Taking it to the streets

The complaint from the protesters on Wall Street this past week has not only been on the greed and abuse from the nations bankers and financial "leaders" but also towards the "main stream media" who seemingly remain unaware that there are actual protests taking place outside their windows.

What is funny is how focused the media generally is on Wall Street and almost anything that happens in the canyons of the nations corrupt and obscene center of wealth and power. Then again, I have long wondered about not only the media ownership and how the massive corporations who own the media end up calling the shots, but also how the actual reporters and journalists who work for the media giants remain independent and I think what we are witnessing is the evidence that they are not.

I used to note this when the debate would take place in congress over the almost annual tax cuts for the wealthy. See, many of the network anchors are part of the wealthy elite who would be making a nice piece of change left over in their pockets. So the question that would pop into my head would be, how independent can you remain when you are reporting on legislation that could leave you personally with an extra few hundred thousand dollars in your checking account.

The last year has seen massive marches and protests in the Middle East as people have thrown off 30-40 years of dictatorships and abusive regimes. Maybe what we are seeing on Wall Street is the beginning of the American Spring, where people in this country are finally getting fed up with the massive tax cuts for the wealthiest, failed political movements that bring no change to the actual people who live in this country and absurdly enough, cutting taxes for people while the country fights two wars. Insane.

All this goes on while the media sits on its collective hands and pretends that the people protesting on Wall Street are just a bunch of hippies and idiots. Here is the link to the protesters website.