"Heigh ho, heigh ho. It's off to jail they go."
Here is a (partial) re-cap of this week's Occupy highlights:
Oakland
One man shot to death as feckless mayor Jean Quan keeps issuing deadlines for the occupiers to disperse, releases white doves, and offers passes to homeless shelters.
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/247380/20111110/oakland-mayor-occupy-protesters-leave-immediately.htm
Burlington, Vermont
Man commits suicide.
Philadelphia
Woman raped in a tent last night.
http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/11/13/man-arrested-after-sexual-assault-at-occupy-philadelphia/
Portand, Oregon
Occupiers who ignore midnight deadline to go home last night are arrested.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/13/us/occupy-movement/
Salt Lake City
Nineteen arrested as police clear encampment.
http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705394223/19-arrested-as-police-clear-Occupy-Salt-Lake-tent-city-from-Pioneer-Park.html
Denver
20 arrested in clashes at State Capitol.
http://www.9news.com/news/article/227022/339/20-Occupy-Denver-protesters-arrested-in-clash
Atlanta
Over 20 arrests and a tuberculosis outbreak.
http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/tuberculosis-at-occupy-atlanta-health-threats-at-occupy-wall-streets/
I could go on, but what's the use? My nay-sayers will just say these are "isolated incidents".
Meanwhile.........
Ditto for the American Revolution, and most tent meeting revivals, among other events.
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ReplyDeleteMore "isolated incidents" from the NY Times no less. It is getting so bad in so many areas that it can no longer be ignored, minimized, or mischaracterized. This is the base of the Democratic Party and it is becoming the face of the party.
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What "organizers" these days forget is that if you want to keep an army in the field, you have to feed them, house them, perhaps even issue uniforms, establish a chain of command, enforce rigorous sanitary measures... and keep a tight lid on the various forms of "camp followers."
ReplyDeleteThey need to read John Steinbeck's In Dubious Battle. Failing that, perhaps a contingent should go through basic training at Fort Bragg, volunteering for the Quartermaster Corps.