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Why do so many crazy people have so much money? OR Does having lots of money have a high probability of making people crazy looney tunes?

by synchronicity 2/22/2012 - 11:20 pm

Just asking.

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ADDICTION

by synchronicity 1/21/2012 - 3:40 pm

A couple of years ago a wonderful woman that had been part of a spiritual community that I was a part of for many years was diagnosed with cancer and died.  Her son who had also been part of that community grew up around it along with my daughter from the time she was eleven.  [Read more]

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I Left Occupy Boulder & The Rest

by synchronicity 12/13/2011 - 6:42 pm

After the person from Denver came up to Boulder and pitched his tent in front of our Courthouse determined to get someone else to take over when he went back to Denver the next day ... some of Occupy Boulder were thrilled and said, "We are not occupying bring your tents," and others of us were angry and communicated that the group had reached consensus during the previous week to wait until spring for a wide variety of reasons - including planning, growing our numbers, working with the city & county and working to win public support.  

In the end the campers did just what they did in Denver ... they said like it or not we don't have to agree with the rest of you ... only the campers really matter here and we are not leaving.  [Read more]

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NOT SO FAST: Boulder County Officials Recognize? Tents As Speech

by synchronicity 11/21/2011 - 2:41 am

UPDATE:

This morning our 24/7 rogue occupiers were ticketed for 'camping'.  I am told these tickets are not going to amount to anything because there is video from yesterday of the policeman telling the people that the county commissioner and Sheriff recognize their tent as a sign of protest and they should just stay on the grass and keep the area clean.  Apparently the DA would have to prove that they did not have permission and that's just not possible.

However now there is an article in the paper quoting a county commissioner stating that camping has always been illegal in front of the court house and they would be discussing the issue.  [Read more]

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One Person Decides And Then Wants Us To Go Anonymous

by synchronicity 11/20/2011 - 3:09 am

Tonight I am contemplating the reality that we have someone occupying in a tent in Boulder and I am not supportive or happy about it.  It may seem strange but day in and day out for weeks now I have been going to meetings, participating in all kinds of discussions and decisions and working to build the infrastructure for Occupy Boulder to grow and thrive. 

Our direct action WG recently proposed that we wait until March to begin a 24/7 occupation.  I was rather indifferent as I know that I do not have the composure to handle being out 24/7 in the winter.  I am always chilled as it is in the winter(though my aunt did just buy me some battery powered socks and gloves:).  [Read more]

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Letter from Birmingham Jail Redux

by synchronicity 11/7/2011 - 12:08 pm

Friday morning I awoke to find that a FB friend and somewhat evolved reverend and author (Kissing Fish) had written an article/blog in the local magazine called the Elephant. 

The article is called, 'I Criticize OWS, because I Love It'.

In this article he remarks on recent acts of vandalism in Oakland but then goes on to suggest that the 24/7 nature of the protest, i.e. camping, should end.  He expressed concerns for the lawns being damaged and the cops that have to deal with Occupations.

I wrote back to him and told him considering the state of our country, the financial abuse and lack of true representation (or something even resembling it as we were used to in the past), and the further harm constantly being threatened to those who are already suffering the brunt of political/financial malpractice there ought to be more of us out in the streets protesting 24/7 working to help the people of this country reclaim their political power. ...

Be nice and go home?!!!! Are you kidding me?  Yes, I absolutely agree that we need a serious focus throughout the movement to educate ourselves and others on the power of disciplined non-violence and to avail ourselves of training in disciplined non-violence. [Read more]

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Occupy Boulder Begins Daily Occupation

by synchronicity 10/31/2011 - 4:40 am

This has been some week.   Occupy Boulder got its website up and running www.occupyboulder.org. We created a lot of working groups.  I am participating in many of them.  One because there is no one else at the moment but it is needed.  We held three general assemblies this week.  I facilitated one and we passed five proposals that night lol. 

I have to say that from my first facilitator working group meeting the intelligence and depth of the people I was interacting with was wonderful and deeply moving.  So much has happened this week it is truly amazing. [Read more]

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Occupy Boulder CO.... And Now For Something Completely Different ... sort of

by synchronicity 10/23/2011 - 2:05 am

Today was my first day with Occupy Boulder.  It is just getting started. 

The General Assembly was chaotic.  I wanted to try to put something on the agenda but there was no clarity about when that was welcome.  The facilitator had a printed handout she was following to run the GA.  At some point I interjected and offered to stack (create a line up for people who had something to say, literally they raise their hand, I point at them and give them a number in the line up) because no one was doing that. [Read more]

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So The Federal Reserve... "End The Fed"

by synchronicity 10/19/2011 - 6:59 pm

During my time at Occupy Denver I have had many conversations with people carrying signs saying End The Fed.  I suggested that this is the only monetary system people have had in their lifetime and to just suggest ending it without talking about a better system seems a very negative way to go about getting the desired results.

I don't love the idea of a central banking system with the government in the state it is currently in.  However if the majority were to be inspired to wake up and reclaim their political power and restore some form or real democracy I could support it.

Either way the Fed 'as we know it'... needs to be ended. [Read more]

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Changing My Occupation

by synchronicity 10/17/2011 - 1:53 am

Update:  I read the following and thought hey Occupy the Supreme Court is a really great idea.  There are members of congress that have called for the investigation of Justice Clarence Thomas as well as seeking a retroactive recusal(definitely a very longshot) to remove him from ruling on Citizen's United which would make the decision fail.  I love the idea of more attention brought directly the door of the Supreme Court. 

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/16/cornel-west-supreme-court-arres...

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As I said in my update on the blog about Denver Arrests (by the way, there were apparently a couple of arrests today, so they have been daily since the decision by some to express their civil disobedience over the right to camp in the state park outside the capitol), I have decided not to Occupy Denver any more.  I feel that the decisions, actions, and inactions of the inner group have not been supportive overall of the group.  I wish them the best.  Their numbers are actually growing as the global participation day brought thousands to the Occupy Denver March yesterday but I have spent the week talking people into staying and getting involved instead of pointing fingers and now myself after many things - but the final straw was the decision made by some behind-the-scenes people never to post the forum on Vision, Mission, and Goals today and then to cancel it and decide themselves we would have a GA instead.  It was not the end of the world but just the last straw for me in the handling of many, many issues.  [Read more]

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