Re: [Mind's Eye] Re: Occupy X

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.

On Sun, Oct 2, 2011 at 11:39 AM, ornamentalmind <ornsmindseyespam@yahoo.com> wrote:

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.

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.

'The markets' are a shell game and at least a few are beginning to
open their eyes about it.

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.

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.

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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