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BREAKING VIDEO: MI Union Thugs Greet Right-To-Work Law With Thuggery And Cupcakes, But Mostly Thuggery

Posted on | December 11, 2012 | 53 Comments

by Smitty

It seems that the Americans for Prosperity tent was a hotbed of raaaaacism, and the 1% were using it as a base for #WarOnWomen attacks. So I guess you can sympathize with the need for ‘honest’, State-fearing Union Goons to protect the turf on which the tent sat, and the power that the Union had accumulated through years of graft.

Elections have consequences, but only when they further Holy Progress. Otherwise, elections seem to have side-effects, mostly thuggish. Help me understand this in the comments.

Update: Liberty News Network has Steven Crowder reaching for the cupcakes, and getting thugged.

Also at RedState.

Update II: the mighty Dana Loesch interviewed Crowder here.

Update III: more at Jackie Wellfonder.

Update IV: Cue the Orwellian crapflooders:


Wait, so we’re to believe, after Kenneth Gladney, that AFP destroyed its own property? That Crowder assaulted himself? Really? The Unions are the good guys, and AFP is just engaging in a publicity stunt? Lord have mercy on these perfidous ones.

Update V: much more at Legal Insurrection.

Update VI: White House spokesman goes Full Postmodern Clown:

White House spokesman Jay Carney declined to condemn the increasing violence and threats by union members in Michigan, merely telling reporters Tuesday that “the president believes in debate that’s civil.”
When asked by a reporter about a claim by Michigan state Democrat that “there will be blood” should Republicans pass a union-choice law in Michigan, Carney professed ignorance and then downplayed the comment.
“I haven’t see those comments, and I’m not sure they mean what someone interprets them to mean,” he said.

I guess if Barack Obama had had a son, he wouldn’t have looked like Steven Crowder. Carney, you are a disgusting piece of work. Lord bless your heart, after He replaces that lump in your chest.

Update VII:

Update VIII: via Tony Katz & WatchDogWire:
That should help dispel the notion that this was some kind of AFP-staged affair.

Update IX: linked at The Camp of the Saints:

This is exactly the kind of behavior the Left wants to see. Ever since Leftism came into being in the mid-18th Century, they have believed a necessary first step in bringing about Revolution is to sow Chaos in all areas of the society. They want the populace to break into tribes of competing grievance groups, ready to. To achieve this, the Left needs many groups from various fields it can count on to do it’s dirty work — bureaucrats, elected officials, academics, etc. These minions of the Masterminds lay the ground work by sabotaging all of the institutions of the Society from within and without, working to pervert and, thus weaken, the existing Culture.
At some point, however, the Leftist Masterminds need to move to the next phase of the march to Revolution: violence. We have entered the phase in the last few years in The United States Of America. Barack Hussein Obama and his comrades have encouraged and nurtured and unleashed forces designed to tear this country apart.

Yep. Read the whole thing.

Update X: linked at Da Tech Guy and Notion Tidbits.

Update XI: linked at the Daley Gator.

Update XII: linked at American Power and The Political Hat.

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Comments

53 Responses to “BREAKING VIDEO: MI Union Thugs Greet Right-To-Work Law With Thuggery And Cupcakes, But Mostly Thuggery”

  1. Christopher Blake Carlton
    December 11th, 2012 @ 1:55 pm

    The closer that the progressives get to the holy grail of total federal power, it appears that Federalism rears it head. Even in blue Michigan. The sad part is that the MBM will try to make out AFP to be the pinkertons and the union thugs to be the heroic strikers at a Carnegie plant.

  2. Frank_B
    December 11th, 2012 @ 2:00 pm

    Morlocks?

  3. smitty
    December 11th, 2012 @ 2:02 pm

    Somehow, the thought of actual work seems to refute so much Union nonsense.

  4. MDmdong
    December 11th, 2012 @ 2:19 pm

    RT @smitty_one_each: BREAKING VIDEO: MI Union Thugs Greet Right-To-Work Law With Thuggery And Cupcakes, But Mostl… http://t.co/FQF2UtV …

  5. McGehee
    December 11th, 2012 @ 3:11 pm

    Elections have consequences, but only when they further Holy Progress. Otherwise, elections seem to have side-effects, mostly thuggish. Help me understand this in the comments.

    No, you’ve got it.

  6. SDN
    December 11th, 2012 @ 3:35 pm

    Hopefully, AFP drew the proper conclusion from this, which is that next time having armed guards (preferably ex-Marines; maybe Gunny Ermey would be interested) is a necessity in the land of HopenChange.

  7. Finrod Felagund
    December 11th, 2012 @ 4:12 pm

    Remember all those violent Tea Party protests?

    Yeah, me neither.

  8. Jackie Wellfonder - Raging Against the Rhetoric – Steven Crowder Assaulted by Union Members
    December 11th, 2012 @ 4:26 pm

    […] esteemed blogger Instapundit. I hope we see several bloggers posting on this and raising awareness. Stacy McCain already has his post up. Let’s support Steven!! Make sure you’re following him on […]

  9. Illiberalality
    December 11th, 2012 @ 5:03 pm

    RT @smitty_one_each: Update: Cue the Orwellian crapflooders for the MI union violence => http://t.co/FQF2UtVd #TCOT

  10. Adjoran
    December 11th, 2012 @ 5:04 pm

    It’s gotten to the point where “union thugs” is just redundant.

    It’s easy to spot the points where a few good men (or women) with pump shotguns could have calmed the storm.

  11. ksteven37
    December 11th, 2012 @ 5:04 pm

    RT @smitty_one_each: Update: Cue the Orwellian crapflooders for the MI union violence => http://t.co/FQF2UtVd #TCOT

  12. mooseandskwerl
    December 11th, 2012 @ 5:04 pm

    RT @smitty_one_each: Update: Cue the Orwellian crapflooders for the MI union violence => http://t.co/FQF2UtVd #TCOT

  13. CAP741776
    December 11th, 2012 @ 5:05 pm

    RT @smitty_one_each: Update: Cue the Orwellian crapflooders for the MI union violence => http://t.co/FQF2UtVd #TCOT

  14. jsn2
    December 11th, 2012 @ 5:06 pm

    These maggots only leave the dung pile en masse, afraid of one on one matchups.

  15. Adobe_Walls
    December 11th, 2012 @ 5:31 pm

    Why didn’t you show MSNBC’s coverage of this?
    And of course Bayonets. The National Guard isn’t the only militia in Michigan, just food for thought.

  16. smitty
    December 11th, 2012 @ 5:38 pm

    You didn’t embed the MSNBC link. Or did you, as far as their coverage went?

  17. The Naked Face Of Leftism: Thug America « The Camp Of The Saints
    December 11th, 2012 @ 6:00 pm

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  18. Finrod Felagund
    December 11th, 2012 @ 6:45 pm

    No kidding. If they had hired union labor to take down that tent, it would have taken all day at a minimum.

  19. Christopher Blake Carlton
    December 11th, 2012 @ 6:51 pm

    The good news. The genius of the founders is becoming clearer each and every day.

  20. jsn2
    December 11th, 2012 @ 7:15 pm

    A brief history of forced unionization from the National Right To Work Committee – http://www.nrtwc.org/multimedia/the-scepter-of-violence/

  21. Bob Belvedere
    December 11th, 2012 @ 7:18 pm

    Thanks for the plug and link, Admiral.
    [PS: I corrected the two typos in that quote over at my site.]

  22. Da Tech Guy's Blog » Blog Archive Answer: Things get violent when the folks Obama Supports get involved » Da Tech Guy's Blog
    December 11th, 2012 @ 7:19 pm

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  23. AmPowerBlog
    December 11th, 2012 @ 7:23 pm

    RT @smitty_one_each: Update: Video from inside the AFP tent that went down in MI => http://t.co/FQF2UtVd #TCOT

  24. M. Thompson
    December 11th, 2012 @ 7:27 pm

    A union to ensure you get the pension you worked hard for, or for basic sanitary facilities at work makes sense. But telling a man he has to contribute to causes the head of the union supports, is just wrong.

    Plus, it’s a hell of a lot like a racket.

  25. Christopher Blake Carlton
    December 11th, 2012 @ 7:28 pm

    I think the union goons might be The Other McCain readers. They hear “hit the freakin tip jar” in union speak “tip jar” can be interpreted as “jaw”. Just saying.

  26. Union Goons Protesting Right-To-Work Attack Americans For Prosperity Tent In Michigan – Update: Video Of Thugs Ripping Down Tent Added…also video of Crowder attack « Notion Tidbits
    December 11th, 2012 @ 7:28 pm

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  27. Union thugs show tolerance in Michigan, Steven Crowder’s face hardest hit « The Daley Gator
    December 11th, 2012 @ 7:44 pm

    […] I am late getting home today, something called work gets in the way sometimes, but the big news of the day is that Michigan has become the 24th right to work state, and the union bosses and their thugs are not happy. That happens when you mess with corrupt people’s money. Yes, I am calling many union bosses corrupt, and when the flow of corrupt money is threatened, well, violence soon follows. The Other McCain has video of Steven Crowder getting punched, sucker punched to be exact, four times… […]

  28. richard mcenroe
    December 11th, 2012 @ 8:08 pm

    If Obama had a son either the kid wouldn’t admit it or he’d be found in bed doing coke with Al Gore’s kid…

  29. richard mcenroe
    December 11th, 2012 @ 8:10 pm

    Especially when those unions are almost universally underfunding their pension and health plans to slip money to the Democrats.

  30. DaveO
    December 11th, 2012 @ 8:22 pm

    Not the unions, but the union leaders who want to share in the lifestyle.

  31. Adjoran
    December 11th, 2012 @ 8:32 pm

    The majority of union dues goes to “general overhead” – salaries & benefits for union bosses & employees, office rents, etc. The next biggest item is political spending, only 19% is related to collective bargaining & member services.

    What a rip-off. It’s one thing for the incompetent, corrupt, and deviant workers to support unions which keep them from being fired for cause, but that honest people join and support them voluntarily is just sad.

  32. Garym
    December 11th, 2012 @ 9:00 pm

    What did I miss?!!! What did I miss?!!
    Damn, I should join a union, so I wouldn’t have to work so many hours (or work at all). That way I can watch these things while they happen.
    //

  33. Wombat_socho
    December 11th, 2012 @ 9:09 pm

    I can’t decide whether you’re a particularly inept troll or just confused.

  34. smitty
    December 11th, 2012 @ 9:51 pm

    By that non-approach to logic, Nancy Pelosi’s sputtering protestations of Constitutionality are reasonable.

  35. Evi L. Bloggerlady
    December 11th, 2012 @ 10:12 pm

    They beat up Crowder!

  36. “There Will Be Blood” In Michigan Over New Right To Work Law | The Political Hat
    December 11th, 2012 @ 10:15 pm

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  37. Critical Reading: Right-To-Work | Something Fishy
    December 12th, 2012 @ 12:12 am

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  38. Christopher Blake Carlton
    December 12th, 2012 @ 12:26 am

    A terrible attempt at humor. Drinking the cheap stuff this evening

  39. Union Thugs Repeatedly Assault Fox News Reporter | Spotlight On Corruption
    December 12th, 2012 @ 12:31 am

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  40. Christopher Blake Carlton
    December 12th, 2012 @ 12:32 am

    I’m just inept. No modifier necessary. No troll though.

  41. Becca Lower
    December 12th, 2012 @ 2:11 am

    At least you know how to use the word “witticism” properly. Can we keep him, Wombat? 😉

  42. scarymatt
    December 12th, 2012 @ 6:52 am

    Blame where it’s due. Disqus is stripping sarcasm tags again, I’m sure.

  43. Accuse the Accusers: @scrowder Gets the Left’s ‘Plate Glass Window’ Treatment : The Other McCain
    December 12th, 2012 @ 8:38 am

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  44. ZillaStevenson
    December 12th, 2012 @ 11:40 am

    RT @smitty_one_each: Update: Video from inside the AFP tent that went down in MI => http://t.co/FQF2UtVd #TCOT

  45. beckyhammonfan
    December 12th, 2012 @ 11:45 am

    RT @smitty_one_each: Update: Video from inside the AFP tent that went down in MI => http://t.co/FQF2UtVd #TCOT

  46. K-Bob
    December 12th, 2012 @ 8:32 pm

    Crowder ought to find the best picture of him getting his face clobbered and offer to sell signed copies. I think Paul Gascgoine did something like that with this famous photo. (of course, Vinnie Jones capitalized on it, as well).

    The point is, get out in front of that curve.

  47. libral death
    December 13th, 2012 @ 1:30 am

    christians load your guns and kill evil in this country. we have no more cheeks left so now we must answer back with a strong hand

  48. libral death
    December 13th, 2012 @ 1:36 am

    death to satins children. make it swift and just. nows is the time all of gods children must go to war and protect this nation under god.

  49. Finrod Felagund
    December 13th, 2012 @ 3:07 am

    You bastards!

    (It’s a South Park reference.)

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    December 13th, 2012 @ 4:49 am

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