Monday, July 12, 2010

Spain Wins the World Cup and People Riot

Sports can be a great social gathering. However there will always be some primitives who use gatherings as an excuse to riot! Here are two videos shot in Spain that capture Spanish police moving in trying to disperse crowds.






Monday, July 5, 2010

Hoovervilles




History gives a huge credit for the Great Depression to President Herbert Hoover. People would wear their empty pockets inside-out as "Hoover Flags." People built crude, poor homes and called their communities "Hoovervilles." Here are some pictures from a news article comparing upcoming "Obamavilles" to "Hoovervilles." These photos come to you from the University of California at Berkley. Now as you look at these pictures try to imagine yourself living in those times.