This country is fucked beyond repair. I wish the imaginary god would just fly his fucking plane into our metaphorical building.

Wait and see how much you enjoy anarchy if REAL anarchy comes about.

For those who are wondering "what's the point", the following would be an important piece for you to read:

http://www.alternet.org/economy/153393/how_goldman_sachs_and_other_companies_exploit_port_truck_drivers_%C3%A2%E2%82%AC%E2%80%9D_occupy_protesters_plan_to_shut_down_west_coast_ports_in_protest?page=1

If people LOOK at where the products that they are purchasing are coming from this wouldn't be an issue. Blabby, you need to teach your child that it doesn't hurt not to get something that they want if it's not something that they need especially if it's made in another country. Too many in this country are more concerned about acquiring STUFF than they are about their neighbors and if their neighbor has a job or health care or food for their table or can afford to heat their home in the winter or cool it in the summer for those that live in the South. It's time that people wake up and stop caring about how much they own and start caring about what is happening to this country and a large number of people in this country. 1/4 of the kids in this country don't have enough food so they go to bed hungry. 1/3 of the people of this country are currently living at or below the poverty line. Closing down the ports does effect the 1%ers bottom line and sends me message that we shouldn't be importing everything under the sun. If I believe the majority of those trucks that have been shut down today were there to deliver stuff to be exported and not to pick up crap that was imported from overseas I might feel differently but the reality is that we import way more than we export and that has to be stopped or we will become a 3rd world nation!

My dad was a Marine and then a truck driver for over 30 years. He is in support of this movement and yes the system did exploit him. Good for you guys!

Hey Kimmy, Sarahfina, et al:

Maybe instead of speaking for truck drivers, you can let them speak for themselves:

http://cleanandsafeports.org/blog/2011/12/12/an-open-letter-from-america%E2%80%99s-port-truck-drivers-on-occupy-the-ports/

If the businesses affected had ethics, they'd compensate their workers anyway. But I suspect they won't. Ethics = responsibility and consideration for those whose work you depend on to line your pockets while keeping them at barely-subsistence wages. This action was coordinated nationwide, and while I understand the ire of a few, it's a one-day event to keep attention focused on those who steal from my fellow taxpayers. I'm guessing the negative comments here are from people who DON'T pay taxes? That being the case, while you're entitled to your opinion, it doesn't affect anyone or anything...

The corporations are surely trembling after today. Seriously, who is aiming this water pistol called the occupy movement. I was very much for the occupy movement when I thought it was actually addressing income inequality and overly corporate friendly laws. The occupy movement is making the change i would like to see more difficult with crap like this.
Ryan
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Oh gawd. A bearded hippie with an accordion. Are you occutards trying to torture people to death, or make them die laughing, or both?

@37...that would be to obvious and too easy. This entire situation is just getting ridiculous now. Whats next, occupy Fred Meyer?

I was at the ports after 4 in the afternoon. From what I saw, the workers were supportive of the community picket line. Truckers gave us the thumbs up. Gonna agree with 36, not sure where this sudden sympathy for workers comes from.

For all of you worried about a worker led actions(the longshoremen and Port Truckers who called for this action were obviously aware of the risks-loss of pay, retaliation against them or their union), but went ahead with it, under the belief that its demonstration of power may embolden their fellow workers. Time will tell(I'm inclined that what I saw in Oakland on Nov 2nd and here on Dec 12th will point towards the emergence of a new working class movement, the Union of the 99%. The Union of the unemployed, those with no trade union, those with a bad trade union, the retired, the students, and more. That, as with the IWW of its heydey, this union will face the charge of,"criminals!" from the annals of power and,"illegitimate," from the labor bureaucracy. Occupy has demonstrated its potential as a force-it has now taken on free speech fights in the streets(in true Northwest tradition, as the IWW did in its heydey here), has begun to move families into empty homes, to fight evictions, and has now taken its power-and in defiance of trade union leadership's threats, to picket, and shutdown, alongside some of North America's most militant and defiant rank and file trade unionists. This is where we begin to move from protest to power.
For those concerned about missed jobs and wages on December 12th day-don't worry. At the same time theyre cutting schools and social services, Sam Adams and his buddy Mike Reese have used Occupy to justify massively ballooning police budgets-in hardware, chemical munitions, and unneccessary overtime hours-giving an already overfed politically protected police force with disproportionate political power and a propensity to kill a sweet little christmas present.

For all of you worried about a worker led actions(the longshoremen and Port Truckers who called for this action were obviously aware of the risks-loss of pay, retaliation against them or their union), but went ahead with it, under the belief that its demonstration of power may embolden their fellow workers. Time will tell(I'm inclined that what I saw in Oakland on Nov 2nd and here on Dec 12th will point towards the emergence of a new working class movement, the Union of the 99%. The Union of the unemployed, those with no trade union, those with a bad trade union, the retired, the students, and more. That, as with the IWW of its heydey, this union will face the charge of,"criminals!" from the annals of power and,"illegitimate," from the labor bureaucracy. Occupy has demonstrated its potential as a force-it has now taken on free speech fights in the streets(in true Northwest tradition, as the IWW did in its heydey here), has begun to move families into empty homes, to fight evictions, and has now taken its power-and in defiance of trade union leadership's threats, to picket, and shutdown, alongside some of North America's most militant and defiant rank and file trade unionists. This is where we begin to move from protest to power.
For those concerned about missed jobs and wages on December 12th day-don't worry. At the same time theyre cutting schools and social services, Sam Adams and his buddy Mike Reese have used Occupy to justify massively ballooning police budgets-in hardware, chemical munitions, and unneccessary overtime hours-giving an already overfed politically protected police force with disproportionate political power and a propensity to kill a sweet little christmas present.