Posts Tagged ‘Occupy San Diego’

  • Occupy San Diego

    Date: 2011.10.21 | Category: Alternative Media | Response: 0

     I recently visited one of the local Occupy events here in downtown San Diego. I have been a radio talk show host with Freedomizer Radio for about 6 months now. During the course of my shows I spend alot time reading news articles from both the mainstream and smaller newspaper venues on the web. I try to provide an objective view when I present these news articles to my listening audience. There are many times I find a lot of the articles that I read from most of the mainstream outlets tend to be very biased.

    When I arrived at the San Diego Civic Center there were about 30 or 40 people. There was a folding table at one end where there was a lady and a couple of other people that appeared to be part of the organizers. I approached the lady behind the table and asked if I get an interview with here. She threw her arms up in the air and declined saying that she didn’t want to be on the record for anything. Another man that was standing around the table offered to give me an interview. He had an accent and gave his name as William. He didn’t speak very clearly but had something to say. I will call him 1stWilliam since he was the first person that I interviewed. You can click on his name to hear what he had to say.

    I walked around the various group speaking with some of the people and introducing myself as a radio talk show host. There were a lot of sleeping and bedrolls and various people relaxing and napping. One gentleman was playing a guitar and entertaining a small group of people. I approached one gentleman that had a sign advocating medical marijuana. I asked him if you would like to give an interview and he declined.

    I then walked around the outer perimeter and noticed a black gentleman with a black bullhorn decorated with some 9/11 Truth stickers. I stopped and introduced myself and asked if would like to give an interview. He accepted and was very vocal and wanted to talk about the 9/11 Truth movement. As I spoke with him I asked him if he thought the protests and public frustration were the product of 9/11 and the recent economic downturn. He agreed with me and gave his feelings on the subject. I call him Muhammad and you can click on his name to listen to my interview with him.

    I took a short break and had a beer. Afterward I returned to the small crowd and noticed a group of young people sitting in a circle having a discussion. One young man was holding some paper and it looked like they just finished voting. This appeared to be one of the informal committee that was mentioned in an article that I had read in the OB Rag. I approached the young man holding the paper and asked if I could get an interview with him. He agreed and we went and sat on the wall. He gave his name as William. You can click on his name and listen to his response.

    Overall I felt my mission was a success and gave some of the folks of Occupy San Diego to speak.

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