The Meyer Blog: November 2011

Two grass-roots movements have marked this year in politics. One is the Tea Party, which objects to taxes and the fiasco we refer to as the IRS. The other is the Occupy Movement, which is pretty much mad about taxes, and corporations, and …well it’s complicated. Mostly, they’re just mad. The Daily Iowan (among others) mentioned a “lack of continuity” in the movement, and it’s true. A few interviews reveal this fairly clearly. They’re mad. They agree on that. What they’re mad about depends on who you ask.

But it's no Tea Party. Like them or not, the Tea Party protests were quiet, non-violent, and well behaved. Like them or not, the Occupy Protests have a nasty, ugly side that doesn’t make it to the TV as often as maybe it should. How ugly is it? Here’s a list of the ugly. In the words of Bruce Willis,

“Just the facts ma’am, just the facts” (sic).

- Arrests as of 10/27: 2,750. ¹This does NOT include the crackdowns of Weeks 2 and 3 of November.

- The protestors eat, “organic chicken and vegetables, spaghetti bolognese, and roasted beet and sheep’s-milk-cheese salad” but won’t share with the homeless…who are poorer than they are. ²

- ACORN has been monetarily supporting OWS. ³ Is that grassroots??

- Several cases of anti-Semitism have been documented at OWS gatherings. ⁴

- OWS said in mid October that their biggest problem is…internal theft. ⁵

- The media coverage from “the Big Three” has been more positive on the OWS movement than negative. Media hate? Don’t think so! ⁶

- Crime is up in NYC due to OWS. 154% to be exact. ⁷

- Occupy Boston illegally occupied the Israeli Consulate, chanting anti-Israeli slogans. ⁸

- Occupy Minnesota has so far cost taxpayers half a million dollars. ⁹

- Occupy NY has cost taxpayers $6 million dollars.¹⁶

- Who supports the Occupy Movement? Iran, the American Communist Party, the American Nazi Party, North Korea, Hugo Chavez, Communist Party of China, Hezbollah and more.¹⁰ You know, all those humanitarian countries…

- As of early October, OWS in NYC had cost taxpayers $2 million. ¹¹

- You can’t be the 99% if 44% don’t like you, and 15% or more don’t know what you want. ¹³

- The OWS movement has raised over $500K to date. Interesting…at the end of the article, the author says they’ll need to keep making money to stay in business…¹⁴

- Hey OWS! Did you ever wonder where BHO got his money to get elected? ¹⁵

- Total OWS cost (minimum) is $13 million.¹⁷ That’s a cost to the tax payers. What are they getting for their money?

- Total death toll: 7. Some have died of drug overdoses or drug related issues¹⁸

- Rapes and sexual assaults are more common than you might think. ¹⁹

- As of Nov 16, arrests were over 4,000. (More facts in link). ²⁰

- Disease becoming a problem in Occupy SF. ²¹

- Total rap sheet so far. ²²

- American Politicians who support OWS. ²²

As much as Occupy supporters hate to admit it, the movement has very little good about it, very little congruity outside of pure socialism, and for all the hubbub, violence, disease, sexual misconduct, and cost to tax payers, nothing has changed. No laws, no collapsed corporations, no increase in socialism. Just more crime, racism, public indecency, and ugly clashes with law enforcement—many of whom have lost vacation time to deal with malcontents (who should be at work).

Many Americans tell pollsters that they don’t know enough about the movement to have an opinion. For a movement that claims to be the “99%”, the majority of Americans either don’t like them, or have no idea what they want.
When looked at through global eyes, the movement is a group of a few thousand angry people in a country of 300 million on a planet of 7 billion. Given that America’s poorest are still some of the most well-to-do in the world, it seems ironic that this group is actually among the richest 25% on the planet. In fact, depending on the person, they may actually be in the top 20%, and even the Occupiers living in tents have it better than most of the nation of India.²³

This raises the question: “Out of 7 billion people, you have it better than 5 billion of them. What on earth are you complaining for?” If someone is doing better than 70% of others and yet they still want more, doesn’t that make them…you know…
greedy?

CITATIONS

1. http://www.toberight.com/2011/10/occupy-wall-street-arrest-tally/

with many sub links to specific city websites.

2. http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/zuccotti_hell_kitchen_i5biNyYYhpa8MSYIL9xSDL

3. http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/acorn_taking_root_again_amid_protests_S7oqpPcxPTpqp3uH2cEjQI

4. http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/hate-crimes-at-queens-libraries-and-jewish-temple-20111104-lgf

5. http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/criminal_occupation_oh3CnKANUqYHrGPCaZaLRK

6. http://www.owsexposed.com/2011/11/07/biased-reporting-in-the-mainstream-media/

7. http://patdollard.com/2011/10/nyc-shootings-up-28-as-police-are-diverted-to-occupy-wall-street/

8. http://www.futureofcapitalism.com/2011/11/occupy-boston-occupies-israeli-consulate

9. http://www.owsexposed.com/2011/11/01/occupy-minnesota-costing-minneapolis-taxpayers-100000-a-week/

10. http://pjmedia.com/zombie/2011/10/31/the-99-official-list-of-ows/