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Milwaukee Thug ID'ed as Former Teachers Union and SEIU Organizer
Townhall.com ^ | August 31, 2011 | Kyle Olson

Posted on 08/31/2011 6:57:50 AM PDT by Kaslin

Israeli security forces use a system of profiling passengers in order to protect air travel. They don’t conduct these silly random searches we see almost daily in America. The Israeli security guards know the type of person who is most likely to carry out a terrorist attack; they don’t need to pat down 95-year-old grandmothers.

Likewise, when the protests turned ugly outside of the Milwaukee Catholic school where Gov. Scott Walker was appearing last Friday, I instinctively knew that the worst offenders would be teacher union leaders.

Why? Because a nasty, belligerent attitude has become a requirement for a leadership post in most teachers unions. Sure, union leaders publicly talk about the need for civility and open-mindedness, but in their unscripted moments they spew vitriol, intimidation and hatred.

In yesterday’s article, I wrote about a video that was taken of the Walker protestors who lined the sidewalk outside the school. The video captures one of the thugs verbally intimidating a female school employee, telling her, “We don’t want you in our neighborhood. Go back to there you came from.”

I ended that article by asking for tips to identify that individual who should have a civil rights complaint filed against him. I received several tips, and the offender has been identified as Brian Rothgery. Not only is Rothgery a former co-president of American Federation of Teachers Local 2169 (the Milwaukee Graduate Assistants Association), but prior to that he was a – wait for it…wait for it – an SEIU organizer!

The connection that sealed the deal is a picture from a “Bitch Magazine” benefit he attended at Woodland Pattern.

Rothgery is currently serving as the “communications coordinator” for Wisconsin Citizen Action – the group that was accused of giving people free chicken dinners in exchange for voting for Democrats in the recent recall elections.

Rothgery recently spoke at the leftist “Democracy Convention” in which his background calls him an “expert in persuasive communication.” If “persuasive” has come to mean “venomous,” then he really is an expert, as the MacIver News Service video proves.

Rothgery’s name is also found on a lawsuit to reopen the Capitol complex after police closed it to the smelly, obnoxious protesters in February.

This is the face of modern progressivism, especially in hot houses like Wisconsin. But we must be on guard. As these venomous progressives continue to suffer defeat after defeat, it’s very possible their protests will become violent.

Instead of focusing on harmless Ron Paul supporters, maybe the Department of Homeland Security should be more worried about people like Rothgery.


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1 posted on 08/31/2011 6:57:53 AM PDT by Kaslin
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To: Kaslin

It is only a matter of time until the socialist brownshirts use widespread violence.


2 posted on 08/31/2011 7:00:03 AM PDT by GeronL (The Right to Life came before the Right to Happiness)
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To: Kaslin
The key word here is "former".

Obviously he's now a prominent member of The Tea Party.

Go get 'im, Marxine! We give your our permission.

3 posted on 08/31/2011 7:00:35 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Kaslin
The key word here is "former".

Obviously he's now a prominent member of The Tea Party.

Go get 'im, Marxine! We give you our permission.

4 posted on 08/31/2011 7:00:54 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: Kaslin

He needs to be dealt with the same way Brownshirt bullies fear.


5 posted on 08/31/2011 7:01:31 AM PDT by Dick Vomer (democrats are like flies, whatever they don't eat, they sh#t on.)
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To: Kaslin

No comment!


6 posted on 08/31/2011 7:03:01 AM PDT by wita
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To: Kaslin

Picture in “Bitch” magazine. Nuff said


7 posted on 08/31/2011 7:05:22 AM PDT by glaseatr (Father of a Marine, Uncle of SGT Adam Estep. A Co. 2/5 Cav. KIA Thurs April 29, 2004 Baghdad Iraq)
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To: Kaslin

The P.O.S. has been identified.


8 posted on 08/31/2011 7:05:56 AM PDT by RabidBartender (The above statement is not meant to be offensive to women. Please don't whine and have me banned.)
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9 posted on 08/31/2011 7:07:25 AM PDT by opentalk
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To: glaseatr

—Picture in “Bitch” magazine. Nuff said—

I believe that magazine is featured in the movie “Best of Show”. Yeah, that’s it.


10 posted on 08/31/2011 7:08:01 AM PDT by cuban leaf
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To: opentalk

A homosexual activist as well, eh?


11 posted on 08/31/2011 7:11:26 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: GeronL

It is inevitable. They will start it. They always do. History shows it over and over again. I am honestly almost ready to welcome it just to have it over with.

Like the saying goes. Pray for peace, prepare for war.


12 posted on 08/31/2011 7:12:21 AM PDT by Norm Lenhart
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To: Kaslin

The guy is obviously just a spread the hate pimp for whomever will pay him. Desperate times for people who don’t have a brain to get a real job.


13 posted on 08/31/2011 7:14:34 AM PDT by RowdyFFC
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To: Kaslin

I'm shocked.

14 posted on 08/31/2011 7:18:48 AM PDT by Red Badger ("Treason doth never prosper.... What's the reason? Why if it prosper, none dare call it treason.")
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To: Kaslin; Tzimisce; Lloyd Marcus
Great article and investigative research. Here's a thread with the video of the whole ugly protest and featuring thug Brian Rothgery.

Here's the perfect line from the thread (FReeper Tzimisce) to sum up these ugly liberal union thugs:

So there you have it: rich, white Union workers want poor black kids to fail.

p.s. I love Messmer's President, Brother Bob Smith. Get him in front of some future Wisconsin Tea Parties.

15 posted on 08/31/2011 7:19:04 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: Kaslin

“Rothgery recently spoke at the leftist “Democracy Convention” in which his background calls him an “expert in persuasive communication.” “

In my old neighborhood, the “experts in persuasive communication” were named Vinnie and Guido.


16 posted on 08/31/2011 7:20:49 AM PDT by Stosh
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His connection to the union prior to being a graduate student union leader raised a red flag for me.
I am convinced that a fair number of lawsuits brought against teachers to have been stealthily funded by the unions. I have heard many teachers tell me that they need the union to protect them from lawsuits, but the lawsuits I have seen brought against teachers have often been against extraordinary teachers who went the extra mile, not the lazy, indifferent teachers.
When it comes to union activities, we cannot be too cynical. If the union sues a great teacher, they lower the standard for quality, they set an example and convince the other teachers that they need the union for protection. It is a win win win situation for the union.


17 posted on 08/31/2011 7:26:33 AM PDT by madinmadtown (Marx, the patron saint of blame, envy and destruction.)
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To: Kaslin
Let me state the obvious. There will never, repeat never, be a Civil Right’s complaint filed because 1) the offended do not have the courage required to be identified and therefore subject to the inevitable property and personal damage and 2) the authorities who are responsible for that are on the same side as the offender. Lastly, we fight not against princes and principalities but SPIRITUAL wickedness in high places. Until we come to grips with that fact and the fact that the wicked have entrenched power, we are spitting in a hurricane—we do it, get wet, and wonder why.
18 posted on 08/31/2011 7:34:23 AM PDT by cashless (Unlike Obama and his supporters, I'd rather be a TEA BAGGER than a TEA BAGGEE.)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

I’m amused that this filth is both a violent union thug and a homosexual activist too. Unions don’t seem so tough anymore. There’s just not much backing up their intimidation. This pillow biter is Exhibit A.


19 posted on 08/31/2011 7:41:04 AM PDT by crusader71
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To: Kaslin
The angry boy was also cited recently for biking without a license plate. Only on Milwaukee's east side.


20 posted on 08/31/2011 7:50:16 AM PDT by sbMKE
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