From Denver’s Tent City “We voted for change, and what did we get? The change that’s in our pockets”

Tent City for 40,000 in Darfur

So says 21 year old Vincent from Santa Barbara, CA.

Colorado is lucky to have a leader like Democrat John Hickenlooper, current governor, previous mayor, successful Denver brewmaster, developer, restauranteur and all round business man.

You can pretty much know his sympathies and political bent is. Many have grown accustomed to him making difficult decisions and not getting lynched in the process due to his political instincts and personal charisma. He is noted for saying or repeating something like this phrase:

Politics is Hollywood for ugly people.

He admits on a conservative radio talk show that he is unsure what to do and what his legal options are regarding any illegal occupation of any City and County of Denver or State of Colorado owned parks in

saying that he has “always supported the First Amendment” but had concerns about the camp.

“I will confess I worry about the precedent,” Hickenlooper said. “If suddenly we have a park where people can camp out whenever they want, why not the next park and why not the park after that? And then suddenly, you don’t have any rules.”

The emerge of any lasting effective change or solutions to our economic mess is highly questionable as there is no consensus on who or what really caused the problem so a solution is pretty tough to put on a political bulls eye. But a newly named law will not doubt result in increasing someone’s cost if history is any guide. The Volcker Rule idea is a good idea that is bound up in tome like considerations, one wonders why not just reinstitute the Glass Steagal Act. At least that would result in a lot of divestment and new investment and reinvestment, movement of headquarters and new management in smaller companies. My Dream Act.

Everyone thinks their ideological opposite caused the problem. The Occupy Wall Street protesters think it is capitalism. This site’s very own proletarian, has a different view and that we have a very clear choice to make at the polls

About the effectiveness of the movement, Andy Young who worked alongside the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr, as a strategist during the civil rights movement and served as U.S. ambassador to the United Nations.

“There’s a difference between an emotional outcry and a movement. This an emotional outcry. The difference is organization and articulation.

According to the Denver Post there were more than 40 tents in Denver, significantly higher than some protesters claimed.

Vincent, 2, of Santa Barbara said they would stay indefinitely. “I’m going to stay until the end,” he said. “The end is when people in the offices realize they’ve taken our houses and we have to live in tents.”

One camper, Thomas Moody, 38, of Topeka, Kan., said he’d been homeless in Denver for more than a month after being stranded by his girlfriend. He said he knew officials had told campers that they were breaking the law.

“If they came up and told us we had to leave, we wouldn’t argue with them. We would pack up our things and go.”

He added, though, “There are people here who would refuse to leave.”