OCCUPY THE SUPERBOWL

WHAT
With the help of The People of Occupy, we intend to liberate Military Park and White River State Park. Military Park is a 14 acre park bordering the IUPUI campus as well as White River State Park which is 250 acres. These parks are 2 blocks away from The Indiana Statehouse where We The People of Occupy Indianapolis have been vertically protesting 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. The Indiana Statehouse is 2-4 blocks from Lucas Oil Stadium and the Superbowl village.
Information for the Superbowl Village can be found at their website: http://www.indianapolissuperbowl.com/super-bowl-village/. Shortened URL at: http://goo.gl/ciwxA
We have an open calendar allowing any Occupying visitors or Occupation groups to create their own direct actions during the Occupation. Two out of town groups have begun to organize the kitchen and meals. We hope other groups will form to take care of transportation, first aid, comfort, and any other needs which might arise.
One of the few events We the People of Occupy Indianapolis hope to organize is a music festival. The protests of the 60s and 70s had Wood Stock. We came up with the name Occupy Corn Stock. This of course isn’t set in stone and we’d like toss ideas back and forth to come up with something better.

WHY
With a media event of this magnitude, we can only succeed in opening the eyes of the masses.
There are currently 21,334 foreclosed homes in Indianapolis. The median list price of these homes is $139,900.00. That’s a total of $2,984,626,600.00.
Capitalism without control results in companies spending $76,667.00 per second for a Superbowl advertisement. At 67 ads that amounts to $154,100,670.00.
These ad profits alone would totally pay off 1101 homes.
$720,000,000.00 was the cost of Lucas Oil Stadium. This cost would return 5,147 homes to their owners debt free.
These are just two examples of cost vs. foreclosed homes.
We The People of Indianapolis are not anti-Superbowl. We’re a sports city lacking only a baseball team. We love our Colts even this year with their atrocious record, they are still The Indianapolis Colts! The point is this, Corporate America is not about doing what’s right for The People, it’s about profit. Yet these same corporations don’t hesitate in demanding funds from We The People.
For instance, according to a team at Bloomberg News, at one point in 2009, the U.S. had lent, spent or guaranteed as much as $12.8 trillion to rescue the economy. According to the CIA, the GDP of the U.S.A. for 2010 was $14.66 trillion.
With the Superbowl 2012 being the biggest sporting event in history, with all those people with their eyes on the Superbowl, We The People of Occupy Indianapolis feel they should have all their eyes on the Occupy Movement as well.
WHEN
The liberation of these parks is scheduled for Friday, January 27, 2012. The first Superbowl GA will be held Saturday, January 28, 2012. We The People of Occupy Indianapolis hope there will be trained moderators and facilitators from OWS or other cities which have experience with large General Assemblies.
Our event is Occupy The Superbowl (Tailgate party.) On Friday, January 27, 2012, Indianapolis will open their Superbowl Village to the public. Superbowl Village will remain in place until the Superbowl which is held on Sunday, February 5, 2012.
NOTE
We humbly ask the people of OWS and other occupations to recognize and sanction this event. In so doing, you would help spread the word of the event to the entire Occupy Movement.
We do have food and lodging available for any members of OWS and a any other interested Occupations and individuals who would like to participate in person in the planning and execution of this event.
We The People of Occupy Indianapolis thank you for your support and would also like to congratulate you silly Protesters of the Year.

Signed,
Greg Lambert – greglambert@greglambert.com – 317-731-2269
David Fox – foxatoccupy@yahoo.com – 317-514-6529
Tracy Lubbehusen – tracy.lubbehusen@gmail.com – 812-239-3160
Occupy The Superbowl – occupythesuperbowl@gmail.com – 317-731-2464

Related links: http://www.thenation.com/blog/165952/occupy-super-bowl-now-more-just-slogan