I am all for the Occupy Wall Street movement. I've been waiting for someone to finally stand up to the nonsense that's been foisted on so many gullible Americans.

Oh dear, are there people still afraid of the "communists" as the bogeymen? If you check out what socialism actually is you won't have to be fearful of that either. You can't possibly be ruled by it. Making up what the protesters are protesting doesn't work either. What free handouts? Read the constitution because it does grant us free speech and the right to protest. There are no bogeymen under that bed.

@Nick - pretty sure the Constitution isn't about smokin' dope in "private" parks at city taxpayers expense.

@Barbara - socialism is the ownership of the means of production by the State. Picture the US Dept of Labor owning the tools my dad (a Union Machinist) needed to do his work each day - and therefore controlling when, where and what work he could do. This is the direct opposite of what the US Constitution and America are all about. btw, the Constitution does NOT grant unlimited rights to occupy private property at public expense and deprive the neighbors of the peace an quiet THEY deserve. Neither my right to free speech nor yours extends to shouting "fire" in a crowded theatre or sponsoring loud parties all night long in residential neighborhoods.

Gary -

Smoking dope = illegal
Protesting = constitutional

I hope that clears things up for you long enough to turn Faux News back on.

I don't have a guy. I'm glad peetee is a world class photographer. I'm a world class thinker. The gas story lost me. No one is taking over Gary's father's machine shop and I'm sorry his neighbors are having loud parties. That is a local problem. Please go back to Foxy News and let them continue to scare you. After all, it is almost Halloween.

The protests are about the obscene gap between rich and poor in this country and the fact that the middle class is disappearing. Why should CEOs earn hundreds of times what your average person makes? This figure is debated but is anywhere from 185 to 343 times. How can that possibly be justified? While people are losing their homes and struggling to find employment, the sky's the limit as far as CEO compensation goes.

Peteee363,
I pay to educate others every year when I pay my property tax bill just like others paid for your education.

Tom, Frimbo and Petee all went to the same school and learned to spell their, as thier. Whenever they use the word their, it is spelled wrong. Or is it the same person. Nay, people wouldn't pretend to be someone else, would they.

LOL----Nancy. Our post crossed in cyberspace.

A little background music for peteee's, Tom's and Frimbo's post: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myhnAZFR1po&feature=related

Pteee363 has my vote! Well said on almost all your post's.You have hit the nail on the head .Why are the 99ers backed by the union's,and the reason for the protest's is that the union's know that their day's are coming to an end.,and the crappy policies Obama and the democrat's put in place. Hello 2012 ,you can put a cat or dog to run against Obama ,and he will lose. Brighter day's are ahead ,and the light will come soon enough.Happy ! I corrected my huge blunder. Truth hurts when someone is correct about the issues on OWS and the motive behind it ,and the way union's helped destroyed the middle class ,and America as a whole.I can go on,and on about that issue it's to complicated for an average Joe or Jane to comprehend. Wait just a few .EPA? TAXES?WAGE?HEALTH CARE COST'S?MANUFACTURING LEAVING? RIGHT TO WORK STATE'S? COST OF HOMES IN UNION STATE'S? FOOD COST'S? DELIVERED GOODS? LOOK AT ARE TOLL WAY WHAT THE HECK? TAX TAX TAX to do what ? Much Much more !! Provide more money for the union cause. Why is it that the government unions get's due's from the employee's which are paid for by the tax payers,and then the head of the union's donate 90% to democrate's ?????? So they can keep destroying us.Can someone answer me if i am wrong please ,and give your explanation of why i am wrong . Good Day!

Great music choice Nancy. Fits perfectly for Petee and his friends.

Peteee, you gots a purty mouth, I bets you done gots all yours theetums.

Thier you have it folks whens peoples donts agrre with youz they resort to falsley imporsonification of said rightous poster such as me.

Petee keep up the fight just like our Four Fathers.

I hope that those who are impersonating others on this forum are banned by IP address, email address, stealth cookies, and browser header content.

I'm selling stealth cookies at $12.00 a box, would anyone be interested in purchasing some? All proceeds will go to the GSA Socialist Party.

peteee, what do you call your father, daddy or uncle? what a sick little world you live in.

Peteee, when do you work. I just checked this blog, and I know you are on some of the other topics as well, but you have been commenting on everything since early thins morning, through out the day, and into the evening. Since your taken the time away from your employer, cheating them on time they are paying you, do you reimburse them for all this wasted time?

Peteeee, what socialist country did your father escape from....Sweden?

Since it is no longer required that one uses their actual names this forum has become completely irrelevant.

Hank,
When it comes to stories that are cross-published on sites (like this one), it's difficult to moderate because there are many times when the commenter is from another site, not Lemont. I cannot begin moderating commenters from Bolingbrook, Woodridge, Darien, etc.

However, I will pass along your concerns and hopefully my co-editors and I can come up with a solution. I will also add that most people that register with random names like that are not frequent Lemont Patch commenters. I think we've all become intimately familiar with those that comment often.

Again, I'll look into the issue. However, it is 5:15 p.m. Friday, so your patience would be appreciated.

Thanks and have a great weekend!

I am so sorry I made the first comment on this forum (and with my own name!) It has deteriorated into poorly informed opinions and lame attempts by people trying to build up their own egos. I am done.

No, they use the forum to tell everyone what a hard working self made person they are. It's boring. Done again.

Frimbo,

Unfortunately, it is in our Terms of Use that Patch users cannot use aliases. It's difficult to enforce this, which is probably why no one has said anything before. I run the Lemont site, and it's been an uphill battle trying to moderate the comment boards. But the alias rule is one I have enforced historically.

Thanks,
Amanda

Frimbo,

I would disagree that the rule leaves the forum in the control of bullies. The rule is there to create an open, transparent forum. It's a rule that Patch has operated under since it's following. It's been our policy to ask readers to change their user name from an alias to a real name. If the reader refuses, we reserve the right to suspend their account.

Thanks,
Amanda

"Fiend attacks 'Occupy' protester in her tent"

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/zuccotti_perv_Qd8v3hCAnspzJ7VGC9nJZP

"A sex fiend barged into a woman’s tent and sexually assaulted her at around 6 a.m., said protesters, who chased him from the park...

She said that weeks earlier another woman was raped.

“We don’t tell anyone,” she said. “We handle it internally. I said too much already.”"

Jim,

I have acknowledged that we are part of the Huffington Post Media Group, but the site would have grown and evolved with or without HuffPost. The Local Voices blogs, which Arianna Huffington introduced, cover a variety of topics and are not politically motivated. You'll find blogs from Republican officials, Democrats, soccer moms, sports fans, stay-at-home dads, pet lovers and more. We don't discriminate. Those blogs were made to give the residents in our communities a forum to write — regardless of their political, social, economic status.

Arianna Huffington is very much involved in shaping the direction of Patch, but again, it's not political. It's about providing a service to our readers. There are a number of people who have been with Patch since its beginnings that are still very much responsible for shaping the direction of the company: http://www.patch.com/about#editorial_board

And I would say that it's ultimately up to each of the 850 Patch editors to produce content that is fair and balanced.

Enough time has passed and I have seen enough! They have the right to assemble and I respect that. However, assemble does not mean live in the streets or on public property. There are zoning laws for every kind of property but public property...maybe it is time to write something up and get these creeps to respect our right so we can continue to respect theirs.