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I know the boss does not read all the replys, but more folks should register and get active in the political party of their choice and not turn their party over to the ideologues of both left and right. Politics is a messy affair but then so is life.
help me contact the occupie movement the protesting that they are doning is all in the wrong placeses. the protest should be in washington agaist the tea party congressional cut cut cut program reublican that whos causeing the trouble. their're sitting up there trying to hog tie president obamha jobs programs so he cant do nothing. we need stoung voceses to go to washington dc and turn up heat to help president obamha i need the movements email address and forward the to the occupie movement let help the president jobs program the the tea party to turn people againt them to free the money and weath away from there greedy hand put demomcrats in upper and lower comgressioal district and re elect presudent obamha
I am a resident of Delaware. I am not part of the Occupy Movement/protest here in Wilmington, Del. I too am concerned about the protester's First Amendment rights to freedom of assembly and speech, but do you really think that right is extended for the purposes of erecting long term, permanent camps on public property when you consider all the health risks and increased crime that comes with that when encampments are made in downtown areas? I read in the news today that there were approximately 150 tents in Oakland, but that number had decreased lately to about 50. That's a lot of tents and how do we know that I like to go hiking and even in the state parks, which is public property, there is a limit to how many days you can set up your tent and stay in any one place. The reason for this is clear to most people, but especially those who are experienced hikers and want to see the public land stay as 'primitive' as possible for other campers to enjoy. The assumption being that when you go backpacking, you probably aren't going to carry a portable potty with you and trash cans and even it you did, probably aren't going to get them emptied regularly. I support the Occupy protesters as I would any citizen protesting, but I don't think they should be allowed to erect a campground in the city indefinitely. I read your commentaries on the encampments that took place in Washington during the Bonus Army protests. I think that was the exception to what most large protest movements are about. They come, they protest, speeches are made, and then they leave. In the case of the Bonus Army, it made sense that they camped until the Congress gave them what had been promised. The Occupy protesters have been promised nothing that has been denied to them. If the big banks impose new monthly fees, then protest by canceling and switching to a locally owned bank or a credit union which thousands of American are doing. I've been a member of a locally owned credit unions for decades and encouraged others to do the same. My auto insurance company recently imposed a surcharge on my account when I added a new driver to my policy and I told them if they do that, I'm gone. They did it anyway, so I took my business elsewhere.
The problem with the Occupy movement, I think, is that there is no defined leadership. Their message seems to be what the media has focused on and the images are graphic and that works well for tv, occupying an area of the city and then setting up tents and no one knows when they are leaving unless they are issued a permit and then we know. As you said in your commentary, "Occupy lacks a coherent message" and that is hurting their cause. Would their message be more effective if they came, spoke and left. The cities are broke, so why should they expect to take a chance with encampments that can turn violent and cause vandalism? I think the encampments are also causing some people to be afraid of traveling downtown, so again, it hurts small businesses in a bad economy.
I read both commentaries posted on the Rutherford Institute web site about the Occupy movement and thought they were good: http://www.rutherford.org/articles_db/commentary.asp?record_id=738
and I agree that citizens should take their message to Washington, DC: http://www.rutherford.org/articles_db/commentary.asp?record_id=740
and I also think that most of the people involved with the Occupy movement have no idea how companies make a profit. I agree and understand why they are upset. There is greed at the top.
O, come on. You are doing practically the same thing that you and Frank Schaeffer accused the Right Wingers of doing, sensationalized reporting and reporting the bad news because people pay attention to that and donate more when they get fired up. I'm commenting on this article that you just provided your readership with, this is just plain stupid if the Occupy movement protesters are aligning themselves with anarchist groups which this report says that they did. The news story that you posted on your web site contains a link to this report:
In a statement Sunday night, police said they had been monitoring the building since Saturday night when they learned attendees of an anarchist book fair held this weekend were aligning themselves with Occupy Chapel Hill and that about 70 people had entered the former car dealership.
The group printed a flier that said: The group printed a flier that proposed a possible new use for the space that would include a free clinic, kitchen, child care, library and dormitories, among other uses. The flier acknowledged they were breaking the law by entering the building.
So why shouldn't they be arrested for breaking and entering a building? The police did the right thing. The Occupiers are victimizing themselves and hurting their cause.
Read more: http://www.newsobserver.com/2011/11/13/1641362/activists-take-over-vacant-franklin.html#ixzz1diLIt6fR
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