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Waiting for Mahmoud (Paperback)
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Seth Reynolds and his Columbia University colleague friend, Jeffery
Weymuth, met when they began picketing their bank complaining about
the exorbitant interest rate charged for their loans. The bank
complained to the city...'n' the city forced them to picket fifty
feet away from the bank entrance. They wereforced to occupy the
park. Jeff knocked up his high school sweetheart when she came to
town to visit. Then he moved back to Sacramento to get married.
Actually she begged him to move back home. Told him that her daddy
had a good, well paying job waiting for him: Heating and air
conditioning sales. Begging didn't work, so she got herself
pregnant. Now we have at least four hundred occupy-ers. I have a
Vietnamese family who are victims of BP, the banks foreclosure of
their house and repossession of their shrimp boat. Jasmine is a
Native American leading the Native's cause to 'De-colonize America.
That guy sprawled on the ground over there is a staunch Republican,
highly decorated twenty-five year veteran of the United States
Marine Corps. He lost his junk on patrol in a back alley of Kabul
He also lost the use of a leg He's trying to set up a Veteran's
Consul for me to direct homeless vets. That guy over there is a
veteran of the War in Afghanistan, an Army Ranger. He's setting up
a computer station to help people find jobs. He has no physical
wounds, but he's a victim of PTSD. There are unemployed men and
women here. There are under-employed men and women, like me, who
have uber degrees, but are brewing four and five dollar coffees or
slingin' hamburgers. Where's the fairness there? See that woman
over there pulling that little red wagon? She has two degrees from
Harvard: law and business. She's delivering sandwiches for Hymie's,
across the street for minimum wage and tips, when she can get them
from people with no or low income jobs. We've defied the mayor's
order to dismantle and vacate the park. The retailers downtown have
complained that it is a health hazard. Our port-a-potties are not
sufficient, they say. The most vocal is a local medical marijuana
retailer. Go figure There are rumors that the mayor is organizing
the police, the sheriffs and the highway patrol, local and federal
drug enforcement, whatever, to invade the park and remove us with
force using tear gas, beanbag rounds, pepper spray and flash-bang
grenades. But we are and remain a peaceful occupy. We'll see.
General
Imprint: |
Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
March 2012 |
First published: |
March 2012 |
Authors: |
Thomas M. Kelly
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Dimensions: |
203 x 133 x 3mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
52 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4750-1320-7 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
Genre fiction >
Adventure / thriller >
General
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LSN: |
1-4750-1320-5 |
Barcode: |
9781475013207 |
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