The root issue is the current administration whether you care to get out of your smoke induced coma and realize it or not. "Hope and Change" is not coming with Barry.

Comments telling protesters to "get a job" are insensitive at best. First, many have f/t jobs already, thank you, myself included. Second, there are 5-7 unemployed people for every one job out there, depending on where you get your statistics. Complaints that the demands are unknown ignore the fact that hostage takers make demands, not liberators. The demands are from Wall Street, demands for tax breaks, no regulation, bailouts, and they have been largely successful. We are here to liberate the 99% from the demands of the 1% who are holding us hostage. If you are still siding with the 1% but still think you are helping the 99%, well there were a lot of folks helping the British in the first revolution, too.

@aplastic, They were initially threatened with arrest, but when so many people overtook the park it became much harder to enforce with having to process that many people in booking. It's people from all walks of life, race, and economic status out there. There are homeless people out there, people who rent, people who own homes, and people who lost there homes. @rgl1345, It really sucks when the people stand up against social injustices. When Americans show how Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Assembly works. When corporations are feeding off the blood and sweat of workers, CEO's who aren't busting their ass to make a living. Most of the protesters have jobs and take shifts at the encampment. Teachers are there, welders, homeless, students, war vets, warehouse workers are there. Who are you really mad at? The wealthiest individuals are not paying a dime into taxes, the largest corporations are not paying taxes.

If they were homeless people they would have been beaten or shot. But the are priviledged entitled people so they get to camp wherever they want. And portland can pretend they are progressive.

They are protesting the state of the government, and these facts: employment is down, the illegal foreclosures on homes, the bail out on wall street (and the bonuses that employees received afterwords), corporate interests have too much say in our government, that the government is in shambles. Many people, regardless of political party, are angry. These people are speaking out.

I am for shooting them..they are deadbeats and must be on welfare. I worked for what I have...they should do the same..screw them

Maybe this is an ongoing story that I missed: exactly WHAT are they protesting? it doesn’t say anywhere in this article why they are protesting, what their agenda is, or give any information on their reasons for the protest. Might be nice to know.

We also help spave for Native Voices at Holladay Park from 3-5 pm, feed people chili, and educated people about Leonard Peltier

A "few hunders campers" eh. I believe that's Norwegian for dogs. That's a lot of dogs taking up in this movement. Even they apparently are pretty upset over the financial and government issues we all are dealing with. Well if a dog can recognize this crisis we are in, that says a lot about the current state our nation is in. I will stand with these dogs.