Posted on 09/18/2009 8:14:05 PM PDT by markomalley
Andy Stern, head of the Service Employees International Union, has just released a statement vowing not to be "silenced" by "right wing attack dogs" targeting "progressive individuals" and "community organizations." Stern, whose union has sometimes been linked with the community organizing group ACORN, which yesterday suffered an enormous blow when the House of Representatives voted 345-45 to cut off all federal funds for the organization, said his union will not be intimidated by a right-wing "backlash" that is "fierce, ugly and anti-American." Here is the full text of Stern's statement:
This is a moment of profound change for this country—from kitchen tables to town halls to the floor of the Senate, this nation is engaged in a vigorous and heated debate about how we rebuild our economy, solve our national healthcare crisis and restore the American Dream.
As has always happened when progressive change is in the air, the backlash gets fierce, ugly and anti-American. This time is no different. Right now, there is an insidious and coordinated effort on the part of the extreme right to target individuals and grassroots community groups as a way to silence the voices of women and men who have suffered the most under 8 years of right wing policies.
These extremists will attempt to shut down and shout down anyone with a different point of view.
Let’s be clear who we are talking about—call them attack dogs, call them Teabaggers, call them Glenn Beck--these are the same folks who cheered the policies that crashed our economy. Who make up lies about death panels to try to kill healthcare reform. Who scream about democracy while denying workers a voice on the job. Who target anyone who poses a threat to a status quo that for too long has rewarded greedy CEOs while leaving people who work out in the cold.
This is not the America we believe in.
Their lies, their stunts and their smears will not silence us. Glenn Beck, FOX News and their pals have demonstrated that they don’t care about what janitors, security officers, nurses, teachers, and other hardworking Americans go through each day trying to give their kids a better future. But make no mistake—these hardworking women and men will not be the next casualty of the cruel and cheap attempts of a loud and venomous minority to silence people who want to restore the American Dream.
We are going to make sure healthcare is affordable and accessible for every man, woman and child in this country. We are going to demand transparency and accountability in the financial industry. We are going to create a fair and just path to citizenship. We are going to make sure workers get a voice on the job. And we will protect our democracy by calling out those extremists who would silence the voices of women and men who work each day.
And heat they will receive. Make no mistake. We have stood back and we have been as civil as any population under seige could ever have been under these horrendous circumstances. But patience, while a virtue, can only be exercised for so long. They have thrown down the gauntlet. They issue calls to violence. I don’t think they have a clue how strong their real opposition is.
BECAUSE we have been civil, they mistake civility for weakness. They are wrong. We are civil because we are secure in our strength.
As Glenn Beck says, and WE say, WE SURROUND THEM.
They try us at their peril.
ROLLING WITH TEARS IN MY EYES!!! OMG!!!
Spoken like a Poet Warrior.
That’s great....ping
The Second insures the First.
AUnion of Janitors TALKS TRASH
One of the problems with unions is that all the higher-ups are basically people who never worked a day in thier lives. They are either college grads who got the job or were thugs who was juiced into the job.
They are rich, making a living of the dues paying members. The SEIU is the worse. True they represent Nurses, but most of the people in that unions are entry level jobs like janitor or security guards. I hate to say it, but most SEIU jobs are for people who cant walk and chew gum. But the SEIU want to keep them in those jobs forever on promises of making 50 grand a year.
Yup, sounds like SEIU is declaring war on the American people.
Only the diseased ‘progressive’ mind can say that communism is ‘The American Dream’...LOL!!
Andy Stern looks like Bill Maher’s twin.
“...who have suffered the most under 8 years of right wing policies.”
Yaaa...like 4.5% unemployment....
SEIU was founded by Wayne Rathke who was responsible for ACORN starting ACORN and is friend of Soros. His brother embezzled funds from ACORN.
Democracy Alliance funds these organizations along with grants from Tides. Democracy Alliance looks to be how Soros funds most of his groups.
‘Democracy Alliance was formed last year (2005) with major backing from billionaires such as financier George Soros and Colorado software entrepreneur Tim Gill. The inspiration, according to founders, was a belief that Democrats became the minority party in part because liberals do not have a well-funded network of policy shops, watchdog groups and training centers for activists equivalent to what has existed for years on the right.’
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/16/AR2006071600882_pf.html
Brazen. Accuse your opponent of what you are doing.
I hope not. That will precipitate the “emergency” Obama so desperately wants to totally centralize HIS power and control. Even if SEIU starts it.
bump
Race warfare.
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