Monday, October 3, 2011

Occupation Wall Street

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DIMITRI Fresh from a night in the Pokey

It was a classic fall Sunday in lower Manhattan, and unless you were within a block of Liberty Square, you might have missed the Occupation that the participants are calling "Living History." Despite hundreds of arrests the night before, the scene was completely peaceful, with Police keeping an eye on the Occupation HQ and special police liaisons in light blue NYPD golf shirts doing their best to maintain peaceful dialogue.
(Link to Photos
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2015289108684.2095731.1437532070&type=1)
or just hit my name on Facebook

They aren't fools, just fellow disenfranchised citizens. No, they can't articulate any demands, because the western banking system is simply too complex. Michael Lewis said as much on Charlie Rose Monday night, but he did agree that they this Occupation may have legs. Much of it is due to vast unemployment of American youth, and a resentment of the investor class that is getting unlimited backing from our government with taxpayer money.

Mainstream media is marginalizing this group, but underground media via social networking has created a buzzing hive of fresh information.
http://occupywallst.org/
Attitudes were all upbeat, people getting on board, not sure where they're going, but most don't have jobs to return to. A microcosm of modern America, 99% of a country adrift.

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