The Occupiers Grow Desperate

Do we need any more proof that the Occupy Wall Street group (if they can truly be called that) is little more than a se3lf-indulgent rabble? The attitude recently displayed in New York shows their true colors as nothing before had done.

The crowd essentially demanded that it be allowed to occupy a piece of private property, a vacant lot owned by Trinity Episcopal Church, as a new place to, well, occupy. The authorities and the Church leaders rightly rejected it. The Church did it more out of an odd kind of respect, saying that there spot wasn't good as there were not sufficient facilities available to a bunch of people. The police saw it as trespassing and acted that way.

The Occupiers are clearly not interested in anything other than themselves. Taking over private property without the consent of the owners cannot be viewed as a legitimate form of protest but, rather, as a desperate attempt to get back in the limelight. Such actions do not help the poor, the repressed, or the 99% they arrogantly claim to represent. But it does give them just a little more screen, print, and Internet time.

So be it. As long as they pay the fine on their out of jail. We're sure that cash strapped municipalities can use the shot in the arm.