Food fest called off due to Occupy Boston tent city ($2M police overtime tab?)

That *Mayor* is a liberal stooge, who has wholeheartedly endorsed these freaks. Massoftwoshits is a lost cause, believe me, I grew up there, and thankfully moved out years ago. They welcome these idiots and with the overwhelming number of colleges in that state, you have an endless supply of numbskulls to constantly stir the pot.

It is time to go to "galts gulch" for all taxpayers. Quit contributing, collapse the system a different way. If you want to know how bad things are, begin asking everyone you know if they are getting food stamps. I did, and was shocked. Here is a partial list, names not included of course.

Those in my immediate family and friends. I have 5 daughters, married with children. The oldest, no govt support directly. The next four, ALL get food stamps, govt medical care, and receive in the neighborhood of $8,000 tax "refund" every year. Approximately 5 times the amount they have paid in. My nephew, an ex con going to school, while supplementing his life with drug sales and dealing in stolen goods, has food stamps and free medical. My step son, trying to unhook himself from the drug monkey, gets free dental, and food stamps, along with attempting to get on Social Security disability. My sisters daughter came home after living away for a few years, she immediately went to DSHS, and applied for food stamps and got them, and is living with her working parents. I hear stories of trading and selling these food cards, so they are not necessary to keep people from starvation. The time is long past for us "ANTS" to cut off the "GRASSHOPPERS".

We begin by demanding that these OWS people be arrested, and fined the equivalent of the cost to police and clean their area. We arrest them everyday they are bailed out and returned. Milk whomever is bailing them out, the people protesting, and do so under vagrancy laws, and the fact they have no permit to do what they are doing. This is a test, just like when students occupied colleges in the 60's. If we allow the govt to do nothing, we will find that the govts will give in to any and all demands. . . . . Rant over.

“My message to them is, let’s continue to work together,” Menino said. “I’m not going to go out there and break heads. That’s not my style.”

Way to go, Mumbles. You've just given in to the political terrorists, and ruined what was likely the LAST nice weekend you'd have for tourism in that area of Boston. Why not just tell the 'occupiers' that someone else had reserved that area, and that they HAVE to move; helping them, if necessary. Move them to a vacant lot somewhere. They have the right to protest, but they DON'T have the right to disrupt commerce, and force others to see or hear them.

This is a test, just like when students occupied colleges in the 60's. If we allow the govt to do nothing, we will find that the govts will give in to any and all demands. . . .

Exactly! Those occupations of college presidents' offices in the 60s were the genesis of all these protests. The kids found out that they could 'mau-mau' the administrators, so they kept on doing it, expanding to other locations, and demanding more each time. It's time to stand up to them, but I fear there are no 'adults' in these cities who are willing to take the heat that would be brought down on them.

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