Protesters 'Occupy Birmingham' (MI) (Dirty hippies! Take a bath and get a job!)

[LuckyTheDog]

“I’m here because I think Martha Baldwin would expect me to be here.”

There were dozens of reasons why more than 50 protesters came out to Martha Baldwin Park to participate in Occupy Birmingham, but for longtime Birmingham resident and park trustee Elaine Moore, she was there because of the legacy of one of Birmingham’s original activists.

“She was active in almost everything in this town to improve civic life,” Moore said of the woman who helped found the Baldwin Public Library and whose name graces the park where the protest — an offshoot of the larger Occupy Wall Street movement — took place Saturday afternoon. “Martha lives in this event.”

From improving civic discourse to speaking out against income equality and campaign finance laws, the demonstrators at Occupy Birmingham had a lot to say Saturday. As many noted, Birmingham was the right place to say it.

More here: http://birmingham.patch.com/articles/occupy-birmingham-a-call-to-action-protesters-say

Note: You really need to be from Michigan to get the full impact of this. Birmingham is a very "upscale," generally Republican place.

[dipsydoodle]

1. I'm sitting here thinking

Birmingham isn't on the M1 : it's on the M6.

Those are UK motorways.

[mysuzuki2]

4. Ha Ha!

[Scuba]

2. "Birmingham is a ... generally Republican place." ....

At least that's what they've been told they were. It would seem that upon examination of their values they may decide they are really Democrats.

[LuckyTheDog]

3. Some of them will

Others (the majority of Birmingham-ites) might, upon examination of their values, decide they are fascists. Luckily, few of them are that introspective. Their idea of "looking inward" is asking questions like "does the Mercedes really send the right message, or should I buy a BMW instead?"

[Scuba]

5. I know that type. Except here it's monster truck or Camaro. n/t