Words

Words can mean nothing or they can be quite powerful.

Look at this and see how the same guy, with my description, can be viewed much differently.

Peace officer -- Bring peace to the people.
Police officer -- Polices the people.
Law enforcement officer -- Enforces the people.

Which one of those three do you want to meet when you have problems and which one would you rather not talk with.

Herman Cain's words to some women may cost his run for president.

Even us heathens can feel the power of religion with the words sung here by the lovely Alison Krauss.

Something I read this weekend in Adbusters.

It's pretty amazing that our society has reaches a point where the effort necessary to extract oil from the ground, ship it to a refinery, turn it into plastic, shape it appropriately, truck it to a store, buy it and bring it home is considered to be less effort than what it takes to just wash the spoon when you're done with it.

What are words for when no listens anymore.

Crazy

Occupy the winter........

So the police state continues to arrest people for expressing their rights to speak and the right to stay in the public parks they are occupying. They are giving them time limits. There are no time limits on the freedom of speach. The parks are public and should never close. Our taxes pay for them and our taxes are being collected and used 24 hours a day.

They are now justifying there riot police actions because they say they are getting attacked.

1. Leave. They are peaceful actions. If the riot police were not there maintaining the police state there would be no rioting.

2. Government's never change without a mass movement of the people. Where would the civil rights and anti-war movements of the 60's have gone if we had stayed home?

3. Do you really think the police are part of the 99%? While the individual officer is, the force is most certainly not. It is group speak and group think that is used enslave their minds so they can do the bidding of the corporate paymasters.

30 here this morning Will make drying clothes a little tough
Bought four shirts yesterday to cover my pregnancy. 2XL for my baby.

My nephew found a full time job in California. He is working at a machine shop. They want to teach him the ropes so he can do the quality control work for them. Math paid off for him.

My parents got 3 or 4 inches of snow. They were lucky. No loss of power.

Putting shelves up in garage/guest house this morning. Maybe a little road trip this afternoon.

Muddy Nation

So a Iraq war veteran was protesting in Oakland on Tuesday and he was hit in the head with some projectile fired by the Oakland police and now he in a medically induced coma. Nice jobs THUGS.

So in order to get more business I am now bidding in North and South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho and more government bids, along with both Carolina's, Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia and Florida. Busy busy bee.

I need to get some new clothes. My wardrobe is very tiny. My waist is not.

My cable is now working fine. They came out and swapped out some splitters and gave me a new cable box.

Lots of leaves to be raked or blown with the blower.

The opening round

Nice job by the Oakland police yesterday. This is what we will begin to see all over the country in other cities from this point forward as city leaders begin to express what they really think about the Occupy movement.

I see another national day of protest coming very soon. Maybe all the cities can go to Washington for a massive march.

Some cold weather coming soon. Highs in the fifties this weekend. Can snow be far behind?

Herman Cain now leads the polls for the 1%. Oh what insanity can they produce next for us.

Cobwebs

Some claim Jimmy Martin is the King of bluegrass.

Cobwebs on the brain this morning. Slept like a rock.

So Sunday I went to the mountains and there we hardly any leaves left on the trees.
On the west side of the parkway mostly gone or close to being gone.
East side of the parkway had leaves going from green to brown in most cases.
Boo......

I was talking with someone who said they have had flurries twice in the Boone area already. The first time was Sept. 30th. Someone from work was in the mountains in Virginia, skiing area, and there was snow on the ground. Does not bode well for winter this year.

So I went to a shoe store yesterday and felt like a piece of meat. There were tons of salesman hanging around like vultures. Annoying and of course they had nothing I wanted.

See u later.

Could have been

Mother Love Bone was to have been the band to come out of Seattle but the singer, Andy Wood, went and overdosed on heroin. These guys have been one of my favorite bands of the pre-grunge era.

Two other members of Mother Love Bone were Stone Gossard and Jeff Ament who ended up teaming up with Eddie Vedder after the death of Andy Wood and that in turn gave us Pearl Jam.

The other story of the day relates to my participating in the "National Day of Protest to Stop Police Brutality, Repression and Criminalization of a Generartion". The turn out was fair, 50 or so folks, and was lead by a woman whose son was killed by a Guildford County Deputy 10 years ago. He was unarmed and was killed within two minutes of the polices arrival. He needed medical attention not police intervention. Since that time this woman has dedicated her life to stopping police brutality.

We stood one a corner at a main intersection for 30 minutes before the march then we marched through one of the cities subsidized housing neighborhoods with the CaK a Lak drummers loudly drumming and someone with a megaphone at the very front calling out the the folks that lived there. We chanted "No more stolen lives" as we marched. We were well recieved. At the end of the march we went back to the corner for another 30 minutes while people spoke insluding one of our Occupy Greensboro members. His story. He has PTSD and while at the hospital waiting for treatment there was a confrontation between him and a security guard. Police came and the situation escalated. A fight ensued with the officer and he was tazed three times, ended up with a broken wrist, two broken ribs, locked in a straight jacket chair for 24 hours with no food and no allowed to get out to relieve himself. No charges filed against him.

Remember if you ever get arrested just give them your name and NEVER tell them anything else. Immediately tell them you want a lawyer. They will try to trick you and convince you that telling them everything will be to your benefit.

What "Could Have Been" for all the victims of police brutality.

I gave Summer a bath in the bathtub. She was not overly thrilled but was very good.
She has to look for her first trip to see the fall leaves.
Weather has been perfect today and tomorrow is more of the same.

Friday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I have seen these guys a few times and they always put on a great show. Think they deserved more recognition than they get.

Tomorrow is the Stop Police Brutality day. I think Greensboro's march is going to be a big one.

I finally feel good. Monday and Tuesday fighting off a cold, Wednesday can't poop, Thursday pooping too much. What the hell?

Summer is feisty this morning. I think she likes the cold weather. She will have fun in the mountains on Sunday.

What world leader do we kill next? Watch out, American colonialism is coming to your country so we can keep the military industrial complex alive and well for the 1%.

Be kind.

tired.

That's it for this morning. Running late.

Standing up

Guess they don't want to take down a soldier in front of all that media.
Black man with no cameras around and he would have been taken down. That is the American reality.

The general assembly meeting last night was very frustrating. Bogged down in bullshit and nothing getting done. I left after an hour. It was leave or speak up and offend people and be viewed as a troublemaker.

Good rain last night. Leaves will be coming down in droves. Leaf blower time is coming.

Nothing else much going on.

My nephew loves California so far. He has a part time job at Subway.

Would a general strike work in the U.S.?

Hump your way to a happy day.

The Poison Apple

Another sign from  Saturday. Like the placement of the apple, nice touch.
Protest at the Bank of America downtown at 4 p.m. today.

Sore throat and the beginnings of a cold. Yea.

I bought some cheap dog food the other day, I usually buy her very good dry food, it makes her poo green.
Umm, me thinks that not be a good thing.

80 yesterday and today. Lovely.

Gotta run.

Peace.

Occupy Greensboro

Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people, right on

Say we want a revolution
We better get on right away
Well you get on your feet
And on the street

Singing power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people, right on

Oh, when your man is working for nothing
You better give 'em what they really own
We got to put you down
When we come into town

Singing power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people, right on

I'm gonna ask you comrade and brother
How do you treat your own woman back home
She got to be herself
So she can give herself

Singing power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people, right on

Oh well, power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people
Power to the people, right on, etc.

Yesterday was a great day in Greensboro. Mother Nature blessed us with temps on the upper 60's / low 70's and not one cloud in her vibrant blue sky.

As I walked to the Greensboro government center with a couple other of the Occupy marchers we were feeling great. That feeling was electric when we got close and saw the size and diversity of the crowd. Young and old, brown skinned and white skinned, preachers and atheists, abled and disabled,, liberals, conservatives, communists and anarchists. It is our America. The scene was one of a crowd elated to be joined together to make our world a better place. The signs were great. Many different quotes. Exhilarating.

Before the march got under way the local drum group Cakalak Thunder got the crowd fired up playing some great beats. They lead the parade and played all the way during the march through downtown Greensboro. There were an estimated 600 Occupiers, by the police, and we marched through downtown on the sidewalk. Needless to say we owned the sidewalk and got very receptive chants from the folks downtown.
We stopped at the Bank of America and chanted "Wall Street got bailed out, We got sold out". It was great. We then marched to Festival Park and a few people spoke to the crowd to the crowd. We then broke off into small groups of 15 or so and in the group I was in we went around the circle and told everyone why we there and had discussions about that. The group was sort of hijacked by some nice but wackadoo women who always went off topic and brought everything back to her. We finally just started talking over her to get her to shutup. :)

I did advocate that if it seems the government/corporations do not listen to us, the Occupy movement, we should hold a general strike like they do in Europe. It actually seemed to go well.

After that there were more meetings and people just hanging out talking and discussing the state of things. It made for a great day.

Back for more today. Meetings, then the general assembly to see where we take things in Greensboro. There were a number of people there who have been to New York and Washington who seem to have many ideas on how to move forward.

Lots of police, lots. Undercover police also.

Props to our logistics group, they did a fantastic job.

Here is a link to one of the local news stories.

http://www.digtriad.com/news/article/195289/57/Hundreds-Of-People-March-With-Occupy-Greensboro

It begins today

Today is the day that the march to a better society begins. The movement is spreading worldwide and there can be no giving this time. It will be slow, sometimes ugly, sometimes cumbersome, sometimes troubling.

It will also be heartwarming, inspiring, life changing and liberating.

WE ARE "FIGHTING THE POWER".

Money sucks

So there was a pretty lively discussion/debate at the General Assembly tonight about whether we should pay the city to rent the park Saturday or not. This is a park they rent out and they usually charge $750.00 to $1000.00 to rent it for a day. It has been negotiated down to $200.00 to have the park from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. The YMCA next is letting the overnight "occupation" stay there for $200.00 for the weekend.

There was no consensus so the debate went on for a hour and a half with no outcome at that point. The initial vote was to not pay. The point being we are there to make a statement and paying the city was going against everything we are attempting to do.

I agree with that point and voted that way.

The other side had the point that we want to include as many people from the outside Saturday, families with kids and tourists, and if they came there was a chance they could get arrested because we would illegally using the park. There were many other points all very valid as well.

I left at 9:30 and still no decision but the tide was turning as I expected.

The group has a feeling of electricity in the air.

Big brother is starting to crack down on the protests. I see some ugly shit getting ready to go down. The man is scared.

Fight the Power.

Leaves are looking good here. Some super reds popping against the green leaves still around.

Lech Walesa

I understand that Lech Walesa is heading to Occupy Wall Street. That will be a very interesting scene. I very well remember the strikes and how amazing they were at that time.

I may not Occupy Sunday as the leaves will be gone from the mountains within a week or so. I hear the colors are good this year.

I could have sworn I smelled gas upstairs this morning.

I am going to write myself in for Alderman in Gibsonville.

Joy

Man, this video makes me smile every time I watch it.

We had an Occupy meeting last night. I left early. The meeting was running late and many split at a break. Seems like there is a lot to do before Saturday.

It is North Carolina A&T's homecoming this weekend. I understand this is the biggest tourist event in Greensboro. This is a huge African American school and it could not be a better weekend for Occupy Greensboro. Since they are the first to feel economic pressures in a failing economy I think we gain a lot of support from them. The history of the sit-ins in Greensboro and other protest movements should keep the police on their best behavior. The city certainly does not want any bad press to come out of this because they over react to the march and occupation.

Go to your Occupy event this weekend even if it is for a short time.
It is all about "We the People".

Clogging

This is the Green Valley Cloggers. I saw them Sunday around noon time. They were great and the band that was playing for them was great. The sound was perfect so you here them clog. The crowd loved it and they got a great response. Very well appreciated by all.

Good vibe at Shakori. We recruited some folks for Occupy Greensboro, sold a lot of stickers and people loved to look at them and smile.

There was a vendor there selling food called the Sugar Shack. They made the most awesome veggie burrito type of things. One of the toppings you could add was this tomato chutney. Freakin yummy.

Perfect weather.

My peppers are still growing. Woo Hoo.

Rice for dinner.

You should be concerned!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What an ignorant twit. The fact that he would actually go public with a statement like like this means he is afraid of "We the People" stepping out and taking our nation back from corporations and the corrupt leaders they have paid for over the years. Cantor and others of his ilk just do not understand that Americans have had enough of being pushed around by big money and the harm they have created.

Be afraid we are taking back America and putting it in the hands of the working class.

Save the Post Office.

Fight The Power.

Gibsonville Fall Fest, Shakori Hills this weekend. Those two events and Occupy Wall Street make me giddy. Now a woman would make me complete,

Change

The time has come and we will make change.
The people are no longer going to be dis-empowered, disenfranchised and most importantly disengaged.

I went to the Occupy Greensboro meeting tonight. 150 people or so. A good variety of people, all ages, races, opinions and passion. Local tv coverage.

Looks like the national Occupy day is going to be October 15th.

Great piece by Glenn Greenwald exposing Erin Burnett and her lack of objectivity as a financial news reporter and her bad mouthing Occupy Wall Street.
http://politics.salon.com/2011/10/05/erin_burnett_voice_of_the_people/singleton/

Doc visit Friday morning. Give me Xanax, Prednisone and sleeping pills. Thank you.
If not I am looking for a pill pushing doc.

It's our country

Nice job my Mr. Policeman for helping the cause. Thank you.

Occupy Greensboro meeting tonight. Think i will be there if I can find the place.

Cable out on and off from 9 p.m. last night. Lost blog post a couple of times already.

Wall Street got bailed out we got sold out.

http://www.facebook.com/OccupyNCGBORO

Hippie Tuesday

Gonna be busy at work today. We are being audited by the GSA. Uggh.

The protests against Wall Street and other injustices seem to be growing.
Is a movement towards a better America going to sweep the nation like the 60's.
Seems like the time has come.

Weather is quite nice. Some leaves slowly changing.
Summer loves this weather. Coffee tastes better when the temp is cold.

Sinuses are plugged.

Time to walk the dog.

Loverly

Lovely weather this weekend.

Cold mornings and perfect afternoons. Sunny and no clouds. Trip to the mountains in two weeks. Leaves should start to bring on the color pretty soon.


The wedding was very nice yesterday. Had a good time.

Raked some Saturday. Want to get rid of all the darn mulch.

Occupy Wall Street is getting bigger. Will it spread nationwide?

Freedom

The big news yesterday was the murder of two U.S. citizens by C.I.A. drones.
Anwar al-Awlaki and Samir Khan were alleged to have been terrorists and working with al Qaeda to kill Americans.

Why do I say murder? They were NEVER charged with any crimes by any entity of the United States government. How is it acceptable to the American public that we kill two Americans who were never charged with a crime. This is a complete violation of any law, both U.S. and international. You do not have to like what they stood for but as American citizens they are still protected by the U.S. Constitution.
There are those minor things like due process and freedom of speech that they should have been afforded.

If President Bush had done this the outrage from the left would have been loud and yet we hear nothing from the left in this instance.

If they can kill U.S. citizens overseas than can do it here. Beware.

We are a sick nation who thrives on domination and death.