Occupy Columbia: When the Levy Breaks

To update you on the Occupy Columbia movement, the Occupiers had a small victory in Federal Court when Judge Currie basically allowed the Occupiers to stay on the Statehouse grounds because there were no written rules in place prohibiting camping.

So....the State is going to promulgate some rules. And the Occupiers, being Occupiers, are going to Occupy the meeting where the rules are going to be discussed. My prediction is that they make some noise, but accomplish little if nothing. Actually, that sounds like the entire movement so far.

At this point, I'm almost inclined to simply allow them to stay there as long as they want now that the winter months are bearing down upon us. If they want to camp out, that's fine. You know, the more I think about it, maybe there are some benefits to allowing folks to camp out at the Statehouse

Maybe I'll start a movement to allow people who drink to much in the Vista to sober up and sleep it off on the Statehouse Grounds. It's better than driving drunk, right? It's close, so you can walk it, and we can set up little "sober stations" with Waffle House food and Gatorade. We'll be "protesting" the fact that beer isn't free.