--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "wgm4u" <wgm4u@...> wrote: > > Democrat urges unions to 'get a little bloody when necessary' > By Michael O'Brien - 02/23/11 07:57 AM ET > > Sometimes it's necessary to get out on the streets and > "get a little bloody," a Massachusetts Democrat said > Tuesday in reference to labor battles in Wisconsin. > > Rep. Michael Capuano (D-Mass.) fired up a group of union > members in Boston with a speech urging them to work down > in the trenches to fend off limits to workers' rights like > those proposed in Wisconsin. > > "I'm proud to be here with people who understand that it's > more than just sending an email to get you going," Capuano > said, according to the Dorchester Reporter. "Every once > and awhile you need to get out on the streets and get a > little bloody when necessary."
Let's hope it's not necessary for union members to get more than a *little* bloody. Last night, the Indiana deputy attorney general, hearing that riot police might be sent to get the pro-union protesters out of the Wisconsin Capitol, tweeted, "Use live ammunition." In a subsequent Twitter exchange with Mother Jones, he said, "You're damned right I advocate deadly force." http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/02/indiana-official-jeff-cox-live-ammunition-against-wisconsin-protesters http://tinyurl.com/64b34au And Tea Party activists are apparently being urged to come armed to a counter-demonstration against a Service Employees International Union rally for solidarity with the Wisconsin unions. http://blogs.ajc.com/jay-bookman-blog/2011/02/23/a-call-for-armed-counterprotesters-to-atlanta-labor-rally/ http://tinyurl.com/4kzc6qe So as I say, we can only pray that if union members have to shed their blood at the hands of armed and violent right-wingers, it won't be more than a small amount.
