September 19, 2009 March on Wall Street

Ladies and Gentlemen: A call to (non-violent) arms. 

It's time to do something other than write emails and make phone calls to unresponsive Senators and Congressmen. Time to do something other than fulminate angrily on blogspots before returning to PornWorld and online shopping. Time to make the protest something other than a "lunatic fringe" activity the MSM media, at the behest of its masters, attempts to paint our very real concerns. Time to stop feeling good simply because you "at least" do those things, and time to stop feeling bad because you don't know what to do. Time to pay a visit to Lower Manhattan on a sunny late summer Friday, in the hundreds of thousands, if not millions, and lay a non-violent message on our Administration and the Wall Street oligarchs controlling our government, and at least try to awaken the somnolent masses. Time to congregate peaceably around 85 Broad, the NYSE, the New York Fed offices, and other addresses, and get out the rusty megaphones and speak out against the outrages. Time to demand the passage of HR 1207 S 604, the Federal Reserve Transparency Act.   Time to demand that justice be served, and meted out according to law.  

Need some motivation? The date was chosen for a reason.  Let's review this portion of that little gem deposited in our national toilet bowl by Paulson and his clown posse from GS (published September 20, 2008 in the New York Times):

"Sec. 8. Review.

Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency."

I'm sure we could list other sources of inspiration (please do, in response to this post.) Let's be responsible citizens for a change and actually do something. Let's take advantage of our rights as citizens to make our message heard. It's not a waste of time - it may be the most important action you take this summer.  A drive, a train ride (I encourage mass transit, especially from all points in the Northeast) and a nice day in NYC.  In fact, I have a better piece of legislation for you to consider.

"Congress shall make no law . . . abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."

But numbers are needed, and for that reason I humby ask that this be cross-posted to as many other websites as possible, to get out the message. 90 people ranting in front of 85 Broad is a waste of time; 90,000 will get a nice review on HLN, but 900,000 or more will start people to thinking, and strike fear in the hearts of those of who to seek to keep us submissive and ineffective.  We only need a date, a time and a place - the rest will follow if enough show up.

It's your choice.

I'm looking forward to the closing statements by Samuel L. Jackson:

"And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them." - Ezekiel 25:17 (non Pulp Fiction version, but I think he should go with the entire script version for maximum stirring effect.) 

Lock and load.