Thanks to Occupy Las Vegas, tourists caught a glimpse of "The Real Vegas": the unemployed, the working poor, the struggling students, the struggling seniors. This is the side of Vegas that LVCVA would rather not advertise.
Government harassment of U.S. political activists clearly exists today, violating our fundamental democratic rights and creating a climate of fear and distrust which undermines our efforts to challenge official policy.
There is no knowing at this point if this phenomena will continue to grow into a full fledged and influential movement of the people, by the people and for the people but at this point, it is an exciting prospect.
Just like our political parties, each of the GOP candidates should have their own animal mascots to provide a simple and expressive symbol of their character and candidacy. Here are some suggestions...
On the Debt Ceiling deal, the word was that Obama "caved". Did he? The evidence indicates otherwise.
  America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves. ~Abraham Lincoln   Lincoln's words...
In their Class War against Americans, what the wealthy fail to understand is blowback. Once a democracy no longer serve its people, they stop looking to elections to solve their problems and take their destiny (and pitchforks and torches) into their own hands.
Please sign and circulate this petition that asks the Department of Justice to aggressively investigate and fight voter laws that suppress the Constitutional right of Americans to vote.
I truly think Californian Democratic "operative" David O Atkins needs to listen to this song:- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT7CVDiCDQI If he's a good boy, drinks his milk and goes...
We have a unique opportunity to have the Obama Administration review and consider proposals and agendas that the people here at The Planet want our President to act on so let's take advantage of this great opportunity ASAP!

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