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SternSkipper -> RE: Origonal OWS camp closed down in Manhattan (11/15/2011 2:59:17 PM)
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The call it dog breath for a reason....
But no matter off topic blubbering is obsolete in this thread ... Here's a point made that even the DUMBEST FUCK EVER TO SLING SHIT AT THIS MOVEMENT CAN COMPREHEND (Notice I am not saying "GET" ... I'm not Tom Cruise and this isn't the set of the next mission impossible movie)
Dear Occupy Protestors: You Don’t Need Tent Cities Anymore. You’ve Already Won. by Colby Hall | 2:57 pm, November 15th, 2011
The nation woke up this morning to learn that the NYPD had evicted Occupy Wall Street protestors from Zuccotti Park, the epicenter of the Occupy protest movement that has literally spread around the world. It has since been revealed that the eviction of demonstrators from public and private parks across the nation was part of a coordinated effort, at least as told by Oakland Mayor Jean Quan. But the individuals involved in the protest movement should take heart. The end of tent cities does not mean that their efforts to bring attention to income inequality and corporate cronyism is over. Even if they are no longer literally occupying the public square, they are winning the public debate by continuing to drive the narrative.
The Occupy Wall Street protestors have consistently confused many political pundits, many of whom have misreported the demonstrators’ message as being anti-corporate or anti-capitalistic. But anyone paying close attention to the “99% movement” can clearly see that the goal of the protesters is to bring voice and attention to what they see as an outrageous level of income inequality between the richest 1% and the rest of the nation, and the corporate cronyism that has enabled the rich to get richer via lax federal regulations and continued tax breaks, without any increase in the jobs for up-and-comers that have been promised as result of lax regulations and continued tax breaks.
The world is far more aware of these issues today as a result of the Occupy protests than they were in September, before the first tent was erected in Zuccotti Park. To appreciate the impact of the Occupy movement, I present a recent report filed by Politico’s Dylan Byers, who noted just how Occupy Wall Street has affected the news:
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