Posted on 09/19/2011 12:59:15 PM PDT by jmaroneps37
In Seattle, WA, the Port of Longview experienced a violent, armed attack Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011, from 500 terrorists.
With the security detail overrun and held captive, private property was vandalized, and trains were sabotaged, with no shots fired in defense of the Port or the men themselves.
There were no arrests, nor public response from Homeland Security.
Why not?
There is a Doug Averett, the Director of Operations for the port who also serves as the Facility Security Officer of the Port, whose duties include carrying out the responsibilities for Homeland Security.
Half a million dollars have been spent in security upgrades since 2001, 80% of it from Homeland Security grants.
You would think those responsibilities would include keeping the facility secure and protecting the cargo and equipment. You would think.
I don’t know what type of training Janet Napolitano had this fellow attend, or how much it cost the American taxpayer. Whatever it is, it was all wasted, as evidenced by the lack of a pile of dead terrorist bodies at the gate of the facility, and strewn throughout the grounds.
Why wasn’t he fired first thing the next morning? The fact that hundreds of violent saboteurs made their way safely into the facility, and the entire security staff was cowed and surrendered without firing a shot, shows just how protected Homeland Security has made us, under the guidance of an ignorant, lying, inexperienced “security” expert, Janet ”Big Sis” Napolitano.
Is CAIR paying attention?
Are they currently organizing their terrorists to mimic the union terrorists’ tactics? Are they, at this very moment, getting their Muslim Brotherhood sponsors prepared to make a similar attack against a wide open port of entry to America?
They don’t even need bombs or guns, just signs…..
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There have been arrests since.
I live in Longview, Washington, just for the record.
This is a union dispute, not terrorism. There is a long history of misbehavior on the part of unions and businesses both during labor disputes, but by no stretch of the imagination does this constitute terrorism.
The longshoremen’s union, ILWU, has a contract agreement with the Port of Longview (Washington) for exclusive rights in loading and unloading materials and cargo at the port.
AGT, which built the grain terminal at the Port of Longview, insists that they signed a contract agreement with the Port excluding that agreement between the Port and ILWU. AGT therefore asked for bids from those interested in loading/unloading grain at their terminal, and Engineers Local 701 won the contract, underbidding the ILWU by $1Million.
All this was being dealt with by the courts until recently, when the Unions agreed to cause chaotic rioting at Obama’s request.
The ILWU enjoyed widespread support among citizens and small businesses in Longview and surrounding areas but that has dropped. Small businesses have been pulling their “I support the ILWU” signs from their shop windows. Violence hurts those not involved in the dispute, and since it was directed by those far away who do not live in this community, local folks have taken note. Obama is not popular here in southwest Washington State.
Terrorism? No. But will there be Obama ordered violence here in Longview during the election cycle next year? That is anyone’s guess, but I don’t believe so. Folks are now pissed off at Unions and the Democrats.
There were only two or three arrests because those people were caught on tape and identified. Enmon’s act protects striking union workers from being prosecuted for violence or damages under RICO, but individual charges can still be made.
SSA, the company that employs Patty Murray’s husband IS the ILWU and this is really what this strike is about:
The International Longshore and Warehouse Union and the Pacific Northwest Grain Elevator Operators (PNGEO) on Wednesday reached agreement on a labor agreement, officials from both sides announced.
The agreement covers six grain facilities in Portland, Seattle, Tacoma and Vancouver that are owned or operated by PNeGO members Cargill, CLD Pacific Grain, Columbia Grain, Louis Dreyfus Commodities , and united Grain.
Noticeably missing from the agreement is EGT Development, the operator of a new $200million grain terminal at the Port of Longview.
So, to make a long story short, the ILWU is not the only longshoremen union, but they would like to be. This is getting to be reminiscent of the infamous 1934 strike by the ILWU that stymied shipping during the depression and slowed the recovery.
Can we afford to give these thugs any more control than they already have with the state Senator’s husband among their ranks?
It’s not like the other longshoremen unions are any better, The ILWU and the other west coast union are communist and the longshoremen unions on the East Coast are syndicate controlled.
If a protest damages the faciltiy and disrupts activities in the manner related, then the protesters have crossed the line.
How many arrests? Everyone involved should be arrested. Too many? Round ‘em up. The ones who did the acts were probably backed by the others.
No sympathy for union thugs.
This is from a shipping company, about a week ago. It’s a notice they sent out to their customers.
Please be advised that an ILWU work stoppage in Tacoma and Seattle has resulted in
all carrier terminal operations being shut down. The work stoppage is a result of a
dispute at Export Grain Terminal in Longview, Washington. This action is affecting
all carriers terminal operations. The impact on the Port of Los Angeles and Port of
Long Beach is unclear at this point. We will keep you posted of any further
developments.
“In Seattle, WA, the Port of Longview experienced a violent, armed attack Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011, from 500 terrorists. “
Am I the only one to point out that Longview, WA is on the south end of the state, and Seattle is up on the northern edge of the state?
From this story one would think Port of Longview is a suburb of Seattle. (It’s right on the banks of the Columbia river last time I looked......
It doesn’t matter where the port is, the SSA workers want the contract. That’s the point. They are shutting down all their ports in an effort to force government to support SSA’s demands.
They don’t need to much pressure, considering that Patty Murray’s husband is a lifetime employee of SSA.
On second reading, I think that the writer thinks the Seattle is the only relevant area of the state.
As far as I can determine (went down and looked), the facility in Longview wasn’t damaged. Nineteen people were arrested, both in Vancouver and Longview, Washington. Grain was spilled onto the tracks, freight cars’s brake hoses were cut, and chased the Port’s guards into their offices or guard shacks, no one was hurt AND the ILWU has the legal right to be on the Port’s property.
The source backing all this up is the White House. Lots of luck getting those criminals arrested.
And you sound just like someone persuading the thugs to do more? Not happy with the way local authorities handled this situation? Gee, why not throw gasoline on the fire!
“Under the Supreme Court’s 1973 Enmons decision, vandalism, assault, even murder by union officials are exempt from federal anti-extortion law. As long as the violence is aimed at obtaining property for which the union can assert a “lawful claim”—for example, wage or benefit increases— the violence is deemed to be in furtherance of “legitimate” union objectives. By the Court’s peculiar logic, such violence does not count as extortion.
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http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-316es.html
Freedom from Union Violence
by David Kendrick
David Kendrick is program director at the National Institute for Labor Relations Research.
Executive Summary
Under the Supreme Court’s 1973 Enmons decision, vandalism, assault, even murder by union officials are exempt from federal anti-extortion law. As long as the violence is aimed at obtaining property for which the union can assert a “lawful claim”—for example, wage or benefit increases— the violence is deemed to be in furtherance of “legitimate” union objectives. By the Court’s peculiar logic, such violence does not count as extortion.
The result has been an epidemic of union-related violence. The National Institute for Labor Relations Research (NILRR) has recorded 8,799 incidents of violence from news reports since 1975. Those reports show only 258 convictions, suggesting a conviction rate of less than 3 percent. Moreover, local law enforcement authorities often get many more reports of strike violence than journalists can possibly cover.
Many states have taken a cue from the high Court by enacting their own extortion laws with exemptions similar to those established by Enmons. As a result, employees trying to support their families during a violent strike are now denied protection against extortion under both state and federal laws.
Because the federal government for six decades has immersed itself in labor law under the rubric of the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA), federal action is necessary to see that violence does not accompany the exercise of powers created by that statute. One avenue for relief is the Freedom from Union Violence Act (FUVA), which targets all extortionate activity, even if committed by union militants in pursuit of “legitimate” objectives.
“Why wasn’t he fired first thing the next morning? The fact that hundreds of violent saboteurs made their way safely into the facility, and the entire security staff was cowed and surrendered without firing a shot, shows just how protected Homeland Security has made us, under the guidance of an ignorant, lying, inexperienced “security” expert, Janet ”Big Sis” Napolitano. “
Doug isn’t ther e to keep us safe, he’s there to keep the Union thug terrorists safe FROM us.
Don’t know how you could think I’d want the thugs to do more when I was calling for the full measure of the law.
They may have a right to be there, but not to act as they did. It negates it. The line has to be drawn. I’m not throwing gas on the fire, the thugs are by their action, which continue regardless of a few arrests.
What would you do? How will you prevent a recurrence?
I understand what you’re saying, but you can’t prevent a recurrence. They have the right to protest.
Right now ILWU is losing support in the Longview-Kelso communities. It isn’t really the local workers doing this stuff: it is being driven by out of state Union leaders, the Obama supporters. It appears that people from out of the local area are being brought in to cause trouble.
The whole purpose of these acions is to overload the system, just like Cloward-Piven describes, so they can collapse the system.
“... I was calling for the full measure of the law.”
“They may have a right to be there, but not to act as they did...The line has to be drawn. I’m not throwing gas on the fire, the thugs are by their action,..”
The Marxist’s want that reaction, the full measure of the law, as you describe above. They WANT to cause more reaction, more havoc, as they believe it curries sympathy.
So far, the attempt to collapse society’s support and protection isn’t working. I hope it stays that way.
My biggest worry is that businesses which may have considered establishing here will look elsewhere. We have high unemployment hereabouts. This situation sickens me.
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