re: #88 Rightwingconspirator

Thanks for the kind words. I like Kilgore, he has posted a lot of good stuff. He has been correct a lot about Occupy, just has a really harsh way of looking at it.

Another similarity for me personally is the hope I had for the early message in both instances.

Some of you might recall that before we had Pages, we would just link. You new Lizards have some features that were not always here.

Anyway I went and photographed the very first TP event in LA which at the time had not yet taken on the racist tone. It was wrapped up in California GOP primary PAC politics and fiscal conservatism rhetoric. I posted it at my photo blog at blogspot & linked it here. The TP got so bad later I memory holed it off of my blog.

I photographed and more at OccupyLA and had a similar disappointment. Separating wealth from politics makes sense. Backing Bradley Manning does not.

I remember your first TP visit. I had hope then that, while conservative, it had a chance to be a real movement. Alas, no. The Occupy people have a better chance of building something real that can do some good yet, though its going to be hard. We'll see if they are able to.