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Friday, September 30, 2011

Occupy Wall Street

I will be the first to admit that I faded the whole idea of this “Occupy Wall Street” protest.  I had already seen several failed attempts at protest in NYC come and go and I just sadly assumed the spirit of that once great city had died forever.  I am extraordinarily happy to report that I was wrong.  When I watched some video of police brutality at NYC protests this weekend I was stunned.  Not because the cops acted like some mercenary storm trooper thugs, but because this protest that has started the week before still had momentum!  Check out this link regarding what is going on.  It has two must watch videos.  http://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=194965  [9] The first one already has over 400k watches on youtube.  This is the spark I have been waiting for and I am pleased beyond belief that it happened in Manhattan right where it should.  How about this appearance of Cornel West at the protest on Tuesday.  http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/09/cornel-west-at-occupy-wall-str... [10] I am proud of my old home today.  This is a big deal.  The serfs are coming together.  Keep it up.

Most of you reading this right now are thinking that this is interesting but he is exaggerating and this will blow over.  I am here to assure you that it is not and this whole thing is about to grow exponentially as the economy continues to stagnate and people climb the learning curve.  Are you aware that the founder of Salon.com, David Talbot, is publicly calling for an “American Spring?”  This of course is a reference to the Arab Spring, in which revolution swept across North Africa earlier this year and led to the collapse of the Tunisian and Egyptian governments and then major government bribes to the people living in the oil rich kingdoms.  Mr. Talbot writes “In these increasingly hard times, Salon is dedicating itself to an American revival. Our editorial mission will become more explicitly and aggressively populist. We will be publishing more investigative pieces, exposing the shadow dance of power. And both Democratic and Republican targets will be fair game, since both parties are increasingly under the control of the same corporate forces.”  His full piece is here http://www.salon.com/about/american_spring/index.html?story=/about/insid... [11] You need to read it if you want to understand where all of this is headed.  How about journalist Chris Hedges talking about “Occupy Wall Street” http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/09/chris-hedges-occupy-wall-stree...  [12] We the people now understand it is not “rich vs. poor,” businessperson vs. teacher.”  It is serf vs. oligarch.  They are 0.1% and we know what they are up to.  GAME ON.

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1 comment:

lmclain said...

No one can ever say what the "spark" will be that causes the great change in governments, social issues, and politics. No one thought that the Boston Tea Party or the storming of the Bastille would lead to what they did. In this case, it probably WON'T be the protests against rich Wall Street bankers. It COULD, however the police RESPONSE to it all that is the "spark". Time will tell. But ALL "public masters" -- all of them -- sooner or later get what is rightly coming to them. Most of them never expect it and never see it coming. But it comes, nevertheless.