Sunday, February 19, 2012

Unoccupied

The Occupy camp at McPherson Square in Washington is now just a ghost town. The authorities have permitted a few tents to remain, as a kind of "memorial", but nobody is allowed to sleep in them at night, and the other day I noticed just a handful of occupods milling around.

So, what did they want? What were their demands? Perhaps we can decipher the runes they left behind...







Well, there you have it, the grand platform for societal upheaval: D.C. statehood, a Kucinich presidency, and noise pollution. I have to say, though, that they were right about one thing, even if they probably don't really know why:

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5 comments:

  1. JeffSFebruary 20, 2012 at 11:48 AM

    "Runes"? More like scribbles. Not even graffiti.

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 20, 2012 at 1:59 PM

    Deborah Leigh said... The crazy rantings of nannystaters.

    Since they liked Kucinich, there should have been Ron Paul devotees. Two peas in a pod.

    These loons are tolerated for months, yet Christians praying in front of the White House are arrested and fined. Alice, I think we're through the Looking Glass.

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  3. Col. MilquetoastFebruary 20, 2012 at 5:33 PM

    If it is largely abandoned then you should temporarily occupy it and bring paint to cover it with "Vote for Paco!" or "2012 : Vote for Zombie Reagan!" slogans.

    Good lord, I hope the sign in the background of the first pic doesn't actually say "Strip for Justice"

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  4. JeffSFebruary 20, 2012 at 5:38 PM

    Colonel, if the TSA is involved, that sign may well say "Strip for Justice".

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  5. PacoFebruary 20, 2012 at 6:28 PM

    Colonel: No, it says "Strike for justice". Although, since all the occupods seem to have been unemployed, I'm not sure what a strike would have looked like.

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