Occupy Underground

The first was in November 2000 when in just two weeks the Lyme Community came together in Manhattan great numbers in wheelchairs, with walkers, IVs, etc to protest Alan Steere getting a Clinitian of the Year Award. We were protesting because Steere flat out lied about Lyme Disease for power and money and is still causing untold suffering. And the press showed up for a change despite the (s)election. The publisher of Newseek Zucker/Zuckerman? showed up in a limo to attend the event, stopped got on his cell phone and most of the press then departed, like evil magic. I just was following online with that one.

The second time they were planning an antiwar March from the Cathedral of St Paul down the hill to the State Capital. It was well organized but when Wellstone was killed the crowd swelled to what was reported to be over 10,000 when newspapers were cutting estimates to 50% of what actually was happening. Busloads from churches and other sympathetic organizations were there to try to stop the war and honor Paul Wellstone who spoke out against the war.

But sometimes we do succeed and we do have to keep trying. When the head of the CIA deliberately signs in on the Constitution without the bill of rights that has to a bad sign.