Right 2 Dream Too

isn't asking that much; a vacant lot on W. Burnside, the edge of the Old Town, looking out ovver the infinite sea of traffic to Where the Dinosaurs Roasm.  Indeed they do, South of the Burner, down PBA Way...in short: Where all the money is being made and spent.  Can it be true? No food, No shelter? No jobs? No warm bed or clean clothes? Can it really be true, the people shopping at Nordstroms can't make a dent in the suffering.  'Course they can. The owner of the land Right 2 Dream Too is founded upon, Michael Wright, he's all for it.  So what's the problem?

The Problem: This whole case - if nothing else - has served to shine a bright light on the actual effects our laws have, based on the real reason these laws of ours  came into being.  Legislators tell us and dutifully, we tell ouirselves that laws are there to keep us safe - But safe from what?   Safe from ourselves?  Because we are mere single cells in the body poliytic.  And when it comes down to sorting out what's to be done with people who don't have the money it takes to buy a place at  the table. If considerable sums of money were at stake, if wealth was made or lost, the Law would know what to do, because, contrary to the advertisements, laws protect money, not people.  If somehow money is attached to you, you are already protecxted.  No money, no protection.

Simple as that.

Right 2 Dream too has established itself on land.  People stuck to the ground on planet earth...seems like a simple  set of circumstances neither above or beneath the law.  Butmbecause moiney isn't the glue that holds these people to the earth, the law is paralysed, helpless, has no map and no compass.

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You  know you'll be there...This coming Thursday, The Bradley Manning support Network Roadshow is coming to Portland, the fFirst Unitarian Church - where else? For all the info plus up dates on Manning's show trial, go to:

www.bradleymanning.org

 

Today in Salem lawmakers face off with budgetary issues during the first constitutionally mandated annual session of the Oregon Legislature next month. Occupiers  in Salem face off with lawmakers.

state revenues have been doing the downward dog  since July.  At this point it is a question of priorities: where to make cuts to state services and public agencies.    And if the slide continues legislators are searching for that algorithm   that will determine Oregon’s path with drastically reduced revenue.

Clearly, tax breaks for the wealthy is a failed strategy that has not produced jobs – it has in fact reduced jobs. This is the cognitive disconnect no one wants to talk about.

Currently Democrats hold a 16-14 edge in the Senate but the House is evenly split, putting Republicans firmly at the negotiation table.. .

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The Southern Poverty Law Center is the ultimate clearing house for all things Domestic Terror-related.  They track the names and the numbers.  And the link is right here.www.splcenter.org/  This group has been around for a very long time and their flame has never wavered in then winds of political ...political...erm...Well 'change' isn't the word I would use.

 

And Let's Look into the Wiz:

The Wisconsin Recall Governor Scott Walker campaign is well over the million $ mark and going strong.  Here's the website for Citizen Action Wisconsin:  citizenactionwi.org/ and a taste of the work they do:

Rejecting $38 million from Federal Government for Health Insurance Marketplace Reforms

Late Wednesday Governor Scott Walker announced that his administration will turn down a $38 million federal grant to implement a key feature of the national health care reform law. The money was to be used to create a competitive health insurance marketplace, called a health insurance exchange, which would guarantee Wisconsin health consumers more choices of quality affordable health insurance, and provide tax credits to help middle class families afford insurance. The new competitive marketplaces outlaw a number of health insurance industry abuses, including discrimination based on preexisting conditions, age, and gender.  The decision comes on the heals of his December announcement that Walker was suspending all planning for implementation of these vital reforms.

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