which makes more sense?

Occupy Wall Street : "What's it all about?"

in a nutshell

I've posted this before. This is what the teaparty is angry about (but don't realize it),
too. It's what everyone should be angry about. 

It's About an Economy that has Screwed the Middle Class and Poor for 30 years. It's About a Political System that has been Corrupted by Big Money Controlling Policy

Energy, Environment, Climate

See also the "Money" entry for important info/links on the Koch brothers and their takeover of Energy Committee.

Big Oil, and other Big Polluters

• Ending oil subsidies could save $40billion... Exxon had 52% increase in profit last quarter (2/2011, bloomberg) (Markey bill)
• Barton: Govt Subsidies Necessary To Keep Exxon From Going Out Of Business | TPMDC 3/10/2011
• Windfall tax lets Alaska rake in billions from Big Oil, Seattle Times, 2008
• Koch's petro-chemical division

Attack the EPA

• House Panel Votes to Strip E.P.A. of Power to Regulate Greenhouse Gases - NYT 3/10/2011
• Small Biz group sign letter supporting EPA standards (2/10/2011, Small Business Majority)
• GOP: proposes $1.6B cut to EPA, defends $4B in Oil Subsidies (2/10/2011) (propublica)
• Utility Execs take issue w/ WSJ ed slamming EPA: "We're OK w/ EPA" (2/2011)
• Why American people of faith support the EPA « Many faith communities have found a calling over the past few decades to become better stewards of God’s creation in both their houses of worship and broader communities. 

Regulations aren't Red Tape. See this post

Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy

Because They Can

• Boehner's GOP House brings back Styrofoam, ends composting (Feb 2011)

Propaganda/Public Opinions/Polls/Views on Climate Change
Yes, Virginia, there is a vast right wing conspiracy, and they want you to think that fossil fuels do not contribute to pollution or global climate change.

• Koch-funded climate change skeptic reverses course - latimes.com (7/29/2012) http://goo.gl/3Kzjn
• The Kochs' Climate Change Denial Media Machine | Center for Media and Democracy, 2/2011 (also look for Rachel Maddow's piece, "Oil and Coal Climate Denial Machine"... used to have a clip here, but it was apparently removed from YouTube due to copyright violations)
• Boston Globe, April 2011:  A majority of Massachusetts residents say global warming is happening and is caused by human activity, but many remain relatively apathetic on addressing the issue (survey)

Money, Influence, Corporations, Corruption, Lobbying

Until we fix how money courses thru elections and electeds' offices, we're always going to have a government and legislation written for the interest of those w/ the most $$$ (corporations!) and not that of the American people (98% 99.5% of whom don't have terribly a lot of $$--and certainly not enough to tip the influence of corporations).

UPDATE: I've made a separate collection just for  Citizens United

It's the Money, Stupid

• Great discussion: Lawrence Lessig on Money, Corruption and Politics | On Point with Tom Ashbrook (1/2/2012)
• the real problem is money in politics, not people in politics. Winning Progressive - Fighting for Jobs and Against Money in Politics (May 2011)
• Who's Paying for the GOP's Plan to Hijack the 2012 Election? | Mother Jones  (nov 2011)