And so here finds itself another one of those recycle this blog posts that was posted on this blog some time a while ago in an attempt to maintain content for this blog and my other blog whenever web 2.0 social media user generated content blaghers block possible.
So what’s that story about The Emperor Wears No Clothes? It came across my mind today as I am running out of topics to blog blah blah about. I could use a how to blog class or online tutorial for blogging. How do those millions of other bloggers out there in the blogosphere blog on a daily basis without running out of things to say and write about. So again, today’s topic and random thought of the day is what’s that story about the Emperor Wears No Clothes, and in my Google search I have just discovered that is a book about the conspiracy against marijuana and cannabis written by Jack Herer. What I meant to say is, so what’s that story about the Emperor’s New Clothes? Wikipedia says that is a Danish fairy tale written by Hans Christian Andersen. Wow! Hans Christian Andersen rocks! On my first impression of this story I always gather the image of a king riding down the street on a float in a parade procession wearing no clothes and all of the parade watchers are applauding and congratulating him. And I have always interpreted this as meaning the parade watchers, the people all see that he is wearing no clothes and say nothing. That the people could be brainwashed and programmed, are participating in groupthinc, are playing follow the leader, are not thinking for themselves, are succumbing to peer pressure and gossip, are kissing his rear behind, are lying and deceiving themselves and others, are blind and covering up the truth or are just plain unaware and naive. It almost sounds like it could be a George Orwell nineteen eighty four story from hell also. Does something exist because someone says it does? But the fairy tale is much more complicated and beautiful to read in its description of the emperor. What does this mean? What is the moral of this story? Does the Emperor represent the state, does his wearing no clothes represent freedom from oppression, the naked truth, or something else? And can this concept be applied to life? Will the Emperor ever put his clothes on? I must go read the story of the Emperor now. And what, if anything, does this have to do with a No Police State? Have a great day.
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This Blue Sky
And in between reading those headline news of the day which can be all consuming on this Sunday day of the sun, I still find myself blogging about scrubs and the website http://www.blueskyscrubs.com/. And so what else is there that I can blogger say about this website blue sky scrubs that has not already been said in blue sky scrubs time. Well, even though that word sounds like blue skies, or even that television drama show that had those doctors and nurses walking around in some sort of hospital like setting wearing those blue and green uniform scrubs, it does seem to be about, scrubs, lab coats, nursing uniforms, scrub uniforms, shirts, jackets, scrub hats, accessories and more. And blue sky scrubs is not just about those basic blue and green scrubs of long lore ago, one can find some designer and stylish scrubs in many different colors at their website that seem as if they could have come off of one of those fashion runway themselves. And now with the invention of all things internet, finding those scrubs and more online has never been easier.
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Occupy Wall Street Day 22
And according to those headline news of the day, Occupy Wall Street is still happening. And I know Occupy Wall Street is still happening because all of those photos posted above and seemingly a ton of news articles that finds itself in the headline news says so. And Occupy Wall Street seems to find itself occupying other streets across America as well. And a No Comment Art Show is happening with an Anti-Flag performance at Liberty Square on this day as well. And the description for those Occupy Wall Street events reads something like “All day occupation (possibly longer) of Wall Street to oppose in numbers the corruption, financial treachery, oligarchy, and forced debts imposed on us by an irresponsible and unapproachable Wall Street (world financial center) sister protests may also take place in similar California Financial Centers if enough interest is shown. This is a peaceful protest and violence will not be tolerated.” And also another Occupy Wall Street event that reads something like “The Occupation Has Begun. Join us at Zuccotti Park (Liberty St & Trinity Place) in NYC beginning on September 17, we want to see 20,000 people flood into lower Manhattan, set up tents, kitchens, peaceful barricades and occupy Wall Street for a few months. Once there, we shall incessantly repeat one simple demand in a plurality of voices”. And what, if anything, does this have to do with a No Police State? Have a great Occupy Wall Street day and more.
This Express Suit
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Express. Now I have heard of that Express store throughout my travels here on planet earth, as every time I hear that name, one of those fancy fifth avenue stores come to mind that one can find those really fancy clothes at. And Express is having an Express sweepstakes . And I know Express is having an Express sweepstakes because that Facebook page that has over one million people liking that Express sweepstakes says so. And that Express women’s jacket that finds itself posted in that photo above, well that’s just Express Life Work It cool. And so if you happen to be looking for one of those Express suits makeovers, you can enter for a chance to win a $500 suiting makeover for one of those women’s suits or men’s suits that you may be looking for. And those suits seem so fashionable at their website with their many designs, styles and colors that one can go from the office to the office party or what not all in the same suit. And so what do you think about those Express suits, share your comments on this blog for that Express suit could be good for. As now finding that Express style and more can be just a website visit away.
"No Comment" Art Show
Hey again bloggers, or whoever could be reading this blog. And as far as I blagher know, Occupy Wall Street is still happening and it’s Occupy Wall Street Day 20. And a No Comment Art Show is happening amongst a seemingly bazillion other events as part of that Occupy Wall Street worldwide event. And that description for that event reads as follows. And that photo that finds itself posted above, well it just seems to Occupy Wall Street speak for itself. And what, if anything, does this have to do with a No Police State. Have a great Occupy Wall Street, art events and more day. Peace on earth and goodwill to all mankind.
We will mount an open art performance and exhibition party called ” No comment” to be held at the historic JP Morgan building at 23 Wall Street on Saturday Oct 8th from 2 PM on.
This event will support the Occupy Wall Street protests. We will hold a silent auction of the art to raise funds to support the protests. We are looking for art, performance, video, to install during the event. Stand for art against power and have a great… time doing it.
We have a beautiful building right at the corner of Wall and Broad Street at 23 Wall Street . It is known as the JP Morgan building . It is the most capitalistic corner on Earth. It is a 25,000 square foot historic space in a very contested area. The show preceding the Pop-up show that will take place on Saturday October 8th is called ‘No Comment”. Marika Mairorova created “Loft in the Red Zone” an exhibition that exhibited artists responses to Sept 11th- ten years later. The Occupy Wall Street movement can be considered a healing for the contentious wound of 9/11. Many have objected to business as usual, Wall Street , capitalism as practiced. The fanatics that destroyed the World Trade Center and other targets had ideas about Western Society that had some relevance, despite their methods. This year the power of oligarchs has been transformed by people meeting and holding space. Where this movement is going is anyone’s guess. Governments have fallen, secrets revealed, revolutions started, evolution occurring in real time in public view. it is such a difference from hidden cabals of the past. secret meetings hidden from public view. Process is visible as art and public truth. The Pop-up show supports the process that has been visible in Occupy Wall Street movement has invigorated thoughtful ideas about society, power and political process.
We, at Loft in the Red Zone, are very much looking forward to this collaboration….. Please help spread this call to creative action !!!
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Where’s My Cell Phone
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Where’s my cell phone. Have you seen my cell phone? Do you have a cell phone? And it seems as if so many people are walking and talking around with those cell phones these days and times that one can not comprehend how someone can not have one of those cell phones. And if you happen to find yourself as one of the last people on earth without one of these cell phones, this Hook, line and sinker and Android on Straight Talk video can help you find one of them and start talking straight with their Straight Talk Plans. With Straight Talk you can Call a friend and be talking, texting, instant messaging, taking photos, making videos and a whole lot more with one of their smart phones, touch screen phones, Motorola, LG, Samsung and other phones. And from watching this video one can find out how to talk straight even more with one of those lower phone bills without the mystery made up numbers to pay each month with their no contract, pay as you go, pre paid, “All You Need Plan” and unlimited monthly phone plans. And now with the invention of all things internet, finding that cell phone and more is just a website visit away.
Buy Nothing Day
Okay it’s not really Buy Nothing Day on this day as far as I blogger know, as I think according to those headline news of the day that it’s actually Occupy Wall Street Day 17. It’s just that this blog wants to confuse me sometimes in its newsspeak Orwellianess with its times, dates and histories in my attempt to maintain more than one blog whenever blaghers block possible. As this is yet another one of those recycle this blog posts that found itself posted on this blog some time a while ago.
It’s that time of year again, the holiday season is upon us, according to the calendar and advertisements, and it’s the most joyous festival time of the year, or is it. And Thanksgiving Day in America is later this week, that nationalistic day to be thankful for something. And remember the Indians, their beads and trinkets, that twenty four dollars and the land of Manna-hatin, and eat more tofurky. No one is free when others are oppressed. And isn’t the day after Thanksgiving day Black Friday, the busiest shopping day of the year, or is that the day after Christmas. Well this year the day after Thanksgiving, Friday, November 23rd, is also Buy Nothing Day and isn’t this day celebrated around the world. I am not exactly sure what the story behind this concept is, but I think it has something to do with buying nothing. And Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping will be out there in the streets with shopping events all over New York City all day long. And I imagine there will be a ton of other events in observation of this day. Adbusters will be hitting the streets for a 24 hour consumer fast and there will be a Buy Nothing Day Freegan Feast on this day also. Maybe one can help save the environment and planet earth on this day by consuming less. Peace on earth and goodwill to all mankind.
Occupy Wall Street Day 13
And in case you haven’t heard, that seemingly occupy everything worldwide of an event of Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Together are still happening. And as far as I blagher know, today is Occupy Wall Street Day 13. And I know those Occupy Wall Street events are still happening because a ton of different Occupy Wall Street events that find themselves posted all over facebook and beyond says so. And Occupy Wall Street reads something like “All day occupation (possibly longer) of Wall Street to oppose in numbers the corruption, financial treachery, oligarchy, and forced debts imposed on us by an irresponsible and unapproachable Wall Street (world financial center) sister protests may also take place in similar California Financial Centers if enough interest is shown. This is a peaceful protest and violence will not be tolerated.” and also like “The Occupation Has Begun. Join us at Zuccotti Park (Liberty St & Trinity Place) in NYC beginning on September 17, we want to see 20,000 people flood into lower Manhattan, set up tents, kitchens, peaceful barricades and occupy Wall Street for a few months. Once there, we shall incessantly repeat one simple demand in a plurality of voices”.
And then there’s Nedslist. And I am not exactly blogger sure what Nedslist is, though it seems to be a mailing list that wants to arrive in that email inbox every week or so. And so this weeks Nedslist reads something like:
[Nedslist] 09/28/11: Corrente: Ms ExPat: Don’t be afraid to say revolution!
Dr. Cornel West was at Zuccotti Park last night, and Ms. ExPat got video of it. Here’s her account, but follow the link to her blogpost to see the video.
Also recommended today: Ralph Nader’s article in Counterpunch on drones.
http://www.correntewire.com/dont_be_afraid_to_say_revolution
Don’t Be Afraid to Say Revolution!
Wed, 09/28/2011 – 1:55am — MsExPat
“Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. will smile from the grave/ And say, we movin’ step by step/ Toward what he called a revolution/Don’t be afraid to say, Revolution!”
“Cornel West is here”, Milcho said, as we were wandering through Zuccotti Park at dusk. The sky was gray and it smelled like rain; people here and there were securing food, medicine, bedding, under plastic tarps. Milcho, Wendy and Amy and I came to Wall Street together tonight. I am corralling everyone I know to come to the Park to see this live and without filters. And you who are reading this, and can get here should come too, for this is history, friends!
We walked over to the meeting area, and sure enough, there was the unmistakable corona of hair, the too-long white shirtcuffs. We followed him up to the meeting area, sat down. And then watched as tonight’s General Assembly of Occupy Wall Street unfolded:
It’s late, and I’m too tired to write this well, but as the 11th night of Occupy Wall Street closes, I note a couple of new things:
1. Demographics: Changing, indeed. More diverse, different ages. Some union people, college professors doing teach-ins, old lefties having a look-see. Also: the front line of the media has officially landed. Yesterday it was Michael Moore, today Susan Sarandon. Matt Taibbi says he’s visiting tomorrow. Moore is coming back tomorrow to film the General Assembly with Laurence O’Donnell for his MSNBC show. I think O’Donnell is a jerk, but if they just sit back and film the process of the meeting, that would be a real breakthrough in changing the MSM narrative, I think. Right now, most of the people I talk to in my daily life still think OWS is a hippie fest.
2. Cops: Now there are two kinds of blue shirts on the scene–the regular patrol cops, and the (kinder, gentler) Community liason cops in royal blue polo shirts. No white shirts. When the community police are around, you know someone is worried about image. What this says to me is that the city’s decided that more violence would be really bad for optics.
3. The Organization–continues to dazzle! After West’s remarks, the meeting began with reports from Outreach Committees (they’ve teamed up with an important black radio station in Philadelphia for Occupy Philly, and they’re going to support the Verizon worker’s union strike), from the Medics who’ve started a counseling service, from techies who are doing Linux and open source teach-ins, and from the Laundry Committee, who’ve washed everything. They’ve even organized morning tours of Wall Street, which they’re offering free to passing tourists!
The most interesting report though was from the committee that’s drafting Demands. This is the big media sticking point (“But What Do They Want? There’s No Unified Message!”).
The group is going to use the next few days to talk about demands. And then here’s what they’ll do: on Friday, they will spread blank sheets of white paper all across the park. Some will have topic headings, some will be all blank. Magic markers will then be distributed, and everyone will write, in large letters, the issues and goals they think are most important. If you agree with someone’s poster, you can put a “Check”.
Fascinating! It is actually rather Chinese in technique. It reminds me of the student Big Character Posters that appeared in Tienanmen Square.
After the writing exercise, they’ll collect all the papers and collate them into a larger online manifesto, which can then be debated/modified/changed online in a Wikipedia-style collaboration.
4. Location, location location: It’s becoming clearer that the choice of New York City, as opposed to say, Washington DC, for the launch of this effort, was genius. For what it says is, of course, that this movement is not about the US government. The real enemy is the Financial-Bankster complex. I have not heard or seen any mention of any political candidate or party inside the Park. Forget “post-partisan”–that was so 2008. This is a post-party movement. It is what we Correntians have been waiting for–but not in the form we expected!
5. Obama is dead, dead, dead. Really. These young people were his eager troops. And they’ve moved on. Way on. The talk on the ground is not about elections anymore. It’s about transforming society.
That’s it for now. I urge all of you who can to come to Wall Street if you possibly can make it. This is one of those moments when time seems to hover and pause, and focus is laser-sharp. It’s a rare moment of collective creativity. Who could have guessed it would bloom now?
And those photos that are posted above, well they just seem to Occupy Wall Street speak for themselves. And what, if anything, does this have to do with a No Police State? Peace on earth and goodwill to all mankind.
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The Gadget
Hey again bloggers, or whoever could be reading this blog. And in between reading those headline news of the day which can be all consuming and visiting those social media networks of the day which can be even more all consuming, I somehow find myself blogging about that phrases Geek Products and Discount Coupons, Carbonite offer code and Amazon.com coupons for some reason or a blogging another. And so what else is there that I can say about these phrases that has not already been said in discount coupons blogger time. Well, if you happen to be looking for those discount coupons, online coupons and promotion codes, GeekAlerts has them. And isn’t those Geeks one of those people who use one of those computers, I think, maybe? You can find gadgets and all kinds of other cool stuff at their website. You can also find coupons for lots of stores at their website such as Amazon, Lowes, Dell, Disney, Vistaprint, Walmart, Office Depot, Home Depot, Orbitz and a whole lot more. And there’s some really interesting articles to read at their website as well, as that Oktoberfest article for The Beer Machine is really interesting to read. And now with the invention of all things internet, one can find those gadgets and more without ever having to leave home, or at least without ever having to leave one of those computers with just a website visit away.
Occupy Wall Street Day 11
Hey yet again bloggers or whoever could be reading this blog. And today is Occupy Wall Street Day 11, I think. And I know that today is Occupy Wall Street Day 11 and that that Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Together are still happening because all of those posts posted all over the internet and beyond and this We are the 99% Solidarity March with #occupywallstreet facebook event and that Press Conference On Police Misconduct Against Occupy Wall St. Protests Facebook event says so. And that description for that facebook event reads like “We the 99% will not be silent and we will not be intimidated. This Saturday thousands more of us will march together as one to show that it is time that the 99% are heard.” And the description of that other Facebook event reads something like “All day occupation (possibly longer) of Wall Street to oppose in numbers the corruption, financial treachery, oligarchy, and forced debts imposed on us by an irresponsible and unapproachable Wall Street (world financial center) sister protests may also take place in similar California Financial Centers if enough interest is shown. This is a peaceful protest and violence will not be tolerated.” And also another Occupy Wall Street Facebook event that reads something like “The Occupation Has Begun. Join us at Zuccotti Park (Liberty St & Trinity Place) in NYC beginning on September 17, we want to see 20,000 people flood into lower Manhattan, set up tents, kitchens, peaceful barricades and occupy Wall Street for a few months. Once there, we shall incessantly repeat one simple demand in a plurality of voices”. And those photos that are posted above, well they just seem to Occupy Wall Street speak for themselves. And what, if anything, does this have to do with a No Police State? Peace on earth and goodwill to all mankind.
No Police State 