Occupy (What you can)

This will be my 150th blog on cyberspace as I continue to OCCUPY more byte sized spaces. Cloud based occupation is competing with land based esp stateside as lots of people with nothing (time, education, money, jobs and or all of the above) decide to camp out in the middle of urban centers all across the country. And if the media is to be believed now the contagion has spread to the continent down under.

Hmm. The western media is making a big deal of the oppressed occupants who are fighting for a voice (their agenda is murky and no specific demands exist) but if the world simply turned their attention to the likes of India I think this reality show was on prime time all the time. Just take a look at any major metro in India and you will see the same hapless occupants (without tents since it costs too damn much to get one in India and would get stolen by some other occupant). Jobless, Hopeless, Bums and Beggars have continued to occupy the city scape that is modern India and have not been heard. Not sure if they actually want to be heard either since the lifestyle suits many just fine.

You think this tenting is going to make a difference? Perhaps some Hollywood dude is thinking of his next blockbuster on the heels of this new craze to fill his capitalist coffers ... that would be ironic (or may be not)?

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