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zappaman

(20,627 posts)
17. 'did you see much reporting in the evening news of the May Day events in New York? Me neither."
Sat May 12, 2012, 09:58 PM
May 2012

Actually yes, I did.
I bow to your journalistic knowledge, but on this one, you may be mistaken.
Here are a couple of links from sources you may not have heard of...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/01/occupy-wall-street-may-day-new-york-nypd-arrests-photos_n_1469113.html
http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2012/05/01/nyregion/01cityroom-ows-sideshow.html
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/05/occupy-wall-streets-may-day-in-new-york/256657/
http://nymag.com/news/intelligencer/may-day-2012-5/
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2012/05/01/bloomberg_articlesM3CGZL6S972901-M3CLW.DTL
http://money.cnn.com/2012/05/01/news/economy/occupy-may-day/index.htm
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/2012-mayday-protests-continue-country-arrests-rain/story?id=16246278
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/day-2012-world-gallery-1.1070685
http://www.thenation.com/video/167655/may-day-2012-new-york-city
http://news.yahoo.com/video/us-15749625/raw-video-arrests-at-nyc-may-day-protests-29151044.html
http://www.amsterdamnews.com/news/local/thousands-occupy-nyc-for-may-day/article_6415ffd2-953b-11e1-b078-0019bb2963f4.html
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/04/30/ows-planning-may-day-demonstrations-marches-throughout-nyc/
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505245_162-57425350/activists-spread-out-through-nyc-to-mark-may-day/
http://ireport.cnn.com/docs/DOC-784282
http://www.cnn.com/2012/05/01/us/occupy-update/index.html
http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-ny-occupy-protests-20120501,0,2673234.story
http://www.10news.com/money/30982796/detail.html

So, I guess it happened?

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What is this about? mazzarro May 2012 #1
i was wondering the same thing... dionysus May 2012 #2
Governor Jan Brewer of Arizona just signed a law Zalatix May 2012 #3
here it is.... la la May 2012 #4
Dude, dudette, whatever, you must not live in Arizona. OffWithTheirHeads May 2012 #5
Yup, I know, the "you're pregnant 2 weeks before you had sex" bullshit came from there, too. Zalatix May 2012 #7
Truth. Zorra May 2012 #19
I don't know, but I can tell you marybourg May 2012 #6
Sooner or later it will come nadinbrzezinski May 2012 #8
Then close the businesses down. Sit-ins, boycotts, walkouts. Zalatix May 2012 #9
Good luck with that. Johnny Rico May 2012 #10
If all the Democrat women carried out a boycott, they could wreck Arizona Zalatix May 2012 #12
I suppose they could. They won't. Johnny Rico May 2012 #21
One has to ask... what will it take to make them take action? Zalatix May 2012 #22
Short of a revolution (which isn't about to happen), it's a moot question. Johnny Rico May 2012 #23
Especially when the question of "Why don't people rebel?" isn't even a big discussion HERE. Zalatix May 2012 #24
While I get the anger nadinbrzezinski May 2012 #13
What about doing economic damage through boycotts and walkouts? Zalatix May 2012 #14
If they are not reported nadinbrzezinski May 2012 #16
'did you see much reporting in the evening news of the May Day events in New York? Me neither." zappaman May 2012 #17
I arrived just as the news of some of this was coming about... Lionessa May 2012 #11
Wow, that's just depressing. The Tea Party sure isn't that disorganized. Zalatix May 2012 #15
It's kinda weird. It's like back in 2000, in Idaho, you could ask Lionessa May 2012 #20
knr Zorra May 2012 #18
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