This is sometimes where I wish our city police forces had the fortitude of a Cheka or Gestapo member, in picking up and hauling off these lunatics. Instead, because the movement is so politicized, and among the OWS crowd are supporters of these Democratic Mayors, the police forces probably have strict orders NOT to do much.
One wonders if the OWS protesters can sustain themselves until next November's election. Will they camp out next to polling places, and try to intimidate voters? Will they try to interfere with ballot-counting or delivery of ballots? Or, will they try something even more sinister?
The mayors and city councilmen are too afraid of bucking the media's dishonest portrayal of the camps to do anything about them.
In addition, and in a complete reversal of the sixties' hard-hat riots, many private and public sector unions are in high-profile 'solidarity' with OWS.
Throw in many college professors who were, for the most part, too young to fight in the 'struggle' of forty-five years ago and see OWS as "their turn" and a self-dis-enfranchised middle class youth, top it off with LaRaza, anti-US immigrants, anarchist nihilists, a class-warfare cheerleader in the White House and you have a protest co-alition that is a marxist's wet dream.
This is nothing but a dress rehearsal. They will be back next spring...count on it.