Does the "occupy" protest movement have a clear and common message

Occupy protests lack common/coherent message "Occupy protests need to focus on coherent demands." Student Life Staff Editorial. October 17th, 2011: "The protests have been linked and compared to the tea party movement, due to their similar grassroots nature and extreme ideological stances. However, the tea party does have a centralized message, which the "Occupy" protests lack. The tea party is about reducing taxes and cutting spending to make government smaller. Regardless of whether or not you agree with the tea party's stances, it is possible to know what the entire group and all of its smaller subsidiaries are about. We believe the "Occupy" protests need to do the same thing. Define and convey their message correctly, and stick to reasonable demands that resonate with the rest of the American public. Most of the country has been seriously hurt by the financial crisis, and most of the American public wants to focus on creating a more equal and fair country. There is a lot of room for the "Occupy" protests to grow, but without a consistent message, most Americans will be turned off." Occupy protests need leader(s) to communicate goals. "Occupy protests need to focus on coherent demands." Student Life Staff Editorial. October 17th, 2011: "We also believe that the protests should focus on establishing a leader or figurehead for the movement in order to more effectively communicate exactly what the goals of the 'Occupy' protests are." Occupiers should protest White House not Wall Street. The Cato Institute's Tom Palmer: "What caused the crisis, the indebtedness, the unemployment, the stagnation? The culprits are state agencies and enterprises, including our Federal Reserve (our government's bank), Federal Housing Administration (FHA), Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae), and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (Freddie Mac), which jointly flooded the country with cheap credit and encouraged and subsidized unsound banking and subprime mortgages, all to encourage wider home ownership, paper prosperity, and cozy relationships with their cronies. We got a housing bubble, mountains of unpayable debt, and a financial crisis. Thanks, Uncle Sam. The Occupiers have the wrong address. The subprime crisis was designed in Washington, not New York."[2] Occupiers should be protesting timid financial reforms. "The Rantings of Vern Rigg Kain." Blog. October 7th, 2011: "if these protestors were actually protesting something, they'd be protesting against the banker-butt-kissing, absolutely pathetic Financial Reform that they all explicitly or implicitly voted for. This, if these bums even had a clue, was what their beloved Democrat administration, full of Wall Street 'fat cats,' passed as a supposed fix to the current regulatory system for prevention of the next financial disaster. No matter what the headlines read, however, this so-called 'reform' did nothing but allow all the banks to keep their bonuses, hoard their cash, and lay off more employees." Occupy protests ineffective; Wall Street bankers don't care. "5 Reasons Why 'Occupy Wall Street' Won't Work." The Atlantic. October 3rd, 2011: "Wall Street Doesn't Care. There's a key difference between the Occupy Wall Street movement and the Tea Party movement. The Tea Partiers' anger is directed squarely at the U.S. government. It began due to dismay at the bailouts and the massive Obama stimulus package. The Tea Party wanted less government interference in the economy. But the Occupy Wall Street movement's anger is directed at bankers. Here's the problem: they really don't care. These protesters are not Wall Street's customers. In many cases they aren't even their customers' customers. Over the weekend, I saw a YouTube video of some Wall Streeters sipping champagne as they watched the protests from a balcony above. This is an extreme example, but such bankers who fit the stereotype that the protesters hate obviously aren't moved by the demonstration. In reality, the vast, vast majority of bankers, traders, and investors aren't out to rob the poor to feed caviar to the rich. They are doing honest work that holds together the global financial industry. That large majority of Wall Streeters will walk by the protesters and shake their heads at the crowds' misunderstanding of what they do." Occupy protests can't sway Congress due to lack of message. "5 Reasons Why 'Occupy Wall Street' Won't Work." The Atlantic. October 3rd, 2011: "The Protesters Can't Sway Congress. The Tea Party accomplished something very key: it helped to significantly alter the makeup of Congress through the 2010 election. It had a goal -- to put out of power the big government candidates -- and it accomplished that goal. The Occupy Wall Street cannot hope for any result as significant. As mentioned, it doesn't have a clear set of objectives. But let's say, for argument's sake, that it has some general fringe-left goals. Some that have been suggested include new taxes on Wall Street and much stronger financial regulation. The problem is that these views aren't likely to catch on in Congress: even when the mix was much further to the left in 2009 through 2010, a relatively mild financial regulation bill was passed and even the Bush tax cuts remained intact. The reality is that the U.S. is a center-right nation, and Congress reflects that. While some cities are farther to the left than others, they already have very progressive representatives. Meanwhile, the message of Occupy Wall Street isn't likely to catch on and affect any change in more center-right regions like the Tea Party did." Occupy protesters are mostly hooligans and anarchists. "The Rantings of Vern Rigg Kain." Blog. October 7th, 2011: "They're BUMS (pardon the pun) and they do not represent everyday people (at least, I hope they don't). In addition to the picture above showing a left-wing protestor defecating on a police car, check out this video from CBS Sacramento for proof. This so-called protest isn't a 'revolution', a 'movement', or even a rally no matter how much a tingle it puts down Michael Moore or Chris Matthews' leg. It's a bunch of bums with no results, purpose, or method in their sights that I spend as much energy laughing at as they spend walking the streets. Today they're angry, tomorrow they'll go back to their lattes and Xbox's, and nothing will have changed." Sources "5 Reasons Why 'Occupy Wall Street' Won't Work." The Atlantic. October 3rd, 2011 "Occupy protests need to focus on coherent demands." Student Life Staff Editorial. October 17th, 2011 "The Rantings of Vern Rigg Kain." Blog. October 7th, 2011