[Mind's Eye] Re: Occupy X

We should all be on the streets to bring back meaningful voting,
control of money and to avoid war, mass unemployment etc. The brutal
suppression in New York shows the authorities are scared.

On Oct 2, 6:48 pm, Chris Jenkins <digitalprecip...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'll have them on Facebook and G+, along with putting them on Obnoxi.us and
> Reddit, plus I'll be sharing them out with the other independent media sites
> around here (ThePatch, TheBurg, etc.). You'll probably have a hard time
> missing them. :D
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> Oh, and I finally remembered to turn off my email signature for this
> account. Sorry about spamming the web guy thing. :D
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> On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 1:40 PM, Molly <mollyb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Love to see them.  Where will you post them?
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> > On Oct 2, 11:42 am, Chris Jenkins <digitalprecip...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Non-committed? Wow. An important part of the process is getting the
> > message
> > > out to society at large. That's not happening well in mainstream media,
> > so
> > > independent media has to pick up the slack. Interesting that you'd paint
> > > that critical role as "non-committed". I'll keep that in mind when I'm
> > > spending hours post processing hundreds of shots, and disbursing them
> > across
> > > the net.
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> > > On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 11:39 AM, ornamentalmind
> > > <ornsmindseyes...@yahoo.com>wrote:
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> > > > The original Boston Tea Party was both a protest and a mob...and I'd
> > > > rather be at a rock concert than at a football game. Perhaps to help
> > > > assure the appearance of 'security', something that is an illusion in
> > > > this context, we should continue our current trend towards oligarchy
> > > > and no democracy.
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> > > > Few remember that when 'the government' was set up, it was 'by, for
> > > > and of the people'. Adding a trite quote, those who do not remember
> > > > history are condemned to repeat it.
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> > > > 'The markets' are a shell game and at least a few are beginning to
> > > > open their eyes about it.
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> > > > The USA has long ago passed its zenith and will continue to decline
> > > > into 3rd world status. More and more at least are willing to look at
> > > > and try to reject this trend.
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> > > > I will be more than a non committed 'mind's eye' photographer at local
> > > > Occupy gatherings. It worked to stop Vietnam even though it was mainly
> > > > an economic issue. I have less hope this time.
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> > > > On Oct 2, 6:21 am, "rigs...@yahoo.com" <rigs...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > > > Do they have money tied up in the markets? Considering that one's
> > > > > usual largest investment- home and property- has taken a beating- I
> > > > > have heard it might be 10 years for its recovery- plus dreadful
> > > > > unemployment- debt- education and other loans- plus governmental
> > > > > bloat, binge and bicker...well! what are we supposed to think of our
> > > > > security in our retirement years? Does our government reward
> > > > > individual effort and planning or not? I am not a fan of protests,
> > > > > mobs or rock concerts- I would get trampled. Who would take care of
> > my
> > > > > children? Etc.
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> > > > > On Oct 1, 7:57 pm, Chris Jenkins <digitalprecip...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > > > > > So what do you all think of the various regional Occupy groups
> > > > springing up
> > > > > > around the US, emulating OccupyWallStreet? I'm going out to
> > OccupyTampa
> > > > on
> > > > > > Thursday to do some independent media photography, but am curious
> > about
> > > > the
> > > > > > perception of the country and world at large.
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> > > --
> > > Planning without action is futile; action without planning is fatal.
> > > The Web Guy <http://imtheirwebguy.com>