Bill McKibben at Occupy Wall Street rally 10/8/2011

Author and activist Bill McKibben addressed the crowd assembled in Washington Square Park for a special session of the Occupy Wall Street general assembly. This was during the post-GA portion of the rally. As for why the crowd keeps repeating what McKibben is saying, for those that don't know, the police have prohibited all forms of sound amplification. The demonstrators have taken to using what they call the "human microphone"—speakers address the crowd in short phrases which are then repeated across the crowd as many times as is necessary for all in attendance to hear what's being said. The pipeline he refers to, right at the beginning, is the proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, currently in the final review phase by the State Department.

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[kantgetalong]

That guy on the right looks intense, like if the NYPD tried to pepperspray him he'd catch it all in his mouth and spit it back at them.

[averysensiblename]

McKibbin is a pasteurized, homogenized idiot!

[TheRastafarion]

Nothing wrong with Mexicans true real people family values plus they do all our farm work that were to lazy to do our selfs. God bless good Mexicans i've met some lovely Mexicans here in Canada.

[TheRastafarion]

They were running jets on bio fuel tractors alot of farmers in canada use bio fuel these days. we have a bio fuel plant in canada also. I heard America had bio fuel station for big rigs trucks and was shut down. mmm wonder why that was?

[TheRastafarion]

save the planet take actions to live with clean energy, no excuses you can buy solar wind everthing you need. Canadians are buying solar wind like crazy all over canada doing there part for the planet. God bless the people that are trying to make a change in this toxic world we live in today. I understand most people have to drive but do you really need a big honking vehicles that cost nearly 200.000 dollars to fill bloody crazy. i am driving a mini 1974 15 dollars to fill the tank.

[TheRastafarion]

Not true i run my living quarters on solar and wind heats my water heats the 5th wheel runs all my electric i don't need oil gas to live on this planet. Bio fuel is been made from allergey plants clean fuel, some places around the world that are top leaders in bio fuels and clean energy wind turbines solar water. I pay no bills i live in 5th wheel so i pay no property taxes i grow my own food and have my own live stock, every one can self stain them selves of this planet, govermentdontwantthat.

[juscurious]

Yes, I couldn't agree more. The real problem isn't Obama so much as the types of people who voted for Obama. I can just about guarantee that the types of people who see eye to eye with a nutcase like McKibben are the very types of people who pressed the D-button back in November. They aren't just fools but they are dangerous fools. I wonder how many of these people drove over to this event in an auto that was powered by fossil fuels. It's scary that there are people like these voting.

[juscurious]

Come to think of it I'm not really surprised. I've seen this coming for quite some time. The people voting are getting dumber & dumber. I don't think any of them stop to think about the role fossil fuels play in their lives. They don't realize that they use fossil fuels when they drive their cars, heat their homes or even cook their food. Their lives would be very short and miserable without fossil fuels. Even their blessed smart phones wouldn't be possible without fossil fuels.

[juscurious]

Come to think of it I'm not really surprised. I've seen this coming for quite some time. The people voting are getting dumber & dumber. I don't think any of them stop to think about the role fossil fuels play in their lives. They don't realize that they use fossil fuels when they drive their cars, heat their homes or even cook their food. Their lives would be very short and miserable without fossil fuels. Even their blessed smart phones wouldn't be possible without fossil fuels.

[juscurious]

Come to think of it I'm not really surprised. I've seen this coming for quite some time. The people voting are getting dumber & dumber. I don't think any of them stop to think about the role fossil fuels play in their lives. They don't realize that they use fossil fuels when they drive their cars, heat their homes or even cook their food. Their lives would be very short and miserable without fossil fuels. Even their blessed smart phones wouldn't be possible without fossil fuels.

[juscurious]

Come to think of it I'm not really surprised. I've seen this coming for quite some time. The people voting are getting dumber & dumber. I don't think any of them stop to think about the role fossil fuels play in their lives. They don't realize that they use fossil fuels when they drive their cars, heat their homes or even cook their food. Their lives would be very short and miserable without fossil fuels. Even their blessed smart phones wouldn't be possible without fossil fuels.