OccupyWallStreet

I've been down to OccupyWallStreet a couple of times.  I snapped a few photos:

The movement is spreading around the country and around the world:  Occupy Together.  Even Sesame Street is occupied:

Chris Hedges wrote:

There are no excuses left. Either you join the revolt taking place on Wall Street and in the financial districts of other cities across the country or you stand on the wrong side of history.

Read the entire article on truthdig:  The Best Among Us

Hedges: No way in US system to vote against banks

More Chris Hedges from down on OccupyWallStreet:

Chris Hedges: The Criminal Class Has Seized Power, #OccupyWallStreet Represents The Hope of America:

http://ampedstatus.org/chris-hedges-the-criminal-class-has-seized-power-occupywallstreet-represents-the-hope-of-america-video/

Live feed:  http://www.livestream.com/globalrevolution

The website where it all started:  We are the 99 Percent  with some help from:
Anti-Wall Street protests take off thanks to a Canadian idea

Read the:  Occupied Wall Street Journal

Demands (any they are right on):  http://coupmedia.org/the-sovereign-peoples-movement.html  (I've cut and pasted the top 10 demands as of Sunday night below)

Select Below and Vote to Include in the Official Demands for #Occupy Wall Street

#	Title	Start Voting	End Voting	Status	Votes
1	ELIMINATE "PERSONHOOD" LEGAL STATUS FOR CORPORATIONS	20 Sep 2011 - 09:04	20 Oct 2011 - 11:04		8179
2	Repeal of the Patriot Act	20 Sep 2011 - 09:03	20 Oct 2011 - 11:03		6811
3	End the War On Drugs	21 Sep 2011 - 15:17	21 Oct 2011 - 17:17		5317
4	Re Investigate the Attacks of 9-11-2001	21 Sep 2011 - 06:52	21 Oct 2011 - 08:52		5276
5	CONGRESS ENACT LEGISLATION TO PROTECT OUR DEMOCRACY BY REVERSING THE EFFECTS OF THE CITIZENS UNITED SUPREME COURT DECISION	21 Sep 2011 - 14:57	21 Oct 2011 - 16:57		4930
6	Forced Acquisition of the Federal Reserve for $1Billion	20 Sep 2011 - 09:04	20 Oct 2011 - 11:04		3867
7	CONGRESS PASS HR 1489 ("RETURN TO PRUDENT BANKING ACT	22 Sep 2011 - 12:48	22 Oct 2011 - 14:48		3867
8	USE CONGRESSIONAL AUTHORITY AND OVERSIGHT TO ENSURE APPROPRIATE FEDERAL AGENCIES FULLY INVESTIGATE AND PROSECUTE THE WALL STREET CRIMINALS	23 Sep 2011 - 06:53	23 Oct 2011 - 08:53		3631
9	Free education Kindergarten through college	22 Sep 2011 - 12:47	22 Oct 2011 - 14:47		3362
10	Nationalize Health Care	22 Sep 2011 - 12:47	22 Oct 2011 - 14:47		3074

My demands are simple:  Restore democracy and representation to 'We the People'.  The first step would be to reform campaign election financing - get moneyed interests out of politics.  The easiest way to do this is have the government equalizing campaign contributions between candidates.  The next thing would be to tackle accountability, transparency and secrecy in government (that included you Supreme Court judges!).  All powers must end with and be balanced by the three branches of government as our founding fathers intended.  Secret above-the-law quasi-governmental organizations like the CIA and the Fed need to be brought under governmental control.  If government were accountable to the people, I have full faith that the people of the United States of America would reinvigorate this country and make it great again.

Update 1:  More by Chris Hedges:  Why the Elites Are in Trouble

Update 2:  Chris Hedges interview on cbc (Canadian Broadcasting Corporarion)

Update 3:  EXPOSED: David DeGraw Works For A Soros-CIA-Obama-Socialist Front Group That Is Secretly Controlling the #OWS 99% Movement