Posted on 12/05/2011 11:53:47 AM PST by raccoonradio
BOSTON (CBS) – Occupy Boston protesters brought a huge winterized tent to the edge of Dewey Square early Monday afternoon, but were blocked by police.
Occupiers were left standing outside their camp with the military-style, 500-pound tent, which was tightly wrapped up in plastic and wheeled in on a cart.
The peaceful standoff began at noon as expected.
City officials handed out fliers to the occupiers saying the tents violate fire safety and building codes. New building materials are prohibited and the protesters would need to apply for a permit.
The standoff ended about a half-hour later as the protesters retreated.
The tent was loaded onto a truck at about 12:45 p.m.
Police commissioner Ed Davis was at the scene with several officers.
There were no incidents.
“It’s only a temporary site. By bringing a tent of this magnitude, it makes it more of a permanent site. I just don’t think it’s what we’re going to allow on that piece of property in Dewey Square,” Mayor Tom Menino told WBZ NewsRadio 1030 Monday morning.
The fireproof tent has room for more than ten people and protesters say it meets all codes required by the city.
The group bought it with the help of donors.
One good thing is that the longer it goes on now, the less tolerant the cities will be in the spring.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH9Nbr9jBmI
Bonzo Dog Band
I’m gonna get you in my tent, tent, tent, tent, tent
Where we will both experiment, ment, ment, ment, ment
Yeah yeah it’s so convenient, ent, ent, ent
Let’s take a taxi to my tent
Oh yay my love is so inscrutable
In a stoic kind of way
But my baby is so beautiful as a tourniquet
I’m gonna, I’m gonna I’m gonna I’m gonna I’m gonna
I’m gonna get you in my tent tent tent tent tent
Wo wo it’s only common sense sent sent sent
I know that you won’t mind this stench of the sacrament
etc.
as long as they don't get in it, I'll take it off their hands for 20 bucks
Just what exactly are they protesting in Boston? That Assachussets needs more Barney Franks and Ted Kennedys? Haven’t the originals done enough damage? “We want more drownings! We want more foreclosures!”
Just what exactly are they protesting in Boston? That Assachussets needs more Barney Franks and Ted Kennedys? Haven’t the originals done enough damage? “We want more drownings! We want more foreclosures!”
Agreed. Extend their stay, and turn the site into a daily example of change attributed to the liberal regime.
I'll bet they did. I wonder if they can get a refund. No, actually I take that back ;-)
It’s was worth the $1,300.00 though, even it they never got to uncrate it. These useless eaters got thousands of dollars of unwarranted publicity from the alphabet networks and the bird-cage-liner press over their stupid-a-facking tent, as Soprano’s mobster Furio Giunta would have said.
If they really wanted to move them out they could start piping in music from the “Carpenters Greatist Hits” around the clock.
Kennedy strikes from the grave. They are on the Rose Kennedy Greenway. It's on site of the former elevated expressway ramp that America paid to bury, known as the Big Dig.
I just simply wonder at the hypocrisy.
Which eeeeevul corporation manufactured the:
“military-style, 500-pound tent”
As for donors...I’m thinking my tagline might provide a clue, but I’d really love to see the list of donors to these anarchists. Has anyone researched this?
But then that may be considered cruel and unusual.
Excellent point but to paraphrase Leona Helmsley, “Laws/
rules (in her case, taxes) are for the little people”.
People like us. For the Occupoinds, laws and rules must not apply!
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