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    New York Post to Occupy Wall Street protesters: ‘ENOUGH!’

    If you couldn't tell by the headline blared across the cover, the New York Post has had "ENOUGH!" of the Occupy Wall Street protests.

    In a front-page editorial published on Thursday, the Post urged Mayor Michael Bloomberg to "reclaim Zuccotti Park--and New York City's dignity."

    "The Zuccotti Park vagabonds have had their say--and trashed lower Manhattan--for long enough," the editorial begins. "They need to go. Be it voluntarily--by packing their tents and heading off in an orderly fashion. Or by having the NYPD step in--and evict them."

    The Post said that what began as a "credible protest" against Wall Street banks has "been hijacked by crazies and criminals."

    More from the tabloid:

    No one should have to put up with the incessant noise, filth and downright dangerous conditions the protesters have foisted upon lower Manhattan. The drumming and tambourines. The yelling and screaming. The public urination and defecation. The drugs. The lewdness. The criminals and their crimes. It's all got to end.

    The Post, of course, is owned by News Corp., which also owns the Wall Street Journal and Fox News--two symbolic targets of the protesters' ire.

    The paper continued:

    No one has greater respect for the First Amendment than this paper. Even radicals--especially radicals--have a fundamental right to public protest. We don't even quibble with some parts of the protesters' message--such as their resentment of the massive bailouts of banks using taxpayer money. And we certainly respect the right of Brookfield Properties, owner of the park, to permit the protests. But there comes a time when enough is enough.

    A spokesman for Occupy Wall Street did not immediately return an email from Yahoo News seeking an official response.

    "What's needed right now is mayoral leadership," the Post added. "That means giving the protesters fair warning that their party is over--and then standing firm in the face of the firestorm that surely will ignite."

    The front-page editorial comes a day after more clashes between police and Occupy Oakland protesters were reported, as demonstrators blocked a city port.

    It's worth noting that the Post was one of the first newspapers to cover Occupy Wall Street, including publishing a cover story after a police officer was shown to using pepper spray on female protesters during the first week of the protests.

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    • XLR8R  •  6 mths ago
      Congress is the biggest threat to America, democrat and republican!!! Insider trading and congressional privilege has allowed congress to increase their wealth by over 61% from 2004-2007 and by 16% in 2008-2009 during a recession where the average American lost over 25% of their wealth!! How is this possible?!! Because congress controls the SEC and the 1% control congress by means of insider trading!!! Members of congress investment's have consistently out perform the market by over 10% since 1985!!!!
      THIS IS STATISTICALLY IMPOSSIBLE and yet it keeps happening and until people wake up and hold these people responsible, things like this will continue until America is destroyed by the GREED OF 535 MEMBERS OF OUR CONGRESS!!!
      LOOK IT UP, IT'S ALL ONLINE AND EASY TO FIND AND VERIFY ON MANY DIFFRENT SITES!
    • Alex  •  Rochester, United States  •  6 mths ago
      They are very justified in their words. It's become one big circus that needs to end. I feel sorry for all the street vendors that had to close shop because of these animals protesting and making a mess like they are. It needs to stop.
    • Citizen  •  6 mths ago
      F U Time!
    • Disgusted  •  Alden, United States  •  6 mths ago
      The Occupy movement will soon disappear once the cold weather moves in, but it doesn't mean it is going to go away. The winter will give the movement plenty of time to re-organize and become much bigger. Next year will bring massive protests not seen in this country since the late 60's. The movement will turn it's focus from the Occupy movement to the Vacate movement, focusing on Washington to vacate the seats of the incumbents. Washington's elite better straighten up quick because "the mob" has the power to evict you on election day!
    • clay  •  6 mths ago
      "A spokesman for Occupy Wall Street"? i don't know of anyone involved claiming to represent anyone other than themselves. that is a fundamental part of the protest, self representation
    • Solidarity!  •  6 mths ago
      Wow Big Surprise that Corporate Media wants Occupy to End.
      It will End when Fairness is Restored to this F**KED UP SYSTEM!
    • Renoira  •  Los Angeles, United States  •  6 mths ago
      New York Post wrote an editorial on November 3rd to the OWS movement. "Enough" already. I understand, but until we start charging Wall Street Executives with the crimes they deserve to be charged with, until there is a stop put to foreclosures....the people Occupying Wall Street and around the world will feel they are still not being heard.

      If you want them to stop, then fix the situations that they are complaining about. It is that simple.
    • Robert M  •  Lexington, United States  •  6 mths ago
      Well Consumers ... Laborers ... lets see if the NY Post can survive ... with only the 1% buying it. Maybe it is time to boycott that rag ... and the advertisers that advertise within it. One of the powers of the 99% is we don't have to buy this crap; so lets send a message right back to the corporate media ... ENOUGH!! If they want to take away the rights of citizens to peacefully assemble, to peacefully exercise the freedom of speech then why would anyone but plutocrats buy that yellow piece of pretentious journalism. If you have a subscription ... dump it. Its not worth the lining even your Bird Cage with.
    • J  •  6 mths ago
      Enough. Yes the American public and the protesters have had ENOUGH also of corrupt officials, corporations , banks , who have more rights than people. People are just plain sick of eating the #$%$ sandwich we have had shoved down our throats. There are not enough words to describe the overall resentment that the public has for governments, corporations , authorities etc... Im even hearing 90 year old people complaining about what is going on. This is not going away in fact the more that newspapers officials antagonize the more resilient and extreme this thing will get in my opinion. Simply put people are sickened and are angry with how quickly rights that these authorities are taking away from us that men and women have spilled oceans of blood and sweat to gain
    • Kid Dynamite  •  6 mths ago
      What does the NY Post care?!
      Newspapers are a business.
      This story made your headlines!!
      Don't bite the hand that feeds you...
    • Bill  •  De Forest, United States  •  6 mths ago
      polite tolerance instead of committment to listening to people.....the manners of conspirators.
    • NOSTRADAMUS  •  6 mths ago
      And we had ENOUGH of NYT and WALL STREET JOURNALS and their capitalist shoe licking ways. TIME TO SHUT DOWN THESE CAPITALIST MOUTHPIECES............
    • L  •  6 mths ago
      WE THE PEOPLE!! WE THE PEOPLE!! WE THE PEOPLE!! Keep chanting these words everyday, all day, and don't let it be forgotten. After all it is "We the People"
    • One Nation Underwater  •  Los Angeles, United States  •  6 mths ago
      People that choose to live in Manhattan have to expect these types of things. The noise filth and so on and so on.
    • arthura  •  6 mths ago
      So it looks like Rupert Murdoch is still pulling the strings in America.
    • VanEthics  •  6 mths ago
      Welcome to the new media where facts are occasionally important, and your Constitutional rights matter some of the time- brought to you courtesy of News Corp.
      • phreak9 6 mths ago
        HEY! i learned how to lie and twist facts very well from fox news, thank you very much
      • VanEthics 6 mths ago
        @Phreak9- It's nice to know that they taught someone something then. Sadly I watch them for comedy and John Stuart for news.
    • Lev  •  White Plains, United States  •  6 mths ago
      I say Occupy Wall Street needs to rein in the bad elements among them, and continue protesting!
      • izo 6 mths ago
        Seems they have time to protest, but not time to look for a job. There are jobs out there. May not be the job you want, but there are jobs. You might have to get you hands dirty, but it clean and honest work.
      • Lev 6 mths ago
        Not enough jobs for everyone.
    • Mack  •  Livingston, United States  •  6 mths ago
      Are you 1% or 99%? To find out, Google this: George Carlin - American Dream
      click on "you-tube" -- 3 min.
      • James Madison 6 mths ago
        Carlin was funny but full of crap. How about some perspective if you think you are the 99%. In America, the top 1% earn more than $380,000 per year. We are, however, among the richest nations on Earth. How much do you need to earn to be among the top 1% of the world?
        $34,000.
        That was the finding World Bank economist Branko Milanovic presented in his 2010 book The Haves and the Have-Nots. Going down the distribution ladder may be just as surprising. To be in the top half of the globe, you need to earn just $1,225 a year. For the top 20%, it's $5,000 per year. Enter the top 10% with $12,000 a year. To be included in the top 0.1% requires an annual income of $70,000. Nearly half the world's population, 2.8 billion people, earn less than $2 a day." According to the World Bank, 95% of those living in the developing world earn less than $10 a day.
      • C 6 mths ago
        oh ok... so let's use your logic... hmmm... "to be in the top half of the globe, you need to earn just 1,225 a year..." ok great, im at the top... but wait... here in america, i can't even buy rent for ONE MONTH with that, so im homeless. durrrrr it aint addin up. your post is completely are irrelevant. what do you want us to do, be happy that our country's inflation rate has gotten so out of hand that our money is worthless and our lifestyle, financially, is now MUCH WORSE than those in a "developing nation?" the real james madison is rolling over in his grave after reading your ridiculous post. read the constitution, buddy. your "world economics" is just a little OFF, to say the least...
    • Betty Caron  •  Boston, United States  •  6 mths ago
      The new media should stay out of it. Just report the news.
      • Reality Check 6 mths ago
        how about they stop reporting about OWS since that is old news?
      • d 6 mths ago
        sounds good to me. Then they are not telling me how to stop telling the 1% to pay attention.
    • Buddha  •  6 mths ago
      I see nothing in the Constitution or First Amendment saying that people can't be inconvenienced during other people's peaceful assembly, do you? Has what we are protesting changed? Has Citizens United been repealed? Is Congress and our Presidency no longer bought and paid for by the 1% and its corporations? Is Wall St. reformed and no longer too-big-to-fail, and has Glass-Steagall been reinstated? Is our "SuperCommittee" going to do what the PEOPLE want or what the 1% want? Seems to me "enough isn't enough". If people want to go back to sleep and let our kleptocracy continue, then turn off the TV set when the protests are covered and don't whine to anyone when your job is of-shored or when Congress passes a bill that screws you, but the SuperRich and our Corporations love!
      • Savannah 6 mths ago
        Inconvenience is ok, but when people are urinating and defecating in the street and creating unhealthy conditions that is not ok. When there are rapes and vandalism and theft, that is not ok. And these things are occurring. You are entitled to your rights, but when your rights start infringing on someone else's rights that is not ok.
      • WeThePeople 6 mths ago
        LMBO Savannah, these things happen all over that city anyways. Free food and free basic care have simply attracted it all to one spot. The genuine protesters can't do much to change that.
      • Absolutely Unbelievable 6 mths ago
        ur fat
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