Words That Don’t Work | Common Dreams

In Words That Don’t Work George Lakoff talks about the importance of the Progressives [a/k/a Liberals!] using our OWN frames and NOT those put out by Frank Luntz for the GOP / Koch Brothers / Rightists. When we use the other guys' frames, we lose. [For example, they use Luntz's "death tax" instead of inheritance tax -- don't YOU ever use it!]

Progressives have a basic morality, which is largely unspoken. It has to be spoken, over and over, in every corner of our country. Progressives need to be both thinking and talking about their view of a moral Democracy, about how a robust Public is necessary for private success, about all that the Public gives us, about the benefits of health, about a Market for All not a Greed Market, about regulation as protection, about revenue and investment...

The Occupy Wall Street folk are emphasizing how we need an economy that works not just for the 1%, but also for the 99%, in essence then the 100% that Deepak Chopra talks about. We need a better world for ALL of us. Words can help heal. Read this article and use them wisely.

Deepak: Be the 100

Interesting take from Deepak Chopra -- don't exclude anybody -- all of us need to be a part of the solution. Hmmmm. -- His message is an extension of the meme, "They drew a circle to keep us out". We of the 99% should draw a circle to draw them in. We are One.

Listen. Re-listen. Meditate. Deepak makes sense.

Together, let us seek the solution(s).

Deepak Chopra speak at OccupyLA 11 25 11 5 55pm

Deepak: "Love without action is meaningless. And action without love is irrelevant. What we are starting with the occupy movement is a movement of love in action.... Keep moving and occupying. Occupy yourself." Great to hear Deepak Chropra through the simplicty of the People's Mic -- November 25, 2011. (Or, per the video credits, Nov. 23, 2011 but posted on Nov. 25, 2011.)

Naomi Wolf Explains Our Constitutional RIGHT To Peacefully Assemble

Author Naomi Wolf speaks up for OUR rights - her arrest was unlawful and could happen to any of us. This clip was from Keith Olbermann's Countdown show.

Close Your Bank Account and Get Arrested!

After joining with Occupy Wall Street as they took Time Square [see my photos] last night, I woke up to THIS earlier event being featured on Chris Hayes' new MSNBC show, UP with Chris Hayes. It features members of the 99% being arrested for requesting to close their Citibank accounts, including one young woman who was dragged back into the bank by NYPD to be arrested. -- NOT so fine, New York's Finest! -- AFTER I found it on YouTube's nicadyme's channel, blogger extraordinaire Ms. ToniD at BlueRootsRadio.com posted a reference to it via blogger The Agonist (Sean Paul Kelley)'s excellent analysis. Good stuff all around, check it ALL out, starting with the video: