“It’s not just protestors who you can write off. There’s people who know how to talk to the media and who know how to connect with… the people in their states and their communities.”

Well there you have it. If even Olbermann is talking calmly – with just a touch of awe to his voice at some points? – about the Occupy protests, I think you have something real going on.

Having attended the first day of Occupy Melbourne, I must say that this is an amazing movement! Everyone was incredibly friendly and there were a lot of issues being brought up.

I also found it amusing how the mainstream media got pictures of all the mohawks and dreadlocks, but they failed to pan out over the hundreds of other people there off the street…