From rkarch at mcn.org  Tue Dec  1 16:34:49 2015
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 16:34:49 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Harvard School of Public Health poll report
Message-ID: <65490F56-279E-4C58-9121-472776BF8C42@mcn.org>

STAT
December 1, 2015
STAT-Harvard poll: Dismayed by drug prices, public supports Democrats'?? ideas
By David Nather

Most Americans believe that the prices of brand-name prescription drugs have become unreasonable, and their dismay is leading to wide support for government action to keep costs down, including letting Medicare negotiate prices with drug companies, according to a new poll by STAT and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

About 7 out of 10 Americans, including two-thirds of Republicans, said Medicare, the federal health insurance program for older and disabled Americans, should be able to negotiate lower prices for all prescription drugs.

The poll found that the pharmaceutical industry'??s reputation has suffered substantial damage. Barely half of all Americans now say drug companies are doing a good job for their customers, compared with the nearly 8 out of 10 who expressed that kind of confidence in a 1997 Harris Poll.

And they soundly rejected the industry'??s argument that government action against rising drug costs would slow the development of new drugs. Sixty-four percent said they did not believe that would happen if Medicare negotiated lower prices, while 26 percent said they believed it could.

It also matters how potential government action on drug costs is framed. When it'??s described as "??price controls"?? under Medicare rather than "??negotiating prices,"?? there'??s a sharp drop-off in support among Republicans and senior citizens.

When given a choice of different options for dealing with extreme price hikes and the most expensive new drugs, Americans were divided between letting the government negotiate lower prices and approaches intended to promote competition.

Government negotiations was the most popular option and importing drugs came in second. Reducing regulations was the least preferred option, with the support of 1 out of 5 Americans.

In follow-up interviews, people who participated in the poll expressed a common theme: They'??re not sure what the best solution is ??? they just want the government to do something.

The fact that the support for Medicare negotiations is so high, even though few people are personally experiencing high drug costs, suggests that their reactions are being driven by the perception that drug prices have become "just unreasonable"?? for others, according to Robert Blendon, a professor of health policy and political analysis at Harvard who directed the poll.

"??It'??s not people'??s experience. It'??s people'??s outrage," said Blendon.

http://www.statnews.com/2015/12/01/stat-harvard-drug-prices-poll/

Poll results:
https://cdn1.sph.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/94/2015/11/STAT-Harvard-Poll-Nov-2015-Controversy-Over-Rising-Drug-Prices.pdf

***


Comment by Don McCanne

There is an important lesson here for single payer advocates. The public now wants the government to do something about the large increases in drug prices. It is not because of personal experience with these high prices but rather it is due to the OUTRAGE over the injustice of patients in need unnecessarily facing egregiously high drug pricing.

Much worse than the drug pricing crisis is the financial hardship, outrageous physical suffering and even loss of life that is due to our highly dysfunctional method of financing health care, even though we are spending about twice as much per capita as the average of other wealthy nations.

Our nation needs to understand that merely switching to a single payer system would correct the injustices of the financing system that the Affordable Care Act failed to rectify. With a well designed single payer system we would not only get the pricing of pharmaceuticals right, we would price correctly the rest of the system as well while improving access and free choice of health care - all without spending any more than we do already, yet spending it more equitably so as to eliminate for everyone the prospect of financial hardship due to health care.

If it takes outrage to create a demand for government action, then let'??s work on our framing so that people understand that they should be outraged by the profound but remediable injustices that characterize our health care financing system. Start with intensified efforts to educate the media, since it has been the media that aroused the nation on outrageous drug pricing.



-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.mcn.org/pipermail/occupymendocino/attachments/20151201/38bdf16b/attachment.html 

From rkarch at mcn.org  Wed Dec  2 13:43:46 2015
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2015 13:43:46 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Stop the Killing!
Message-ID: <F52B64BF-2FE4-4E35-BF60-833C1F93F38F@mcn.org>

https://ssl.capwiz.com/aclu/ca/mailapp/

California's Death Penalty is #BrokenBeyondRepair

Thank you for submitting your comment to the CDCR.

Your e-mail message was sent to:
  Mr. Timothy Lockwood,  Chief of Regulation & Policy Management

Connect with the ACLU:
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.mcn.org/pipermail/occupymendocino/attachments/20151202/68d418ce/attachment.html 

From nlnelson at mcn.org  Sat Dec  5 10:56:11 2015
From: nlnelson at mcn.org (nlnelson at mcn.org)
Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2015 10:56:11 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] anyone up to this???/[Fwd: San Bernadino and You]
Message-ID: <0cfe56b6d97bb4ca6af2a5a56d28b9b3.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>



    I am not able to hostess an event - but if anyone else liked this
idea, and had ideas for meeting place, i'd help......could we use Sr.
Center, i wonder.....??

Nancy Wallace-Nelson



---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: San Bernadino and You
From:    "CODEPINK" <info at codepink.org>
Date:    Sat, December 5, 2015 7:02 am
To:      "Nancy Liela Wallace-Nelson" <nlnelson at mcn.org>
--------------------------------------------------------------------------



Dear Nancy Liela,

Our hearts are broken from the news of senseless gun violence every day in
the United States, especially after the horrific massacre in San
Bernadino, California. We're dismayed to hear the media demonizing all
Muslims because of the actions of a few. We're committed to organizing and
strengthening our communities to build bridges of understanding and
respect, instead of hate and prejudice, and that's why we're asking you to
participate in Pop-Up for Peace gatherings.

Conversations over meals have been a place for healing and peacemaking for
millennia. When we share stories and ask questions, we learn and feel more
connected. There is so much confusion and fear around Syrian refugees,
growing Islamophobia, ISIL/Daesh and whether peace is even possible. We
feel it is time to gather our communities in conversation and connection.

Will you facilitate a Pop-Up for Peace gathering in your community to talk
about the Middle East conflicts and growing Islamophobia here at home?
<http://www.codepink.org/pop_up_for_peace>

Beginning with last night in Los Angeles, the CODEPINK Local Peace Economy
is organizing Pop-Up for Peace gatherings at restaurants and homes across
the city. We have outreached to the Middle Eastern communities to partner
with us and local media is alerting the community to the gatherings.

We are encouraging CODEPINK members nationwide to take this opportunity to
gather and lead a conversation. Use your imagination: you can host a
gathering in your home, make it potluck and invite friends. You can ask a
local restaurant to make space available and reach out to the larger
community. Pick a date, venue and format that works for you. Invite people
from the Middle East to share stories or read stories from the press about
the struggles refugees are facing. You can pass around the Menu for Peace
<http://www.codepink.org/menu_for_peace>, which will support conversation
with facts and recipes for peace. People are longing to connect and talk.
You can provide an easy format for that to happen. Our team is here and
ready to support you.

Hungry for change,
PS: Join CODEPINK to be an international delegate for peace!Check out our
upcoming trips to Cuba and events happening in Washington, DC.
<http://www.codepink.org/travel_with_codepink>



-----
CODEPINK - 2010 Linden Ave, Venice, CA 90291, United States
This email was sent to nlnelson at mcn.org.  To stop receiving emails:
http://www.codepink.org/unsubscribe
-----

Created with NationBuilder - http://nationbuilder.com/
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.mcn.org/pipermail/occupymendocino/attachments/20151205/58b1b8e8/attachment.html 

From rkarch at mcn.org  Sun Dec  6 10:48:21 2015
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2015 10:48:21 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Pakastani Muslims speak out
Message-ID: <98C59053-28DE-46CF-98E8-80901D43B04C@mcn.org>


WEB DESK: A group of comedians from Islamabad ?House of Lolz? released a video which takes a quip on widely accepted mindset that Muslims are to blame for terrorism.

Solidarity for Paris Attack victims has been pouring in around the world. Yet at the same time debate on whether to let refugeesd in Europe or not has started.

The video has been going viral in Pakistan and in international media. It has been watched for more than 800,000 times. This video was also picked up by CNN.

 

http://aaj.tv/2015/11/house-of-lolz-take-on-paris-attack-going-viral/



-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.mcn.org/pipermail/occupymendocino/attachments/20151206/57f8ddf7/attachment.html 

From marksafron at att.net  Sun Dec  6 10:55:12 2015
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2015 10:55:12 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] White Debt
Message-ID: <7D17C6B7-9CEF-4C33-9AE0-E9B83BBE8EC5@att.net>

I think this essay is exceptional. If you consider the early economic dominance of this country, you will come to realize much of it was built with the unwilling help of millions of slaves. A couple of hundred years of free labor gave us quite a boost. Also worth considering, is how we?ve come to treat slavery?s descendants. Do we assume all Black people are angry? Is that why a Black man is 21 times more likely to be shot if stopped by the police? Is that why we have so many guns?  
Regards, Mark 

> http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/06/magazine/white-debt.html?emc=edit_th_20151206&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=35653813 <http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/06/magazine/white-debt.html?emc=edit_th_20151206&nl=todaysheadlines&nlid=35653813>
> 
> 


-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.mcn.org/pipermail/occupymendocino/attachments/20151206/18e5cf29/attachment.html 

From rkarch at mcn.org  Mon Dec  7 19:56:22 2015
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2015 19:56:22 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Exxon Admits World Will Warm
Message-ID: <265B67FF-C32E-403C-B8F6-33D46131828F@mcn.org>

                     Bombshell: Exxon Admits World Will Warm By Catastrophic 7-12?F 



As if it wasn?t clear enough already, even fossil fuel giant Exxon-Mobil has publicly accepted the harsh truth of the coming climate crisis. Even though they?ve spent the past thirty years trying to cover up the extent of which their polluting practices has warmed the globe, Exxon has finally come to accept the writing on the wall, admitting to the Washington Post that ?with no government action?average temperatures are likely to rise by 5 degrees Celsius, with rises of 6, 7 or even more quite possible.? Most tellingly is the use of the phrase ?with no government action,? a resigned acceptance that the fact that we will require government intervention, and that free-market-driven solutions will not be sufficient in order to combat our excessive fossil fuel emissions ? a slap in the face to climate deniers like Carly Fiorina and Jeb Bush who will only offer up private sector solutions ? if they bother to offer any at all.

Exxon also endorsed a comprehensive carbon tax, not unlike that proposed by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) earlier today: ?ExxonMobil believes a revenue-neutral carbon tax would be a more effective policy option than cap-and-trade schemes, regulations, mandates, or standards. A properly designed carbon tax can be predictable, transparent, and comparatively simple to understand and implement,? ultimately proposing that the ?goal of climate policies should be to reduce the risks of serious impacts to humanity and ecosystems at minimum societal cost, while recognizing other societal priorities, including the importance of abundant reliable and affordable energy to enable improved global living standards.?


http://www.occupydemocrats.com/bombshell-exxon-admits-world-will-warm-by-catastrophic-7-12f-if-republicans-get-their-way/
et Their Wayby Colin Taylor ? December 7, 2015 

 


As if it wasn?t clear enough already, even fossil fuel giant Exxon-Mobil has publicly accepted the harsh truth of the coming climate crisis. Even though they?ve spent the past thirty years trying to cover up the extent of which their polluting practices has warmed the globe, Exxon has finally come to accept the writing on the wall, admitting to the Washington Post that ?with no government action?average temperatures are likely to rise by 5 degrees Celsius, with rises of 6, 7 or even more quite possible.? Most tellingly is the use of the phrase ?with no government action,? a resigned acceptance that the fact that we will require government intervention, and that free-market-driven solutions will not be sufficient in order to combat our excessive fossil fuel emissions ? a slap in the face to climate deniers like Carly Fiorina and Jeb Bush who will only offer up private sector solutions ? if they bother to offer any at all.

Exxon also endorsed a comprehensive carbon tax, not unlike that proposed by Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) earlier today: ?ExxonMobil believes a revenue-neutral carbon tax would be a more effective policy option than cap-and-trade schemes, regulations, mandates, or standards. A properly designed carbon tax can be predictable, transparent, and comparatively simple to understand and implement,? ultimately proposing that the ?goal of climate policies should be to reduce the risks of serious impacts to humanity and ecosystems at minimum societal cost, while recognizing other societal priorities, including the importance of abundant reliable and affordable energy to enable improved global living standards.?


While these admissions do not forgive the oil giant?s three decades of systematic climate research repression, having internally concluded that climate change was a major threat to human civilization some thirty-eight years ago, it does provide a strong and public endorsement that may finally have some kind of effect on the obstinately ignorant members of the Republican Party. The fact that the statements by one of the world?s largest fossil fuel emitters constitutes a moderate position when compared with American conservatives shows just far out of touch with reality the GOP has really fallen. Unless we take substantial action to combat the warming of the atmosphere and our reckless emission of carbon dioxide soon, human society as we know it will have to undergo some incredibly painful changes ? far more painful than having to tell voters their energy bills might go up.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.mcn.org/pipermail/occupymendocino/attachments/20151207/80d8dc6e/attachment.html 

From moxie at mcn.org  Wed Dec  9 04:14:07 2015
From: moxie at mcn.org (moxie at mcn.org)
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2015 04:14:07 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Fwd: OccupySF TOMORROW! URGENT: All hands on
 deck: Police Commission Meets on Mario Woods Police Killing // Wed 5 pm at
 SF City Hall -- bring your groups
Message-ID: <e998f85ac8595f0f14ece9d40f6dad5c.squirrel@webmail.mcn.org>

---------------------------- Original Message ----------------------------
Subject: Fwd: OccupySF TOMORROW! URGENT: All hands on deck: Police
Commission Meets on Mario Woods Police Killing // Wed 5 pm at SF City Hall
-- bring your groups
From:    "Steven Jacobson" <sjjacobson at fastmail.fm>
Date:    Wed, December 9, 2015 1:05 am

Subject: OccupySF TOMORROW! URGENT: All hands on deck: Police Commission
Meets on Mario Woods Police Killing // Wed 5 pm at SF City Hall -- bring
your groups


URGENT. All hands on deck: Police Commission Meets on Mario Woods
Wednesday 5 PM at City Hall (Polk Street) NEED HUGE TURNOUT -- Bring
your groups. Justice 4 Mario Woods, 26, assassinated by SF Bayview
Police, 12-2-15[1] SF Bayview Police (5 cops, 25 bullets) were
captured on video slaying Mario Woods 12-2-15. Citizens are keeping up
rolling actions to ensure the firing of Police Chief Greg Suhr and
indict and jail the five cops for first degree murder in the execution
of Mario Woods.

The SF Police Commission meets to review the case in 2 days --
Wednesday, December 9th at City Hall at 5 PM We are ALL planning to show
up at the Police Commission hearing Wednesday December 9th at  5 pm with
signs demanding resignation of Chief Greg Suhr, and indictment of the
five cops who killed Mario Woods. We need a Ferguson response. Don't be
pacified. Come out for our sisters and brothers in the Bayview and
everyone of us everywhere.

*https://www.facebook.com/groups/418363851694303/*

Bring signs: STOP POLICE MURDERS

JUSTICE FOR MARIO FIRE SUHR NOW JAIL THE KILLER COPS INDICT,
CONVICT, JAIL

STAND UP, RESIST! SEND THOSE KILLER COPS TO JAIL THE WHOLE DAMN SYSTEM
IS GUILTY AS HELL STOP MILITARIZATION OF POLICE *Bring pictures of Mario
Woods*
http://www.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2015/12/07/police-to-reconsider-use-of-force-policy-after-killing-of-mario-woods
http://www.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2015/12/05/outraged-community-calls-for-sfpd-chiefs-resignation-over-killing-of-mario-woods
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2015/12/07/mayor-lee-calls-bayview-shooting-very-upsetting-after-viewing-video/
LAST3PERCENT at gmail.com
(510)698-2273[2]


sf.ois_.1203-e1449118815329_1_.jpg


San Francisco will review and potentially revise the police department's
"Use of Force" policy[3] following the fatal police shooting of Mario
Woods[4] in the Bayview last Wednesday, Dec. 2. Video of the
shooting[5],  *showing at least ten police officers surrounding Woods ???
who was allegedly armed with a knife* *??? before five officers opened
fire, has prompted widespread outrage [6]and calls for SFPD Chief Suhr's
resignation. *



Links:

  1. https://www.facebook.com/groups/418363851694303/
  2. tel:%28510%29698-2273
  3. http://www.sf-police.org/modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=14790
  4.
http://www.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2015/12/03/man-shot-by-sfpd-idd-as-mario-woods-was-on-gang-injunction
  5.
http://www.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2015/12/03/man-shot-by-sfpd-idd-as-mario-woods-was-on-gang-injunction
  6.
http://www.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/2015/12/05/outraged-community-calls-for-sfpd-chiefs-resignation-over-killing-of-mario-woods
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.mcn.org/pipermail/occupymendocino/attachments/20151209/2f4729c8/attachment.html 

From rkarch at mcn.org  Fri Dec 11 09:40:28 2015
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 09:40:28 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Bernie and the Limits of Electoral Politics
Message-ID: <7C0889D5-FBAF-4B79-85E6-74056D369FAA@mcn.org>

http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/33980-bernie-sanders-and-the-limits-of-electoral-politics
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.mcn.org/pipermail/occupymendocino/attachments/20151211/1ed25d06/attachment.html 

From john at cypresshouse.com  Fri Dec 11 10:55:01 2015
From: john at cypresshouse.com (John Fremont)
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 10:55:01 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] I just signed this petition -- join me?
Message-ID: <00da01d13445$710cd830$53268890$@com>

I just signed a petition urging Congress to censure Supreme Court Justice
Scalia for his racist statements. 
  
Join me? Here's the link to sign: 
  
http://act.credoaction.com/sign/Scalia_Racism?sp_ref=165611218.4.118362.e.37
6318.2
<http://act.credoaction.com/sign/Scalia_Racism?sp_ref=165611218.4.118362.e.3
76318.2&referring_akid=.670819.2oNxHW&source=mailto_sp>
&referring_akid=.670819.2oNxHW&source=mailto_sp

Thanks! 

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.mcn.org/pipermail/occupymendocino/attachments/20151211/48f5113f/attachment.html 

From rkarch at mcn.org  Fri Dec 11 13:39:22 2015
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 2015 13:39:22 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Landlord drag on growth
Message-ID: <4BC1EBC2-8E48-4459-8A20-320D2AA21361@mcn.org>

http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2015-12-04/your-landlord-hurts-growth-and-aggravates-inequality

Your Landlord Is a Drag on Growth

159 Dec 4, 2015 8:00 AM EST
By Noah Smith
After many decades of essentially ignoring the role of land, economists are starting to reconsider. Some are worried that landlords are hurting growth by making it too expensive to live in highly productive cities. Now, some are starting to think about how land figures in the rise in inequality. 

The basic idea is that landlords use their local political power to stack the deck. Using their money and connections to sway local elections, they can influence politicians to enact land-use  regulations that keep out other people and businesses. That gives them a so-called first mover advantage that... 
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.mcn.org/pipermail/occupymendocino/attachments/20151211/7d48f23e/attachment.html 

From rkarch at mcn.org  Thu Dec 17 07:53:57 2015
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2015 07:53:57 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Tenfacts about being homeless in the USA
Message-ID: <8A02C054-9752-47A4-B7F3-D76EB352616E@mcn.org>


Ten facts about being homeless in the USA
Renee Delisle was one of over 3500 homeless people in Santa Cruz when she found out she was pregnant.  The Santa Cruz Sentinel reported she was turned away from a shelter because they did not have space for her.  While other homeless people slept in cars or under culverts, Renee ended up living in an abandoned elevator shaft until her water broke.

Jerome Murdough, 56, a homeless former Marine, was arrested for trespass in New York because he was found sleeping in a public housing stairwell on a cold night.  The New York Times reported that one week later, Jerome died of hypothermia in a jail cell heated to over 100 degrees.

Paula Corb and her two daughters lost their home and have lived in their minivan for four years.  They did laundry in a church annex, went to the bathroom at gas stations, and did their studies under street la...



http://www.commondreams.org/views/2014/10/14/ten-facts-about-being-homeless-usa?utm_campaign=shareaholic&utm_medium=facebook&utm_source=socialnetwork
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.mcn.org/pipermail/occupymendocino/attachments/20151217/1896a4d1/attachment.html 

From marksafron at att.net  Fri Dec 18 11:06:11 2015
From: marksafron at att.net (Mark Safron)
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 11:06:11 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Where did all the money go?
Message-ID: <9E1176F9-F508-45C6-8839-947335A8D2B7@att.net>

> The Fed Bailouts: Money for Nothing
> 
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-alan-grayson/the-fed-bailouts-money-fo_b_1129988.html <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rep-alan-grayson/the-fed-bailouts-money-fo_b_1129988.html>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.mcn.org/pipermail/occupymendocino/attachments/20151218/3214c7b6/attachment.html 

From rkarch at mcn.org  Fri Dec 18 16:56:06 2015
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 16:56:06 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] One out of every two Americans is living in - or
	damn near close - to flat out poverty.
Message-ID: <5BE5AD49-0E86-44BC-BFA2-81634D60785C@mcn.org>


Thom's blog
More than half of Americans are flat broke
  According to the Economic Policy Institute, a family of four needs an income of at least $60,000 dollars a year to reach a "adequate but modest living standard." But, fifty percent of all Americans make less than half that amount. 

Paul Buchheit over at Alternet reports that new Social Security Administration data shows that one out of every two Americans is living in - or damn near close - to flat out poverty. 

Half of all Americans have no savings at all, and nearly three out of four people who have saved have less than $1,000 dollars on hand to cover emergency expenses. And, according to the Wall Street Journal, more than 60 percent of our fellow Americans couldn't afford to repair their car if it needed a brake job. 

Many on the Right claim that earning more is all about working harder, and that those who struggle simply haven't pulled themselves up by their bootstraps. But, the fact of the matter is that there aren't enough bootstraps to go around. 

According to the Alliance for a Just Society, there are seven job applicants for every job opening that pays more than $15 dollars an hour. And, for those who take a job paying less, it's almost impossible to make ends meet - even with two people working full time in one household. 

There simply aren't enough good-paying jobs to go around, and Republicans in Congress refuse to raise wages or invest in the type of education and infrastructure that could make those jobs available. 

The middle class has been destroyed by the billionaires, and more Americans fall out of that category every day. In other words, for many people in our country, the American Dream has become the American nightmare. 

This is not the country our grandparents worked to create. And, this is not the country that we should leave our grandchildren. We can do better. 

In this election cycle, we must fight harder than ever to elect those who will fight for us. We need lawmakers who want to restore the middle class and rebuild the American Dream.

Democracy begins with each of us, so let's get busy. Tag you're it!

-Thom 

(What do you think? Tell us here.)

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.mcn.org/pipermail/occupymendocino/attachments/20151218/02d3acc2/attachment.html 
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: 234a317a-90ed-4406-8644-570c7b5c5e28.jpg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 59657 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://lists.mcn.org/pipermail/occupymendocino/attachments/20151218/02d3acc2/attachment.jpg 
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: thom and logo_13.jpg
Type: image/jpeg
Size: 4107 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://lists.mcn.org/pipermail/occupymendocino/attachments/20151218/02d3acc2/attachment-0001.jpg 

From rkarch at mcn.org  Fri Dec 18 19:15:43 2015
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 19:15:43 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] New KZYX Executive Director
Message-ID: <359CF66A-A57C-46FA-AB5A-0512755F125A@mcn.org>

> From the KZYX website today:

The Board of Directors of Mendocino County Public Broadcasting had a marathon meeting of nearly 12 hours on Monday, December 14th to decide on a new Executive Director/General Manager. There were many qualified applicants, but with a solid consensus we voted for Lorraine Dechter, our stellar news reporter. She will be officially hired at the January 4th Board Meeting in Ukiah.

Here is a link to the full press release. You can also find it at kzyx.org

http://kzyx.org/Board/Dechter%20Press%20Release.pdf <http://kzyx.org/Board/Dechter%20Press%20Release.pdf>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.mcn.org/pipermail/occupymendocino/attachments/20151218/134fd74e/attachment.html 

From rkarch at mcn.org  Tue Dec 22 13:02:49 2015
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Tue, 22 Dec 2015 13:02:49 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] Recommendations for a more secureamerica
Message-ID: <D6E33AC5-551D-48FC-B3E0-D04D3013E717@mcn.org>

http://smartgunlaws.org/gun-safety-public-health-policy-recommendations-for-a-more-secure-america/

Gun Safety & Public Health: Policy Recommendations for a More Secure America


-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.mcn.org/pipermail/occupymendocino/attachments/20151222/7e1faa71/attachment.html 

From rkarch at mcn.org  Sun Dec 27 22:30:06 2015
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 2015 22:30:06 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] What really caused implosion of the Occupy
	movement
Message-ID: <63A9FEDC-B8FF-46D7-969C-A00DB5101C70@mcn.org>

Implosion of the Occupy movement.

http://www.alternet.org/occupy-wall-street/what-really-caused-implosion-occupy-movement-insiders-view#.VoArNJz0Okk.email
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.mcn.org/pipermail/occupymendocino/attachments/20151227/2d61a1a8/attachment.html 

From rkarch at mcn.org  Thu Dec 31 18:00:54 2015
From: rkarch at mcn.org (Richard Karch)
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2015 18:00:54 -0800
Subject: [Occupymendocino] The Modern World Review of  2015
Message-ID: <806FE626-D69E-4DFD-A213-F724A6F6515E@mcn.org>

An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://lists.mcn.org/pipermail/occupymendocino/attachments/20151231/511bc217/attachment.html 
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: T-Tomorrow.jpg
Type: image/jpg
Size: 222405 bytes
Desc: not available
Url : http://lists.mcn.org/pipermail/occupymendocino/attachments/20151231/511bc217/attachment.jpg 

