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Occupy Boston Protesters Arrested for…Trying to Bring a Kitchen Sink Into Camp

Occupy Boston Tries to Bring in Kitchen Sink

The saying goes “everything but the kitchen sink.” But at Occupy Boston, it’s more like, “everything including the kitchen sink.”

That’s because a scuffle broke out between police and the occupiers after the protesters tried to bring a kitchen sink into the encampment and police confiscated it. The occupiers claim they were just trying to comply with the city’s order to clean up.

MyFoxBoston.com reports three people were arrested:

One person was arrested for allegedly assaulting a police officer while two others are facing disorderly conduct charges.

Occupy protesters told FOX 25 the scuffle beginning over a kitchen sink that was brought into the camp in an attempt to address health concerns raised at a hearing on Thursday.

Police say they confiscated the sink and put it into a police car. Arrests were made after 75 to 100 protesters moved in and surrounded the car as it tried to move down the street.

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  • RULISTENING
    Posted on December 2, 2011 at 2:11pm

    What next? Are they going to bring a car door so they can roll the window up when it gets to cold?
    By the way, Do the union plumbers in that town know these people are trying to install a sink? They need to protest the protestors for taking away their job!!

    Daniel of Brighton: Do you realize you are illiterate?

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    • SpunkyJones
      Posted on December 2, 2011 at 3:47pm

      ha!

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    • saenir
      Posted on December 2, 2011 at 4:15pm

      Best comment of the day.

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    • ishka4me
      Posted on December 2, 2011 at 9:30pm

      From the area, these guys started with government corruption and their solution is>>>> more government to handle the abuse of government. By the way, they are more involved with trans gender bathrooms then corruption. They jumped the shark.

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    • midnightvelvet
      Posted on December 3, 2011 at 5:00pm

      Maybe they should bring in a bathtub instead?

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  • daniel of Brighton
    Posted on December 2, 2011 at 1:18pm

    wow it is so sad how many people out here do not get it! How many of you folk have been down there and talked to the folks there. We have problems in this country that seem out of your visions. does anyone out here understand the politics of the occupy movement? when I look at most of these responses it would seem not. In fact most of you probably would be happy with cain as the next president by your responses. Undercover cops starting **** is so uncool doesn’t that bother any of you people? have any one of you protested out of your warm home anything you believed in? oh wait you all have homes and jobs. or do you? Unemployment thanks to George Bush is now up to naionwide ten percent hello do you get what that means? and then if you take a job that does not pay an ought to pay your bills what do you do? not take the job and lose your housing or take the job and because there are no others jobs you can get. why do all of you think with your dick ***** and wallet and not your hearts and minds why is it about you? so sad most of you do not go to church or temples you have no care about others you make me sick with your selfishness that you have not clue about the occupy movement in this country. I challenge you all to go down there and go to the info tent and ask them why they are there read howard zinn or george orwell. Get outside your box and narrow mindeness yes I attack you for your ignorance about the whole picture show’s who you are and it is sad!

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    • piper60
      Posted on December 2, 2011 at 1:26pm

      Daniel, you really need to take your head out of your butt, and wake-up a little.

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    • IAMMADDOG
      Posted on December 2, 2011 at 1:47pm

      Or out of whatever rear it is up.

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    • OMGGETACLUE
      Posted on December 2, 2011 at 2:47pm

      Daniel of Brighton…Get a Clue! The world is screwed up! I am sorry that things are not to your liking. Sitting on your backside in a city park crying about injustice does nothing to further any cause. Get off your lazy butt and make something of your life take action…maybe then you will Get a Clue!

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    • Red Max
      Posted on December 2, 2011 at 5:43pm

      Hey Daniel, I’ll let Bill and Adam respond for me.
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAOrT0OcHh0
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQpXybTnGVg

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    • DisillusionedDaily
      Posted on December 2, 2011 at 6:59pm

      Daniel, I scoured the news every day for a month trying to get a handle on what the focus of the “Occupy” movement is. I watched all the taped interviews and YouTube videos. Guess what I discovered? There was no unified consistant theme or reason for this movement! There were a lot of individual reasons given, but they varied so much that I finally determined that no two people have a consistant idea of why they were protesting. Some of the ideas given by the protestors were so stupid as to make one wonder why they were not protesting their colleges or universities for a tuition refund. What happened to all the money raised at the occupy protests? Who got it and what did they do with it? You people were used by the unions, socialists, communists and other left-wing organizations to do their agitating for them. How does it feel?

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    • So
      Posted on December 2, 2011 at 8:06pm

      Occupation is different than protesting.

      No one is going to better their life by shacking up on a sidewalk, taking up space.

      Occupation can’t be a problem and a solution.

      Stop dragging our country down further.

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    • JESSEBEGATDAVID
      Posted on December 3, 2011 at 10:27am

      I keep hearing all these argument about the “supposed” list of demands for all of these entitlement MONSTERS. The point is, NOBOBY is stepping up to the plate to be the narrative for this ******** because that is exactly what it is… ********!!!!!!!!!!!! Get a life, get a job.

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    • 000degrees
      Posted on December 3, 2011 at 11:34am

      It is really too bad but it looks like portions of this young generation have been indoctrinated to the point that critical thinking has been replaced with “critical wishing upon a star”. Some of these kids are too foolish to realize that they are being used. Others could probably be reasoned with but honestly this “movement” is really getting old. I heard the list of demands from various locations and they are not even close to touching reality. I have come to the conclusion that given the fact they are not realistic the goal is simply the destruction of our country. My advise to them, you had better check yourself as there are a lot of Americans that respect the oath they took. That is a big difference from other countries that were over run by non freedom lovers…….

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    • deweydewmeyer
      Posted on December 3, 2011 at 6:10pm

      Daniel = idiot nuff said

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    • tbagger
      Posted on December 4, 2011 at 1:29am

      Daniel:

      Yes our economy is in the tank right now. Yes there are a handful occupiers that make sense. That being said the protestors are not helping. Many of them are jealous of the wealthy. Many college kids there feel they shouldn’t be responsible for the loans they took out. Many of them have shut down businesses in the areas they are protesting. They are costing us all money. They have destroyed private property. Apparently they feel they are above the law. Some quit their jobs so they could protest instead of working for “the man”! To answer your question yes they should take a job even if it doesn’t cover their bills. Maybe if they put in their time and effort they could advance to better jobs. Last year a well eduacted friend of mine lost her job, couldn’t find another, and is working at McDonalds. She started at 8 an hour. Now she is a manager making 15. Yeah I know still not a lot but better than nothing!

      This country is awesome becuase people have the opportunity to do well for themselves. Why are you so jealous of the rich and why should they have to take care of you or anyone else for that matter? The top earners of this country pay something to the tune of 53 percent of the taxes. Time to stop being jealous. Time to man up and take responsibility for yourself! Last time I checked this was America not Russia

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  • Ceefour
    Posted on December 2, 2011 at 12:38pm

    What these lying,scurvy,occupoopers need is an old fashion can of whup@ss opened up on em….

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  • TEIN
    Posted on December 2, 2011 at 10:59am

    What is worse than a 2 year throwing tantrum and being belligerent?? A bunch of 22 year old throwing tantrums and being belligerent!!! Some day maybe they will find their “big boy pants” and take some responsibility and join the real world!! For now they need to have a big time out…just put a fence around the park, close their bank account from the “donated money”, and throw them a pb&j 3 times a day…They have already shown they can live without taking a bath or any other personal hygiene…

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  • DirtyDeeds
    Posted on December 2, 2011 at 10:55am

    I suppose either they were going to dig a well or siphon off water from someone who is actually paying their water bill to make this sink work. I figure it will take to much time away from the drum circles to actually perform laborious tasks, “occupying” free water that they are “entitled” to would be so much easier.

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    • AvengerK
      Posted on December 2, 2011 at 11:53am

      This really is the level of problem solving and critical thinking in our colleges today? Bring in a kitchen sink because you were told to clean up the area you’re illegally camping on? Ok…I’m going to change my mind on something..I’m no longer going to say “get a job” to these clowns because clearly they’re unemployable. They’re unhirable. It‘s no wonder they’re demanding the tax payer pays for their existence…they’re incapable of supporting themselves. These aren’t just losers…they’re drooling idiots. Which brings another frigtening thought to mind…one of their “not-leaders” Van Jones is saying they’ll be forming a poltiical wing..what will it be called? The Poop Party?

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    • Twitch532
      Posted on December 2, 2011 at 12:00pm

      That’s the problem with assuming, DirtyDeeds. When you assume, you’re usually wrong. The sink was custom built and worked off Bottled water. No grounds. No stealing. No wells. Bottled Water.
      As to throwing a tempertantrum, we asked to police several times why they we taking a sink. We asked every officer present (yes, every single one) and no one had an answer. We stated flat out that they gave us one single reason why they were taking the sink, we would leave and let them have it. They didn’t have one. In fact, if you looked around at some of the videos taken by people actually there instead of fox news (who didn’t show up until well after the CD started) you would see the police even asking their superiors why they were taking the sink. They had no answer. What this article didn’t tell you was how one girl was sent to the hospital because a cop stomped on her leg, or the several people who were kicked and punched (myself included). They don’t mention the undercover who tried to start a fight after the event. They don’t mention how this “scuffle” was entirely peaceful protestors and the only one to act violently were the police. They don’t mention how the police broke the restraining order that was set less than 12 hours before the event (meaning it was illegal to take the sink anyways). They don’t mention how they threatened several people with arrest for drawing on the sidewalk with sidewalk chalk. Don’t be a presumptious ass and assume were entitled children

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    • brother_ed
      Posted on December 2, 2011 at 12:36pm

      TWITCH – Seriously? Hot dog stands need permits…did you have a permit? A kitchen sink implies a little longer stay than a couple of hours…did you have a camping permit? Did your mother teach you to respect authority? We have ways to settle our being wronged, it’s called the court system. It may take awhile, ask a real hero – Marcus Luttrell – but justice will be done. I suggest you learn how to act like a real human being. When you turn a protest into a war zone, expect casualties.

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    • sheerterror
      Posted on December 2, 2011 at 3:57pm

      There is no digging a well there. There camp is set up right on top of route 93. There is a major highway under there camp. This should be a major reason to shut down this site.

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    • GramSam
      Posted on December 2, 2011 at 8:12pm

      The occupier in Iowa have some how tapped into the electricity near the park to operate their equipment. It has been brought to the authorities attention, but no one seems to care, Drove by the other day and some one had their laundry hanging over the metal fence. I have a hard time relating to a group of people that want to live under these conditions.

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    • 1389AD
      Posted on December 2, 2011 at 8:52pm

      Good point!

      Occupy organizers, shills, and financial supporters should be billed for the costs that Occupy has foisted upon the rest of us.

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  • thegreatcarnac
    Posted on December 2, 2011 at 10:17am

    Gonna mix up some meth…gotta have a sink.

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  • alaskajohn
    Posted on December 2, 2011 at 10:10am

    I vote that charlie sheen be made leader of the occupy movement, after all they are “winning”. Right?

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  • Usa1Ing
    Posted on December 2, 2011 at 9:43am

    They were trying to be ironic ——- That’s what being a smartass gets you, you filthy animals.

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    • Mtroom
      Posted on December 2, 2011 at 10:09am

      I know …right? Is kinda funny though.

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  • SamIamTwo
    Posted on December 2, 2011 at 9:13am

    Man I bet the plumbers are worried about this one! You can’t take a sink out of the truck and walk it to the building? LMAO.

    I wanna see the ordinance on this one…

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    • ACLUHater
      Posted on December 2, 2011 at 9:19am

      OWS dopes. More proof that liberalism is a mental disorder.

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  • Ishmot2
    Posted on December 2, 2011 at 9:12am

    Does anyone realize that the sink is no good without plumbing, what were they going to do hook it up to the public drinking fountain? It still wouldn’t have hot water which is something everyone of them need to wash of the stench. I think it was meant to be a sarcastic gesture, because they were told to clean up the park, and themselves for health reasons. Losing!!!

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    • ADNIL
      Posted on December 2, 2011 at 5:54pm

      There is another thing about a sink – the waste water – it is polluted and disgusting. It is called “grey water” and in itself becomes a health hazard. After a very short time it is an open sewer if not piped away. These people don’t know much for all their fancy college educations and student loans they complain about.

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  • Skee
    Posted on December 2, 2011 at 8:57am

    Just like a lib, never can carry a thought to the logical end.
    I assume there is running water in the park to hook up to
    the sink or does it magically appear.
    There has to be a I.Q. test before a person can vote.

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    • Secret Squirrel
      Posted on December 2, 2011 at 9:00am

      .
      So……I guess they everything but the kitchen sink.

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    • Dalady
      Posted on December 2, 2011 at 11:00am

      I agree, too many stupid people voting. When I heard Rick Perry’s little gaffe about the voting age being 21, I thought it might be wishful thinking.

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    • nelbert
      Posted on December 2, 2011 at 11:20am

      Exactly what I was wondering. Where did the dipwad think he was going to hook up the sink? And even if there was some source, they‘d be jacking up someone else’s water bill – but being a burden on society is what they do best.

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  • cloudsofwar
    Posted on December 2, 2011 at 8:46am

    i think the OWS mobs are unlawful jealous cry babies. they should not be allowed to occupy anything except there own homes. if you want to protest have at it but afterwards go home. this occupy movement is a Marxist Movement pure and simple backed by the big unions like seiu. they won’t be happy until they tear everyone down to their level. Obama owns this and i hope it sinks him and the rest of the democrats in 2012.

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  • UpstateNYConservative
    Posted on December 2, 2011 at 8:35am

    Far as I’m concerned, the Occupoopers have overplayed their hand. The time is long past that they be removed from their little tent towns so regular people can again go about their business unimpeded. It’s just plain wrong to clog up streets, block businesses, and harass people doing a simple thing as holiday shopping. But these petulant spoiled brats are thieves, who not only demand to legally steal money from taxpayers but reserve ‘right’ to try stealing people’s holiday joy as well.

    It’s high time police move in, clear the tent towns, and keep them cleared. I also hope the politicians who allowed this nonsense to go on for two months and still counting is voted out the next election. Or, better, is forced from office early by a gazillion angry voices demanding their resignations.

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    • quicker
      Posted on December 2, 2011 at 8:49am

      Just waiting for colder weather to set in ,soon there will be protester popcycles .

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    • copatriots
      Posted on December 2, 2011 at 8:52am

      @ UPSTATE NY,

      That is exactly the intent of the leaders of the Occutard movement……to tie up the police and courts while wasting taxpayers money doing both. If they frustrate and steal from us in the process, well, that’s just a bonus.

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    • loriann12
      Posted on December 2, 2011 at 9:04am

      Gee, when I go camping, there’s a fee per tent. Make every single tent dweller pay for and display a park pass. You don’t have one? You’re otta here. That should help pay for the mess they leave.

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    • UpstateNYConservative
      Posted on December 2, 2011 at 9:34am

      Maybe the cops should start making arrests, bring swift trials, and put these thieving little brats under house arrest with a transmitter strapped to an ankle for as long as the law allows. Then fine them to the max, too. Make them all lose their expensive laptops and iPods or whatever else to pay. And no community service sentences, either–cash on the barrelhead counted against their future credit rating until the bill is paid. The ‘movement’ allegedly has $300K or more, so let government raid it the way the tobacco companies got raped for $450 billion. ACLU lawyers will surely take the cases pro bono, so legal fees aren’t a problem for these dopes.

      And maybe class action suits against the politicians who allowed this mess to continue. Bloomberg is a rich fat cat, so he should have to fork over some dough, too.

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  • objectivetruth
    Posted on December 2, 2011 at 8:32am

    I consider the ows crowd to be useful to both sides.While most here see them as being useful for the far left and communism causes.I see them as being useful to uncovering the brown shirts and the radical fanatical rightwings jihads and psycopathic freaks.While these people are doing this voluntarily imagine it not being voluntary.We’ve had tent camps before.Would the same people who are willing to do anything to stop these people be willing to do the same to normal citizens?

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  • ThoreauHD
    Posted on December 2, 2011 at 8:31am

    What the… are these people all mentally ill. Do they know what Trespassing is? Property Rights?

    Can somebody remember a time when the City, State, or Federal government allowed you to move your furniture into a public park so you could like there?

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  • Tea Party Animal
    Posted on December 2, 2011 at 8:20am

    Hey Moron: If you want “clean water and clean dishes” so badly….then GO HOME!

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    • cemerius
      Posted on December 2, 2011 at 8:32am

      You meant to say “Mom and Dad’s basement”?

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    • centralscrutinizer
      Posted on December 2, 2011 at 9:42am

      You likely mean Mom’s basement or possibily Mom and Step-Dad’s basement, than again it could be Mom and current boyfriend basement.

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on December 2, 2011 at 8:18am

    If these people were breaking the law, they are breaking the law; let them have their day before the courts.

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    • EqualJustice
      Posted on December 2, 2011 at 8:25am

      Right, just like the illegal aliens? MA is a sanctuary state. Probably why BO’S illegal relatives all end up the with surrogate Uncle Deval. They’re not going to “punish” them. Just a waste of MORE tax dollars spent on police OT and court costs.

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  • UlyssesP
    Posted on December 2, 2011 at 8:14am

    They were building a meth lab.

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  • hersey10
    Posted on December 2, 2011 at 8:06am

    Everything that meat head said contradicted what he had just said before it . Furthermore , can someone tell me how you keep people safe with a sink ?

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    • skiz
      Posted on December 2, 2011 at 10:53am

      It can be used as a helmet?

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  • copatriots
    Posted on December 2, 2011 at 8:03am

    Maybe the Occutards can start a lottery, like Detroit, to solve all the problems in the world. I know I will regret asking this because they continuously prove they can but……can the “proles” get any dumber? They truly are drones doing whatever Big Brother tells them to do. smh

    http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2011/12/01/lawmakers-hope-to-make-money-with-detroit-only-lottery/

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    • biohazard23
      Posted on December 2, 2011 at 8:30am

      Detroit is doing so bad that Haiti and Wycliff Jean are throwing them a benefit concert. :)

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    • needs2Btold
      Posted on December 2, 2011 at 8:39am

      Come on, you know the reason Detroit is so fudged up. Greedy auto execs outsourcing jobs and STUPID American consumers buying Japanese autos. Oh Crap, my Honda airbag just blew up in my face. KONICHIWA

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    • copatriots
      Posted on December 2, 2011 at 8:45am

      Hey Girl…….how’s mama and child doing?

      LOL @ Detroit benefit concert. I believe the good people in Haiti at least appreciated the humanitarian assistance given. In Detroit, no matter what you do or give, they will demand more and vote for those who keep them on the plantation.

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    • needs2Btold
      Posted on December 2, 2011 at 8:55am

      HAHA, I know your type, you say you love the United States but crap all over your fellow citizens. I bet that flag you are draped in was made in China.

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    • biohazard23
      Posted on December 2, 2011 at 10:30am

      CoPats, hanging in there! It‘s getting close to the end and I’m HUGE!!! But he‘s a happy little camper in there so I can’t complain. :)

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    • StrongViolentType
      Posted on December 2, 2011 at 4:09pm

      @BIO
      Winner Winner – you are the first post to make me laugh out loud.
      Thanks, and good one.

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  • The Bove
    Posted on December 2, 2011 at 7:56am

    Do you believe they could “sink” so low?

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on December 2, 2011 at 7:53am

    What are those people still doing out there? How is camping out for weeks on end going to change anything?

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    • SpankDaMonkey
      Posted on December 2, 2011 at 8:21am

      .
      The Monkey lives…..They almost had me……I‘m think’in Geaux Gonzo is gonna look good come Saturday…….

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    • SpankDaMonkey
      Posted on December 2, 2011 at 8:41am

      .
      What are those people still doing out there?

      Their waiting to see the LSU Tiger icon thats gonna replace Archie…………..

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on December 2, 2011 at 11:05am

      I guess you haven‘t heard about UGA’s secret weapon yet? You’ll see it tomorrow! Go Dawgs!

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  • Winedude
    Posted on December 2, 2011 at 7:45am

    Who seriously cares about a kitchen sink? As usual, the police over-reacted to the situation, albeit not as much as the UC Davis cops. No doubt there are people in law enforcement that actually want to protect and serve the people. The balance are on severe power trips and the kindest thing I can think of to say to them is “Oink, Oink”…they’re rectal pores!

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    • wolverine
      Posted on December 2, 2011 at 8:02am

      Kiss my A&& liberal freak

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    • qpwillie
      Posted on December 2, 2011 at 8:06am

      The police are trying to protect and serve the people. The people are having their parks trashed, their streets and bridges blocked, their access to places of business blocked and their right to reasonably peaceful and clean neighborhoods taken away. They police needs to step up the intensity of their methods to put a stop to this and do whatever it takes to serve the people who pay their salaries.

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    • txbigfoot
      Posted on December 2, 2011 at 8:26am

      Go away and back to mommies basement. The park is not “yours” its “ours”. Your actions prohibit the people from enjoying what belongs to everyone by you acting like exactly what you hate. You time has come and past. Your 15 minutes are over now so go take a shower and get a job and become respectful

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    • Winedude
      Posted on December 2, 2011 at 9:17am

      Hey Wolverine: Is that seriously the best you can do? I guess you didn’t get past the 2nd grade?

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    • nelbert
      Posted on December 2, 2011 at 11:29am

      “Severe power trips”?
      “Rectal pores!”?

      You must be talking about the Occupy protesters.

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  • Rick300
    Posted on December 2, 2011 at 7:45am

    I think that a fire hose should be in order to clean up Occupy Boston! Maybe we can get people to donate “I Love The New York Yankees” t-shirts and hats for the cause!

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  • wellhangingchad
    Posted on December 2, 2011 at 7:44am

    I hope the sink had a garbage disposal so the police could use it to properly dispose of the trash of ows folk!

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