Some Thoughts on the OccupySesameStreet Protests

I've refrained from commenting to this point, and maybe should continue the practice, but with all the recent media attention:
I can understand some of the things they're saying but for a lot of it, it's like a foreign land.
From Twitter:

yoyology Karl G. Siewert

WHAT DO WE WANT? (Cookies!) WHEN DO WE WANT THEM? (Now!) 

 

FooteSteppes Doug Foote

RT @michaelkbusch: Truly outrageous that 99% of the cookies are consumed by 1% of the monsters on PBS.

 

notjessewalker Jesse Walker

Big Bird can't afford a roof. He is the 99 percent.

 

KingShamus King Shamus

Collectivize Mr. Hooper's Store!

 

meredithshiner Meredith Shiner

Make it easy to be green.

 

AmericanStudies AmericanStudies@UEA

#OccupyWallStreet a little too heavy for you? Howsabout some #OccupySesameStreet? The Count's protest chant? "VUN, TWO, THREE, FOUR AH AHH!"

 

phoneyman Pierre

Cookie here, cookie there. Soon be talking real cookies!

 

freddoso freddoso

RT @jonlustig: Wages at Mr. Hooper's store have frozen since 1982!

 

thegoldfarb Michael Goldfarb

RT @mackiesmama: @thegoldfarb Only 1% eat 95% of the cookies. COOKIES!!!!! MRMMRMMRMRM! 

PuffChrissy Christian A. Dumais

After being warned repeatedly, one colorful group of protestors were arrested when they wouldn't stop honking. 

 

PuffChrissy Christian A. Dumais

Police use cookies to corral one blue protestor before pepper spraying him repeatedly. 

 

pattonoswalt Patton Oswalt

"The counting vampires are destroying America!" 

 

h0mfr0g P373r 83r9

In a democracy, it's your vote that counts. On Sesame Street, it's your Count that votes. Ah-ah-ah! 

 

JoshMalina Joshua Malina

Mr. Hooper doesn't cover dental.

 

PaulPoteet Paul Poteet Dot Com

I'm spending the day protesting big companies exploiting puppets for money.

 

firefire100 unpforgettable pfire

RT @desusnice he's cute but i'm pretty sure elmo is here illegally

 

MrWordsWorth Mark Campbell

Shotgun wedding between Cookie Monster and Little Debbie!

 

ExPoleDancer Trish Williams

One of these shopkeepers is not like the others...

TravonFree Travon Free

Cookie Monster continues to demand that Dora the Explorer be deported.

zerobeta Justin Paterno

Big Bird and his friends are the reason why Oscar lives in the trash and is so grouchy

 

TravonFree Travon Free

Does Elmo really need more tax breaks to pay for his private jets and tickle sessions? 

 

delrayser delrayser

Hey hey! El-mo! That red haired monster's got to go!

 

More at the #occupysesamestreet hashtag