Everything I learned about dealing with "Occupiers" I learned from my lawn. It’s true! If you are a homeowner with a lawn and ever had to battle crab grass, you know what I mean. Once, it takes hold, it destroys all the desirable grass, sucks the nutrients from the soil, and it's tough to eradicate. The only strategy that works is to treat it in the spring with a good pre-emergent weed killer. Kill it as it first blooms in the spring and it's gone all summer.
So too with the Occupy Movement. I’m not calling for any people to be eradicated—merely a movement which has been marked by violence, criminality, and social irresponsibility. The very workers they claim to represent are those most hurt. They are the ones who can’t get to the jobs needed to feed their families and keep their kids in school, who are forced to evacuate because of mailed envelopes of “white powder” to their places of employment to disrupt commerce. Nor is this about legitimate airing of grievances under freedom of speech. This is about criminal behavior.
My hope is the city of New York is prepared with their "pre-emergent occupier plan". The NYPD and FBI are moving quickly to pre-empt troublemakers. Break out the tear gas, fire up the water cannons, and power-wash our streets clean of these undesirable leeches on the backside of society, so the 99% of the rest of us can get to work and be productive.
Have a nice May Day! Now go tend your lawn.
I would have used dandelions
I would have used dandelions -- they're much more infrequent (truly about 1 percent of the lawn), they have little puffballs that are fun for little children to play with but are pretty much insubstantial (occupiers' ideas and slogans), they make nice but short-lived flowers (occupiers speeches and ideas, again) but, given a little strong sunlight or chill weather or a squirt or two from a hose (with an Ortho Weed-be-Gone attachment, in the case of dandelions) they wither quickly and are soon forgotten.
Look here you two you can't
Look here you two you can't say that ! You know perfectly well that here on Open Leftie Democracy the occupy movement is highly significant and will change the world.
Given the fawning coverage by
Given the fawning coverage by oD to date, you're probably right.
Sorry, but this "Occupier"
Sorry, but this "Occupier" story was too good NOT to share...
Occupier carries a "You are being robbed" sign into the BANK...guess what happens next?
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