Great, thanks for the photos, 99% def too big to fail!

Slightly OT… An awesome pic from #OWS in NYC… ;-)

Why does everyone call these people a bunch of college kids? So aggravating.

I hope the Raging Grannies don’t get clubbed or maced. Or the Veterans for Peace. Or anybody. But somehow seeing an elderly person brutalized is more shocking than usual to contemplate.

I have to say these pics make me happy. There is such a positive vibe to the whole thing. Great signage (Go Raging Grannies). I’m digging the Veterans for Peace. I personally like the hippy look. Good spelling, good grammer, good gosh almighty. I worry for the war crime protesters. I don’t want to see them snatched and disappeared. I mean that seriously. Be careful.
This is way better than video games and American Idol.

Amy Goodman had a great line on her OWS coverage this morning. One person she interviewed was complaining about how it wasn’t getting any MSM coverage. Amy said “You know exactly how to get on the MSM.” Interviewee said, puzzled “How?” She said “Put a clown’s nose on and go up to a MSM camera crew & honk it.”

IOW, it’s as plain as the nose on your face.

Demand it, damn it…! ;-)

Huh?

*gah* Sgt. Schultz just had to say that the #OWS movement is made up of ‘the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly’…! What an Obamabot…! 8-(

Demand the attention… Stick your ‘nose’ in front of a mic…! ;-)

Amy’s point was that OWS could get MSM publicity only if they acted like clowns. If you act like a normal person, they won’t show you. Demanding to be put on screen will do no good at all.

On edit: And even if MSM records you, they won’t put you on air unless you are recorded acting like a complete fool.

Don’t be rude, but, make your point well known, eCAHN…! ;-)

OWS. Occupy Wall Street.

POWS. Patriots Occupying Wall Street.

Or, another definition for POWS. Prisoners Of Wall Street, which pretty much describes all of us 99 percenters, held prisoner economically by the 1 percenters running Wall Street, and running Congress (primarily corporatist Republicans), and to some degree running the White House (all of President Obama’s revolving-door Wall Street economic advisers).

We are all POWS now, Prisoners Of Wall Street. And what we are seeing in one city after another across America is a prisoner revolt, a revolt against the 1 percenter Wall Street prison wardens, for their “cruel and unusual punishment” toward average American citizens, for what their greed has done to our economy, with the police acting as prison guards, trying to control or quell the prisoner uprising against the Wall Street prison overlords. We are all POWS now.

Awesome!

Thank you, Jon. Great stuff!

Thanks Jon. I like very much your distinction between policy and politics – that’s a great talking point for anyone briefly under the MSM spotlight.

With respect to the message, I think it is extremely fortuitous for there to have been TWO events in DC, as the attempt to do so in New York by crossing the Brooklyn Bridge to another park was thwarted. It got me thinking that the First Occupiers might consider remaining on general message wherever they are located, but as the crowds inevitably grow there could be movement out into subgroups in other parks with the focus as you express it for the October rally on ending the wars, and as you also express it the connection back to the underlying message to tie everything together. There are so many subgroups that could be effective – the environment and the pipeline, healthcare, jobs, discrimination, elections, etc. I think if visibly these occupying subgroups can develop it would be a clear indication that the movement is expanding.

And with the weather being a factor as well, such subgroups might consider indoor occupations, apartments, halls and such all networked from the base park area (lots of empty office space in New York, isn’t there?) I do not think that would detract from the message at this point as long as some outside space is still the anchor for the sake of visibility. Envisioning marches from such diverse locations, all orderly, all diverse. Sure, there would be detractors and sneerers but practicality is the issue. It isn’t necessarily just huge crowds that will drive home the point that we are all in this together. The multiplicity of offshoots in various locations would as well, as the various occupations across the country attest.

And probably all of this is already being worked out. It is all so very impressive and uplifting!

First off , thank you for being there and providing info and photo !

This is wonderful , in the city nearest me , Portland thousands are on the streets to express their outrage and to be part of the movement which is now sweeping the country and that is very encouraging .

There is a danger here however of the movement running out of steam within the next several weeks and about this I wish to interject my two cents .

Not only is it hard to sustain something as it approaches a zenith but there remains another more obvious problem , the weather !

This is now entering it’s third week and has been successful beyond most of our wildest dreams in gaining traction among the American populace , how many weeks shall we attempt to sustain such nu8mbers before natural entropy slips in and the numbers begin to dwindle based on the inevitable burnout ?

The weather in the northern tier of the US will turn sour within weeks as well and as a result it is obvious that those actively participating will dwindle despite their best intentions.

It is obvious that the next step is an escalation away from the mostly symbolic to a real demonstration of political power . The threat of a general strike !

This should be done is such a way as not to endanger the people who are now under the yoke of credit debt or the system which they depend.

A show of force nationwide which brings the majority into the fray and out of the weather will be necessary in order to move forward rather than see the momentum diminished .

What I am proposing is a late day to work for the US population say a couple of hours on a specific day collectively . This is a gentle way of threatening the PTB and giving all involved an opportunity to reflect realistically on who hold the real power in a democracy .

It is highly unlikely that anyone will lose their job or home and provide a very real vehicle for everyone to participate even if they are not in NYC or DC whatever the weather !

Without this next step I can see no way to maintain the momentum with the coming of winter !

http://my.firedoglake.com/freeman/2011/10/03/engaging-the-rest-of-the-american-population-in-the-occupations/