Not much time to do anything today, but hope to have a big post tomorrow or the next day. Here's a Chris Hedges article (ht - fellow Occupy Missoula protester Monte).
5:13 PM: I love local humor (I don't have to say where right?):
Cancel the Debt.
"Journalists" being paid to infiltrate protests.

Just a couple of hours away. Looks like my little town of Brattleboro is getting it's own Occupy action on 10/15! :D
ReplyDeletehttp://www.benningtonbanner.com/local/ci_19077903
In other news: The more I look at this "big tent" painting where even the TP is invited in, the less I think this is going to happen:
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2010/03/20/87743/code-red-gun/
Between this, the TP's inherent angry arrogance, and the GA schedule of events that makes me look like a moderate...
http://screencast.com/t/ocIPR5nL4UWb
...I really don't see how the many gaps can be bridged. I'm writing and polemicizing ;) constantly over at the Forum, and frankly, I see very little common ground--and a lot of condescending "OWS has to come to us, otherwise they'll lose our support" snark.
Not optimistic about #OWS seeing eye to eye...