[Haiku Guy]

Megan McArdle is a senior editor for The Atlantic who writes about business and economics. She has worked at three start-ups, a consulting firm, an investment bank, a disaster recovery firm at Ground Zero, and the Economist somehow managed to parlay an unerring ability to always be wrong about everything into a lucrative career that requires no manual labor.

FIFY

[Cringing Negativism Network]

“I fought the law, and the law won”.

Sorry lefties. That’s how big central government works.

[Haiku Guy]

The Obamavilles want violence. They want to police to crack heads and create martyrs for the cause. One thing Commies understand is the need for martyrs.

[Sacajaweau]

These people have no right to camp... You want to march and go home at night....fine...but beyond that....occupation is a crime.

[CAluvdubya]

Why don't they just transport the Oakland OWSers over to Haight and Ashbury in S.F.?

It's not too far a drive and many will be able to relive when they were there the first time as dirty hippies and be able to show the young'uns how to bathe in the fountain......

...just like the good ol' days of the 60's! :P

[sport]

The only thing I can see wrong with the raid is they waited too long to clear the parasites out. Knowing that everything anyone connected with the obama administration does has an ulterior motive, coupled with the fact that they initially encouraged the vermin, causes me to question the timing and ask,why now.

This crap that the parasites crossed the line does not fly. they knew their motives, who sponsored them, their makeup, and their tatics before the "protests" began. They turned a blind eye then and offered encouragement. neither does the "the authorties lost pateience" pass the smell test. They learned nothing new from the beginning until they decided to shut them down.

[dead]

Both the protesters and the police are at fault for the violence yesterday.

I'm not clear on what happened in Oakland last night...

Her second sentence exposes the utter idiocy of her first sentence.

[pgkdan]

Both the protesters and the police are at fault for the violence yesterday.

I'm not clear on what happened in Oakland last night, except that it was bad.

Doesn't know what happened but she knows the police are at fault!

[USS Alaska]

I'm not clear on what happened in Oakland last night, except that it was bad.

Megan's not clear, but she has an opinion that it was the cops fault and it was bad, bad, bad.

[NRA1995]

The protesters are saying that when their authority was challenged, the police reacted with overwhelming and inappropriate force

WHAT authority do a bunch of smelly squatters have?

[onona]

Nah, but it sure was fun...

[stuartcr]

Well, lots of folks here want things to be like they used to be...I remember lots of riots back in the ‘60s, not to mention all those since the Whiskey Rebellion. Things have been relatively calm since the ‘80s.

[muddler]

An Oakland officer claimed to have seen someone in the camp with an AR -15, Hence the ramp up of forces..

[driftless2]

Interesting reading the comments section, not many readers sympathized with the OWs crowd. And The Atlantic is hardly a hotbed of conservative literature. When even many lefties are getting fed-up with the mostly filthy swine inhabiting their streets and parks, it might be time for Obama to reevaluate his support of the whiners.

[NormsRevenge]

anybody who thinks any police actions are ‘unprovoked’ has obviously never been in the line of fire of the crap protesters toss and spit at the police ..

some of the local media on location reported bottles and stones being thrown.. peaceful? hardly.

[getoffmylawn]

The Oakland police acted like a bunch of gutless pigs and cowards. First they fired on unarmed protesters critically injuring Iraqi Marine vet Scott Olsen. Then when people went to his aid they were then fired upon by the same people that are supposed to serve and protect them.

A true hero is that guy in Atlanta that showed up at the protests sporting a rifle. When asked what he was doing there he replied that he didn't agree with what the protesters were standing for, but he was going to protect them from anybody trying to shut them up. Now THAT'S a TRUE American.

[GSWarrior]

Is it really worth violence to keep people from sleeping in a park?

What does throwing a tantrum for the right to sleep in a park have to do with Wall Street abuses?

[Paladin2]

Oakland shoulda imposed taxes and fees.

[sten]

the raid in OAKLAND was about 10 days from the statements that the occupy movement needs a ‘kent state’ moment

van jones -> oakland

this kid was hit with a gas canister and then moments later a flash bang lands next to him. odds are good he was targeted. why? as a retired marine, he would be the perfect poster child to ferment anger amongst the military

their next step will be to capitalize on it and swing that anger in their favor

if successful, the next step gets ugly