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The prevailing thought woven into the fabric of our society today, threaded through both patterns of conservative and liberal ideology, remains the recognition that something is very wrong with the world. Naturally, we form the question: Can we do things differently?


That thought right there encapsulates the Occupy movement to me. Maybe the only demand we need to have is the answer to that question.

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As the Occupy movement continues to grow in defiance of the heavy-handed police action determined to squelch it, a natural question emerges: What point will the military be summoned to contain the cascade of popular dissent? And if our nation’s finest are brought into this struggle to stand between the vested authority of the state and the ranks of those who petition them for a redress of grievance, what may we expect the outcome to be?



I found this article scary, but necessary.

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I certainly hope the military doesn't get involved and I hope the protests don't turn violent.

If the military gets involved, especially if it's against peaceful protesters, it will be a serious blow to our liberties and rights and our standing around the world.

As far as it being a "new revolution" that tries to repair rather than destroy--I may not be much of a history buff, but I sure don't remember revolutions ever "repairing" anything.

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While nearly all Americans head to family and friends to celebrate Thanksgiving, the Senate is gearing up for a vote on Monday or Tuesday that goes to the very heart of who we are as Americans. The Senate will be voting on a bill that will direct American military resources not at an enemy shooting at our military in a war zone, but at American citizens and other civilians far from any battlefield — even people in the United States itself.

Senators need to hear from you, on whether you think your front yard is part of a “battlefield” and if any president can send the military anywhere in the world to imprison civilians without charge or trial.


Senators Demand the Military Lock Up of American Citizens in a “Battlefield” They Define as Being Right Outside Your Window...


Strangely prescient, wouldn't you say?


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As the Occupy movement continues to grow in defiance of the heavy-handed police action determined to squelch it, a natural question emerges: What point will the military be summoned to contain the cascade of popular dissent? And if our nation’s finest are brought into this struggle to stand between the vested authority of the state and the ranks of those who petition them for a redress of grievance, what may we expect the outcome to be?


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"what may we expect the outcome to be?"

Does anyone really know?


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I'm not even sure how strong the occupy movement is anymore..

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