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The original text that was to become the Essays for the 99%, Parts I and II was written back in 2009, obviously before the "Occupy" movement.
So essentially I was writing for an audience that did not yet exist as an "organized" group.
The thought process that was to form The Carrot and The Stick, and A Call to Action, began to gestate during my college years, ironically enough, back at UC Davis, sight of the infamous "pepper spraying" act of terrorism against the peaceful protesters.
You could say that I saw the "writing on the wall," as I watched the decline of "the People" and their interests for the entirety of my adult life.
I watched our wages decline as prices increased, watched our jobs being exported, our country mortgaged, our future traded to our foreign enemies for the proverbial "30 pieces of silver."
Ultimately I could no longer contain the words that I had long spoken to anyone who would listen, and decided to commit them to the printed and digital page.
If I fail to inspire, to motivate, to germinate reform, at least history will know that We the People of this once greater Nation did not silently acquiesce to this "violation" of our American Dream.
We spoke out, we protested, we "ranted" to all who would listen, (and many who would not) as we tried to preserve the idea of a "United Nation."
If you have read the entire series of the Essays for the 99%, you will see the evolution of my thought process from a position of pure outrage in Parts I and II, to a more philosophical and calm approach to the awful betrayal we are now subjected to.
Parts III through VII were written over a three-month span in late 2011, early 2012, so about three years after what was to become the first two parts.
Will there be more Essays for the 99%?
Possibly.
Should there be?
Definitely.
I have outlined at least 12 more already, but when I reach the point that I am simply repeating myself, that will be the natural stopping point, of course.
Part VIII is fomenting now, and is tentatively entitled M.O.T.S, or More of the Same, which is what we can expect if we do nothing to change the path that we are on.
More joblessness, while our "leaders" crow about adding millions of "minimum wage" jobs, more foreclosures while they trumpet "recovery," and more abuse of the people's rights as the 1% shout "Freedom!" from their palaces and high places.
You don’t have to “buy” the Essays for the 99% in order to hear their message. You can listen to the FREE author’s reads at the website:

http://www.johndavidauthor.com/Essays_for_the_99_.html

Agree or disagree, please add your voice to the debate. There is no more time for inaction.
Complacency is complicity, and both are absolutely unacceptable.

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I have proposed that our leaders should be Patriots, first and foremost, regardless of party affiliation. That they should love their country and their people more than they love money. This does not seem "un-American" to me.

To the contrary.

While the current owners of our political system might disagree with me, the vast majority of the people of this great nation would not.

Who among you believes that political offices should be bought and sold to the highest bidder?

Who among you has faith that sheer wealth alone (and the ability to acquire it) somehow magically endows a person with the necessary compassion and leadership skills needed to "represent" the hundreds of millions of citizens who do not have vast wealth?

I believe that the two-party system has failed us. That it is folly to remove the crown from the head of one obstructionist party leader, only to place it on the head of another.

This time around, a Republican will be nominated to oppose a Democrat, as if it really matters which face the millionaire wears. A, B, C, or D, they all have one very important trait in common, that is, they are nothing like you and me, the 99%.

Many of you who are nodding your heads in agreement with me right now might immediately take offense when I suggest that our political system has been absolutely corrupted by the economics of capitalism.

What you fail to realize and accept is that democracy is not the enemy of capitalism, but that the reverse is quite true.

This is because "Pure" capitalism does not care about the well-being of the citizens of any particular nation, as people are reduced to mere "inputs" on a balance sheet, their lives and futures to be "traded" on the world market, as any other "commodity" is.

"Electing" leaders who espouse and endorse this worldview is and will be the death of our great nation and our people, because ultimately if there is no love for the people by our leaders, there will be no love for the country by the people.

Why does this matter? Because one day soon we "the people" may be called upon to defend this nation, and when asked, we may simply say "No."

"No, we will not shed blood in defense of your nation, your land, your money. No, we will not risk life and limb to defend your way of life, and ours is already lost."

How can we prepare to face our foreign enemies, if we are usurped and destroyed from within, by that lethal virus that infects us, the 1%? These pathetic excuses for human beings that have no allegiance to God, to us, to country, to anyone or anything but Money.

Remember where the true "loyalties" of these would-be "leaders" (on both sides of the aisle) actually lie when you step into the voting booth.

Remember also that you certainly do not owe "them" any allegiance, or loyalty.

For they have none to you, your family, or your neighbors.

They have sworn (or will swear) an oath to "represent" you. Do you think that they do, and will?

To the contrary.

They are perfectly content to see our despair, they will show us no mercy, no compassion.

They will not redress the harm they have caused us. Our present and future mean nothing to them.

Whether you agree or disagree with me, ask yourself these questions before you vote:

"Does candidate X love this country and its people more than they love money? Are they a Patriot?"

Before you answer, remember this:

World English Dictionary
patriot (ˈpeɪtrɪət, ˈpæt-)

-a person who vigorously supports his country and its way of life.

Now then, if the answers to those two questions are "No," "Perhaps," or "Maybe," why on earth would you vote for them?

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