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By David DeGraw, AmpedStatus Report
Hey, what’s that sound?
Everybody look what’s going down…”
- Buffalo Springfield
Exciting times over here, to say the least! The June 14th Flag Day Rebellion against economic tyranny is growing much stronger and more rapidly than anticipated. As a small part of a decentralized movement, it’s hard to measure the overall impact, but my email inbox is exploding with support and interest. This movement is definitely succeeding in uniting people from all over the political spectrum. Hardcore progressives and libertarians have found common cause. Liberals who are sick of “spineless Democrats.” Conservatives who have had enough of “crony-capitalist and imperial Republicans.” Apolitical people who are sick and tired of living paycheck to paycheck, struggling to get by. The foreclosed upon. The unemployed. People desperately surviving off of food stamps. And especially people who have been impoverished by medical bills. I’ve heard from so many people with horror stories from financial ruin as a result of health problems who are “ready to fight back.” The anger throughout the population is much more intense than even I thought it was.
People who spent their career working on Wall Street are “done sitting idle while the market is rigged in favor of a handful of politically connected global banks and firms.” The people who are taking it upon themselves to take action and spread the word come from all walks of life. Emails have come in from people in the military, veterans, police, firefighters, real estate brokers, lawyers, doctors, nurses, construction workers, accountants, Wal-Mart workers, union members, union haters – they’re all coming together on this. Teachers and students have been strong supporters. College students and recent graduates are feeling completely trapped in debt. Their awareness of their limited opportunities and lack of financial security moving forward is very evident. And, of course, the activists and hacktivists are coming out in force.
For those not up to date, this is what everyone is uniting and rallying around:
This Flag Day, Tuesday June 14th, we will launch a non-violent movement with this list of demands:
* End the campaign finance and lobbying racket
* Break up the Fed & Too Big to Fail banks
* Enforce RICO laws against organized criminal class
* Order Ben Bernanke to step down
Here is the call to action we contributed to the cause, which has been reposted on at least 50 sites now:
Acts of Resistance: What Are You Going To Do On June 14th to Rebel Against Economic Tyranny?
This is a Google map showing some of the public protest locations: http://maps.google.com (Note the first action listed.)
Here’s a brief roundup of what people are saying about the protests, notice the diversity of viewpoints these people represent. I will have a more detailed and focused post featuring many other contributions to this movement within the next few days. This is just the tip of the iceberg.
Comedian Lee Camp just released this video to AmpedStatus in support of actions. Lee will be moving his money out of a big bank on Tuesday.
Fight the Banks On June 14th [Warning Explicit Language]
The well-respected Washington’s Blog does an excellent job summing up the call to action:
The Big Banks Have Sold Us Out. Democrats And Republicans Have Sold Us Out. No One Is Defending Our Interests. Our Future Is Going Up In Flames. It’s Time For Us To Stand Up And Defend Ourselves
“… Even though most politicians are totally corrupt, if many millions of Americans poured into the streets… a critical mass would be reached, and the politicians would start changing things in a hurry. As [liberal] PhD economist Dean Baker points out:
‘The elites hate to acknowledge it, but when large numbers of ordinary people are moved to action, it changes the narrow political world where the elites call the shots. A big turnout … can make a real difference.’
Similarly, no matter how completely sold-out to the Wall Street giants D.C. politicians are, they would start paying attention to their real employers – the American people – if we make enough noise. If 3 million Americans all peacefully surrounded the White House and Capitol Hill, holding signs saying ‘We’re Not Leaving Until the Too Big to Fails which Caused the Economic Crisis are Reined In’, things would change pretty fast.
3 million might sound like a lot of people. But many millions of people read popular alternative financial and economic news sites. You are probably one of millions of people who will read this essay (by the time it is published by some of the larger sites).
In other words, it’s not even a question of convincing other people to go. We – those who read alternative financial websites – could do it ourselves.
If millions of us don’t go protest… it’s because we are choosing not to sacrifice a tiny bit in order to change things. The bad guys are only winning because we – the American people – aren’t making enough noise.
Not Now . . .
It is human nature to try to put things off until tomorrow. Tomorrow, when things are easier, we’ll do it… It is easy to despair that it is already too late. Should we whine and give up hope?
Well, about a month before the American Revolutionary War, Patrick Henry said: ‘They tell us, sir, that we are weak; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year?’
If not now, when? Like Patrick Henry asked, when will we be stronger? When will the robber barons be weaker?
If we’re going to save America through non-violent protests, now is the time.
Similarly, conservative financial writer Karl Denninger writes today: ‘You – America – You – can fix this tomorrow. Put 500,000 people around The Treasury and The Fed and refuse to leave until Geithner and Bernanke both resign and depart and the FDIC goes through all four of the largest banks, marks their ‘stuff’ to market, and resolves all that are insolvent. Lay peaceful siege, MLK-style.’
How can both liberals and conservatives be calling for the same thing – massive protests against the banking elites and their water-carriers in D.C.?
Because that’s what all Americans want.
While the elites have tried to divide and conquer America into a false left-versus-right dichotomy, all Americans want the rule of law to be enforced.
All Americans want the big boys to be held accountable to the same laws that we have to follow.
All Americans want there to be a level playing field so that the little guy has a chance to compete fairly.
For liberals, remember Martin Luther King Jr. and Gandhi. For conservatives, this is what Jesus would do: kick the moneychangers out of the temple.
You know it … now act.
We can save America in a week if we follow the call…”
Wall Streeter Mike Krieger stands up in support of June 14th Protests, via Zero Hedge:
“Recent years have proven that things work much better at the local level and we need to start aggressively moving power and sovereignty back to the states and our local communities…. June 14th Protests: I ask people to support this in some way. Whether that means going to a protest, attending a city council meeting, buying silver, or reading the Constitution, the point is please do SOMETHING to exercise your individual sovereignty and resistance to economic and political slavery.”
The Sons of Liberty are in support of the June 14th Actions Against Economic Tyranny:
Leaderless Resistance | Don’t Tread On Me
“With Leaderless Resistance there is no need to actually know your brothers in arms. Through the common cause or rallying cry, we can do much more individually. So this Flag Day, June 14th, I encourage everyone to participate in Operation Empire State Rebellion. I support their efforts because they embrace this spirit of non violent, non compliant, leaderless resistance. More importantly, they are hacking at the root of power, the banking system that enslaves humanity with war and debt. You can do something small or you can do something much more. I have compiled a bunch of examples of non violent leaderless resistance.”
And, of course, let’s not forget the Anonymous video with over 180,000 views on YouTube, not counting tens of thousands of additional views on other video accounts:
A99 Operation Empire State Rebellion – Communication #1
Then there is the Anonymous laced music video featuring the…
Operation Empire State Rebellion Anthem
see also: http://J14.FSS34.COM
Here’s our call to action also set to music featuring the one and only Max Keiser:
see also: http://J14.FSS34.COM
Even the famed Economic Hitman John Perkins wrote us in support of this effort.
As I said, this is a diverse decentralized movement and this is just the tip of the iceberg. Much more to come!
There will be a major announcement within the next few days.
Spread the word, the American Summer of Resistance Is Upon Us…
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Previous Comments:
Justin said:
I’ll be representing in Seattle with the spirit of 99! We were right back then and we are right again now.
Enough already!
June 9th, 2011 at 8:36 pm
Derek said:
Inspiring post. It’s about time. Let’s do this!
June 9th, 2011 at 8:38 pm
Gene said:
Wow. This movement has it all. Decentralized indeed.
Look out Egypt, Spain, Greece, etc. The sleeping giant is awaking.
June 9th, 2011 at 8:44 pm
Cherie said:
I always talk to people at work, people everywhere for that matter, about politics and the need to action. Most people at work are sick of hearing me go off. Then yesterday a coworker comes up to me and says, “So, what are you doing for Flag Day?” I said, what do you mean? He then proceeds to floor me by saying he heard that people were taking “patriotic actions against the crooks on Wall Street.”
For the first time in a few years i thought to myself, Holy Shit! Are the apathetic Americans starting to realize that they can, and desperately need to, do something.
Perhaps the time has come? Can it be?
June 9th, 2011 at 8:52 pm
EyesWideOpen said:
This is the way to go. I’ve been resisting for more than a year by buying silver, and will do so again on June 14th. If I can locate a rally in my area I’ll be attending that to.
March on!!
June 9th, 2011 at 8:58 pm
Thomas Jefferson said:
I’ve come back from the dead to express my support for this movement.
June 9th, 2011 at 9:15 pm
Eric said:
Bring on the “major announcement.”
I’m ready to roll.
June 9th, 2011 at 9:42 pm
Johnny Dangerreaux said:
Hey DARPA! Congratulations for sowing the seeds of your own demise. I hope Jay Rock gets his way and shuts down the internet—THEN people will get really pissed. Until then, I will wave my freak flag high!!
(And Buy SIlver)
Elite: Another word for psychopathic control freak that must be destroyed one way or another….we really need to surround and burn down Pratt House if you want ANY changes around here….
BURN DOWN PRATT HOUSE !!!
UN OFF OUR SOIL!!!
Nationalize the Rockefeller Fortune, since it’s all OUR money anyway!!!!!!
June 10th, 2011 at 1:22 am
Max said:
GIABO USA,
Time to join the party America!
RISE UP!
June 10th, 2011 at 3:29 am
Liam Watt said:
this is it –
wakeup
stand up
speak up
act up
learn
teach
serve
love
June 10th, 2011 at 4:18 am
Greg said:
Just checked the map.
Looks like Financial District #NYCCAMP #libertycamp is going to be our Tahrir Square.
Time to get your revolt on!
June 10th, 2011 at 1:28 pm
Susan said:
What a way to start my day. Good morning revolutionaries!
June 10th, 2011 at 1:35 pm
ectoendomezo said:
“As a small part of a decentralized movement, it’s hard to measure the overall impact, but my email inbox is exploding with support and interest.”
MY GAWD!
THE PHONINESS…THE PURE..UNADULTERATED…BULLSCHEISSE..THE COMPLETE.AND UTTER..IRREFUTABLE….LIE..THE SELF DENIAL AND EVEN..OPEN..DIRECT..”DOUBLE SPEAK”..OF THE ABOVE “ARTICLE/STATEMENT”..IS..SIMPLY…STUNNING.
YOU PEOPLE..ARE ALMOST UNIVERSALLY..SLAPPING YOURSELVES ON THE BACK..AND…THE REALITY IS:
NOTHING..LITERALLY..NOT…ONE..THING…HAS:
“CHANGED”.
NOT ONE THING IS..”DIFFERENT”.
THERE IS NO..”MASS MOVEMENT”.
THERE IS ONLY MASS COWARDICE AND MASSIVELY IRRESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOUR…MASS RATIONALIZATION..AND WORST OF ALL…WORST….OF….ALL:
“MASS DENIAL”.
THIS ENTIRE SITUATION IS ACTUALLY…WRITTEN..IN THE CONTEXT OF:
“IF”.
“IF YOU ALL MARCH..”
“IF THE PEOPLE SURROUNDED THE FED AND DEMANDED..”
“IF EVERYONE JOINS TOGETHER..”
Y’KNOW WHAT THE TRUTH IS?
“LET THEM MARCH ALL THEY WANT..AS LONG AS THEY CONTINUE PAYING TAXES..” — ALEXANDER HAIG.
UNTIL YOU ACCEPT..THAT THIS IS ABOUT..ONE (1) RESOURCE..AND ONE RESOURCE..ONLY:
“MONEY”.
AND UNTIL YOU ACCEPT THAT THOSE IN POWER HAVE LITERALLY…”COMPLETELY CONVINCED THEMSELVES TO THE POINT OF TOTAL BELIEF…THAT YOUR CONTINUED PAYMENT OF YOUR MONEY TO THEM TO USE AS THEY SEE FIT…IS…….TO THEM…TANTAMOUNT TO….APPROVAL. COMPLETE…APPROVAL.”
UNTIL YOU REALIZE THAT….NOTHING…WHATSOEVER..WILL..”CHANGE”.
NOTHING.
IN FACT…THIS IS QUITE EASILY PROVEN.
LOOK AROUND.
THERE IS…NOT…ONE…”DIFFERENCE”.
AND I DO HEREBY CHALLENGE THE “LEADERS” OF THIS FAUX “MOVEMENT” TO SHOW ME…WHERE ONE..ONE..”ACTUAL”..CHANGE HAS TAKEN PLACE.
IS THE GULF OIL “OFF LIMITS”?
NOPE!
IS BP/GE/WALL STREET ETC..ETC..ETC..ET AL…PAYING TAXES ALL OF A SUDDEN?
NOPE!
ARE THE “WARS” OVER?
NOPE!
ARE UNIONS WINNING..UMM..ANYTHING? (EXCEPTING OF COURSE THE FIRING OF ALL INDEPENDENT CANNABIS GROWERS VIA UNION/FAUX-GRESSIVE PRIVATIZATION.. OOOPS.. SORRY.. ‘LEGALIZATION’.. INSANITY)
NOPE!
HAS THEIR BEEN EVEN ONE…VICTORY..FOR:
ENVIRONMENT?
CIVIL LIBERTIES?
LABOR?
NOPE!
NOPE!
NOPE!
AND BY THE WAY…”MAYBE” DOESN’T CUT IT.
“WELL..GALL..THE RECALLS IN WISCONSIN..GALL..”
NOPE!
NOT YET..AND ALMOST CERTAINLY WILL NOT SUCCEED.
ETC..
“MAYBE” DON’T CUT IT!
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT A “MOVEMENT” REMEMBER?
FRANKLY..THIS ARTICLE ABOVE..IS PART OF THIS..STUNNING PHENOMENA.
THE PHENOMENA OF:
“SUBCONSCIOUS GUILT AT KNOWING THAT TAXES/MONEY IS/ARE THE KEY..AND THAT ONES..’REFUSAL’ TO ACT RESPONSIBLY, TO…TAKE…RESPONSIBILITY FOR ONES OWN MONEY AND ‘HOW’ AND ‘WHERE’ AND ‘FOR WHAT’..IT IS SPENT..IS TANTAMOUNT TO DIRECT…DIRECT.. UNEQUIVOCAL… COMPLICITY.. AND DIRECT.. IRREFUTABLE.. SUPPORT FOR THE VERY POLICIES..PROGRAMS.. LAWS..AND CORRUPTION… THEY CLAIM T SO DESPISE.”
THAT IS THE “PHENOMENA” THAT IS REPRESENTED..ONCE AGAIN..AND NOW..BASICALLY..DAILY..AS THE FAUX “MOVEMENT” CONTINUES TO ACTUALLY..ACCOMPLISH…LITERALLY..NOTHING. IN FACT…LESS THAN NOTHING..AS THE SUPREME COURT AND THE CORPORATE GOVERNMENT HAVE IN FACT GUTTED..GUTTED..OUR FREEDOMS IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS..AND CONTINUE TO DAILY…WEEKLY…RAZE TO THE GROUND…WHAT IS LEFT OF AUTONOMY AND FREEDOM.
YOU PEOPLE..ARE IN DENIAL.
BECAUSE YOU KNOW…YOU…KNOW…THAT THE “WEB” IS POINTLESS AS A VEHICLE OF “CHANGE”.
IF “TWITTER” WORKED TO INFLUENCE OUTCOMES IN GOVERNMENT OR CORPORATE REALITY…IT WOULD BE ALREADY A DONE DEAL.
SURELY THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF ‘FACEBOOK USERS”…ARE DEEPLY OPPOSED TO “TORTURE”..RIGHT?
BUT..IT NOT ONLY CONTINUES..ITS BEING EXPANDED. DAILY.
HIDDEN AND JUSTIFIED AND AS OF LAST WEEK..EVEN THOSE PERIPHERALLY INVOLVED..ARE “LET FREE”.
NOPE!
SORRY.
THIS ENTIRE “MOVEMENT” IS A LIE!
BASED ON THE FALLACY THAT “MARCHING” OR “BODIES” IS “ENOUGH”..AND THUS GUILTILY IGNORING AND PATHOLOGICALLY DENYING THE REALITY THAT IT IS ABOUT..100% ABOUT..
“THE MONEY IN YOUR POCKET..THE MONEY YOU WILLINGLY..DUTIFULLY..OBEDIENTLY… HAND OVER FOR ‘USE’ BY THOSE INTENT..DETERMINED.. LITERALLY….. DETERMINED.. TO USE YOUR MONEY TO DESTROY… YOUR FREEDOM.
YOU…ARE PAYING!
THUS YOU…ARE “ACCOMPLISHING” NOTHING BUT CONTINUED DESTRUCTION OF LIBERTY AND ENVIRONMENT AND PEACE.
YOU PAY? YOU PLAY!
PERIOD!
THIS CANNOT BE REBUTTED..ONLY DENIED AND RATIONALIZED.
GANDHI…SOUTH AFRICA AND MANDELA..GRAPE PICKERS… THEY ALL MADE REAL..CHANGE.
THEY DID IT..BY FOCUSING ON…… THE MONEY!
SOUTH AFRICA AND APARTHEID ARE THE MOST MASSIVE EXAMPLES.
NOW ALMOST UNIVERSALLY IGNORED AND ‘FORGOTTEN INTENTIONALLY’ BY THE GUILTY COWARDS WRITING ‘ARTICLES’ LIKE THE ONE ABOVE.
THOSE FOLKS BEAT AN ENTRENCHED VICIOUS FIRST OF ITS KIND..”CORPORATE FASCIST” GOVERNMENT..USING:
THE POWER OF MONEY.
AND YOU..MIGHT HAVE HELPED..
REMEMBER THE “BOYCOTTS” OF SOUTH AFRICAN ‘OFFICIAL’ GOODS ETC?
REMEMBER?
NO?
DENIAL IS A STRANGE PHENOMENA.
IT IS ESPECIALLY GOOD AT CREATING ‘SELECTIVE MEMORY’.
AS LONG AS THE “MOVEMENT” CONTINUES TO CONSIST OF “MARCHING” AND ‘CLICKTIVISM’…IT WILL BE LITERALLY…A JOKE.
IT WILL………NEITHER………’CHANGE’…….NOR ‘ACCOMPLISH’….A SINGLE THING.
IT IS LITERALLY..A “FEEL GOOD LIE”.
UNTIL YOU PEOPLE CAN SWALLOW YOUR FEAR OF REPRISAL FROM THE IRS AND REFUSE TO PAY.
UNTIL YOU CAN ACTUALLY “DO WITHOUT” YOUR “CORPORATE PARTNER” SELF SURVEILLANCE DEVICE..OOPS..SORRY..”SMART PHONE”…OR OTHER ENDLESS ‘PRODUCTS”..UNTIL YOU CAN ACTUALLY…ACHIEVE THAT REALITY…YOU ARE NOTHING BUT SELF DECEIVING LIARS…IN TOTAL DENIAL ABOUT THE REALITY:
ALL THEY WANT FROM YOU..IS MONEY AND THE OBEDIENT AND CONTINUED SUPPLY OF THAT ONE (1) CRITICAL RESOURCE TO THEIR…THEIR…’CAUSE’.
THAT IS ALL…..A-L-L..THEY WANT.
AND AS LONG AS YOU GIVE THEM THAT ONE THING…THEY WILL SIMPLY IGNORE EVERY OTHER FORM OF “PROTEST”.
JUST AS THEY ARE RIGHT..THIS…MINUTE.
UNTIL AMERICANS “REMEMBER” THAT THIS NATION WAS FOUNDED UPON TAX RESISTANCE..AND THAT IT IS STILL..THE “FAIL SAFE” TO “TRANSITION” FROM DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC TO CORPORATE AUTHORITARIAN STATE…AND THAT THE “SYSTEM’ WA SIN FACT “BUILT” FOR THAT VERY PURPOSE BY THE FOUNDERS…WHO KNEW..THAT CONSOLIDATION OF WEALTH AND POWER..WOULD..TO A MORAL CERTAINTY..EVENTUALLY OCCUR..AND THUS BUILT THE SYSTEM TO BE ABLE TO ‘CONTINUE’ ONLY….ONLY…WITH THE FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF THE GOVERNED…….UNTIL YOU ACCEPT THIS INCONTROVERTIBLE AND IMPOSSIBLE TO REBUT REALITY….AND SIMPLY….REFUSE TO PAY…AND UNITE IN UNION STYLE TAX STRIKE…WITH A LIST OF ‘DEMANDS FOR MANAGEMENT’….UNTIL YOU REALIZE AND RECOGNIZE THIS FACT…YOU ARE SIMPLY IN DENIAL AND ARE NOT….NOT…A ‘MOVEMENT’…BUT RATHER…WEAK AND POINTLESS SELF DECEIVING FOOLS.
THAT IS YOUR “MOVEMENT”.
A POINTLESS EXERCISE IN NAIVETE AND TOTAL LACK OF STREET SMARTS.
LYING TO YOURSELVES AND EVERYONE ELSE.
HEY…I JUST BET…NO..I’M CERTAIN…THAT THE “AUTHOR” IS CORRECT..I’M CERTAIN HIS..”EMAIL BOX IS FULL OF INTEREST AND SUPPORT..”
HEY..SUPER-TERRIFIC. THATS REALLY GOING TO HAVE AN IMPACT ON BP/CHEVRON/THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX/U.S. GOVERNMENT/CORPORATE BOARDROOMS ETC..ETC..
YEAH…AS OPPOSED TO SAY…A STRAIGHT UP “BOYCOTT”.
OR..GOSH…”REFUSAL TO CONTINUE TO BAIL THEM OUT”.
NAWWWW…”EMAIL” AND “SUPPORT” AND “INTEREST”..ARE SURE ENOUGH…”MORE OF A THREAT TO THE ENTRENCHED STATUS QUO THAN REFUSAL TO GIVE THEM MONEY!”
YEAH..YOU JUST KEEP TELLING YOURSELVES THAT.
AFTER ALL..THATS WHAT THIS IS REALLY ABOUT..”MAKE BELIEVE”.
MAKE BELIEVE “PROTEST” AND MAKE BELIEVE “CHANGE”.
“OBAMA STYLE CHANGE”.
AKA..NO CHANGE AT ALL AND 100X WORSE!
GREAT “PLAN”!
YOU PEOPLE..MAKE ME SICK!\
EITHER ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOU…..YOUR..MONEY.
TAKE THE “RISK”. UNITE IN TAX PROTEST AND BOYCOTTS..
OR…LITERALLY…SHUT UP!
BECAUSE YOUR “WORDS”..BACKED UP BY NOTHING BUT CONTINUED PAYMENT…ARE…AS ONE GREAT TAX PROTESTER PUT IT YEARS AGO:
“MERE SMOKE OF OPINION..” (H.D. THOREAU)
YOU PEOPLE…YOU PAY FOR A “PRODUCT”..THEN PRETEND YOUR “PROTESTING” THAT PRODUCT!
WOW!
SMART MOVE.
IF NO ONE STOPPED BUYING TOYOTA AUTOMOBILES..DO YOU REALLY…THINK..THEY WOULD HAVE “VOLUNTARILY RECALLED” THEIR PRODUCT?
NOPE!
IT IS THE SAME THING WITH THIS CORPORATE GOVERNMENT.
AS LONG AS YOU CONTINUE TO BUY THEIR LETHALLY VICIOUS AND DEFECTIVE “PRODUCT”…THEY WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE IT!
PERIOD!
THE ONLY OTHER OPTION…..IS DENIAL!
AND THAT’S……..YOU!
June 10th, 2011 at 3:39 pm
Paul Glover said:
I’m organizing a regional stock exchange dedicated to eco-development.
June 10th, 2011 at 4:05 pm
trillionsofdollarsoffraud said:
ectoendomezo said: I absolutely agree and write this just to let on know as I doubt that any others will listen to what you said that is the absolute truth, except that there is no money in a cashless society of people who don’t use language correctly and refuse to acknowledge that there is no one making any money! It is nothing more than faux dollars or virtual nonsense! The dollars are not coined nor printed in the tens of trillions of dollars in this country, as of yet, but are emitted as digital keystroke accounting units that are not worth the electrons it takes to emit them into the data of the computer banking systems to account for all the credit being extended – ad naseoum (or however it is spelled)!
Michael-Lynn @ The “MIXED WAR” Room and The Trials of Life
June 10th, 2011 at 10:05 pm
Ready, willing and able to (protest) said:
“Put 500,000 people around The Treasury and The Fed and refuse to leave until Geithner and Bernanke both resign and depart and the FDIC goes through all four of the largest banks, marks their ‘stuff’ to market, and resolves all that are insolvent. Lay peaceful siege, MLK-style.’”
And in addition:
1. claw back excessive executive compensation from past years in proportion to how big the accounting deficit of the organization is.
2. Phase out that tax benefit of carrying a loss forward to offset future income.
Have you looked at tax revenues lately? Taxes collected have fallen off a cliff!! In part, it is our largest corporations who can pay little or no taxes on their current record profits because they get to carry their past mistakes forward to offset current income.
June 11th, 2011 at 9:39 am
Eric Blair said:
This is a start but only a start. More effective than not paying taxes (though if dithering about in prison suits you, this is also effective) as the above rant proposes, is to deny the Oligarchs the power they wield against you. Starve the Beast! Buy what you need from second hand stores, from yard sales and farmers markets and otherwise from other individuals vice the Oligarchs. Yes, they buy the RepubliCrats off but they’re using you FRNs to do so.
June 11th, 2011 at 11:34 am
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June 13th, 2011 at 10:06 am
Billy said:
I realize this is “decentralized”, but it would be good for the pressure impact of the movement to make sure that Aljazeera is on the contacted media list. I for one have given them a shout.
During all the demonstrations in the Arab countries and in the anti-bailout demonstrations in Europe, there are signs and placards in English. They have been reaching out to us. Let us reach back with signs in Spanish, Greek, German, and especially Arabic. Trust me; the foreign news agencies DO take notice. It will enliven hope among those people, and scare the hell out of the Fat Cats. If they have any reason to believe that the world’s population is rising amass (decentralized or not), they will be less likely to ignore the issues. So grab a translator and start painting.
Tomorrow, we are moving our money to a credit union! Go forth and make a mighty noise (and take a lunch).
June 13th, 2011 at 2:29 pm
Anonymous Old Lady said:
Just an anonymous old lady coming by to say thank you. Nice to see liberal and conservative people coming together for a common cause. Always felt this left/right bickering was a way to keep people at each other’s throat and not focused on real issues. Please keep it up and best wishes.
June 13th, 2011 at 5:10 pm
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June 14th, 2011 at 11:23 am
mayzebra said:
I can be done, but force will be met with force. The only way is to quit funding them.
Buy local.
Vote independant.
Get off the grid.
June 14th, 2011 at 3:26 pm
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June 14th, 2011 at 4:09 pm
BeNoSlave said:
The IRS and the laws state our federal taxes are VOLUNTARY, but I didn’t understand what that meant until now. STOP giving W-4 forms to your PRIVATE employers. *** See 26 CFR Sec. 31.3402(p)-1 Voluntary withholding agreements. ***
“(a) In general. An employee and his employer **may** enter into an agreement under section 3402(b) to provide for the withholding of income tax upon payments of amounts described in paragraph (b)(1) of Sec. 31.3401(a)-3, made after December 31, 1970.”
This form is available on http://www.scribd.com/doc/2580963/w4t.
Be sure to inform your employer that they cannot use any info from a terminated W-4, including your SS#. This is the ONLY way to UN-VOLUNTEER for “federal internal” revenue taxes. If you are a state citizen and reside in one of the 50 unified stated, you are still responsible for state taxes on “wages.” Read up on your state’s definition of “wages.”
They will try to sweat you because they don’t know the laws. Make the laws work FOR you.
June 14th, 2011 at 6:46 pm
‘Anonymous’ Targets Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke | The 2012 Scenario said:
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June 15th, 2011 at 10:16 am
Hacker Group Anonymous Brings Peaceful Revolution In America « Zenobiusz's Blog said:
[...] June 14th Economic Rebellion Update — This Is What Decentralized Resistance Looks Like: http://ampedstatus.org/june-14th-economic-rebellion-update-%e2%80%93-this-is-… [...]
June 15th, 2011 at 4:15 pm
moe said:
I agree completely. You all call it Economic Tyrany I call it Economic Slavery. This has been going for decades but it is very evident now what has been done to the country. It started with the republicans with their tax cuts to the rich and corporate entities and continues today with Corporate charity. The goal was always the same, to create an olygarchy in America like in any 3rd world country. The super rich and corporate entities dictate how you live by limiting the cash in your pocket, and off course limiting your rights to demand and negotiate like they have done in Wisconsin.
So you all “Values Voters” this is what you gave up in return for “Save the Babies BS and Prayer in School” It really was you alls ignorance that has brought us where we are today. Some call it very bad trading.
June 16th, 2011 at 2:50 pm
Activists to Occupy Financial District’s Liberty Park Until Demands Are Met – Operation Empire State Rebellion Begins June 14, 2011 | A Better World said:
[...] AmpedStatus: June 14th Economic Rebellion Update – This Is What Decentralized Resistance Looks Like [...]
June 24th, 2011 at 3:57 pm
Stan Pulver said:
We have many examples of how to get debt free. Start will curbing your spending. See website http://www.simplylivehappy.com for books and futher suggestions.
July 1st, 2011 at 7:36 pm
Complete List of David DeGraw’s Reports | AmpedStatus said:
[...] Economic Rebellion Update – This Is What Decentralized Resistance Looks Like [...]
July 19th, 2011 at 5:05 pm
Complete List of David DeGraw’s Reports | David DeGraw said:
[...] Economic Rebellion Update – This Is What Decentralized Resistance Looks Like [...]
September 27th, 2011 at 4:24 pm
A Report from the Frontlines: The Long Road to #OccupyWallStreet and the Origins of the 99% Movement | AmpedStatus said:
[...] > Prepare For Revolution: The Empire State Rebellion Begins on June 14th [...]
September 30th, 2011 at 5:43 am
The 4th Media » The Occupy Wall Street Movement said:
[...] > Prepare For Revolution: The Empire State Rebellion Begins on June 14th [...]
September 30th, 2011 at 7:31 am
Informe desde el frente: el largo camino hasta #OccupyWallStreet y los orígenes del movimiento 99% - Nuevo Orden said:
[...] > Prepárate para la Revolución: la Rebelión contra el Estado Imperio comienza el 14 de Junio [...]
September 30th, 2011 at 4:08 pm
The Global Realm said:
[...] > Prepare For Revolution: The Empire State Rebellion Begins on June 14th [...]
October 1st, 2011 at 3:15 pm
#spainREVOLuTion.com | La revolución inesperada – Informe desde el frente: el largo camino hasta #OccupyWallStreet y los orígenes del movimiento 99% said:
[...] > Prepárate para la Revolución: la Rebelión contra el Estado Imperio comienza el 14 de Junio [...]
October 3rd, 2011 at 9:12 am
A Report from the Frontlines: The Long Road to #OccupyWallStreet and the Origins of the 99% Movement | OWSnews.org said:
[...] > Prepare For Revolution: The Empire State Rebellion Begins on June 14th [...]
October 28th, 2011 at 8:11 pm
Economic Elite Vs. The People: 99% Movement Call to Action Two Year Anniversary Book Release | AmpedStatus said:
[...] They were calling for people across the country to “Occupy Public Space.” Being that it was their first day of offline operations, we weren’t expecting much of a turnout, but as the 14th approached, there was an inspiring amount of online attention. On June 9th, I wrote, “Economic Rebellion Update – This Is What Decentralized Resistance Looks Like.” [...]
February 15th, 2012 at 6:40 pm
Economic Elite Vs. The People: 99% Movement Call to Action Two Year Anniversary Book Release | OWSnews.org said:
[...] They were calling for people across the country to “Occupy Public Space.” Being that it was their first day of offline operations, we weren’t expecting much of a turnout, but as the 14th approached, there was an inspiring amount of online attention. On June 9th, I wrote, “Economic Rebellion Update – This Is What Decentralized Resistance Looks Like.” [...]
February 17th, 2012 at 4:13 pm
Economic Elite Vs. The People: 99% Movement Call to Action Two Year Anniversary Book Release | David DeGraw said:
[...] They were calling for people across the country to “Occupy Public Space.” Being that it was their first day of offline operations, we weren’t expecting much of a turnout, but as the 14th approached, there was an inspiring amount of online attention. On June 9th, I wrote, “Economic Rebellion Update – This Is What Decentralized Resistance Looks Like.” [...]
February 17th, 2012 at 5:43 pm
Archive of David DeGraw’s Reports | AmpedStatus said:
[...] Economic Rebellion Update – This Is What Decentralized Resistance Looks Like [...]
March 8th, 2012 at 1:57 pm
A Report from the Frontlines: The Long Road to #OccupyWallStreet and the Origins of the 99% Movement | News said:
[...] of coverage see: Economic Rebellion Update – This Is What Decentralized Resistance Looks Like Prepare For Revolution:The Empire State Rebellion Begins on June 14thOn June 11th,Anonymous A99 released “OpESR Communication #2:Ctrl+Alt+Bernanke.”“In this new [...]
April 22nd, 2012 at 5:08 pm
Happy 1 Year Anniversary to Anonymous 99 #OpESR, End the System of Political Bribery said:
[...] as the 14th approached, there was an inspiring amount of online attention. On June 9th, I wrote, “Economic Rebellion Update – This Is What Decentralized Resistance Looks Like.” “Exciting times over here, to say the least! The June 14th Flag Day Rebellion against [...]
June 14th, 2012 at 4:19 pm
» 杨斌:占领华尔街运动与中国维护社会稳定对策 视角 said:
[...] [2] Economic Rebellion Update – This Is What Decentralized Resistance Looks Like( http://ampedstatus.org/june-14th-economic-rebellion-update-%E2%80%93-this-is-what-decentralized-resi…). [...]
October 20th, 2012 at 1:51 am
Origins of the 99% Movement | The grokking eagle said:
[...] > Prepare For Revolution: The Empire State Rebellion Begins on June 14th [...]
December 23rd, 2012 at 7:03 pm
Archive of David DeGraw’s Reports | David DeGraw said:
[...] Economic Rebellion Update – This Is What Decentralized Resistance Looks Like [...]
May 16th, 2013 at 10:20 pm
Happy 1 Year Anniversary to Anonymous 99 #OpESR, End the System of Political Bribery | AmpedStatus said:
[...] as the 14th approached, there was an inspiring amount of online attention. On June 9th, I wrote, “Economic Rebellion Update – This Is What Decentralized Resistance Looks Like.” “Exciting times over here, to say the least! The June 14th Flag Day Rebellion against [...]
May 17th, 2013 at 4:47 pm
Happy 1 Year Anniversary to Anonymous 99 #OpESR, End the System of Political Bribery | David DeGraw said:
[...] as the 14th approached, there was an inspiring amount of online attention. On June 9th, I wrote, “Economic Rebellion Update – This Is What Decentralized Resistance Looks Like.” “Exciting times over here, to say the least! The June 14th Flag Day Rebellion against [...]
May 17th, 2013 at 4:48 pm