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SEIU President Arrested at Occupy Wall Street‘s ’Day of Action’ Protest

The Occupiers, despite small crowds at moments, are claiming that Thursday’s “Day of Action” protest was a major success. While protesters failed to shut down the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the New York City transit system, they were successful at blocking traffic and changing the city’s dynamics, as they converged in New York’s busy streets.

Throughout the day, there were more than 200 arrests, complete with sometimes violent clashes between police and Occupiers. As a result, five protesters were charged with felony assault and seven officers and 10 protesters sustained injuries.

Among those notable individuals taken into custody was Mary Kay Henry, the president of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU). Also arrested was city councilman Jumaane D. Williams and George Fresham, president of 1199/S.E.I.U., United Healthcare Workers East. Henry and company were blocking a roadway that leads to the Brooklyn Bridge when authorities detained them.

Below, watch video of the SEIU national president being taken into custody, as she chants along with protesters, “We are the 99 percent!” According to police, Henry, Williams and Fresham will post likely be charged with disorderly conduct:

Earlier this week, Henry made the SEIU‘s endorsement of President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign official. Salon has more:

Just weeks after issuing a union-wide endorsement of Occupy Wall Street, the 2.1-million-member Service Employees International Union announced this morning it is also endorsing President Obama for reelection.

In an interview with Salon following a conference call announcing the endorsement, SEIU president Mary Kay Henry stressed the union will not try to enlist occupiers as ground troops for Obama’s reelection — but SEIU also plans to stay involved with the Occupy movement into 2012. SEIU, then under the leadership of Andy Stern, spent millions of dollars helping to elect Obama in 2008.

Henry appeared on MSNBC earlier on Thursday to discuss her union’s 2012 electoral plans. In her interview, she says, “The Republican field has made us very concerned that we need to step out now” to prevent what she believes is a dangerous, GOP agenda.

And she goes on to call the Occupy movement, “an inspiring movement for change”:

Considering her deep involvement in the movement, it‘s hard to imagine that she and the SEIU won’t encourage members to join in.

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on November 18, 2011 at 8:36am

    Waterboard her.

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    • lillymckim
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 8:49am

      This was also in her SEIU letter sent out this week take a good look at it and vote like your life depends on it… it does!

      http://www.actblue.com

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    • Joe 1234
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 8:52am

      Waterboarding is no big deal. Sean Hannity did it for charity and he said it reminded him of getting sprinkled on.

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 8:56am

      I thinke everyone on both sides will be “voting like their life depends on it” this time around. Unfortunately, we still have 30% in the middle who pay more attention to American Idol than the American Republic.

      Report Post » Gonzo  
    • Detroit paperboy
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 9:02am

      @gonzo
      That would be a waste of water…… Urineboard her.

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    • Link8on
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 9:16am

      Undeserving Too Big to fail Union bosses who will get the bailout from the Too big to Fail Soros.
      Sadly, many other useful idiots who were arrested will be forgotten, or later declared counter to the consensus agenda.

      Daniel 2:40-42
      “”"
      40 Finally, there will be a fourth kingdom, strong as iron—for iron breaks and smashes everything—and as iron breaks things to pieces, so it will crush and break all the others. 41 Just as you saw that the feet and toes were partly of baked clay and partly of iron, so this will be a divided kingdom; yet it will have some of the strength of iron in it, even as you saw iron mixed with clay. 42 As the toes were partly iron and partly clay, so this kingdom will be partly strong and partly brittle.
      “”"

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    • Joe Schmuck
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 9:17am

      Gonzo

      I wish they would.

      Unfortunately, they are just setting the example for their disciples to follow. And they will be bailed out. Probably get a promotion as well.

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 9:38am

      OK Paperboy, I like it. You’re in charge of National Security.

      Report Post » Gonzo  
    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 10:07am

      I’d suggest beating her with an ugly stick, but it appears that somebody has already done that.

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    • Kerri g
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 10:23am

      Gonzo; GO FOR IT. IT IS NOT TORTURE. Not to much, just enough.

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    • Ruler4You
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 10:39am

      Union officials are thugs by nature. That’s who they are. They are the catalyst for this entire thing. That isn’t civic leadership. Nor is it corporate leadership. Unions have but one purpose. To destroy capitalism.

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    • Clara88
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 10:40am

      A new site…Expose Occupy Wall Street

      http://kleinonline.wnd.com/category/expose-occupy/

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    • Uncurable wound
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 11:11am

      Ghost ofJefferson,It wasnt a stick.The whole ugly tree fell on her,and then the ugly truck ran her over.
      But at least shes not maxipad waters ugly.
      I mean the last time I saw a mouth like that it had a hook in it!!!

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    • ishka4me
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 12:05pm

      Watching ed shultz last night, interview with a guy who is leading occupy wall street named Jonathan Smucker. He is identified as a small business owner from Providence Rhode Island. Ed repeats the small businees owner thing several times and stresses it. Now I am in Providence at least once a week. I have been searching for the small business of Jonathan Smucker and can’t find it in building, phone book or web. I have googled Jonathan Smucker wwho has been interviewed by all the usual suspects and is described the same way, a 33year old small business owner from Providence Rhode island. In the dozens of national media interviews is the name of his small business mentioned. I find it hard to believe that any business owner with national exposure would not mention the name of their small business.

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    • MiCurmudgeon
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 12:13pm

      Sorry, but that would be water polution, and this Tea Partier prefers clean water contrary to what the left wing nuts say.

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    • Go Glenn
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 12:15pm

      Use their own Bylaws against them…………charge her with a Felony and then upon conviction she cannot hold office in SEIU.

      LOL

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    • Bluefish49
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 12:35pm

      Evertime I hear it was the unions that built the middle class I want to kill a liberal….

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    • jonbutterfly
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 1:40pm

      I am not an american but I stick with Max Keiser who found a funny way to say what lots of people think.
      Anyway, this is not funny what is going on in the states neither in Europe. On top, JPMorgan getting their “spies” in power like in Greece or Italy makes me cry.

      WATCH THIS:

      http://djia.tv/max-keiser/supplyboysnews-max-keiser-report/

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    • someonewhocares
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 1:46pm

      I agree that sounds good.

      http://politicalbowl.com – Political Videos

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    • ablingcain
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 2:28pm

      SEIU leaders, Van Jones, academic marxists on scene, directing the brain dead sheep in another attempt to destroy this Republic. .

      Ain’t gonna happen, comrades.

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    • jakartaman
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 5:36pm

      Unions are nothing but paid Wh-res.
      The unions started from Communism and have not changed.
      I always get a kick out of the sticker “Proud To Be Union” – Might as well say proud to be a commie.
      Unions only protect the weak and/or stupid – That’s their job along with getting protection money from the dumb members.

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    • ACLUHater
      Posted on November 20, 2011 at 3:08pm

      I would be inspired more if ALL of the liberal hags were arrested.

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  • cemerius
    Posted on November 18, 2011 at 8:36am

    ha ha ha THEY actually had to make an official endorsement for Obama? The purple shirts are stepping up their “brown short” tactics……

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    • smithclar3nc3
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 8:47am

      EXACTLY, SEIU giving Obama their offical endorsement is like Chong giving weed his offical endorsement. Is there a word that is more obvious than obvisous because I beleive it applies here.

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    • InversionTheory
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 9:02am

      Thank goodness SEIU finally acted… I mean… How do you choose between such excellent and qualified candidates such as Roseann Barr, Robert “The Naked Cowboy” Burck, Joe Schriner and Stewart Alexander?

      Now that the union bosses have spoken, we can all act and vote as one. None of that pesky thinking and rational analysis.

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  • bigfatslob
    Posted on November 18, 2011 at 8:32am

    I‘m headin’ for the nearest bridge w/ my truck, just incase some pedestrians accidentally jump in front of me. Maybe I’ll be able to reduce the number of Obama voters ?

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    • demint.disciple
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 8:42am

      lmao !!

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    • lillymckim
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 8:46am

      This “lady” doesn’t realize it but she has just reinforced WHY we must shut down Big Union.
      Big Union is getting desperate the closer it comes to the election of a Republican President.

      Big Union thrives on violence ..it’s what they want .. and if you think it’s just a coincidence all this is coming to a head while Obama and Holder are both off the main land … think again.

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  • StepUpSpeakOut
    Posted on November 18, 2011 at 8:31am

    I only wonder where Homland Security is with all of this terroism in the streets of our cities. I mean, they are even boasting about the mayhem that is to come. ??? Oh, right. Our “homeland security” is too busy at the airport scanning small children and groping the elderly and disabled.

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    • barber2
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 10:05am

      Homeland Security ? heck, they are trying to UNIONIZE these dudes . Won’t that be just swell. ( there should be NO public unions because no one represents tax payers at the bargaining table – 99% screwed !

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    • HorseCrazy
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 10:57am

      seattle seiu marched on the bridge last night shut down traffic which blocked access to the emergency room at university hospital for 3 hours. the news reported this as a peaceful protest. so peaceful in fact that we block ER access from every side including access to the other hospitals downtown? the truth will come out and national guard homeland security someone needs to get rid of these folks that are occupying local police time and blocking hospital access. this is just garbage

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  • SkunkWorks
    Posted on November 18, 2011 at 8:24am

    This is part of the real beginning what what to happen when a unon leader that control a group of employees that run a city. Out here in San Diego SEIU runs everything.

    Obama is using the unions is gang up on on people. If your not union and you vote against the democrat your going to be screwed. The extremists on the left already like to “OUT” business people who donate to conservative causes and the unions will soon go after the the average person for just voting for a right wing / conservative candidate.

    A lot of services in a city are run by the unions. Think about it. Here in San Diego here a short list.
    police
    firefighters
    hospitals
    schools
    colleges
    city workers
    dmv
    public transportation bus / trolley / and security firm
    grocery stores
    SDG&E power company

    there are many more that if they are join this OWS crap then the rest of us are screwed.

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    • Patrick Henry II
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 8:35am

      Those knocks on doors work both ways.

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    • mwhaley
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 8:41am

      I watched Glen last night. He is absolutely right about these 99%. Ninety Niners are playing this show for Greece. Palestinians are playing their show for the United States. One world government, One world religion. One world leader. Don’t know about you but I am getting myself right with God. I do not see any way out.

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    • lillymckim
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 8:55am

      If you live in Elizabeth Warrens district PLEASE make sure you “VOTE” so this women cannot get hold that seat!
      Your vote is so important!

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    • SoupSandwich
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 9:20am

      How about moving to a right to work state? Let them have their sinking social justice swamps to themselves.

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    • barber2
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 10:02am

      SOUP: But can we seal the state borders ? Those union miscreants bus across state lines !

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    • SoupSandwich
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 2:34pm

      Perhaps it’s time to get out of their revinue base… just saying. I won’t purchase GM, Levi’s(for their gun control stance way back) or CA goods for one thing, and surely won’t live there for many, many reasons. There are good places to live that are right to work and right to carry. More importantly, right to think for your self and not pay dues to have someone think for you. If you could do anything like petition to get public unions out of your state, stay by all means. But the way it looks from here, you need converstional espanol and deep pockets to stay in CA. Then there is waters, pelosi, boxer…couldn’t live there myself and that is sad because it is a beautiful state.

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  • jrfox
    Posted on November 18, 2011 at 8:18am

    She said they will block bridges and fight for a jobs program. She is against all the principals this country was founded on.
    They need to look at congress and all the restrictions on business if they want change.
    They cannot see the entire picture.Doing damage to the parks, property, jobs, and injuring police officers is the absolute wrong way to go for thier cause.

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  • YoungBloodNews
    Posted on November 18, 2011 at 8:16am

    So they whined and marched and impeded traffic, cost the city big $$$, are they done now? Im hearing nothing on the other news sites lol.

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    • ramburner
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 8:27am

      Cities need to bring the protesters to trial and get redress for damage done to public property and personal harm inflicted on the police and others. Those arrested should pay for the crimes they have committed. In contrast, looking back, there were NO legal violations for any of the Tea Party rallies. Remind me again; who are the real threat to this country? Again, cities need to shut down the protesters as most of them have no permit to demonstrate anyway! Certainly, they have no permit to camp out on public grounds. End of story. These Communists have no right to attack our country like terrorists. Shut them down!

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  • Tankertony
    Posted on November 18, 2011 at 8:16am

    What a good little marxist he/she is. Heard ‘gross income inequality’ and ‘international’ all in the same sentence!

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  • barber2
    Posted on November 18, 2011 at 8:14am

    So it’s out in the open: The Occupiers are fighting “greed.“ Greed is a code word for ”capitalism.” ( And the president already said he wants to “re-distribute” the wealth. ) Welcome to Communist America. Where do I sign up to join the Capitalist Army to defend my country? I will not accept this Bully Coup by young radicals who have been brainwashed by university mullahs and union thugs. This is still America and they are NOT 99% of the population… That Big Lie that they have repeated so often they must actually believe their handlers ! Amazing what brainwashing can achieve in only 2 months time in an Occupy Obamaville…. Lock them up.

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    • longun45
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 8:21am

      Actually this is the “gimme generation” at work. They are greedy, fat, lazy, gullible and stupid.

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    • Cameraman
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 2:59pm

      That Army you speak of is the organised Militia, thats Me and You…3% will be the way to go!

      Semper Fi

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  • ares338
    Posted on November 18, 2011 at 8:10am

    Wow….this is shocking news!!!!

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    • CatB
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 8:16am

      Who could have imagined that? … why it’s almost like all the radical elements of the country were leading this “event” … including the White House!

      TEA!

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  • SpankDaMonkey
    Posted on November 18, 2011 at 8:05am

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    SEIUeeeee, SEIUeeeee,SEIUeeeeee PIG ain’t that what those people from Arkansas yell at their football games?…..

    GEAUX Tigers……

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    • oneshiner
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 6:13pm

      Yup, I think I heard one of the contests on TV. In fact, my grandma used to call her milk cow with the same sound seiueeee, seiueeee. I favor right to work states so all can work, not just a few who are willing to pay their dues to go to the democrat party in the millions to favor them with gov’t jobs.

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  • paleoman
    Posted on November 18, 2011 at 8:04am

    Just keep arresting them then give them big fines to pay, you know its all about money, so fine the hell out of them that will help pay for the damages they have done. DUNG HEADS

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    • demint.disciple
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 8:50am

      You actually think they will pay ?

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    • RichNGadsden
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 9:04am

      I’d venture to say that so many of judges are left wing appointees and have by now added even more revolving doors to their local judiciaries.

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  • PPMStudios
    Posted on November 18, 2011 at 8:03am

    Let me guess. The head of SEIU is claiming to be part of the 99%??

    The unions can get stuffed as far as I’m concerned. They’re nothing more than an anachronism!! They’re not needed any longer!!

    The last time unions were needed was when Nasty Piglosi and Dirty Harry needed help in writing the debacle now referred to as Obama-care!!

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  • searching for the Truth
    Posted on November 18, 2011 at 8:02am

    I was wondering when someone was going to look up , ” Conspiracy to commit Mayhem.”

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  • cliftonb
    Posted on November 18, 2011 at 8:01am

    They are nowhere near 99% but like all weak minded bullies, they need to be in a crowd. How is disrupting traffic helping the working man or woman that they claim to represent? Do they not think that the traffic was regular people going about their lives? Hey obama, van jones, it’s not gonna work here man. Real Americans despise you. You are done next year. Make your wifey proud somewhere else. We will have a stinking mess to clean up when your gone but we’re not afraid of hard work.

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    • 100 Million Patriots Standing
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 8:48am

      You are right CliftonB…

      but only if every last one of us that would vote Obama out….actually show up to do just that….

      In Ohio the unions won…not because that’s what the majority wanted…but because the unions spent big, and lied all the way….

      and…

      So many potential voters against the unions did not even vote for one reason or another…
      It‘s easy to feel that your individual vote won’t make a difference…but if enough people feel that way..then things happen as in the people of Ohio vs. the unions.

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    • demint.disciple
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 8:53am

      @cliftonb… EXCELLENT POST !!!!

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    • lillymckim
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 11:10am

      Loved that post CLIFTONB

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    • ablingcain
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 2:36pm

      You did it, cliftonb, you said the magic words…..Hard work…marxists cringe at the idea of it it conjures up ‘fair days pay for a fair days work’

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  • sobeit
    Posted on November 18, 2011 at 8:01am

    I am sure Obama is behind these protest….I guess I’m wishful thinking that he will get caught.

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    • PPMStudios
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 8:11am

      Remember Clinton was referred to as the “Teflon President”. Obama is a heck of a lot slicker (slimier) than ‘ol Bill ever was!!

      Look at the vetting that took place during his original campaign, absolutely NOTHING sticks to this guy!!

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    • barber2
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 8:55am

      They are still able to hide his school records and they seem to have a lock on the MSM…

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  • txblaze
    Posted on November 18, 2011 at 8:00am

    Day of Action? It seems to me that the book Throw Them All Out and the 60 Minutes segment has done more to attempt to change the status quo than all of the “actions” of OWS to date.

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    • SoupSandwich
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 2:25pm

      As you can see, most of them have no real experience with action, it’s a new thing to them. Maybe after they acclimate to the stress of getting up and doing something/anything, we will really see some “action”, whatever that is. What they fail to understand is that people like me have never gotten involved in much…am now giving to the NRA, local Tea Party, Heritage, etc. and will give time too. Libs can thank themselves for that entirely. Actions and reactions are something they did not think through.

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  • quicker
    Posted on November 18, 2011 at 8:00am

    Needed to put them in a cell with Big Bubba and hand them some condoms.

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  • Striker
    Posted on November 18, 2011 at 7:56am

    The organizations on the left have done exactly what Glenn said they would do. After they have been exposed they will just come out and say they are socialist or communist. SEIU is no longer hiding who they are. It seems as though the individual is expendable as long as the collective benefits. Do any of the protester want to be in the 1% after their overthough of the government or do they want to be the slaves of the ruling class. And rest assured there will be a ruling class.

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  • PPMStudios
    Posted on November 18, 2011 at 7:56am

    Let me guess….. The head of SEIU is part of the 99%??

    FiretrUCK the Unions! There was a time when they were needed… And not when Nasty Piglosi and Dirty Harry needed help writing the Obama-care debacle!!

    Unions are now an anachronism, pure and simple!!

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    • HorseCrazy
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 11:01am

      agree, they had the nerve in seattle to walk with a giant constitution. My husband and I wonder if these idiots ever have even read it. I am not quite sure where they think it granted them the right to live off of others money, create anarchy in the streets, block hospital access and major roads, and harrass others and disrespect personal property rights.

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  • fury17deco
    Posted on November 18, 2011 at 7:55am

    SEIU is a communist thug organization. Who else but Osatan would they support in 2012?

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  • Nighstalker
    Posted on November 18, 2011 at 7:53am

    Send them Detroit, apparently they have run out all the 1%’s and will run out of money in December. Lots of Union layoffs. Run by Democrats since 1961….

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    • Nightstalker
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 12:32pm

      Scared me Brother, I thought my account got hacked for a second!

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on November 18, 2011 at 7:50am

    Fine, then let us try the traitor for the treason and rebellion they are calling for and when found guilty weld the doors shut to their cells.

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    • demint.disciple
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 7:56am

      While protesters failed to shut down the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and the New York City transit system.. Just curious , is there any reason to shut down the NYSE or the NYC transit system ?
      I mean what is the reasoning behind such foolishness ?

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    • lillymckim
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 8:21am

      The only thing these Union thugs, the misfits and anarchists yes OBAMAS AMERICA have been successful at is bringing to light their absolute want to destroy the USA and reshape it in Communism ..
      the misfits have accomplished NOTHING but blocking roads and streets they have prevented the everyday person from getting to and from their jobs that feed their families…

      Occupying Space, blocking streets and pitching tents?

      No accomplishments, nothing you have done has CHANGED anything except the everyday persons travel to and from their jobs.
      You changed nothing… no policy change …. nothing.

      The Tea Party brought about change and a shellacking last Nov like this country has never seen
      what did you the Occupiers of Space accomplish..
      an education in how to pitch a tent and occupy space?
      They have tired to copy the Tea Party Movement and have failed … we are a nonviolent group who do not want to destroy this great country and you never understood it was a frame of mind.
      You have accomplished nothing but disgust and destain from Americans

      Welcome to Obamas America!
      Obamas do nothing misfits who occupy space we just need to look at who they take their marching orders from the “Communists SEIU Union Thugs” we know who is funding this and you know we are going to cut a BIG hole in your Union Pockets
      your days are numbered in this White House … you are spitting in the wind.

      We the people are gearing up in great numbers to send you packing …

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    • 100 Million Patriots Standing
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 8:57am

      Lilly…

      perfectly said….now WE…must physically and actually do what you spoke of…Rally our side…gain the massive numbers and then ACTUALLY show up to vote, whether one thinks that their vote will matter or not.

      in 2012….ALL constitutional Patriots vote…

      if anyone wants to make a real difference then go out and recruit anti-Obama voters and then follow up to ensure they vote (drive them if you have too). this time around—learn from Ohio’s mistake….no one on our side stays home….no one.

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    • lillymckim
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 9:13am

      @100 MILLION PATRIOTS STANDING

      It keeps me up at night when I think of what Obama would do with another four years… when he isn’t worried about reelection.

      Yes, we must VOTE like our life depends on it.. and yes, no one stays home!

      We will not get another chance to turn this country around, and I believe that with my whole being.

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    • KishinD
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 9:06pm

      Quick correction for you, DeMint. Shutting down NYSE makes sense because it is the symbolic house of the destroyers of public quality of life and economic security. Labor sit-ins and other forms of shutting down infrastructure with nonviolent resistance have a long and proud tradition.
      The NYC Transit action did not want to shut it down, they used it as an outreach to explain to subway riders what #Occupy meant to them. #Occupy has a long way to towards reaching out to the disenfranchised and giving them a public voice: the human mic and participatory democracy.

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    • KishinD
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 9:30pm

      @LillyMcKim : as an #Occupier (with two jobs) I feel the need to expand your understanding. I have no faith in the ability of Obama to rebuild or restore this country… I voted for him and gave up on him the instant Tim Geithner was picked as his treasury secretary. Likewise, I have no faith in any of the Republican candidates lined up to oppose him, although I’d be willing to give Ron Paul a shot as he is the only visible candidate with any integrity.

      Only our government has the ability to destroy the legal freedoms the Founders intended (thank you George Mason). It is absolutely unreasonable to expect policy changes in two short months. The civil rights movement took over a decade to accomplish their goals towards a better human future. To claim we have received only disdain is willful ignorance… the issues we embrace are concerns shared by a majority of Americans, and the polls will attest to that despite widespread media vitriol.

      There are no marching orders, the movement is leaderless by design – through true democracy, born on the streets and in the public spaces – we cannot be co-opted by anyone. I know you don’t understand the meanings behind the words, but anarchism and communism are totally incompatible. We fiercely embrace personal autonomy – which is freedom. I only speak for myself and my perceptions, but I believe what we want is Participism. Go read through the three wikipedia articles (Participism, ParEcon, and ParPolity), and see what you

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  • thegodfather
    Posted on November 18, 2011 at 7:49am

    union thugs…hand in hand with their communists and anarchist brothers. Everyone should DEMAND an end to forced union membership, whose dues go directly back to democrats and support riots against our our country

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    • KishinD
      Posted on November 18, 2011 at 9:54pm

      I’m not sure why I try to educate those that use real political terms as pejoratives, but again, I have to explain that communism and anarchism are totally incompatible.
      Communism is government monopoly on force and industry.
      Socialism is worker-owned industry(not government owned or privately owned).
      Anarchism is the abandonment of hierarchies (unequal relationships) as the organizing structure of society.
      Capitalism is the private ownership of industry, without any limits on how much a single person can control.
      Corporatism (aka Mussolini’s Fascism) is the capture of government authority by the industrial ownership class. This is what Americans protested against during the Gilded Age, it’s what Teddy Roosevelt fought against, it’s what FDR fought against, it’s what Eisenhower warned against, and it’s what #Occupy is fighting against now. Through their propaganda, you have been deceived into being willing apologists for the coming fascist state, even convinced that Fascism is necessary for safety, that it is equivalent to freedom in markets. As Lex Luthor said, “Even the slaves would be tyrants, were the chance theirs.” The truth is monopolies and near-monopolies dominate every industry, and they control the market. Communism and Fascism are quite similar to the layman, they both have the same people controlling government and industry. I urge you to understand the words you use.

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  • Steverino
    Posted on November 18, 2011 at 7:48am

    The SEIU endorsing Obama is a shocking turn of events. Everything is upside down!
    Steve

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