Thursday, December 22, 2011

Chuck69.com's Heroes of the Year: the Occupy Movement








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-------------------THE 2011 HEROES OF THE YEAR! 

Names: various
Ages: various
Occupations: various
Last Seen: everywhere
Awarded For: participating in the Occupy movement
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If you read my Facebook or Twitter posts, I said that my final Bee-otch of the Day was going to be personal.

But, since I'm in a (somewhat) good mood, I'll hold it off for now. ;)

Next Tuesday, we're going to start honoring (dishonoring?) the losers who are all nominated for Bee-otch of the Year. But today, we're going to honor the people who made the most-positive difference in the world in 2011.

And that, in my honorable opine, is none other than those who played a role in the Occupy movement.

The midterm elections last year proved brutal with the House getting taken over by Republicans and many states getting Republican governors, such as this one. In just one year's time, the Republicans are back to their old tricks, giving belly rubs to their rich buddies, exactly like they did in 2008. Big banks like Chase and Citibank got some of the biggest asskissings in history, and we, the taxpayers paid for it.

Oddly enough, the Occupy movement was the idea of Canadians. But, a small group of Americans took the idea and made it their own. From that small gathering, hundreds joined, and now, there's Occupy protestors walking all over the earth, simply asking for the 1% to help out the 99%.

In the beginning, the media was shockingly silent on the whole idea, and the Facebook and Twitters of the world ended up buzzing about it, and soon enough, the NBCs, CBSs, ABCs, Foxes, CNNs and other news outlets of the world just had to make it the top story. Although sadly, they made the protestors look extremely violent and aggressive at times, most of the protestors were peaceful humans marching for peace.

Tragically, corporate America has sank their claws into the movement. Remember when a ton of protestors were arrested on the Brooklyn Bridge? Part of it was due to a heavily-funded police force thanks in part to JPMorganChase. Obviously, that company wants to turn the movement into something that's invisible. But, it didn't work.

Sadly, in the end, big corporations are still getting their cheese and even worse, President Obama has been strangely silent on the issue. But then again, this is Winter and well, who wants to sleep in a tent when it's only 30 degrees outside? But, when Spring comes around, America better watch out. The movement will be back, stronger than ever. The people running for president better beef things up or else revolution will rear its ugly head.

To anybody who played a role in the movement, thank you. You stand up for the one thing ALL Americans need and that's freedom. The antics of the wealthy have sunk us all to a new low financially and even spiritually. Yes, the Glenn Becks of the world have called you and other savages for your beliefs, but then again, they've never been poor in their lives.

When the snow melts, the voices will rise again.
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