Another piece on morality and OWS, this time focusing on morality’s role in changing the political climate (which the author argues went binary during the George W. Bush presidency).
Main-stream media covering how the main-stream media is covering the Occupy movement.
It’s a refreshing read, especially that they highlight Tim Pool of The Other 99, a grass-roots journalist who has been the voice of the livestream that I’ve been following. Mentions are also made of how the press have been kept away from covering the movement at times and how some have been arrested along with protestors, including those who do actually have official NYPD press passes. There have also been several members of the media who have lost their jobs for being part of the protests.
There’s a very popular conception out there that the bailout was done with a tremendous amount of firepower and focus on saving the largest Wall Street institutions but with very little regard for Main Street. That’s actually a very accurate description of what happened.
That the supporters of same-day voter registration are out-spending their opponents on advertising has me excited.
What has me annoyed are the ballot proposals about the building/expansion of casinos in Maine. Apparently the money going to advertising in support for building casinos is coming from the company that will be doing the casino building, and the advertising money aiming to reject the proposals is coming from the casinos that currently exist in Maine. They have themselves organized as the groups Putting Maine to Work and Mainers Against a Rotten Deal. This is why I am fed up with the system.
The best guarantee for our future and that of our children will, and has always been, educated, active citizens. So, when it comes to “Occupy Main Street,” let us not forget that these are Americans, ourselves in fact, who are exercising their rights and duties as citizens. And by exercising them, they preserve them for everyone.
(via Ravelry: Occupy pattern by Naomi Parkhurst)
That someone designed an Occupy hat is one of the coolest things. And it’s a good looking hat too!
Source: ravelry.com
(via Occupy Bangor | Occupy Bangor Maine)
Bangor, Maine is finally getting into it.
Source: occupybangor.org
Every CEO tells the same great white lie. It is at the heart of every communication. It is at the heart of every financial decision. It is, at it’s very base, the reason why you all are in the 99pct and they are in the 1pct. The Lie?
Great CEO White Lie = “We are acting in the best interests of shareholders.”
When a CEO utters this lie, everyone automatically forgives whatever they do. Add 10k jobless to the unemployment rolls? Sorry, we did it in the BEST INTEREST OF SHAREHOLDERS. Merge or buy a company and cut back across the board? We did it in the Best Interest of Shareholders.
The problem is that unless the company is losing money and it is the only way to keep the company alive, in this era of 9.1pct unemployment it NEVER is in the BEST INTEREST OF SHAREHOLDERS.
Source: blogmaverick.com
Occupy Wall Street Spreads Beyond NYC
Protestors march through downtown Boise, Idaho, Wednesday October 5, 2011. Activists have been showing solidarity with movement in many cities, including Occupy Boise. More than 100 people withstood an afternoon downpour in Idaho’s capital to protest. (AP Photo, Idaho Statesman/Darin Oswald)
Occupy ALL the streets! See more photos at In Focus
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