It's worth noting that KSHB is being fair to the Occupy KC crowd . . . Meanwhile, most media outlets have seemed to ignore or discount the protest for the moment.
On the bright side regarding the "The Occupiers" from a national perspective: Pete Seeger enters 9th decade as an activist
On the bright side regarding the "The Occupiers" from a national perspective: Pete Seeger enters 9th decade as an activist
I went down there yesterday.
ReplyDeletePretty confusing, these folks are all over the place.
I am surjprised they are not pissed off about red light cameras too.
No diss Tracy. :)
They are officially co opted and wet by every rain, and blown by every wind.
A disticnt lack of acceleration, and little hope, imo, for the future.
They need, at least locally, a dynamic personality and a force that will discard teh chaff, and stick to issues that resonate with what the protest began with.
In adddition, if this movement has a conspiratorial genesis, Big Brother and the "Man" conspiring to keep us down, it will surely fail.
It is failing now.
I did get a kick out of the kids in the tent on the south side, animated about logistics.
It was like fuckin Richie Havens at Woodstock.
Good report Chuck.
ReplyDeleteSome truth to that...too many hippies with peace and love (and hittin on each other?) They tend to lose focus on their political reason for being.
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