While I respect the author, he is quite wrong - I feel - in suggesting that Occupy is like a cult. I have some expertise in this matter as the author of a respected book on Jonestown, which was a cult. And as a civil rights movement veteran. Occupy is a movement and possibly even an evolution of nonviolence. Its use of 99 and one percent is specific to the documented stratification that is the product of decades of Reaganism. The zeal with which the above text is written leads me to wonder what lies behind it. Check it out and tell me if you agree.
11/16/11
Occupy is hardly a cult
Random Thoughts: "Say you wanted to build a Movement by appealing directly to the Cult Mind, that part of the brain that most desires to be part of a herd. You'd need a slogan to imply that following a crowd leads to Truth. Such a maxim would suggest that being in the majority, or having membership in the biggest tribe, somehow confers moral superiority. You'd want the slogan to be well-suited to sheep, while scrupulously avoiding any speck of human critical thinking."
While I respect the author, he is quite wrong - I feel - in suggesting that Occupy is like a cult. I have some expertise in this matter as the author of a respected book on Jonestown, which was a cult. And as a civil rights movement veteran. Occupy is a movement and possibly even an evolution of nonviolence. Its use of 99 and one percent is specific to the documented stratification that is the product of decades of Reaganism. The zeal with which the above text is written leads me to wonder what lies behind it. Check it out and tell me if you agree.
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While I respect the author, he is quite wrong - I feel - in suggesting that Occupy is like a cult. I have some expertise in this matter as the author of a respected book on Jonestown, which was a cult. And as a civil rights movement veteran. Occupy is a movement and possibly even an evolution of nonviolence. Its use of 99 and one percent is specific to the documented stratification that is the product of decades of Reaganism. The zeal with which the above text is written leads me to wonder what lies behind it. Check it out and tell me if you agree.
Bounce Skate Play Video
Odd that headline news about kids generally concerns abuse.
Or bullying.
How about kids' deal in an automobile saturated society going global.
Or the movement to recover outdoor play on congested streets.
Making a cyber-community - mass-produced walls
Obama's Secret Weapon for 2012
They say students will not support Barack Obama with the same enthusiasm of four years back.
DUH.
Look at reality.
Look at reality.
Students suffer more than most because of the economy.
Students have other things to do. Like find work.
So what is Barack Obama's secret weapon.
REAGAN DEMOCRATS
WORKING FOLK
BLUE COLLAR UNION FOLK
The folk who are going to recall governors in three key states.
Maybe the NYT will get around to thinking about how Obama will win rather than conjuring reasons for him to lose.
We forget that the NYT is the apostle of upward mobility to a Metro North future in Hedge Fund Paradise. with meals at Per Se and requisite hipness from reading the Style Section.
2012 will be the year in which the Obama Party becomes the Democratic Party
And Blue Dogs and Joe Lieberman be damned.
2012 will be the year in which the Obama Party becomes the Democratic Party
And Blue Dogs and Joe Lieberman be damned.
We'll be digging back to FDR and the Four Freedoms.
The GOP Will Ensure Obama's Re-election
The GOP will see Obama win
By losing recalls in some crucial states
And choosing someone who is doomed to lose
These studies are self-evident and thus useless
"Older women who got more exercise and less television time were the least likely to be diagnosed with depression, according to a U.S. study of thousands of women – with physical activity having the biggest impact.
According to findings published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, researchers found that women who reported exercising the most in recent years were about 20 percent less likely to get depression than those who rarely exercised.
On the other hand, the more hours they spent watching TV each week, the more their risk of depression crept up."
I wish they would spend the millions spent on useless studies to investigate why people actually get depressed, not what they do when depressed. Try economic worry due to gross inequity and living in a sprawl or high rise environment where face to face community is largely impossible.
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According to findings published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, researchers found that women who reported exercising the most in recent years were about 20 percent less likely to get depression than those who rarely exercised.
On the other hand, the more hours they spent watching TV each week, the more their risk of depression crept up."
I wish they would spend the millions spent on useless studies to investigate why people actually get depressed, not what they do when depressed. Try economic worry due to gross inequity and living in a sprawl or high rise environment where face to face community is largely impossible.
Penny Wilson's Plea for Free Play Video
Watch "TEDxEastEnd - Penny Wilson - Play" Video at TEDxTalks: "Penny Wilson grew up in the South East of England and played on the rolling hills of the South Downs and beside the sea. These childhood experiences influenced and continue to inform and inspire her work. She studied illustration but her career began in earnest when she started Playworking with children with disabilities and their peers at Chelsea Adventure Playground. "
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