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By Arun Kumar Washington, March 10 (IANS) As the number of American workers with virtually no retirement savings grew for the third straight year, over four in 10 had less than $10,000, according to a new survey. The percentage of workers who said they had less than $10,000 savings grew to 43 percent in 2010, from 39 [...] pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6wMsMpp9ytqyWAwfQ2lNQsEMDEc/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6wMsMpp9ytqyWAwfQ2lNQsEMDEc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6wMsMpp9ytqyWAwfQ2lNQsEMDEc/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6wMsMpp9ytqyWAwfQ2lNQsEMDEc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Occasiontobe/~4/LBkqT_ffzm8" height="1" width="1"/

count me in img src="http://www.occasion-to-be.com/forum/Smileys/default/cow.gif" alt="The cow" border="0"brbr---------------brbrbrbrGrassroots activists calling for ‘national strike’ by Americans; ‘warm up’ set for April 15-18brbrbrbrBy Mark AndersonbrbrKaren Quinn-Tostado of Oregon says she is just an everyday lady, but she is playing a significant role in an uncommon effort to get the American people to “face their oppressors,” as she put it. Ms. Quinn-Tostado is calling on every willing American to detach from their routine and engage in a national strike from the increasingly oppressive big business-big government matrix that has snared Americans in unpayable debt, endless toil, demolished rights and broken dreams with no apparent solution.brbrIn cities like Detroit and Flint, Mich., entire neighborhoods of crumbling houses are vacant, and old factory sites there and elsewhere lay in ruins. Older parents are living with their adult kids (or vice versa). Entire factories have been transplanted to other countries, or totally closed.brbrThere is an extreme lack of consumer purchasing power in this economy. Many citizens believe this cannot go on much longer.brbrThus, from April 15 to April 18, Ms. Quinn-Tostado is calling for a national strike that includes these ideas: Do not send your children to school on schooldays; do not eat at chain restaurants (go to family-owned eateries or eat at home); do not buy imported goods of any kind; pull your money out of the big banks and choose a small community bank or no bank; and, among other things, decide as an individual whether paying the federal income tax or any other tax possibly deemed unjust is the right thing do to.brbr“Don’t buy; don’t comply; ask why,” she said. The tax issue is up to each person, and neither she nor AFP is advising anyone on that matter. But she said participation in even one area of her plan is better than nothing.brbr Some people may want to take all these actions and more, while others may be content with one or two. The key is for a large number of people to take part in a noticeable manner and keep it simple, she said.brbrbanner_newsletterbrbrMs. Quinn-Tostado agreed with this AFP writer’s observation that this planned temporary detachment from “the system” could lead to long-term self-sufficiency among citizens, who could benefit in many ways from not eating genetically modified foods and growing their own food instead; from not drinking chemically laced municipal water; from not purchasing any prescription drugs and relying more on healthy alternatives.brbrIn her essay, “Why We Must Strike,” Ms. Quinn-Tostado noted that the Articles of Freedom, composed at last November’s Continental Congress, an unprecedented event organized by well-known activist Bob Schulz, are the intended capstone of this idea.brbrShe wrote, in part: We the people call for a national strike April 15 to 18, with those of us who can on April 19 going to our state capitols and presenting our “mis-representatives” with our signed Articles of Freedom, which defend our Constitutional rights, as well as our individual and state sovereignty.brbrThose [articles] are a must-read for anyone who really wants to learn about the principles this country was founded on and what our freedom is about. Every individual is entitled to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. But the time for these freedoms to be handed down to us without our individual participation and sacrifice has passed. . . .brbrWe have until April 15 to educate ourselves and make a decision, if not for ourselves, for our children. And each and every baby boomer from my generation who reads this needs to look at their family and consider what we really are leaving as our legacy. There are over 300 million Americans in this country, who are wondering how we got into the position we find ourselves in today, and what to do about it. In order to understand, it is time to start asking ourselves some of these questions.brbrSchulz, Ms. Quinn-Tostado and others AFP has interviewed regarding the Articles of Freedom point out that they are not another routine petition seeking redress of grievances. Rather, they are “instructions,” For in-depth details, go to ArticlesofFreedom.us and Taxfree15.com.brbrIn a Feb. 28 telephone interview, Ms. Quinn-Tostado noted that Articles of Freedom supporters are calling on more citizens to read and sign them. Thus, the planned April 19 delivery date—a famous day on which Colonists fought British redcoats at Lexington and Concord—may work out, or the delivery will have to wait until more signatures are gathered.brbr“Stay tuned,” Ms. Quinn-Tostado said. She pointed out that March 15 is a “test” day to get more people to “warm up” for mid-April by taking one or more of the recommended actions. Beyond the April strike dates, she hopes this general idea spreads quickly.brbr“If we can remember the 15th of every month—and we have contacts in Greece who are striking—maybe we can ‘go international’ and stop the ‘dominant criminal minority’ that oppresses us,” she said. brbra href="http://www.americanfreepress.net/html/national_strike__213.html"img src="http://occasion-to-be.com/images/readmore.png" border="0"/a . brSubmitted by, beastbra href="http://www.occasion-to-be.com/forum?action=post;topic=8519.0"img src="http://occasion-to-be.com/images/comment.png"br/a pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/65t3qmYs7ofHFTmmHcKzZuuDAoo/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/65t3qmYs7ofHFTmmHcKzZuuDAoo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/65t3qmYs7ofHFTmmHcKzZuuDAoo/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/65t3qmYs7ofHFTmmHcKzZuuDAoo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Occasiontobe/~4/mGHnMAFMcBU" height="1" width="1"/

In Myanmar, a new law may force the National League for Democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, out of the party. pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0FYDTmsJEwsLcnvcS6f42g_xMhY/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0FYDTmsJEwsLcnvcS6f42g_xMhY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0FYDTmsJEwsLcnvcS6f42g_xMhY/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0FYDTmsJEwsLcnvcS6f42g_xMhY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Occasiontobe/~4/IWstspM4izk" height="1" width="1"/

embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/NsjadfLYnD4amp;hl=en_USamp;fs=1amp;" allowScriptAccess="never" allowFullScreen="true" width="660" height="390" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"/embedbryoutube description:brbr[Update: Questions have arisen over whether Francois fell, jumped, or was pushed by police off of the freeway. Being as how he suffered a concussion and has lost some of his memory, at this time we are unsure exactly what happened.]brOn March 4th, 2010, demonstrators in California and across the country took the streets to protest massive cuts at all levels of education and government imposed austerity measures. In Oakland, thousands of protesters rallied in Frank Ogawa Plaza, and then a group of some two hundred broke off and marched through downtown before taking over an 880 interstate exit ramp. The Oakland riot police swept in and without a call for dispersal started swinging batons and beating people before arresting them. The highway was shut for over two hours with traffic gridlocked across the Bay Area. Corporate journalists covering the action were allowed to leave while the independents were rounded up along with demonstrators.brProduced by Brandon Jourdan and David Martinez brbrbrfrom huffington postbrbrOn March 4th, 2010, demonstrators in California and across the country took to the streets to protest massive cuts at all levels of education and government imposed austerity measures.brbrIn Oakland, thousands of protesters rallied in Frank Ogawa Plaza. A group of some 200 then broke off and marched through downtown before moving to Interstate 880 and later taking over an Interstate 980 exit ramp. The Oakland riot police swept in and without a call for dispersal started swinging batons and beating people before arresting them. The video below shows the beatings 1 minute 47 seconds in.brbrAs police were attacking the crowd, Francois Zimany, a fifteen-year old high school student, fractured his skull after a 30 foot fall off the freeway. Questions have arisen over whether he fell, jumped, or was pushed by police off of the freeway.brbrThe interstate was shut for over two hours with traffic gridlocked across the Bay Area. Corporate journalists covering the action were allowed to leave while the independents were rounded up along with demonstrators, including one student journalist with the Daily Californian who was not carrying press credentials.bra href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/08/student-activists-beaten_n_489488.html"img src="http://occasion-to-be.com/images/readmore.png" border="0"/a . brSubmitted by, beastbra href="http://www.occasion-to-be.com/forum?action=post;topic=8516.0"img src="http://occasion-to-be.com/images/comment.png"br/a pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WMKZ4bCET-GqgneXY403e_kUv3Y/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WMKZ4bCET-GqgneXY403e_kUv3Y/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WMKZ4bCET-GqgneXY403e_kUv3Y/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WMKZ4bCET-GqgneXY403e_kUv3Y/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Occasiontobe/~4/B1yX09ve-N4" height="1" width="1"/

img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyyjcsfsx61qz80cmo1_500.jpg"brbrpBanksy Barely Legal exhibit in Downtown Los Angeles 2006./p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yUAMohZ_HyQ_UqPcMsjI_ulAUN8/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yUAMohZ_HyQ_UqPcMsjI_ulAUN8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yUAMohZ_HyQ_UqPcMsjI_ulAUN8/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/yUAMohZ_HyQ_UqPcMsjI_ulAUN8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Occasiontobe/~4/pcf1u3sKC9A" height="1" width="1"/

p Despite Tehran#39;s denial, president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delayed his trip to Kabul by 48 hours when US defense secretary Robert Gates arrived suddenly in the Afghan capital Monday, March 8.br The Iranian president had set the scene for his visit by accusing the US of quot;fabricatingquot; 9/11 as a pretext for invading Afghanistan and unveiling new missile production lines./p pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fGCDTD0msasf-jd_BroBwxSo5M8/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fGCDTD0msasf-jd_BroBwxSo5M8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fGCDTD0msasf-jd_BroBwxSo5M8/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/fGCDTD0msasf-jd_BroBwxSo5M8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Occasiontobe/~4/KbnbqCt-3Y0" height="1" width="1"/

BOSTON - Crittenton Women’s Union (CWU), a Boston-based nonprofit innovator in breaking the cycle of poverty, released today the Massachusetts Economic Independence Index (Mass. Index), which reveals a single parent with two children needs an annual income of $61,618 in Massachusetts j pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6aTe3VkS-p97POk4xLFSVuT_7HU/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6aTe3VkS-p97POk4xLFSVuT_7HU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6aTe3VkS-p97POk4xLFSVuT_7HU/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/6aTe3VkS-p97POk4xLFSVuT_7HU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Occasiontobe/~4/2Rh6QzhdwNg" height="1" width="1"/

img height="80" width="100" align="right" src="http://www.jpost.com/HttpHandlers/ShowImage.ashx?id=139326"brIsraeli and Palestinian activists protest eviction of Arab families.br pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uIju-ZckKXks70GiFY8DWgasTg8/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uIju-ZckKXks70GiFY8DWgasTg8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uIju-ZckKXks70GiFY8DWgasTg8/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/uIju-ZckKXks70GiFY8DWgasTg8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Occasiontobe/~4/49hVftt7NIM" height="1" width="1"/

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has referred to the September 11 attacks on the United States as a lie. pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gSVu38q6iZQPE3mRpZO7TrChEiQ/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gSVu38q6iZQPE3mRpZO7TrChEiQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gSVu38q6iZQPE3mRpZO7TrChEiQ/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gSVu38q6iZQPE3mRpZO7TrChEiQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Occasiontobe/~4/CnH7mR_zOHU" height="1" width="1"/

img height="80" width="100" align="right" src="http://www.jpost.com/HttpHandlers/ShowImage.ashx?id=139318"brDeputy minister Ayoub Kara says messages from Islamic leaders conveyed to PM.br pa href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/w723m9cEjItbQaatm24NglDVpU4/0/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/w723m9cEjItbQaatm24NglDVpU4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/abr/ a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/w723m9cEjItbQaatm24NglDVpU4/1/da"img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/w723m9cEjItbQaatm24NglDVpU4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"/img/a/pimg src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Occasiontobe/~4/7liHUlNk8QE" height="1" width="1"/

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p Syria has defied Israel#39;s caution that handing over new strategic weapons to the Lebanese Hizballah would cause Israel to strike targets inside Syria. spandebka/spanspanfile/span#39;s military sources disclose that Damascus has just smuggled across the border a number of Russian-made IGLA-S surface-to- air missiles capable of intercepting low-flying F-16 warplanes, drones, helicopters, cruise missiles, transports and surveillance aircraft by day or night.br br  /p(author unknown)

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Greece announced painful new austerity measures Wednesday, cutting salaries for government workers and raising taxes at the sales register, winning approval from the European Union as it tries to snuff out a financial crisis that threatens Europe's economy.(author unknown)

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The Afghan government has banned live coverage of militant attacks in a bid to prevent sthe Taliban from exploiting television news to their advantage/s thes /struth about them from emerging, an official said Tuesday. The ban appears to apply to domestic and international news organisations, although the country's intelligence agency refused to provide details. An official at the government's media unit confirmed the ban.(author unknown)