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Get ready: SEIU’s Purple Army nationwide protest schedule...
Michelle Malkin ^ | February 20, 2011 | Michelle Malkin

Posted on 02/20/2011 12:30:32 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

Attention, taxpayers and Tea Party activists. The Purple Army is coming to your town. Don’t let these Big Labor goons monopolize the protest square like they monopolize government workers.

Here’s there current schedule over the next four days nationwide via the SEIU website. All hands on deck:

2/21 – Helena, MT 2/21 – Carson City, NV 2/21 – Raleigh, NC 2/21 – Austin, TX 2/21 – Madison, WI 2/22 – Sacramento, CA 2/22 – Denver, CO 2/22 – Des Moines, IA 2/22 – Annapolis, MD 2/22 – Boston, MA 2/22 – Springfield, MA 2/22 – St. Paul, MN 2/22 – Santa Fe, NM 2/22 – Columbus OH 2/22 – Providence, RI 2/22 – Montpelier, VT 2/22 – Madison, WI 2/23 – Hartford, CT 2/23 – Atlanta, GA 2/23 – Scranton, PA 2/24 – Canton, OH

Here’s a list of events coming up in your state this week. The list will continue to grow, probably by the hour, so keep checking back in. Use the sign-up form to the right and one of our organizers will be in touch with more information about the event.

Events on Monday February 21, 2011 (All times local)

Montana Rally Time: 2 P.M. Location: Montana State Capitol Address: 1301 East 6th Avenue – Helena, Montana

Nevada Rally Time: 12 P.M. Location: Nevada State Capitol Address: 101 North Carson Street – Carson City, NV 89701

North Carolina Rally Time: 12 P.M. Location: Address: 1 East Edenton Street – Raleigh, NC 27601

Texas Candlelight March and Vigil Time: 6:45 P.M. Location: Meet at TX AFL-CIO Address: 1106 Lavaca St. – Austin, TX. 78701

Wisconsin Rally Time: All Day Location: State Capitol Address: 2 East Main Street – Madison, WI. 53702

Events on Tuesday February 22, 2011 (All times local)

California Vigil Time: 5:30 P.M. Location: State Capitol West Steps Address: 1315 10th Street – Sacramento, CA 95814

Colorado Rally Time: 12:00 P.M. Location: Colorado State Capitol Address: 200 East Colfax Avenue (West Steps) – Denver, CO. 80203

Iowa Rally Time: 1:00 PM Location: Iowa State Capitol Address: 1007 East Grand Avenue – Des Moines, IA

Maryland Rally Time: 12:00 PM Location: Lawyers’ Mall, Maryland State House Address: 100 State Circle – Annapolis, MD. 21401

Massachusetts Rally Time: 4:00 PM Location: State House Address: 1 Ashburton Pl – Boston, MA 02108

Massachusetts Rally Time: 4:00 PM Location: City Hall Steps Address: 36 Court Street – Springfield, MA 01103

Minnesota Rally Time: 4:00 PM Location: Minnesota State Capitol Address: 75 Constitution Ave – St. Paul, MN 55101

Ohio Rally Time: 1:00 PM Location: Capitol Building Address: 1395 Dublin Rd – Columbus, OH 43215

New Mexico Rally Time: 12:15 PM Location: East Side of the State House Address: 490 Old Santa Fe Trl # 219 – Santa Fe, NM 87501

Rhode Island Rally Time: 4:30 PM Location: Rhode Island State House Address: 90 Smith St – Providence, RI 02903

Vermont Rally Time: 12:00 PM Location: Vermont State Capitol Building Address: 115 State Street – Montpelier, VT. 05602

Wisconsin Rally Time: All Day Location: State Capitol Address: 2 East Main Street – Madison, WI. 53702

Events on Wednesday February 23, 2011 (All times local)

Connecticut Rally Time: 12:00 PM Location: State Capitol Building, West Steps Address: 210 Capitol Avenue – Hartford, CT. 06106

Georgia Rally Time: 4:00 PM Location: State Capitol Building Address: 206 Washington St – Atlanta, GA, 30334

Pennsylvania Rally Time: 12:00 PM Location: Lackawana Court House Address: 200 Adams Avenue – Scranton, PA 18503

Events on Thursday February 24, 2011 (All times local)

Ohio Protest against Governor Kasich Time: 4:00 PM Location: Canton Civic Center Address: 1101 Market Ave N. – Canton, Oh 44702

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In Wisconsin, SEIU president Mary Kay Henry, Andy Stern’s successor, will drop in for a mob pep talk and Democrat canvassing.

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Over the past week, I’ve been sharing e-mails from public school teachers — compulsory union members — who are disgusted by their Big Labor bosses’ power-preservation attempts.

Another educator in Pennsylvania shared the note the teachers’ union there sent out to members orchestrating “solidarity” events:

Members, Please wear red Tuesday to show solidarity with Wisconsin teachers!

Speak up for workers’ rights

Show your support:

Wear red on Tuesday, Feb. 22

Sign the online petition supporting workers’ rights.

Print “We Are One” stickers to share with your colleagues. (Avery Labels #5164)

Join Wisconsin employees’ solidarity vigil on Facebook.

ACTION NEEDED – The right to bargain is under attack

Dear PSEA Member,

On Tuesday, February 22, make a small but important gesture to help your colleagues across the nation. PLEASE WEAR SOMETHING RED TO WORK. As I write this e-mail, education employees and other public employees in Wisconsin and Ohio are being threatened with losing their right to collectively bargain. Many years of hard fought gains may be wiped out with a single vote in their legislatures.

Wisconsin: Governor Scott Walker is proposing to wipe away decades of collective bargaining for teachers, support staff, and other public workers in Wisconsin. The right to organize, the right to bargain health insurance or prep time, the right to have a voice in the profession – all of those things and more are under attack in Walker’s budget bill. Ohio: Sen. Shannon Jones revealed the language of Senate Bill 5, a bill that will have a significant impact on public employees. SB5 eliminates collective bargaining for state employees, police officers, fire fighters and employees of higher education institutions, and significantly undermines collective bargaining for K-12 employees.

What would happen if you didn’t have a union to bargain your salary and benefits?

* What would your salary be? * How much would you be paying for health insurance? * Would you have a pension?

PSEA members are beginning to ask how they can show their support for their colleagues in Wisconsin and Ohio and to demonstrate their support for unions having the right to collectively bargain.

Here are two things you can do to show your support for the right to collectively bargain:

1. Show your support by wearing red on Tuesday Feb. 22. Take pictures at your work site and send them to PSEA Communications or share them on PSEA’s Facebook page. Call your colleagues to make sure they know about wearing red on Tuesday. Our theme is, “We Are One.”

2. Sign the online petition: http://www.educationvotes.nea.org/nationalpetition

In Solidarity, Jim Testerman PSEA President


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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“SEIU’s Purple Army”

Make it “SEIU’s Purple Rent-a-Thug Mob”


41 posted on 02/20/2011 1:30:06 PM PST by Christian Engineer Mass (25ish Cambridge MA grad student. Many younger conservative Christians out there? __ Click my name)
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To: RedMDer

“And where does he put it when he’s not using it?”

I think he puts it in between his tummy rolls. Along with a couple of donuts that he’s saving for later.


42 posted on 02/20/2011 1:34:32 PM PST by Qbert ("I seem to smell the stench of appeasement in the air" - Margaret Thatcher)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Darn, they won’t be in Oklahoma......I guess being a right to work state has it’s disadvantages....;)


43 posted on 02/20/2011 1:45:01 PM PST by ScreamingFist (Quiet the Idiot)
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To: Clintonfatigued

FYI ping...


44 posted on 02/20/2011 1:46:54 PM PST by nutmeg (God bless Governor Scott Walker of Wisconsin)
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To: Salamander

LOL I agree! bttt


45 posted on 02/20/2011 2:24:55 PM PST by Matchett-PI (Trent Lott on Tea Party candidates: "As soon as they get here, we need to co-opt them" 7/19/10)
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To: upchuck

Can we get a ping?

SEIU is coming to Raleigh tomorrow:

http://action.seiu.org/page/s/solidarityaction

Maybe we can help.


46 posted on 02/20/2011 2:49:25 PM PST by Palmetto Patriot (Just exactly when is the next Election?)
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To: FlingWingFlyer; altair; stephenjohnbanker; little jeremiah; ~Kim4VRWC's~; voteNRA; Admiral_Zeon; ...

ACORN Ping.


47 posted on 02/20/2011 3:23:36 PM PST by Jet Jaguar
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I wonder what percentage of SEIU members actually speak English? Very very few in Houston for sure..


48 posted on 02/20/2011 3:28:12 PM PST by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA (Green Bay Packers - SuperBowl 45 champs)
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To: kristinn; MeekOneGOP; Jim Robinson; concretebob; Diana in Wisconsin

Scramble, Scramble, Scramble... Freepers Man their airplanes. SEIU and OFA are inbound to your locations.


49 posted on 02/20/2011 4:57:52 PM PST by Thunder90 (Fighting for truth and the American way... http://citizensfortruthandtheamericanway.blogspot.com/)
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To: Thunder90

Good luck them getting here! Ice storm tonight into tomorrow. God will provide... :)


50 posted on 02/20/2011 5:02:21 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust post-Apocalyptic skill set...)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
California Vigil Time: 5:30 P.M.

Interesting. California's Insurrection....errr....I mean.....vigil....is at night.

Yeah. That's where I want to be at night. In a crowd of agitated Union Thugs in a California Inner City.

51 posted on 02/20/2011 5:04:53 PM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
This makes no sense they should be wearing brown shirts.
52 posted on 02/20/2011 5:07:00 PM PST by svcw (God in His own time not ours)
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To: grey_whiskers
The resemblance is striking.

LOL - "striking" indeed!

53 posted on 02/20/2011 5:19:41 PM PST by meyer (We will not sit down and shut up.)
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To: nutmeg

BUMP


54 posted on 02/20/2011 5:33:23 PM PST by SharpRightTurn (White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
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To: Palmetto Patriot; l8pilot; 2A Patriot; 2nd amendment mama; 4everontheRight; 77Jimmy; ...
A ping from Palmetto Patriot wondering if any of us SCers can help out in Raleigh.

South Carolina
Ping

Send FReepmail to join or leave this list.

55 posted on 02/20/2011 8:27:56 PM PST by upchuck (When excerpting please use the entire 300 words we are allowed. No more one or two sentence posts!)
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To: meyer
Ouch, I didn't catch that one myself.

My punster national ranking will take a hit, no doubt.

Cheers!

56 posted on 02/20/2011 10:52:16 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: libertyhoundusnr

“Note there are no SEIU goons heading down south.

Maybe they would like to be the live cast for “Mississippi Burning II” ?

We’re waiting for ya.”
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There are some swamps here in the cradle of the confederacy that would make a cajun feel at home and we’re short on alligator bait.


57 posted on 02/21/2011 3:36:30 AM PST by RipSawyer (Trying to reason with a liberal is like teaching algebra to a tomcat.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Go fer it. Hang them around the neck of EVERY Democrat between Honolulu and Boston, from Portsmouth to Miami.


58 posted on 02/21/2011 6:32:38 AM PST by mo ("If you understand, no explanation is needed; if you do not, no explanation is possible")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
PLEASE WEAR SOMETHING RED TO WORK.


59 posted on 02/21/2011 6:38:44 AM PST by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Pennsylvania Rally Time: 12:00 PM Location: Lackawana Court House Address: 200 Adams Avenue – Scranton, PA 18503

Scranton? LOL!

If Philadelphia is the anus of our great Commonwealth, then Scranton is the armpit.

This is the same town which produced Joe Biden, dumbest member of the U.S. Senate with a penis, until he got promoted to vice president and Bob Casey, Jr., who promptly assumed the mantle thereafter.

I find it telling that SEIU apparently couldn't assemble enough brain-dead purple Kool-Aid drinking dolts to hold their rally in a real city like Harrisburg or Pittsburgh.

60 posted on 02/21/2011 8:12:11 AM PST by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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