IT'S SO NOT OVER!
September
17th marked the 7th anniversary of the day that protesters descended
on
Zuccotti Park in New York City, re-naming it Liberty Park and launching
#Occupy Wall Street!
On November 6th, 2018
we will see whether the Spirit that inspired the nationwide uprising seven years ago
will prevail in the midterm elections.
We the People,
those of us who believe that we are truly created equal
with an unalienable right to freely pursue our happiness,
must wrest back at least a semblance of political power on November 6th.
I'm hoping that 7 is our lucky number on the 6th!
Zuccotti Park in New York City, re-naming it Liberty Park and launching
#Occupy Wall Street!
On November 6th, 2018
we will see whether the Spirit that inspired the nationwide uprising seven years ago
will prevail in the midterm elections.
We the People,
those of us who believe that we are truly created equal
with an unalienable right to freely pursue our happiness,
must wrest back at least a semblance of political power on November 6th.
I'm hoping that 7 is our lucky number on the 6th!
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As I Sit Here Today
As I sit here today with only 49 days until the midterm elections, I'm admittedly a bit scared at times.
Yet, I remain hopeful.
At old coot now, at age 72, I still believe that there is an essential Goodness and Decency that resides in the heart of We the People. I'm praying that our collective aspiration to create a land where all human beings are deemed of equal worth will propel us to wrest back at least a modicum of governmental power from the current Retrograd Republicans.
It's crucial that we do so.
Without a victory that returns the House and/or the Senate to the Democrats, Trumposaurus Rex and his Wrecking Crew will continue their unfettered campaign to destroy enlightened public policy. Without a victory, The New Deal and Social Security, the Great Society, the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts, and the Affordable Care Act, and the regulations that put them into action, will continue to be in the crosshairs of these Kleptocrats, Privateers, Banksters and Gangsters.
Although I've got a bone to pick with the Democratic Party, and will continue to rant and rave about the Corporate takeover during the Clinton era, this is a no-brainer. The reality isn't a choice between two evils. It's the choice about whether we put the brakes on, or race off the cliff full speed ahead.
Each of us must roll up our sleeves and do everything we can in the next few weeks.
It's SO not over!
(READ MORE on the background of the song, first written in the wee hours of the morning that Mayor Bloomberg backed off on his first plan to clear the park "for maintenance." I was glued to a LiveStream as the victory was announced. A roar surged through the crowd. I broke into tears. The song wrote itself.)
