Sunday, October 2, 2011

Where are the Civil Rights for Protesters?

The occupy Wall Street movement is starting to spread across the country and the arrests in New York are increasing. Over 700 protesters were arrested on Saturday in an attempt to suppress the rights of ordinary citizens. Also of note to me is that Chase Bank just contributed 4.6 million dollars to the New York City police department. Call me jaded, but does this smell of corruption? Once again the Wall Street Barons continue to walk away with trillions of our hard earned dollars and our, so called, leaders do nothing. Bank of America, the bank with the largest deposit base in the country, announced it will run around the new regulations and start charging five dollars a month to account holders for using a debit card. They have absolutely no shame at all. Having worked for them for 25 years, I am almost embarrassed to say so, I know their quest for money is insatiable. I also know the corporate speak of Bof A and all the other corrupt financial institutions is to blame the federal government regulations, instead of their greed for the increases. Again the cry goes out to explain, how can corporations that have swindled trillions of dollars, received trillions of dollars in bailout money and yet not one single CEO or other corrupt leader of these corporations has seen the inside of a prison cell and  when we protest, their actions and the inaction of our leaders, they haul us to jail. I say us when referring to the protesters because they represent each on the millions of us that have seen our investments shrink, our home values plummet, our jobs dry up, more of us pushed below the poverty level, the middle class attacked and our standard of living being driven down. Stand up and fight back. Demand that justice be served. When I see the statue of Lady Justice and the blindfold over her eyes it has a new meaning now. The meaning has become the idea that justice is blind for the wealthy and corrupt, while justice for all of us is denied. When will freedom and the rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness return to America?

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