What's Congressional approval at, 11%? 9? Everyone, left and right and center and unaligned and whatever knows that we have problems, and no one seems to think our government is able- or willing- to fix them.


Admittedly, OWS took some time to focus its message. It started off, I believe, as a response to all of the problems that we've been facing.

So people jeered at OWS "What, you're upset about bailouts? AND the increasing amounts of debt of the American public? AND the fact that government and corporations are becoming increasingly entwined? AND dishonest banking/investment policies!? AND a list of half a dozen other things? Well, you have to pick one! You don't even know what you're protesting!"


OWS has definitely focused its message since it started, but I find it a little odd that that was a criticism at all.* If only 9% of America (9%! Jerry Falwell had a higher approval rating than that!) thinks Congress is doing a good job, surely people recognize that there are problems across the board?




*Well, not THAT odd. I just read a leaked report from an anti-OWS public relations firm that basically said it would try to plant stories with "negative narratives" and influence language to do just that. I don't doubt that there are others- I can barely even blame them. If I was a big corporation or bank, I'd want to discredit this movement, too.