Occupy Lakeland...video. From the conservative heart of Central Florida.

[madfloridian]

I really was impressed by this group. I tried to post it in the video forum, but the video forum tells me it is not a You Tube video. It is obviously a You Tube video, but it just won't accept the URL.

It takes courage and inspiration to protest in this area. Good for these guys.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ppvls2txRDo

I love the Too Big to Feel sign. Chanting "We got sold out, banks got bailed out."

Kudos to them.

[renate]

1. for some reason the 99% > 1% sign really appealed to me

People in a democracy shouldn't have to be reminded of that fact... but it's understandable these days, given the power that the 1% has.

[madfloridian]

2. That was great. There were some clever signs there.

That's a good crowd for that area.

[SkyDaddy7]

3. The 1% is so powerful in large part due to...

IDIOTS like Erik Ericson who claim to be in the 53% but vote for the 1%!

Not to mention all the religious nuts who vote primarily against abortion, same sex marriage, common sense medical research, Evolution being taught in public school science class & other RELIGIOUS crap that has nothing to do with bettering their lives, society or the economy.

The 1% LOVE American Christians! Using their religion is the most powerful political weapon they have when it comes to elections! It is literally destroying our country...Especially the middle class!

[Blue_In_AK]

4. Good for Lakeland.

My grandparents used to live there.

[tnlefty]

5. Wonderful, thanks for posting!!

Kudos to them as I understand how it is to march/protest around here. Huge :thumbsup:

[mfcorey1]

6. Rick Scott is banging his bald head on the capitol steps! LOL Go Florida.

[madfloridian]

7. Note from comments....size doubled in next few hours.

From the comments after the video:

"This is very early on, about 11:00 A.M. on Saturday, October 15th, 2011.

The numbers over doubled by 1:00 P.M. and this doesn't include all of the honking car horns in support. Sleeping beauty is waking up. This is what democracy looks like in action. This is America on the move."

Good for them.