only thing left to do.

Politics isn't working.

[Cleita]

22. Bernie Sanders has been saying it for years. n/t

[Proles]

23. Honestly, I think it's time.

How much more can the people take?

The question is whether Obama will continue to hide or actually wake up and stand behind us.

I certainly think another American revolution is coming.

[dennis4868]

25. IT WILL NOT HELP!

Repubs don't give a shit about the people...THEY ARE EXTREMELY WILLING TO BRING DOWN THIS COUNTRY IN A SECOND IN ORDER TO GET THE WH BACK!

[rainy]

31. So u are saying sit down and shut up?

[dennis4868]

36. NO NO NO NO.

I am saying we have to all get off our asses and vote the fucking repubs out of office!

[bvar22]

34. The Republicans won't,

but maybe the Democrats will find a spine if enough of us demand they do what we elected them to do.



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[dennis4868]

37. they can find a spine...

fight harder and then the repubs fillubuster and nothing gets done....then what? we need to get the House back and have a fillubuster proof senate. GET OUT AND VOTE!

[CleanGreenFuture]

39. We can do both.

[TDale313]

26. Count me in. Far past time.

[la la]

29. i'm ready, too---

i mentioned it a few weeks ago here---the *people* have to be the ones to get this going---and stop bitching, whining and complaining about it!

[indurancevile]

32. useless windbags

[Lint Head]

38. Lets go!!

[Blasphemer]

40. It won't happen until there are soup lines

I think it will have to get really bad (as in depression bad) for people to wake up.

[cutlassmama]

43. there are soup lines. Where have you been? All the food pantries and soup kitchens

in Texas have LONG lines and barely any food. There are 14 million people without jobs in this country and millions of homeless. It's pretty damned bad.

[BackToThe60s]

41. Hell yeah!

Anybody going to Boston?

[YellowRubberDuckie]

42. MIchael Moore.

[robinlynne]

44. DAvid Swanson this morning on connect the dots with lila garrett.

[dreamnightwind]

46. We're marching Wednesday, Jobs not Cuts!

A Move-On action. Check their site, there are similar actions all over the place. It's a small action, but it ain't nothing.

I hope the October march in Washington is huge! In the meantime, let's find other ways to make our voices heard.

Billionaires for Tax-Cuts! Come on, oligarchs, dress up and thank your rep for all the coin. Billionaires for Entitlement Reform! Because us billionaires don't need no stinking entitlements anyway, right? A drone in every pot! Let them eat shake!

[Donnachaidh]

49. Olbermann did too. n/t

[Myrina]

50. Chris Matthews?

He's got enough obnoxious lung power to be a protest march all on his own. Let's send him some sneakers!

[stuntcat]

52. There is one thing I would fight for

And I'd be on Al Gore's side. I've always said I would fight for the Earth, but by now even a serious fight would hardly help. Humanity is a shame that way.

It is going to get very ugly the next few decades, we all need to be ready.

[mzmolly]

53. We need a clear agenda. The Tea Party claimed lower taxes and smaller government.

I think we should push back for reasonable/higher taxes and effective government.