[Vision2020] FW: Hercules Defeats Goliath

[TIM RIGSBY]

>From wakeupwalmart.com

" 'Politics is the art of controlling your environment.' That is one of the 
key things I learned in these years, and I learned it the hard way. Anybody 
who thinks that 'it doesn't matter who's President' has never been Drafted 
and sent off to fight and die in a vicious, stupid War on the other side of 
the World -- or been beaten and gassed by Police for trespassing on public 
property -- or been hounded by the IRS for purely political reasons -- or 
locked up in the Cook County Jail with a broken nose and no phone access and 
twelve perverts wanting to stomp your ass in the shower. That is when it 
matters who is President or Governor or Police Chief. That is when you will 
wish you had voted." - Hunter S. Thompson




>From: "Paul Blank, WakeUpWalMart.com" <info at wakeupwalmart.com>
>Reply-To: info at wakeupwalmart.com
>To: tim.rigsby at hotmail.com
>Subject: Hercules Defeats Goliath
>Date: Thu, 25 May 2006 11:36 -0400
>
>Dear Tim,
>
>Yesterday, a town named Hercules in California made history.  The town, 
>desperate to save its community from the negative impact of Wal-Mart, 
>actually voted to use the public’s power of eminent domain to stop Wal-Mart 
>from building there.  After the City Council voted unanimously in favor of 
>the people over Wal-Mart, a cheer broke out and, all across America, 
>headlines read, “Hercules Defeats Goliath.”  I couldn’t have written the 
>headlines any better.
>
>We may not have the same amount of money, lobbyists or consultants as 
>Wal-Mart, but when ordinary people join together, in common purpose, they 
>can accomplish extraordinary things.  That is what our campaign is all 
>about.  Hercules is proof.
>
>The American people can stand up to powerful corporations like Wal-Mart and 
>WIN!
>
>Help us win all across America.  Please contribute to our campaign today.  
>Your contribution of ,  or  will help us fight for change.
>
>https://www.wakeupwalmart.com/contribute-today/
>
>What you are doing in this campaign is simply amazing.  You have created 
>one of the fastest growing social movements in America with over 235,000 
>supporters.  And, everyday, you sign up another 100 new people to our 
>movement.
>
>You have defied all of the pundits, columnists, political experts, public 
>relations strategists and lobbyists who didn’t believe you could build a 
>movement to change America.  We are now, as the Associated Press recently 
>put it, “the hottest, highest-stakes political contest in America today.”
>
>They are right, the stakes couldn’t be higher.  Because this is not a 
>typical campaign, it is a fight for what kind of America we want to live in 
>- Wal-Mart’s America, where corporations use their power to exploit people, 
>or Our America, where people win!
>
>Our fight starts with you.  You have the power to fight for change.  Please 
>help by contributing today.
>
>https://www.wakeupwalmart.com/contribute-today/
>
>You are proving the American people do have the power to take our country 
>back from powerful corporations like Wal-Mart.  And, everyday we grow 
>stronger we are restoring the balance of power between obscene profits and 
>the American people.
>
>We may not be able to change all of corporate America at once, but, 
>together, we will change Wal-Mart, challenge corporate America’s 
>stranglehold on power, and profoundly change our country for the better.
>
>Thank you for being leaders in the fight to change Wal-Mart and change 
>America.
>
>Best,
>
>Paul Blank
>http://wakeupwalmart.com
>
>P.S.  Only you have the power to grow our movement.  Please make sure to 
>send this email to your friends and ask them to join WakeUpWalMart.com 
>today.
>
>
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