{"id":134,"date":"2011-10-11T20:23:48","date_gmt":"2011-10-12T03:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/?p=134"},"modified":"2011-10-11T20:23:48","modified_gmt":"2011-10-12T03:23:48","slug":"the-times-they-are-a-changin-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/?p=134","title":{"rendered":"The Times They Are A-Changin&#8217;&#8230;."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I admit it. I&#8217;m excited. Finally there appears to be some action on the horizon. \u201cOccupy Wall Street\u201d spirit has spread to Tucson, and on October 15 there will be a gathering in a park. \u201cOccupy Tucson\u201d. At last. Friends tell me that cities all throughout the USA will be taking to the streets to protest, discuss, give a shout about corporate greed, banks, the environmental meltdown, and justice for all.<\/p>\n<p>I want to be there.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_136\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_2252-crop.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-136\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-136\" title=\"IMG_2252-crop\" src=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_2252-crop-300x216.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_2252-crop-300x216.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/IMG_2252-crop.jpg 751w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-136\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I have the right to work<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I don&#8217;t have answers to the heavy-weight questions of our faltering economy, the jobs crisis, the immigration injustices. But to see so many people coming out of the woodwork and taking a stand gives me hope. These issues are solvable. We are a smart, generous, innovative country. It&#8217;s time to get off our butts, turn off the TV and cell phone, and DO SOMETHING!!<\/p>\n<p>Vote. Run for political office. Consider offering micro-loans to energetic visionary young people who have some great ideas. Get on a School Board. Stop being so afraid. Lend a hand.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a new day. And I am so glad to be a part of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I admit it. I&#8217;m excited. Finally there appears to be some action on the horizon. \u201cOccupy Wall Street\u201d spirit has spread to Tucson, and on October 15 there will be a gathering in a park. \u201cOccupy Tucson\u201d. At last. Friends tell me that cities all throughout the USA will be taking to the streets to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=134"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":141,"href":"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134\/revisions\/141"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.arroya.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}