Take Back Talking Points Episode 7 Part 7/12

This is a progressive roundtable talk show we're calling Take Back Talking Points. This is a collaborative project, today's show featuring the usual suspects, Capitalocracy, FeelFreeToArgue, and Funkalunatic.

This episode we're trying something a little different that we hope to make a regular segment. About once a month, we plan to dedicate some time on the show to allowing one of the participants to present an idea for a public policy, social movement, etc., that they believe could really change things, and having a discussion on the merits of the idea.

In addition, this episode we talk about Obama's Afghanistan troop surge and why he only seems to fulfill his promises which appease the right, and how to build a social movement and whether conventional forms of protest are effective.

Here's the link to the full playlist:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=A25C35DE87CED218

Participants:
http://www.youtube.com/feelfreetoargue
http://www.youtube.com/funkalunatic

And special thanks to moxnewsdotcom, who provided me with the Anderson Cooper clip:
http://www.youtube.com/moxnewsdotcom

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[55ella2007k]

I have to agree with Zach here. Great discussion - everybody! The tea-baggers are fairly pissed off at this point, but they are most certainly not willing risk arrest. Furthermore, they are not all being threatened with it, unlike the protestors on the left. The inherent difficulty of organizing the traditional 'left' is the underlying philosophy, which rejects walking in lock-step, unless things become so bad, that it becomes necessary for survival.

[funkalunatic]

Unfortunately, living wage laws can be problematic on a local scale since jobs can simply be exported to a nearby cheaper jurisdiction.