Right up until the point where they were told to go home, the Occutards in Manhattan were preparing for “a block party the 1% will never forget.”  This block party was to take place on Thursday and was expected to be huge with help of their labor union partners.  Yup, the AFL-CIO, the Service Employees International Union and the Laborers’ International Union of North America will take part in Thursday’s “day of action,” where they intended to shut down Wall Street by holding a street carnival.

Occupy Wall Street spokesman Ed Needham said, "I think we're certainly going into this with our eyes wide open, but (the march is) to provoke ideas and discussion, not to provoke any violent reactions.”  Too bad the Occupiers seem to be “better” at provoking violence than they do provoking ideas or solutions or rational discussion.

I’m sure Obama’s Children will be announcing some time today that they’re going to go ahead with their shut down Wall Street protest on Thursday – without their tents, sleeping bags, empathy tables and STD testing facilities. 

Meanwhile, Occutard antics were  costing small businesses and therefore affecting workers. 

According to the New York Post, since the Occupy Wall Street movement began in Zuccotti Park on September 17, protestors have cost surrounding businesses $479,400. Local jewelry shops, restaurants, and beauty salons complain that aggressive signs and reports of violence have dissuaded patrons from visiting their establishments – essentially driving struggling small companies out of business…

The rising costs of running water, toiletries, and repairs have skyrocketed in recent months as occupiers liberally use bathrooms as their own personal washrooms and destroy company property. Meanwhile, businesses are often required to stay open later – especially coffee shops – when intransigent protestors refuse to leave after closing. Alas, this leads inevitably to higher staffing costs. The expenditures are currently estimated at more than $9,000 a day!