SEIU Protest! Did Ya'll See This on MSNBC?

[Foxfyre]

It's so great to see so many posters jumping to conclusions after hearing one side of the story. Goodness knows a right wing pundit wouldn't have a biased opinion against unions.

Glad you're here Modbert and I agree that the commentary so far has been pretty lopsided.

Would you do us the kindness of providing the other side of the story for this incident?

There was video of this posted here on another thread. I forget which thread.

Oh I'm not disputing that a lot of you are more up on this than I have been, but I'm trying to catch up here.

But you'll have to admit that Modbert is the lone voice so far suggesting that we may not be entirely fair to the good SEIU people protesting at the home of the executive and terrorizing his teenage son. So if there are extenuating circumstances that we should be considering related to that, I'm hoping he will provide them.

 

[Sinatra]

Glad you're here Modbert and I agree that the commentary so far has been pretty lopsided.

Would you do us the kindness of providing the other side of the story for this incident?

There was video of this posted here on another thread. I forget which thread.

Oh I'm not disputing that a lot of you are more up on this than I have been, but I'm trying to catch up here.

But you'll have to admit that Modbert is the lone voice so far suggesting that we may not be entirely fair to the good SEIU people protesting at the home of the executive and terrorizing his teenage son. So if there are extenuating circumstances that we should be considering related to that, I'm hoping he will provide them.

Yeah - I'd like to hear some of that too!!

 

[Foxfyre]

One thing that Boedicca posted is particularly distressing. That is that the DC police escorted this group to this private home.

Is there anybody here who can condone that?

 

[WillowTree]

It's so great to see so many posters jumping to conclusions after hearing one side of the story. Goodness knows a right wing pundit wouldn't have a biased opinion against unions.

Glad you're here Modbert and I agree that the commentary so far has been pretty lopsided.

Would you do us the kindness of providing the other side of the story for this incident?

*snort*

 

[WillowTree]

One thing that Boedicca posted is particularly distressing. That is that the DC police escorted this group to this private home.

Is there anybody here who can condone that?

Not I. Said the cat. It's an obamanation.

 

[Foxfyre]

It's so great to see so many posters jumping to conclusions after hearing one side of the story. Goodness knows a right wing pundit wouldn't have a biased opinion against unions.

Glad you're here Modbert and I agree that the commentary so far has been pretty lopsided.

Would you do us the kindness of providing the other side of the story for this incident?

*snort*

 

[Sinatra]

Where is that Modbert creature to give us the explanation of the "other side" of this SEIU protest??

Poor Modbert - placed within a cage of their own making!!!

 

[Big Fitz]

We probably wouldn't know about this if Fortune writer, Nina Easton, didn't live next door to the BofA Exec who was stormed by the SEIU last week.

If this had been Tea Partiers, you know it would have been emblazoned across the front of every newspaper and would have led ever telecast for at least a day or two. But I'm guessing that 99% of you had never seen it until now. I'm a news junkie and I hadn't.

So what do you think? Does it cross the line to storm a person's private home with an organized, loud, and threatening protest? And why wasn't this as newsworthy as a Tea Party event?

What's really behind SEIU's Bank of America protests?​

by Nina Easton

(FORTUNE) -- Every journalist loves a peaceful protest-whether it makes news, shakes up a political season, or holds out the possibility of altering history. Then there are the ones that show up on your curb--literally.

Last Sunday, on a peaceful, sun-crisp afternoon, our toddler finally napping upstairs, my front yard exploded with 500 screaming, placard-waving strangers on a mission to intimidate my neighbor, Greg Baer. Baer is deputy general counsel for corporate law at Bank of America (BAC, Fortune 500), a senior executive based in Washington, D.C. And that -- in the minds of the organizers at the politically influential Service Employees International Union and a Chicago outfit called National Political Action -- makes his family fair game.

Waving signs denouncing bank "greed," hordes of invaders poured out of 14 school buses, up Baer's steps, and onto his front porch. As bullhorns rattled with stories of debtor calls and foreclosed homes, Baer's teenage son Jack -- alone in the house -- locked himself in the bathroom. "When are they going to leave?" Jack pleaded when I called to check on him.

Baer, on his way home from a Little League game, parked his car around the corner, called the police, and made a quick calculation to leave his younger son behind while he tried to rescue his increasingly distressed teen. He made his way through a din of barked demands and insults from the activists who proudly "outed" him, and slipped through his front door. . . .

More here:
What's really behind SEIU's Bank of America protests - May. 19, 2010

Charges need to be filed against SEIU. The police responsible for the escort sent home on unpaid leave till a decision about their future with the department is made. The police who did not disperse this unruly mob need to be disciplined as well.

Personally, they're damn lucky the kid kept his head as much as he did and didn't do something rash like I might have at that age. Mixed bleach and Ammonia in a bucket chucked out a second story window work very well to disperse a crowd. Yes I knew what that would do as a minor and I thought they were going to do something horrible to me.

Huh. The thought of about a few dozen SEIU thugs in the hospital for doing this just warms my heart. Fucking nazi thug bastards.

 

[Sinatra]

Perhaps SEIU has the blessing of Dear Leader?

Or is it the other way around...

 

[SFC Ollie]

Found the Video.


[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5k-TPzn6lw&feature=player_embedded]YouTube - ? Crash Politics ? Obama's SEIU Communist Stalk Bankers at Home[/ame]

 

[boedicca]

Where is that Modbert creature to give us the explanation of the "other side" of this SEIU protest??

Poor Modbert - placed within a cage of their own making!!!

Oooh Ooooh I know!

They were just confused Trick or Treaters who thought it was Halloween already!

(The weather's been so cold and lousy lately - it seemed like fall.)

 

[Foxfyre]

Perhaps SEIU has the blessing of Dear Leader?

Or is it the other way around...

All the big unions have the blessings of Fearless Leader and all of them are funneling money, power, and jackboots into the efforts to support his agenda so long as he continues to protect them and hold them accountable for nothing. It is not an accident that the UAW is a primary stockholder of General Motors now or that SEIU and some of its sub groups are receiving major favors from the administration including guarantees that they won't be adversely affected by the humongous healthcare overhaul in progress or any other legislation that is in the works.

 

[Modbert]

For the record, I would bother to go and post a usual full response. However, Red Sox and Celtics are on. Furthermore, I'm simply not going to waste my evening in a right wing echo chamber that has no plan on being open minded to what I have to say, no plan on changing their mind, and no plan on being reasonable about anything related to the unions.

I've been on USMB long enough now to know when I'm wasting my time, and I'm simply not going to do so here.

 

[Immanuel]

I remember several years ago there were pro-life protesters who did this kind of thing in front (not on the property as far as I know) of abortion doctor's homes and there were an awful lot of people who condemned them for "harassing" the doctors and their families in their homes.

Why is the left so quiet in this thread? You would think they would be condemning these actions as well, wouldn't you?

Immie

 

[Foxfyre]

For the record, I would bother to go and post a usual full response. However, Red Sox and Celtics are on. Furthermore, I'm simply not going to waste my evening in a right wing echo chamber that has no plan on being open minded to what I have to say, no plan on changing their mind, and no plan on being reasonable about anything related to the unions.

I've been on USMB long enough now to know when I'm wasting my time, and I'm simply not going to do so here.

Well you didn't mind taking time to advise us that we are only giving half the story. So after the game I hope you'll reconsider and give us the other half that you seem to think we're missing. I agree that it can be damaging and harmful to only tell the convenient parts of any story, so I for one want to know if that is the case here.

I'm going to ask the group right now if they will be civil, polite, and fair if you'll do that.

You will, won't you gang?

 

[Immanuel]

For the record, I would bother to go and post a usual full response. However, Red Sox and Celtics are on. Furthermore, I'm simply not going to waste my evening in a right wing echo chamber that has no plan on being open minded to what I have to say, no plan on changing their mind, and no plan on being reasonable about anything related to the unions.

I've been on USMB long enough now to know when I'm wasting my time, and I'm simply not going to do so here.

Well you didn't mind taking time to advise us that we are only giving half the story. So after the game I hope you'll reconsider and give us the other half that you seem to think we're missing. I agree that there it is often damaging and harmful to only tell the convenient parts of any story, so I for one want to know how that is the case here.

I'm going to ask the group right now if they will be civil, polite, and fair if you'll do that.

You will, won't you gang?

I always try to and Modbert is easy to get along with, so I see no problems on my side.

Immie

 

[Sinatra]

For the record, I would bother to go and post a usual full response. However, Red Sox and Celtics are on. Furthermore, I'm simply not going to waste my evening in a right wing echo chamber that has no plan on being open minded to what I have to say, no plan on changing their mind, and no plan on being reasonable about anything related to the unions.

I've been on USMB long enough now to know when I'm wasting my time, and I'm simply not going to do so here.

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It would appear Modbert has given us their answer...

 

[Foxfyre]

For the record, I would bother to go and post a usual full response. However, Red Sox and Celtics are on. Furthermore, I'm simply not going to waste my evening in a right wing echo chamber that has no plan on being open minded to what I have to say, no plan on changing their mind, and no plan on being reasonable about anything related to the unions.

I've been on USMB long enough now to know when I'm wasting my time, and I'm simply not going to do so here.

____


It would appear Modbert has given us their answer...

Well maybe not. We all sometimes pop off with something we didn't mean when cornered or in the heat of debate. But let's give him the benefit of the doubt and hear him out if he decides to return. I don't want to think he would just show up and insult us for no reason at all.

 

[Modbert]

Well you didn't mind taking time to advise us that we are only giving half the story. So after the game I hope you'll reconsider and give us the other half that you seem to think we're missing. I agree that it can be damaging and harmful to only tell the convenient parts of any story, so I for one want to know if that is the case here.

I'm going to ask the group right now if they will be civil, polite, and fair if you'll do that.

You will, won't you gang?

Commercial break. I'm merely telling people to not jump the gun, because that egg on one's face is never pretty. There are always three sides to every story. In this case, the writer's, the union's, and the truth.

Do I think the union should of gone to the home? Not really, unnecessary really. However, Immie (I'm not worried about you by the way Immie) made a good point. People on the right had no problem with Abortion doctors getting their homes or businesses protested. Why is that? Oh right, because they agree with the protesters. I think it's wrong in both cases, leave people's personal property alone.

However, since the DC police were there and gave them a escort, I assume they went to assure there would be no problems

If I may you one other bit piece of advice to you and people like Immie. Disown people like Sinatra. She is only here to make money for each post, not make any real arguments or discussions. Partisan hackery at it's finest.

 

[Sinatra]

Well you didn't mind taking time to advise us that we are only giving half the story. So after the game I hope you'll reconsider and give us the other half that you seem to think we're missing. I agree that it can be damaging and harmful to only tell the convenient parts of any story, so I for one want to know if that is the case here.

I'm going to ask the group right now if they will be civil, polite, and fair if you'll do that.

You will, won't you gang?

Commercial break. I'm merely telling people to not jump the gun, because that egg on one's face is never pretty. There are always three sides to every story. In this case, the writer's, the union's, and the truth.

Do I think the union should of gone to the home? Not really, unnecessary really. However, Immie (I'm not worried about you by the way Immie) made a good point. People on the right had no problem with Abortion doctors getting their homes or businesses protested. Why is that? Oh right, because they agree with the protesters. I think it's wrong in both cases, leave people's personal property alone.

However, since the DC police were there and gave them a escort, I assume they went to assure there would be no problems

If I may you one other bit piece of advice to you and people like Immie. Disown people like Sinatra. She is only here to make money for each post, not make any real arguments or discussions. Partisan hackery at it's finest.