The Occupy Movement.

I have had several conversations and debates about #OWS the past few weeks and I figured I should get some of it on my blog.  I'm not sure where to start now, however, after reading a couple articles tonight.  The first one was about the coordinated attacks by the police to shut down several of the movements in many of the big cities. http://gu.com/p/33thv 
Then I read another very disturbing article about a Senate vote this Monday or Tuesday for the
National Defense Authorization Act bill. http://t.co/iskWIrzO
This is insane!  What is happening to this country??  This is like some bad nightmare coming true, or oh, look, 2012 is on my TV.  That will be next. 
Do ya think maybe the OWS people have hit the nail on the head?  I think the .01% is starting to panic a little and are finding out the sheep aren't going to be such followers after all.  Wow, I sound like some wacko conspiracy theorist.  But you really have to wonder why all these peaceful protests are being met with violence from the police, when the Tea Baggers were bringing guns to their rallies. 
Maybe some of my more conservative friends will start to see the point for OWS now.  This is about all of us.  Our basic American rights are being taken away.  They are messing with voting districts and regulations and flaunting it in our faces. http://gu.com/p/33h8q 
Yes, money is the root of all evil and it has a firm grip on our US government.  We are so screwed.

Slightly Switching Gears

So, I've been thinking for about the last week, I know, I smell smoke too, and I have come to a decision about my activism and posting on Facebook, and here for that matter. 
Last week I copied a post from a friend:

Don't like gay marriages? Don't get one.. Don't like cigarettes? Don't smoke them.. Don't like abortions? Don't get one.. Don't like sex? Don't have it.. Don't like drugs? Don't do them.. Don't like porn? Don't watch it.. Don't like alcohol? Don't drink it.. Don't like guns? Don't buy one.. Don't like your rights taken away??? Don't take away someone else's. (re-post if you agree)


Anyway, some 47 comments and 10 hours later, I was exhausted.  Then I posted something about not spreading the fear and my friend that started the debate last week started in on me again.  Not that I minded, I was just still wiped from the last debate & actually pretty cranky about all things Congressional that day.  Well, that solidified the decision I had already made last Friday.
 
I have around 300 friends & family on my list on Facebook.  I love each one of them dearly.  Even the ones I barely know or haven't seen in forever.  We all have very different opinions about things.  I have no problem with this.  I love a good debate.  However, some of the issues we debate can make us very angry at each other for a time.  We are all entitled to have our own beliefs and opinions and I'm not out to change any one's.
 
So, TA, DA, DA!  I have decided that in the future, I will keep my activism to things factual.  Things that have documented proof that they are true and/or better for the country.  I will not be posting things about Same-sex Marriage, Abortion or Religion.  I have too many people in my life that vehemently disagree with me on some of these social issues.  I don't want to debate those things anymore.  While they are very important, I feel that at this time they are also a distraction from what is really going on in this country.  I am going to focus on the Corporate take over of this country and help to restore the middle class to where we should be.
Thank you for your time. :-)