Occupy Wall Street -- just venting

[ny biker]

I was hoping he would solve the mystery of where these people are going to the bathroom. No one seems to know.

Uh oh...

[ny biker]

This is from Mother Jones.

http://motherjones.com/mojo/2011/09/occupy-wall-street

Apparently it's Canada's fault. And they never actually had a plan...

[OakLeaf]

Best thing I've read about the coverage so far:

http://www.bnet.com/blog/financial-b...otesters/16362

Of course they don't mention Democracy Now!'s coverage, which as usual is excellent.

[smilingcat]

Best thing I've read about the coverage so far:

http://www.bnet.com/blog/financial-b...otesters/16362

Of course they don't mention Democracy Now!'s coverage, which as usual is excellent.

Good write up. And sad commentary on today's news. What would Fred Friendly's commentary be on the state of journalism today? or Walter Cronkite. The real news men.
So is the state of news better or worse off than yellow journalism of 1920's ... ?

This protest is similar to the youth protesting against Thatcher government in the '80s because of no jobs.

Oak, thank you for the link. worth my time.

[PamNY]

Best thing I've read about the coverage so far:

http://www.bnet.com/blog/financial-b...otesters/16362

Of course they don't mention Democracy Now!'s coverage, which as usual is excellent.

This article misses the point completely, and makes me wonder if the author has spent time observing the group or talking to them. The Times' coverage was snarky, but it was accurate.

This group could easily have gotten publicity if that's what they want. Their mistakes as far as geography and timing are obvious -- curious that this author doesn't mention them, nor does he discuss their "leaderless" model, which is largely responsible for how the group is perceived.

I think they are discovering the limits of "leaderless." It will be interesting to see how that evolves.

[PamNY]

They are still claiming to be leaderless, but have finally appointed representatives to deal with community concerns. So far, we've gotten them to stop the "drum circle" at 10 pm.

I personally want half the park returned for normal use -- we'll see how that goes. They claim to be concerned that they are hurting the farmer's market, but I see no evidence they've done anything concrete. Today a young man was proudly holding his sign and being interviewed by a reporter -- and also blocking access to the market. I shooed them away and they complied, but I can't be there all day, and it probably wouldn't help if I could.

The park is noisy, crowded, ringed with cops and looks a garbage dump (though they are trying to be clean). I'm sure most people just decide they will buy tomatoes at the grocery store until this is all over and skip the farmer's market.

This negotiating with OWS is being done by community volunteers.

I no longer get out of the way of their little mini-marches, which I seem to have a special gift for running into (unless a cop tells me to). Over the weekend I kept going right through them on my Xootr and they did move to let me through.

[salsabike]

Pam, I appreciate getting the on-the-scene perspective. Thanks.

[jyyanks]

Did you see the ones dressed like zombies yesterday? Ridiculous.

It's really getting annoying....