something inside of me loves these sit-in protests that are taking over. my god i hope they can do something constructive out of this.
On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 3:02 PM, Cameron Childress <[email protected]> wrote: > > So, speaking of the media's bias for or against the Occupy movement... > > For several nights over the past week(s) the Atlanta news has repeatedly > broken into regular television broadcasts to sensationalize the "pending > arrests of protesters". Showing TV reporters walking up to protesters who > loudly proclaim "We don't understand why they are planning to arrest > us?!?!?!?" They the TV reporter walks up to a police officer and asks "Why > are you planning on arresting these peaceful protesters?!?!?!?!" > > However, no matter how hard the media tried to convince viewers that > horrible arrests were about to happen. None did. > > In fact, Atlanta's Mayor Kasim Reed instead announced that the protesters > would be allowed to stay for another week - by his executive order. That > week was up yesterday and the news was at it again... Till the Mayor > announced that he was issuing another executive order stating that the > Occupy folks can remain in the park for three more weeks, citing Atlanta's > history and importance of acts Civil Disobedience in that history. > > Now the protesters are bracing themselves for November 7th, when that > executive order expires. But, what if they are just allowed to perpetually > stay? So disappointing... I know... The protesters are going to have to > try harder to get arrested in Atlanta - that's for sure. > > http://www.cbsatlanta.com/story/15716739/mayor-reed-occupy-atlanta-protesters-can-stay-for-now > > -Cameron > > ... > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:343580 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
