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It will be a cloudy day in Pittsburgh with possible showers and a high about 70. Hello, everyone, especially my Flash Fiction Fanatics. Well, writers do not live in a vacuum. There is an entire world out there and some of the movers and shakers of the world that we live in pass through the Charlie Rose Show. The Charlie Rose Show is on public television and is a very respected in-depth interview show. Last night the discussion was about the Occupy Wall Street Movement.
There were several members on the panel, one was a spokesperson for the movement. To make a long story short, after all this publication is about flash fiction, the consensus was that this movement has tapped into the anger that many citizens have toward Wall Street and that money has so corrupted our political system, 99% of the wealth of this nation is owned by 1% of the population, that the needs of the general population are being ignored.
In less than eight weeks this movement has spread to over 200 American cities. Occupy Pittsburgh will have its first organized protest in downtown Pittsburgh Saturday.
This is the Old Soldier blogging near the University of Pittsburgh.
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The Leaders Of Both Parties Sleep With The 1%
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The Old Soldier woke up this morning to media reports that the anti-corporation movement is spreading throughout the world: in the USA, in Canada and Europe.
The Occupy Wall Street movement is only a few weeks old. Off-shoots of the movement are in over 200 American cities. Occupy Pittsburgh had its first march and protest yesterday. And the news pundits on Sunday morning television all agreed that whether or not these world-wide anti-corporation movements can sustain themselves, the underlining universal conviction of corporate greed and corruption having a devastating impact on the lives of middle-class and working-class citizens will remain.
In the USA, the 99% know that the leaders of the Democratic and Republican Parties are in bed with the 1%.
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