{"id":7050,"date":"2011-08-10T11:05:40","date_gmt":"2011-08-10T16:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/?p=7050"},"modified":"2011-08-11T09:33:14","modified_gmt":"2011-08-11T14:33:14","slug":"jobs-not-cuts-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/2011\/08\/10\/jobs-not-cuts-event\/","title":{"rendered":"Jobs Not Cuts Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>MoveOn<\/em> is sponsoring a series of <a title=\"Look for Jobs Not Cuts Event near you\" href=\"http:\/\/civic.moveon.org\/event\/events\/index.html?action_id=247\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Jobs Not Cuts Events<\/strong><\/a> across the country. I am going to one such event in Springfield at Rep. Richard Neal&#8217;s office.<\/p>\n<p>I have prepared some signs for the occasion.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-7050 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/2011\/08\/10\/jobs-not-cuts-event\/img_5218\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_5218-150x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail no-lazy\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_5218-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_5218-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_5218.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/2011\/08\/10\/jobs-not-cuts-event\/img_5217\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" src=\"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_5217-150x100.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail no-lazy\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_5217-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_5217-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/IMG_5217.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The protest\/street demonstration was an exhilarating experience. There were a dozen or so present on a main thoroughfare in Springfield, Massachusetts in front of the federal courthouse during rush hour.<\/p>\n<p>We received innumerable horn honks and thumbs up of approval. We got one dissenting voice. This kind of action is far more visible than a private house party among like minded people. This visibility will do more to show people that you can protest than any hidden away house party.<\/p>\n<p>The local television station sent out a reporter and cameraman. I won&#8217;t be able to see if we made the news because it was a Faux Noise station that has a parental block on it on my cable-TV. (I am the parent who blocked it.) I printed up the five most visible signs as shown above. It&#8217;s funny that the reporter talked to several people, but she did not talk to me as I held up the &#8220;<strong><a title=\"Backup for the idea that wealth tax creates jobs\" href=\"http:\/\/ssgreenberg.name\/PoliticsBlog\/2011\/07\/29\/we-really-need-a-wealth-tax\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wealth Tax Creates Jobs<\/a><\/strong>&#8221; sign. Is anybody surprised?<\/p>\n<p>I was getting such a response from the signs, I even got one honk from someone in a Cadillac, that I did not have time to put my sign down and take pictures of the event.<\/p>\n<p>The resident security officer came out to ask questions for the report she had to file. We even had a police car marked &#8220;Homeland Security&#8221; there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MoveOn is sponsoring a series of Jobs Not Cuts Events across the country. I am going to one such event in Springfield at Rep. Richard Neal&#8217;s office. I have prepared some signs for the occasion. The protest\/street demonstration was an exhilarating experience. 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