Things the Occupy Wall Street Protesters Could and Should be Doing Instead (Part 2)
- Volunteering at a veterans' hospital.
- Helping out at a soup kitchen.
- Assisting at a shelter for battered women.
- Volunteering at a hospice.
- Mentoring a child.
The Best of OWS Commentary
From 1965 through 1968, the left found its voice and style in consciousness-raising demonstrations and disruptions. In November 1968, the nation, its consciousness raised, elected Richard Nixon president and gave 56.9 percent of the popular vote to Nixon or George Wallace. Republicans won four of the next five presidential elections. (George Will, Washington Post, 10/12/2011)
...the applause of Democrats suffering acute Tea Party envy and now salivating at the energy these big-government anarchists will presumably give their cause. Except that the real Tea Party actually had a program — less government, less regulation, less taxation, less debt. What’s the Occupy Wall Street program? Eat the rich. (Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post, 10/13/2011)
As the early '70s repeat themselves with the chaotic Occupy Wall Street demonstrations in lower Manhattan, we need to grasp what a peril this movement is to President Obama and the entire Democratic Party. It is like the Obama campaign run wild without Obama in it. (Dick Morris, 10/11/2011)
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