Today's Huffington Post's story about the Occupy Congress features Asheville's own Rosetta Star (of Rosetta's Kitchen). Star and her family are visiting Washington D.C. to participate in the protest there.
Rosetta Star said the atmosphere did not surprise her. "I believe that the Occupy movement and the Tea Party movement have a huge amount in common," she said, noting that she has reached out to more traditionally conservative groups in her community on the belief that they share similar problems.Read the full article
"If we could figure out what we all have in common, then we could truly be the 99 percent," she said. "The 99 percent right now is a slogan that's been taken but hasn't actually been represented. People are trying to, and it's true that the negative situations are being experienced by the 99 percent." ...
"I will always fight the good fight regardless of the expected outcome so that I can always feel clear looking at myself in the mirror, and looking back and reflecting on my own life and my own choices," she said. "Apathy is the worst poison in my mind."
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