Article III of the Northwest Ordinance of July 13, 1787 and signed by George Washington reads as follows: “Religion, Morality and KNOWLEDGE being necessary to good government and the happiness of mankind, schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged."

Key word, KNOWLEDGE and, case in point, the recent Occupy Wall Street protests, aka OWS. Let us see the class of individual participating and those supporting—rioting, anti-Semitism, sexual assaults, theft, drug dealing, disrespect of authority, those hiding out from the law in other locales, public defecation, whining and laziness, et al.

Official supporters include Socialists, Radical Labor Unions (which is just about any labor union,) the liberal mainstream media, Hollywood ‘elites,’ CAIR, which is no friend of the USA or Israel, and, last, but not least, Barack Hussein Obama and, basically, the entire Democratic Party.

Needless to say, these “useful idiots,” to quote Karl Marx seem to have no problem protesting their college tuition costs, the obscene pay of professional sports figures and, again, the obscene pay of the Hollywood ‘elites’ and entertainment industry, generally.

Obama complains about the banks and the “one percent” yet has no problem taking the money from them who put him in office in 2008 and charging as much as $32k for fundraising dinners.

I know we are all busy, but don’t depend on the regular news sources to give you the unvarnished truth and don’t listen to your labor union propaganda.

I personally support the actions of the Oakland Police and their recent massive “cleaning house” and SSCC for denying Seattle protesters camping rights on their campus.

If next year you still support this same crowd who is in power now, then you deserve what is coming.

And George Bush is out of office, so let’s come up with new slogans.

Phil Stanat
Des Moines