Posted on 08/15/2009 8:25:21 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
To hear the White House and its Democratic congressional allies tell it, Americans who have vigorously questioned their representatives about Obamacare are nothing more than paid protesters organized by right-wing extremists and evil corporations determined to stop health care reform in its tracks. Earlier this week in a USA Today op-ed, for example, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, and House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-MD, described the protestors as "un-American." Over on the Senate side, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid called the dissenters "fear-mongers," and Reid's deputy, Sen. Dick Durbin, D-IL, told CNN the protests were "being orchestrated." And a new Democratic National Committee (DNC) video claims the protests are being staged by "desperate Republicans and their well funded allies [who are] organizing angry mobs -- just like they did during the election."
But the reality is that when it comes to organizing angry mobs, the real professionals work at the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). This union has organizing resources and experience that ordinary citizens can only dream about. Their goon squads have heckled, harassed and even assaulted concerned citizens who favor less-costly private options to government-run health care.
Just ask Kenneth Gladney, the victim of an assault outside of a town hall meeting in St. Louis last week by a group of thugs wearing purple t-shirts emblazoned with the SEIU logo. Similarly clad union operatives also blocked critics of the Obama health care plan from attending other meetings, notably in Florida. Former Oklahoma Rep. Ernest Istook notes that in January SEIU announced a plan "to hire more than 1,000 activists to work in 35 states on behalf of the Obama agenda, committing 30% of the union's total resources to the effort. You've seen SEIU's purple-shirted members in videos of town hall altercations." He calls them the "Purpose People Beaters."
SEIU has a long history of partnering to generate angry mobs. The union helped fund the Association of Community Organizers for Reform Now (ACORN) Muscle for Money program that was set up to pressure corporations in shakedown campaigns, including demonstrations at the homes of corporate executives. Labor Department disclosure forms show more than $600,000 has changed hands between SEIU locals and ACORN affiliates under the Muscle for Money initiative. It is not an exercise in subtlety. How's that for coordination?
There are unions? And they have thugs? And they favor RATS?
What is America coming to?
We’re starting to hear stories from state and county fairs from around the country that the union thugs are denying any sort of connection to these incidents.....
Call them out! Dare them to renounce the actions of their brothers and sisters!!!
Shouldn't that be "PURPLE people beaters"?
It's pretty hard to deny when the thugs are arrogant enough to wear their "colors" when doing their dirty work.
I propose this chant:
S.E....IU
The whole world's watching you!
To hear the White House and its Democratic congressional allies tell it, Americans who have vigorously questioned their representatives about Obamacare are nothing more than paid protesters organized by right-wing extremists and evil corporations determined to stop health care reform in its tracks.......
Oh! Wow!
The rhetoric seems vaguely familar.......
Oh! I remember now.......
Clintoon and The Vast Right Wing Conspiracy!
Yep. That's it.......
I wonder how these GOONS are going to feel when they find out their UNION Wants to Dump their Medical in favor of OBAMACARE??
We’d warn them now... but they seem to be having so much fun..
/Sarc
Yeah. How can they deny they’re involved when they’re on TV with the logo on their shirts?
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Larry Sinclair says Obots have moved to GretaWire:
and are attacking him and his book.
He urges us to go there and give ‘em h*ll.
I checked it out and they are tearing him up
What say we all go there and lend ol Larry some support?
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Works for me.....
Need to come up with some graphics, as well...
If I remember my history correctly, and I know I do, there was a Dem. Senator who was later given the position of Attorney General who went after the MOB and Union associations within it.
Can you imagine the impact it would with the American people, if the GOP, invoking the memory of Bobby Kennedy (let the libs scream); banded together to demand an investigation into this president use of Union force and collaboration between the SEIU and organized crime. The should be screaming from every rooftop for an investigation,, first though they need to find their set of brass ones.
I ran across a blog post that Kenneth Gladney is raising money to travel on the speaking tour to get his story out.
Wish I still had the website. But I’m sure you could find it.
I sent him $25 on Paypal. Would love to see him make something of this.
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