Though he has the same name as one of the original supporters of the Boston tea party, [Mayor Sam] Adams is no way cut from the same cloth. In one interview on CNN this p.m. he was apologetic as he could be about ordering police to take action saying he supports OWS, “social justice,” and that the police were not using rubber bullets or tear gas to displace the demonstrators. Of course, knowing that the police don’t really mean business has just strengthened the protesters and emboldens them.
Last time I was in Portland a couple of years ago, it was a homeless and runaway heaven with the police leaving them alone to live on the stoops, beg, do drugs, soil the sidewalks and gutters, etc. How the people of Portland can stand to have what is a beautiful city continually subjected to the dregs of society and lazy bums occupying parks and downtown areas is beyond me. The OWS organizers had a ready group of supporters willing to take up positions and protest given the liberal tolerance already in place in the city.
What a mess.
My post last night was about Portland, not Oakland. No way would I call Oakland a "beautiful city."
(Coffee just now kicking in...)
Ain't no such thing as a "beautiful city"!
They're all garbage dumps/cesspools perpetually run by "the dregs of society and lazy bums" (RATs). They're inherently ugly from the inside out.
A city, simply by observation, or definition, is a community or a commune...by for and of communists.
There are some good looking towns however.