Posted on 06/24/2011 5:56:23 PM PDT by mandaladon
Well, according to AFL-CIO president Rich Trumka, only the American “labor movement” is all about the “real” American Dream. I guess that means the rest of us haven’t got a clue.
Opening with Van Jones’ “American Dream” mantra, Trumka announced his pledge of 12 million union laborers and their families to support Van Jones’ “Rebuild the Dream” movement.
Trumka then goes on to explain that the real American Dream is not about a few of us having a lot, but about all of us having a “fair portion.”
“The American Dream is not that a few of us will get to be rich, but that all of us will have a fair portion of the good things in life.” Trumka’s announcement coincides with the launch of a Van Jones co-sponsored MoveOn.org campaign titled “Rebuild the Dream.” The Blaze recently reported on the campaign and its new catch-phrase already catching on among leftists like Howard Dean. The movement, which accuses the “slash and burn” GOP of “killing the American dream,” has positioned itself as the left’s answer to the Tea Party.
During Rebuild the Dream’s launch event Thursday, Jones exclaimed to a crowd of followers that “America is not broke” — even encouraging the audience to chant the phrase in unison — and claimed those who suggest otherwise, are “lying.” He also accused people — presumably Tea Party members – who “hate on America’s government“ and ”wreck America’s infrastructure” — of being unpatriotic.
(Excerpt) Read more at theblaze.com ...
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lol Isn’t 12 million nearly the entire AFL-CIO workforce?
These Communists are dead serious and they mean business.
Freedom MUST be defended, it won't survive on it's own.
We have reached the crossroads politically me thinks.
Does Trumpka make union wage? ...oh
This is NOT the American Dream. The American Dream is about the individual being able to pursue their goals and dreams without governmental interference. These people are purely Marxist, and should be confronted at every turn.
These National Socialists push it a little farther and they'll just be dead.
communist tea baggers! bwahahahahahhahahah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They talk big. But if we can keep it a 2-way race, the Baraqqi Coalition is toast. They won’t deliver more than 42% of the vote.
Baraq the Saviour only got 53% against a weak McCain and a demoralized Republican party.
How much of the union rank and file understand that? It must be a significant fraction.
It is so disappointing that big labor is still controlled by the communists and their members support them.
he can promise whatever he wants but when it comes do protesting on a nice summer day vs. fishing, golfing, spending time with family, etc about 11.9999 million of ‘em will find they have something better to do.
Especially since protesting don’t pay very well.
“2012 Warning: Trumka & SEIU vs. Top Democrats “
5/25/2011
http://progressivesforobama.blogspot.com/2011/05/2012-warning-trumka-seiu-vs-top.html
“Just as well funded.......”
$20,000,000 from BP
$20,000,000 from banks
Obamaland hypnotizes all,
O’er each freedom in the world,
We require domination,
We kneel together in servitude.
From th’Eastern Shores to the Western
From the Yukon to the Baja -
Obamaland hypnotizes all
O’er each freedom in the world.
Obama thugs, Obama loyalty,
Obama beer. Obama song,
Shall infect in the world,
Their angry mafia
Demands th’ignoble deeds:
Age-defined lives.
Obama thugs, Obama loyalty,
Obama beer. Obama song.
One form, one fiat—serfdom
For the Obamination Lands
Let’s dictate, manufacture chaos
Right on cue, with fists and fights!
Caprice, fiat and true serfdom
Are th’objective for each class
Infects by stealth, by lies, by jackboots
Praised in Obamination Lands.
Obamaland hypnotizes all,
In destruction all the more.
In seditious organizing can hate
Show extreme subterfuge.
And so treason should wipe out
Free generations’ history:
Obamaland hypnotizes all,
In destruction all the more.
Here are some very interesting salary numbers from the AFL-CIO leadership...
http://www.unionfacts.com/employees/AFL-CIO
Richard Trumka President $283,340.00
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