free the bull

The barricades were originally constructed to protect the statue, fragile egos, and the Stock Market from the vandalism, emasculation, and predatory lending by Occupy Wall Street protestors.

The police-barricaded Wall Street bull had his shackles removed for a birthday party, but alas, the freedom was short-lived.

"It’s just sad that there are people who might want to vandalize it," Mayor Bloomberg said, though he did not express sadness over spending city money to keep guards on watch over a statue.

"Uncage the bull! Uncage the bull!" throngs of tourists were heard to cry before vanishing uptown and leaving Wall Street even more broke.