Crime

4 Ohio Men Arrested After Stolen Romney Campaign Signs Found in Union-Owned Truck

Ohio police arrested four men early Friday on charges of stealing Mitt Romney campaign signs that were found in a union-owned pickup truck, the Cleveland Plain Dealer reported.

The signs, some as large as four feet by eight feet, were allegedly stolen from private property and business areas in Wood and Lucas counties in northwest Ohio. They were believed to have been put up by the Northwest Ohio Conservative Coalition, the newspaper said. Ohio is a critical swing state in Tuesday’s presidential election.

Police cited Corey Beaubian, 37, Sean Bresler, 33, John Russell, 39, and Christopher Monaghan, 41, with receiving stolen property, a misdemeanor offense according to the Toledo Blade. Police said the truck, owned by Sheet Metal Workers Local Union 33, contained drills and other tools that could be used to take the bigger signs down.

According to the Plain Dealer, police were not certain the four men are union members, but Russell and Monaghan were both listed as business agents for the Toledo district.

“There have been wide reports of Romney signs being stolen for many weeks…this is the first we heard of anyone being caught,” John McAvoy, president of the Northwest Ohio Conservative Coalition, told the newspaper.

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Comments (160)

  • burnteye86
    Posted on November 3, 2012 at 10:50am

    I’m shocked. SHOCKED! That union thugs would stoop this low.

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    • UNALIEN
      Posted on November 3, 2012 at 11:01am

      Those union guys were just going to fix them and then put them back…

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    • The_Jerk
      Posted on November 3, 2012 at 11:36am

      “Workers of the world unite!,” is the clarion call written in the Communist Manifesto. Unions are the means of transition. They are the enemy of real “individual” freedom. Problem is, most union members are too ignorant or stupid to know this.

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    • OlefromMN
      Posted on November 3, 2012 at 11:57am

      The funny thing is that it was a couple of BAs (business agents who are thought to be of higher intelligence and therefore given leadership positions.) and a couple of associates in a union owned vehicle (they were too stupid to rent or use a vehicle not tied to the union).

      And we are expected to believe that unions put out a better product produced by more highly trained people? Filly sools!

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    • lovesapplepie
      Posted on November 3, 2012 at 12:18pm

      I live in NW Ohio… And funny..this isn’t even in the Toledo Blade newspaper. Toledo and NW Ohio is so pro Romney… So many undetected voters..we didn’t vote in 08′… Here we come Tuesday

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    • Thighmaster
      Posted on November 3, 2012 at 12:26pm

      Think about it, if you’re going to steal signs it has to be Romney signs because there aren’t a lot of Obama signs out there…. at least not around here..

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    • Puddle Duck
      Posted on November 3, 2012 at 12:45pm

      What happened to respecting a fellow citizens right to choose (and in an election for God’s sake ) ? A lot of people need to do some serious soul searching and ask themselves some honest questions. Stealing signs is juvenile at best but also completely un-American. I sure if the left has their way at some point in the future only liberals will be allowed to vote………in such a country they finally realize that they have lost all that is worth fighting for should such a police state ever takes hold. This sign stealing foolishness needs to have some real penalties and fines protecting what is a 1st amendment right, whether the looney left likes it or not. Move the classification from misdemeanor to felony.

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    • 000degrees
      Posted on November 3, 2012 at 1:09pm

      Business agents are not any smarter than the other members. They are typically willing to scam the system and their “brothers” for their own gains. Typical union “leadership”…….

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    • muffythetuffy
      Posted on November 3, 2012 at 1:24pm

      IN NJ THEY GET $100 FOR EACH ROMNEY SIGN JUST LIKE BACK IN 2008

      They even pour gasoline on Romney signs and set them on fire. I have placed little crosses on all my Romney signs so when I call the police, they are told crosses are burning on my front yard and the COPS come a running.

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    • muffythetuffy
      Posted on November 3, 2012 at 1:30pm

      THE NEW JERSEY RINO GOVERNOR CHRIST IDEA OF FIXING UP THE HURRICANE DISASTER IS TO …

      1. Hank out with Obama and follow him around with his and in Obama’s pocket
      2. Solve the gasoline shortage not by getting electricity back up but by rationing gasoline
      3. He allows repair crews from Alabama and Mississippi to be force to leave because the crews are non-union
      4. He begs Obama for money and Obama turns his back on NJ
      5. Where is the Red Cross, were are the black people volunteering to help?

      In all the videos of people helping and handing out food and water, not one black volunteer can be seen. Blacks can be seen walking away with two and thee shopping bags full of free stuff. Its just like New Orleans.

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    • muffythetuffy
      Posted on November 3, 2012 at 1:39pm

      IN THE SOVIET REPUBLIC OF NEW JERSEY

      1. There are very long lines of cars waiting hours to buy gasoline because half the gas stations are closed.

      2. Hundreds of white people are waiting in Jug Lines to fill up gasoline jugs to run their generators.

      3. People are at supper markets most of which have empty produce, meat, and baked good shelves.

      No rioting, shootings, or killings going on. No one with food bags is being attacked and beaten. At free food handouts by churches there has been reports of violence. Now blacks threaten to attack us if Obama looses the election.

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    • AmericanLass
      Posted on November 3, 2012 at 2:18pm

      Yeah I know, what is this world coming to when the Union thugs behave like Union thugs.

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    • midwestern soul
      Posted on November 3, 2012 at 2:22pm

      As a Toledo are resident, this is not surprising. We still have a strong union thuggery mentality to deal with around here, although it does seem to be slowly evolving. SLOWLY. What I love most about this is that our beloved local newspaper The Blade, which is quoted in this story, has this buried as deep as it can it its “Neighbors” section for Perrysburg. They know they have to include it, but will be damned if they draw any additional attention to it. It undoubtedly kills them that sites all across the world are now linking up to their minuscule mention of it. Ohio will go Romney with or without yard signs.

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    • SovereignSoul
      Posted on November 3, 2012 at 2:35pm

      This is not news. Romney signs are stolen, Obama signs are stolen and the guy running for dog catcher has his signs stolen, too. The fact is there aren’t that many people with character in the world.

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    • turkey13
      Posted on November 3, 2012 at 2:51pm

      Best thing I ever did was get out of the AFLCIO. It was like getting a big raise. This happened after another employee put a knife to my throat and I filed a greivance. The Union refused after deeming it was just horseplay.The guy got arrested and lost his job while in jail and they lost a long time due payer.

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    • midwesthippie
      Posted on November 3, 2012 at 3:15pm

      …members of one union arrest members of another union…

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    • SgtB
      Posted on November 3, 2012 at 4:24pm

      I personally feel that all of those signs (from both parties) are just roadside trash. Anyone who disposes of such trash should be seen as a help to society, not a criminal nuisance.

      Either way Tuesday turns out, this nation is going down the rabbit hole. We are 16 trillion in debt and neither candidate wants to face the reality of the situation and do what he needs to do to turn this democratic oligarchy back into a constitutional republic. I consider Romney supporters as ignorant and zombified as Obama supporters.

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    • rickc34
      Posted on November 3, 2012 at 4:30pm

      The all had their Obama money( monopoly) in their pockets for a job well done.

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    • WyoSagebrush
      Posted on November 3, 2012 at 4:50pm

      The Left just can’t avoid using thuggery and intimidation to get their way! “The end justifies the means.”

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    • db321
      Posted on November 3, 2012 at 8:59pm

      LovesApplePie. America owes a huge debt of gratitude to all the people of Ohio for getting this election right this time. Just like the Ohio State Band, Ohioans are going to be able to dot the “i” in this election and save America from another 4 years of Barack Hussein Obama. Thank you Ohio.

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    • sparta48
      Posted on November 3, 2012 at 10:15pm

      Chris Monaghan Lists Sheet Metal Workers Local 33 on his Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/chris.monaghan.737 take a look for your self.

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    • contractorniu
      Posted on November 3, 2012 at 11:18pm

      Unions have become a fowl word that stinks. Al unions are a blight on American Business and American Workers. They are thieves, cowards and thugs. They make this Country look shabby. VP Biden is the epitomy of those fools. We have FLOTUS stealing everything she can lay their grubby paws on (Airforce2,designer clothes, vacations, and a host of private workers to pamper her self).
      We have All those idiot zars of Obama and cabinet members (totally incompetent) wasting US treasure.Then we have Obama’s raiising a race war such as we have never seen in this country since Lincoln.
      Its time to change – that Hope and Change is just not true and not working.

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  • Hot4Capitalism
    Posted on November 3, 2012 at 10:47am

    Imagine what a blowout this race would be if it wasn’t for the left’s cheating thuggery.

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    • michael48
      Posted on November 3, 2012 at 11:36am

      agreed…

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    • The_Jerk
      Posted on November 3, 2012 at 11:39am

      Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Ohio would be red states were it not for the cheating, voter fraud, in Detroit, Philly/Pittsburgh, Cleveland/Cincinnati. Voter ID makes it more difficult, which is why they will oppose it at every turn.

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    • variable51
      Posted on November 3, 2012 at 1:33pm

      Imagine indeed…..I can’t wait to see what they come up with on Tuesday. It promises to be entertaining and disgusting, all in one.

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  • woodyee
    Posted on November 3, 2012 at 10:42am

    Booby Trap the signs with canisters of bear repellant. When you hear the commotion, go out and hose them down. What’s that? It’s winter? Oh, that’s alright – conserving energy while removing blight – that’s nice!

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  • progressiveslayer
    Posted on November 3, 2012 at 10:42am

    I encourage all democrats to get out and vote for Obama on November 9th.

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  • TruthDarts
    Posted on November 3, 2012 at 10:42am

    HEY…

    Put up your ROMNEY / RYAN sign INSIDE YOUR WINDOWS.

    ON TOP of your house.

    Put up a sign that reads:
    “PROPERTY PROTECTED BY HIDDEN CAMERAS”

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    TruthDarts  
    • RJJinGadsden
      Posted on November 3, 2012 at 10:49am

      Or a sign that says, Be concerned about the dog, but beware of the armed home owner.

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    • katybarthedoor
      Posted on November 3, 2012 at 10:52am

      In my neck of the woods we have signs that say “No trespassing – survivors will be prosecuted”

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    • Gary_K
      Posted on November 3, 2012 at 10:58am

      I like the signs that say … Trespassers will be shot, survivors will be shot again.

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    • guns-an-bibles
      Posted on November 3, 2012 at 11:06am

      Don’t forget your 40 cal Smith and Wesson…

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    • Gary_K
      Posted on November 3, 2012 at 11:10am

      guns-an-bibles

      I dont have a .40 will .45 acp do??? lol

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    • Thighmaster
      Posted on November 3, 2012 at 12:23pm

      Try a S&W 410 revolver w/laser

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    • PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
      Posted on November 3, 2012 at 12:59pm

      @TRUTHDARTS – I’ve taken to large piece of CHALK. I write all over my large cement drive way.

      People here take their signs in at night, if they don’t, by morning there are NONE left in the neighborhood that are for Republicans or Yes Voter ID or Yes Marriage/Man&Woman. My signs are now hand written all over my driveway including JESUS LOVES ME. My other signs are in my windows. THE TEA PARTY IS ALIVE AND WELL. God Bless America Land that I Love.

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  • streetrodder
    Posted on November 3, 2012 at 10:41am

    Wha a bunch of babies!

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  • trekmyer
    Posted on November 3, 2012 at 10:37am

    Business Agents ARE Union Members. They are the “bosses” who dole out the jobs to those most favored, especially during difficult economic times. Chances are the other guys are also union members and were getting “observance” and/or “picketing duty” pay from their local for removing the signs.
    How am I so sure? I belonged to a trade union in Chicago for 15 years.
    This is not that uncommon of an act FYI.
    If you would like to know what these thug business agents make per year, you can look up salaries on “Union Facts” by choosing the appropriate Trade and scrolling to their names, listed in descending dollar income amount.
    Trade unions are Federally registered, and as such their salaries are considered “public information”.

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    • fair2light
      Posted on November 3, 2012 at 11:08am

      Trek is correct business agents are highly paid bosses. I am union, the dirty little secret is the rank and file for the most part are not voting for Obama even though we are told to. The seiu control the voting machines here in nevada, when reid won in 2010, he was losing by 5 point in the exit polls, while i dont put much into polls, it was odd that he alone won by 5 points. The other prominent democrats! lost including dina titus. You know that those moron that voted for reid voted the democrat slate. So some tinkering was done to the machines i would say.

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  • HollyRye
    Posted on November 3, 2012 at 10:34am

    A couple of miles away from me (in Orlando) a gentleman has several signs for conservative candidates posted in his yard. A handpainted sign it posted above them, reading, “You can steal my signs, but you can’t steal my vote.”
    If my Romney sign “blows away in the wind” one more time, I will be painting a similar sign for my yard.

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  • SocialistSlayer
    Posted on November 3, 2012 at 10:33am

    November 6th – America’s new Independence Day !

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    • Big Media Bias
      Posted on November 3, 2012 at 11:29am

      I’m keeping the pressure on Romney if he wins. I don’t trust him at all. He was going to pick liberal loudmouth loon Christie for VP. He has a history of running government in a very liberal way. He has a Republican Senate and House run by RINO’s. It’s not going to be as liberating as people believe. I remember melting the Congressional phone lines to DC during the Bush years on things like Amnesty for Illegals. Our RINO Republican leadership AGREED to budge sequestration instead of having a pair of balls to either shut the Fed government down or force Harry Reid to a budget. They caved and now we have a massive mess coming in January.

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    • Individualism
      Posted on November 3, 2012 at 11:31am

      it could be earlier if we did what Iceland did.

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    • pghpatriot
      Posted on November 3, 2012 at 12:34pm

      Reply to BIG MEDIA BIAS:

      We ALL need to keep a close watch on Romney AND every other politician that is elected, regardless of party. We haven’t and that is why we are where we are today. We MUST stay involved! We MUST hold them ALL accountable. This is OUR Country, not theirs. It Must be governed the way WE want it to be. If not, we have an obligation to write, call, email, text, our displeasure. Enough of this old crony 20-30 years in office. If they don’t do OUR bidding, vote them OUT! We’ve dug this hole we are in by our indifference and not paying attention. Hopefully we have awaken. If we let it happen again, shame on us! We will deserve what we get.

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  • SocialistSlayer
    Posted on November 3, 2012 at 10:32am

    Communist Union Thugs !

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  • Tri-ox
    Posted on November 3, 2012 at 10:30am

    Desperate times call for desperate measures … this is all obama has left … paying union thugs to steal Romney / Ryan campaign signs. Well, it ain’t gonna help – obama is toast!

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  • MaleneSBrown
    Posted on November 3, 2012 at 10:29am

    Does anyone really think that removing political signs will change anyone’s mind?

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    • hoff
      Posted on November 3, 2012 at 10:39am

      stealing the signs could be a good thing. hopefully it shows how evil democrats are and it will drive more people to vote for romney.

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    • Eastinfection
      Posted on November 3, 2012 at 12:03pm

      “Does anyone really think that removing political signs will change anyone’s mind?”

      Maybe… signs can be pretty persuasive….

      http://theberry.com/2010/04/12/sign-here-25-photos/

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    • Shasta
      Posted on November 3, 2012 at 3:06pm

      By stealing the Romney signs, the left hopes to make conservatives feel alone, hoping that they will just give up and not vote.

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  • UBETHECHANGE
    Posted on November 3, 2012 at 10:26am

    I live right up the road in Maumee, Ohio. My friends had her 4 R/R signs in her yard stolen. She said all the R/R signs within a block of her house were stolen. These brown shirt union thugs need to get a life. Prosecute to the fullest extent!

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  • Speak without Fear
    Posted on November 3, 2012 at 10:24am

    Yep…Kool-aid drinkers have been stealing signs all over Ohio. I am 45 miles south of Cleveland. My neighbor and I….both had our signs stolen out of our yards.

    Went the next day and put up 5 more !

    Ohio’s going RED…..Romney/Ryan 2012

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    • WarMunger_Al
      Posted on November 3, 2012 at 10:33am

      Should have put a sign by your sign that says”don’t touch my sign”. Of course when they can’t resist touching your sign zap them with electricity or shoot them will salt rocks. .. That would be very fun.

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  • 65Mustang
    Posted on November 3, 2012 at 10:21am

    Now we know the true character of Obama and his corrupt, union-backed thugs….disgusting and vile.

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    • barber2
      Posted on November 3, 2012 at 10:32am

      Remember Wisconsin ? Remember ACORN bull-horns in bankers’ front yards ? Think we have known about the union/ Lefty Storm Troopers for quite some time ! Stealing signs is just their MIC check version of electioneering. Bullies and thugs: the Lefty Obama Crowd. NOBAMA 2012

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    • Rokytop
      Posted on November 3, 2012 at 10:42am

      We need to ‘bull horn’ union thugs homes. They will hide in the basement until their ‘friends’ show up. They are only powerful because they are a ‘gang.’

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  • MrButcher
    Posted on November 3, 2012 at 10:21am

    30,000 at a Romney event in Ohio while El Heffe only drew 2,800 at his…

    If that isn’t a harbinger of what is coming on Tuesday then what is?

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    • Puddle Duck
      Posted on November 3, 2012 at 12:57pm

      Kinda puts the MSM polls into perspective ….as in the polls they are reporting on show a razor thin difference between the two but the Romney rallies vs Obama tell another story entirely. I guess the MSM are content to push a BS narrative until hell freezes over. They have nothing left to lose credibility wise at this point. All of the polls showing Obama with a slight lead have been oversampled by 8 or 9 pts in the Dems favor and yet when you examine the shift in support among independents from Obama to Romney the spread or swing from 08 is double digits in many of the battleground states. What the MSM media are pushing along with the rally attendance factor (for R/R) does not add up. Internal poling indicates a massive shift from the Dem to GOP. That equals only one thing come Tuesday…a probable landslide victory for R/R.

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    • Hiswill
      Posted on November 3, 2012 at 10:40pm

      Those stats just make Obama’s need to cheat more pressing.

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  • Silversmith
    Posted on November 3, 2012 at 10:16am

    Childish behavior. It’s this kind of thing that make conservative think liberals have a mental disorder.

    Silversmith

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    • Gary_K
      Posted on November 3, 2012 at 10:24am

      Not think but KNOW.

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    • TruthDarts
      Posted on November 3, 2012 at 10:38am

      NO MORAL COMPASS.
      NO Conscience.

      Typical of how a Liberal thinks…they think they are justified…
      that the ENDS justifies the means…
      that THEY have a good reason…

      THEFT, STEALING, STUFFING BALLOT BOX, VOTING TWO or THREE TIMES…
      what do Democrats think of getting caught…
      NOTHING–they will just redouble their efforts.

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    • paulusmaximus
      Posted on November 3, 2012 at 11:12am

      One of mine blew away to (no where to be seen). Went to RNC headquarters GOT 3 MORE!

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  • progressiveslayer
    Posted on November 3, 2012 at 10:16am

    Union pigs will do anything to maintain their monopoly,just like our fraud POS president. Millions of dead people will be voting for the POS as well and we all know it but the voter fraud and the union pigs illegal activity will be overcome. Ignore the black pansies at the polls trying to intimidate you and vote for Romney,if they get in your face and get violent kick em in the nuts they’ll go down.

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    • WarMunger_Al
      Posted on November 3, 2012 at 10:35am

      I am still waiting for the anti-union backlash in NJ. If I had my way, every union building, vehicle would be destroyed in some miraculous, unsolvable act of criminal mischief. Unfortunately, I rarely get my way.

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    • progressiveslayer
      Posted on November 3, 2012 at 10:54am

      I like that angle and it would be great if all unions just disappeared because they’re bad for business.
      My brother works for government motors and he’s a tier one worker 28.00hr and tier two workers make 14.00hr,they work at the same plant doing the same type of work.

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  • RightWingLeftyGolfer
    Posted on November 3, 2012 at 10:16am

    They’re really “high school” students just out joy riding and it was a senior prank turned bad. OK, so if they’re a little old to be in school; they’re just a little immature.

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  • woodyee
    Posted on November 3, 2012 at 10:14am

    Stupid union thugs! Throw the book at them, and if the truck is not reported stolen, arrest the owner(s) for aiding and abetting.

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  • Mike Benton
    Posted on November 3, 2012 at 10:12am

    Typical union thugs

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  • M13
    Posted on November 3, 2012 at 10:11am

    Just an Encinom family night out , nothing to worry about.

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  • Sharon Rose
    Posted on November 3, 2012 at 10:10am

    The lib dems will do anyting to get BHO re-elected.

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  • BlackCrow
    Posted on November 3, 2012 at 10:09am

    Get ready, the left is going to scream like a stuck pig when the Republicans clean their cheating clock in a couple days.

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    • barber2
      Posted on November 3, 2012 at 10:38am

      BLAVK: Remember the MIC Check crowd? The ACORN bullhorns in bankers’ front yards ? the Glitter bombers? The bussed in union mobs to Wisconsin ? The Run-Away legislators ? The OWS take-overs in Democrat controlled cities ? Remember how the Clinton staff trashed their offices before Bush arrived ? Any doubt how our Far Left Democrats will act AFTER the election ?

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    • RJJinGadsden
      Posted on November 3, 2012 at 11:29am

      BARBER2, I do remember those offices being trashed, all of the R keys removed from computer keyboards, computers loaded up with porn. Cost the government for everything they had to replace. Thugs!

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  • gyro
    Posted on November 3, 2012 at 10:08am

    This isnt a problem liberals call it recycling

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