hate to break it to you,but the TPP has been a done deal for years now

And it has to go international. I should think that Canada is starting to get ripe under the lunatic excesses of Harper.

Other countries we behind it and we joined in the negotiations later.

The negotiation is simply a decision on who gets what.

And what better than a black man...they knew we would have to give him a pass on it

Got any?

Let me see if my leprecaun or my unicorn can produce one

and if you're "opinion" is as only as reality-based as a "unicorn" or a leprecaun" why

should anyone listen to you?

If I can get the gnomes on board I may have a movement

but it will have to do in this pinch.

Weak and non assertive opinions are not listened to and not taken seriously.

No one wants to hear "I was thinking and I am probably wrong because everyone is smarter than me, that..."
To which you can answer "of course you are wrong you idiot go away"

it seems one would try NOT to compare one's opinions, as he did, to unicorns and leprechauns.

It might "weaken" that opinion in the eyes of others, if you get my drift.

http://scholar.princeton.edu/sites/default/files/mgilens/files/gilens_and_page_2014_-testing_theories_of_american_politics.doc.pdf

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-27074746

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/princeton-experts-say-us-no-longer-democracy

http://www.dissentmagazine.org/article/kapital-for-the-twenty-first-century

Hate to break it to you, but the president is not the benevolent populist you believe him to be. He's a politician, and a very conservative and corporate-friendly one at that.

and I'm.completely against the TPP...Get it now?

Agree with you.

This revolutionary movement?

As I have said...far more intelligent people than me need to be involved but it needs to happen.

We can't keep racing to the bottom...it's getting crowded down there

what are you actually DOING to make this happen?

What organizations do you belong to that are part of the movement?

If the answer to both of these queries is "nothing," then you post is really not very helpful.

Respectfully, Veterans For Peace

I'm obviously a nobody on the big scene.

I helped get two progressives elected to our county board and my big hurrah...I busted my ass to get my very anti establishment friend...Danny Willis,elected to the Tazewell Virginia town council.

I do what I can.

Calls to ask how I am personally going to lead the country out of the woods via V for Vendetta are disingenuous . I said it is going to take a movement far beyond me

I worked with this man and knew him to be a solid progressive.
One day a young smartass was on the line with him and kept pushing him and pushing him....he finally said toDanny * what are you gonna do about it nigger?*

I'm one of the ones who pulled Danny off him.

Three months later we got Danny elected to the town council.....no small feat in holy roller southern territory.

What have YOU done to help

http://www.wjhl.com/story/20806724/southwest-virginia-election-results

The First AA ever elected to the Tazewell city council and was number one in votes.

I do what I can.

So let me ask you again...what have YOU done to help?

I do what I can locally...so what do you do? do any door knocking and phone banking or like I did....just keep on people until we pushed Danny to the number one slot on our town council?

I don't see a response.
I helped push two progressives onto our county board in an extremely conservative area.....you did what?

that is a totally fine answer - I mistakenly took you for
one of those people who do not walk the walk while going
on an on about what everyone else should be doing.
There are lots of them out there.

Here is a bit of advice from an old lefty - take time to smell the roses and
do some recreation. It will help you avoid burn-out and do wonders for
your relationships.

And remember, in the long run, they can only win if we give up.
Keep on keepin' on.

And . . if you're really frustrated, you're doing something wrong.
Your job is to get centered, be at peace, take effective action, and
MAKE THE OTHER SIDE FRUSTRATED.

Veterans For Peace

the political will to do.

Face it, we've taken more than our fair share of the world's wealth and resources, but now folks here want to close off trade with the rest of the world for our own personal greed. That just doesn't seem right to me.

I think we need to figure out a way for world trade to work, for this reason and our own economy's well-being, including that of the poorest among us. That may take legislation beyond the TPP.

sorry spot we are in

I understand at this moment in history the corporations are All Powerful.