What should be pointed out (and may have, at one point, but I'll reiterate), is this: If you're only getting your information about the occupy events (literally world-wide, now) from any standard media (CBS, MSNBC, FOX, ABC, CNN, etc.), you're not getting the whole story. Unless you're actually watching the live broadcasts by the protesters themselves from the various events, you're only getting what the corporate-controlled mass media wants you to get.
I support their basic premise, and I hope their actions continue to get noticed, and supported, by big names and celebrities. Eventually the whole story will come out, corporate-controlled media or not.
They are not getting monetary support from any union, or any political group, and want to continue it this way. Any needs are being met by donations from those individuals who support the events yet cannot be there in person. There are secure sites set up for each event just for that.
Porta-potties? If they did rent them, they would not be allowed to set them up and use them, especially in hostile places like NYC, where they are not even allowed microphones or tents. On a side note, the picture of the fellow defecating on the NYPD cop car was taken by a professional photographer, who supposedly just happened to come by and notice it in time to snap a nicely posed professional picture. No name given for the individual, no proof what group he may or not have been with, nothing *except* the picture, which suddenly (conveniently) became viral. Sounds suspiciously like a set-up to me.
IMO, to compare them and their cleanliness with tea party events (where some people often as not showed up with weapons and signs saying the weapons were unloaded *this* time) is just a waste of energy. Completely different type of event. One was over & done with within a few hours, the other has been ongoing since the 17th of September. I would doubt that *any* group could prevent 100% of littering for weeks at a time.
I applaud their direct and non-violent use of their Constitutional First Amendment right.
Just my two cents' worth.
