While President Obama was fund raising in San Francisco...the OPD had already "cleared" the Occupy Oakland space. What happened later across The Bridge was recorded. In a hospital is Scott Olsen. For our President to say that our troops will leave Iraq and not acknowledge that a two tour troop is in a hospital because of over reaction by the OPD is an issue. Oakland was not a non-event.
Like the "Mr. Jones" in Dylan's Ballad of a thin man, there is something going on. At what time will our President place this as important without crunching the numbers? The persistence and structure of the Occupy Movement is really unprecedented in the adult lives of our politicians and pundits. It is not just the 1% but how that 1% buys the shape of the illusion of The united State of America in late October 2011.
It is truly time, for everyone that has not found the time, to spend a little time in your local Occupy movement.
There are way too many trying to decide if this is the time. Let me suggest, if you feel that way you have yet to visit this movement.
"God damn, well I declare, have you seen the like?
Their walls are built of cannon balls
Their motto is "don't" tread on me"