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Dumbasses at CNN realized people won't pay for CNN twice, so they have stopped charging for access to their video feeds. This trend of course has a name, it is the "end of the walled garden" model.
Thousands of protesters and supporters gathered along the Embarcadero in San Francisco today to watch the official run of the Olympic Torch as it visited San Francisco and the United States.
Unfortunately most spectators and protesters were disappointed when after gathering for hours city officials changed the torch route at the last minute.
Rather than run the torch along the previously arranged route along the Embarcadero, according to the San Francisco Chronicle, the torch instead travelled from McCovey Cove to Van Ness Avenue where runners then ran the torch down Bay Street and Marina Blvd.
The change in route for the torch run did not change the protest mood down along the Embarcadero however. Supporters of the Olympics exchanged chants and shouts with protesters who mostly seemed to be protesting China's continued occupation of Tibet. Flags were waved and protest signs were carried in an overall peaceful demonstration.
To see my complete set of images from today's protest you can click through here.
My wife just left for her job at Time Warner's corporate headquarters,
first she watched the live broadcast of the wedding of Prince William
and Kate Middleton on Time Warner's CNN.
The CNN Center is the world headquarters of CNN. The main newsrooms and studios for several of CNN's news channels are located in the building. The facility's commercial office space is occupied entirely by CNN and its parent company, Turner Broadcasting System, a subsidiary of Time Warner. The CNN Center is located in Downtown Atlanta, Georgia, adjacent to Centennial Olympic Park.
Source: www.wikipedia.org
March 10, 2010, Atlanta, Georgia, taken here.
This fellow helped run the place. "Used to be 80% league bowlers, 20% regular public" he says, "now it's reversed. Still made money. It was profitable depsite what people said. It was the land that got expensive. no sense relocating because no-one's going to drive to Westshore. So they sold it to Loblaw's"
Somehow I got redirected to this while leaving CNN.com...
In action... youtube.com/watch?v=GVXCr6upWUo
As you can imagine. my heart skipped a beat when I got an e-mail entitled "CNN Breaking News" in the middle of Election Day.
In retrospect, I wonder if Karl Rove paid her to announce it on Tuesday.
Last night I walked to the CNN building to watch the first Presidential debates. There was a group of maybe 30 people watching both inside and outside the building. I'm sure the people watching inside were actual employees.
Before the debate started I heard many of the people say that have not yet made up their minds and others saying the debate would not change their mind one way or the other. For me I've already made up my mind and I know it won't be changed. It's like picking the lessor of two evils if you want to know my true thoughts. For me the choice is very clear.
After the debates ended several people stuck around to talk and some of them who said they'd voting for Romney had changed their minds. One of them said "he just seems to slimy for me" This one woman said she like how the President handled himself and how he explained things. She said he was more trustful and for that she was changing her mind on voting for Romney.
However what stuck with me was the man in this picture who before the debates started ordered his coffee, looked around and wheeled himself all the way down to the corner. After the debates I asked him why he didn't watch with the rest of us. Having living through 29 months of homelessness myself and knowing how amazingly cold and skillfully cruel people can be towards homeless people, I had an idea of what he would say.
"I wanted to watch without people looking at me or acting like I dont have a right to be in a public area. I didn't want someone to call the cops on me or tell me how bad I smell. I just wanted to watch the debate without being bothered or told to move along by the police."
We talked a bit more and he told me he was voting for President Obama. When I asked why he replied "well I already know that Romney views me as a victim and someone who is dependent on the government. Why should I vote for someone that will make things harder on me then they already are?"
He went on to share with me his service to this county by enlisting and how he fought in two wars. "I came home beat up and there's been nothing for me. I'm treated like scum y the very people I fought to protect. The very freedoms I was willing to give my life for aren't even afforded to me."
I shock his hand and asked if he had for for the night. I then asked if he needed any hygiene supplies. he looked surprised when I asked, but before he could say anything I told him I was once homeless just like him. "I know first hand how evil people can be. How very hurtful people can be towards homeless people, then turn right around and claim to be good people." I told him I didn't have much, but was willing to help if I could and if he needed it. He smiled and said "thank you, but I am fine for right now."
There's been so much talk about the 1% and the 99%, but I know that I am not part of either group. I am the part that goes ignored, overlooked and pushed to the side. the 1% is the cream of the crop when it comes to money and the 99% is the middle class. People like the man in the picture and myself do not count. We do not exist.
However like the man in this picture I will go to my polling place and cast my ballot, because at the end of the day I know we do matter and that we do count. Every human life counts.
This was the day Jane came to Fallujah to report on progress since her last visit in November. They're still playing her clips on CNN ... check the listing for times. They;re running an hour-long special hosted by Aaron Brown. Jane's piece is the last segment in the show.