Big Labor thug Trumka: Left must “take control of the national conversation”
From the AFL-CIO blog, violence-promoting labor chief Richard Trumka urged his fellow leftists to seize back power from the Tea Party movement and take back “control of the national conversation.”
With the economy continuing to stagger and job creation not moving quickly, “working people are justifiably angry and frustrated” as they approach the Nov. 2 elections, says AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka.
Trumka and Working America Executive Director Karen Nussbaum, New York Times columnist Bob Herbert, Eric Alterman, journalist and senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, and moderator Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher of the Nation, led a panel discussion—Which Way for the Working Class? Elections 2010 and Beyond—Friday afternoon in New York City.
More than 400 people attended the event at the Great Hall at Cooper Union. Trumka said it is vital to channel working-class anger away from Fox News and Tea Party extremists who are delivering
a cynical, deeply dishonest and incoherent message—that big government is somehow to blame for the current crisis that the budget deficit will eat our children, and that illegal immigrants took all the good jobs.
However, he added, “The good news is they haven’t bought into right-wing ideology. They are just confused about who to blame.” But:
We have to offer working people something other than the dead-end choice between the failed agenda of greed and the voices of hate and division and violence…
…In the short term, said Trumka, the labor movement has to “recapture the moment and take control of the national conversation.” Building for the future,
we need to fundamentally restructure our economy and re-establish popular control over the private corporations which have distorted our economy and hijacked our government. That’s a long-term job, but one we should start now.
Of course, Trumka has been fighting with his gloves off for a long time. See my Labor Day retrospective of Trumka’s history of fomenting threats, intimidation, and physical violence against dissenters. And recall that Trumka and his union pals have pooled together an $88 million war chest and Marxist get-out-the-vote alliance to deploy this midterm election season.
Be careful out there.
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Ah, you’ve already done that, you clown, except maybe for the control over private corporations being popular.
He can also go stand on the beach as the tide comes in and yell, “go back, go back” at the top of his lungs.
His chances for success are about equal. No one is buying what he is shoveling.
Why is it when I see a picture of this flatulent blowhard I see Mr Potato Head from Venezuela?
It’s time for the Marxists to move to an already Communist country,
rather than continuing their attempts to transform our country into one.
Not to get all ad hominem, but this vanden Heuvel chick is creepy – like Wednesday Addams at age 40+ creepy!
Too late. Fox News ended the monopoly, and the internet put a stake through it’s heart.
its heart. I hate it when I do that.
While conservatives slept through the 2008 elections, the Left, SEIU and other Democrat minions fell asleep as the Tea Party came to life to become a real force to shape this 2010 election. Its too late. Even their vote stealing efforts are coming to light and union members are voting Republican this election.
We are realizing the unions as the parasites that they are. I remember when I was infected with tapeworms. Once I knew what the problem was it took less than a day to get rid of them.
At least this thug is honest in stating that his goal is for predators and parasites to feed upon private corporations.
Hey, thug Trumka, how do you think these private corporations came to exist in the first place?
The left had control of the National Conversation, sometimes absolute control of it.
The lefty messengers have been heard in the press for decades. People are tiring of the message.
Hey Trumka. I got something for you. You and bathtub boy can share a bath on Nov 3rd.
The process to “Barry” us started in January 2009.
Now, as “We the People” have a chance to change the Congress and change the agenda, the Marxists are losing it.
Consider them to be cornered animals, and be prepared should they attack.
“Re-establish” private control of corporations? Ahem. We have never had “the people” controlling the means of production in this country. I think he has the USSR confused for the USA. We are the one with elections (secret ballot too).
You mean like having the shareholders take back control of GM, Chrysler, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac?
Looks like he has already taken control of a few dinner tables.
If you haven’t already, familiarize yourself with their agenda:
Trumka has likely been engaging in pillow talk after sex with his gay lover Hugo Chavez. They sound eerily similar in there views. Only two individuals joined at the groin could be so close in their speech.
Funny they should bring up violence – because in every incident I’ve seen or read about, it’s nearly always three or four of their thugs kicking the crap out of one big government protester.
Thanks for the correction, it made me look it up, I have misused It’s to show possession for far too long. My 8th grade English teacher Mrs. Cole, must be spinning in her grave.
Trumka sounds as though he has been joining those UAW workers in Detroit for a couple 40′s and a spliff over the lunch hour.
Bullies, when pushed back and called on their bluff can only attempt to up the ante and make a bigger bluff. I’m sort of hoping some union punk comes my way so I can get in their face. Their last ditch efforts are failing as fast as they come up with them.
He doesn’t look like he is missing any meals. And if he represents the working class, who exactly is the non working class that he doesn’t represent? It all sounds so …communist.
It’s like reading Mein Kampf (My Struggle). Some quotes from CPUSA:
“It also sharpens the class struggle.”
“Democratic Struggle and its Relation to Class Struggle”
“The Communist Party USA is dedicated to the struggle for socialism in this country.”
Dang. That guy looks like Zod after 5 years worth of pepperoni sticks and cheap cerveza. Put a bag over his head and take him to the zoo. And what’s with the neanderthal hairline? Now that I think about it he looks more like William Hurt’s stunt double from Altered States.
No kidding you corpulent thug. No thanks to the likes of you and comrade Obama. Come November the real working people are going to crap can the lot of you. Then the “national conversation” will be about which federal penitentiary you get to live in after your conviction for election fraud, among other counts.
I thought this over stuffed blimp had gotten all he wanted from this bho and team for his unions. I think the conversation about you and your unions seems to be going NO WHERE trumka! See ya Nov.2 and WE THE PEOPLE will have our say how we feel about you and unions.
L
Easy comrade. Citizen Trumka has just returned from vacation at his Minnesota dacha and has not yet the time to do the workout and drop some poundage. Trust me comrade when he “gets busy” working over the teabaggers, citizen comrade Trumpka will look like the lithe and tawny boxer that he is, oiled and ready for the action. Da?
No one is confused. They understand perfectly well who’s to blame you fat bloated idiot. Get ready. “We’re comin’ for you Murdoch.”
Throughout the 20th century, violent marxists hid under the “peaceful party” guise, until they were faced with a lost election. Beware of these people. They will do ANYTHING to win. Lie, cheat, steal, and KILL.
Hopefully you will be bagged for the jailhouse along with all your friends as soon as you start your “long-term job”.
Check this at Newsbusters:
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb-staff/2010/09/27/open-thread-tea-party-group-exposes-massive-seiu-voter-fraud-scheme
In a sane world, this is true. But his buddy Andy Stern has orgasms about “the power of persuasion or if that fails, the persuasion of power.”
Now that these thugs have been exposed and their “message” is turning the stomachs of the majority of Americans, they will turn to violence. It’s inevitable (see the Sharron Angle incident last week).
Dangerous times for us all. En garde.
Communist thugs seeking to enslave the masses with crap about “two chickens in every pot if we just take the money from the people who have it all.” Well moron, the reason they have it all is because they work for it and don’t drink it up every night.
Hey Trumka – Project much????
So, which is Trumka admitting the left is guilty of? The “failed agenda” part or the “voices of hate, division and violence” part??
Or, is he referring to the left’s response to the Tea Party movement – in other words, admitting the progressives are guilty of both??
“Popular control of private corporations”?
You mean like North Korea? Cuba? Afterall, their economies are centrally contolled and not ‘distorted’ by ucky capitalists. Is that what you want?
What a d-bag.
I once had a Daniel Boone coon-skin (is that RAAAACIST!?!?!) hat that looked a lot like what he is wearing on his head!
Why is it that the so-called champions of the poor and down-trodden are all fat, bloated sods?
Trumka looks like Michael Moore crawled inside Martin Sheen whilst the latter was impersonating Hitler.
That discussion among these far left ideologues was probably about as interesting as listening to a bunch of caged monkeys screaming at the zoo, although the monkeys are far less annoying. Beyond the lefts three main talking points (racists, Teabaggers, and Bushes fault) what would they have to talk about?
Money-grubbung fat-cat Wall Street Bankers, also known as THE JOOS!
They want to restructure our economy.
Translation: Redistribute welath
They want to establish control over private corporations
Translation: We need to have the government take over more of the economy so they can redistribute the wealth. It worked out great for the unions when government motors was established.
I played bass in a band whose drummer dated? (insert euphamism of choice here) women that looked like that.
So that is what the unions are calling all their recent attempts to unionize the home care industry….
Proverbs 21:17 ASV
He that loveth pleasure shall be a poor man: he that loveth wine and oil shall not be rich.
The face of the Democrat Party: a walrus. He’s the thug Chumley to Barack’s Tennesse Tuxedo.
Sorry, didn’t finish the post… in other words, the rich got that way by not wasting money.
Written English is a lost art. All of our English teachers have spent the last many years spinning. My personal pet peeve is homonyms. People who use their, there and they’re interchangeably drive me mad.
Me to.
The guy looks like Captain Kangaroo on meth.
The improper use of “affect & effect” will always affect me and has a profound effect on my demeanor.
“First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win.” – Mahatma Gandhi
The Left has followed this pattern to the letter. When they get violent (as predicted by Glenn Beck), all that will mean is that their destruction is certain.
Bottom line: We are winning. Stay strong, stay non-violent.
Cuba is right there! 70 miles away is the worker’s paradise and they just won’t go. Wonder why?
I hope I didn’t imply that I would or we should turn to violence. But these freaks are now playing for all the marbles, and perhaps their last best chance to grab total unchecked power is hopefully slipping away.
An animal is most dangerous when cornered.
Funny, when I look at Trumka, I’m reminded of longtime Maryland Sen Barbara Mikulski
Mikulski has thicker facial hair.
Simple, to the point and very true. Maybe we could organize a national show of hands, along with a few 747′s with engines idling. Then all us tea-bagging bitter clingers could get some peace and quiet for a change. It’s almost as bad as living with teen-agers, they wear you down to the last nerve, mine’s just hanging by a thread.
He’s union now. Must have got tired of getting up early to make the donuts.
And I hope I didn’t imply that the right to self-defense is ever denied.
Now that is funny, true but funny.
What is that on his head, is it dead?
aw man, I loved Tennessee Tuxedo. Didn’t Don Adams do his voice?
And they damn well, will, if the GOP doesn’t step up and ram the well deserved blame for this recession, down their throats.
At least veto proof majority, that’s the goal.
Unless they’re afraid to lead.
To the unions corporations and businesses are the enemy. They infect them and suck out their life blood until they roll over and die. For example the textile industry, The steel industry, The US auto industry. However for some strange reason they seem to have the opposite effect on Government? Or is it that it just takes longer and the Country dies as a result?
On September 27, 2010 at 04:48 pm, rightisright said:
It’s a tribble…
On September 27, 2010 at 05:02 pm, spaceycakes said:
Yes, Don Adams (Maxwell Smart) was Tennessee Tuxedo as well as Inspector Gadget.
Bring it on Fat-Boy.
Thugka turds always float to the top of the punch bowl.
LOL! Affirmative, Captain.
Bingo!
IndyRich, you get today’s Blue Ribbon!
The thug is doing exactly what socialists the world over do; that is to project their faults, their crimes, their racism, and their hatred, onto the intelligent people.
This despicable little man needs to go away. As does his socialism.
On September 27, 2010 at 02:10 pm, ITookTheRedPill said:
We will Barry (Goldwater) you.
This fella is totally deluded when it comes to wnat makes jobs. The economy is in the dumps because there are too many rocks in the backpak for the private sector to carry anymore.
On September 27th, 2010 at 7:49 pm, plymouthacclaim said:
Interesting…
They tried to Barry (Soetoro) us.
We will Barry (Goldwater) them.
On September 27th, 2010 at 4:49 pm, cicerokid said:
Yeah, the Congressional Black Congress goes to Cuba, falls in love, and instead of staying in that “paradise”, they come home to help bring us ObamaCare. Anyone who thinks that What Castro has done to Cuba is a good thing, should prove it and make Cuba their new homeland.
Why is he whining, the unions got bailouts for pension plans. Unions helped cripple the private sector. Unions can’t lobby their way to prosperity.
There’s always trouble with tribbles!
“Harcourt Fenton Mudd!”
That’s because every member of the CBC was a red diaper baby. They weren’t read Green Eggs and Ham as children, they were read Das Kapital. They were told that poor people need socialism but weren’t told the cost of socialism. Not in money; money is cheap to a socialist. They’ll just print what they need. The cost is in human pain and suffering.
The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the equal sharing of misery.
- Winston Churchill
If Karl, instead of writing a lot about Capital, made a lot of Capital, it would have been much better.
- Henrietta Marx, mother of Karl
The unions oughta be worried about the Congressional conversation:
He would like fine in a Mao zoot soot.
Errah, Richard Trumka urged his fellow leftists to seize back power . . . . and take back “control of the national conversation.”
Wouldn’t that require them to at least learn English first then?
He would look better in a jail suit. Size XXXXL and hopefully the stripes are not horizontal.
More Marxist control initiatives: People, we are indeed in a war for America
http://www.prisonplanet.com/new-cybersecurity-bill-gives-obama-power-to-shut-down-companies.html
I saw the headline this morning, too. That’s some scary stuff but I don’t think he’s going to have the same power today that he did 18 months ago. People are waking up and I think he’ll have a fight on his hands if he tries a “coup” to become dictator Obowmao.
Also worth noting are the 20 bills that the Dumbocrats are going to push through in the lame duck session after the election.
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/121223-dems-stuff-lame-duck
Always good advice; be that thug political, spaced out mugger or just a run of the mill punk. The Richard Trumkas and ilk of this world have more in common with the Bloods, Crips, Surenos and MS-13 then the people he is paid to represent. One fight is political and that we must do; the other is personal. We have a God Given right-duty- to defend home, family and self.
George Washington: “A free people ought to be armed.” (Jan 14 1790, Boston Independent Chronicle.)
I’ve been listening to Glenn Beck and this big rally that is being planned by the unions and other communist/socialist organizations. This is TRULY scary stuff!! They will have hundreds of radical organizations gathering in DC to show their strength. SEIU, AFL-CIO, Code Pink, every radical fringe group you can find. Will probably be massive and is intended to intimidate the tea party enthusiasts.
I hope MM will put something out on this event. Glenn Beck gave a website address and told people to go there if they wanted information about the event, and a Communist would tell them all about it.
They are fighting back with everything they have.
It will be interesting to see how filthy they leave DC when they are done.
The disaffected hands out and accomplish nothing, aspire to nothing and contribute nothing show staring Richard Trumka as the Fat, sausage eating wino. With the exception of the small minority of followers, the rest of the country will get a birds eye view of the kinds of people that are running this country. If this does not add 30 or more feet to the Political Tidal Wave that’s coming in November I do not know what will.
When I see all the power and muscle behind the unions, I truly fear for our elections! That is the only thing that can defeat us, once and for all. If our elections become completely corrupted, we are screwed. They are trying.
Do you think people would take him more seriously if it didn’t look like a polecat took a dump on his head?
That photo of him looks eerily like an overweight Hitler to me!!
Can you imagine their home kitchens and bathrooms?
Socialist code-speak for LIE.
Taking control of conversation (or, the “don’t look behind the curtain” syndrome,) yeah, that ever troublesome “free speech” thing that always seems to get in the way, when the left gets caught trying to compromise liberty.
This always happens when an informed public doesn’t buy in to the
argumentpropaganda the left is so urgently pushing. We’re viewed as “too stupid” to understand the simple basics, so they’llnudgeforce us to their conclusion…it’s just so American of them!These thuggish tactics of intimidation and corruption are merely variations on the theme used by communists and nazis (national socialists, btw) in the past.
Read Richard Evans’ The Coming of the Third Reich for a chilling account (the author clearly comes off as favoring socialists/communists, but it is a good read nonetheless) of how “it” could easily happen here if we are not careful, determined, and prepared to resolutely (we’re the good guys, so I won’t say ruthlessly – but, you get the idea) defend ourselves and our freedoms.
Gross and disgusting would be my guess.
It’s clear that Trumka is a criminal. We don’t have to work very hard to imagine that types of crimes he is likely committing to this day. What we need is to expose these thugs and make sure they spend the rest of their miserable lives behind bars.
Perhaps the work needing to be done is digging up evidence against him and those like him.
Seems to me that is just as important as winning future elections.
LOL–I say that at work about the way people leave the coffee pot.
Oh, Spacey…the memories I have of the kitchens at work! There are so many people who think it is the duty of others to clean up after their messes. Life lessons abound!
How many will be paid by the unions to show up at the mall?
Speaking of wells… maybe the American people need to employ the BP Static Kill on the Democrat Party once and for all this November and every two years thereafter.
It is wimmen’s work init? (ducks and runs)
OMG Rogue, you’re going to end up like the inventor of the Segway.
On September 28th, 2010 at 1:16 pm,
Oh, Rogue, if I was a bit closer, you would have an iron skillet growing out of the top of your head!