PUTNEY — Occupy D.C.?
National strike? No work, no school, no shopping, no participation in the fossil-fuel civilization one day per week to start with?
What is our tipping point?
When will we start acting like we're in the bottom of the ninth inning, with two outs?
When will we get real about climate change?
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