Originally Posted by flipflopz

Perhaps you will consider this political although it is non-partisan. If the administrators feel it should be in Political, then move it, please.

I am thrilled with the turnout of the MoveOn.org rally of the American Dream Jobs not Cuts rally held at LSL tonight. If you weren't there, you missed a successful rally that caught the eyes of everyone at the Square. Janet Tutt (is that her name?) was there and agreed it was an honorable event. This is only the beginning.

Oh, is that what was going on? Saw it from the vantage point of City Fire, and the consensus there was that it must be the Village Idiots. They all seemed very confused about what they were marching for - or against.

The Move On Organization is a "left wing" group. The "jobs not cuts" movement is not. It is a non partisan movement. This is a movement where the left, right and the middle have "joined" together to try to make people/congress aware of the problem in our country with outsourcing of jobs.

This is also what the Occupy Wall Street movement is about.

First I don't understand why one group being discussed in the open forum of TOTV would be OK, but another would have to go to political.

Second, this is a non-partisan "movement" and I for on am happy to see the three groups come together in agreement to work to fix anything.

Originally Posted by Fourpar

Oh, is that what was going on? Saw it from the vantage point of City Fire, and the consensus there was that it must be the Village Idiots. They all seemed very confused about what they were marching for - or against.

Really??? Was that nice?

Originally Posted by angiefox10

The Move On Organization is a "left wing" group. The "jobs not cuts" movement is not. It is a non partisan movement. This is a movement where the left, right and the middle have "joined" together to try to make people/congress aware of the problem in our country with outsourcing of jobs.

This is also what the Occupy Wall Street movement is about.

First I don't understand why one group being discussed in the open forum of TOTV would be OK, but another would have to go to political.

Second, this is a non-partisan "movement" and I for on am happy to see the three groups come together in agreement to work to fix anything.

I suggest that you dig a little deeper. It is not non-partisan. There is proof that people were paid to be there. Also, many union participations.

As much interested in the politics of this year I think this type of demonstrations should be kept out of the squares.You are just asking for trouble here and I was hoping this wouldnt happen here. We dont need these young punks here or thugs if you will. It will only get worse.

Originally Posted by DDoug

As much interested in the politics of this year I think this type of demonstrations should be kept out of the squares.You are just asking for trouble here and I was hoping this wouldnt happen here. We dont need these young punks here or thugs if you will. It will only get worse.

Again???? Name calling? No one even wants to be nice?

I for one support trying to bring the jobs back into the country. Why would that be in the punk or a thug category?

I'd just like to set the record straight. The only "young people" at the rally were my son, grandson and granddaughter (she's only 5 months old). The rest were senior citizens. As far as I can tell, there were no active union members there (some retirees may have been members when they were working). I seriously doubt if anyone was paid to be there. I wasn't. The only name calling came from people who were not part of the rally. There were democrats, republicans and independents who had a unifying concern: the level of unemployment and the lack of action by our government. I find the hostility display by some of the people here surprising. I promise not to be hostile if you want to hold a rally and express your concerns.

Originally Posted by angiefox10

First I don't understand why one group being discussed in the open forum of TOTV would be OK, but another would have to go to political.

Personally, I think they should all go to Political......and when you're over there, please please remember that famous word, "RESPECT".

No only not hostile, I want to hear what everyone has to say. I can't learn if I don't listen. I was lucky in my job to be at events where all sides were represented. You would be surprised how many good ideas come from all sides.

This event was about saving jobs. Do we really care where it comes from? Can we band together and try to get along? Can we do this for the kids?

I'm glad to see everyone represented in TV. If TV is open to "everyone" to live, why wouldn't all sides be there?

Originally Posted by flipflopz

I'd just like to set the record straight. The only "young people" at the rally were my son, grandson and granddaughter (she's only 5 months old). The rest were senior citizens. As far as I can tell, there were no active union members there (some retirees may have been members when they were working). I seriously doubt if anyone was paid to be there. I wasn't. The only name calling came from people who were not part of the rally. There were democrats, republicans and independents who had a unifying concern: the level of unemployment and the lack of action by our government. I find the hostility display by some of the people here surprising. I promise not to be hostile if you want to hold a rally and express your concerns.

Are you sure that MoveOn.org was the sponsor?

Originally Posted by villagegolfer

Are you sure that MoveOn.org was the sponsor?

Yesterdays event was listed on the moveon.org website, as a "Jobs Not Cuts" event. I believe there was a local host.

Originally Posted by memason

Yesterdays event was listed on the moveon.org website, as a "Jobs Not Cuts" event. I believe there was a local host.

I think people should dig a little deeper. I suspect there is good intentions expressed by concerned citizens, but they could be misinformed and "used" by the media.

If the socialist party of America was hosting a " Jobs for America" rally would you endorse that?

If the Communist Party of America was sponsoring the rally would you endorse it??

You have to look behind the nice sounding names and slogans and find out who the people are who are pulling the strings and what their real agenda is'

Look at pictures of the mobs on wall street. Would you feel comfortable having those type of people camped in the town squares??

I remember all of the nice sounding names the collage professors gave to the campus organizations ( ie. Students for a Democratic Society) Than they would get all of the kids to go out and demonstrate to support what aver the leftest professors agenda was!!

Wake up people!!! Most of us remember the sixties!! I would wager that many of today's protesters are the same original protesters then are still organizing and attending these leftest rallies!

Moveon.org is a far left, Geo. Soros funded organization dedicated to changing our American way of life that we grew up in to something you would think of a third world country.

It's sad on how fast people would surrender to this........very sad

This thread should deffinatly be moved to the political descussion

THE link below which is from Peoples World, which is the web news site of the Communist Party of America explains a bit about this strong pro union movement and may explain...

http://peoplesworld.org/jobs-not-cut...ccupy-chicago/

Originally Posted by swimdawg

Personally, I think they should all go to Political......and when you're over there, please please remember that famous word, "RESPECT".