As a "dried up old geezer" who cares about random social and economic things, I figured I'd share my thoughts (read: sarcastic and snarky comments) on Occupy Boston. God knows Seanny isn't going to, still busy living in the fantasy land that is college, preoccupied with making it through a day without coffee, completely unaware that shortly after graduation day he'll in all likelihood be living in a tent-town himself...hope they have Wifi, Sean, I'm still going to expect a few blogs out of you.
- How come every "liberal" gathering or rally ends up looking like a hemp-fest/earth day celebration? I'm a young and liberal leaning voter. I don't have mutton chops, I've never had dreads, don't wear drug rugs or crochet caps. I have a job, a decent apartment, and don't steal cable or internet from my neighbors. I really wish these people would stop going out and pretending they represent me or my fellow young working class professionals (or yuppies, yea, I'm a yuppie). You're making us look bad.
- Not for nothing, but it doesn't exactly look like these guys are roughing it, in fact, it looks like most of them spent a day or two stocking up at REI or Dicks Sporting Goods before heading down there...I see a few tents that probably cost half a months rent in that crowd. It borderline looks like a base camp for Mt. Everest. What I don't see is any truly poor people with make shift tents made out of newspapers and blankets strewn over a piece of rope like the tent towns of yesteryear.
- Did you really have to pick the Greenway? I want to like what you're doing here but you're making it awfully hard when you've literally picked my favorite spot in Boston to turn into a smelly campground. Can't you move this to Boston Common? All the decision makers live over by Beacon Hill anyway, just go camp out on that side of the common. The only people you're hassling there are hard working financial district people walking to work. I'm sure 23 year olds just out of college making 35k a year as entry level fund accountants aren't exactly sympathetic to a bunch of people who have enough time to camp out in tents and roast marshmallows and sing koombayah all day long.
- Speaking of...what is your message? Like I hate to say this, goes against every bone in my body, but at least the Tea Party organized and formed a few general messages early on, what are you guys doing? You're embarrasing the democratic base. Get.Your.Shit.Together. And fast. Pick a few leaders who will stay on message, preferably ones that look like they've showered and don't smoke pot out of 5 foot bongs in their tent, and have them get the message out. No one's reading your card board signs.
- Speaking of cardboard signs, what happened to the homeless people that used to hangout there? That was one of the primo-high rent spots for pan handlers, hitting up every yuppie leaving their job from the financial district after work, and every car spilling out from the highway to their apartments in Southie. I know you're trying to help the lower and middle class, but you've just put those people right out of business.
