Van Jones Calls for MoveOn Marches on All Fifty State Capitols

24Feb/116

Van Jones Calls for MoveOn Marches on All Fifty State Capitols

Moveon.org & Van Jones call for Saturday march on ALL 50 state capitols

"According to Jones, writing in the Huffington Post:"

"Reinvigorated by the idealism and fighting spirit on display right now in America’s heartland, the movement for “hope and change” has a rare, second chance. It can renew itself and become again a national force with which to be reckoned."

"Over the next hours and days, all who love this country need to do everything possible to spread the “spirit of Madison” to all 50 states. This does not mean we need to occupy 50 state capitol buildings; things elsewhere are not yet that dire. But this weekend, the best of America should rally on the steps of every statehouse in the union."

2/24/2011 8:09 AM

So . . . whatcha doing on Saturday?

It's the principle of the thing:

Average federal pay is distinctly higher than private-sector pay. After adjusting for part-time work and the cash value of payment in kind, the Commerce Department’s Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) reports a wage and salary premium in 2008 of 33 percent for the military and 58 percent for civilian government. It wasn’t always that way. All of the military premium and nearly half the civilian premium were created between 2000 and 2005.

These premiums were needed to improve recruitment and retention. In 1997, the Congressional Budget Office concluded that the government paid 22 percent less than the private sector for similar jobs. Bolstering the military after 9/11 was also a priority.

For reasons of efficiency and fairness, the extra pay might have been coupled with reducing the job security and trimming the benefits that federal employees traditionally enjoy. It was not. On the contrary, the federal benefit edge has widened. It is not easy to measure how much, for the government refuses to publish direct comparisons. However, a few months ago, Chris Edwards of the Cato Institute deduced from BEA statistics that from 2000 to 2008, benefits grew a whopping $16,000 per full-time federal civilian employee, versus $3,000 per private employee. Federal benefits are now more than four times private benefits.

When the public sector is such a shambles, recruitment and retention aren't so hard.

You can't make this up. Half of Detroit's public schools are shutting down, Libya's burning, and the White House is holding an homage to Motown tonight. And Harry Reid calling on Republicans to "join us" in creating jobs.

Ambassador Susan Rice skips UN meeting on Libya.

Aaaaaand while 5000 NYC teaching positions may get the ax, United Federation of Teachers spent $1.4 million last year on a gala 50th anniversary party. It's like they're taking belt-tightening lessons from the White House.

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Bob Reed
February 24th, 2011 - 10:09

Never let a crisis go to waste…

In one sense, it’s simply Jones and the self-styled communist/revolutionaries trying to coopt the demonstrations in Madison and turn them into a genuine Euro-socialist style nationwide uprising.

And, of course, co-opt them for Democratic political purposes as well.

See, ObaMao has had to make too many deals with the Rethugs! lately; there aren’t unicorns in every yard like he promised during the campaign; AGW has been revealed as a scam, and most of the public gets that; and the fiscal day of reckoning, vis public spending, is here.

In short, it’s like a championship win by the Lakers in Oakland, or by the Pistons in Detroit; MY TEAM WON!, It’s Time To Get Our LOOOOOOOOOOT! On!11!1! Some folks celebrate with parades, others loot; I chalk it up to, ahem, cultural differences …

Van and his crew see all that sweet, sweet, community agitating going on in Madison, and want to get their mau-mau on also; but, you know, it’s a little cold for some peoples in Wisconsin…

So they’ll do it closer to home. Where they don’t have to drive as far; gas prices, you know. And where they’re familiar with the local dealers; can’t have a good protest without some K-bizzle chronic, yo…

All that and they need to help Obama; he really stepped in it with OFA helping organize the protesters in Madison and his bone-headed “assault on unions!” characterization. Times are hard for the far left, their de-energized by all the “negative waves”, of having to answer for ObaMao’s actions and inactions and just generally not getting their war, is harshing their mellow; and brother ObaMao needs a solid right now to draw attention away from his ineptitude in WI, at home in general, and with respect to foreign policy.

So I’m not surprised to hear the undercover socialist calling for nationwide mau-mau-ing. But isn’t it kind of hard to protest against “the man!” keepin’ the brothers down when one of yours is the man?

Just askin’…

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LibertyAtStake
February 24th, 2011 - 10:11

Yep, the Radical Left does appear to be entering full mobilization mode. Strap on the crash helmet, you’re going to need it.

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Enoch_Root
February 24th, 2011 - 10:14

Nahhh – Ill strap on this instead. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aP27cNPjUEw

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vanderleun
February 24th, 2011 - 12:27

Don’t forget that Reid is also moving to kill the jobs of all the prostitutes in Nevada.

It’s like, when it comes to whores in Nevada, he’s saying, “THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!”

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- Dan Collins
  February 24th, 2011 - 12:36
  
  Now there’s a movie series I really don’t want to see.
  
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vanderleun
February 24th, 2011 - 14:08

Well that depends on who gets his head cut off in the final scene, doesn’t it?

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