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'Occupy Wall Street' movement camps draw the homeless seeking food and shelter
The Cleveland Plain Dealer / The Associated Press ^ | October 22, 2011

Posted on 10/22/2011 8:22:14 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

PORTLAND, Ore. -- When Occupy Wall Street protesters took over two parks in Portland's soggy downtown, they pitched 300 tents and offered free food, medical care and shelter to anyone. They weren't just building, like so many of their brethren across the nation, a community to protest what they see as corporate greed.

They also created an ideal place for the homeless. Some were already living in the parks, while others were drawn from elsewhere to the encampment's open doors.

Now, protesters from Portland to Los Angeles to Atlanta are trying to distinguish between homeless people who are joining their movement and those who are there for the amenities. When night falls in Portland, for instance, protesters have been dealing with fights, drunken arguments and the display of the occasional knife....

(Excerpt) Read more at cleveland.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: economy; hippies; homeless; occupy; occupywallst; occupywallstreet; ohio; oregon; ows
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I worked with homeless veterans in the 1990's, which was difficult enough. They're just inviting trouble.
1 posted on 10/22/2011 8:22:19 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Heh heh heh. I love it when a plan comes together. Deal with it fleabaggers!


2 posted on 10/22/2011 8:24:53 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Stop Government Greed Now!!!!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

And some show up looking for the ladies.

3 posted on 10/22/2011 8:25:14 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (I won't vote for Romney. I won't vote for Perry.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

"Hello everyone. I'm the new ..."
Hello everyone. I'm the new ..."

"Director of Communications for Occupy Wall Street."
Director of Communications for Occupy Wall Street.

"And I'd just like to say ..."
And I'd just to say...

"That if you have any dangerous drugs ..."
That if you have any dangerous drugs ...

"I'll be glad to take them off your hands."
I'll be glad to take them off your hands.

4 posted on 10/22/2011 8:35:01 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (I won't vote for Romney. I won't vote for Perry.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
OWS Zombies

Change?

obama zombies
5 posted on 10/22/2011 8:36:45 PM PDT by 3Fingas (Sons and Daughters of Freedom, Committee of Correspondence)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

It’s a winning coalition; trust fund rastafarians, anti-semites, communists, Odingo supporters, LGBTers, feminists, homeless, felons, La Raza’s, old pony tailed hippies, black nationalists AKA the Democrat party. Let’s form a new society based on their ideas. What could go wrong?


6 posted on 10/22/2011 8:38:32 PM PDT by Jay Santos CP ("Idiocracy"... It's no longer just a movie.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

With the free food and shelter being provided this is a no brainer.


7 posted on 10/22/2011 8:40:26 PM PDT by Irish Eyes
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Love the story that was all over Fox today about the OWS girl who was complaining about her $5000 computer being stolen - guess she doesn’t believe in redistributing the wealth......


8 posted on 10/22/2011 8:45:00 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: Jay Santos CP

Don’t forget the “toe-sniffing” occupiers in Toronto. That about completes the weirdness spectrum.


9 posted on 10/22/2011 8:48:42 PM PDT by 3Fingas (Sons and Daughters of Freedom, Committee of Correspondence)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This is it—the absolutely BRILLIANT strategery-—CLOWARD-PIVEN THE OCCUPIERS!!!!! Just overwhelm them with the needy, and paralyze their infrastructure with people demanding stuff of them that they can never provide—EXACTLY AS THEY HAVE PLANNED TO DO TO THE BANKING SYSTEM FOR THE LAST 40 YEARS!!!!!!

So let’s all stop bathing, round up some nasty=ass fleas, grab a bottle of muscatel and a urinal, get out there and OCCUPY THE OCCUPIERS!!!

Do it for the Gipper.


10 posted on 10/22/2011 8:50:56 PM PDT by Humble Servant
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So if I read the article correctly, these OWS people are trying to help the homeless? I guess that is commendable and I sure can't play the “hypocrisy card”.

I don't know about Portland, but the nearest large metroplex to me has numerous homeless programs. They aren't popular due to rules and the breaking of those rules. They turn into dangerous places.

That could be what is happening.

11 posted on 10/22/2011 8:55:36 PM PDT by berdie
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I wonder if the OWS folks are smart enough to make the correlation, lol.


12 posted on 10/22/2011 8:58:27 PM PDT by berdie
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To: FlingWingFlyer

LOL! What a riot. The homeless people were there first. The OWS people are just moving into their space so they might as well take advantage of it.


13 posted on 10/22/2011 9:00:12 PM PDT by eggman (Presidential erase - Nov. 6, 2012. The end of an error.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

BWHAHAHA, spoiled, Marxist, trust fund brats thrown in with nutty and dangerous homeless drug addicts looking for free stuff. This ought to be fun to watch. Welcome to the real world punks.


14 posted on 10/22/2011 9:01:18 PM PDT by Reagan is King
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Why not just rent a bus, lure the homeless with offers of free food, then drop them off at a OWS near you. :) If the Democrats can do it on election day, why can’t we? It would be a lovely taste of “redistribution” for the naive.


15 posted on 10/22/2011 9:34:59 PM PDT by stilloftyhenight
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Cities and towns do it all the time. In Des Moines, I was with the unemployment office for years and don’t know how many times I sent homeless people to social services for their free one-way bus ticket to Atlanta, Miami, Dallas, etc.


16 posted on 10/22/2011 9:38:36 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You can't invade the US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.~Admiral Yamamoto)
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“On the opposite side is the “A-Camp” — for anarchist. It’s where the city’s anarchist faction and long-term homeless sleep.”

I love it. They have told the anarchists where to sleep, and the anarchists are doing what they are told. Nothing like having obedient anarchists.


17 posted on 10/22/2011 9:40:05 PM PDT by Avid Coug
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To: Iron Munro

That cartoon needs to go viral. LOL.


19 posted on 10/22/2011 10:09:18 PM PDT by 3Fingas (Sons and Daughters of Freedom, Committee of Correspondence)
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To: Intolerant in NJ

Obviously someone else NEEDED the Computer more than she did.

She should feel better knowing that she gave more to “Charity” that Al Gore did when he was Vice President.


20 posted on 10/22/2011 10:20:49 PM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Liberals, Useful Idiots Voting for Useless Idiots...)
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