"Occupy Nothing" Can Be Officially Evicted!

Judge says college can evict Occupy campers

Originally published Friday, December 2, 2011 at 9:28 PM By Nancy Bartley, Seattle Times staff reporter.

 Judge says college can evict Occupy campers

extract: "..."A Thurston County judge ruled on Friday that Occupy Seattle protesters can be evicted from the Seattle Central Community College campus, where they've been camping for the past month... The camp has been attracting people who are not part of the Occupy Seattle movement, including those who break the law and cause harm to others," Seattle Community Colleges Chancellor Jill Wakefield said in a prepared statement. "Our primary concern has been the safety and well-being of our students, employees and the campers," Wakefield said. "Public-safety and health violations have been increasing, and I'm convinced we have reached a state of emergency." Derek Edwards, the senior counsel for the state attorney general who handled the case, said the group has been attracting "a lot of homeless transients. I suspect they're a fringe element causing the problem up there... "About a month ago, the protesters moved to the college from Westlake Park, where they'd had several clashes with police. Then, just before Thanksgiving, the college board of trustees voted to ban camping on the campus. Pence filed an injunction for a restraining order on behalf of protester Patricia Sully in an attempt to stop the rule from being enforced. On Friday, Pence acknowledged that some of the college's concerns are legitimate... When the ruling was announced, Occupy spokesman Taylor-Canfield said it had been expected "because all across the country the encampments are being evicted.""

Occupy Seattle to be Evicted for drug & alcohol use

College may boot protesters over sanitation | "Seattle Central Community College officials are looking at ways to evict the protesters from campus... college needs to take action because of unsafe conditions at the encampment, including syringes and needles on the ground, drug and alcohol use, lack of hygiene facilities and other risk factors" | Seattle Times, Friday, November 18, 2011 at 9:58 PM http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2016801374_occupy19m.html

Here is a Reality Check peeps for those who sympathize with the "Occupy Seattle" movement in theory but never experienced the REALITY of what the goes on in those camps and during their GA meetings... I'll say it again- things are NOT what they seem... I've been there as an observer and I've seen it in person during the first 4 weeks of the Westlake occupation and during other later protests in Seattle... these protests are choreographed peeps for media attention! People are picked and instructed in what to do and how to do it by a lawyer and other facilitators... and then they are taped & photographed by the movement's media-team confronting the police... The group also has official "agitators" who are picked to go into the crowd of onlookers with the purpose of creating hysteria and malcontent (I witnessed two of these "agitators" in action- even spoke with them having seen them from the GA meetings- during last Tuesday's media-hyped lame occupation of an intersection near Seattle's Westlake Mall)... It's a carefully planned show! And we're all buying into it... the REALITY of those who comprise the movement and are living in these camps is just being realized by the Seattle Community College... they now want them evicted!!! "Occupy Nothing" is far from what we all hope it would be... be aware...

"Occupy Nothing's" death throes from Seattle...

I was late coming home tonight because I stopped by in downtown Seattle, Washington to witness 20 or so "Occupy Nothing" protesters- community college students, street kids, wanna-be hippies & homeless types- block the main street intersection tonight about 7:00 pm PST near the Westlake Mall by standing/sitting in the middle of the street and generally being disruptive to the evening shoppers... The police used bicycles to form a wall and  force them down the road, gave two loud warnings to disperse and then 2 cops pepper-sprayed the crowd for about 15 seconds... total protest time about an hour and after they got sprayed it was over and they went away... In the end they accomplished nothing... all a bit silly if you ask me.

Occupy Nothing... comments on Occupy Seattle & Portland

Comments on the violence with "Occupy Portland" and other locs this weekend... I must state again that although I sympathize with the philosophical intent and plight of some of the protesters (I qualify this because most of the regulars that I have seen in these camps are homeless street-types and undesirables), I must emphatically say that I disagree with their methods... real and long lasting change in America can only occur through involvement with and through the political process itself- the key being the Vote! OK we all probably agree that the current economic situation here needs to change! But raging against the system, legislative apathy, violence and Anarchy are NOT the answers... Have you seen how people live in other parts of the world? It's not perfect here, but we are truly blessed by contrast in America... The answer is to be a responsible citizen... "Occupy the Voting Booth"!   :| 

Here's what bothers me about the Occupy Movement as seen through my personal first-hand experience with the "Occupy Seattle" group... And I realize that there may be differences in the both demographic and idealogical makeup of these "camps" in different regions of the country all which make drawing sweeping generalizations difficult... but it seems to me that there are more similarities than differences in the shared "Occupy" experience that transcends regional boundaries... effective today "Occupy Pacific Northwest"- if I may call it that- effectively died. Less than three weeks ago Occupy Seattle put their tails between their legs and voluntarily de-occupied Westlake Park. And today the police forcibly ran the Occupy Portland out of town... What we have left here now is essentially "Occupy Nothing"! It's over peeps... From a military standpoint, they have failed to hold their ground and- although there may be a few more skirmishes- the battlefield is lost... at least in this part of the country. 

So what happened? I was there peeps from the beginning watching the running commentary in the GA's and it was obvious that things were crumbling before they even got started. Within days the movement polarized into two camps. One that wanted peaceful protest and one that wanted violent confrontation. The facilitators lacked sufficient experience or direction to hold the two polarized groups together. And after about three weeks on constant police pressure one fateful night the movement fractured. I was there peeps... half the movement got up in disgust and in the middle of GA walked out. They were the half that advocated violence and open confrontation with the police- many went with them... Those that were left who preached peaceful non-violent protest were badgered with resolution after resolution to give up the fight and retreat to the community college campus- they finally gave in and it was over in Seattle. Those that advocated violence and aggressive confrontation with the police got themselves arrested on purpose for publicity and some found their ways to Portland to start a new camp... In GA these same facilitators started to openly recruit volunteers whose purpose was to confront the police, to do violent things to get media attention and to put themselves to be arrested. I stood by and watched as the movement deteriorated quickly... And that led to the only outcome possible... forcible eviction from Portland. The Occupy Movement in my opinion is fatally flawed and the media is directly responsible for overstating and hyping their activities for commercial purposes... here are the youth voting stats in America and I hope they illustrate the misguided apathy of our youth involved with this movement:

Voters ages 18-29 were 21% of the electorate (41.9 million) in 2006, but comprised only 9% of Voters in Midterm Elections in 2008 [source: CBS]...

Occupy This... thoughts on the Occupy Seattle movement

I do want to say one thing... the reality of the said Occupy movement is overstated by the media... although I acknowledge the plight of the common man in these hard times and even sympathize with the concept that change is necessary, I believe that the "Occupy Movement" is fundamentally flawed and misguided. It will never gather any fruits of success because it ignores the basic tenant of American democracy: The vote! The US Constitution says it best... "We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."... and Article I Section 1 says: "All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives."... Involvement IN the system is the best way to guarantee effective and meaningful change! I've been there peeps- as an observer at the Occupy Seattle meetings almost every evening for three weeks now until they gave up occupying Westlake Park and moved to the local Community College- and I'm here to tell you that they are in essence a very small group (about 15-40 depending on the day) of students, social outcasts, vagrants, street people, one or two young moms with younger kids, and a couple of professional types... not "We the People" by a long shot- very few of whom you would bring home to your Mother... The core facilitator group seem to be about seven. There are a lot of onlookers or iterate thrill-seekers like me who may swell their numbers another 20 or so. That there is the reality! The rest is media-hype... They have now it seems two or three that manage 2 websites to generate the buzz... and one old guy who openly organizes members- with everyone's blessings- to aggressively confront the police with physical force and other acts to gain media attention... oh yes they now have a Lawyer, a bank account and an Accountant both of who give daily reports... you see the irony here? And where is this going?... OMG ok I got into a short discussion with two rather attractive 20-something Occupy protesters Friday about what they see as the final result if anything they hope to gain from their efforts there? They had no coherent answer. All they could agree on is that "globalization is destroying their lives and that they have to fight right now to bring down the government"... Ok? I asked what do you want to replace it? And of course they had no idea... I asked if they were registered voters and if they voted in the last election? And both said NO!... THAT THERE IS THE FUNDAMENTAL FLAW with the movement peeps! They do NOT in actuality represent the disenfranchised! They are NOT "We the People". They represent the apathetic youth who refuse to involve themselves in our democratic process "in Order to form a more perfect Union"... and they do NOT understand that citizenship in the greater community has responsibilities... Totally lame peeps... the reality is that if change is going to occur it has to come from within the process... otherwise they're just kids throwing a tantrum... they become just the t-shirt of the day...