Gramps,
While, I agree with you 1000% about how our constitutional rights are being sabotaged - by the article which you posted, and many other means, I have to say that, you cannot complain about our bill of rights being screwed with, and then say in the same sentence that someone else's views, besides yours - makes them moron's. (ie, the teacher and the 99%), and they shouldn't have the right.
The right to redress is also guaranteed by our bill of rights, and many of those folks that are part of the "movement" are vets, teachers, scientists, mothers, fathers and business owners. There is a big difference between our own citizens "taking it to the streets" and another country trying to dictate what we will and will not do.
Unfortunately, we have many corrupt politicians, on all sides of the aisle (it isn't just one sided), who are willing to let others control such things as our public lands, etc.
We are also responsible. For more than one reason. One - and a big one - is that, we want to control our neighbors. Its just a fact of life. I don't care who you are, at some point, we complain that so-and-so shouldn't be playing their music so loud when we have to sleep, or their big house restricts our views of the mountains, or their old junk car is ruining our property values (ad nauseum). It was a slippery slope when we started doing that - you - me - almost everyone - wants to live their lives their own way, but don't want something they disapprove of, living next door to them. And, here we are.
That said - our rights have been slowly eroded for years, and now it is picking up speed. The Supreme Court, in finding that a state could "take" a property, and sell it to a private corporation, because the extra tax revenue was "for the common good" was one of the worst things that has happened in the last few years.
Also, the Feds and the states are all talking about selling our public lands, for revenue purposes - something we don't seem to have any control over (as citizens).
Another thing that really hurt our "rights" was the dammed Free Trade Agreement. In fact, we took a huge tumble when THAT was voted in, we just didn't realize how much at the time.
On a more personal note, I live at the edge of a little town, kind of on the poor side, when the big railroads left, so did the town's money - yet, they will tell you when to cut your grass, when you can dump your garbage, how high your grass has to be - pay for a "permit" to put up a fence, pay a ridiculous amount for a building permit (just the one permit was over 1200 bucks), and now, the newest thing, is to re-draw our political lines so that we vote with the Native American reservation, and, get this one - they HAVE to have an 80% majority.
?? WTH
As if that wasn't bad enough, we are in the middle of a huge lawsuit with that particular reservation, because we are on THEIR black hills land.
Seems fair, huh? Going to meetings - one right after the other, is really getting expensive and time consuming, and we haven't won anything yet.
Beth
It all looks and sounds good to me 
get'r done 
I stay out of mines now as waaaay toooo many close calls and this ol'man jus' happy to play in the water,raise a shovel,swing my detectors or ride a tractor. 
tons a au 2 u 2 -John
