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Post by tdrivertom on Feb 1, 2012 17:58:40 GMT -5
Greetings! "Trucker Tom" here. I survived the 60's. I've traveled this country. I've lived a little. Cried a little. But I've laughed more. I consider myself a dreamer, a schemer, a thinker, a planner, an agitator, a facilitator, an embassador, a bridge-builder, and a peacemaker. You may not always agree with me, but you'll always know what I'm thinking.
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Post by danieclarke on Feb 1, 2012 18:21:00 GMT -5
DanieClarke a vietnam era veteran activist and i have been here since october 20th 2011. I found this site the day it came out on HUFFPOST .. I believe in the principle and i try to make sure we stay non politically affiliated.. Keeping that way will gain us much respect and will allow us to grow and unite this country.
PS: I made a thread too which i introdced myself.
NOTE: If your negative here please do not contact me about your upset feelings towards people here because your a turn off and will only bring yourself down because i am staying positive..
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Post by wildmother on Feb 1, 2012 22:04:13 GMT -5
I'm Margaret. In Philadelphia. Soon to work with Jason on some videos and getting the word out. My goals are to go past the Occupy crowd and draw in a wide variety of the population. Basically I want a happy healthy world for our children and believe most people do. I want to focus on the common ground of people which I think are more than the differences. I'm a delegate for PA Congressional District 2. I've been stressing that the People Must be the Strongest Arm of the Government. I want to inspire and create a national conversation and help people realize they DO MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
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Post by hendrimike on Feb 2, 2012 0:37:00 GMT -5
Hi guys! WELCOME!
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Post by marshalld on Feb 2, 2012 20:55:06 GMT -5
How're all you 99ers? My name is Marshall Davison. I've been involved with the 99% Declaration for a few months now. I am a delegate candidate for the 44th District in beautiful sunny Southern California. Beside bein an active delegate candidate, I am active on a couple of committees for the 99D. Feel free to ask me any questions you may have. I am an administrator of our facebook pages. Hope to chat with you all frequently.
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Post by ambercurran on Feb 4, 2012 6:32:31 GMT -5
My Name is Amber. I am from the San Francisco Bay Area. Sorry I am so late to this!
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Post by webe1954 on Feb 4, 2012 8:21:47 GMT -5
Hi, my name is Wendy. I'm 57 years old and live in NC. I went to the Occupy DC rally and was impressed with the efforts our group is doing. Gotta leave for work now but I will be back later.
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Post by The 99 Declaration on Feb 4, 2012 8:36:53 GMT -5
Welcome to Amber and Wendy! We hope you enjoy!
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Post by David Mauriello a.k.a.Diamond on Feb 4, 2012 14:46:54 GMT -5
Hello all. Good to be here!!
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Post by hendrimike on Feb 4, 2012 14:56:27 GMT -5
Welcome to the forum!
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Post by kammyc on Feb 5, 2012 15:22:50 GMT -5
Hi All! I'm Kammy from Denver, Colorado! I am looking for anyone else from here to get things going!
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Post by rap on Feb 6, 2012 20:31:23 GMT -5
My name is ralph childers, you don't have to guess about me - I really believe in transparency. Which of course is difficult if you are dealing with wizards. Have been around since about the time of the October Zombie walk down Wall Street - great experience. Discovered Michael Pollock's Declare soon after that and was amazed at the brilliance and simplicity and lack of ego that was being demonstrated in a serious attempt to carry the 99% movement to a level beyond demonstrations and campouts. Worked with some bright young folks for a while on Karlie's website. Not sure if I will continue given the recent action which I think may have been begun by an "anonymous" donor who thinks her money should change the face of 99%declare. Looks like $ might rule here as well as in our government. Is that funny, or very very sad?
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Post by blake on Feb 7, 2012 3:13:29 GMT -5
Hello, my Name is Blake LaCroix. I've been following 99% movement for awhile now. I agree things need to change. I'm an electrician (3rd generation), it's the family business. I hear from the news recently that middle class wages have not risen over past 30 years. I wonder what took them so long to notice. I have close to 25 years into my trade and can confirm their finding with my paycheck. My grandfather told me when I was child that if I learn a trade I would have a good life, a middle class life. I can see it sipping away now. I hear from the 1% that this because I didn't work hard enough. I find myself laughing over this while I'm digging a ditch or doing my other daily duties. That is when I get to work. They tell me that my increasing poverty is because I made bad decisions with my life. I wonder which of my decisions they mean. The decisions my family made to start a small business. The decisions I made to work for my family. The decisions I made to stay after father caught cancer. Or our worse decision, to trust the 1%. Our family business got 60% to 75% of our work from the housing market. I can tell you a few things that we didn't "choose". We didn't choose to "bundle" housing mortgage and sale and re-sale them over and over again, until they had no value. We didn't decide to lie to our customers and everyone else about our products. These were choices made by the 1%. They make bad choices, but they never have to live with their decisions. They never lose their jobs or their bonus. Our family has to live their bad choices, and we will be lucky to keep our business. When the 1% makes a bad decision they say "Oh well, accidents will happen, and by the by can you bail us out now". When the 99% make a bad decision its proof of our lack of character and that we deserve what we got. I'm here to say we the 99% are tired of losing our jobs, our business, and our homes because of choices we did not make.
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Post by hendrimike on Feb 7, 2012 8:00:14 GMT -5
Welcome Blake, and Ralph!
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Post by heatherdooley on Feb 7, 2012 12:11:47 GMT -5
I'm Heather Dooley, I live in Philly.
I know and consistently respect the differences among you're and your, their, they're, and there, it's and its, and other commonly confused words.
Even with less-confused words, it's still important to choose the right ones. Words mean things. Where an idea goes once it leaves you depends largely on what words you send it out in.
Do you want some help writing or polishing something that will need words to help it get where it's going? Get in touch, I'll help.
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