Protester Legitimacy

The below letter to the editor is by Robert "Bob" McDowell, Jr. He is a Professional Engineer and Geologist with over 50 years experience in creating drilling prospects, supervising drilling, well completion, production operation, and pipeline design for oil and gas including repair of problem wells. McDowell is a conservative and active in the Oklahoma Republican Assembly.

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Bob McDowell

By Bob McDowell: We have been inundated for months now by the various media, and its commentators, with continuing coverage of the often violent taking to the streets of groups of 'protesters' around the World. First it was in Egypt, then Syria, followed by other middle eastern and North African nations. It would appear that these are not spontaneous uprisings, as we are told, but are stirred up, orchestrated, and financed by organizations like the Muslim Brotherhood. Thus they have been successful in overthrowing the existing governments, with some tacit as well as public support from President Obama.

From those successes, these agitators and others of the Socialist / Communist persuasion, the likes of George Soros and his "Moveon.org," have aroused, or sent in paid, agitators to disrupt the normal business activities in our Cities. Media interviews, some live on camera, of the participants have shown them to be totally clueless about why they are there.

Those shown have, for the most part, been young and employed looking for anything to raise an uproar about. From my standpoint is seems that they just do not have enough to keep them busy.  They do seem, however, to be dedicated enough to brave some discomfort and hardship by camping out in and on public property.

Whenever the police move in to stop them from law violations, they immediately raise the cry of "police brutality" and one woman was heard to say on the radio that she was "now totally dedicated to the protest movement."

These activities are in total violation of the law and of normal civility. It seems to be forgotten that the USA was founded on the principal of "the rule of law", where laws are established to be followed, instead of the whims of rulers. The present administration, however, has gone the route of "rulers" instead of following the established law and the provisions made to change improper or undesirable laws.

Those in it are taking advantage of the misuse of the law making duties of past, and present, Congresses that have allowed, and established, departments, agencies, bureaus, and commissions that make rules that then have the effect of laws. Thus one individual, or a small committee, can establish by rule making laws that we must all be subjected to, mostly to the detriment of the Nation and most of us.

The longer that these "protests" and "occupations" are allowed to go on unchecked by the established law enforcement departments the more vocal, and even violent, they are going to become. They are violating the sanctity of property, both public and private, and seem to be behaving much like the trashy hippy movement gatherings of the 1960's. They shout down speakers with whom they disagree and in general are acting like animals. This reminds me of the 'brown shirts' of the beginnings of the Nazi take-over in Germany in the 1930's that led up finally to World War II in Europe and the expansionist activities of Japan in the Pacific rim area.

Like then, these need to be stopped in the beginning. It should be remembered that the Nazi army was under orders, at the invasion of Poland, to terminate and retreat if there was any real military opposition by the allies, but there was none so the invasion continued until full blown war was declared. Dictators cannot be negotiated with because their promises are worthless.

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