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By: Sgt D

Sgt D — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 12:35:11 +0000

You are one of the few who do. I went down their yesterday in my dress blues to show my support for LCPL Olson. I walked around the camp and talked with the occupiers. I listened politely, and when asked my opinion I gave a cautious, yet well thought out answer. I spoke with many veterans who were part of the movement, and shared a brotherhood only those who have served can know. For the 2 hours I walked around, people were coming up to me, shaking my hand,saying thank you for being here. One kid mentioned “It’s funny how, by you wearing that uniform, it turns a bunch of disrespectful people respectful.” I had to agree.

I was asked by the people manning the KBOO radio booth if I would sit down for an interview, so I did. I talked about my enlistment, my experience in Iraq, and my reasoning behind my choice to serve. I then explained my opinion, that the antogonistic protestors in Oakland have as much to blame for LCpl Olson’s injuries as the officer who fired on him. How quickly the crowd changed. I was booed, heckled, and one man even shouted I was “brainwashed and conditioned to believe what they want me to” An elderly lady told me I can’t come in uniform acting tough and telling the protestors what I think. I reminded her I was there to pay my respects for LCpl Olson. found it disgusting how few of you actually knew his name or who he was, yet you plaster the graphic images of his injury on the flyers you were passing out for everyone to see. IMO, you use LCpl Olson as nothing more than a mascot to your cause, and for that you do him great dishonor.

Right before I left, I was stopped by a few Vietnam Vets. They wanted to tell me how, back in their day, to do speak my mind like that in uniform was asking to get your ass kicked. The liberals back them spit on the troops, and attacked them for what they were drafted today. The liberals of today just say “thank you for your service” and don’t really mean it.

By: FM

FM — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 04:13:49 +0000

I made an error in spelling the above. I can’t type and I admit it. It should be … and that is LIFE in a nut shell …

By: FM

FM — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 04:09:48 +0000

Hey where is the FREE pot? I need to come down more often instead of living in the burgs. I didn’t smell it while there during the day and I am an expert. I guess it always happens when I’m not present. And that if LIFE. Amen …
I said my peace!

Though I did see an agitator at the Michael Moore visitation.

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:39:42 +0000

I actually do have a couple of suggestions for more effective action…I definitely wont discuss them online though.

By: Crash

Crash — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 07:49:57 +0000

Graphic on the Pearl District, on Oakland, on the attempts everywhere to sweep protest away with police violence:

http://portlandwiki.org/images/7/79/Police_brutality.jpg

By the way, I was at Jamison Square until 4 A.M. and held debates with several people from the neighborhood. They surprised me by the extent of their sweet naivete. I know that living in certain places is like a soft cushion that buffers you from information. But I didn’t realize how provincial and isolated from facts these Babbitts really are in the Pearl.

By: dillon

dillon — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 02:42:54 +0000

It is my understanding that occupy portland has told the city that they would fully pay for the repair for all park damages, in addition they didn’t ask the city to pay our police overtime, they have been peaceful and have vow to continue to be so i don’t fully understand why the city has chosen to waste taxpayer money on keeping the peace during an event that has been nothing but peaceful. This use of overtime seems more like the city wasting money because it has chosen to misspend funds rather than out of necessity. That is just my opinion though and you are fully free to your own, i encourage you to continue to do so.

By: Sgt D

Sgt D — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:02:36 +0000

Don’t stay up too late tonight… Revellie comes early

By: don ledbetter

don ledbetter — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 17:05:30 +0000

I wounder were Nick Fish buys his grass seed, must be one heck of a mark up.

Amazing how bad many peoples math skills are. There get bent out of shape over $200, 000 for a message of peace and justice and then in there lines of comment not mention once the $3,000,000,000,000 spent waring on just two countries.

SHIT and PISS obviously come from three orifices the third more often when there’s no brain to control it.

By: Sgt D

Sgt D — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:12:35 +0000

I work in the pearl district where there are a ton of small business owners… General consensus out here is that you guys have nothing better to do but have a fun little time playing “revolution” and drinking, dancing, and smoking weed out in the open. There’s so much on you tube of people going into your camp and exposing your social lifestyle. It’s disgusting.

By: Sgt D

Sgt D — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 13:15:00 +0000

Here’s a suggestion… grow up when you talk to people who don’t disagree with you