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John Kellden - 9:55 AM - Extended circles Design Flaw: First Amendment For Sale - Going, going...gone? Right now, there's a man in NYC who believes that one hundred million USD carries more weight than the First Amendment. #OWS #democracy #movement #firstamendment
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First Amendment to the United States Constitution. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Jump to: navigation, search. 'First Amendment' redirects here. For other uses, see First Amendment (... Jeff Markel - And this morning in Zuccotti Park, he was proved correct. So long, 1st amendment - 'twas nice to have known you. 10:12 AM John Kellden - +Jeff Markel yeah, it's a low point in history. Still, what might emerge out of all this could be one Global Democracy Boot Camp. The activists have planted the seeds. Now for citizen media to provide fertile soil. 10:20 AM Jeff Markel - It's not just breaking up the encampment that rankles - it's that press was barred from the site, and even the airspace above the park was declared off-limits, so no news helicopters could film. 10:52 AM John Kellden - +Jeff Markel fully agree. I've been following some journalists. They're live-tweeting NYC and Zucotti Park as we speak. When reading, I can feel they are sad. It much more resembles a military operation than police there to serve and protect. I can't help wondering what those guys in riot gear feel about the whole thing. Some of the #OWS people have a valid court order in their hands. Protecting and seving, what exactly? 10:58 AM Peter Burgess - +John Kellden +Jeff Markel I have not quite got my head around the police operation at Zuccotti Park last night. While this was going on I was trying to listen in on events in Syria and Yemen where the regimes are maintaining control with violence. I was also trying to stay up-to-date on the Occupies that are all over the USA. Has there been a concerted effort by the mayors to stifle the movement? As a Brit I am always mindful that the ideas of Mahatma Gandhi were more powerful than the guns of British soldiers! The ideas of the Occupy Movement are not going to die any time soon! 12:29 PM - Edit |