Wow, does America not have an independent police complaints body? One that investigates claims of abuse? I like to make things up, everything above is made up and not real, it is a story for my own amusement. Sorry if you felt mislead.
I normally have to edit my posts within a couple of minutes for prose, spelling and grammar. Just to let you know.
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The pepper pray incident is being investigated...Tony Bologna (the pig who used the mace) was at the BK Bridge arresting people, so it's not having a huge impact on him personally. However, many of the superior pigs were clearly itching to get at us, many of their comrades held them back, warning them that they were on camera, so there is some positive outcome from that. In other news, a class action lawsuit against the NYPD and Michael Bloomberg has been filed, alleging that the police deliberately led us onto the bridge and trapped us. This is true. I have pictures and video showing not only the initial police line dissolving as several officers lead us across the bridge but also pictures of police separating protesters from traffic and keeping the right lane open to BK-bound traffic as we started to march across the bridge. There was an officer on a megaphone, but even on the NYPD video, he's barely audible. I certainly couldn't hear him over the thousands of protesters. Here you can see the cops escorting us and keeping a traffic lane open:   Wiki • Attitude • FAQThe Nexian • Nexus Research • The OHTIn New York, we wrote the legal number on our arms in marker...To call a lawyer if we were arrested. In Istanbul, People wrote their blood types on their arms. I hear in Egypt, They just write Their names. גם זה יעבור
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To all involved: Please remember: Your cell phone is your friend. Bring a camera. Bring two. Have it ready to go at any moment. Anytime you see police brutality or any 'heavy-handed' approach - RECORD. Take pictures. Upload. The police in NYC are being tolerant from what I hear - but keep this in mind in case things get worse. (Snozz, you rock.) "Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored." -A.Huxley
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The Traveler attached the following image(s):  gordon gekko saying.jpg (50kb) downloaded 303 time(s).
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.Don't know if this has been mentioned, but those of us who can't actually be there can show our support, and at least feel like we're helping by signing the latest Avaaz petition.
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its huge now smokerx attached the following image(s): nyc.jpg (101kb) downloaded 262 time(s). We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another.
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We are all living in our own feces.
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Just marched at the protests in downtown SD today. I would say 3-500 people were there, though its hard to tell and I am awful at estimating this sort of thing. Definitely could have been more than that. LOTS of energy and passion. Young people, middle aged people, old war veterans, its awesome to feel that unity among people. I couldn't see exactly how many were occupying the plaza indefinitely though. Living to Give
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http://www.youtube.com/w...ture=channel_video_titlePaul from tokin daily talking to an occupy denver protester. The guy seems sincere and eloquent in his intentions behind him being there and where change needs to start. A good tokin daily episode anyway. I have the feeling they are both very toasty in this video, but that's to be expected from tokin daily  . "let those who have talked to the elves, find each other and band together" -TMK
In a society in which nearly everybody is dominated by somebody else's mind or by a disembodied mind, it becomes increasingly difficult to learn the truth about the activities of governments and corporations, about the quality or value of products, or about the health of one's own place and economy.
In such a society, also, our private economies will depend less upon the private ownership of real, usable property, and more upon property that is institutional and abstract, beyond individual control, such as money, insurance policies, certificates of deposit, stocks, etc. And as our private economies become more abstract, the mutual, free helps and pleasures of family and community life will be supplanted by a kind of displaced citizenship and by commerce with impersonal and self-interested suppliers...
The great enemy of freedom is the alignment of political power with wealth. This alignment destroys the commonwealth - that is, the natural wealth of localities and the local economies of household, neighborhood, and community - and so destroys democracy, of which the commonwealth is the foundation and practical means.” - Wendell Berry
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Ha, we are apparently being called "flea-baggers" by the opposition... Speaking of puns, sign I made yesterday: More like STANK of America, am I right? 
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Bravo all you Nexians who are participating in this. There is no coverage of these protests in the international media but it does seem to be spreading, protesters camping in Brussels at the moment. Another reason to be out there: http://www.thereformedbr...-you-and-want-you-to-die"If you're not living on the edge you're taking up too much room"
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ataraxia wrote:There is no coverage of these protests in the international media http://www.bbc.co.uk/search/wall_streethttp://english.aljazeera.../Search/?q=wall%20streetI completely disagree. Do not listen to anything, "Steely" says. He is a made up character that his owner likes to role play with. His owner is very delusional and everything he says is completely untrue and ridiculous.
Hate is the choice of a clouded mind.
-"It takes humility to remember who we are"-
"There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it." - Buddha
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elru wrote:I've been to the Denver protests a couple times and starting this week I've been seeing protesters in my town. There were about 20 yesterday and 6 today. I'll be joining them at some point this week. <3 Right on! Peace. If your religion, faith, devotion, or self proclaimed spirituality is not directly leading to an increase in kindness, empathy, compassion and tolerance for others then you have been misled.
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Thanks Steely my bad! "If you're not living on the edge you're taking up too much room"
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http://15october.net/15th of october, next saturday, people from all over the world are gonna be joining protests. Im certainly gonna be out there again too 
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endlessness wrote:http://15october.net/ 15th of october, next saturday, people from all over the world are gonna be joining protests. Im certainly gonna be out there again too Same here! I'm looking forward to standing up with the rest of the World! Convert a melodic element into a rhythmic element...
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I like how Bill just threw out a statistic at the end, knowing that they didn't have time to respond.  "'Most men will not swιm before they are able to.' Is not that witty? Naturally, they won't swιm! They are born for the solid earth, not for the water. And naturally they won't think. They are made for life, not for thought. Yes, and he who thinks, what's more, he who makes thought his business, he may go far in it, but he has bartered the solid earth for the water all the same, and one day he will drown."
— Hermann Hesse
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Melodic Catastrophe wrote:endlessness wrote:http://15october.net/ 15th of october, next saturday, people from all over the world are gonna be joining protests. Im certainly gonna be out there again too Same here! I'm looking forward to standing up with the rest of the World! Maybe this will be the first real world revolution were the people transcend petty nationalities and fight as one? Man that would be awesome! Peace If your religion, faith, devotion, or self proclaimed spirituality is not directly leading to an increase in kindness, empathy, compassion and tolerance for others then you have been misled.
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It's the third world war. It's not between nations. It's the general public vs. the bankers. ––––––
DMTripper is a fictional character therefore everything he says here must be fiction.
I mean, who really believes there is such a place as Hyperspace!!
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So let us ponder things for a moment. The NY protesters have that manifesto of theirs calling, generally, for self-accountability and justice to be done to those who have blatantly done wrong by us through greed and corruption. In this rhetorical situation, months from now the amount of protesters in New York has yet to subside and thus they are able to stay motivated enough to endure winter. In fact, the protest has reached a new plateau and President Obama himself steps up support for the protesters by ordering the trail of those Greedy few who abused U.S. citizens. Those involved in the financial meltdown are tried and found guilty of crimes against the American people. They are sentenced to live out the remainder of their life in prison and/or give up their vast amount of wealth. What then? What will these protests have accomplished other than a few measly convictions which will surely be appealed by those being tried, meaning they will continue to walk free for the remainder of their already aging, old lives. We will not get the justice we seek. These companies are entangled into the infrastructure of the United States, though their practice of Globalization and Outsourcing is crippling us domestically this will still go on. Anyone to be actually convicted and thrown in jail will be replaced by another liar, another greedy CEO who will not stop the tradition of gaining profit and ignoring human rights. I support the people, but the people are ignorant. Companies and corporations will side with the people so that may sell a product they claim symbolizes support for our rights, and people will buy these products. People will continue to support these corporations. People will continue to consume. We are at War for resources, mainly oil, because it's what the U.S. citizenry subconsciously desires; more energy means heated homes and electricity to toast our bread and nuke our pizza. If the people themselves do not change their own fundamentals, these protests accomplish nothing long-term. The most important term. It is a step in the right direction to finally show the world just how many Americans are frustrated with the inequality, but people will buy pants made by slaves in China; people will buy Nike shoes made by Taiwanese children; people will buy American grown crops harvested through slave labor and abuse of illegal immigrants working for just as petty hourly wages as those slaves in Asia. People will continue to unknowingly support inequality by more than just refilling their cars with war-tainted gas to get to the job they might have in the future. People right now are trying to bring attention to the greed of corporations when we must bring attention to the spoiled principles and tendencies of the regular U.S. citizen. I fear we put too much hope into something that we expect to make a difference, when this will put but a scratch into the foundation of this country that's easily buffered by yet another monopoly arising because the American people are a society of consumers. First world countries are all addicted to consuming, and until that changes, nothing we want such as justice or equality is actually attainable. Do not get your hopes up for these protests changing anything long-term, for even if they last through the immensely difficult winter season, even if it manages to change a few laws, what is the infrastructure of the United States, Capitalism has taken precedent over the Democracy in which we we're supposed to become. I feel it is solely up to the U.S. Federal Government itself to make enough mistakes (I.e., enacting the draft, marshal law, shutting down the internet during "emergencies", et cetera) that finally unites the people against a greater common evil. We say that making drugs illegal will not stop people from getting what they want, if we make greed illegal how will that stop those who want money? Do not listen to anything, "Steely" says. He is a made up character that his owner likes to role play with. His owner is very delusional and everything he says is completely untrue and ridiculous.
Hate is the choice of a clouded mind.
-"It takes humility to remember who we are"-
"There has to be evil so that good can prove its purity above it." - Buddha
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