You think this "Occupy Wall St." rabble is an opposition to the Tea Party? If it were only that easy.
These video clips make me shake my head. I was hoping that the "Occupy Wall Street" thing was another grassroots political movement in the US but when I see some of this footage its looking like a train going off the rails before it leaves the station. I think these types of movements are healthy for our societies, even if we don't agree with the causes they espouse: it reminds the powers of the political parties that if they don't pay attention to the people they are supposed to govern, they CAN be replaced with someone else.
I also think targeting the investment community is a legitimate tactic: many of the largest corporations do take more than they give back and they are responsible for a lot more of the issues than they are willing to admit. The credit crunch that triggered the last ressession wasn't born on Main St, but on Wall St. The stimulus money they demanded to stay alive didn't do much (if anything) when it comes to strengthening the economies and the societies they base themselves in. There's an Elizabeth Warren quote floating around that sums up a lot of what is wrong with the whole corporate mindset: companies want credit for building their factories/plants and creating some jobs but don't want to acknowledge that they owe society for creating an infrastructure, workforce and environment that allows companies to succeed. Thats a fundamental disconnect and one that Republicans seem to acknowledge a lot less readily than Democrats.