{"id":1900,"date":"2010-05-22T06:26:33","date_gmt":"2010-05-22T06:26:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=1900"},"modified":"2010-05-22T06:26:33","modified_gmt":"2010-05-22T06:26:33","slug":"heading_toward_mob_rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=1900","title":{"rendered":"Heading Toward Mob Rule"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday Archy Cary at Big Journalism<\/a> posted a story about a protest in Montgomery County, Maryland.  Doesn’t sound all that unusual–this country was built on protest–but there was a thuggish element to this that, unfortunately, we may see more of.<\/p>\n

Washington MPD’s Civil Disturbance Unit (part of Washington, D. C., police department)escorted 500 Service Employees International Union (SEIU) protesters to the house of Greg Baer, a Bank of America executive, where they created a disturbance in the quiet neighborhood.  Mr. Baer was not home at the time, his teenage son was home alone and was terrified by the mob outside.<\/p>\n

A personal account of the story written by journalist Nina Easton can be found at Fortune Magazine<\/a>.  <\/p>\n

In her story, Nina Easton points out:<\/p>\n

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“SEIU has said it wants to organize bank tellers and call centers — and its critics point out that a great way to worsen employee morale, thereby making workers more susceptible to union calls, is to batter a bank’s image through protest. (SEIU officials say their anti-Wall Street campaign has nothing to do with their organizing efforts.) Complicating this picture is the fact that BofA is the union’s lender of choice — and SEIU, suffering financially, owes the bank nearly $4 million in interest and fees. Bank of America declined comment on the loans.”<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Some other details of this event are also posted at Big Government<\/a>.   Protest is a part of American tradition, but bussing a mob of 500 people to a private home is not protest–it’s intimidation and needs to be stopped.  <\/p>\n

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