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Add one more wealthy voice to the mix supporting occupy Wall Street. Willy Nelson and his wife, Annie D’Angelo, have written a poem in support of the Occupy movement. (Video at the end, if you can ‘t wait…) We are the ones with the 99 We stand with humanity Against the insanity We’re the ones [...]
Bill Maher got a great rant going at the end of yesterdays show. He just skewers the right-wingers who are (so far unsuccessfully) trying to frame Occupy Wall Street as a bunch of lazy hippies – rather than the reality, that it is an amazingly diverse cross-section of real America. Here’s what he has to [...]
It was the nasty finally got the media to start paying attention to Occupy Wall Street. The images of those young girls screaming in pain, tears flowing from their innocent eyes. Now NYPD Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna has been given a slap on the wrist for his actions – but his troubles could be only beginning.
What’s the message? A lot of the traditional media has been whining that question… not because they really care, but because that IS the framing they are trying to attach to Occupy Wall Street: That these are a bunch of ignorant kids who don’t know why they’re out there or what they want.
George Lakoff has made his career around framing. It’s important stuff; as he puts it, “It’s a general principle: Unless you frame yourself, others will frame you — the media, your enemies, your competitors, your well-meaning friends.”
Occupy Wall Street may escape from that trap. But Lakoff says the movement is at a critical time “when small framing errors could have large negative consequences.” So he’s come forth with some advice.
Nostalgia is for cretins. America was built by men and women who dreamed and built. Who believed – and believe – in progress. Who forgo the sick drug of hate and negotiate solutions. We’re much better off than in 1957 – in science, in health, in education, in opportunity. We’re not better in some ways – income inequality has skyrocketed, and instead of a global communist conspiracy, the greatest enemy of free enterprise is a cabal of 500 billionaires who appoint each other to corporate boards, protect each other and vote each other mega compensation packages, no matter how poorly the company does.
For the first time ever, scientists have uncovered the presence of infectious salmon anemia, a deadly virus that has devastated farmed fish in Chile, in wild salmon populations on the West Coast. This news arrived at a time when the Obama administration is fast-tracking the approval of genetically engineered Atlantic salmon, promoting environmental destructive corporate [...]
The Washington, DC arm of Occupy Wall Street has called for a day of action against Citibank. At this hour they have staged a protest at a DC branch with more than 40 protestors, and word is that some have once again been locked inside the branch and police have been called. We’ll see if DC police behave in a more civilized manner than NYPD.
Citibank, one of the largest recipients of bailout money, has nonetheless managed to pull off record profits, pay their executives huge amounts, and pay minimal taxes, which makes them a poster child for everything that Occupy Wall Street is protesting against.
Author Naomi Wolf knows a lot about legal rights to protest – she literally wrote the book on it. So when she saw New York Police giving inaccurate information to Occupy Wall Street protestors, she tried to talk to them about it. They lied to her. And when she wouldn’t back down, they arrested her [...]
A new video has been posted from inside the Citibank in New York City that was the scene of mass arrests on Saturday.
The video clearly shows Occupy Wall Street protesters, who had come to the branch to close their Citibank accounts, trying to leave. They are prevented from doing so by Citibank security guards and a man in a grey sweater who never identifies himself, but tells them, “It’s too late.”
Soon police show up and tell the demonstrators they are all under arrest for criminal trespass – even as the occupiers say “We were never given a warning by police officers.”
What an amazing creative out-pouring we’ve seen over the past few weeks! Now the folks who brought us The Story of Stuff animated short film are in the final stages of preparing their explanation – and they’re program for a sustainable future.
The Story of Broke talks about the myth that America is out of money… pushed by the dinosaurs who have failed, but are too big to adapt and move on.
As they put it, “The United States isn’t broke; we’re the richest country on the planet and a country in which the richest among us are doing exceptionally well. But the truth is, our economy is broken, producing more pollution, greenhouse gasses and garbage than any other country. In these and so many other ways, it just isn’t working. …The Story of Broke calls for a shift in government spending toward investments in clean, green solutions…
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