The article Ron Paul’s Wacky But Influential Fed Policy in Salon magazine shows that I am not the only person who feels this way about Ron Paul’s misunderstanding of the role of the Fed.  Here are a couple of introductory paragraphs:

The Republican Party, falling deeper into the clutches of Ron Paul’s radical ideology, has a new item on its anti-populist agenda: Castrate the Federal Reserve so that it no longer can promote job growth.
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This great leap backward isn’t likely to happen as Democrats remain in control of the Senate. But what it does show is the extent to which Ron Paul’s fixation with the Fed has infected the Republican Party.

Unfortunately, I think some of Ron Paul’s wacky ideas about the fed have also infected some members of the Occupy movement.

I might as well start with a May 25, 2011 broadcast of Jeff Santos interviewing Marisa DeFranco on his radio show. Click on the play button below to hear the interview.

If you have not been paying attention to this candidate, then this is a good beginning.

I first found this video on The Real News. This interview starts with Naomi Klein explaining some of the things that the Occupy movement has already accomplished.

There is much, much more in this video than the initial topic of the interview.

This is about Colorado, but you could probably put any state name in here.

When I talk about a politician’s duty to educate the electorate, this is the type of thing that one might do. This one is not done by a policitian, but by ProgressNowColorado.org.

To see what other states have a ProgressNow organization, go to the web site www.progressnow.org.

I have realized since the October 4, 2011 Democratic Senatorial debate in Lowell, that Marisa DeFranco knows how to stand up and defend her principles.  It was not actually a debate, because it had unreasonable time limits on the length of response, and the surprise and often off-the-wall questions that were posed.  I remarked about the debate and posted a link to the video of the debate in the previous post Warren shines in debate debut where I  expressed my disagreement with the headline.  I expressed praise for the way Marisa DeFranco performed.

I have decided that the lackluster performance of Warren was not a one-time failing, but possibly a deliberate campaign tactic.  I have also come to realize that the Warren campaign does not feel the necessity to change how the message is presented or what issues she backs away from.

So why resist anymore volunteering for Marisa DeFranco who seems to be more of the person I thought I was getting when I first discovered Elizabeth Warren way before she ran for Senate?  That old Elizabeth Warren is not running in this race.  If anything, the old Elizabeth Warren has been reincarnated in the DeFranco campaign.

You can access the DeFranco web site at www.marisadefranco.com and her Facebook page at www.facebook.com/DeFrancoForSenate.  You can also follow her on twitter at twitter.com/#!/marisadefranco.

Here is a political button from the DeFranco Facebook website that captures my feelings.

Here is my version of the button.