‘Colbert Report’: Occupy Wall Street Decamped
Thank goodness New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg deeply understands the meaning of free speech and what it does and doesn't look like, or else his forced decampment of Occupy Wall Street's Zuccotti Park HQ would look like a completely overstated and egregious abuse of political power. (more)Thank goodness New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg deeply understands the meaning of free speech and what it does and doesn’t look like, or else his forced decampment of Occupy Wall Street’s Zuccotti Park HQ would look like a completely overstated and egregious abuse of political power. Also, as Stephen Colbert points out in this “Colbert Report” clip from Tuesday’s show, at least one guy in Berkeley knows how threatening the protesters’ practice of linking arms actually is. –KA
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