Yesterday I had a meeting in the financial district of New York City.  It just so happened that the office building where my meeting took place was right beside Zuccotti Park (the owner of the building also owns the park), where the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protesters are based.  So, even though I had already been exposed to some of the riff raff the previous day when I was at the New York Stock Exchange, I couldn’t pass up the chance to walk over to the park and see first-hand what the “movement” is all about. 
Now, I have to admit that I have been following the protesters with moderate interest, however, once I arrived in New York, the subject was everywhere…front page of the newspapers, television news reports, radio reports, and of course seeing the protesters in person.  I am a strong supporter of free speech, and I assumed that the OWS folks would get their message together, have an organized agenda, rely on some intelligent, well-spoken representatives to convey that message, and move forward. 
Boy was I wrong!  The people I saw in Zuccotti Park and in other areas are just on an extended vacation and trying to stretch their 15 minutes of fame.  NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg (who is a gutless, no-backbone billionaire), finally had the NYPD clear the park for sanitary reasons.  The protesters, along with their tents, sleeping bags, trash, etc. were booted from the park, to their extreme displeasure.  The filth and health hazards they created were so bad that water cannons had to be used to return the park area to acceptable conditions.  While conducting their cleaning, the NYC sanitation employees found drug paraphernalia (dozens of needle syringes), pipe weapons and other hazardous trash items.
When I walked over the park, a man was standing in the front line of the protesters holding a sign about equality.  I was OK with that, but then he opened his mouth and started shouting “ %&$#?! the sanitation workers…The NYC sanitation workers are scabs”!
And there it was, plain as day 10 feet away from me.  Some ignorant protester was cursing and demeaning a blue-collar worker for simply doing his job (and doing it well, I might add – the park looked great).  So what did this over-sized oaf (he looked like Shrek) want?  Was it to punish the so-called 1%?  Or, was it just his (their) insecurity and entitlement attitude that drove them to these protests looking for way to force the redistribution of income and wealth?
Can you imagine what this guy would do if offered the opportunity to handle any substantial amount of money?  I mean, if he won’t support the city worker who is doing his job (and cleaning up the protestors’ mess because they went to the bathroom in Zuccotti Park where they were ate and slept), why would we believe that he would give money to a church food pantry, a home for abused children, a water treatment project for a village in Africa?
They are the 99% all right…99% idiot!