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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (118834)	12/1/2011 9:24:17 AM
From: lorne	2 Recommendations Respond to of 224748

ken..Which group of democrat/commie/socialist do you think create the most filth.. LA or DC? Occupy LA's legacy: Stench, trash, property damage By ROBERT JABLON Associated Press Posted: 11/30/2011 mercurynews.com LOS ANGELES—The reek of urine and unwashed bodies hung over the former Occupy Los Angeles camp Wednesday as masked sanitation workers hauled away 25 tons of debris from the barren lawns around City Hall. Collapsed and overturned tents, scattered bedding, paperback books, bicycles, shoes, food and other belongings were tossed by shovel or pitchfork into trash trucks after a small army of police peacefully swarmed the nearly two-month encampment. City officials who had tolerated the economic protest for weeks had finally declared the area a health and safety hazard earlier in the week. Crews set up concrete barriers and chain-link fencing around the sea of debris and dirt that used to be grass. Left behind was a sea of belongings. Frontloaders scooped up larger items, including wooden cabinets. "It's so contaminated, it doesn't even make sense to sort it out," said Jose "Pepe" Garcia, 49, superintendent of the city's north central sanitation district. A dozen city sanitation workers were suited up in white coveralls, gloves and boots after reports that there might be a lice or flea infestation, Garcia said. Sanitation workers had been hauling away as much as 2 tons of trash a day from the site, but hygiene remained a problem despite rows of portable toilets, he said. Plastic gallon bottles of urine and smaller bottles were set aside for special disposal. "They had no means to wash up. They had no means to shower," Garcia said. "You've got bottles of urine, that's the biggest hazard in there." Crews have cleaned up homeless encampments with similar issues before but never on the scale of the Occupy LA bivouac. "I've never seen anything like this," said Elton Atkins, a city refuse collection supervisor. "Pretty disgusting," said Pamela Thompson, a legal analyst who works nearby and saw the camp almost daily. "This should have been taken care of a long time ago," she said. However, one former occupant blamed the police raid for trashing the tent city. Samantha Schrepel, 27, stood by a stroller containing her 5-month-old son, Kenny, on the sidewalk in front of the fenced-off lawn and chatted with police officers guarding the site. Schrepel had been staying in the tent city but was elsewhere when it was raided. Her tent, warm blankets and other items were being trashed as she watched. "It's a mess," she said. "When I was there, my area was always clean. We had people who swept the sidewalks. I think everything got crushed in the chaos." Schrepel was philosophical about her loss. "I think it's teaching us that these are just (material) things," she said. The encampment turned the once-lush City Hall lawns into patches of dirt strewn with debris. Crude graffiti was scrawled on some City Hall walls. A treehouse constructed of wooden pallets lashed to four palm trees stood empty. It was decorated with U.S. flags, a pinata, various secondhand objects and signs that read "free hugs" and "we are the music makers, we are the dreamers of dreams." Occupy LA protesters destroyed the grass, damaged trees and sprayed graffiti on statues before the statues were boarded up, said Leo Martinez, a division manager with the city sanitation department. "I understand the political statement they're trying to make. But I don't like the way they went about getting the message across," he said. "Look at all the damage they caused," Martinez said as he surveyed the heaps of debris.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (118834)	12/1/2011 9:24:29 AM
From: TideGlider	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224748

Extortion...plain and simple.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (118834)	12/1/2011 9:25:41 AM
From: lorne	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224748

Park Service warns Occupy DC about rats, drugs By: Aubrey Whelan 11/28/11 washingtonexaminer.com The National Park Service posted warnings at two Occupy DC campsites claiming that the protesters are attracting rats, urinating in public and using illegal drugs, sparking new speculation that authorities may be considering evicting the demonstrators. The National Park Service insists there are no plans to force the protesters from McPherson Square or Freedom Plaza. The service posted warning letters at both sites warning protesters that camping, defined as sleeping and cooking in the park, is illegal. The warnings also noted that there are "increasing problems of public urination and defecation, illegal drug and alcohol use, and assaults." Rats also are a problem even though the Park Service removes trash from both sites three times a day, the warning states. Park Service officials gave conflicting accounts of whether complaints from McPherson Square business prompted the warnings. Occupiers at McPherson Square say they're not concerned about a potential eviction, but activists at Freedom Plaza, who deny the Park Service's accusations, said they consider the warnings "a first step to eviction and arrest." If it is, it would be the first evidence of a potential police crackdown on the D.C. occupiers, who have enjoyed broad support from city officials and the Park Service even as similar demonstrations in other cities have been hit with pepper spray and arrested in confrontations with police. Protesters in Los Angeles and Philadelphia are the latest to face eviction warnings, though Occupy LA has defied the city's deadline to vacate and was still camped out near city hall Monday. "We're trying to draw on our community support - faith groups, business groups - and have them contact appropriate officials to try to stop it," said Kevin Zeese, an organizer at Freedom Plaza. Protesters met with Park Service officials Monday to discuss the warnings, Zeese said. Jarrad Davis, a protester at McPherson Square, said the Park Service inspected the camp last week, but he described the inspection as routine. Occupy DC has enjoyed relative peace compared to protests elsewhere in the country, making it a model for the Occupy movement, protesters said. The local demonstrations are highly organized, relatively clean and on good terms with police. Protesters from around the country - from Atlanta to New York to Raleigh, N.C. - have made pilgrimages to the camp in Freedom Plaza to learn how to stage an Occupy protest, protester Joseph Bratcher said. "We try to learn from the other Occupys that have been shut down," he said. "Everyone comments on how organized and well kept we are." .

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (118834)	12/1/2011 10:52:21 AM
From: Ann Corrigan	2 Recommendations Respond to of 224748

Brits insulted again by the big O nation.foxnews.com