A decorated veteran, federal law enforcement and state law enforcement officer yea that sure sounds like a good idea

If someone throws glitter on me they better hope they have good insurace to cover the reconstructive surgery they will need on their nose when I am done with them.

Aw, you don't want to shine?

Someone throws glitter on me they better be ready to be arrested because I would consider that assault. You get a piece of glitter in your eye you have a serious problem because it can cause damage to the lense.

I don't have a problem with anyone standing in a public place and stateing or displaying their opinion in cival speech. But to me a thug who sqats on private or public property like it is theirs to sleep, camp, fornicate, deficate, set fires on and generally destroy or impead the legitimate use by those who;s right is to use it ticks me off.

As a law abiding taxpayer when they destroy my public places, harm my public servants, and especially charities that do all kinds of good works for others my tolerance is very miniscule.

Especially when I have done my homework on issues, presented solutions, and made legitimate public protests with out hurting anyone and seen it work.

Safe for him to say that...

He is both.

It is difficult for me to pay my bills...

Yet an empty building makes me not angry.

IT IS NOT MY BUILDING.

What is happening in Oakland has nothing to do with freedom, rights, wrongs or even reality.

Nor is Oakland a reflection on the rest of those that feel 'occupation' is the answer.

I am seriously concerned about the people who have lost their homes to forclosure because of massive layoffs or catestrophic medical issues but the reality is that the many of people who have lost homes did so because they bought wildly inflated properties, lived well beyond their means frequently putting nonsense purchases on their credit, agreed to crazy financeing agreements that any reasonable person would know they could not maintain.

Then when they got in trouble instead of taking room mates, a second job, or seeking help before they were so far behind they could not catch up they just sat on their haunches at tailgate parties in their SUV's watching widescreen TV, crying unfair rather than even seeking a loan modification, declareing bankrupcy, or selling off their toys.

I have done some research on several of the properites here in California and they were actually inheritied properties where owners worried more about buying high end furnishings, granite countertops, surround sound systems, hot tubs, campers, second and third luxery vehicals, electronics, time shares, even drugs and running to the casinos to cite a few examples, than leaveing anything to tied them over the usually emergencies that come along with life. Many were abandoned in second and third marriages when the high life ran out. I have walked through foclosures with enough abandoned possessions to look like a Macy store.

I don't want to be battered.

Actually is most cases it woud be Battery, which is any unwanted touching. I have even seen someone get arristed for spitting on someone else.

Yea, well peaceful protesters don't want to be battered by cops every time they go out either...

I agree, I think all protest should be within the basic laws/rights of free assembly, one should not resort to vandalism to get a message across.

However what they stand against is true and what they stand for is important.

then how come they are not protesting in DC?

they do

I agree.

If I can support the soldiers without supporting war then I can support the protesters cause without supporting all their actions.

These are angry, desperate people on BOTH sides acting out of fear. When that happens all good judgment goes out the window.

There is a lot of bad behavior going on with some protesters and some cops. I don't condone any of it and I abhor violence. There will always be a few a**holes in the crowd.

Since this affects us all we need to keep it in perspective and find a way to understand each other instead of being so quick to dismiss what's happening..it's not going away.

Agree with the method or not..for the most part, protesters want to make a positive change and protect the rights of ALL of us, including you.

Since the beginning I have said they are in the wrong spot. You are not going to change Wallstreets collective mind, you need to change Washingtons collective mind.

I agree, emphatically.

The black bloc of oakland does NOT represent OO.

OO does not represent OWS.

I don't understand the logic behind people thinking they have a /right/ to an abandoned building. They didn't build it.

Yes! They do protest in DC, and who cares if they didn't?

Anywhere that a protest attracts attention is a potentially good place to protest.

Anywhere of symbolic significance is a potentially good place to protest.

Protest right outside your house if you want to. You don't have to go to DC.


If they protest on WS and it makes news, then people in DC will see it.

Those achievements don't excuse his crimes. Sounds like you're good at making excuses for criminals when they commit crimes you agree with. A government costume does not turn a criminal into a man of virtue.

Peacefull?

Have YOU ever protested.

I have.

I was NOT wearing a protective mask and hood.
I was NOT carring a SHIELD (a form of weapon).
I was NOT carring a back pack full of rocks and bottles. (a weapon).

Some of those people were peacefull. However they will be forever tainted by the ARMED buttheads with the shields and they will be associated with the mask of shame. (If you have to hide your face perhaps what you are doing is wrong).

yes, peaceful

and yes I have protested.

Like throwing Condoms from a Building down into a Catholic Girls School?
What Heroes!