Bernie Buzz: Of the Billionaires, By the Billionaires, For the Billionaires

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Rick Cooley ?@rcooley123 Feb 13
Bernie Buzz: Of the Billionaires, By the Billionaires, For the Billionaires http://sanders.enews.senate.gov/mail/util.cfm?gpiv=2100123702.894291.393&gen=1


Sen. Bernie Sanders visits a Civil War battlefield at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on February 7

Speaking Monday at The Brookings Institution, Bernie recounted a weekend trip to the Civil War battlefield at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

“While there, we read Lincoln’s extraordinary Gettysburg Address – where he spoke of his hope that this nation would have a ‘new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.’ As we drove home it struck me hard that Lincoln’s beautiful vision – a government of the people, by the people, for the people – was, in fact, perishing, was coming to an end, and that we are moving rapidly away from our democratic heritage into an oligarchic form of society – where we are experiencing a government of the billionaire class, by the billionaire class and for the billionaire class.”

American democracy is in peril, Bernie explained, because the Supreme Court opened the floodgates and let billionaires spend unlimited sums to buy elections. The Koch brothers alone are planning a nearly $1 billion campaign in 2016, a bigger budget than either of the major political parties.

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[woo me with science]

1. A statesman and a representative,

in a sea of sociopaths, con artists, and corporate sellouts.

Time for a political revolution.

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2. Look what's happening out in the streets

Got a revolution Got to revolution
Hey I'm dancing down the streets
Got a revolution Got to revolution
Ain't it amazing all the people I meet
Got a revolution Got to revolution
One generation got old
One generation got soul
This generation got no destination to hold
Pick up the cry
Hey now it's time for you and me
Got a revolution Got to revolution
Come on now we're marching to the sea
Got a revolution Got to revolution
Who will take it from you
We will and who are we
We are volunteers of America


Jefferson Airplane – Volunteers

[salin]

4. made me think of this video (Arrested Development: Revolution)

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xoqua6_arrested-development-revolution-1992-vhs-rip_music

Not quite the same - but still quite apropos.

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5. all the people say

...revolution!

[Initech]

3. +1 - Draft Bernie for president!

We need an FDR - someone who will stand up to the über rich. And Bernie Sanders is our FDR..

[Enthusiast]

6. Kicked and recommended a whole bunch!

Bernie nailed it.

Bernie is not an extremist. His positions are dead centrist. The problem is, the fake media, the fraudster banks, the supreme court and political party leadership has moved far far to the right.

[aka-chmeee]

7. Not that it matters, but I have always felt that a better and more accurate paraphrase is

"Government of the People, by the billionaires for the billionaires."