Occupy Wall Street-The Real Story

     Occupy Wall Street is what most people believe to be a series of protests based in Zuccotti Park on Wall Street in the financial district of lower Manhattan, New York. It is thought that the group is primarily young people, many of whom are "starving artists", who have come together to protest financial inequality and coporate greed and have no specific demands or central leadership. There has been very little media coverage on the protests and speculations abound as to the goals and end of the demonstrations, and I am going to tell you why. The truth of the matter is this is not a demonstration at all. That's right, this whole "movement" happened by mistake. Let me explain:
     During the July New York city council meeting representatives of Manhattan expressed concern over the dramatic decrease in tourism to the area and proposed legislation to "beautify" local parks, a measure which included the banning of any and all persons living in or conducting business ("street vendors" as they are commonly called) in public parks. The measure passed and was set to be enacted on September 16th, 2011. For the next 2 months the NYPD had the task of informing all "street vendors" and residents of Manhattan public parks of their September 16 eviction. As more and more people were told of their impending fate it was reveled that there was one privately owned park in lower Manhattan called Zuccotti Park located on Wall Street, and the new law did not have precedence over private parks, only public. So, basically, all the homeless people and "street vendors" (including many musicians, artists, performers, and food carts) descended on Zuccotti Park on September 17 after a night of relocating from their former homes elsewhere in the borough. Four days into the relocation The New York Observer did the first report on the abnormally large group of hobos in the park. When prompted by the question "Are you here on Wall Street to protest coporate greed and economic inequality?" one homeless man answered "Uhhh...sure...that's why we're here." The next day Keith Olbermann got ahold of the quote and the following Friday, September 23rd, the New York Times did a report on the "movement". The rest, as they say, is history.
    I hope this article has helped you to understand the real deal that is going on down on Wall Street. Share it with someone who may not know. Thank you and have a blessed day!