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1. #1
   On September 30th, 2011 at 2:01 pm, txvet2 said:

   But Tea Partiers are the terrorists, according to the government.

2. #2
   On September 30th, 2011 at 2:01 pm, Ty85719 said:

   typical fascist Union behavior – the Unions have become Obama’s SS, and the Tea Party have become Obama’s Jews

3. #3
   On September 30th, 2011 at 2:06 pm, prendad said:

   Dear Union Thugs:
   Please submit lists in advance of target areas that you plan to ransack and destroy so that swat teams may be positioned to arrest you as you flee the scene and drag your sorry asses off to jail.
   Thanks.

4. #4
   On September 30th, 2011 at 2:08 pm, The_NeoKong said:

   That is soooo gonna’ backfire.

5. #5
   On September 30th, 2011 at 2:11 pm, Dexter Alarius said:

   Were there criminal charges filed for unlawful detention for the security guards they held hostage?
   If there’s no consequence for bad behavior, bad behavior will proliferate.

6. #6
   On September 30th, 2011 at 2:13 pm, letget said:

   I feel if the judge would have put these union thugs sorry hind end in jail for six months, that probably would make more of a point to stop this krap? Fines don’t make a dent in all the money these unions thugs have. I might add, the money the union thugs get, taxpayers fund in a great amount of it!
   L

7. #7
   On September 30th, 2011 at 2:13 pm, Flyoverman said:

   On September 30th, 2011 at 2:08 pm, The_NeoKong said:

   That is soooo gonna’ backfire.

   Dittos

8. #8
   On September 30th, 2011 at 2:16 pm, DonkeyHoatie said:

   So the NLRB, the official government arm of the labor unions, asked for $290K in fines, and the judge knocked it down to only $250K?

   Sounds like somebody’s already visited the judge’s family to “discuss” their children’s “future”.

9. #9
   On September 30th, 2011 at 2:19 pm, Regulus said:

   On September 30th, 2011 at 2:01 pm, Ty85719 said:

   typical fascist Union behavior – the Unions have become Obama’s SS, and the Tea Party have become Obama’s Jews

   I wish I could dismiss that comparison as far-fetched, but unfortunately I can’t.

   Ann Coulter put it well when she said that if you want to know what liberals are thinking or doing, just listen to what they accuse you of thinking or doing.

   In the same vein, the people who are only too ready to accuse you of being a “Nazi” are the same ones who have created a “Party Army” of bully-boys with colored shirts (purple instead of brown), and a designated class of bogeymen upon whom all blame for everything they don’t like can be heaped and whose existence itself will eventually be criminalized if they have their way.

   The only difference — albeit a major one — is that the Tea Party “Jews” of today can defend themselves in a way that their European counterparts couldn’t back in the 1930s. Generally speaking, party armies are only effective against those who can’t fight back.

10. #10
    On September 30th, 2011 at 2:28 pm, sb36695 said:

    & we will do what we have to do…

11. #11
    On September 30th, 2011 at 2:38 pm, Marshall_Will said:

    Regulus,

    Well said! Oh and speaking of which:

    Happy Rosh Hashanah to all our Jewish friends & posters! We all should stop by for service.

12. #12
    On September 30th, 2011 at 2:45 pm, letget said:

    On September 30th, 2011 at 2:38 pm, Marshall_Will said:

    Happy Rosh Hashanah to all our Jewish friends & posters!

    Ditto, thanks for reminding us. God be with you Israel.
    L

13. #13
    On September 30th, 2011 at 2:45 pm, docflash said:

    The public is on to the unions and this stuff just adds more fuel to the fire.What happens if the shippers find other ports to offload?

14. #14
    On September 30th, 2011 at 2:48 pm, Paratus said:

    The union members aren’t afraid of the fines or jail time.
    A fine? That didn’t hurt. They have friends in the Court, WH, and Congress.
    They’ll will do damage again. They always do.
    It’s a never ending battle.

15. #15
    On September 30th, 2011 at 2:50 pm, Paratus said:

    #14 post They’ll do damage again. Shesh

16. #16
    On September 30th, 2011 at 2:55 pm, Truesoldier said:

    The bad news, of course: It’ll come out of rank-and-file workers’ dues

    More like it will come out of companies or taxpayers pockets depending on with whom the Longshoremen negotiate the next contract with.

17. #17
    On September 30th, 2011 at 3:07 pm, Marshall_Will said:

    Full Disclosure:

    Personal friends w/ Victoria Taft, worked with her at Tea Party events and became her first “5th listener” when she took to the airwaves.

    For all that our Michelle puts up with, keep in mind here in the Portland area, Victoria is surrounded by some of the most dispicable Progs on the planet. Portland, where “Criminalizing Conservatism” finds it roots.

    letget,

    We have a Jewish guy in our Guard unit shop and the only reason I never forget the Season, it’s an ideal time to needle him for ‘atonement’! “Ahem.., isn’t there something you’d like to, say to me?”

18. #18
    On September 30th, 2011 at 3:16 pm, RedDog said:

    Another union goon says they’ll “do what we have to do” to prevail.

    Union Losers: Stupid, jobless and sitting in jail is no way to go through life.

19. #19
    On September 30th, 2011 at 3:17 pm, RedDog said:

    The bad news, of course: It’ll come out of rank-and-file workers’ dues …

    They’ll just make it up by stealing more cargo for a few months.

20. #20
    On September 30th, 2011 at 3:21 pm, stuckinIL4now said:

    Wow, a $250,000 fine. Geez, that barely covers the expense account of a flunky union boss (redundant phrase?) so yeah, they are gonna have to raise union dues or come up with some similar scam to raise the cash.

21. #21
    On September 30th, 2011 at 3:21 pm, RedDog said:

    I wish Washington had a Joe Arpaio or Chris Christie….. Never would have believed my home state would have evolved into this Marxist s*ithole. It goes to show that bullying, violence, and intimidation do pay off when the law abiding cannot or will not face them down. Dang.

22. #22
    On September 30th, 2011 at 3:34 pm, J S Ragman said:

    Sounds like conspiracy to commit extortion, conspiracy to commit kidnapping, conspiracy to commit grand larceny. Lock ‘em up.

23. #23
    On September 30th, 2011 at 3:41 pm, sbw999 said:

    “And the trees were all kept equal by hatchet, axe, and saw.” (from Trees, by Canadian rockers RUSH)

    Also, the philosophy of our Marxist-in- Chief, and all those utopian liberals who support him.

24. #24
    On September 30th, 2011 at 3:43 pm, RogersUmp said:

    Nice Animal House reference Red Dog!

25. #25
    On September 30th, 2011 at 3:50 pm, LawDog said:

    On September 30th, 2011 at 2:11 pm, Dexter Alarius said:
    Were there criminal charges filed for unlawful detention for the security guards they held hostage?
    If there’s no consequence for bad behavior, bad behavior will proliferate.

    Agreed! The guard’s should sue the union individually for mega dollars citing RICO statutes. After all isn’t that how they shut down many of the KKK and many of the Mafia operations.

26. #26
    On September 30th, 2011 at 4:00 pm, madmonkphotog said:

    They’re righting for union jobs, not downstream or non-union jobs.

    If this thug’s house burns down, do you think he’d want only union firefighters putting out the fire, or will it matter while his family is being burned alive?

    It’s a hypothetical question since Trumpka celebrated 9/11 as a ‘union-only’ event, not an American event.

27. #27
    On September 30th, 2011 at 4:11 pm, peteee said:

    now i am not on the side of the unions, but may i offer some free advice? keep up the thuggery, it’s a win win. we get to see you for what you are, and i have some free financial advice. we all know all democrat, most of them anyway, will go down in flames next year. so don’t contribute any money to the dems, to pay these fines for your actions. after you are seen to be the thugs we all know and love, the republicans in office will turn off the funding for all of you. once that happens, you can go to greece, or spain, and join your fellow socialists out on the streets over there.

28. #28
    On September 30th, 2011 at 4:28 pm, bjc said:

    *Unionism is communism; It’s really that simple; Dealt with the UAW and CAW for many years, and although maybe not as brutal as the Teamsters, they would shoot your tires or tailights out with a gun; I never backed down, never cut a deal; They have stolen many a mans’ soul to use as a blunt instrument against those that give them sustenance, their employer; Shame on them all!

29. #29
    On September 30th, 2011 at 4:32 pm, BK said:

    Why aren’t union bigwigs sitting in jail for contempt of court? Or being imprisoned under RICO laws?

30. #30
    On September 30th, 2011 at 4:42 pm, Marshall_Will said:

    petee,

    Totally agree. Confronting and dealing w/ all of this has been more than frustrating. The reality is, once we wrest control, much of the Progenda will die on the vine all of its own accord.

    With Dept. of Ed disbanded/emasculated, no more prog-indoc centers. As the EPA collapses under its own [unfunded] weight, no more picking Winners & Losers from behind the curtain w/ some vague Env. Impact Statement.

    As noted earlier in the week as Dem districts throughout CA crashed and burned on Unemployment ( just keep voting Dem! ) No really.., it’s ‘working’ for you guys!

31. #31
    On September 30th, 2011 at 5:46 pm, yaymm said:

    The little matter of holding the security guards hostage for four hours is blatant kidnapping and can still be charged. That would be a felony for each of the union thugs convicted and would send a real message that there are limits to what they can get away with.

    I’m afraid however, that because it’s a union based action, the local DA will not want to touch it for political reasons.

    The other possibility is that the company doesn’t want the added greif and has instructed the guards to not press charges, even if local law enforcement creates formal reports to forward to the DA.

    If the charges for anything, criminal mischief, destruction of property, etc., plus threats of violence, injury and kidnapping were pressed, I think we’d have heard about it by now. In other words, they get off with a fine.

32. #32
    On September 30th, 2011 at 5:51 pm, Blackstone said:

    The bad news, of course: It’ll come out of rank-and-file workers’ dues while fat cat Big Labor thugs back in Washington sit clean and pretty in their Taj Mahal headquarters.

    Have workers ever gone on strike against their union?

33. #33
    On September 30th, 2011 at 5:59 pm, Truesoldier said:

    On September 30th, 2011 at 5:51 pm, Blackstone said:
    Have workers ever gone on strike against their union?

    Are you kidding me…they know what the union would do to them.

34. #34
    On September 30th, 2011 at 6:02 pm, cabrerski said:

    U.S. District Judge Ronald Leighton: I find against the defendant and fine the ILWU $250,000 (bangs gavel).

    ILWU member: That’s a mighty nice gavel you got there, your honor. I don’t suppose you would want to see something happen to its varnish…

35. #35
    On September 30th, 2011 at 6:12 pm, yaymm said:

    Employees have been known to de-certify unions Blackstone, but it doesn’t happen very often. All it requires is a vote to do it and it happens. Unions hate it.

    By the way, is our NLRB trying to redeem itself after the Boeing disaster?

36. #36
    On September 30th, 2011 at 8:30 pm, MNUSMCDavid said:

    I had a labor union guy in my VFW threaten me in my VFW Post a few months ago because I was a conservative. He is 40 I’m 61….. he asked me outside, he went down. Just sayin!

37. #37
    On September 30th, 2011 at 9:30 pm, Paratus said:

    Good work…MNUSMCDavid

38. #38
    On September 30th, 2011 at 11:44 pm, ChapBix said:

    #29. On September 30th, 2011 at 4:32 pm, BK said:

    Why aren’t union bigwigs sitting in jail for contempt of court? Or being imprisoned under RICO laws?
    

    Because they have friends in high places.

39. #39
    On October 1st, 2011 at 2:13 am, BFC Cpl Jack said:

    AH,JUDGES!! And their personal power. This is much like the Le Tourneau sex case where a repeat offense landed the offender in prison not for the crime itself but for “contempt of court”. And then only for the duration of the original suspended sentence. Strange thinking and priorities.

40. #40
    On October 1st, 2011 at 11:02 am, Collateral Damage said:

    The local authorities should order “Shoot-To-Kill” instructions to law enforcement in response to union law-breaking, but of course, “There are no men in Washington” anymore.

41. #41
    On October 1st, 2011 at 12:00 pm, babiesgrandma said:

    ChapBix said:
    #29.
    

    On September 30th, 2011 at 4:32 pm, BK said:

    Why aren’t union bigwigs sitting in jail for contempt of court? Or being imprisoned under RICO laws?

    Because they have friends in high places.

    Let’s see the WH log of visitors – who’s at the top of that list for number of personal visits? Trumpka. Hmmmmm, is there a connection somewhere? I wonder…….

    Via RedState.com: In a critical report published by the Center for Public Integrity regarding the White House visitor log, one of the more peculiar items noted was the amount of visits that AFL-CIO boss Richard Trumka has made to the White House. While the Center’s criticism centers around the lack of (or missing) data provided by the White House, the records did reflect that Trumka has visited the White House an astonishing four dozen times:

42. #42
    On October 1st, 2011 at 12:09 pm, letget said:

    Somewhat on topic of thugs, it seems that the F&F thing, the wh is knee deep in, is thinking of getting rid of the atf to keep this quiet? Will this mean bho will now name a czar to do the job of the atf? Wouldn’t suprise me.

    http://townhall.com/columnists/katiepavlich/2011/09/30/bombshell_doj_considering_elimination_of_atf/page/full/
    L

43. #43
    On October 1st, 2011 at 12:14 pm, Cogs said:

    These people should be tried under the organized crime laws.