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50. I know.
Sat Dec 1, 2012, 08:58 PM
Dec 2012

There is a PBS series that highlights a few communities (Chicago, Philadelphia, Seattle etc.) that have tried to restore some areas to pre-development Eco-systems.

There is a series of TED videos that has architects discussing restoring communities to a more 'green' state. There is the work done by Will Allen in Milwaukee and Joel Saladin's farm. Local garden school lunch programs and edible community gardens in England.

The movement is widespread and active.

What's missing is a unifying organization. We all got taken to the cleaners by the bankers in the last recession; we need a plan to make what 'we' control have more value, and what 'they' control have less value.

Occupy was a nuisance to Wall Street, but they didn't do much damage to them. The movement needs to support businesses that they want to support and condemn businesses they want to condemn. We aren't going to do any damage to the people who control the money without working together at least some.

In the same manner that we all eat at Chick-fil-A and Papa Johns. Target someone and let them change or fall by the way side.

How do we stop them? Ilsa Nov 2012 #1
Congress are these thieves moving into positions of government power. Octafish Nov 2012 #8
I wonder if congress will.... They made so much money from these guys via insider trading... midnight Nov 2012 #10
We could create an underground economy that doesn't Cleita Nov 2012 #13
This message was self-deleted by its author Cleita Nov 2012 #15
I've always expected that's where 'Occupy' is going. Blanks Nov 2012 #28
There are now tama Nov 2012 #39
I know. Blanks Dec 2012 #50
Unifying organization tama Dec 2012 #51
I don't know about 'militant'... Blanks Dec 2012 #56
You amass 100,000 people in the street. Break into their gated communities and..... Hotler Nov 2012 #34
Or just tama Dec 2012 #52
Thank you for this post GiaGiovanni Nov 2012 #2
Be selective in Indian consumer goods, warns Goldman Sachs Octafish Nov 2012 #21
At 2:49 Masters blames CDS debacle on deregulation of banks, which WS lobbied for GiaGiovanni Dec 2012 #57
these bastards are responsible for people literally starving RepublicansRZombies Nov 2012 #3
Kleptocracy: Government of the Thieves, by the Thieves, and for the Thieves. Octafish Nov 2012 #22
Mark Carney, Governor of the Bank Of Canada will become Governor of the Bank of England CJCRANE Nov 2012 #4
Canada is a lot more conservative country, these days, you know. Octafish Nov 2012 #23
I dream of a day where THIS will be the top post on DU- this is THE most important issue RepublicansRZombies Nov 2012 #5
They are being exposed, we are learning their tricks, and we are becoming sick of them. Fire Walk With Me Nov 2012 #20
Well-connected Goldman Sachs uniquely positioned to fight fraud allegations Octafish Nov 2012 #26
kr HiPointDem Nov 2012 #6
Evidence of an American Plutocracy: The Larry Summers Story Octafish Nov 2012 #41
K&R ^^^ Ignore the Third Way Kabuki and pay attention to this ^^^ woo me with science Nov 2012 #7
AIG and the Goldman Sachs Bailout Octafish Nov 2012 #43
Kick! JackRiddler Nov 2012 #9
Who Rules America? Octafish Nov 2012 #45
Hmmm un-banned you say. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Nov 2012 #11
An Investment Manager's View on the Top 1% Octafish Dec 2012 #47
As always Octafish, you post the truly important stuff. K&R nt riderinthestorm Nov 2012 #12
Add in the ones with direct ties to (and ears of) the leaders of state suffragette Nov 2012 #14
Yup, what the one percent REALLY don't want you to talk about woo me with science Nov 2012 #18
Tune into Thom Hartmann right now. He's talking about this. Cleita Nov 2012 #16
Bet that Romney loss has got to hurt. BadgerKid Nov 2012 #17
Just imagine if Romney would have won LeftInTX Nov 2012 #36
K&R! Fire Walk With Me Nov 2012 #19
k&r TheUnspeakable Nov 2012 #24
Thom Hartmann was all over this today... SomethingFishy Nov 2012 #25
Thom has been doing a KICK-ASS job at laying this all out. bullwinkle428 Nov 2012 #35
They need to be exterminated. Marmitist Nov 2012 #27
Kick woo me with science Nov 2012 #29
K&R. Thanks for posting. A lot of us have been talking about this for many years Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #30
Keeping it kicked. nt woo me with science Nov 2012 #31
k and r! tex-wyo-dem Nov 2012 #32
Dear God! Odin2005 Nov 2012 #33
This is really scary. LeftInTX Nov 2012 #37
Scary? Yeah, its scary crazy CT bullshit. banned from Kos Nov 2012 #42
lol. yeah, there is no ruling class. HiPointDem Dec 2012 #48
"Illuminati" tama Nov 2012 #38
I guess that's why all over site, and congressional approval to borrow money had to be dispensed midnight Nov 2012 #40
This is not what most of you are thinking, Hutzpa Nov 2012 #44
don't be mysterious, spit it out. HiPointDem Dec 2012 #49
Don't you know that criticizing Goldman Sachs is Democracyinkind Dec 2012 #53
is that what was meant? ohhh But why not say so directly if that's what the poster believes? HiPointDem Dec 2012 #54
To be fair, I don't know. Read it on other sites though Democracyinkind Dec 2012 #55
We should have let the banks fail. Goldman Sucks is a criminal enterprise. Initech Dec 2012 #46
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