Politics & Religion Tour 7.2

Cross-country tour looking for science-y religious-y politics-y stuff, on my way to #OccupyWallSt, #StopTheMach2011, and #EnoughMarch, and any other trouble I can get into.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• politics
• religion
• science
• museum
• protest
• activism
• wall street
• OccupyWallSt
• EnoughMarch
• StopTheMach2011
• GetMoneyOut
• corporation
• personhood
• 14th amendment
• corruption
• government
• money
• free speech
• campaign
• reform
• lobby
• banksters
• military-industrial complex
• congress
• election
• cops
• NYPD
• 99 percent
• 99%
• Sept17
• Oct2011
• Oct29
• coffee party
• police brutality
• mayor
• michael bloomberg
• police commissioner
• raymond kelly

[firefly4f4]

I was down there (at the Park) on the afternoon of the 15th. I tried to keep an eye out for you but didn't see you. It's astonishing to me how many people were there. I'll try to get the video I took of the park out (mostly just shots of the crowd) out in a few days.

[GreatBigBore]

@firefly4f4 "I was down there"

Damn, sorry I missed you. I was out all day trying to get that camera fixed. Glad you got to see it for yourself. Just think, if we make something happen, you can say you were there.

[1983Bantam]

Government corruption is integral to government. Fighting government corruption is a waste of time - you have to fight government itself.

[GreatBigBore]

@1983Bantam "you have to fight government itself."

Sounds like you might support anarchism, which I think is an awesome idea, but I think that it can't possibly work until we are free of punitive, coercive morality. I think anarchy could work great if everyone were more emotionally healthy. In the mean time, eliminating corruption could give us at least a better government than we have now.

[sheri226]

I feel terrible the best I can do is sign a petition when I'd rather be there with all of you. So many people like myself WANT to be there, WANT to be a part & WANT to attempt change things, not only for ourselves but for our children as they graduate college with worthless degrees they've worked so hard for, yet can do nothing with. It would take everything I have to get there & I'd have to pull my children from school & bring them with me.. just not possible.

[GreatBigBore]

@sheri226 "So many people like myself WANT to be there, WANT to be a part & WANT to attempt change things"

You are a part of it. Each person physically occupying represents thousands of people just like you who want change but have other obligations. You are contributing. Note that I'm on my way home now, in large part because I think my best contribution to the world is to be there for my kid.

[Zeos314]

Living vicariously through your videos.

[rich2rock]

You don't need to sign any petition to stay in a public park. It is a public park that is supposed to be open 24/7. The corporation that was going to build there couldn't do to zoning and the deal was that it stay open and public 24/7 in some sort of exchange. TYT covered it the other day. Check it out. I have enjoyed your daily broadcast of your stay there. You kick ass GBB!! Thanks you for your participation in the protest for all of us that could be there. Good luck in DC.

[sheri226]

@GreatBigBore *smiles* Much respect & thank you for letting us tag along. I'm glad to hear you're headed home friend, I started to seriously worry about you in "6.2" The difference in your appearance from 'P&R Tour 1.0' to now... well, let's just say I'll be glad when you reach home. You need a good night sleep in *your* bed, a home cooked meal & lots of hugs from your little one. Thanks again & please let us know when you've reached home via a bulletin. Be safe.

[5pecular]

Headline in the NZ Herald the other day was Occupy Protests spread to 82 Countries

We need you to stay

YEAH NZ!!! you talked about NZ!!!

Sad about the spill in tauranga though ... :-(

[5pecular]

You dont have aspergers anything-itis or bipolar. You suffer from Optimism Faith and reason

[Mutex50]

@1983Bantam We probably can't get rid of it completely, but we can try to minimize it as much as possible. The problem is that our particular style of government is a hotbed for corruption.

[Mutex50]

I don't think we can get rid of government corruption until we have competitive elections. We can't have competitive elections until we have a voting system in which we don't have to vote for the lesser of two evils.