Wednesday, October 12, 2011

I'm Not

Occupy Atlanta (2011)...


Life of Brian (1979)...


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5 comments:

Edo said...

Scary. The zombie-apocalypse is here!

WV = farties hahaha

Anonymous said...

depressing - it is pretty clear that there are number of individuals controlling the 'assembly' - the so called consensus is obviously a sham - who the hell appointed the idiot with the Mic to be the controller?

Anonymous said...

http://redactednews.blogspot.com/2011/10/occupy-wall-street-who-wants-to-hijack.html
The Consensus Straitjacket

The members of the secret steering committee have taken a leading role in imposing the unwieldy and time-consuming formalism of always reaching a consensus in the general assembly, meaning that any significant opposition can block the implementation of urgent actions. A simple up or down majority vote is not enough. (The last governing assembly of any major nation to give each member a veto over the actions of the whole body was the aristocratic Polish Diet of the 18th century, which was so dysfunctional that it led to Poland being obliterated from the map of Europe – not an example to be imitated.)

The consensus method provides immense comfort to the predatory speculators of Wall Street, since it virtually guarantees that no potent and controversial strategy to break the power of finance capital can emerge. Indeed, it guarantees that absolutely nothing will be able to emerge in an emergency after a rapid turn in the overall situation. The US Congress is paralyzed by a minority, but the consensus rules of the general assembly mean that it can be paralyzed by a tiny clique bent on sabotage. In the background, the covert steering committee is busy creating a series of faits accomplis.

The deliberations of the general assembly are one big filibuster. On October 4, much of the session was taken up with an agonized discussion of whether to buy or knit and sew sleeping bags as the nights became colder. Right-wing commentators hostile to the protests had a field day using this grotesque scene to mock the entire movement.

Those who run the General assembly sessions are known as facilitators. The relation of these facilitators to the secret steering committee is being investigated.

Bridget said...

Alternatively an effective method to ensure a whole crowd gets to hear the speaker:

Tom Morello performs "This Land is Your Land" @ Liberty Park | Occupy Wall Street - YouTube

Bridget said...

Explained here:

Occupy London protest: on the steps of St Paul's cathedral - video | UK news | guardian.co.uk