""We're going to take Main Street no matter what," a protester shouted into a bullhorn, as a pair of police officers on bicycles stood watch nearby. "We are prepared to be arrested."
But Occupy Portland activists distanced themselves from the faction in the street.
"All I want to say is that it is not the intention of Occupy Portland to continue to block the street," protester Owen Sanders said."
If 80% of the protesters want the street opened, then maybe THEY should remove their colleagues.
But Occupy Portland activists distanced themselves from the faction in the street.
"All I want to say is that it is not the intention of Occupy Portland to continue to block the street," protester Owen Sanders said."
If 80% of the protesters want the street opened, then maybe THEY should remove their colleagues.
This reminds me of when 13th Ave., which went through campus, was closed in Eugene. It began as a fraternity stunt, then radicals took it over, at one point a faction from Springfield drove their pickups and brought their shotguns to open the street ... ah me. If only history wouldn't repeat itself so often. If you get old enough, you get BORED because you've already seen this movie. Been there, done that. I still wish for a different ending. But it will take brains and something the protesters don't seem to like, a leader with vision.
How's that Cummings poem end? There's a hell of a neat universe next door, let's go ...
How's that Cummings poem end? There's a hell of a neat universe next door, let's go ...
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