A microcosm of Occupy Wall Street failure

For just one of the very many examples of the huge problems that the Occupy Wall Street movement has, consider the following from a report about today's festivities in New York City ( peekURL.com/zjgNRLs ):

"We're just at year one. We have a really big mountain to climb. But we're hoping to get the power back to the people," said Kim Fraczek, 37, who wore an Obama mask. She was with a man, Erik McGregor, 44, who had on a Romney one. They said they were aiming to show the two were controlled by money.

Stunts like that could be considered to be advertising, something that's usually needed to get ideas out there. However, advertising and stunts and tantrums are all Occupy has.

If you want to show that both major candidates are controlled by money, you have to start with a valid, persuasive argument attempting to show that. You have to get your facts together, double-check them, and then lay them out in a way most people will accept. Yet, all Occupy has are the masks, not the backup for their assertions. Some of them might have scrawled some things down here and there, but few outside their movement would be persuaded by it.

My suggested alternative would be for them to assemble such an argument and then to develop a series of questions that would help prove that argument. Then, politicians and others could be asked those questions on video. See Question Authority for more information.

Making arguments and challenging people on their arguments is how you get things done, not wearing masks.