Voices From Virginia: My 63 Year Old Dad

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Thursday November 10, 2011 · 1:24 PM PST

2011/11/10 · 13:24

Local Richmond, VA writer and artist (and my Dad), Terry Rea, has been using his video camera and keyboard to document his observations about local and national politics, art, culture, etc for decades. Lately I've been enjoying his articles and videos about the Occupy movement here in our hometown of Richmond. I watched this one today and I think it definitely deserves a wider audience. Here it is - My 63 year old father shares his observations about Occupy and what he believes it means for the future:

Thanks for watching!

News from Richmond, VA- Occupy! Updated with video

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Sunday October 16, 2011 · 9:44 AM PDT

2011/10/16 · 09:44

As a native Richmonder I've been really curious about how our local "Occupy Richmond" effort is going to go. I've been checking the postings at OccupyRichmond.org regularly and watching Facebook for news about how this is coming together. I've been gratified to see how well this local chapter of the global movement is evolving.

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Saturday January 16, 2010 · 10:27 PM PST

2010/01/16 · 22:27

2009 has been a rough year for the netroots. It's not surprising that we find ourselves in the midst of a chaotic period. With Democrats in power again an identity crisis has arisen. Who are we now? What is our mission? How do we remain relevant?

We grew up out of a collective sense of powerlessness and frustration and became a potent tool for activism on the left. Our focus was on electoral victories and reform and we definitely have proven our worth.

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Monday October 13, 2008 · 7:10 AM PDT

2008/10/13 · 07:10

It's Monday morning, and if that's not bad enough, I managed to get into a car wreck while pulling out of my parking space in front of my house. I was driving my daughter to school, we were running late, she was in a foul mood, and I probably didn't look carefully enough before pulling out.

Whammo!

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Wednesday April 23, 2008 · 9:31 AM PDT

2008/04/23 · 09:31

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
-Albert Einstein

Throughout the 90's the Democratic Party, led by the DLC, ran candidates that styled themselves as "Republican lite", the notion being that the public had shifted to the right politically, so therefore the only way to win was to do the same. That assumption proved false. Using that approach, Democrats lost ground continuously throughout the 90's. Even Bill Clinton can't claim to have won a majority of the votes in either of his elections.

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Friday April 18, 2008 · 8:38 PM PDT

2008/04/18 · 20:38

I've been reading diaries like crazy this primary season. I've actually been a registered user for years now, but I never paid much attention to anything but the front page and I never commented or created diaries. I made my first one just a couple of weeks ago. It's been with a strange mixture of dread and excitement that I have inserted myself more deliberately in this community. Anyway, all that said, I have an idea that might have the potential to help begin the much needed reconciliation that I really believe we as progressives and Democrats are hoping for.

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Saturday March 22, 2008 · 11:42 AM PDT

2008/03/22 · 11:42

It's always interesting to get a larger perspective on where we are. Sometimes it's uncanny how we tend to find ourselves, as a nation or a community or even just an individual, again and again in essentially the same place. The long view can be a blessing when trying to avoid repeating mistakes.

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