Like many Americans, I’ve struggled to come to grasp with the mobs of the OWS, their class warfare mantra of “We are the 99%,” their hatred of successful people, and their inexplicable reluctance to protest political leaders. They “choose” not to blame President Obama’s disastrous policies that have increased our debt by more than $4 trillion and brought perpetually high unemployment. And we’ve yet to see one of their squalid tent cities on the pristine lawns of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Nor will OWS protest the plush residences of Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, etc., though these politicians were largely responsible for the toxic loans and financial calamities visited upon us in 2008.
A simple reason explains why such protests have not occurred - - the OWS is 99% political. Its participants are the armies of Hope and Change reduced to a pathetic reality. They’re the “transforming of America” that Barrack Obama promised and has now delivered. These Obamavilles, a cross between Brave New World and The Lord of the Flies, have spawned hate, destruction, crime, filth, and disease. Their putrid streams of rapes, mugging, murder and mayhem are becoming so prevalent that several Leftist mayors now realize they’ve created a monster.
Protest is the American way. Wallowing in the refuse of self-pity is not. There’s no constitutional right to create a lawless community that callously shuts down small businesses. There’s no constitutional right for people to take over public or private property to breed crime and disease. Period.
Democrat leaders (e.g., Obama, Biden, Pelosi) have supported OWS from its beginning and they now own it. Perhaps these esteemed politicians seek a kindred message in the inarticulate garbling of idiots. The rest of us hear only the ancient adage, “What you do speaks so loudly I can’t hear what you say.”
Jim Littlejohn
Concerned Coastal Voters
Gualala, CA
