"come back with a warrant" says Dallas Occupy group **pic**

They are keeping it up. Dallas and Fort Worth groups supporting each other. :headbang:

Thank you for supporting the Texas occupy efforts. please keep kicked!

What Commies! ;-)

I personally know judges, lawyers, and local ministers that are supporting this effort.

please like the Texas occupy facebook pages and share if you can.

I think the NYC Occupiers are pretty much showered with support here, but I fear for those who are doing this in the South.

I remember protesting against the Iraq war in 2003 in the south. Several of us were physically assaulted, and we were jeered and taunted every time. And realistically, we didnt have much of a chance of changing Bushco policy. With Occupy, we have a chance to change things. I can only imagine how the right wing in the south is going to react.

I would be out there with them...

but I'm still under the weather, so I'm doing what I can on-line.

:hi:

wouldn't stop me, but I would expect it.

VERY brave folks.

a harder time than the Dallas folks...

but they are making headway.

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I went to my local Town Hall meeting last night with Mo Brooks and spoke up for the Occupy Huntsville movement. While I was grateful for the smattering of applause, it was mostly a cold, cold room in that conservative hall.

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I haven't been able to get back down there since they made the move. I am hoping to get a chance to participate again later in the week. I am thinking a trip to Ft Worth is in order too, the folks over there have an even rougher crowd than in Dallas. Tarrant Co is one of our bright red spots.

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:hi:

That's awesome!

:)

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which I believe is pretty much out of sight. Any inside scoop? Why does it have to be there?

as far as I know from reading the facebook page.

I don't know exactly where they are 'behind' city all.

I would still think it would be visible.

there are at least 3 dozen (maybe more) permanent residents...I would think that would be hard to miss,
with all the tents and everything...

It might be visible from I-30. I haven't been able to get over there yet.

I will as soon as I can, though.

http://cityhallblog.dallasnews.com/archives/2011/10/a-view-of-occupy-dallas-from-t.html

looks to me like they are just outside the circle drive grassy area. that's not exactly hidden.
people will see it going in and out of city hall. :thumbsup:

map link
http://maps.google.com/maps?pq=dallas+city+hall+google+map&hl=en&sugexp=kjrmc&cp=19&gs_id=21&xhr=t&q=1500+marilla+street+dallas+tx&gs_upl=&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&biw=835&bih=541&um=1&ie=UTF-8&hq=&hnear=0x864e991c01d46295:0xa30ee8ba861a13c8,1500+Marilla+St,+Dallas,+TX+75201&gl=us&ei=ccKcToWxMuHosQKTurX5CQ&sa=X&oi=geocode_result&ct=title&resnum=2&sqi=2&ved=0CCAQ8gEwAQ

If so, very visible area. I'll be making a visit this weekend :)

cuz when I hear grassy knoll, I think of Houston and Elm streets.... :shrug:

This is Ackard @ Canton....but I know what you mean :thumbsup:

Thx MrsBrady! :)

It is behind City hall.

The location is close to invisible. It is not in a park. I've never seen much traffic on the only nearby road, and there's no parking on that road; it would be difficult for anyone to stop long enough to get a sense of why the protesters are there.

The only pedestrian traffic there would be from people parked in the City Hall parking lot -- and it's a small lot.

I do not mean this as any kind of criticism of the Occupy Dallas people. This may well be they best they could wrangle under the circumstances.

But they need a place to exercise their First Amdt rights where someone can actually see or hear them, and I doubt this is it.

:)

and apparently today, the Dallas Mayor went to the camp, welcomed them "to the neighborhood" and brought them donuts, along with words of support/encouragement.

Going by their facebook, they still plan on going back to Pioneer Park (their original camp, 300 yards from where they are now) during the day, and then back to the new/current camp next to City Hall at night. They seem encouraged to be at their new site, saying that ANYone who comes to City Hall to do ANY kind of business will not be able to miss Occupy Dallas, whether those people are politicians or private citizens needing to do any kind of business at City Hall.
The agreement with the city is/was for them to move to the new spot, no open fires for cooking and a few other things but they can stay there for 60 days, no risk of arrest, no further city demand for a permit or $1million insurance policy (both demanded by the city at first when they were over at Pioneer Park) etc..
Guess we will see in 60 days what happens then...if they get an official extention or just say NO, we will NOT leave.

I haven't been down to the new camp but have been to Pioneer Park a few times since they started (not occupying overnight but I go to their marches)...a smile always came to my face as I turned the street corner and approached the camp...especially on my third/fourth time there. Very welcoming environment ( awesome, friendly occupiers, waterfall, beautiful rocks/trees, the life-size bull statues--like a dozen of them!)

They have/had a kitchen tent, media tent, "Occuplay" tent (for the kids to be entertained), a library tent, medic site, and then all the individual tents.


I look forward to visiting their new home soon :) I'm sure it will be just as nice.

I wish I could do more, but I'm glad to help spread the word.

:hi:

I think I'd rather be in Dallas.

the police actually blocked off the street for them, when they hadn't asked for help.
and I think they were giving the officers water too :)

The mayor brought donuts today to their new location :rofl:

I like the message on the lower left, too, instructing the media not to smoke in the tent. :rofl:

Thanks, Mrs. Brady. I hope you're feeling better & better. Take care.

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just HAD to share it with DU.

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and while Texans TEND to be a bit conservative, DO NOT tell them what they can and cannot do (just ask Santa Anna)- you will not like the reaction.

but it certainly runs in my family.....
we have been here for several generations, so maybe you are onto something :rofl:

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K&R

on Facebook (Foreign and Domestic).

A list that we can just run down and click on all the "LIKE" links one after another, inundate our Wall with them (even movements similar to OWS). Then we can post a to our wall...'These is not Fringe Americans, turn off Fox News and Rush Limbuagh for once'.