Posted on 10/26/2011 4:24:28 AM PDT by Biggirl
Could it be at last that Americans have it with the Occupy Wall Street protesters and now are saying in their own way, “enough is enough?”
With reports from a number of locations where Occupy Wall Street in a number of American cities, according to a number of news reports in the last few days:
From CBS Boston:”BOSTON (CBS) – A man and woman were arrested in Dewey Square for allegedly selling heroin to an undercover police officer.Thirty-four-year-old Isaac Bell and 31-year-old Charlene Dumont both face drug charges. The two were living in a tent with Occupy Boston protesters on the Rose Kennedy Greenway.Boston Police officers had been aware of drug activity in the park, and went in to investigate.”
From CBS Washington:”NORFOLK, Va. (CBS Washington) — “Occupy Norfolk” is struggling to find an identity as some protesters laugh about what the goal of the movement is.
While the movement has taken the steps to set up a campsite and base of operations in Commercial Plaza– symbolically close in proximity to Bank of America and BB&T locations — they reportedly haven’t worked out the specifics of what they want to do.”
From KRLD1080/CBS DFW:”DALLAS (CBS 11 NEWS) – Dallas Police continue to investigate whether a teenage runaway was sexually assaulted by an adult male at the Occupy Dallas encampment behind City Hall.”
From what I have been reading in the comments, they read more coming from people who are simply are getting fed-up with all this Occupy Wall Street protests. These folks have what I call “a life,” working, or looking for work, attending college, running small businesses, added with these responsibilities, bringing up children, helping out with aging parents, or dealing with personal health issues. They are TOO BUSY to be camping out and protesting.
These are the same folks who after over a month of these protests, their patience is NOW starting to run out in regards to the OWS protesters. Look for what I call the new “silent majority” that the leadership in these and the other cities where the protests are going on to press for a calling for an end to what I now call this new form of protests by camping out, “the new Hooverville or now Obamaville” protests camps.
While I am no fan of winter and of the snow, I look forward to when the first snowflakes begin to fall and will see these protests campers begin to melt away.
“And Yes: They will shove Mittens down our throats and Obama-Romney care with it.”
Yep. The “fix” is in. The political elites have already determined who the candidates are going to be. So, we’re screwed no matter who wins the next election. It’s either Obama or Obama-lite (Romney).
“And Yes: They will shove Mittens down our throats and Obama-Romney care with it.”
Yep. The “fix” is in. The political elites have already determined who the candidates are going to be. So, we’re screwed no matter who wins the next election. It’s either Obama or Obama-lite (Romney).
Agreed. I won’t vote for Romney or any RINO. As long as they’re headed in the same direction as the libs, I’d rather see the libs get the full credit for what happens. Maybe things need to get much worse before people wake up, but the sooner that happens the better and let’s be clear on who is responsible.
LLS
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It’s pretty easy to look at the OWSies and laugh and pat ourselves on the back.
But make no mistake about it...this was a dry run for the coming summer. The democrats are going to learn from their mistakes and will come back strong.
I think they’ve learned that their base is way too unfocused and poorly disciplined for a grass roots movement. The DNC has learned that they are not capable of duplicating the TEA party. So the next time, they won’t even try. The next time they will have a strong central leadership with a few central messages. And the democrat sheep will follow along.
OWS participation was poor, but the media did a good job of hiding this. Expect them to find a way to pay participants without making it look like they’re paying anyone. Union member “incentives”. Free food. Perhaps coax a few popular liberal musicians to give “free” concerts. They need to publish that “big crowd” shot that was strangely missing from the MSM coverage.
The DNC learned that the OWSies got incredible media attention. Way more than it deserved. Expect them to build on that.
It will not surprise me if there will be counter demonstrations as well, come next summer.
While the protestors well deserved the whacking that they got, I would have to argue that the result was only to inflame and enlarge their numbers. Do you have any data that would suggest otherwise?
LLS
I see this all backfiring against OWS and the lefties bigtime come next year.
I was 24 years old in 1968 and remember the whole business EXTREMELY well (pun intended, unfortunately).
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