True Colors

In days of yore, pirate ships would often fly the flags of various nations to lure in their prey and then run up the Jolly Roger at the last minute before boarding their prize. Wait long enough and the true colors of any entity or group will show and Occupy Wall Street (Occupy Anything) has now run up the Jolly Roger.

 Reports are coming in from all over the country about criminal behavior by the OWS folks. Best of the Web had a compendium yesterday (link below) with a list from multiple cities of criminal acts of all kinds.Consider:

San Diego.  Food vendors attacked when they were no longer able to give free food to OWS protesters.

New York.  A bakery has its restroom trashed by OWS types using it for a shower to the tune of $3,000 and is told 10 times to "watch their back" when they protest. A photographer has his nose smacked while taking pictures of the OWS crowd and is told by EMTs that this is the 14th run they have personally made for assault victims of the crowd.

online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204554204577026282449099506.html?mod=WSJ_Opinion_MIDDLETopOpinion

You undoubtedly heard about the goings-on in Oakland and even right here in Portland. Mayor Sam Adams has admonished the PDX branch of OWS to behave themselves. Sounds like just a minor case of bad manners, right? Wrong. How about a Molotov cocktail exploding at the World Trade Center, roughing up a KGW camera crew, smashing a police car window, etc.?

www.kgw.com/news/Police-Downtown-Molotov-cocktail-linked-to-Occupy-133527228.html

www.kgw.com/home/Video-shows-KGW-crew-harassed-at-Occupy-Portland-133496118.html

The early mantra of the OWS crowd was that they are the "99% of the rest of the U.S!" My patoot! They flew the American flag to lure a sympathetic audience but now the Jolly Roger is flying proudly from their mast. It's time to respond appropriately and take back our cities from this scurvy mob.