The latest from the crazies at the Occupy Wall Street Movement is their attempt to shut down the ports on the west coast of the USA. Ports in Oakland, San Diego, Long Beach, Seattle, Tacoma, Anchorage and others have been targeted by the group. It may seem strange that these folks are trying to block entrance to the ports since very few of the so-called 1% work there. The Seattle Times interviewed the leadership of this phase of the movement to find out their reasoning for the attacks on marine commerce. The Times reported that “Kari Koch, organizer with Shut Down the Ports Working Group of Occupy Portland, said by shutting down the port, Wall Street will be unable to create profit.”
"We will not stand for corporate profits at the expense of working people, we will not stand for attacks on workers, and we will not allow our schools to be closed, social services slashed, and families to be impoverished by your greed!" Koch said Monday in statement.
The Times continued: “Organizers hope to draw thousands to stand in solidarity with longshoremen and port truckers they say are being exploited.”
"Taking on and blocking the 1 percent at the port is also taking on the global issue of exploitation by capitalism," said Occupy Oakland blockade organizer Barucha Peller.
So there you have it. These nut jobs have decided that if they can shut down workplace for thousands of Americans in the middle and working classes, they will reduce profits for the wealthy and stop “exploitation by capitalism”. In case you do not understand this, “exploitation by capitalism” is Occupy language for having a job.
If anyone was ever sympathetic to these crazies, the movement is doing its very best to alienate those supporters. Their actions are ridiculous. What will they come up with next: blowing up power lines to reduce the profits of utilities? My personal favorite would be if they were to move en masse to a rural commune in Montana in an effort to reduce the profits of their psychiatrists.
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