More than 700 arrests yesterday. http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/01/police-arresting-protesters-on-brooklyn-bridge/
Shameful. On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 1:54 PM, archytas <[email protected]> wrote: > We should all be on the streets to bring back meaningful voting, > control of money and to avoid war, mass unemployment etc. The brutal > suppression in New York shows the authorities are scared. > > On Oct 2, 6:48 pm, Chris Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'll have them on Facebook and G+, along with putting them on Obnoxi.us > and > > Reddit, plus I'll be sharing them out with the other independent media > sites > > around here (ThePatch, TheBurg, etc.). You'll probably have a hard time > > missing them. :D > > > > Oh, and I finally remembered to turn off my email signature for this > > account. Sorry about spamming the web guy thing. :D > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Molly <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Love to see them. Where will you post them? > > > > > On Oct 2, 11:42 am, Chris Jenkins <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Non-committed? Wow. An important part of the process is getting the > > > message > > > > out to society at large. That's not happening well in mainstream > media, > > > so > > > > independent media has to pick up the slack. Interesting that you'd > paint > > > > that critical role as "non-committed". I'll keep that in mind when > I'm > > > > spending hours post processing hundreds of shots, and disbursing them > > > across > > > > the net. > > > > > > On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 11:39 AM, ornamentalmind > > > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > The original Boston Tea Party was both a protest and a mob...and > I'd > > > > > rather be at a rock concert than at a football game. Perhaps to > help > > > > > assure the appearance of 'security', something that is an illusion > in > > > > > this context, we should continue our current trend towards > oligarchy > > > > > and no democracy. > > > > > > > Few remember that when 'the government' was set up, it was 'by, for > > > > > and of the people'. Adding a trite quote, those who do not remember > > > > > history are condemned to repeat it. > > > > > > > 'The markets' are a shell game and at least a few are beginning to > > > > > open their eyes about it. > > > > > > > The USA has long ago passed its zenith and will continue to decline > > > > > into 3rd world status. More and more at least are willing to look > at > > > > > and try to reject this trend. > > > > > > > I will be more than a non committed 'mind's eye' photographer at > local > > > > > Occupy gatherings. It worked to stop Vietnam even though it was > mainly > > > > > an economic issue. I have less hope this time. > > > > > > > On Oct 2, 6:21 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Do they have money tied up in the markets? Considering that one's > > > > > > usual largest investment- home and property- has taken a beating- > I > > > > > > have heard it might be 10 years for its recovery- plus dreadful > > > > > > unemployment- debt- education and other loans- plus governmental > > > > > > bloat, binge and bicker...well! what are we supposed to think of > our > > > > > > security in our retirement years? Does our government reward > > > > > > individual effort and planning or not? I am not a fan of > protests, > > > > > > mobs or rock concerts- I would get trampled. Who would take care > of > > > my > > > > > > children? Etc. > > > > > > > > On Oct 1, 7:57 pm, Chris Jenkins <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > So what do you all think of the various regional Occupy groups > > > > > springing up > > > > > > > around the US, emulating OccupyWallStreet? I'm going out to > > > OccupyTampa > > > > > on > > > > > > > Thursday to do some independent media photography, but am > curious > > > about > > > > > the > > > > > > > perception of the country and world at large. > > > > > > -- > > > > Planning without action is futile; action without planning is fatal. > > > > The Web Guy <http://imtheirwebguy.com> >
