It looks like “reporter” Arthur Delaney has a new moonlighting gig as Assistant Communications Director for SEIU and he’s so tired he accidentally posted a PR piece for the beleaguered union at his day job at the Huffington Post.
As noted at Big Government today, a gang of SEIU intimidators stormed the front lawn of Bank of America Deputy General Counsel Greg Baer this past weekend in an attempt to bully him into changing B of A’s policies toward foreclosures, or so they claimed.
In Fortune Magazine, columnist Nina Easton reported on the protest and made note of the fact that SEIU is actively trying to organize the bank tellers at B of A — and by the way, SEIU owes the bank four million dollars. But never mind all that, SEIU just cares about “the little guy.”
But, the main thrust of Easton’s article in Fortune is the fact that she happens to be Greg Baer’s neighbor. The issue of hundreds of protesters bused in from various states to block traffic and scream through a bull horn on a peaceful suburban street on a Sunday afternoon transcends politics. This is about common decency and co-existing in a civil society — qualities that elude the modern fascist left.
In a rhetorical flourish meant to shame the SEIU thugocracy into taking a glimpse into the mirror to see what they’ve become, Easton skewers them with the cruelest cut of all:
Targeting homes and families seems to put SEIU in the ranks of (now jailed) radical animal-rights activists and the Kansas anti-gay fundamentalists harassing the grieving parents of a dead 20-year-old soldier at his funeral (the Supreme Court has agreed to weigh in on the latter). But that’s not a conversation that SEIU officials want to have.
This is where Delaney comes in. His headline at Huffington Post screams:
Nina Easton, Fortune Columnist, Compares Bank Protesters To ‘God Hates Fags’ Group
He then dutifully repeats the talking points spewed out from SEIU blogger John Vandeventer who “exposed” the real reason behind Easton’s post. No, it’s not the fact that there were hundreds of strangers clogging her street, disturbing the peace and blocking traffic. It’s not because she’s a journalist, and when news is being made right in front of your eyes, you write about it. And no, it wasn’t even because her two-year-old child was woken from a nap due to the ruckus (if they woke my kid up I’d be in a rage).
No, with classic leftist logic and reasoning, Vandeveter reveals Easton’s real motive behind her column. Follow along now: Her husband, Russell Schriefer, owns a PR firm and one of the PR firm’s clients is the Business Roundtable. And a member of the Business Roundtable is B of A CEO Brian Moynihan.
Wow! Major bust, right!??! Well, not if you also reveal (which neither Vandeventer nor Delaney do) that there are more than one hundred and fifty members of the Business Roundtable.
But, never mind that… Easton wasn’t really upset about the noise and intimidation in her neighborhood or her child being disturbed, or just doing her job. No, she just took the opportunity of a random SEIU “protest” in her neighborhood in order to carry water for her husband who is accommodating the CEO of the firm Baer works for, who just so happens to be one of 150 members of a group that is one of her husband’s clients. Follow that? Yeah, me neither.
But here’s the kicker, neither did anyone else.
In fact 24 hours after Vandeventer’s “blockbuster” post at the SEIU blog, the story had only been picked up by one other blogger, Delaney at the Huffington Post. That is, until 2:00 p,m, PDT today. That’s when it was picked up by our good friends, the Soros-funded hacks and non-entities at Media Matters.
You know it’s a problem when Huffington Post is beating those guys in regurgitating SEIU propaganda.
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In order to post on the Huffing-paint Post or on Media Murders you either have to be sado-masochistic or just outright hateful of America…
It is no less terroristic an organization than CAIR, Hamas, The Islamic Brotherhood or Hezbollah and if you post there you are helping to murder America and the liberties we cherish as a freedom loving people.
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I agree. They are all of terrorist origins, one in the name of radical Islam and the other in the name of radical progturds. There is no difference. As far is CAIR is concerned, anyone interested should read Muslim Mafia. You will be enlightened.
Huffpo and Media Smatters are both part of SEIU as far as association is concerned. They all share the wicked vision of George Soros and the current regime. I will say one thing… if they came to my house like they did the guy that works for Bank of America, I would probably be in jail at this time. However, I trust a jury of my peers to understand my right to protect my family and my property. Those of us from The South understand that. And a word of advice to you trolls, you are pig crap and no one respects anything you assert.
Why should anyone be surprised that these union thugs use the same tactics espoused by the communists who inspire them? It reveals their true character. It reveals their true nature. And it also reveals the danger to personal freedom that they represent.
But come on, they only want the best for 'their' nation and 'their' world.
That's what being dem/progressive is all about.
Been there and done that.
So many sheep and so few shepherds in the world today and the sheep are being led to their inevitable slaughter by the wolves that rule them…
Why wasn't the police called?
When I listened to Glenn Beck tell what really happened at Mr. Baer's house the only thing I could think of is what true scum bags these people are.
AND THE POLICE WOULD NOT PROTECT A PRIVATE CITIZEN AND HIS FAMILY!! THEY ALLOWED MOB RULE!!
If this continues I'm sure we have some dark days ahead for America.
Arms of the SEIU Press Office?
Don't forget Pravda (aka GE and NBC,MSNBC,CNBC, Telemundo et al.)
I wish I could have beaten the clock and posted my drawing of "Sloppy Turd Mohammed" in time for judging…
Oh well, no murder threats from the "religion of peace" for me this year I guess…
I agree. Yes, typical libturd speak it is… a bunch of crap. But I digress.
M8, there are a lot more shepherds than you can imagine. We have to pick and choose our battles. It will take time, but it can be done. One election at a time. We will succeed. We must work hard.
They were. They told Mr. Bauer they were afraid it would incite the crowd to do something worse. That is a fact.
PS. see the note below.
Very dark and very violent if this trend continues.
Like Schaeffer Cox states [I'm paraphrasing]-'I hear people say they would die for their country, but the question is, are you willing to kill for it'.
Not that these protesting thugs need killing-I'm not saying that at all. I'm thinking tear gas? But if they take it a few steps more, for God's sakes people, we have to defend people. Especially when these thugs have no real grievance whatsoever with this man.
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The teabaggers are mad because someone they disagree with wants to exercise their rights to free speech? You people are hypocrites. Media Matters and the Huffington Post have a lot more credibility than bigteabag and other Breitbart sites. Trying reading them sometime instead of always sitting here in you echo chamber.
God you people are stupid!
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when will union members ever hold their leadership accountable for their failures? SEIU you're broke and deep in debt, you have no bargaining chips! your leaders can't fulfill their promises, settle now or forever hold your piece.
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The trend is well-established.
We live in very oppressive times.
The trend is well-established.
We live in very oppressive times.
The trend is well-established.
We live in very oppressive times.
We need to make the best of the next two elections, or they may be our last.
Thanks for that anonymous post.
BTW, you do realize that any poster who doesn't toe the line on HuffPo will have his account deleted? They're very intolerant over there.
Unlike Breitbart's site, they completely oppose free speech at HuffPo.
Cowards like YOU make me sick!
Free speech? Descending in mob fashion upon someone's private property, terrifying them and their family for no reason? You call that freedom of speech?!
I *despise* people like you. Do you hear me? Worthless coward that you are, posting anonymously.
Let me guess…SEIU can't pay back their B of A loans in the millions of dollars?!!! Scum.
Honestly, if these people aren't enemies of America… who is?
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People with stronger party affiliation, conservative political views, and greater interest in politics proved more likely to click on articles with opposing views, according to the Ohio State study.
“It appears that people with these characteristics are more confident in their views and so they’re more inclined to at least take a quick look at the counterarguments,” Knobloch-Westerwick noted…
The Brigham Young University survey found that journalists also tended to read liberal blogs – perhaps a reflection of journalists’ political beliefs, although even conservatives said liberal blogs were often better-written, Davis pointed out.
Among the political blog readers, a similar trend emerged in which “liberals read almost exclusively liberal blogs, but conservatives tend to read both,” Davis said.
Davis offered another possible explanation for this trend among blog readers. Conservative views dominate talk radio, and so conservatives may feel more satisfied by that outlet and are willing to check out opposing views on blogs.
If they came to my house I promise they won't want to, or be able to, come back.
"You know it’s a problem when Huffington Post is beating those guys in regurgitating SEIU propagand"
Maybe SEIU has to deposit more money in the media splatters account, you know, like they did in perfect coordination with the help they needed to defray to fallout of the Kenneth Gladney beatdown by SEIU thugs.
"in you echo chamber" …. I'm an echo chamber? That's kind of nonsensical buddy. Or did you mean to say "your echo chamber"? One letter makes a lot of difference. Let's talk about credibility … can you prove that? Is there a poll out there that says Breitbart is less credible then HuffPo? Or is it just your opinion? If it is just your opinion then you should shut the f*ck up. Just MY opinion. Could you name the foreign zillionaire that's funding our site? Sorry … George Soros is already taken … he funds media matters. I DO read them frequently. Try figuring out what my user name is over there.
Oh … and God anon is a f*cking idiot.
I wish 500 would show up on my doorstep and the police would refuse to get involved. There would be no more than 440 get away. Viva La 2nd Amendment
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Three years ago I moved from the Midwest to the Wild West due to job loss/relocation. I was not terribly happy about it. But now I'm rather glad to be in a place where the law and private property still matter a helluva lot. And I'm pretty close to Galt's Gulch, if things get really bad! (wink).
We tried reading them, but we couldn't keep our lunch down, so we had to stop.
I'm curious if – feeling threatened for the safety of his life and that of his children – had he acted upon his 2nd Amendment Rights, what would have happened? If he told the police that, I betcha the cops would have been there fatster than you can say," Free Donuts."
I wonder how many members of the SEIU are still deluded into thinking the American public supports this sort of thing. When you read about the "desperate" causes unions today are fighting for… it's demanding full-time union jobs for part-time work (Sodexo) or demonizing banks in hopes of skimming union dues from teller's salaries (BofA). They're hardly standing up for little Tommy who's forced to work 14 hour days in a textile mill.
These obnoxious leftists, supposed experts at tugging the public's heartstrings with bold theatrics, have no concept of proportion. And they're making it harder every day for HuffPo, Soros, et al to cover for them in a way that passes the laugh test.
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I would have told the cops, send a squad or send an ambulance.
Every once in awhile I log on to the Huffington's Toast. I'll read a little Ayn Rand, watch a few clips on TV where progressives are just…damning themselves in blatant and stupid ways, I'm convinced that if approached with logic and reasoning I can turn at least one person from the dark side. I have failed. You have to question their motives if they have Robert Creamer as a writer (ex con, for embezelment I think) writing about finance reform of all things. They don't want debate, they don't want reason, they sure as hell don't want logic. What they do want it to have it their way, everyway, all the time and if you don't agree – then the insults fly faster than Sean Penn's fists during a media blitz.
As of now I've quit the Toast – I will not allow them to count me as a member and thereby give them legitimacy – I encorage others to do the same ( I know you're there I've seen you and I've also seen the riducule you go thru) God bless you but stop punishing yourselves – it just isn't worth it.
I must have missed this one – see what I mean about progressives? See what I mean about the insults? Hey anon as far as I'm aware Big is funded by capitalism, the Toast and Mutters are funded by politically progressive left organizations – you do what you're told by the guy writing the check so their objectivity is where exactly?
I'll be even plainer, if they came and threatened me, my family or my property like that, I'll shoot the bastards!
Yes, Anus, you are a genius. George or Jorge is waiting for his bj. Move along and enjoy the coming of the chosen one.
Hear Hear!!
I believe the $4M figure was just the interest that SEIU owes BofA.
If it was my home and the police refused to respond I'd be sticking the barrel of my Winchester pump 12 gauge right up someone's megaphone. So many leftist idiots, so few shells.
Not to worry. Obama has given Acorn back their funding. He will soon bail SEIU again.
"I can see November from my house. " (with apologies to Sarah Palin)
They're all media wings of the marxist party supported by Soros, the cancer of western governments.
Media in American are not playing for the American team. We get it.
REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the seiu are nothing but thugs. they have no respect for democratic society; they dont care about free speech. their tactics are intimidation and bullying. to stand on a man's lawn and yell and scream is absolutely outrageous. what purpose does it serve?
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I know I said I was going to ignore your sorry ass, but this is an exception. First off, the only 'echo chamber' around here is between your ears.
Secondly, I AM registered at Huff-Po and do read the posts there from time to time, just to see what the enemy is thinking, except they never are. I've posted once, and I quote " So, MSNBC IS news ?". They did post it, after about 2 hours. I guess they had to put on their tin-foil hats and make sure that there wasn't some hidden conservative message attached. And the person for whom the question was posed never bothered to answer.
In general, the vast majority of opinions at Huff-Po are off-base and immature, and worse yet, the posts are just plain BORING. The folks at Breitbart have much more personality and wit. No contest. And the jackasses at Media-Mutters are just plain nuts. Like you.
I've said it before and I'll say it again; once a union becomes an entity in and of itself, it is no longer an advocate for the rights of the individual worker, but instead turns into a self serving monstrosity that should be destroyed as quickly as possible. In it's struggle for wealth and power it will eventually consume everything that it comes into contact with, from the least skilled employee, to the very political system that tolerates it's existence.
Unions have a time and a place. The time has come to put SEIU in it's place. Six feet under.
You son is cowering in the bathroom because Obama’s union goons are terrorizing him in his own home.
It’s a Wednesday evening. You went from work to see one of your son’s little league baseball games, and the two of you are driving home. Unbeknowinst to you, 700 union thugs, bused in, have invaded your property. This is the sight you’re greeted with when you arrive home. What do you do?
In Fortune Magazine, you can read what the Father did. A man named Greg Baer.
This is what I would have done. First, I would have dropped my little leaguer at a neighbor’s home. Second, I would have dialed 911. Third, I would have parked down the block, preferably in a friend’s driveway, called my son cowering in the house with my cell to tell him I’d be home in minutes, and I would have run till I reached the mob scene. I’d have seen savages all over my yard and on my front porch, probably stopped by a locked front door. I would have run into the house through the back door, found my son, called friends for help and loaded my auto load shotgun. I would have called the police to find out if they were coming to help. If they told me they felt intimidated by the crowd and weren’t coming, I would assume politically they’d been compromised. At that point, I would have called the fire department. If they wouldn’t come either, I would have gotten my son from the bathroom, and, if possible, sneaked out a side door, and taken my son to safety, hopefully the same neighbor’s house where my other son was. At the neighbor’s, I would have called the FBI and told them what had happened as I knew it; told them the buses parked there had out of state plates to give them jurisdiction, and then I’d have run back to protect my house.
I would have called the local news stations, and if they were coming, I’d have waited for their arrival. If they didn’t arrive in a reasonable time, I would have opened my front door, shotgun in hand, and ordered the mob to disburse. If anyone started to move toward me in a threatening way so I felt my life in danger, I would have told them or him, the first shot would take out their eyes. That’s what I would have done. Threaten my kids, and all bets are off.
Huffington likes teabaggers. She was married to a real 'teabagger' for years, her hubby that went both ways. Now she's shacking up with another 'bagger' Bill Maher. She can go no lower.
Arms of the SEIU Press Office? They are all arms of the democrat party!
Please go back to your idols at PuffHo and Media Smatters
Your (SEIU) right to free speech does not include the right to trespass on my private property, It does not include the right to intimidate my family. Also keep in mind that your right to free speech does not preclude my right to protect my family and property.
That's what's already happened to our government. The entity becomes more concerned with the aquisition of power than the true welfare of it's members.
She's finally hit bottom.
Anus, you are a testicle swizzling piece of donkey poop. Media Smatters and Huffpuss both suck and so do you.
I wish that he had been prepared enough to have tear gas that he could have thrown into the crowd of crazies!! I am appalled that the POLICE REFUSED to do anything!!!! This man should hold the police department libel for the distress of his children!!!
POW POW, are you guys okay?
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All union members are criminals and should be locked up. These pigs think they can extort money for being under educated, underskilled, minority pigs. Go jump off a bridge SEIU.
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So this puts the "duh" in double standard.
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Police are unionized….they wouldn't come if they were called. Kinda makes you proud to be a union member…..don't it.
Does make you wonder what these union thugs are thinking when treading on this guy's lawn. Sometimes it is hard to believe we live in America…..
You truly are an idiot. Those imbecile puppetsof seiu had no RIGHT to trespass on this man's property.
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This is so wrong on so many levels. What right does Andy Stern have in busing 500 loud, ignorant and unruly thugs to someone's home? Frightening a child home alone is intolerable. Surely some of these people are also parents. What were they thinking? What would they do if the role was reversed and his or her child was subjected to this? And … See Morewhy were the police so negligent? I thought you needed some type of permit to protest in public places. I guess someone's home and neighborhood don't apply. What were the police afraid of? Riots? Being labeled a racist, no matter what the color of their skin? I'm so tired of the scare tactics. Since Obama has been in office he's done nothing but stir up trouble with a capital T. He has unleashed more bigotry, hatred and fear than any other person I know. He uses the race card to divert attention to what's really going on in our country. All the while surrounding himself with Socialists, Maoists and Marxists.
There are so many "followers of the divine one" who are either brainwashed by his rhetoric or just plain lazy. People from SEIU and ACORN to name just two groups would rather play step n fetch it to the "great one" than actually work for a living. What the heck. Obama wants to redistribute the wealth and they're so used to being dependent on the government for everything. Why shouldn't they feel entitled?
Obama and his "people" seem to thrive on unrest. Everyone and I mean everyone, please wake up and smell the coffee! And if you happen to be living here illegally, he's using you as well. He knows that if you were nationalized you would feel indebted and vote for him in 2012.
And media….JUST HOW STUPID ARE YOU?
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According, to Beck when this guy arrived home and saw the mob in front of his house, he called the police from his car with his cellphone. The police refused to come and help using the excuse "their presence would just inflame the situation even more." If true, this is very chilling. Were the police in league with the union thugs or where they ordered to "stand down" by the powerful? Either way, we're on our own folks.
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Nina Easton is not much better than Acorn.
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HuffPo routinely cancels accounts of posters who challenge Leftist dogma.
That's what I've heard, so I've been holding back, just gonna ask some seeming innocent questions from time to time, try to plant a little seed of doubt in some minds. Tough to do, though, with minds that are locked up tighter than a drum.
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The HuffPonians sit around and pump each other up, trying to come up with the most outrageous rationalizations for their positions.
They abhor challenges and challengers.
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The teabaggers are mad because someone they disagree with wants to exercise their rights to free speech?
No. Try another lie, "anonnotjharp".
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[...] column. They note that the union and the lapdogs at Huffington Post and Media Matters have attacked Easton for reporting on the doings in her [...]
[...] column. They note that the union and the lapdogs at Huffington Post and Media Matters have attacked Easton for reporting on the doings in her [...]
[...] SEIU committed against Kenneth Gladney, the same players were again out in full force. As our Larry O’Connor wrote, both outlets behaved less like journalists and more like arms of the SEIU press office, dismissing [...]
[...] column. They note that the union and the lapdogs at Huffington Post and Media Matters have attacked Easton for reporting on the doings in her [...]
[...] that SEIU committed against Kenneth Gladney, the same players were again out in full force. As our Larry O’Connor wrote, both outlets behaved less like journalists and more like arms of the SEIU press office, dismissing [...]
[...] that SEIU committed against Kenneth Gladney, the same players were again out in full force. As our Larry O’Connor wrote, both outlets behaved less like journalists and more like arms of the SEIU press office, dismissing [...]
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