Oops… Idiot Leftists Boycott, Threaten & Vandalize Bank – Then Discover Bank Didn’t Support Walker After All
Posted by Jim Hoft on Tuesday, March 15, 2011, 5:38 AM
Oops…
Wisconsin leftists vandalized a local bank in Greendale on Saturday.
The leftists spraypainted “F*** you Scott Walker” and “Unions are forever” on the bank walls and windows. (FOX 6)
Wisconsin leftists are boycotting and threatening the M&I Bank. A group of leftists even vandalized a bank branch on Saturday night. The leftists told their lackeys that the bank supported Scott Walker’s campaign last year… But it’s not true.
FOX6 Now reported:
Some union leaders demanding a Milwaukee company oppose Governor Walker’s plan to eliminate collective bargaining or else. A letter signed by the leaders of seven Wisconsin unions targets M&I Bank, who says the negative attention is misdirected. They’re not the only target as Sendiks in Shorewood is also facing similar action.
Leaders of seven unions representing police, firefighters, teachers, and law enforcement signed a letter sent to M &I Bank. The letter says Governor Walker’s budget adjustment bill was really aimed at union busting, and to eviscerate public employee’s right to collectively bargain in Wisconsin.
The letter says Walker did not campaign on the issue, and if he had they are confident M&I would not be listed among Walker’s largest contributors.
The groups are giving M&I Bank until March 17th to publicly oppose Walker’s efforts. If it does, the unions will publicly celebrate the partnership to preserve rights. If the bank hasn’t responded by March 17th, the groups will publicly and formally boycott the company.
Owner of Sendik’s Grocery Store in Shorewood, Anne Finch-Nehring, doesn’t understand why people would choose to boycott her store, because of what she may or may not believe. She says, “I have no political signage at our store, and we can’t. I wouldn’t do that, because I wouldn’t want to offend or tread on other customers rights to support who ever they want to support.”
FOX6 found one customer who’s not waiting, Morgan Herum already closed her account. She said, “Following the precedent of the firefighters in Madison, I closed my account. M&I was on the list of businesses to boycott, because they’re in support of Scott Walker.”
…For its part, M&I Bank issued a statement saying the bank has not contributed to any candidate, and did not contribute to Governor Walker or Mayor Tom Barrett in the last gubernatorial election. Finch-Nehring also sees the boycott as aiming at the wrong target.
It says its employees contributed to both candidates in the last election, and they have the right to contribute to whomever they choose.
Nice work, thugs.
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Joe's Garage commented:
Didn’t the brownshirts pull tactics like this?
kansas commented:
If I were the bank president I would come out and say that although we were neutral in the election, we now see what thuggery and lawlessness had lead to and we will be supporting Walker and the Republicans.
Madkangaroo commented:
The point here is this: to the Left, neutrality is not acceptable. The bank did not support Walker, but it did not support the unions either. That is not acceptable to the Left. Everyone must support the Left or be punished. It’s much like how in Red China people are made to publically and humiliatingly “confess” their failure to support the glorious revolution and accept punishment to cleanse them of their sin.
Dave J commented:
here is a link to a .pdf of the letter that the unionistas sent to M&I:
http://www.thewheelerreport.com/releases/March11/0310/0310wppa.pdf
Thugs like the MSM do not care to take the time to fact check or dont care about facts in general.
Granny commented:
This is from ABC & WAPO, and this is the very best they could do
Confidence in the U.S. system of government has dropped to a new low in more than 35 years
Only 26 percent of Americans in a new ABC News/Washington Post poll say they’re optimistic about “our system of government and how well it works,” down 7 points since October to the fewest in surveys dating to 1974. Almost as many, 23 percent, are pessimistic, the closest these measures ever have come. The rest, a record high, are “uncertain” about the system.
If this is the best they can do, I wonder what the REAL numbers are. . . .
patman commented:
Freshman year in college 20 years ago:
Roommate left school after his dad got him a job driving a forklift at a Chrysler plant. Union pay.
20 years later:
Roommate still driving a forklift.
Moral of story:
Is this the American dream? Maybe I was wrong all along…
Andreas K. commented:
Joe, they did.
I’m reminded of this particular photo: http://tinyurl.com/6juup3r
There are tons of others, just like that. It reads “Germans, defend yourselfs/fight back! Don’t buy Jewish!”
Zim commented:
Thank a teacher
KR commented:
Pro-union teachers, police, … they don’t need no stinkin’ facts!
They just need someone to demonize.
Erik commented:
They simply reason that since the bank didn’t come out and pay them for demonstrating against Walker, they are the enemy. The left wont allow anyone to be neutral, if you’re not as rabid as they are, you are an enemy.
I’ve seen the left and unions attack people on their own side, because they weren’t supportive _enough_.
KR commented:
Whoa ho ho… this is good. Give the children something to cry about.
http://hotair.com/archives/2011/03/14/wisconsin-gop-senate-leader-to-dems-youre-in-contempt-so-you-cant-vote-anymore/comment-page-1/#comments
Granny commented:
#10 March 15, 2011 at 8:36 am
Erik commented:
They simply reason that since the bank didn’t come out and pay them for demonstrating against Walker, they are the enemy. The left wont allow anyone to be neutral, if you’re not as rabid as they are, you are an enemy.
I’ve seen the left and unions attack people on their own side, because they weren’t supportive _enough_.
________
Forty years ago we were well aware in this country that the ties between the unions and the Mob were very, very tight. That is one of (maybe THE) reason we passed RICO statutes. It is about time to bring those into play.
donh commented:
Walker was not the real target. Walker is the straw man for the hidden agenda of these old school fascists to attack “greedy jewish bankers. “
pst314 commented:
#3 Madkangaroo has it exactly right: To the Left, neutrality is not acceptable. In their hearts, they are fascists–and should be treated as such.
pst314 commented:
Sendik’s is a very good grocery store. I intend to increase my purchases in support. Their prices are a bit higher than Pick n Save down the street, but they have very high quality, including a superb deli.
jomojava the infidel commented:
To the Left, all banks are guilty by association.
cal rifkin commented:
I have found that security cameras might be helpful for prosecuting thugs like this…That unions are worried and desperate about dues is obvious…the % contribution could well be > 75% less, and thus cut off the life blood of public employee unions and their minions.
an observer commented:
“Morgan Herum” is/was a student at UW Madison, re: July 15 2009 Whitefishbaynow.com. Is anybody surprised? I wonder if she was one of the vandals inside the state capitol?
J commented:
Sounds like the thugs of wisconsin are winning. Perhaps they should withdraw their HUGE investment in the Koch bros. and re-invest….say in Libya? They certainly seem to be twins with qaddafi in their actions.
AndCanItBe commented:
This business should turn the letter over to the Wisconsin Attorney General so that the signer’s can be prosecuted for extortion–the threat of future harm, i.e. to boycott the business because of the actions of the Governor. The threat is essentially saying we will take business away from you and destroy your ability to make a living unless you support us.
Then the business should seek legal counsel with the objective of suing the signers of the letter. I’m not exactly sure what cause of action they would have under Wisconsin law. There may be statutory causes and/or tort causes of action. I believe that this business could get a nice settlement from the unions involved if they were aggressive about this extortion attempt against their business since it is signed by the presidents of several unions on behalf of the unions. A very stupid move on their part in my opinion!
Liz commented:
So it appears union goons will come after anyone and everyone who isn’t on there side.
Millitant Conservative commented:
Even better, piss off the nuetral parties. Who do you think they will support now??? LOL
Union Goons sit down and be quite for your shooting yourself and helping your opposition.
Yet I know they won’t. ROFLMBO!!!!!!
Petulant Union libtard children, all they know how to do is make protests and bully.
Your time is over a new age is upon us. Powder is dry.
LL commented:
They should wear brown shirts, carry torches and sing Horst Wessel – it would make more sense if they did. At least they’d have a movement to identify with. It follows the SEIU pattern and the ObamaNation we’ve seen at town hall meetings.
BuddyG commented:
oceania has always been at war with eastasia !
oceania has always been at war with eurasia !
/whatever
Granny commented:
Did you know that “president” IWonWTF’s “white house” has DARED to tell the Supreme Court of the United States of America to stay away from Obamacare?
http://michellemalkin.com/2011/03/15/white-house-supreme-court/
jerrylud commented:
sad thing cops doing this i used to have respect for cops but after watching this and their actions when uion thugs beat up tea party people i have no respect for them at all
tadcf commented:
The word ‘thug’, as used an author’s comment, is usually meant to imply violence–not demonstration with shouting and spray painting. But, of course, the ultra-right-wing has always been known for taking liberties with the English language.
Freddy commented:
It says its employees contributed to both candidates in the last election, and they have the right to contribute to whomever they choose.
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And the local firefighters and police unions have the ‘right’ to support who they choose!
Richard Trumka
burt commented:
As long as he’s Richard Trumka!
Alana commented:
I guess it doesn’t really matter who they supported or did not support, or if they even were politically involved at all.
What matters is: Do you support us NOW? Cause if you don’t, we’re gonna make your life hell.
Guy in Ohio commented:
All these leftist union dopes are just too stupid to see that they’re shooting themselves in the foot. Solidarity … Hah! The people on the Titanic had solidarity too …
Wake up morons. The public opinion has turned against you, and if you think we will be intimidated into supporting your lazy butts, you have another thing coming. It’s time to jump off the gravy train and start paddling the boat like the rest of us …
pst314 commented:
“#21 AndCanItBe This business should turn the letter over to the Wisconsin Attorney General so that the signer’s can be prosecuted for extortion”
It’s not extortion when unions do it.
pst314 commented:
#29 tadcf: So you won’t object then, if we threaten to financially destroy you for refusing to support our politics? ‘Cause it’s not thuggery when unions do it.
Radegunda commented:
#29 tadcf: Using the term “ultra-right-wing” to denote constitutional conservatives who want to preserve our basic form of limited government against the coercive statists is certainly “taking liberties with the English language.” Likewise when coercive statists call themselves “liberal.”
If you cared about precision in language, you would admit that the numerous death threats from the left certainly “imply violence.” If you were an honest person, you would admit that it’s leftists, not conservatives, who have been forcibly taking over public buildings, hitting, shoving, biting off fingers, breaking legs, sending mobs to people’s homes and terrifying their children, etc.
Andreas K. commented:
A death threat always implies violence. Anyone who refuses to recognise that shouldn’t be allowed to vote, drive, drink, or anything else adults are allowed to do.
indccc commented:
This is pretty funny…… I think this bank is actually owned by Canadians and I’m also pretty sure that the recall committee for Sheila Harsdorf has their account at this bank. It gets more absurd everyday!
Go ahead–kill the bank, and lose another 4300 jobs in WI!
http://www.jsonline.com/business/112058794.html
AndCanItBe commented:
pst314–”It’s not extortion when the unions do it.”
Only in their dreams. In the real world, the letter is extortion because it threatens economic harm unless the recipients comply with specified actions.
I also believe that the company should not only sue the unions but should sue each union president who signed the letter individually. It is very common to sue an organization and an individual in the same lawsuit. That way the people who signed the letters will stand to lose their homes, their savings, their vehicles, etc. The union will stand to lose cash that could be used to fund its myriad activites.
I am sick to death of the unions threatening people and getting away with it. I think this letter is the perfect opportunity for someone to fight back because it is a threat against a business that has done nothing to the unions and it is signed by the presidents of six or seven different unions on behalf of the union. The union is liable for the actions of its president[s] because they are acting on behalf of the union. Their actions are clearly criminal in nature. In addition The actions of these union presidents are tortious, and that leaves the unions open to a lawsuit for major damages in my opinion.
As much as the Right hates the Southern Poverty Law Center, we need to learn from Morris Dees. He brought down the Klan in one of the southern states, Alabama IIRC, by using a lawsuit for wrongful death brought in the name of the mother of a teenage boy the Klan had lynched. Dees won a huge judgment, seized everything the Klan had and was in a position to seize every dollar in dues the Klan would collect for years to come. Klan recruitment dropped off to nothing because potential members didn’t want to their dues to go to pay the judgment.
Mitch commented:
It is time to take the union tactics and use it against them. We cannot allow these thugs to intimidate and terrorize the population. Arm yourselves the police will not protect you.
pst314 commented:
“#41 AndCanItBe pst314–’It’s not extortion when the unions do it.’ Only in their dreams. In the real world, the letter is extortion because it threatens economic harmnly in their dreams.”
I thought the sarcasm was obvious, but in the future I’ll try to remember to always finish with “/sarc”.
Jim commented:
Where is the irrefutable proof that it was “Wisconsin Leftists” behind this vandalism?
silentcal_rox commented:
BUST ALL OF THE UNIONS!!!!!! they’ve destroyed our work ethic!
AndCanItBe commented:
#44 March 15, 2011 at 6:39 pm
pst314 commented:
“#41 AndCanItBe pst314–’It’s not extortion when the unions do it.’ Only in their dreams. In the real world, the letter is extortion because it threatens economic harmnly in their dreams.”
I got your point. I simply had more to say on the subject.
WR commented:
In response to the protest, M&I issued a statement insisting that these donations from senior executives were the actions of individuals and not of the bank itself. But those individuals run the M&I Bank. And they literally have an underground connection to Walker and the lobbyists who are running Wisconsin’s state government.
Unless the Board of Directors is willing to replace these executives, their actions can reasonably be considered the Bank’s actions as well. And if nobody’s disciplined for for that tunnel, M&I can be considered an active collaborator in the Governor’s actions.
Replacing these executives would be a good idea for M&I, too. They haven’t been very good at their jobs. Fortunately for them, good performance isn’t a prerequisite for getting rich in today’s banking industry.
WR commented:
He enrolled at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1986. During his sophomore year, he ran for president of the student government, but lost to a write-in candidate after he was cited for campaign rules violations. He attended college for four years, working part-time for IBM selling warranties[13] and earning a grade point average in the C’s. He did not complete a degree, later explaining that once he had a good job, family took precedence over getting a degree.
During the summers of 2004 through 2009, Walker led a motorcycle tour called the “Executive’s Ride” through Wisconsin and parts of neighboring states. The ride was organized to attract tourists to Milwaukee County, with the 2009 ride costing county taxpayers approximately $2,800, mainly for reimbursing hotel rooms and meals for Walker and his staffers
Mitch commented:
@WR- You Union freaks are dirty beyond belief. These bankers have every right to donate to whomever they want. You are milking the taxpayers for a fortune and all you can do is try to distract from the criminal acts committed by your union brothers and sisters. Your pathetic screaming and gnashing of teeth will not stop the citizens from taking back their state.
Chisum commented:
HuffPo Confirms – Scott Walker Not A Political Chameleon
http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2011/03/huffpo-confirms-scott-walker-not.html
Keep lying about a good man, losers.
proud independent commented:
To WR – at least we know that Walker made a C – we don’t have a clue about Obama! As for the bank, it seems that it is perfectly fine for the Unions to support all of the Democratic candidates, but no one can support the Republicans. I’m going to get some of my friends together and I’m quite sure I can muster up a couple hundred thousand deposits into some of these Wisconsin banks – I’m always looking for a good interest rate – oh, and by the way, I am a retired non-union teacher from a right to work state who had a heck of a lot more say in what I wanted, how I wanted to teach and was treated with nothing but respect from the Superintendent down to the students – AND, I PAID FOR MY FAIR SHARE OF MY RETIREMENT AND MEDICAL CARE AND AM PROUD OF IT – IT’S BETTER THAN SITTING ON MY BEHIND DOING NOTHING AND EXPECTING THE GOVERNMENT TO PAY FOR EVERYTHING I GET – AND THE BEST THING WAS, I DIDN’T GIVE A DIME TO A UNION FAT CAT!!!
WR commented:
To Mitch and Proud: Now, now, don’t be angry. When our fellow citizens were picketing in the street and snow, you said nothing about “fat cat” bank officials. When Walker did his little end around, nary a peep. Now, when the union does the legal thing, pulling money from the “fat cat” bank, well, your knickers get all in a twist. I will be clear, writing on walls is wrong. But I would deal with that after you get the money back from Walker for his bike trip, paid for by taxpayers.The sad thing about most of the right wing fanatics is that they don’t realize that all this stuff is done to benefit the rich. It’s all going to come down on your head. Many of the union memebers were Republican. Now they sing a different tune. Did you know they want to gut the nuclear regulatory commission? I guess the images from Japan aren’t dramatic enough. Happy St. Pats Day!
WR commented:
“Here’s, in my view, the politically effective and the true argument. They make more than you do, right, these public sector employees.” — The Daily Caller’s Tucker Carlson, 3/09/11
VERSUS
“Wisconsin public employees earn 4.8% less in total compensation per hour than comparable full-time employees in Wisconsin’s private sector.” — The Economic Policy Institute, 2/10/11
WR commented:
I actually appreciate that a leftist idiot voice can say something on this site. I had thought right wingers were intolerant people.
WR commented:
But no tax increases for the 400 Americans that make more than the bottom 50%…combined.
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The House GOP’s budget, which passed last month, takes a hatchet to programs for disabled kids and Special Olympics athletes. The proposed cuts could force the closure of at least one Special Olympics program, which is funded through the Department of Education. DubbedProject UNIFY, the program serves more than 750,000 students in 43 states and draws from techniques used in Special Olympics training for activities in public schools.
Mitch commented:
@WR- You really are a defective little person. Guess what Sparky? It is not up to the taxpayers to fund every program that you union thugs want. I notice that you totally ignore the fact that your union thug brothers and sisters have been committing crimes and intimidating everyone who disagrees with them. No more idiot. We will fight you and your kind. Your criminal organizations, public employees unions, have soaked us long enough. It is time to take out the trash.
WR commented:
Oh, Mitch… making fun of small people? I will defend them. They have as much right to live as you, even though you are wrong about your views. Learn tolerance of others. It will serve you well. And since you are intent on destroying the unions, take out your own trash, you lazy sod.
WR commented:
Still time to become a Democrat.
“The world is too populated and there are too many defective people … I wish we had a Siberia so we could ship them all off to freeze to death and die and clean up the population.” — New Hampshire Rep. Martin Harty (R) telling one of his constituents what he would like to do with the mentally challenged and other “defective” people. 3.11.11
WR commented:
“This budget also asks retirees for the same shared sacrifice we are asking of our state employees and increases the retirement age to 65 for new and recent hires.” — Gov. Paul LePage (R-ME), 2/25/11
VERSUS
“The governor has exempted himself. … If LePage faced the same increase as state employees, it would cost him $5,880 over his term.” — Mike Tipping, MainePolitics.net, 3/13/11
Chisum commented:
Still time to become a Republican.
The revered Senator Robert Byrd. After admitting to being a Grand Kleagle of the KKK.
Byrd’s KKK Alibi Comes Unraveled
He was so revered by the left that the first and second black presidents of the U.S. eulogized him at his funeral.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/827607/posts
The difference between Robert Byrd and Rep. Martin Hardy-
Robert Byrd was not made a revered Senator until after he lied about his time with the KKK. He went on to serve in office from 1953 as a congressman and then senator until his death.
Martin Harty is a 91 year old congressman that was forced to step down from his office IMMEDIATELY after saying those hateful words. His age and infirmity no doubt played a role in his outburst. There was ZERO tolerance for his words from the right.
Where was the outrage on the left for Robert Byrd’s ACTIONS?
WR commented:
Good point, Chissum. But I call with Strom Thurmond who became a Republican. He switched so he could support Goldwater’s conservatism and because of their shared opposition to the 1964 Civil Rights Act. 2] He conducted the longest filibuster ever by a lone senator in opposition to the Civil Rights Act of 1957, at 24 hours and 18 minutes in length, nonstop. In the 1960s, he continued to fight against civil rights legislation
and I raise with Haley Barbour who is not as senile as Glenn Beck.
During the campaign, in front of New York Times a journalist, after an aide kept making comments about “coons”, Barbour told the aid that if kept making racist comments, that he would be reincarnated as a watermelon and placed at the mercy of blacks. Barbour later regretted the statement. I’ll bet.
WR commented:
Still time….
“Well actually the corporate tax rate in Minnesota and around the country is too high.” — Former governorTim Pawlenty (R-MN) when asked whether he thought that corporations like Bank of America, which paid no corporate income taxes in 2009, should pay their fair share. 3/02/11
WR commented:
He wants to be your President.
“Newt came up there with his yellow legal pad, and he had a list of things on how the divorce was going to be handled. He wanted her to sign it. She was still recovering from surgery, still sort of out of it, and he comes in with a yellow sheet of paper, handwritten, and wants her to sign it. — Former Gingrich campaign press secretary Lee Howell, recounting Newt Gingrich’s visit with his wife while she was in the hospital. 3.08.11
Chisum commented:
Thurmond was a dixicrat dem. Sorry, he’s yours.
Barbour didn’t belong to the KKK.
Sorry, but Byrd trumps all.
The stench of the democrats hypocrisy is overwhelming.
Making racist remarks is not equivilent to belonging to a hate group that killed people because of their race.
Sorry, that dog don’t hunt.
But you keep plucking that chicken.