Two months after it began with no clear mission, Occupy Wall Street was brought to a conclusion as New York’s finest cleared out Zuccotti Park in the wee hours of the morning.
Now all that’s left is a “campsite” ridden with disease, drugs, rape and Lord knows what else.
Might I make a suggestion for cleanup, courtesy of a certain Corporal Hicks…
Plenty more photos – some not for the faint of heart – at Occupy Sesame Street....
Have to confess that until tonight I haven’t seen any rationale at all for the “Occupy Wall Street” protests going on right now in New York City. I mean, isn’t part of the American dream having the freedom to get as rich as you want to be from honest hard work and taking risks and making investments on those risks?
Let me be more succinct: in my mind, the Wall Street protests are being driven by activists determined to bring about socialism, to the detriment of industry that has allowed this country to boast the highest standard of living of any nation in recorded history.
Is our country perfect? No… and it never will be either. There’s always going to be room for improvement. But socialism has never proven itself in the long term to be a viable model and we would be wise to remember that.
However, tonight I ...