I don't understand.....

I never claimed to be the smartest man out there, the sexiest perhaps, but not the smartest so I need someone out there to explain this whole Occupy Wallstreet thing to me.

No I don't mean what they are angry about. I understand that. I disagree with parts of it but I understand anger. If there is anything I understand in life its anger....and the love of a good cheeseburger. What I don't understand is what happened in Oakland yesterday.

These people are upset about the 99%. You know the average Joe right? (and for the record I could be very confused about this whole thing). So I get the whole lets shut down Wallstreet because those guys all have to work right at Wallstreet not at their huge houses. We then see Occupy Wallstreet's showing up all over the place which doesn't make sense but okay lets play along.

Oakland then figure we can shut down the port to "show our power". My question do they think about who they are hurting? What do you think that evil corporation Wal-Mart will do if they don't get their products? Suddenly say "Oh my god you're right. We are evil! Here all Wal-Mart employees take an extra $10 dollars an hour". No that isn't what they'll do. They will just say "We need to cut people because of the slow down in good so we had to cut 1/3 of our workforce."

So explain to me how shutting down the port will change anything for what they are fighting for. For that matter please explain to me how these protests will make positive change. This is from a CNN Story:

"Ben Bruso, 23, was among those blocking the port's Gate One. He told KCBS he was there because he wants to get rid of government lobbying.

"Our government is being bought by corporations," he said. "The middle class and lower class are being subjugated."

The port closure, he said, "sends a message to the corporate world that we're not going to sit by and take it anymore." (From http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/03/us/occupy-demonstrators/index.html?hpt=us_c1)

We aren't going to sit by and take it anymore. We are going to cost dock workers money and the lower and middle class people money. Before start screaming that I don't get it I do. I get what he is saying but by the time some corporate fat cat feels this tens of thousands of lower and middle class people will have to suffer.

Ask those dock works who lost a day or two wages if they want to "sit by and take it anymore". Ask the people there in Wallstreet who have been laid off if they are being subjugated and by who.

Sometimes instead of asking can I do this it is should. This is a case of good gone wrong. The idea was good but the execution was bad and is getting worse. Look at the videos of Oakland yesterday and last night. People smashing windows, painting graffiti. Building fires in the streets. Shooting fireworks at cops (part of that middle class folks). That isn't a protest about wallstreet anymore. That is violence.

Maybe I'm just not a visionary. Maybe twenty years from now we'll be talking about what a great job those people did. I don't think so but maybe.