Occupy Wall Street...What are they so upset about?

Maybe not all or even most of them can give a coherent response to that question but that doesn't mean America doesn't have a fundamental problem in dire need of attention. Try this quote from Henry Blodget,

The problem in a nutshell is this: Inequality in this country has hit a level that has been seen only once in the nation's history, and unemployment has reached a level that has been seen only once since the Great Depression. And, at the same time, corporate profits are at a record high.

If you think that's just the rhetoric of class warfare, perhaps you might find
the charts on this link a bit harder to dismiss.

Finally, a shout out to some local people who got busy with their sign making and sloganeering and then took a walk yesterday to Greg Walden's La Grande office and then to the Wells Fargo bank. Here's a four minute clip of their shenanigans.