Occupy Chicago
Great spirit and moments at OWS Chicago today. My camera battery died on the first shot, so here are a few vignettes -
Woman my age with a sign that read "Suburban Mom for OWS"
Another sign that read "Stop the Greedy A-holes"
Fox news and Telemundo were videotaping. One guy followed Fox around with a sign that read, "Fox news lies." He'd point at the cameraman and then the sign. People laughed.
Great drum circle - mostly overturned barrels.
Another sign read, "Koch brothers, keep your dirty hands of my democracy."
Another sign read, "For the people - the real people, not the really rich people."
A lot of horns honking in camaraderie. One city bus driver cracked us all up when she danced behind the wheel as she tapped her horn.
Another sign read, "Now that we've bailed out the banksters, is it the people's time?"
Cab and tour bus drivers honked as well as cars. The trash collection trucked honked and the guys on back gave us a "power to the people" fist. And even a limo driver honked several times. Some folks were just ecstatic to show support.
One sign next to me brought me to immediate tears. There were a number of children in the crowd, but this little one was four. Her sign read - "I had an undiagnosed lung disease for two years because I didn't have the right health insurance. I am the 99%."
It was a great scene, and there was someone with food for everyone and another person with a lot of placards and materials for making signs.
This is what democracy looks like. :-) Good night all, SNH
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