Occupy Wall Street Banned From Democratic National Convention

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99. That would really work!

But it is inevitable that with power corrupting, and absolute power like that of the DLC corrupting absolutely, the simple solutions will be ignored and much brouhaha will result.

The thing about the 1968 convention is that due to the police actions taken at those protests, much of the media became favorable to the "damn hippies." When several photo journalists and staff members of the Playboy magazine (then based in Chi town) were brutalized by the police, Hefner changed his entire concept of the political sphere and became a radical. Other magazines of repute followed.

In the end, public opinion turned against the war. And if that piece of history demonstrates anything, is that once an idea has reached its tipping point, the media and the political realm have to follow the will of the people.

In my neck of the woods, Occupy! has reached a tipping Point.