You might not care for OWS and the protests but it has done things

[mmonk]

telephone calls and petitions to your representatives have not been able to do so far. It has taken the conversation off the home field of the Republican Party, Grover Norquist, and Reaganomics and has started to put it on a neutral field. It has started to change the lexicon. Politics as usual was not even close to doing that.

[2pooped2pop]

1. + x's 1000

damned straight it has.

[pinto]

2. Good point.

:thumbsup:

[canoeist52]

3. Yes, Congress knows what the people want.

They just ignored their phone, e-mail and the clarion call of their voices.

[sarcasmo]

4. It is making the politicians talk about stuff they were ignoring for the last few years.

[mmonk]

5. Yes. And corporate pr firms are busy.

It has jump started the conversation.

[OneGrassRoot]

6. Exactly. K&R n/t