The New Year is here. Maybe it will be the year that the occupation really begins. It certainly is time to do more than gather in a park. It is time to gather in our democracy. It is time to occupy voting booths. It is time to camp out in the e-mail accounts of congressman and the comment spaces after articles on news websites. It is time to get in the way of business as usual on radio shows and in city hall. It is time to gather at school board meetings and hearings of state and local environmental agencies. It is way past time to sit down and get out the Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, and a history book or two and start sharing some truth … we are overdue for some serious fact checking. It is time that every part of our democracy was occupied … with logic, reason, and a focus on solving problems through cooperation and compromise. It is time. It is past time. It is 2012, what are we waiting for?
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