They're talking about the sausage-making in DC, and at around the 4:45 mark, Alexis Goldstein (OWS) makes an observational analogy that just knocked me my off my chair.
Paraphrasing - lobbyists get in to see the Congress Critters so regularly and so often - effectively pushing constituents and consumers and "regular people" off to the side - that it starts to look like a Denial of Service Attack.
Watch, and gape - and then try to explain to me how you think your Reps in congress are there to serve you.
Yessiree. Alexis aced a one-sentence doctoral dissertation. Class dismissed. Now go forth, pitchfork in hand.
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