Growing Pains, with David Swanson - Countdown with Keith Olbermann

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Run time: 10:21 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h81hMnhRcGA   Posted on YouTube: October 11, 2011 By YouTube Member: MiniRtist Views on YouTube: 16   Posted on DU: October 11, 2011 By DU Member: cal04 Views on DU: 1455

 

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1. Cliff-notes are friends of dial-up users

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4. Look down at #3 for some highlights.

:hi:

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5. thank you kind lady

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6. You're most welcome!

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7. I'm sorry Angry Dragon

I'll remember for the next time

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8. okay.............

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2. Thanks! My message: Occupy Diebold/ES&S!

Headquarters: Omaha, NE.

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3. The interview was a good one.

I love Keith's way of assessing the nutbags. On James O'Keefe, as footage showed him milling through the crowd, Keith said:

"Evidently, one of the last 10 Americans to still own a colored shirt with a white collar --  1991 would like it back."

And David Swanson (& Keith) does a great job of putting the provocateurs into proper perspective:

Keith: "If you're looking from outside at your own movement, isn't it kind of foolish for people who would be opposed to your movement to -- not necessarily to try to be provocateurs, because they were obviously, to some degree, successful at that -- but to come out & boast that they were provocateurs kind of blows the provocateurism, doesn't it?"

David: "They're advertising that our movement in fact was more discliplined & more non-violent & more principled than it appeared, because they were the problem. They're advertising that."

Earlier in the interview, David explains how the situation began:

"This is a museum that's marketing weaponry, that's pushing drones, missles, & bombs, & we don't have any museums promoting healthcare or housing or retirement security.

"We wanted people to look at the museum a little differently; we didn't want them to be shut out.  I think the guards overreacted dramatically to a message that, as we walked through the streets to the museum, people were leaving the sidewalks to come & join us."

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