Look for the Union Label

Blind Pig Web Log ^ | 9/17/04 | The Blind Pig

[TheBlindPig]

The International Union of Painters and Allied Trades has a great program, called The Patch Foundation:

The International Union of Painters and Allied Trades established the PATCH (Painters and Allied Trades for Children's Hope) Foundation to improve the lives of children in need and to ensure that their futures are bright and productive.

IUPAT, as an international coalition of working men and women, understands that our children are not only our most precious resource, but also the key to a prosperous future. We recognize the important role we can play in bringing the best into our children's lives.

And just how is IUPAT getting out their message of the importance of children? By making them cry:

Three-year-old Sophia Parlock cries while seated on the shoulders of her father, Phil Parlock, after having their Bush-Cheney sign torn up by Kerry-Edwards supporters on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2004, at the Tri-State Airport in Huntington, W.Va.

On the left of the picture, with what appears to part of the child's plastic sign, is a jeering IUPAT member.

Remember, for your sign of quality political thuggery, be sure to look for the union label.

For another example of the "tolerance" of the left, be sure to check out the video of my Protest Warrior group in the NYC protests, "When Anarchists Attack".

[kycountryboy]

Also, look closely at the young man to the right, with clinched fist. I wonder if He's the 10 year old brother of the little girl.

[dasboot]

Thought I recognized the guy in the green hat:

[Fresh Wind]

Also notice the rocket scientist in the back with the upside-down Kerry sign.

[TheBlindPig]

Update: There is an interview with the father in the Washington Times:

"We stood there quietly while Senator Edwards went through the receiving line," he said. Then, as the North Carolina Democrat prepared to leave, Mr. Parlock said, "I took out a few Bush-Cheney signs, gave one to Alex, and Sophia and I held up one jointly." Immediately, he said, the family was set upon by supporters of Mr. Edwards and Democratic presidential nominee Sen. John Kerry — "mostly the painters union guys" — who "started stealing my signs." Soon, "old women and college students joined in the fracas," said Mr. Parlock, describing himself as "strictly a volunteer, grass-roots supporter" of the president. Mr. Parlock ran unsuccessfully for his local school board this year.

Mr. Parlok has a son and another daughter in the National Guard, with a third child to be sworn into the National Guard tommorrow. In other words, the three older siblings are willing to sacrifice themselves to protect the freedom of speech of the thugs who attacked their three-year old sister. Ironic does not begin to describe this. Morally repulsive is more like it.

[Fresh Wind]

Perhaps this brave thug would like to try to assault the little girl's big brothers and sister.

[Free Trapper]

Good picture of the union slime,a face to remember.

He looks like the kind of guy that walks out of bars and falls down "real hard" on a regular basis. ;)

[TheBlindPig]

Another Update: This is a bit disturbing also. The logo for the PATCH foundation run by the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades is a lion with children on his shoulder:

[brityank]

Here you go -- send him your column:

Thank you and I look forward to hearing from each and every one of YOU.

General President
James A. Williams
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NOTE: E-mail does not constitute official communication with the union. All formal communication should be written and delivered via regular mail to the attention of the General President, James A. Williams, IUPAT, 1750 New York Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006.