The best Occupy video I've seen yet -- Orlando Occupation Day 1

[nashville_brook]

Run time: 04:12 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SNONQWtQyw   Posted on YouTube: October 16, 2011 By YouTube Member: OccupyOrlandoMedia Views on YouTube: 9   Posted on DU: October 16, 2011 By DU Member: nashville_brook Views on DU: 2595

 
This video gave me chills. Love the editing, music and photography. Holy crap.

[DirkGently]

1. Beautiful!

Just . . . WOW!

[flamingdem]

2. All ages represented

very nice

[nashville_brook]

3. check this out "Don't dismiss Occupy Orlando or try to pigeonhole the movement"

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/opinion/views/os-scott-maxwell-occupy-orlando-101611-20111015,0,46714.column

Don't dismiss Occupy Orlando or try to pigeonhole the movement

Snare drums banged. The voice of a fed-up grandmother cackled through a megaphone. And 72-year-old Bill Schikora took it all in.

Schikora is a Lexus-driving retired insurance salesman who owns two homes and three golf carts. He's not exactly the posterchild of the "Occupy Wall Street" movement. "It means that I don't pay enough," he responded. "I drive a Lexus. I have one home in Michigan and another in The Villages. I can take money out of the system that frankly I don't need. And I pay so little. It's not right."

Now, you probably won't see much of Schikora on the evening news. He's not nearly as titillating as the tattoo-covered 22-year-old who's raging against capitalism and better fits the stereotype. Yet, as I looked around the Occupy Orlando movement, I saw a diverse crowd that, in many ways, resembled the Tea Party — people of different backgrounds there for very different reasons.

Most were opposing corporate greed and control over America's political system — the notion at the heart of this movement.

much more at link! (god bless Scott Maxwell!)

[lunasun]

4. he is old enuf to know this really sucks now- glad he is not a denier

[BeHereNow]

5. I like the fact that the report emphasizes the fact...

...that the participants are THE PEOPLE.
Not Republicans or Democrats, Conservatives or Liberals-
just ordinary people who are sick and tired of it all.
When everyone unites, we will win.
It is in the PTB interest to divide people.
When the people rise above the manipulation-
we will win.

BHN

[nashville_brook]

11. me too!

[flamingdem]

7. The NY OWS has a lot of young people, a lot of young people live in NYC

but the others have variety, they're trying to pigeonhole but they can't ..

[nashville_brook]

8. something we hear a lot in Orlando is that we're not going to be like other Occupations

i sense a real desire to keep the weekend gatherings going full steam, so there's a lot of energy being put into forming a good working relationship with the local police dept -- who, btw, were supercool yesterday. they even closed down lanes for the march and gave us an escort -- blocking traffic lights so the whole half mile of marchers could get thru together.

[flamingdem]

9. Is anyone sleeping over?

You've got the weather for it.

[nashville_brook]

10. yes -- we had 120 last night.

[BeHereNow]

6. Really excellent.

K&R-
BHN

[lovuian]

12. Awesome!

Power to the People!

[Iwillnevergiveup]

13. Favorite sign: "YOU SHOULD BE HERE"

Thanks for posting.

[Douglas Carpenter]

14. knr

[IDeClaire]

15. Great video!

Music is a bit monotonous but the editing is excellent. I went to high school in the Orlando area and still have family there - a hard-right birther brother. Sigh

I keep seeing these "End the Fed" and "Ron Paul 2012" signs and I don't get it. Ron Paul is NOT a friend of this incipient movement. I know that we can have common ground in wanting to get money out of our political system, but then what? Privatize everything and remove nearly all safety nets? Randian Libertarianism in the antithesis of what the Occupy movement is about.

About 3 weeks ago I phoned Ron Paul's Washington, D.C. congressional office and asked to speak with someone who could explain some of Paul's tenets. I ended up speaking with his legislative aide. It was a very interesting 20-minute civil, uncontentious conversation. Among other things, the aide reiterated that corporations ARE people and other Tea Party talking points. So, where is the love for Ron Paul coming from? Anyone?