On Tuesday November 22, 2011 President Obama was interrupted at A Manchester High School by many occupy protestors while giving a job speech. The Occupy movement is an international protest movement that's primarily directed against economic and social inequality. The protestors used the "human microphone" method only minutes into his speech to gibe attention to the arrest of protestors in Occupy movements all around the nation.
The students quickly drew the attention away from the speech as they began to shout "Obama! Obama!".
After his speech a member of the movement was able to push through the crowd to get close enough to Obama to pass him a note. The note read:
"Mr. President: Over 4000 peaceful protesters have been arrested. While bankers continue to destroy the American economy. You must stop the assault on our 1st amendment rights. Your silence sends a message that police brutality is acceptable. Banks got bailed out. We got sold out."
President Obama is not the first politician to be pinpointed by the Occupy movement. But my question is what do they expect him to do? President Obama can not make all of the changes in America. We can not expect that every politician has the power to fix all of our economic problems. We all go through hard times and yes the economy is going through trying times but for us to expect one person to change it all we are only hindering ourselves from becoming great leaders. Why can't we work to change our issues in a logical way? Sometimes protesting only makes the situation worse.
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