Friends,
It's the #1 question I'm constantly asked after people see my movie: "OK -- so NOW what can I DO?!"
You want something to do? Well, you've come to the right place! 'Cause I got 15 things you and I can do right now to fight back and try to fix this very broken system.
Here they are ...
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Spc. Jason Dean Hunt, 22, "was a very quiet boy who enjoyed video games" | Pfc. Aaron Thomas Nemelka, 19, joined the Army "instead of going on a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" | Sgt. Amy Krueger, 29, "vowed to take on Osama bin Laden" | Pfc. Michael Pearson, 21, "wanted to travel, see the world"
Lawmakers profit off investments in bailout companies
"Amazingly, these visitors from another planet told me with very straight faces that I must realize that the $21 billion in bonuses were 'accrued' bonuses." – Rep. Jan Schakowsky
Fort Hood shooter stopped by civilian Texas policewoman
Lots of Someones; "I go to sleep peacefully @ night knowing that I may have made a difference in someone's life." – bio on Sgt. Kim Munley's Twitter account
Apt Pupil; "... while there [Hasan] received a lot of advanced training in weapons, shooting classes."
"He said maybe Muslims should stand up and fight against the aggressor." – Col. (Ret.) Terry Lee
'Allahu Akbar!'; "It looked like a war zone." – Sgt. Howard Appleby
Geography; "It is horrifying that they should come under fire at an army base on American soil." – Barack Obama
Death Toll Rises to 13
'Strategic Victory'
"I didn't want the legacy of single-payer to be that it jeopardized passage of healthcare reform this year." – Rep. Anthony Weiner
...Or On the Back-Burner; "The commitment the Speaker made is still there for me; she still said we’d have this vote and she’s still committed to it." – Rep. Anthony Weiner
"Mayhem. That's what they should call the place." (VIDEO)
I Have Seen the Future, Brother, It Is Murder; "Seems odd, that in the 21st century, instead of having futuristic cars flying around like the Jetsons, we have the Clockwork Orange crew pushing vehicles out of windows. Progress?"
Flint You; "... two decades into this allegedly glorious 'free trade' era, an ever-bigger swath of Flyover America looks just as flicks like 'Roger and Me' predicted: rusted, abandoned, boarded up, and/or otherwise resembling a nuclear test site." – David Sirota
"What I hate are banks that cheat people." – Elizabeth Warren of 'Capitalism: A Love Story'
Read the Report; "These same programs ... exposed American taxpayers to trillions of dollars in guarantees and created significant moral hazard that distorts the marketplace."
Fannie Mae to let homeowners at risk of foreclosure stay in houses and pay rent
CEO of England's Barclays Bank visits church to argue profit is "not satanic"
''Today Congress voted to update the rules that have governed financial services since the Great Depression and replace them with a system for the 21st century.'' – Larry Summers, then Treasury Secretary, now director of White House National Economic Council, on repeal of Glass-Steagall Act, November 5, 1999
