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Small but mighty stays in the park

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ABC News is reporting this morning that Brookfield Properties, owners of Zucotti Park, have postponed eviction of OWS protesters, while police in Denver have been less conciliatory with protesters at the State Capitol there. Meanwhile, the St. Louis Post Dispatch carried this fine editorial in this morning’s edition.

And it’s too bad the Cardinals lost last night, but one fan (who claims to represent a large group) is undaunted and left a letter to the editor as follows:

Small and mighty

I, Auggie, a Busch Stadium squirrel, represent the St. Louis Chapter of Major League Baseball Squirrels of America. We have stayed primarily in the bleachers for many years, heading for the high-priced sections only to snack on leftover peanuts and Cracker Jacks. But we were there when the Cardinals needed us and would appreciate the respect we deserve. We might be small, but we are mighty. Expect to see more of us. We shall not be fooled by traps with peanut butter. When the Cardinals need help, count on us to be there.

Try to trap us, and bad luck will prevail. Our ancestors helped the Cards win many very important games in Sportsman’s Park and a few in the “old Busch Stadium.” We are as much of baseball as Abner Doubleday.

Ron Henges • St. Louis

I am the last to know, sort of . . .

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but I’m catching up. I’ve been trying to sort out the present wrangle in my church. South Carolina is only part of it—there’s lots of venom. But while I was reading at Mark Harman’s blog, I found the OWS list of grievances from September 26. A blogger at National Review Online who commented—“So a bunch of dirty hippies shut down the Brooklyn Bridge because Goldman Sachs is mean to chickens. Or something“—is off and on linked to a Goldman Sachs ad video, very slick. Another supercilious commentator addresses himself to “Ye of the Angry Left.” But I’m not sure this protest can be factored into today’s clichéd political categories. Here’s a rant that Mark Harmon agrees is incredible. It’s angry, but not on the left.

The Occupied Wall Street Journal

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For those of you who may be as interested as I am in the protest at New York’s Zucotti Park, here’s the first issue of its newspaper, The Occupied Wall Street Journal. It’s being published in both English and Spanish, and there’s now a second issue. Both issues are available in good, but large, PDFs. Here they are, in English, if you’re interested: first issue; second issue.