Did you know that Congress narrowly avoided another government shutdown yesterday by passing another temporary spending bill that will keep the government running through December 16th? If you are like most Americans, probably not. Yesterday, cable news networks were all covering the Occupy Wall Street two-month anniversary, which the movement decided to celebrate by terrorizing school children and making it harder for working Americans to get to their jobs.◼ "The protesters are calling for a massive event aimed at disrupting major parts of the city," Deputy Mayor Howard Wolfson said. "We will be prepared for that."
These were all news worthy events, but coming in the same week that our nation passed the $15 trillion debt mark, the focus should have been on Congress and how it continues to misspend our money.
It (was) not clear how many demonstrators would actually attend. Previous protests in New York have consisted of several hundred people. - AP
◼ On Wall Street, unoccupied with nowhere to go - Byron York/Washington Examiner
Occupy Wall Street organizers are trying to keep their movement alive even though they're not actually occupying anything at the moment. A march on Thursday resulted in lots of street action and plenty of arrests, but earlier, confusion reigned after New York police swept into Zuccotti Park, clearing it of the protesters' tents, tarps, and personal belongings. The demonstrators believed their rights had been terribly violated, but in what way, precisely? Had Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the NYPD infringed upon a previously unrecognized constitutional right to camp in the park?
