Ain't No Power Like the Power of the People...

Cause the power of the people don't stop!

In case you hadn't noticed, I've been paying particular attention to the protests that have been spreading across the country this week.

For many years I was under the influence of the complacency drug that has cleverly been administered to the citizens of this country in the form of brain washing (not in the Herman Cain sense). I was led to believe that I lived in a democratic society where all you had to do was follow the rules and work hard to attain the "American Dream".  A nice house in the suburbs, a good job where you were treated with respect and given a fair chance to move up the ladder, in a company where you would also be rewarded (after giving 20-30 yrs to the company) with a nice pension and social security, to take care of you once you retired.  As I have inched closer and closer to that golden age without attaining most of that dream, I began to awaken from the fog and question the dream which seemed to be turning into a nightmare.

The president that I so wholeheartedly supported in 2008 has failed to live up to his promises and has let many of us down. Our democracy turns out to be a plutarchy (combination plutocracy and oligarchy) moving closer and closer to becoming a corporatocracy and our two political parties are in reality two sides of the same coin.

Since the end of the cold war our country's pace and scale of nation-building has increased steadily. As important or even more important than the economic drain on our country that these senseless wars have caused, are the many lives of our citizens that have been lost for no reason other than greed.

My chance for a nice house in the suburbs was shattered as home prices rose so high that many of us were shut out and those who managed to get in, now find themselves on the brink of foreclosure and bankruptcy.

The job with its glass ceiling and good ole boy network, cares very little for the individual employee. Pensions have taken a nose dive and social security is on the chopping block.

So I am not surprised that the people have taken to the streets. Raising their voices in protest.

Photo Source: SF Examiner 9/29/11

Today I found myself in the middle of the protest against the banks in downtown San Francisco (where 6 people were arrested).

Today I felt a sense of relief as I joined in as the crowd chanted

"Ain't no power like the power of the people, cause the power of the people don't stop"

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