May Day in NYC

[coldblossom.livejournal.com]

'Occupy' Promises 'Biggest Shut Down The City Of New York Has Ever Seen,' Blockade Of San Fran 

Woe be to you if you're trying to travel around NYC tomorrow.

The East Coast response to this shutdown call comes from the website Strikeisaverb.net and claims: “autonomous direct action groups within Occupy Wall Street, as a part of the global mobilizations for general strike and economic non-compliance, will block one or more Manhattan-bound bridge or tunnel to protest the shameful opulence of the 1%.”

The announcement went on to cite how Occupy Wall Street had shut the Brooklyn Bridge and another closure of that bridge, as well as the Holland Tunnel. The release claimed: “But this May 1, we will create the biggest shut down the city of New York has ever seen.” “We are announcing these blockades now as a fair warning to the rest of the working people of New York and New Jersey who are considering joining the strikes and mobilizations of the day: the city will be shut down, so enjoy the day without the 99%!” warned the site.

When will they understand that making the lives of "the 99%" more difficult isn't going to win them any friends? I am hoping the backlash against this Democrat-endorsed movement is felt very keenly at the polls in November. Even if you're pro-Obama etc I can't imagine you'd be happy getting docked a day's pay because some jerks deliberately prevented you from getting to work as a way to somehow get back at your boss.

Why can't I vote for Hyman for President?

[shezan.livejournal.com]

At 92, a Bandit to Hollywood but a Hero to Soldiers

I don't think there's ANY part of this story I don't like. This WWII veteran started spending what would add up to $30,000 of his own dime duplicating and sending out over 300,000 DVDs free to the troops since 2004. After Mr. Strachman’s wife of more than half a century, Harriet, died in 2003, he discovered a Web site that collected soldiers’ requests for care packages. He noted a consistent plea for movie DVDs and wound up passing his sleepless nights replicating not only the films, but also a feeling of military comradeship that he had not experienced since his own service in the Pacific during World War II.

“I wouldn’t say it kept him alive, but it definitely brought back his joie de vivre,” said Mr. Strachman’s son, Arthur.

The Academy should give him a special Oscar - as well as DVDs to send out to the troops, something they might have thought of to begin with. Will they? Not holding my breath.