Thus far, I haven't written about the "Occupy Wall Street" movement, and for reason. Reason one - I hate that America has to put things into a categorical box in order to recognize it. Reason two - I was waiting to see what's happening with this movement.
I am pleased that it cannot "fit into a box" and that there isn't a SINGLE agenda. This is because there are TOO MANY agendas for the American people to address. There is the agenda of GREED on Wall Street. There is the agenda that our government (Republican and Democrat) are "playing childish games" (at our expense) against one another in the Congress & Senate just to jockey for power. There is the agenda that millions of Americans are without work. There is the agenda that both parties (but Republicans moreso than Democrats) are pretending that "climate change" doesn't exist. The politics of America have been reduced to semantics - using issues like abortion or how "religious" each candidate is to pull the wool over the eyes of American voters.
When police in New York attacked the Occupy Wall Street Movement with pepper spray - they conveyed a message felt by all - that peaceful "sit ins" are not going to be permitted because they "disturb" those on Wall Street who are making millions and millions while the rest of America loses their investments. There was Madoff and Rajaratnam and there are HUNDREDS of others who have not been named yet.
America has reached the point of total frustration - how can ONE agenda possibly define all our disgruntled issues??
Moreover, the fact that officials want to "suppress" this peaceful "event" (it's not a demonstration, not a protest....they are just occupying space) makes me concerned that our "fragile democracy" can't tolerate any dispute whatsoever.
These people have my kudos and I admire their pluck to stand up - an agenda doesn't have to be presented - we are fed up with the lies and childish behaviour of our government.
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