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Liz Berry wrote a new diary post: New models and solutions are bubbling up but candidates are too focused on raising money to notice
Good morning fellow Firedog-lakers. I’ve been very busy for the past few months–working and planning my campaign for the 32nd Congressional District in Texas. Instead of talking about myself and pretending like I have all the answers, I am forming alliances with the people in my district and working with them to forge new and [...]
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Liz Berry commented on the diary post From Cadillacs to Pickups: Are Conservatives Swapping Black Scapegoats for Working-Class White Ones? by Phoenix Woman.
I don’t think that it is that they are “swapping” black for working class Americans as it is that they are adding working class Americans to their growing list of “them and us” Let’s hope that the guns and Bible folks get some brains and realize that they are being taken for a ride. But [...]
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Liz Berry wrote a new diary post: State sponsored violence against young people, the poor, minorities, immigrants and women is on the rise.
Crosspost from IfLizWereQueen
And those who give a damn about democracy should care enough to speak up. In an article written by Henry A. Giroux, he writes: “Young people are demonstrating all over the world against a variety of issues ranging from economic injustice and massive inequality to drastic cuts in education and public services. At the [...] -
Liz Berry wrote a new diary post: Murders of Afghan Villagers. I’m not surprised.
CrossPost from IfLizWere Queen
Why should anyone be surprised? If there is any surprise, it would only be that it doesn’t happen more often. Furthermore the leadership of the military and the leadership of Congress don’t give a damn. They even cover up the deeds of these trained murderers. They call people “traitors” who dare to [...] -
Liz Berry wrote a new diary post: The neoliberal policies admired and followed by the investor class leadership of the USA have failed the people
Crosspost from IfLizWereQueen 1
The neolibral policies followed by the leadership of the Democrat and Republicans alike have led to the economic ruin not only of the USA, but the world.. These principles were put into place over 50 years ago by a jerk from Chicago by the name of Milton Friedman . Today a foundation of his [...] -
Liz Berry wrote a new diary post: Why does the investor class hate labor? Labor is a cost that reduces ROI for the investor class.
Dinner time at St. Pancras Poorhouse, London, – Wiki Commons The investor class, which happens to include just about all of the officials that we elect to Congress and the White House, hate labor. Why? Labor from the investor’s point of view = cost and cost = reduced dividends and reduced dividends =less money in [...] -
Liz Berry wrote a new diary post: About the Twisted USA Monetary System
Cross Post from IfLizWereQueen The Rich should pay higher interest rates than the poor. The US monetary system is set up to perpetuate the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer. This will never end until we remove most members of Congress who continue to support this system because it works for them. That is fact. [...] -
Liz Berry commented on the diary post It doesn’t take a village, but it does take you making better choices to change the world. by Liz Berry.
By the way, if you do purchase a T-shirt from SOS, tell them that Emma Berry, Independent candidate from Texas US 32nd Congressional district sent you if they ask how you heard of them.
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Liz Berry wrote a new diary post: It doesn’t take a village, but it does take you making better choices to change the world.
Cross Post from IfLizWereQueen
It won’t be until May 30 now before I will be able to get out and gather the 500 signatures that i will need to get my name on the ballot as US Representative for the 32 District. The Texas primary has been pushed from the first Tuesday in March to the [...] -
Liz Berry commented on the diary post Hillary was wrong. Most of Washington is wrong. It doesn’t take a village. by Liz Berry.
This whole experience of running a campaign this way will be an interesting experience. I was raised to believe that if you do the right thing, you will always be rewarded for doing so. Of course, the challenge lies in recognizing the “right thing” and then having the courage to risk appearing the fool by [...]
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Liz Berry commented on the diary post Hillary was wrong. Most of Washington is wrong. It doesn’t take a village. by Liz Berry.
I added text to the illustration that appears in bold. Contrary to the beliefs of some: 1) There is more than enough for all — provided that some don’t grab more than their fair share. Scarcity theories are promoted by the greedy–such rhetoric excuses them for grabbing and hoarding that which doesn’t really belong exclusively [...]
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Liz Berry wrote a new diary post: Hillary was wrong. Most of Washington is wrong. It doesn’t take a village.
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Liz Berry wrote a new diary post: If you want to know what’s wrong with Haiti
If you want to know what’s wrong with Haiti, or for the people of the world, including the American people then look no further than the Milton Friedman economic ideology that has been in place for the past 50 years. Thanks in great part to the efforts of Bill Clinton in the 1990′s it now thoroughly [...]
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Liz Berry commented on the diary post Single Payer Action asked not to “embarass Obama”, sided with the American people, instead by metamars.
the problems with the Democrats and the Republicans is the same: corrupted bought out wall street leadership. When will that ever soak into peoples skulls and dribble on into their brains. There is no daylight between the ACTIONS of the Democrat leadership and the Republican leadership. Yes, there is a different in their rhetoric and [...]
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Liz Berry wrote a new diary post: OCCUPY IS ALIVE AND WELL and so is 350 and so am I and so are you.
This morning I was thinking about Occupy and I posted a few of their videos on my site as well as one from Bill McKibben about the work of 350. FDL keeps the news about Occupy alive so I’m not posting the videos here to take up bandwidth. Yes, the Occupy Movement is alive, well [...]
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Liz Berry wrote a new diary post: Language, the moon, John Steinbeck, you, me–all connected
Cross post from IfLizWereQueen – Feb 7, 2012 As of late, I’ve been giving much thought to language and particularly the language of politicians and its power to distort the truth and manipulate us down ugly, narrow, mean paths of willful blindness and purposeful ignorance–paths that will eventually deliver us to annihilation, not only of ourselves [...] -
Liz Berry commented on the diary post Exactly how dumb are the fascists? by Bill Perdue.
Also labeling a person “dumb” or “Insane” relieves them of responsibility for their behavior. If a person is not responsible for their behavior what then?
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Liz Berry commented on the diary post Exactly how dumb are the fascists? by Bill Perdue.
of course all behavior and all and any human action is first preceded by a thought, however rudimentary that was initially prompted by a stimulus. I don’t consider people as “insane” or “dumb”–perhaps uninformed, unaware, or ignorant, but not insane or dumb as both conditions imply that the person(s) are not educable which I believe [...]
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Liz Berry commented on the diary post The Election We Should Be Following by David Swanson.
Note: Kaptur’s vote on ACORN should be something that the poor remember because it is the children of the poor who die in the wars sponsored by Wall Street investors for their own personal profit at the extreme sacrifice of the poor. ACORN’S only “crime” was to empower the poor by registering them to vote [...]
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Liz Berry commented on the diary post The Election We Should Be Following by David Swanson.
I’m afraid that I’m with Michael on this one, David. Also I’m surprised that you didn’t mention that while Marcy Kaptur voted to defund ACORN, Dennis Kucinich was among the 75 Democrats in the House who stood up an did the right thing. That should be something that the poor of Ohio remember. Kucinich lost [...]
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