LATimes: #OccupyLosAngeles, #OccupyWallStreet

[Fire Walk With Me]

Sorry if this was posted earlier, didn't see it on the first page of GD.

Editorial on #OWS, page A12:

"Greed isn't good.

Re: "Settling in on Wall Street", Sept. 30

The article says these protesters have no cler agenda. It seems crystal clear that they are frustrated by the lack of concern for the people in this country who need jobs and hope.
Millions of people looking for work in this country are being ignored and slowly erased by mega-corporations whose obscene profits far exceed anyone's understanding.
The beauty and tradition of America allow people to unite and make noise to draw attention to these huge injustices. It's about time somebody did.
Greed isn't good: it's ugly, selfish and destructive for society. Just look around.

Frances Terrell Lippman, Sherman Oaks



On #OccupyLosAngeles, front page of LAExtra section, Monday October 3:

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-protest-20111003,0,7866460.story

Downtown Los Angeles was transformed into a set for political theater over the weekend, with protesters pitching tents in front of City Hall and performance artists dancing on floats meandering through the streets.

Inspired by the anti-corporate Occupy Wall Street protests in New York, several hundred people set up camp in front of Los Angeles City Hall on Saturday and announced that they were there to stay.

Whether that will change when City Hall workers find themselves walking a gantlet of sign-wielding protesters Monday, or when vendors arrive to set up the regularly scheduled Thursday farmers market on the lawn, was unclear.

[msongs]

1. banging on pots and pans is an age old fine tradition that is welcome back nt

[sandyj999]

2. They Were in Front of The Conrad Murray Trial Today.

Pretty clever to go where the media is.