A few topics first.

I want to thank Chris Hayes from MSNBC who has an incredibly wonderful program every Saturday and Sunday Morning.  He went to "Occupy Wall Street" and then invited some of the members to his show.  He invested in understanding this movement.


Interestingly enough, now that police brutality is being examined in regard to the protests, Mayor Bloomberg has come out of hiding to speak a huge amount of rhetoric regarding the movement.  I applaud Mayor Bloomberg for coming forward to BEGIN a conversation rather than allowing 'thugs' to trample democratic processes.

Occupy Wall Street: march on Police Plaza – live (click here)

The Occupy Wall Street demonstrators are planning to march on the New York police department headquarters in protest at last week's pepper-spray controversy. Paul Harris (PH) and Adam Gabbatt (AG) are there...

Posted at 03:20 PM ET, 09/30/2011

‘Occupy Wall Street’ only growing stronger (click here)

By James Downie

When the Occupy Wall Street protests began nearly three weeks ago, skeptics claimed it was too disorganized and too unfocused to be successful. But the occupation hasn’t gone away – and that’s because, even as it has become more organized, the protest hasn’t adopted a specific platform.

Media coverage — even on the left — has been minimal, and what coverage has existed has been largely derisive.  Cable’s liberal stalwart Rachel Maddow didn’t have a segment on the protest until last night.  Mother Jones ran an article entitled “why #occupywallstreet isn’t workking”  and Grist’s Dave Roberts said the occupation was “designed to discredit leftie protest.”…

No one thought a movement such as this was even possible to get off the ground in the USA because people are too busy living their lives regardless of the profound identity they have with it.  That doesn't really seem to be the case.  More people are finding time to 'be a part' of a movement that identifies with the majority Middle Class in the USA.