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Shock Video: Alleged Union Activists Attack, Punch Conservative Outside Mich. Capitol
Editor's note: this story has been updated with an interview with the person who was punched.
TheBlaze reported earlier that alleged union activists had attacked a tent owned by the pro-right-to-work group Americans for Prosperity.
Now we have more footage of not only the attack on the tent, but also of alleged union activists physically attacking conservative writer and comedian Steven Crowder:
"They were tearing down the tent," Crowder explained when TheBlaze asked him about the moments leading up to the violent exchange. "Now that sort of becomes a melee. They were trying to tear down the [AFP] tent and people were trying to pull them off … there were people in there. It's their property."
"And as they [the union activists] did that, a few people tripped," he continued, "this guy tripped over a tent peg and then got up and hit me."
This is the gentleman Crowder is referring to:
Following the altercation and the destruction of AFP's tent, Crowder tweeted the following images:
"I never hit him at all. I know he tripped," Crowder told TheBlaze in a phone interview. "And I know he was coming into me, so hands were everywhere."
Crowder was actually at the protest to do some "man-on-the-street" interviews with union supporters.
"I went in there to ask them why they were against right-to-work and it immediately got violent. They immediately started tearing down the tent and they trampled it to the ground with women inside," he said.
Speaking of which, here's some footage taken by an AFP worker from inside the tent as it was being ripped apart:
"The union members went inside the tent to cut the ropes and knock down the poles that we're holding the tent up," Michael Moroney, Director of Communications at the Franklin Center for Government & Public Integrity, told TheBlaze in an email.
Ironically enough, according to Moroney, AFP was actually hosting pro-right-to-work union workers when the tent was brought down by protesters.
"Am I a bit of a smart aleck? Yeah," said Crowder, "But does that warrant me being punched in the face and told they'll 'kill me with a gun'? I don't think so."
And you can clearly hear people shouting about guns in the video. TheBlaze asked Crowder, who is a staunch supporter of the 2nd amendment, whether he discussed with anyone in the crowd his support for the right to bear arms.
"No. I was not carrying a gun and never even broached the subject. They were not talking about me," he responded.
Did the police at least try to break up the crowd?
"There was not one cop to be found," Crowder told TheBlaze.
It's important to note that the above video has been edited and that the moments leading up to the attacks on Mr. Crowder have been removed.
"I wanted to show the good stuff," he said, adding that he wanted the keep the video to under two minutes. "Listen, if you want more context, there are dozens of videos taken by people with their cellphones. They're about 45 minutes long. You can watch those."
Now that these alleged union activists have been caught on camera, we're left with one big question: Will Crowder press assault charges?
"I'm going to give this guy an ultimatum," Crowder said, "he can either fess up and go to prison for a felony or we can meet at a racquetball court for five minutes and we can work out our differences ourselves. Jail or one-on-one. If he wants to play tough guy, I'm giving him the choice."
In case you didn't know, Crowder is schooled in both mixed martial arts and wrestling.
"Just to be clear," TheBlaze said, "what do you mean by 'one-on-one'?"
"I'm talking about lock us in a racquetball court for a whole sanctioned mixed martial arts bout, or boxing bout, or wrestling bout – whatever he wants," said Crowder. "He can name the terms and I will face him one-on-one if he wants to avoid prison."
"I am serious," he added. "He can go to jail, or compete with me in a sanctioned bout for charity."
UPDATE — Crowder appeared on Fox News' "Hannity" Tuesday night to discuss his ordeal and to formally challenge the union activist who assaulted him [via Mediaite]:
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Posted on December 11, 2012 at 3:50pmProgressives. Ha! They are not progressing, they are regressing. Hell, even animals act better than these sub human union thugs.
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These are dangerous people, angry, greedy and violent. They are fearless too and why not? They have the backing of the Obama Gang.-
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:02pmYour absolutely right! Better arm yourselves, they are.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:18pmSignofthetimes, you are no better than inner city thugs. A gun is not the solution to everything.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:22pm"Even after sustaining multiple blows to the face, the conservative comedian does not retaliate or escalate the violence in any way."
The 16 trillion dollar question is why in God's name didn't the conservative comedian defend himself? Enough of "behaving like gentlemen" because all that results from pansy behavior is an embarrasing asswhup. Take note people, when we're at events that union goons show up at you better get ready to rumble. These communists know nothing but violence when they don't get their way. I suggest that for those that don't train, you had better start. Krav Maga is an excellent way to get into shape and to learn some self-defense tactics as well.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:23pmI bet that guy has a c0Exis+ bumper-sticker on his Prius.
This truly shows how quickly these types of people devolve into violent mobs when they are not spoon fed by the rich. Its like having a gorilla as a pet that won't rip your arms off and beat you with them as long as you feed him 5 times a day.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:23pmLook at photos of union workers in the 30′s through the 50′s and look at them today. Notice how astonishingly fat they got.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:25pm@Redandblue
A firearm carried for legal self defense IS different than a thug who will beat you senseless just for standing on a sidewalk. If you can't see the difference, then you're blind. If you do see the difference but want to muddy the waters, then you are playing a game of equivocation that is easily defeated.
Brother Winston Smith
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:27pmOooops… the piece reads "conservative." Actually, Crowder is a REPUBLICAN. Great footage showing the thuggin, but get the headlines right. REPUBLICAN gets punched, NOT "conservative."
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:29pmWe got a bunch of Ring wraiths in the crowd. You know what we do to ring wraiths right?
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:33pmThese Meatloafs are such Bozo Shills! These Obamunist don't know how ridiculous they are…. they live in Michigan don't they know. They live in a colder, more broke, more bankrupt Greece. These Mustached meatloafs don't even know how bad Obozo has decimated them… they are drinking too much Obozo Hoffa,…Alex Karras Kool aid. These loafs are Obozo pathetic.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:38pmYeah they are cannibalistic and primitive thugs who roam the streets with clubs and hunt at night. Hahaha.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:39pmCrowders awesome and could have taken the thug but I understand why he stood down.
Have you seen his video of teaching people about the American Dream through martial arts… HILARIOUS: http://www.americanparchment.com/video/2011/apr/crowder_american_dream.html
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:40pmI would like to thank Steve for taking one for the team.
This will only turn more people against the unions.
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Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:40pmThis is what islama and his buddys want, sad when people vote for evil, but so be it for now ..
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:46pmObama will come on t v tonight and say how all them union slackers could be his brothers !
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:48pmBrother Winston Smith You need to learn the difference between a Republican vs. Conservative. Steven is a Conservative, he just might vote Republican like me. If you followed him on Twitter and elsewhere you'd know this.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:53pmobamanist is good,but islama is accurate LOL
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:59pmIt is the OBAMAPOCALYPSE! Get your guns, hide in your shelters, eat all that crap food that Beck peddles. IT STARTS NOW!
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 5:19pmThe primary tool of the NWO is Marxism in all its flavors…..but they are smart, they know that the vast majority would never believe that there is a real conspiracy at work….
Do a study of the Hegelian Dialectic. The Unions are a part of this "conflict" but on the other hand Corporate America is involved too.
Obamacare and Agenda 21 are just the tip of the spear….the dark side is "hell bent" on destroying Amerika from the inside…they seem to be doing a good job. Plus, they have the media in their pocket and the media will ignore the truth.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 5:23pmREDANDBLUEARETHESAME ……and you are a patsy and will most certainly be a victim.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 5:25pmThis is great PR for all of us who know unions are a joke. Incompetence, intoxication, illegal behavior are all things that will get you fired in the private sector. In the union, you can't get fired unless you commit capital murder – and even then, the murderer would likely file a grievance to get his job back, WITH BACK PAY ! It really is affirmative action for a protected class. Union members are held to lower standards than the rest of what remains of the U.S. workforce. Stories like this only help the right to work cause. LIVE BETTER… WORK !
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 5:26pmNow it is getting fun. Next time I want to be there.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 5:39pmA gun is not the solution for everything, but it is the solution for preventing violent, unprovoked attacks. That is why we have Right to Carry and the Castle Doctrine.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 5:41pmDidn't have to look at the video.
I have dealt with Local 98 in Philly!
Did you know that if certain unions have a contract to build a building, and you (also a union) have a contract to install whatever (high-speed internet equipment, in this case) to each Condo, and THEY wired all Condo's, that they still don't even want you do the work YOU have a contract to do with your OWN equipment? That union, btw, didn't even do the work we did.
After I talked to their headquarters, we were 'allowed' to go in. But before we went in, the "big boss" told their shop steward to (in so many words) inform the 'animals' (my word) that we were to be left alone.
Well, after we had been inside for a few minutes, the electric suddenly went out! SOMEhow, the temp electric feed got "acidentally" cut. Can you imagine? Work for the day was suspended. -
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 5:45pmghostofjefferson and ares338,
I own 4 firearms personally. But showing up to rally's packing and looking for trouble is different than an intruder breaking in or something. This is a matter for law enforcement. And if that fat bozo would have swung at me like that I would have dropped him in a heartbeat. No patsy here. I just dont think many of the people that post about using a firearm against a human being realize how unpleasant it truly is. It's not a game. It stays with you forever.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 5:46pmSurely there will be some prosecutions resulting from this violence.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 5:46pm@COFEMALE @BROTHER There is only Free Americans vs. PROGRESSIVES. as long as no one understands this we will be run over. Once this is understood Americans win.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 6:11pmCROWDER is very intelligent..great comedian…spokes person for the CONSERVATIVE mind set. Like most of us he is registered probably as a REPUBLICAN but he thinks not like a PROGRESSIVE or RINO but Conservative. For the hot-shot who posts here a zillion times a day to try to say "He's not a Conservative" just shows some more of the PAULBOT poison and I won't enter into any 'conversation' with those misguided, one-note thinkers.
Other certifiably insane 'contributors' say nonsense like Crowder works for KOCH brother? Excuse me??? The UNIONS are ANTI-FREEDOM. THEY are THUGS. THEY enslave their workers and take their money and do -0- for workers. THEY don't even want their workers to be able to vote privately. The exist by thugism. What the hell is wrong with you??? YOU and anyone else who believes that people who got rich in America must be evil are what is wrong with this country.
Nothing wrong with workers coming together and demanding decent work hours/conditions and pay..but there is a hell of a lot wrong with workers allowing THUGS to put nooses on them….what part about that can't you figure out??? -
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 6:12pmShish!
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 6:16pmBass/tards. I hate UNIONS, I hate everything about them, I hate the hateful people associated with unions, I think those people are the lowest form of life on earth, even lower than an earthworm.
Anyone who belongs to these groups are as bad as they are, so just because you don't go out and beat up people and call them nasty names and yell and scream like a baby in a crib that no one will notice, don't think for a minute you aren't just as bad as they are because you allow it by belonging to their unions. Some might get along, but these mean, hateful people are corrupt and unGodly.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 6:20pmIt goes back to how you are brought up and values instilled. Bring a child up in the knowledge they are made in the image and likeness of God and they will value each person as precious. Bring them up that there is no God, that we all evolved from a primordial soup and have distant relatives in trees then they will act like animals.
All part of the Marxist agenda to create a culture so corrupt it stinks and drive us in the direction designed to destroy us. We are seeing the fruit of Marxist war on God and Capitalism in every aspect of society.
This is the most comprehensive, best movie I have seen pulling all this together. Watch it. Share it.
It should be mandatory viewing for every politician
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Posted on December 11, 2012 at 6:50pmI am quite sure that they are fearless when surrounded by their fellow thugs. The question is are they truly fearless or are they really punks and cowards.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 7:42pmUnion thugs beat some poor black guy in St Louis Missouri about a year ago because he was selling trinkets, with a Republican theme, as part of his wares. A bunch of vigilantes needs to make an example of what can happen to union thugs. Use fire to combat fire. They asked for it, give them a taste of their own medicine
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 7:59pmJust a bunch of moronic losers…. Go back to Detroit where you belong…..
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 8:21pmI think that guy is from Greece!
just the facts
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 8:43pmThis is the mentality of the die-hard union. 'Give me because I'm better than you'. They have no concept of the reality of the damage they (unionization) has done and no understanding of the value of right or wrong. For every union member, I can show them 4 non-union members who are better in their same trade. Sad, isn't it.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 8:46pmAll I see FAT Ugly lazy Union men with nothing to do, but cause violence.
UAW….You don't get FAT for working. Only way a UAW gets Fat is because they lazy freeloaders trying to protect their cash cow. OH… I do mean UAW COW !!!!!!!!!
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 8:53pmUnion Animal Thugs…What an embarrassment. I hope he prosecutes and goes after this guy hard. I'm so sick of these overpaid thugs being paid to do little or nothing just because they're union. Violence is all they know because it sure as hell isn't education. They talk like they're illiterate and lord knows none of them have missed any meals. Good grief!
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 9:15pmIt's a good thing it was a union thug sucker punching him if it had been a MAN that guy might have got hurt.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 9:25pmI would be so embarrassed to be related or acquainted with any of these
Union hoodlums-
the picture tells the story,
unfortunately, it is an ugly one
that's been allowed to metastasize over the years
because these self-serving, subterranean, liberal creatures
are mindless when it comes to basic humanity.Blame bloody Oblameo-
with the crucial state of our nation,
he drops everything to go where the Union roars
& lectures on the very thing that is destroying our nation.Unions are passe'-
they've run their course
but the idiots who run the Unions & prosper from them
can't seem to get that through their thick, wooden block heads.Oblameo is the perpetual instigator, community disorganizer, rabble-rouser.
He has & will never have any sense of grace or class.
He bleeds the taxpayer,
he bleeds the nation,
he bleeds history
& yet, he manages never to bloody thyself.This can't go on-
somebody needs to grab him by his skinny, racist ****
& remind him that HISTORY will have the last say.
Judged by his first miserable term
& the incompetence of his next-
he's set an all-time record
for the WORSE human being to ever preside over the best of nations.It's not that he's just a horrible "leader"-
he's a vindictive, manipulative, sorry-azz specimen
of any living creature on earth.Oblameo's liberals & the Unions are bleeding America dry-
the bunting unravels as the bullies rage on.
Have mercy. -
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 9:29pmThis shows the Unions for what they are…….NOW AMERICANS but Commies
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 9:30pm@pointaku
"Look at photos of union workers in the 30′s through the 50′s and look at them today. Notice how astonishingly fat they got."
The ones you see in the video get fat because they only work they do is behind a desk. 10 to 1 they aren't rank-and-file and I'll tell you why.
Well, if you're talking about the "bad actors" on the union side of this video, my guess is that these are either staffers, or officials of the unions. In my limited experience of dealing with unions activism (picket lines, demonstrations, etc.), after "wading in" to their group, and confronting them as to their specific positions, the rank-and-file guys and gals are generally civil and quite mannerly (if not a bit stunned by my precocious approach). On the other hand, the nastiest, most volatile members of the groups are folks that have either never been union workers (staffers), or were elected to their positions long ago and haven't practiced their craft in decades.
The best way to disarm the militants in the group is ask them why they got to the point of being on the street in the first place. When I've done this, the real workers turn around and stare at their leaders expectantly. In all cases leaders have been so surprised that they've never answered, but they received a lot of scowls from those they were supposed to represent. I've "evaporated" more than one demonstration in this fashion, but I wouldn't want to do it to the same group twice. ;-)
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 9:32pmi have notice that the left{including unions} have resorted to violent speach and violence just like the muslim brotherhood………both need to be very careful how far you push………..and its past time to stand up especially to muslims…..it took 600 years for spain to throw them out and now they are going back
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 9:38pmEnemy at the gates. This is whats in store for us X 10 when the our currency finally collapses from the politicians {mostly dims}irresponsible spending.
On JIMBO FROM SUWANEE's link of Obama speaking to the union yesterday. His last sentence was golden. He was projecting about distractions and that blaming Mich leadership of manufacturing crisis'….RIGHT OUT OF THE ALINSKY PLAYBOOK.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 9:46pmWhat a joke. America apparently loves obama so much… well guess what you idiots that gave the worst president in our entire history another 4 years – shocker! You get union thugs. This is just the beginning. America is done for. I'm hoping Texas secedes.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 10:16pmwe have had right to work here for a long time and we are working and they are not, bunch of childish bullies who need a whipping if you ask me. my my and we did not fight over it, we just all went to work.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 10:21pmwhat would the government have done if they were carrying gadsten flags and tea party signs and invaded the capitol bldg and started this crap…………….any bets
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 10:55pmYet when students and liberals get a face full of pepper spray when peaceably demonstrating on the ground, you're all for violence. Hypocrite.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 10:58pmThe law doesn't apply to them or didn't you know that? Bunch of animals & disrespectful of other peoples rights in the name of unionism or is it communism? I get the two confused.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 11:02pmI'm from Flint Michigan moved to Texas in 09. Main reason unions and welfare. I have been a plumber for 20 years and have seen the harm of unions my hole life. I can't tell you how many times I have had to pull off of jobs because of unions. Why because my company won a BID but was not union. They would protest tell the contactor gives in. Putting me and many other out of work. Why because they can't compete with non union companys. From 1998 and on I have all ways made more then $20.00 a hour. All ways had INS for me and family. The unions don't have to play by the same rules. They trick workers to vote them in and lie to the workers. Then the workers too the new union company wonder why the company goes out of buissness. Then there laid off and on the waiting list. Auto worker union UAW. How many of us can get caught doing coke and have the company pay for rehab then keep there job?
I worked for two companys that went union. One gone the other only does only commercial work now. People could not pay the hourly rate. Not to mention the test are union apoved. Allot of the question don't have anything to do with your trade. It took me 3 trys to pass Micigan test. Texas test was hard but was only plumbing questions I passed 92% first try. I was told by my dad back in the 80s all the way to 2001 how evil his union is GM 38 years God Rest Your Soul. I hope Rick Synder rips the unions apart I miss home so much. Texas is great but Michigan all ways be home. Be nice to go hom -
Posted on December 12, 2012 at 3:06amThat chubby fool could barely throw a punch, Crowder should have beat the crap out of him!
Posted on December 12, 2012 at 3:09amIt might not be the solution to everything, BUT it would be a nice solution here against the union THUGS, SHUT UP! REDANDBLUEARETHESAME
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:18pm
Signofthetimes, you are no better than inner city thugs. A gun is not the solution to everything. -
Posted on December 12, 2012 at 3:52amactually this is exactly how wild animals act
Posted on December 12, 2012 at 5:08amThey're acting just like the Tea Party! ~sarc~
Posted on December 12, 2012 at 5:41amIt's a good thing that we do not live in a communist country that enforces the will of the minority by force !
Posted on December 12, 2012 at 7:02amI see scared fat union members unwilling to listen to reason. They are like rabid animals.
I unfortunately belong to a huge union and have received no raise (not even cola) for the last two contracts and see very little benefit. I just get to pay them $1200.00 a year for the right to work. Occasionally there is a need for someone to stand up for employee rights, but unions are just another branch of administration with thugs dealing out the consequences.
Posted on December 12, 2012 at 7:23amThis just shows you what Ann Coulters book Demonic points how so well….Democrats have a mob mentality…..and the union jerks crying because someone could get a job where they work and not have to pay union dues shows how hypocritical they are as well.
Posted on December 12, 2012 at 7:25amWhy could that gun man in that open fire in the mall yesterday due society a favor and open fire on these ******** instead.
Posted on December 12, 2012 at 7:27amI lived in North Chicago about 18 years ago. There was an ad in the paper looking for someone to do nothing but start the car of the head union guy every morning. It paid really well.
Posted on December 12, 2012 at 8:06amRed and Blue is living in the dark!
Posted on December 12, 2012 at 8:23amLOL! Highly edited video, supposed "wounds" showed LATER, all over Fox, and challenges the guy to a sanctioned event: yep, massive media-grab by this comedian/entertainer. Look at his videos and twitter-feed, he's not a journalist, not a reporter. Whatta joke.
Posted on December 12, 2012 at 8:24amTypical leftist violence, proving yet again that violence 90% of the time comes from the left.
Hey don't insult sub humans that way, union thugs are much worse than that.
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Posted on December 12, 2012 at 8:52amABu
There is an easy explanation why he didn't fight back and chose to be submissive. He was running the risk of serious injury or death at the hands of the mob. A mob has no conscience and takes on the emotion of the most vocal and violent. Unions are trained in strike tactics and are like pack of wild dogs.
I worked for Boise Cascade Paper in International Falls. We experienced the worst labor riot in Minnnesota history. My duty station was at the man camp for the non-union workers. A mob of about 2000 union workers stormed the camp, pushed over a chain link fence, turned over trailers used as living quarters and set fire to several trailers. Once inside, they turned vehicles over and kicked a security guard so hard in the testicles that doctors could not save them. The mob attacked the main office building but were held off by security guards and police.
Prior to that my wife had been forced off the road because our car still had Pennsylvania plates and they thought we were scabs.
The mob was made up of locals and union members from Minnesota, Michigan and Wisconsin. It took 53 buses to bring them to town.
Crowder was lucky that only one man attacked him.
Posted on December 12, 2012 at 9:09amThis is what happens when one of Hannitys foot soldiers goes in and stirs up the hornets nest in order to capture "union thug" video for Hannitys show. It's a shame Sean Hannity does not have the courage to do his own dirty work. He is a soulless hack!
Posted on December 12, 2012 at 9:37amThat fat union goon is upset that people will get the benefits (that the union "worked" so hard to get) without having to pay for any of it? That's funny, the rest of us feel the same way about the 47% who want us tax payers to foot their share of the bill. The irony/hypocrisy is completely lost on the left….
Posted on December 12, 2012 at 10:01amNice left hook.
Anyone that comes up and asks a stupid question with a microphone shoved in their face on a topic that concerns a person's livelihood deserves to get punched. The little geeky dude only got a little scratch so get over it. -
Posted on December 12, 2012 at 11:40amAbuJosh:
Why should he hit the guy back? It works far better in his favor NOT striking back and instead taking this to court and suing this -hole and his union. If he plays his cards right and with the right lawyer he can hit the union pretty hard.
Posted on December 12, 2012 at 11:45amYes very good TIFOSA…"deny, deny, deny"…..our eyes are lying to us. Cur..the footage is indisputable…Crowder was attacked for no reason other than malice and animosity from the unionista/lefty. The footage is clear and damning. How sickeningly leftist of you to actually attempt to tell us that our own eyes are lying to us.
Posted on December 12, 2012 at 11:56amFor Sure. Someone help Stephen find this thug and please press charges. Put this guy in jail. No one should have to join a union. These union guys are straight up criminals.
Posted on December 12, 2012 at 12:08pm(RC30): You had the best description of what unions stand for. They don't stand for anything that's GOOD. Most barely have an 8th grade education and look ignorant and thuggish. They can denigrate RED NECKS all they want, but I'd rather be a Red Neck than an illiterate union thug who has no morals.
They honestly believe they're supporting their rights……….NO NO NO. They are giving a lot of their wages to the low lives at the unions who use their money to support THUGGERY. I'd far rather make a good wage, keep my own money and make my own decisions whom I'll support in the local, state and National elections. That my friends is called FREEDOM to make our own decisions.
Posted on December 12, 2012 at 12:37pmSo, Glenn made a big deal about The Battle of the Overpass this morning. He started making a big deal about it and how it demonstrated union thuggery. I was amused when Stu started reading an entry about it and it came out that it was actually showing the thuggery of Ford towards those trying to unionize. It was violent but not in the way that would help Glenn's argument so he conveniently still talked about it as though it was Union violence. I love you Glenn and have listened for a long time, but your inconsistency lately is really making me question your reporting. It is as biased as the rest of the media. Please stop claiming to give the whole story and just admit that your are giving the other side of the story.
Tall Tal
Posted on December 12, 2012 at 1:12pmwhy not respond to such thuggery? If it were here in Texas We would kick them between the legs and tell to git and if
Posted on December 12, 2012 at 1:22pmThey have this thug on video-why doesn't he press assualt charges on this goon? I sure would!
Posted on December 12, 2012 at 1:27pm@ redandbluearethesame. First, your name says it all-you are a complete moron as the red and blue states are totally different in every way (look at how many blue states are underwater and in serious financial trouble). Secondly, guns do solve differences-in case you forgot that is how America gained he freedom from England. It is a last resort, but sometimes you have no other choice-and we are getting closer by the day to making that choice.
Posted on December 12, 2012 at 4:09pmAbuJosh, you're a troll, right?
Posted on December 12, 2012 at 4:57pmAnyone notice the convenient editing? Why did the video cut away and then come back right as the union "attacker" was getting off the ground to punch him… hmm….
Posted on December 12, 2012 at 6:37pmSorry Avenger, publicity stunt to create a narrative and entertain the easily-lead. period.
Posted on December 12, 2012 at 8:11pmWhat do you expect? These Union Thugs and Goons were trained at the Al Capone Institute of Intimidation in Chicago. The institute sqecializes in gangland style tactics and is funded primarily by the forced dues of union members.
These unions have always been the focal point of violence from the thirties and earlier. They promote intimidation tactics as a way to force their viewpoint. It's a shame that union members have to act like animals.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 3:50pmIt's going to hit the fan before January 21st even….
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Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:14pmIt's a sign of the times as it is only going to get worse. These unions are killing our country.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:35pmThe Unions should just cease to exist and that would solve 1/1000th of house house cards. Obamunism is destroying the country and he counts on the mis / dis / ill and uninformed Union Bozo's to believe his lies.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:44pmWhen union maggots hit we should hit back harder.
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Posted on December 11, 2012 at 5:29pmI am from the Once Great Lakes State, and its over for the Unions, they only make up 12% of the Work force, and This new Law is going to be their Death Knell, People can see they are nothing More Than Communist Thugs..and we are done Playing Fair. We need to respond with as Much Power as needed to Make it equal, they are nothing more Than Obama"s Civilian Army!! Time to Take out the Trash!
Semper Fi -
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 7:50pmEvery violent communist take-over needs Cossacks. That is all the unions are. A non-government organization that Comrade President can control as he did this week.
Here is Obama a day or two before Union Thugs attacked an innocent man. Getting them focused on "doing whatever they can" to prevent a right to work law from being passed.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 7:55pmFiring up the Cossacks in Michigan before the attack: http://youtu.be/CYMZiqA72f8
Sweets McSweet
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 3:48pmLook for the union label…..
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Posted on December 11, 2012 at 3:59pmThat is how the bolsheviks act when they are not on the kinder side of communism. The guy that did the punching was a chubby looking Trotsky.
So it begins….
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:09pmLooks like the guy that was punched has the union label on his forehead.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:16pmMy thoughts exactly. There is no freedom in unions.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:36pmlook for the union label,,was coined by the democrats in the unions to tell the democrats that no black or jewish hand has touched the product.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 8:12pmDidn't I see Chris Matthews in that crowd?
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 3:48pmThese union thugs have no class. No class at all. Their families should be embarrassed by the behavior of these animals. This is the class of people that were responsible for the election of Obama. It is a sad, sad time in the history of America.
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Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:14pmUnion members and patriotic Americans defending their rights. The clown that punched is a stoogie for the Koch Brother's back front group seeking to turning Americans into serfs.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:18pmEnicom, you idiot.
First, you don't have a right to force others to associate with you against their will, and demand a legal right to their money against their will. Second, you don't have a right to initiate violence in order to advocate the above.
But you know that. You're here because you have nothing else in life to do and are a sad study in the person who tries to excite others for his own entertainment, lacking the ability to find a creative outlet for his own issues.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:20pmENCIN: What a completely ridiculous comment..even for you. The Koch brothers ? Seems like Lefty Soros would be much more an appropriate name ! LOL
Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:27pmENCIDIOT
Perhaps you'd could provide us a link or a source to back up that accusation? -
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:28pm@barber2 Look at who pours millions of dollars into AFP. This is a Te PArty front group for a pair of Billionaires looking ot strip the rights of their workers.
The Kochs were co-founders of the group that ultimately became the Americans for Prosperity Foundation. David Koch has served as chairman of the foundation and both brothers have family philanthropies that have contributed to its operations. http://www.forbes.com/sites/lauriebennett/2012/03/31/tracking-koch-money-and-americans-for-prosperity/
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:28pmEncinom, Nothing in your comment made any sense.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:35pmRights of their workers? What rights?
You sell your product (labor) to a vendor (company). The terms of the sale are agreed upon between you and the vendor. If at any time you want to sell your service to another company you do. If at any other time the vendor wants to buy labor from another producer they do. You don't like the terms? Renegotiate. Can't get a renegotiation? Find a new buyer of your labor. Want to get paid more for your labor? Make you product (labor) better than the other producers selling the same product in the market.
Why is this so hard for a communist to understand?
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:35pmMost go home get drunk and beat their wives.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:35pmNobody's taking away the unions rights E – it's called a choice. Something you progressives seem to have a problem with when anyone doesn't agree with your choice.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:37pmEncinom, I've got a feeling you'll be learning what "defending your rights" really means pretty soon, you parasitic pos.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:38pmENCINOMICAL: Just more of the parrot Lefty BS . The international Left / union movement has spent more money and more organizational time than any "corporate" group. Ask George. Soros, that is. He has also sent and spawned a billion of them !
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:45pmEncinom, how many of the Koch's "workers" are loosing their rights? Do you know how many of them claim to be disatisfied with their employment or compensation contract? Why don't you go talk to the Bada-BING!
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:48pmen your heads so far up you **** your eyes are brown
My Two Cents
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 11:18pmENCINOM:
"Union members and patriotic Americans defending their rights. The clown that punched is a stoogie for the Koch Brother's back front group seeking to turning Americans into serfs."
My wife and I risked everything to start our own business. Our employees risk nothing to earn their pay checks.
Serfdom is a choice.
Posted on December 13, 2012 at 9:09amencinom
What an ass!
Alot of unionworkers think you are just plain stupid!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
By the way he is wearing union logo!
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 3:48pmAnd so it begins…
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Posted on December 11, 2012 at 3:56pmLet's do this . America has been waiting for this fight.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:07pmForth, Eorlingas!
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:21pmEncinom spoke so it's the opposite.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:25pmLeave it to resident moron ENCINOM to deliver more of his idiotic drabble. Unions suck the life out of everything they touch. The low class union thug threw punches at a person who was not being aggressive, and encinom defends the situation, what a loser.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:30pmOur little lefty radical, Encinomical, just doing his best angry, "fired up " by Obama routine: smear and insult . So typical of the Lefty bullies: populism gone amuck and inspired by that insult to the office of the presidency, Mr. Fire Them Up ( to civil disorder ) Obama !
Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:31pmYeah, I predicted, yesterday, that the union cannot have a rally without violence.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:32pm@ enci. . .
I LOVE your jokes!!! Or maybe you're just a joke!
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:32pmEni- You are a person I would dismantle in real life if I ever met you.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:33pmEncinom, I do not wish the Fed or Union or Daddy to dictate to my employer the compensation I am to receive, based upon my reproductive organs or club memberships. I wish to negotiate directly with my employer for my compensation and benefits. Think about it, no middle man. Amazing, grow up!. I stand or fail on my own merits. If I am disatisfied with my employer, I locate one that better suits my needs. These useful union idiots have no clue how to live on their own.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 3:48pmThese chubby old white punks will never leave the confines of numbers to continue this type of B>S. I can only laugh at both chubby lill grey hairs trying to act like real men……….
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Posted on December 11, 2012 at 3:48pmso, there is the proof of assault on video. Are the guilty going to serve time for that?
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Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:01pmNope, they are part of the Obamessiah church.
Individual not a Collective
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 6:56pmHolder will make sure the case gets dropped.
Individual not a Collective
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 6:58pmHolder will make sure the case is dropped.
Posted on December 12, 2012 at 11:22amHas Crowder even pressed charges? Last I knew he was challenging a televised match for charity. This is ENTERTAINMENT Foxfolks.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 3:47pmI hope to Christ (and I'm an Atheist!) that every single person who put their hands on Crowder is slammed with assault charges.
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Posted on December 11, 2012 at 3:55pmcrowder should sue they chipped his tooth and he's in entertain where looks matter….That could affect the rest of his carrreer and he should be compensated for a life time of lost income.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:04pmNope.. they are protected by the administration the DoJ.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:16pmI hope they are given a hero's parade for defending the right of working Americans agaisnt the Koch Brother's assualt.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:27pmDunno…They *may* get prosecuted by the DOJ. After all, they are white…
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:38pmThere are laws on the books that protect them from prosecution.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:56pmAww, Encinom, what's the matter? Life not treating you Fair?…. You need some more FAIRNESS?… Need daddy to make sure your share is the same as your brother's share? Lol, idiot, grow up.
Sweets McSweet
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 3:47pmTheir gravy train is getting derailed. Gravity and the immutable laws of economics are taking over. They are understandably fearful, but they find themselves at the tail end of the socialist ponzi scheme. Sad really.
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Posted on December 11, 2012 at 3:47pmThis is the government Obama wants. These will be his enforcer. So for all the Obama supporter, once these thugs take charge nationwide. You will not be able to criticize this Dictator. Hope you are rethinking your perception of this Fascist President and his loyal followers.
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Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:00pmBingo!
You were just watching the future brownshirts. Kristalnacht won't be far around the corner.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:34pmROTH: Think Krystal Night has been silently going on since July, 2011 when the International Left declared their Media Trial War on Murdoch in the NYT. Instead of burning books and destroying property, our Lefties have been trying to ban conservative media outlets and hold character assassinations in their Lap Dog Media. The actual blood has not flowed…yet.
Seth Patriot
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:47pmHope the thugs have their body armor when they come for us.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:58pm@Seth,
Won't help them at my house. ;-)
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 3:47pmThis and entitlements are why our country is going to slip into anarchy. Thug unions and lazy money grabbers.
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Posted on December 11, 2012 at 3:46pmThank you Mr Obamamama. You have really screwed things up. You and Carter. the worst ever.
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Posted on December 11, 2012 at 3:53pmDon't forget Wilson and FDR.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:11pmIf it was just FDR, we might have survived. LBJ's the one that put us on the bullet train to disaster.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:16pmYes Bush Jr. was freaking awesome.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 5:08pmAdd BJ Clinton to that list.
He's a loser.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 3:46pmWhy "shock?" This was the typical union thuggery that we can expect from unions every time they don't get their way. Violence is all to typical and expected from the left and rarely ever seen coming from the right in spite of the idiots who see the Tea Party members as being violent.
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Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:41pmIt was awful I mean the guy just slammed his face into the other guys fist repeatedly.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 3:45pmThis is just the beginning, wait until employees start bailing out of the unions when they realize that they do not need to pay dues any more in order to have a job. There will be violence that will rival the 1930′s. The true "colors" of the union thugs will be revealed.
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Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:03pmSupposedly a federal court is going to review the UAW settlement in which Barry Soetoro did a complete hoodwink to the constitution and federal/state law to essentially shaft those with contracted ownership of the company (bond holders) in order to simply give it to the brownshirts.
Can you imagine what will happen if the judge undoes that agreement? Of course, I'm sure the white house will call and the threat of extrajudicial drone attacks on him and his family will follow.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 3:44pmAnd you are surprised ? This is Obama's base. All "fired up" by Obama. This man disgraces the office of the presidency. This is the result of that " this isn't about finances. This is about politics" rhetoric that this disgrace to the office shouted yesterday during one of his populist appearances. Of course, the NYT and the MSM will castigate him for such un-presidential interference and rhetoric tomorrow , correct ?
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Posted on December 11, 2012 at 3:50pmW H E R E are teh cops.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:05pm@Stawberry,
You mean the government union thugs with guns? Yeah, I'm sure they are "doing their part".
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:10pm@strawberry411a, the cops will not go against their union brothers,now if it had be a non union person,the cops would have done everything in the book to arrest them, i hope everyone remembers when the union thugs destroyed the Wisconsin capital,they punched non union supporters,they help the democrats run and hide and the police just stood there and let it happen,they will never go against their brothers no matter how violent they get. this just the beginning of the union fights,and obama is willing to let it happen.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:25pmCOMMONSENSE: More than " willing to let it happen." The Chicago radicals have PLANNED all of this.. I am just amazed that they didn't turn the OWS loose on the cities last spring. Maybe THIS spring now that Obama has conned his way into " four more years" to do his "transformational change " of America.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 6:16pmSadly you appear to be correct.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 3:44pmAlthough I would hope that those animals are charged, we all know nothing will happen to the animals that call themselves Union Members.
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Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:41pmOWT; let's just ignore ENCINOMICAL who must get paid by the word..and triple if he can insult with the use of the phrase " tea baggers." Maybe this is just a junior high punk group ?!
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:46pmencinom
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Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:46pmENCINOM, you ignorant clown. You are now nothing but a bad joke. You make no sense at all, you defend violence against non violent people, and you got nothing going on in your pathetic head. You are a loser.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:48pmBut they do bow down to the union bosses and would rather shut down an entire company than see that company grow and become profitable.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 3:44pmJust imagine what this violence would be like if the Obamessiah had lost.
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Posted on December 11, 2012 at 3:50pmYeah, but I would rather have him out!!!! As Rush says, you can't beat Santa Claus.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 3:44pmIT would be a shock if they weren't violent,,,
Parasitic Union gangsters need to protect their labour monopoly mob style,,
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Ohio Girl
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 3:43pmThank you Obama for going to Michigan and rally the troops. Some of this rage is on his hands. He just should of kept his nose out of it and worrie about balancing the budget. You know the Fiscal Cliff.
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Posted on December 11, 2012 at 3:40pmWhat a SAD state of affairs America has turned into…with Obama, just going to continue to slide down the hill…these union thugs have an IQ of 10…just very very sad
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Posted on December 11, 2012 at 3:46pmAnd they are being "fired up " by a man who finds it necessary to HIDE his school records ! Another IQ problem ? Or is it an ID problem !?
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 3:50pmI totally agree.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 3:52pmCollectively.
Frodo RinosBane
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 3:40pmNote to self: when attending union gathering, bring brass knuckles.
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Posted on December 11, 2012 at 3:46pmIf you're smart, bring a gun. These Bolshevik Union thugs have no problems murdering you.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 3:53pmNo, bring firearms. Brass knuckles are illegal in many states.
If you can carry, carry. These animals can and have killed people for little more than looking at them cross eyed. Their violence should never be taken as restrained and must always be treated as a threat on your life. Once enough of them go down after this kind of thing, their leaders may learn some restraint (though the thugs themselves won't, being essentially mindless violence prone goons).
Never go looking for a fight, but if somebody brings one to you, especially if that somebody is part of an organization known for killing its enemies, you don't back down and you end the fight fast.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 3:57pmIf your in the area, come stand with your brothers and sisters standing for Freedom!
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:07pm@GoJ,
It looks to me that if you are further away from them than an average trip to the fridge that you are more than safe.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:24pm@Roth
Well yes, there is that. Still, better safe than sorry. To be honest, I don't go unarmed these days except where I absolutely cannot avoid it (Federal buildings come to mind). Lots of violence prone, mindless socialist inspired idiots out there who attack just for the fun of seeing somebody hurt or killed. No thank you.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:49pmNote the police: arrest this man for bringing brass knuckles to a gathering.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:57pm@KRUD2516
Awww….Did somebody's feelings get hurt? You can report my post, but there are many others here which will continue to speak the Truth for me. The 'Right-To-Work' IS Freedom!
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 5:06pm@Frodo,
As GoJ pointed out, brass knuckles are illegal. However, a roll of nickles isn't. Neither is a pool ball and a sock. Just saying.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 3:39pmThe liberal animals are out of there cages..LOL the unions lost out again.
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Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:51pmHey! Everyone, look at this guy. Look how creative he is. He called people animals and used cages to fill out his metaphor. Just genius. Let's hear it for UNSAFE.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 5:22pm@youcanexplainthat
No creativity needed. Sounds like he's just calling it like it is, huffpo troll. Bored of the same lib flavor over PMSNBC? Only libs can call names and throw punches?
Truth tastes like bitter poison to lib visting the Blaze. It's good for you.
Like my creativity?
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 3:39pmMaybe President Obama needs to be brought up on charges for inciting a riot! This president needs to be exposed and then impeached. He is tearing this country apart.
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Posted on December 11, 2012 at 3:47pmAnd he is proud of it. After all he told us honestly and frankly that he was going to "fundamentally transform the U.S.."
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 3:49pmI totally agree. Do we need to march on Washington ? The Chicago radicals are ruining this country.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 3:53pmAgreed, the amount of hostility he has brought to this country is becoming insurmountable.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 3:55pmHe's doing what he promised and 51% of you voted for him again. Makes me sick.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:53pmYeah! and while we are it where is his real birth certificate? and let's get him for every person that has died in the US, he is the commander in chief after all.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 3:39pmWhere's Oblabma and his merry men denouncing the violence.
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Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:04pmThey're waiting for a legal CHL holder to be forced to defend his life with a sidearm, at which point they'll come out in public and decry the violence inherent in firearms.
They're nothing, if not predictable.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 3:39pmLock and Load people! Hope this starts it!
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Posted on December 11, 2012 at 3:51pmWhere's the arrest I saw a man physically assaulted on live tv and the union boss that did it didn't get arrested sounds like michigans government onl;y protects the unions.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:00pmTalk on a blog is fine but when you actually take a human life are you willing to be responsible to God for that action?
As a believer of Salvation in Christ's blood is why I no longer believe in the Union Movement since they are not a venue for "Peaceful" Civil demonstrations. Unions have done nothing but morph into Communistic movements and job killing because they have been so indoctrinated in hate against the "MAN". Those inside the Union can not leave voluntarily either because they will come to your homes and harass you until you either quit your job and leave or relent to their harassment. And law enforcement is ineffective against them since they're semi-protected by labor laws and lawyers.
People have been murdered by protesters in past Union Strikes across the country.
And if you're a believer in Salvation in Jesus' blood on Calvary being aligned with these organizations are you following God or Satan? -
Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:02pm@Naughty:
There probably will be no arrest, the unions have that much power in their regions, and are little more than a band of thugs at the beck and call of their union-bosses and of the Democrats. This is far from over.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 4:46pmStarts what? One guy punching a comedian (really) no one ever heard of. Okay…it started. Punching stupid people no one has heard of has started. If it was Jon Stewart being punched, you'd be having an orgasm. At least Jon Steward has a career. Unlike this guy and you. Please don't breed. You'll only pass your stupidity on to your children and no generation deserves that.
Posted on December 11, 2012 at 8:55pm@BAVA..I believe he was referencing the fact that the unions, panthers, socialists and anarchists are all sleeping in the same bed and have the same agenda. On a slightly different note, when watching the videos of thi went, really LOOK at the union members. Their demeanor, the language, the intimidation tactics…of course how can we forget the SIZE. Union work must be difficult these days at 84 bucks an hour. Back to the "it's started" comment: if you think that this country is going to survive 4 more years of this evil man, forget it….Cleveland and Philly may have "WON" at the polling stations (ha)…I guarantee you that WE will win eventually…in the "field".
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A ledger book and journal
Ledger books have long accounted for much of the world's history, from John Hancock's purchases to Harry Truman's school records. This ledger-style journal is the new-century version, with ruled pages with an annotation margin to sum up or highlight each page's notes.
Here's what Gail Godwin, award-winning novelist, essayist and inveterate journaler, has to say about it: "I love the numbered pages, the heft of it, and the right-page margin on the right side. In my praise for how useful it was, I forgot to mention how beautiful it was: the cover, the gold edging, the bookmark. I am christening it by beginning my next novel in it."
Sturdy canvas-covered hardcover
200 ruled and numbered pages, sewn in for greater strength and durability
Lie-flat binding makes it easier to write in
Acid-free, 100-gsm ruled cream paper with gilded edges
7 5/8W x 10 3/4H
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Poem - A Ledger Book
A Ledger Book with a Journal Look Poem Ledger books used to be for Accounting But, for me, it's for idea Innovating. Like in the past, It will keep you clean and fast. With classic-ruled pages and golden edges, It's for idea Creating. No more cluttered past, This will keep you prepared and unsurpassed. The solid canvas hardcover unites 200 pages To tell the story of the Conqueror's Making. It lies flat and simple to log, and carries thru the nights for ages. I know this acid-free cream paper will endure and last. With an annotation margin to clarify my notes, I begin my ledger book for idea Innovating. A ledger journal cannot compare. This record book will keep you charmed.
April 19, 2010
Engage your writing - Buy this journal!
I use this journal for work where I am in meetings for a large percentage of the day. The cream (ecru) color of the pages is very easy on the eyes for any color ink. The paper is quality and has little if any bleed-through. I've received a number of compliments on this journal. I like the margin divider to help set apart actions and summary points during a meeting. I like the page numbering to help me with indexing my minutes and work activities. I spent a little more for this with my own (not my employer's money) so that I could be more engaged in meetings. What I mean is, this journal--with its quality and classic style--demands attention (but not ostentatiously) and thus the meeting content demands my attention as a participant worthy of the journal. I used to use cheap spiral notebooks, but they resulted in cheap (messy) notes and a doodlepad. The quality paper is comfortable under the penpoint and my wrist. The covers are sturdy so that if you need to take notes on your lap during a meeting, you have a firm backing and foundation upon which to write. Levenger, do NOT discontinue this product! I will buy more.
February 2, 2010
Journaling elevated
A gift to myself, Ledgerdomain, I did buy. My newly married initials, on the cover inscribed. The pages much larger, a delight to see-- plenty of room for a rambler-onner like me. My moleskine, still having pages, I wrote more than enough, for months In hopes of filling it to justify starting this one. This morning, I sat, and filled up my pen excited for possibility, for starting again. Each journal, for me, covers a phase-- perhaps different feelings, or ages... or days... This new one, so lovely, so very well made, each stroke of the pen, each word, it will stay. The paper just right, my ink won't bleed through (If you love journaling and fountain pens, this one's for you.) Please don't discontinue, keep selling them, please! I want a whole shelf filled up with these. For my children and their children to pore over and laugh, to break out the tissues, to try and hold back The tears of joy, the empathy, too. Every page turn should whisper 'I'm still here, with you.' And somewhere, they'll find, on the Levenger site, a Ledgerdomain of their own, and they'll sit down to write. Despite all of the easier ways that there are, nothing beats pen and paper, nothing by far. Thank you for the beautiful things that you sell, my life is well written, and I use my things well.
April 15, 2013
Real quality
I just purchased these with monogramming for 2 friends who still prefer journals over laptops for notetaking at work. I was impressed with the heft of the journal; these are substantial and made to last. The binding is well sewn, the paper is heavy and bright, and the size is great for serious notetaking. I think they will really like these; I am seriously contemplating the purchase of one for myself.
December 10, 2011
Does not Lie flat
I am very disappointed in this product. The cover, paper and layout are great but I wish the margin did no switch sides from odd to even. The gilded edges are great. The most important feature of a journal is that the binding allows the paper to lay flat no matter what page you are on. This journal fails utterly. It arches up like the cheapest office store journal. The binding is stiff and unresponsive. Worst of all, I am trapped in Brazil with this as my only journal. You guys really let me down.
October 14, 2011
Ye Found Gold Maties!
I'm a grandmother that plans treasure hunts for grandchildren. I decided to leave a record for them of my creative inspirations and the steps I go through when planning a treasure hunt. New vocabulary words, math, reading maps, observations of anything out of the ordinary, riddles and clues to reason through are fair game to challange their brains via outrageous fun. Because of its archival quality, the Ledgerdomain Journal is the perfect book to record the thought processes I go through when planning each new Treasure Hunt. I can sketch in the margins for visual tags, write on both sides of the page with no ink interferrance from the other side. And the gold edge is a perfect touch for Treasure Hunt memories. Please do NOT discontinue this journal. I will need more of them in the years to come. In the end, the beautiful Ledgedomain Journals with memories recorded inside, will probably become the greatest treasure of all for my grandchildren.
February 11, 2011
PLEASE do not discontinue EVER
I've given many as gifts, use these wonderful journals myself. Recipients of these as gifts have been beyond pleased--and some have become Levenger customers. My one frustration with Levenger is how often journals and journal refills are discontinued. I have several beautiful leather journal binders---empty. I do find these the most useful and best for writing of all the journals from Levenger. I would love to have an entire bookshelf of ONE type of journal, so please keep these as a standard---just like the Circa system that I faithfully use. The paper is wonderful for all types of fountain pen nibs, too!
December 27, 2010
Wonderful Journal!
My children bought the Ledgerdomain Journal for me for Father's Day and i've loved it ever since. The pages are thick enough that the ink from my fountain pen doesn't bleed through, and the book is sturdy enough to go in my briefcase on long flights. I use it to record my thoughts and ideas on the airplane, and also for taking notes during a course I'm taking. I'll definitely be buying more as this one fills up!
October 18, 2010
Not for fountain pens
I appreciate the Levenger 100% satisfaction policy that allows returns. I bought two of these journals when they were first introduced, hoping for an alternative to a more expensive book that I use for my journal. I use a fountain pen with a fine cursive italic nib and Waterman Blue-Black ink. And with these Ledgerdomain journals I experienced bleed-through and feathering. Levenger kindly accepted my return for full credit even though I had written on the first page in fountain pen ink. These journals just might be perfect for rollerballs or ballpoints (or pencils?!) but not for fountain pens.
July 11, 2010
the perfect journal
I have kept a journal since I was in fourth grade- which would mean I've been writing in bound books for almost 50 years. But it wasn't until i read Nigel Slater's "Kitchen Diaries" that I really got serious about leaving a memoir for my children. I immediately bought two of these perfectly sized,beautiful journals (this is a tremendous value by the way) ,filled my fountain pen (bought years ago at Levenger and still writing very well, thank you) and set to work. I just hope that Levenger keeps stocking the Legerdemain for a good long time... i have lots of writing to do! Thanks, Levenger, for another great product.
February 26, 2010
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Do the Heagle.
Our technical director Chris Heagle does a lot of dancing in the minutes before the interview when the host and guest take their seats. Mic positioning, sound checks, water ready… just a few of the things our resident expert makes perfect in a quiet, frenzied pace before Krista Tippett sat down with poet Marie Howe at the College of Saint Benedict.
~Trent Gilliss, senior editor
We release the unedited interviews of all our produced one-hour shows. Time constraints are often a good thing, helping us prune the tree to a more perfect form. But, it doesn't come without a cost.
Sometimes we have to kill our darlings, and leave them strewn on the cutting room floor. And this conversation with Maria Tatar is a great example of editorial decisions made with a direction in mind. Listen to this unedited interview, and I think you'll find it an entirely additive experience.
Yes, I do believe @KristaTippett's yoga classes are paying off in our editorial sessions at On Being. (at Minnesota Public Radio - American Public Media)
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~Trent Gilliss, senior editor
Desmond Tutu, the Embodiment of the Qualities of the God He Preaches: Compassion, Justice, Patience, Surprise, and Humor
by Krista Tippett, host
Desmond Tutu had long been at the top of my list of people I wanted to interview. I met him in the woods of southern Michigan in 2010, where he was beginning a few days of retreat. He was visibly tired, yet utterly delightful and larger than life. And passion overtook his tiredness as soon as we began to speak about the history he has helped to shape and how he has found meaning within it.
Desmond Tutu's intellectual intensity and spiritual gravity are tempered by a mischievous wit and a raucous laugh. All of these qualities are abundant in conversation with him, and they infused one of the first stories he told me about his path to political resistance — his realization at some point that "if these white people had intended keeping us under, they shouldn't have given us the Bible."
He tells me of preaching and speaking with mature women who were generically called "Annie" by their white employers and grown men forever called "boy" — and handing them the "dynamite" of the Bible as they headed out of church and back into the world. When someone asks you who you are, he recalls telling them, you can say, "I am a God-carrier." This kind of inner liberation, one life at a time, yielded eventually to an outer upheaval of one of the most entrenched governments of social brutality in modern memory.
As I finally approached this opportunity to speak with Desmond Tutu, I was also deeply aware that South Africa's transformation, like its previous status quo — like life itself — has been dynamic, not static. The extraordinary accomplishment of a peaceful transition from apartheid to democracy has not led to the easy eradication of social and racial inequity.
Violent crime has assumed epic proportions. And, as Desmond Tutu puts it, he has been reminded that original sin doesn't discriminate on a racial basis — South Africa's new generations of black leadership are not immune from corruption both personal and political. As he has watched the aftermath of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, he has realized ever more deeply that this was not a closed effort in time, but the origination of a national project that will be the work of generations.
One of his most sobering learnings in that light has been, he says, how "damaged" non-white South Africans were as they entered a new era — and damaged not merely by 50 years of apartheid, but by 300 years of colonialism, which distorted their very sense of themselves. He shares a stunning, saddening story of getting on a plane to Nigeria and seeing, to his great pride, that it was being flown by two black pilots — a first in his lifetime. When awful turbulence hit, he found himself reflexively wishing there were white men in that cockpit to lead them to safety. From such self-knowledge and personal suffering, Desmond Tutu has created a life of deep wisdom and healing, which he extends to all he meets.
At one and the same time, this is a human being overflowing with delight and a kind of infectious spiritual glee. I have never heard anything quite so joyful, or so moving, as the description Desmond Tutu gives me of voting for the first time at the age of 63, comparing it to falling in love — of being transformed from a cipher to a person. And just as vulnerably and powerfully, he reflects on the limits of politics, which turn out to be even more exacting than the decades of struggle that political freedom entailed.
He describes this in theological terms as a movement from being "free from" to being "free for." He continues to long for a South African society defined not merely by equality under law but by true human flourishing. And the last few centuries of Europe's history of world war, tyranny, and the Jewish Holocaust, he says — breaking into his raucous laughter even as he makes a deadly serious point — give him great hope for Africa's eventual progress.
This same long, indeed biblical view of time animates Desmond Tutu's lifelong insistence that "God is in charge." He believes as passionately now as he did decades ago that evil, injustice, and suffering will not have the last word. Though he does, he jokes, often ask God if he would please make it a little more obvious that He is in charge.
In the end, Desmond Tutu is the embodiment of the qualities of God he preaches: compassion, a fierce love of justice, divine patience, a capacity to surprise, and a wicked sense of humor. His 21st-century stature as one of the leading clerics of the Anglican church born in England — which was implicated in every one of the 300 years of South Africa's collective trauma — is another divine irony.
"At the center of this existence is a heart beating with love," says Desmond Tutu. "You and I, and all of us, are incredible… We are, as a matter of fact, made for goodness." Such statements fly in the face of reality as defined by newspaper headlines. But we can only wonder at them, ponder them, and honor them from the mouth of this man, who knows evil and injustice as intimately as he seems to know the mind and heart of God.
"Man is his own most vexing problem." —Reinhold Niebuhr (Taken with instagram)
On Being in Detroit
by Trent Gilliss, senior editor
A few days before the holiday break, we flew to the Motor City for an interview with Grace Lee Boggs at the Boggs Center in East Detroit. The 96-year-old philosopher and activist did not disappoint, and neither did some of the wonderful people and projects happening there. Look for our show "Becoming Detroit" this coming Thursday, January 19.
Along the way, we stopped by to see our good friend Mikel Ellcessor, the general manager of WDET at Wayne State University, and couldn't resist having Krista pose with this massive wall sign in the lobby. This public radio station is doing some pretty interesting on-the-ground reporting and community building; check 'em out online or on the radio, if you're in the area.
Did Elites Help Cultivate the Local Foods Movement?
by Nancy Rosenbaum, producer
When we first released "Driven by Flavor," some listeners were rankled by Dan Barber's assertions. In the video clip above, the Blue Hill chef argues that "elites" deserve recognition for catalyzing sweeping changes in our collective food consciousness:
"It has been a movement that's pretty much started with the people who can afford to pay for this kind of food. Do I think that's unfortunate? I really don't … a lot of great movements in this country, including women's suffrage, including the civil rights movement, started with elites and ended up becoming mass movements through powerful ideas."
What do you think? Are elites the chicken or the egg here? Or is there another way of understanding how the food revolution Dan Barber is a part of became so widely embraced?
Creating Civility: A Live Public Conversation with Krista Tippett!
by Trent Gilliss, senior editor
photo: Arne Halvorsen/Flickr
what: Creating Civility: A Public Forum
when: Wednesday, January 19th, 2011
time: 7:00 p.m. CST
where: Being LIVE
We'd like to invite you to join us tonight online for a somewhat impromptu event in Minnesota Public Radio's UBS Forum. We're approaching the evening as a kind of experiment, an occasion to learn and to plant some seeds for new vision and new ways of living together with our confusions, our strengths, and our differences. Tragic events in Tucson created a window for concern about the fabric of our common life, but that concern predated those events and has relevance and urgency far beyond them.
Many of the hardest political and social chasms right now will not be resolved quickly. So the question we're asking is:
How do we find new ways to speak and listen to each other, to live forward together, even as we hold passionate disagreements?
This has been the animating question that has emerged in the Civil Conversations project we started on the radio and online back in the fall. What happens among us tonight will inform that project moving forward.
Bring your questions for and about our common life, and submit them through our Facebook chat box next to the video window or using this form. Krista will bring her questions too. And she'll share some of what she's learned in her conversations of recent weeks. We're looking forward to the adventure!
We'll be streaming live video of the forum and also giving you the chance to bring your questions and your intention in the UBS Forum (7pm). For those of you who can't make it, not to worry. We're recording the event, and video will be immediately available for playback afterward. And, we'll continue to send real-time updates when the stream goes live on our Facebook page and through our Twitter stream. Keep an eye out!
Krista on Being
by Kate Moos, managing producer
As we began to spread the word to close friends about our name change from Speaking of Faith with Krista Tippett to Krista Tippett on Being, we were invited to speak to an audience of colleagues here at American Public Media earlier this month. Our pal, Future Tense host John Moe, agreed to interview Krista and get at the basic questions: Why the change? Why Being? What does it all mean? In this video, our inimitable host takes on these questions with passion, intelligence, and grace.
We've heard from hundreds of you that the name change is a brilliant idea, a terrible idea, or something in between. Some who regret the change see the necessity for it. Some who love the old name acknowledge the new name is a better fit for the program content. Others says they need some time to think about it and adjust. For many, there is some sadness in losing the word "faith" in its robust and broadest meanings, and we acknowledge that loss. We've also heard you say you don't quite get Krista's name in front of Being. It's there (especially during this transition) so you know that Krista Tippett remains central to this program and its vision. In general conversation on the radio and in other applications, the name of the program will most often be Being.
But we also want to reassure you that we are not losing faith in a programmatic sense. The name change is not a signal of a change in the editorial vision or content. As you will hear Krista relate in this video, the new name reflects an evolutionary change that has occurred over time. Being will remain the conversation about "religion, meaning, ethics, and ideas" you have come to know.


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Belmont Savings Bank Announces Free Children's Concert
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The following was submitted by Belmont Savings Bank
Belmont Savings Bank today announced that it will be hosting a free children's concert featuring Karen K & the Jitterbugs on February 2 at the Waltham YMCA. The concert continues the bank's ongoing effort of giving back to their local community and reaching out to the families of Waltham, Lexington, Belmont and Watertown. The event will run from 3-4:30 pm and all are welcome to attend.
As part of their Big Ol' Truck Pre-release concert, there will be a meet and greet with Karen K and The Jitterbugs at 3 pm, followed by the concert at 3:30 pm.
This free concert, sponsored by Belmont Savings Bank, is ideal for kids up to age 5 and their parents. The Waltham YMCA is located at 725 Lexington Street in Waltham.
Karen K & the Jitterbugs have been delighting audiences up and down the east coast with their original songs. Based originally in New York City and now Karen's new home in Arlington, Karen K & the Jitterbugs have been featured in New York Magazine's Best of 2011 issue and were chosen as a Critic's Pick in Time Out Kids and New York Magazine.
A schedule of upcoming shows, streaming music and information on classes taught by Karen K can be found at the band's website: http://www.jitterbugsnyc.com/.
For additional information on the concert, please visit the bank's website http://www.belmontsavings.com/home/community/ymcajitterbugconcert or their Facebook fan page http://www.facebook.com/BelmontSavingsBank.
Event Details
Where | Waltham YMCA 725 Lexington St, Waltham, MA 02452 |
Next on | This event is over. |
Time | 3:00 pm–4:30 pm |
Website | http://www.belmontsavings.com/home/community/ymcajitterbugconcert |
Price | $0 |
More About Waltham YMCA
The YMCA is a very well equipped facility operating since 1990. Amenities include a gym and pool as well as personal trainers, massages and numerous class choices. Membership is required; several membership levels are available for individuals and families. On-site babysitting service is available free with a membership.


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The number one Domino Game! Players build their domino tracks out from the train station hub. The electronic Train Hub toots and chugs when pressed and cleverly holds dominoes in place during game play. Tin contains the unique 3-D Train Hub, set of Double Twelve Dominoes, 9 mini-train game pieces, and instructions. Batteries included. Ages: 8+ Players: 2-8
The number one Domino Game! Players build their domino tracks out from the train station hub. The electronic Train Hub toots and chugs when pressed and cleverly holds dominoes in place during game play. Tin contains the unique 3-D Train Hub, set of Double Twelve Dominoes, 9 mini-train game pieces, and instructions. Batteries included.
Ages: 8+ Players: 2-8
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