You need to know this. As the Occupy Wall Street movement begins it’s second month – and Occupy movements in major cities across Europe dig in for the long haul too – popularity for the demonstrators is soaring. According to a new Quinnipiac poll of New York City voters – 2/3 of respondents say they agree with Occupy Wall Street. And 87% say that it’s ok that people are camped out in the streets. Even among Republicans – Occupy Wall Street is popular – with 52% of Republicans saying they support the movement. But there is one group that doesn’t support Occupy Wall Street – the police. In the last month – well over 1,000 people have been arrested for engaging in peaceful civil disobedience – or misdemeanors like walking in the road or sleeping in a park. Meanwhile – the men and women responsible for stealing $7 trillion worth of wealth out of the middle class in 2008 – the banksters on Wall Street – have not faced police officers once. So Occupy Wall Street isn’t just about an unequal economy – it’s about unequal justice system too.

Third quarter profit numbers are out – and as you’d expect – Wall Street is making a killing while Main Street is drowning. Some of the nation’s biggest banks saw big gains over the last three months. Wells Fargo profits are up 21% to $4 billion. Citibank profits are up 73% from last year to $3.8 billion. And JP Morgan made $3 billion bucks too. Corporate profits as a share of our nation’s GDP are higher than at any other point in this nation’s history since 1950. But when it comes to small business on Main Street – the picture is grim. According to a report from the National Federation of Independent Businesses - two out of every five business reported falling profits. So when is Main Street going to get its $17 trillion bailout just like Wall Street?

-Thom

The Daily Stack

Quote: "There are risks and costs to a program of action, but they are far less than the long-range risks and costs of comfortable inaction" -- John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

Hour One: Lending his support to Occupy Wall Street
- Congressman Raul Grijalva, Tucson (D-AZ, 7th District)

Article: "Rep. Grijalva: Protesters ‘not some fringe element’" by David Edwards.

Eye witness to Police brutality at Occupy SF
- Nicole Ghanbarzadeh

Article: "Occupy SF rebuilds camp after police raid" by Justin Berton, Will Kane.

Article: "Danny Glover, Cornel West Speak Out at Occupy Protests as MLK Memorial is Dedicated in D.C.".

Book: "Threshold: The Progressive Plan to Pull America Back from the Brink" by Thom Hartmann - now in paperback!

Site: "Mondragon Corporation".

Video: "Ayn Rand Mike Wallace Interview 1959 part 1 ".

Article: "First Thoughts" by Joe Carter.

Joining Occupy Wall Street rally today
- Julian Tysh, Art handler, member Teamsters Local 814

Article: "Occupy Wall Street Targets Sotheby's" by Amy Zimmer.

Site: "Sotheby's: Bad For Art".

Hour Two: Why are Republicans "denying Democracy" to working Americans by being the "Party of NO" and crashing the economy to keep President Obama from being re-elected? Thom challenges Phil Kerpen of Americans for Prosperity about his new book "Democracy Denied"

Book: "Democracy Denied: How Obama is Ignoring You and Bypassing Congress to Radically Transform America - and How to Stop Him" by Phil Kerpen.

Article: "Title V - Permits" by EPA.

Site: "Americans for Prosperity".

Article: "Goldman's Nine-Month Pay Cost Declines to $292,836 Per Employee" by Christine Harper and Michael J. Moor.

Video: "Economic Crisis: Causes & Cures (1 of 7)" - L. William Seidman.

Article: "A few hundred protesters in "Occupy Stockholm"".

Thom is on Dylan Ratigan's show today.

Talk Radio News Segment: Ellen Ratner, Bureau Chief

Site: "Goats for the old Goat".

Article: "Ogoni Killings: US S’Court to Rule in Suit against Shell" by Chika Amanze-Nwachuku.

Article: "Obama steps up jobs push in North Carolina" by CNN.

Article: "Tea Party Budget Cuts $9 Trillion" by Paul Bedard.

Article: "Clinton Travels To Tripoli " by TRNS.

Article: "Clinton arrives in Libya, pledges more aid for wounded, securing weapons" by Sara Sorcher.

Article: "Obama Will Sign Free Trade Agreements Friday" by TRNS.

Article: "Pentagon: Troop-numbers talks with Iraq 'are ongoing'" by Barbara Starr.

Article: "Why Jon Huntsman will boycott the GOP debate tonight" by Liz Marlantes.

Article: "2012 Republican National Convention logo unveiled" by Nia-Malika Henderson.

Hour Three: "Everything You Know is Wrong": Would you let your daughter play lingerie football?
- Megan Rosker, Writer, former public school teacher and promoter of education reform

Article: "Would You Let Your Daughter Play Lingerie Football?" by Megan Rosker.

Site: "Good Men Project".

Site: "Occupy Stream".

Article: "Dissent, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission" by Justice J Stevens.

Site: "Occupy Scranton".

Article: "Many Rally for "Occupy Scranton"" by Sofia Ojeda.

Poem: "The Mask of Anarchy" by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

Article: "Occupy Wall Street: Most N.Y. voters back protests, poll finds" by Michael Muskal.

Article: "Guess Who's Still Making Money In a Bad Economy? The Big Banks!" by Daniel Indiviglio.

Article: "Reid looks to move Obama's $35 billion teacher, first-responder jobs measure" by Pete Kasperowicz.

Article: "Most Americans Support Obama's Jobs Plan, Believe His Policies Will Fail" by Zeke Miller.

Article: "Even the IMF Wants Fiscal Spending to Boost Global Economies" by David Dayen.

Article: "Institute of Justice – anti-Latino hate crimes" by Cristina Costantini.

Article: "Gallup poll: Support for legalizing pot at all-time high" by Fran Jeffries.

Article: "Branson opens the world's first commercial spaceport" by Susan Montoya Bryan.

Article: "Starbucks Fears Climate Change Could Harm World's Coffee Supply" by Tara Kelly.

Hour One: Occupy Boston greets Bernanke Stephen Squibb, Occupy Boston

Hour Two: Nurses defend their ground and Med Tent at Occupy Wall Street National Nurses United

Hour Three: The GOP's latest "fix" for Social Security.. Peter Ferrara

Plus, New US cross-border trucking pilot project with Mexico and why it's a safety hazard James Hoffa, International Brotherhood of Teamsters

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