Keep waiting. The only way they'd move up north with winter approaching is if Mom and Dad are able to front them the rent money. When the show melts on the passes, though, get ready for another infestation. (Let's be glad for now that Sam is so hipster-friendly. Most other mayors' responses would be some variation of "I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.")

Seems the 99% have found themselves to be much less than that. A protest with some real meaning in the beginning, eventually morphed into a very strange life of it's own. Now, most of the real 99% are saying good riddence.

Ms. Bradey says that the protesters "have made their point" so now it is time for them to move on.
Just keep moving...nothing to see here....return to the status quo.

The mayor of Oakland is actually doing the 99% movement a favor by disbanding the tent city. The longer it goes on, the longer it will inconvenience people who might otherwise be sympathetic to the message. That, along with the petty crime and vandalism associated with any large scale camp in the middle of a city, was reason enough to shut it down.

Well, the goose finally laid her egg. The OWS Masters of the Universe have belatedly announced one single, tenable, clear, simple, unified goal. Tax financial transactions to support social programs. The press has barely registered the call, since the focus is now on getting the plastic bags and excreta off the turfs of city parks.

Unfortunately, most of the people the Masters of the OWS Universe drew to the streets don't really understand the meaning of such a concept, wouldn't have a clue how to get behind it, and frankly, probably mistrust the whole idea because it is couched in language that connotes respect for institutions.

Who is this Adbusters guy? Let's all go camp on his g***** lawn, for screwing up this opportunity so royally. Leave it to a leftist to screw up anything he/she touches.

I would modify the financial transaction tax idea to make it time based. The shorter the time between transactions, the more you get taxed.

This helps out the small investor who only trades occasionally and helps reduce the crazy practice of micro-second computer transactions.

As for giving the tax revenue to "social programs" that seems rather open ended and vague.

Yes, well, the social program could have been the focus of event for the last month that this charade has played out.

My vote? Bankruptcy rights for student loan holders. The absolute slaveholder-mentality chicanery that has gone on with student loans needs a FRONTAL ATTACK. Schools are jacking up tuition to siphon student loan money from students. The students are too young and naive to turn down the money, the banks are too corrupt to regulate themselves, because the government guarantees make the whole business another cog in the scandalous government bailout scheme for banks.

RNs are graduating nursing school with 100K debts, God forbid they develop any chronic illness like depression or rheumatoid arthritis, or any of their children do, because they are on the hook, lifelong; even their Social Security checks will be garnished so the banks can get their money. This, at a time of a very serious nursing shortage.

If those crazy OWS leaders had just had one mantra to give their followers: "Bail out people, not banks: end indentured servitude of student loan debtholders", something might have given way in the dim brains of congress. If just one basic victory could have been won there, sights could have been reset down the line on the next winnable battle.

But no, "my dog deserves free health care too", we heard from an OWS Portland speaker, on day 2...

As soon as the protests featured drum circles full of pot smokers they alienated 98.99% of the 99%