{"id":66873,"date":"2011-10-06T21:53:46","date_gmt":"2011-10-07T01:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/66873\/joko-visits-occupy-seattle-protest\/"},"modified":"2011-10-06T21:53:46","modified_gmt":"2011-10-07T01:53:46","slug":"joko-visits-occupy-seattle-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friendburst.com\/blog-new\/66873\/joko-visits-occupy-seattle-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Joko Visits The Occupy Seattle Protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><object><\/object><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"comic sans ms,sans-serif\" size=\"4\" color=\"#000000\">I don\u2019t know if it would be fair to say that I visited Downtown today to go \u201cjoin\u201d the ongoing Occupy Seattle protest, an offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street demonstration.\u00a0 I went to go lend my support.\u00a0 And\u00a0 bring them some clean, warm socks.\u00a0 And to observe.\u00a0 Record.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"comic sans ms,sans-serif\" size=\"4\" color=\"#000000\">There were several other media-types down there too.\u00a0 Some looking quite professional; others with just professional-looking equipment.\u00a0 These other camerapeople wore interesting hats, but neither were they \u201cjoining\u201d the protest.\u00a0 I was kinda halfway.\u00a0 I brought a little sign, but didn\u2019t know what to write on it.\u00a0 I had an interesting hat at home.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"comic sans ms,sans-serif\" size=\"4\" color=\"#000000\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: left\" src=\"http:\/\/www.friendburst.com\/file\/pic\/photo\/2011\/10\/Joko_Londo-greed1-301.jpg?t=4e8e5a651ae09\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"326\" \/>With such a small sign, I only had room for one word.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s me trying to do that upraised fist thingy that is used on all the logos.\u00a0 I think it&#8217;s also ASL for the letter &#8220;E&#8221;.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"comic sans ms,sans-serif\" size=\"4\" color=\"#000000\">Some observations from my visit to the protest:<\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><font face=\"arial,helvetica,sans-serif\" size=\"3\">Once you got to talking to these folks, they were very friendly and sane.\u00a0 Mostly.<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font face=\"arial,helvetica,sans-serif\" size=\"3\">It was smaller than I expected, but it was a Thursday at 10 AM right after 30 protestors had been put in jail the night before.<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font face=\"arial,helvetica,sans-serif\" size=\"3\">It seemed that is there was ONE theme that they all shared: ending corporate personhood.<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font face=\"arial,helvetica,sans-serif\" size=\"3\">There are several ways you can get people to talk to you on camera: 1. Bring them clean socks.\u00a0 2. Let them play your ukulele.\u00a0 3. Ask.<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font face=\"arial,helvetica,sans-serif\" size=\"3\">This just may end up being the leftish answer to the Tea Partiers.<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><font face=\"comic sans ms,sans-serif\" size=\"4\" color=\"#000000\">Watch me give away socks and hear the protestors in their own words\u2026<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"comic sans ms,sans-serif\" size=\"4\" color=\"#000000\"> <\/font><br \/>\n<object><\/object><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.friendburst.com\/file\/pic\/photo\/2011\/10\/Joko_Londo-greed2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"421\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I don\u2019t know if it would be fair to say that I visited Downtown today to go \u201cjoin\u201d the ongoing Occupy Seattle protest, an offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street demonstration.\u00a0 I went to go lend my support.\u00a0 And\u00a0 bring them some clean, warm socks.\u00a0 And to observe.\u00a0 Record. 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