11.18.2011

OWS! welcome to NY politics.

Occupy Wall Street was so busy dealing with the problem of protecting their tents and encampment at Zucotti that they forgot developing a mission, a working idea. Of course, politics in New York City are always  about  real estate.

11.16.2011

Green Markets

Green markets are popping up everywhere, but mostly in gentrified neighborhoods. Selling supposedly organic veggies. At higher prices. Ugly tomatoes. Small peddlers dressed as farmers.  Potatoes so wrinkled I would not know how to peel. Insufficiently  baked muffins. And people buy them. Not for what they are but for what they mean, Occupy Wall Street tents are not unlike these markets.  They seem to mean.

11.15.2011

End of the party?

Was it a party? Is it a party? They did not produce one memorable speech. Or specific idea.  Do you actually need two months to prepare a speech? Just 99%. Is this all about statistics? Tents versus high-rises?
It's like you go to school just to meet friends. To have a party. Seems they did not finish the work before the term ended.