watching occupy wall street percolate

occupy wall street has made it to cable tee vee, and now the network news broadcasts in brief.  so far, this is a pretty remarkable achievement, especially in light of the fact that the establishment media did its best to ignore the whole thing while hoping it just went away.  olbermann did good work early, and recently the rest of cable news is following in kind.  the police abuse certainly helped get the coverage, since tee vee loves to see helpless women tortured--almost as much as the nypd apparently!  so it took some suffering to get to the next level of coverage, but it may turn out to be a good thing.  that fucking animal cop bologna might lose his pension, and the fact that the protests continue may get a few people thinking and talking, and the thing we need as a political culture most of all is a more engaged and thoughtful electorate.  1% of americans are destroying the nation and world without any thought of the other 99%.  these protests could be the start of a legitimate effort to change that sad fact.  michael moore, russel simmons, susan sarandon, cornel west are lending the protests some coverage while using them to increase their own visibility.  moore has a book to sell, after all, and good for him!  anything that helps to further the goals of more and better democracy is worth more than a thousand embarrassing republican debates sponsored by google.