USA TODAY: ….At first walking two-by-two on the sidewalk because they had no march permit and didn’t want to be charged with blocking traffic, then their numbers swelling to a half dozen abreast, members of the Occupy Wall Street movement and other groups made their way up Manhattan’s East Side on Tuesday. They walked along streets like Fifth Avenue and Park Avenue where some of the richest 1 percent of the population live in townhouses and luxury apartments.
They paused outside buildings where media mogul Rupert Murdoch, banker Jamie Dimon and oil tycoon David Koch have homes, and decried the impending expiration of New York’s 2 percent “millionaires’ tax” in December.
On Wednesday, Dimon was to be the focus of another protest, with demonstrators gathering at the New York City headquarters of JP Morgan Chase to again focus on the expiring tax. Dimon is the chairman and CEO… (more)
EDITOR: Peaceful demonstrations such as these are good theater and helps obtain media coverage to convey the message. It is not the action of the demonstrators that imperil our nation; rather it is that of those who have grasped control of both parties and are exploiting their power to their advantage and at the cost of the rest of the population. Their actions are similar to what brought about the fall of the Roman Republic and may have brought fascism to the USA in the 1930s were it not for FDR and his “New deal.”
The Watchdog visited Occupy Wall Street yesterday and a photo essay will follow in the next couple of days.
