Talk:Liberty Square Blueprint

Friends,

I have just finished a minor edit of the blueprint. I thought the site tracks the changes, but if not the only change I made beyond spelling corrections was the line:

Our goals are aimed at dissolving the effective "shadow government" created by the corporations and banks, that literally surrounds Liberty Plaza and is destroying the American dream, and our planet Earth.

I know the term "shadow government" is controversial and there are some who favor its removal. I strongly advise we put this to the GA. I also think a question about the belief in the concept and the appropriateness of the term should be included in the survey I am planning.

In the limited and flawed survey I already did 88% of the respondents said one of their goals in being at OWS was to decrease the infulence of money on the US political system. I think we may find that with creative wording we may find that the shadow government idea resonates with many.

If OWS is America's Arab spring, the shadow government is the target.

The corporate media has been clamoring for our goals. Think about how unhappy they will be if we force them to start talk seriously about the idea of a shadow government.

Jim