The American Autumn

In his weekly syndicated column, Mark Steyn writes about the "Occupy Wall Street" crowd and pays tribute to Apple CEO Steve Jobs.  Speaking of the protests, Steyn writes,

"If the specifics of their "program" are somewhat contradictory, the general vibe is consistent: They wish to enjoy an advanced Western lifestyle without earning an advanced Western living.  The pampered, elderly children of a fin de civilisation overdeveloped world, they appear to regard life as an unending vacation whose bill never comes due."

But here is my favorite part,

"Indeed, [former Obama Green Jobs Czar] Van Jones thinks that the protests are the start of an "American Autumn."  In case you don't get it, that's the American version of the "Arab Spring."  Steve Jobs might have advised Van Jones he has a branding problem.  Spring is the season of new life, young buds and so forth. Autumn is leaves turning brown and fluttering to the ground in a big dead heap.  Even in my great state of New Hampshire, where autumn is pretty darn impressive, we understand what that blaze of red and orange leaves means: They burn brightest before they fall and die, and the world turns chill and bare and hard."