Occupy Wall Street 9/24 - Woman dragged, girls pepper sprayed

Recently I've been posting about the protest at Occupy Wall Street, because the injustice of the economic system at the heart of the revolt there is a significant cause of my main concern, which is ecosystem collapse. The pillaging of wealth by a tiny but powerful segment is a related part of the converging catastrophes that loom ominously on the horizon...from climate change, peak oil and other resources, and exponentially growing overpopulation particularly.

There are many blogs, books and organizations that exist to educate the public about the limits to growth for industrial society - or perhaps I should say, the threats posed by industrial society to life itself. And there are excellent thinkers who talk about the psychological and emotional burden that can be so difficult once people reluctantly become enlightened, and from whatever source, recognize the inherent unsustainability of human civilization as it has been expanding. For me, it was realizing that trees are dying - leaves are falling off, branches are breaking, cankers are swelling, weeping holes are appearing, bark is splitting, root systems are rotting and whole trunks are toppling over at a rate not explained by any natural influence.

So for the most part I leave those other topics to writers far more qualified than I to expound upon, and do what I can to warn about the symtoms of tree decline. Very few experts are alerting the public to this urgent existential threat, as profound as coral bleaching - which is the increasingly severe damage being done to vegetation around the world by rising levels of tropospheric ozone. Ozone is the highly toxic air pollution resulting from precursors such as reactive Nitrogen that are emitted whenever fuel is burnt for energy. It is invisible, but it is circulating in the lower atmosphere, poisoning through wet deposition and dry, the air, water and soil.

It has been known to science for decades that ozone is injurious to plants - and also is a cause of the epidemics of cancer, emphysema, asthma, allergies, diabetes, autism and Alzheimer's. There are links to research in the pages listed at the top of the witsendnj blog for anyone who wants corroboration.

At this time of year you can see the dramatic difference between leaves that have gone through an entire season of exposure and so are stippled, spotted, and withered - compared to newer foliage that hasn't yet been seriously impacted. There is no other influence other than ozone that I know of that can account for the evidence...and there is no way to stop the destruction other than to stop burning fuel and switch to clean energy. Which is why no one wants to talk about it, of course...but like any problem, there is no way to fix it without first acknowledging its existence. And there is no way out of this conundrum. The choice is stark. Continue to consume energy like there's no tomorrow - or we will run out of food, and there will be no tomorrow.

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[TheInfiniteSkies]

I cannot fucking believe this.

[witsendnj]

@TheInfiniteSkies

Ha, then check out the video of Oakland on my blog, witsendnj dot blogspot dot com!  Much much worse!! Tear gas, beatings and rubber bullets.

[witsendnj]

I know of NOT ONE incident in which ANY protester did anything remotely violent or aggressive.

That cop deliberately sought out the girl he peppersprayed - the others caught the drift - b/c she had been marching topless and he was very angry, and wanted to teach her a lesson. He was a complete jerk.

[KillaTequilla83]

I agree, there was a lot of bad stuff happening around 5:30 onward, and those cops need to be reprimand greatly for both abusing their power and making the NYPD look like a bunch of monsters. But honestly, protesters need to stay the hell out of the street. I sympathize with your riot, but what if an ambulance was delayed because you guys wouldn't stay the hell out of the streets?

[sj0bs1]

BTW, go to 5:33, and this the same fat cow that was getting in officers face, calling them fascists. If your going to bark, you better be ready to bite.

PWNED bitch.

[NenoBrown24]

Idiots posting shit like the woman is overreacting or that you don't need medical attention for getting maced need to go fucking kill themselves.That shit is made to bring grown, hardened, doped up criminals to their knees.That shit hurts so motherfucking bad that you absolutely must stop anything your doing and wither in pain.Even if your an escaping criminal that's about to go to jail for the rest of your life it will stop you dead in your tracks.The pain is indescribable.

[thegamerpro0]

omg im a kid and im filled with anger!!!!

[sj0bs1]

its pretty simple folks, an officer tells you to move, you move.

You think its illegal? you take it to court and fight it. You dont tell him no. Especially, you dont act tough with him, then act like a pussy when he takes you down. Seriously, if i get a speeding ticket, and I feel its wrong, I dont tell him no, I wont sign it and get in his face.

Finally, if you dont believe me, try it yourself.

[xXishibashiX]

lol

[fearzbeazt555]

Stupid, they don't even resist arrest and just submit, if you just simply submit then what are they fighting for? iPads & milk lol

[FewdioFilms]

If those people had a job they wouldn't be having their fifteen minutes of fame getting arrested on YouTube!

[ariellakashi]

First of all, the majority of these students go to NYU. Either they are wealthy enough to pay for the most expensive school in its area or they got a scholarship through federal and private funding which someone had paid for. Second of all, they should be greatful we have a police force to protect people in nyc. I live 10 blocks from that area and Im terrified to go near there because of the protesters. What do they want to change? It seems like they just want a lot of free stuff.

[Keaton888]

this is not the way revolutions work anymore

[GovernMentalFreedom]

Anyone who stands for the national atheism after seeing this is a pure DICtatorial warped American fascist