no way .. Obama is far better for US than fools like Romney or Newt

OBAMA 2012!

I agree. History shows that the first stage in the collapse of a society or nation is when the government is no longer willing or able to enforce the law. In the case of the "Occupy" protestors, when the police have tried to enforce the law, it is the police who are criticized, not the criminals.

In Oakland and many other cities across the USA, we have lawless mobs roaming our streets and violating the law with impunity. No citizen's life or property is safe. When the "Occupy" protestors come to occupy my home and destroy my property, they will be met with something stronger than pepper spray.

At last! At last a published call to arms for goverment to take action against lawless mobs. Enough is enough, let's put our returning troops to work saving our own country!

@Danville:

As an Obama hater, is this the best you can do? The first line of responsibility for law enforcement in this situation rests with the Oakland police?

If the OPD can't handle it, then the GOVERNOR could call in the California National Guard.

President Obama has no role. Find something else to complain about.

The United States since its founding has been a nation of laws. The Occupy (Whatever) is an attempt at mob rule. When a nation ignores its laws for mob rule it has started down a slippery slope towards anarchy!

Do people that support "OCCUPY" realize what it means?
I lived through the occupation in Europe, I know what it means, that how it starts, you let the mob rule, then a leader is born, then you loose your liberty. Is this a beginning of civil war?
Allowing the mob to dictate is dangerous. They call themselves 99%, I think they are 1% that may have good intentions, but the rest, the 99% of them,are drug addicts,drop outs,and a lazy mob.
Now we have to pay for the clean up, extra police, and honest people that want to work have their life disrupted.

Obama started this mess and he can't fix it. We need new leadership before everyone is unemployed.

Turning the National Guard on a protest you don't agree with? Are you people for real?

Were there similar calls when the Tea Party was protesting with hateful commentary?

What policy or law has changed in the US resulting from the OWS movement? You insist they are dictating, so what have they accomplished which you consider controlling your lives?

Freedom of speech is a protected right. Picking and choosing who gets to exercise it puts us on the slippery slope and I would contend people suggesting such crackdowns are a much larger threat to our democracy than any OWS event.

First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. - Mahatma Gandhi

"Farmer Dave": You think President Obama has no role in a mob illegally shutting down the Port of Oakland? What do you think a Port does? The Federal government has jurisdiction over interstate commerce, and the Port of Oakland is one of the largest international ports of international commerce in the world. It is similar to a criminal mob shutting down an Airport, involving interstate commerce, where the Federal government has jurisdiction, not the local county, city, or state.

"Watching the Watcher": Decades of U.S. Supreme Court case decisions, make it clear that freedom of speech is not unlimited, as there is a proper place, manner, and time restrictions, such as no right to yell "fire!" in a crowded movie theatre. If the occupy protestors want to lawfully stand in front of wall street offices and protest, they have the absolute right to do so. But when they criminally and forcibly shut down a major U.S. Port, they lose that right.

This is not about trying to attack President Obama. I would feel the same if President Bush or any other President stood by and did nothing when a criminal mob illegally on several occasions shut down a major U.S. shipping Port, with no consequences to the criminals.

Why? Because he's not a moron, that's why.

This country has a great deal more to fear from the over-reactions of jackbooted reactionaries than it does from movements like Occupy, regardless of the preposterous hyperbole invested in miss-characterizing that movement by those who would squelch dissent.

I went to a town hall meeting way back when the tea party types were in full force. They stood up and yelled for so long that it was clear that the rest of us would not be able to ask questions. I was annoyed - one of them told me that the speaker would try to mislead us with their answer. My thought (unspoken) was that if they could figure out that the answer was misleading, it was a no-brainer that the rest of us could as well. I call 'em like I see 'em.

I appreciate the fact that when the Occupy movement folks interrupt a meeting, it is short and they make sure they state this prior to the interruption.

@Danville, OWS has also been critical of the Obama Admin, hence the belief by some this is the precursor to a third party formation. Don't know where you got the idea Obama was orchestrating, but you're horribly mistaken.

I'm aware of the limitations of free speech, but thanks for the slant. I should have recognized it with the first mention of "criminal mob".

Obama doesn't do anything about OWS and lawless mobs because he identifies with their anarchist roots.

Bet you a nickel the people are all moslems and illegal noncitizens just like nobama. Next thing you know it thise yellowbellied hooligans will be occupying 680 trying to get us to carpool.

OBAMA IS THE PROBLEM ! PEPPER SPRAY THE SOB !!

I don't think it's Obama's responsibility to deal with the Port of Oakland, but I'm sure he wouldn't do anything about it if it was. For the very same reason, Jerry Brown won't do anything about it, or Jean Quan.

The oval office, the state of CA and the City of Oakland are all in power because of the labor unions and the labor unions have taken over the occupy movement providing funding and organization. Also, the occupy movement's main goal which is "anti capitalism" is the real goal of the unions and the democrat party.

It is all very convenient that the liberal liberal media who happens to agree with their agenda gives them way too much coverage and acts like they have some real justified purpose rather than to just have a welfare-supported party in defiance of business owners and people who work 40 hour weeks.