Back in November, Baltimore’s City Paper ran a rather lengthy story about the corruption of Baltimore’s Local 333 of the International Longshoremen’s Association. It was a good piece, filled with colorful examples (like the one below) of the characters who load and unload containers from ships in Baltimore’s port.
Of these 379 members, 219—almost a quarter of the union membership—have been convicted. By removing from the list of convicts those who were ruled guilty only of relatively minor charges—things like traffic offenses, cable-television fraud, open container, disorderly conduct, housing violations, leaving the scene of an accident, etc.—the list is whittled down to 194 members with serious criminal backgrounds, more than one-fifth of Local 333’s roster.
So far this year, 21 members of Local 333 have been convicted of serious crimes. All but one of them have prior convictions. Their 2010 convictions include: armed robbery, possession with intent to distribute drugs, drug dealing, attempted drug dealing, drug possession (five counts), firearms (three counts), sex offense, escape, theft (two counts), and assault (three counts).
[Apparently, Janet Napolitano's DHS is more concerned with scanning and groping non-felonious men, women and children than the security at our nation's ports—but that's a story for another day.]
In December, the City Paper also did a short follow-up to its November story. As could be expected, though, the union hasn’t taken too kindly to having light shed on its otherwise tarnished reputation. So, on Monday, the union did what unions are known to do when they find themselves under scrutiny: The union attacked the messenger, taking their message about “human rights” to the sidewalks outside the City Paper.
So this happened: A group of protesters picketed in front ofCity Paper’s Park Avenue offices today. They have taken offense at the paper’s coverage of Local 333 of the International Longshoreman’s Association, as published on Nov. 24. Both past Local 333 President Riker “Rocky” McKenzie and Local 333 member Kenny Jackson were on hand.
Now, while the story of a felon-ridden union picketing a newspaper is humorous by itself, what makes it even more entertaining is the pickets the picketers were waving [view photo here] which were adorned with such statements as:
- Human Rights for Ex-Offenders; and
- We Demand Van Smiths Resonation
Photo by Frank Hamilton
Now, since resonation is described as:
…the process by which the basic product of phonation is enhanced in timbre and/or intensity by the air-filled cavities through which it passes on its way to the outside air. Various terms related to the resonation process include amplification, enrichment, enlargement, improvement, intensification, and prolongation, although in strictly scientific usage acoustic authorities would question most of them. The main point to be drawn from these terms by a singer or speaker is that the end result of resonation is, or should be, to make a better sound.
One can only presume that the union picketers are hoping for the stories on their union to be amplified, enriched, enlarged, improved, intensified and prolonged. If that’s the case, we’re glad to help with the resonation process!
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“I bring reason to your ears, and, in language as plain as ABC, hold up truth to your eyes.” Thomas Paine, December 23, 1776
Moe Lane
Dan Spencer
Dan McLaughlin
Jeff Emanuel
LOL!
audax (Diary) Wednesday, December 29th at 12:43PM EDT (link)That’s Great!
Audeamus pro audere est facere
There should be a Darwin award for liberals.
earlgrey (Diary) Wednesday, December 29th at 12:47PM EDT (link)Thanks for the uplifting post.
But the competition would be so fierce!
dmccracken Thursday, December 30th at 9:57AM EDT (link)LOL
You're right. nt.
earlgrey (Diary) Thursday, December 30th at 11:17AM EDT (link)Regardéz: "Darwin Award"
myron_j_poltroonian Thursday, December 30th at 8:31PM EDT (link)Awarded posthumously, of course.
Sad... just sad...
linda01 Wednesday, December 29th at 12:50PM EDT (link)‘parently, da unions have nothing better ta do.
As everyone knows, vermin do not like to be exposed to light.
Do they have a published fee schedule for smuggling atomic weapons
Tbone (Diary) Wednesday, December 29th at 1:40PM EDT (link)or does one just negotiate on a case by case basis?
Envisioning when all that is Left is the Right.
They claim they are concerned with human rights?
Rhymes With Right Wednesday, December 29th at 2:12PM EDT (link)Well, then, they logically cannot demand the “resonation”, resignation, or termination of anyone with the paper. After all, freedom of speech and freedom of the press are human rights guaranteed by the US Constitution. What they are demanding is the violation of Van Smith’s human rights for daring to expose the truth as contained in public records, That would seem to make their actions a criminal conspiracy (or at least a conspiracy of criminals) to violate the human and civil rights of a law-abiding journalist.
Round ‘em up! Lock ‘em up! Rawhide!
Blogging at http://rhymeswithright.mu.nu
Well, there's that...and then there's this:
LaborUnionReport (Diary) Wednesday, December 29th at 2:17PM EDT (link)Human rights indeed!
“I bring reason to your ears, and, in language as plain as ABC, hold up truth to your eyes.” Thomas Paine December 23, 1776
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NFL players are working union jobs on their off time??
Blue_Collar_Muse (Diary) Thursday, December 30th at 8:12AM EDT (link)Blue Collar Muse
Smaller Government! Lower Taxes! Stronger Defense! More Liberty! Complete Transparency!
In their 'on time', too ;) [nt]
qixlqatl (Diary) Thursday, December 30th at 8:26AM EDT (link)“Yet, Freedom! yet thy banner, torn, but flying,
Streams like the thunderstorm against the wind.”
George Gordon Noel Byron
'dem po' ol' unens
Deskpilot (Diary) Wednesday, December 29th at 3:09PM EDT (link)ain’t got no clue.
They show themselves to be more and more irrelvant, or in their terms,
less impotent
If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you can still read it in English, You’re Welcome
Deskpilot, AM(H)1 (AW), USN (Ret)
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I demand the resonation of ALL reporters that tell the truth about unions!
E Pluribus Unum (Diary) Wednesday, December 29th at 3:16PM EDT (link)Let’s just get serious about this, yeah!
Kill the Terrorists
Protect the Borders
Punch the Hippies h/t IMAO
I-can't-stop-laughing!
mdyou (Diary) Wednesday, December 29th at 3:24PM EDT (link)Some people really need card-check.
Absent the union,
america1st (Diary) Wednesday, December 29th at 3:47PM EDT (link)How many of these felons would even have a high-paying low-skilled job? With their records, they’d be hard pressed to find a place they could flip burgers. Unions no longer have any purpose but to protect the lazy, dishonest and stupid from the consequences of their own failures.
Logic in the mind of a liberal is like a snowflake in the desert: lost, alone and soon destroyed by a hostile environment.
Come on now....he redeemed himself.
NeoKong (Diary) Wednesday, December 29th at 6:09PM EDT (link)Someone asked him what the capitol of Wisconsin was.
He thought long and hard and then enthusiastically replied…..”W”.
Follow me on Twitter.
That reporter is resonating alrighty...
anotherindyfilmguy (Diary) Thursday, December 30th at 12:47AM EDT (link)It’s the Union’s that are sadly out of tune with the rest of us…
Razz Etc!
“Best Poker book written ever!!!” – Author’s unbiased opinion…
Hey Hey Ho Ho
robtjonz Thursday, December 30th at 5:55AM EDT (link)Mattafack, they should make him resonate now.
Resonates for me ...
gafisher Thursday, December 30th at 6:23AM EDT (link)… and ought to resonate through the media from coast to coast, but they’re playing a different tune.
Creative License? or, Be Very Afraid
rtimmons Thursday, December 30th at 7:07AM EDT (link)Maybe the person with the misused word was just trying to express himself artistically. Really, just because people like this are voting is no reason to be alarmed. I am sure he educates himself on all the issues before pulling the lever.
www.unspunpolitics.com
You can't fix stupid.
texasjohn Thursday, December 30th at 7:25AM EDT (link)nt
1 Cor. 1:18 “For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to those of us who are being saved, it is the power of God.” (NIV)
Unions versus any shipping or ships
boxedquad Thursday, December 30th at 7:52AM EDT (link)When you ask are they good enough for the job, consider first the job to be done, who wrote the work rules and requirements? What background is required and how much security issues are in the job. What is the exposure to crime for the job materials.
Sorry background on shipping/vessels, we once had a nuclear powered passenger ship Savannah, but the unions demanded such a list of requirements and pay that the USA cut it up and could not or perhaps would not fight the union machines.
Life without the current union stuff would not hurt one person, may improve the lives of many workers who really want a good job. Pardon me I left out the labor bosses and their plush offices and perks. But that is no loss to the many working people
Waiting for Obama
nunleigh Thursday, December 30th at 8:13AM EDT (link)to come out publicly and do his Presidential duty to praise Local 333 for giving all these convicts a second chance. If he doesn’t, someone should tell them they have the same rights as Vick for Presidential support! Then, they can picket in front of the White House!
I blame the juice. nt
itrytobenice (Diary) Thursday, December 30th at 8:41AM EDT (link)Proper grammar saves lives.
Let’s eat Grandma.
Let’s eat, Grandma.
I remember that.
gekster (Diary) Thursday, December 30th at 8:47AM EDT (link)Must be the same sign maker.
LOL
They say Republicans are for the rich, Democrats are for the poor.
If they need more voters,
then they have to make more of who they are for.
We are there in the various Tea Party groups, leaderless, but not rudderless.
We steer always toward the Constitutional principles this nation was founded upon.
Erick Brockway
I’ve gone from
“Hope and Change” to
“Hopeless and Changeless”
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nickel Thursday, December 30th at 9:18AM EDT (link)“And you got a problem with that? He should resonate. He is a creep.”
Brought to you from the city that reads. No kidding. That is the city of Baltimore’s slogan. It was origionally an attempt to further the desire to improve the miserable level of public education in Baltimore, but eventually just became an inside joke. The sad truth was that the public school educated Baltimoreans couldn’t read the phrase on the public benches it was printed on. Now we just call ourselves “mob” city. Or Detroit wanta bees.
Wrong.
Banjo Thursday, December 30th at 9:27AM EDT (link)Nowhere in the Constitution is there any guarantee to the right of resonation.
Unionized educators from the NEA may
doubledok Thursday, December 30th at 9:59AM EDT (link)claim all responsibility for this one. May it resonate until they “resignate”! :-{o
They can't read or spell?
yragnostaw Thursday, December 30th at 2:24PM EDT (link)Apparently, we have another union to thank–the NEA. The National Education Association contributed millions of dollars to the election of Barack Obama. These are the people we have in charge of teaching our children! Heaven forbid!
Should Check Other Union "Workers"
davidlgilmer Thursday, December 30th at 5:14PM EDT (link)This week’s obvious candidates would be New York City sanitation workers!
"On The Waterfront"
myron_j_poltroonian Thursday, December 30th at 11:32PM EDT (link)Another “Stella” Performance
Colorado construction work available for felons
moswas71331 Sunday, January 2nd at 12:11PM EDT (link)I’ve spoken to the managers of a few construction job sites in Colorado Springs. One problem they have is that their regular workers are frequently unavailable because of court appearances or meetings with their parole officers. The fellow I drove to work (because his driver’s license had been revoked for driving while smoking marijuana) was a case in point, and he wasn’t the only felon laboring at the job site.