Friends,
It's the #1 question I'm constantly asked after people see my movie: "OK -- so NOW what can I DO?!"
You want something to do? Well, you've come to the right place! 'Cause I got 15 things you and I can do right now to fight back and try to fix this very broken system.
Here they are:
FIVE THINGS WE DEMAND THE PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS DO IMMEDIATELY:
1. Declare a moratorium on all home evictions. ...
...ContinueLawmakers profit off investments in bailout companies
"Amazingly, these visitors from another planet told me with very straight faces that I must realize that the $21 billion in bonuses were 'accrued' bonuses." – Rep. Jan Schakowsky
Fort Hood shooter stopped by civilian Texas policewoman
Lots of Someones; "I go to sleep peacefully @ night knowing that I may have made a difference in someone's life." – bio on Sgt. Kim Munley's Twitter account
Apt Pupil; "... while there [Hasan] received a lot of advanced training in weapons, shooting classes."
"The deployment of additional troops in Afghanistan and the continuation of this conflict ... in on par with a potential error the size of our initial invasion in Iraq." – Rep. Eric Massa
"I didn't want the legacy of single-payer to be that it jeopardized passage of healthcare reform this year." – Rep. Anthony Weiner
...Or On the Back-Burner; "The commitment the Speaker made is still there for me; she still said we’d have this vote and she’s still committed to it." – Rep. Anthony Weiner
"Mayhem. That's what they should call the place." (VIDEO)
I Have Seen the Future, Brother, It Is Murder; "Seems odd, that in the 21st century, instead of having futuristic cars flying around like the Jetsons, we have the Clockwork Orange crew pushing vehicles out of windows. Progress?"
Flint You; "... two decades into this allegedly glorious 'free trade' era, an ever-bigger swath of Flyover America looks just as flicks like 'Roger and Me' predicted: rusted, abandoned, boarded up, and/or otherwise resembling a nuclear test site." – David Sirota
13 dead, at least 30 wounded in shooting rampage at Fort Hood in Texas
Army Major/Suspected Gunman Was About to Be Deployed to Iraq
'Fahrenheit 9/11' Meets 'Bowling for Columbine'; All casualties took place at Soldier Readiness Center, where soldiers who are about to be deployed or who are returning undergo medical screening
"What I hate are banks that cheat people." – Elizabeth Warren of 'Capitalism: A Love Story'
Read the Report; "These same programs ... exposed American taxpayers to trillions of dollars in guarantees and created significant moral hazard that distorts the marketplace."
Fannie Mae to let homeowners at risk of foreclosure stay in houses and pay rent
CEO of England's Barclays Bank visits church to argue profit is "not satanic"
''Today Congress voted to update the rules that have governed financial services since the Great Depression and replace them with a system for the 21st century.'' – Larry Summers, then Treasury Secretary, now director of White House National Economic Council, on repeal of Glass-Steagall Act, November 5, 1999
