Pictures from OWS in NYC on Saturday 10/8

[Renew Deal]

Sorry this took so long to post, but I've been pretty busy since Saturday.

I got to OWS a little earlier than our planned meeting time. I walked around the park. I don't think the pictures or even the video do it justice. The people in the park are seriously sacrificing. They are sleeping on hard ground. It's not some sort of camp site. There is almost no personal space. Each sleeping bag and tarp is next to the other. Some people were still asleep while I was there. There were people walking around in the park while others slept or lived their lives. There is no privacy of course. I saw one lady undressed in public while she was changing.

I saw people mocking a talking head that asked where the occupiers go to the bathroom, but it is a real concern. There are no bathrooms there and no showers.

It was great to meet DUers. It's been a few years since the last time I've done that. It's funny to connect faces to names. Thankfully there were no in-person flame wars. :D

I met Steve Leser there and we spent a couple hours together. He's an interestting guy and a great representative for us on TV.

Steve and I ran into Howard Dean's brother Jim Dean. He walked right by us wearing a pink shirt and a Democracy For America button. I don't think a lot of other people recognized him. We went back to talk to him. He said he was trying to find out of the sleeping bags they ordered were delivered, but he didn't know who to talk to. :D

Here are my pictures:





Start them young:


Available signs. Anyone can pick one up or put one down. I left a few signs behind which are not pictured.


Occupied Wall Street Journal 2 just printed:






A boot to the head.


Never seen a more accurate sign:




I left my mark.



This guy has been in a bunch of pictures:




The food pantry:


The media center. The girl in the purple shirt has been on the livefeed a lot.






lol


My sign:

[Fire Walk With Me]

1. Thanks for the report and the pics! K&R!

:hi:

[Oceansaway]

2. thanks...n/t...

[NYC_SKP]

3. Wow. And that last picture- it's really special...

Thanks so very much!

:kick:

[joshcryer]

4. OMG, that's so great. Especially love the AlienGirl shout out.

:cry:

[ThatsMyBarack]

5. Thanks for representing us!

Great pix! :patriot:

[Historic NY]

8. +1000000000000000000000000

[xchrom]

6. Excellent! Nt

[krispos42]

7. I'll add mine here, such as they are.

My paltry Samsung can't compete with an iPhone, of course.


Although now I can laugh and point and say "so where's the Gen4?" :D



The three on the left are DUers... I'm the one holding a hot dog.



That's KrisposKid



This is a pretty powerful image, I think.



KrisposKid at Zuccotti Park



An area shot of Zuccotti Park



Another.



I wanted to make sure I spelled "Zuccotti" right!



"Ronald Reagan sucks balls". Hmph, I didn't know that. Traded arms for hostages, knew that though.



That statue is of George Washington. The NYSE is right across the street; it was barricaded off to foot traffic.



There was a constant stream of protesters moving down Wall Street.



Mounted cops standing around. That building corner on the left is the NYSE building.

[Dover]

9. WOW....it's a happening! And a living example of how community can work. Being the change. n/t

[KT2000]

10. Love your sign

and your inclusion of AlienGirl!

[Change has come]

11. Very Cool!

K&R :kick:

[Guilded Lilly]

12. Fabulous coverage! Thank-you :)

[tpsbmam]

13. So pissed I'm way too late to rec this and can't believe it didn't soar to the top of the greatest!

Not too late to kick, though. (I was a tad busy having major surgery on the 5th and was communing with Rod Serling in the Twilight Zone on the anesthesia & drugs they put me on after surgery until the 10th. :rofl:)

Thanks for representing the 99%, me included! Awesome pix & description.

The best, of course, was AlienGirl's presence on the front line! :loveya:

:grouphug: :applause: