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Helpful union surrogate vows to chase Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder’s daughter to soccer game
Hotair ^ | 12/15/2012 | Jazz Shaw

Posted on 12/15/2012 10:47:16 AM PST by SeekAndFind

The great thing about Democracy – as I’m sure you’ll all agree – is that once the campaigns, debates and battles are over and the people have spoken, everyone can pick up the pieces and get on with productive work to advance the principles each side believes in. Clearly, such is the case in Michigan, where defeated but undaunted union advocates have already begun dusting themselves off and …

Nope.

LANSING — A speaker at a union protest against right-to-work legislation said if Gov. Rick Snyder signed the bill he would get “no rest” and that protesters would be at his “daughter’s soccer game.” …

The Rev. Charles Williams II made the comments Tuesday to loud cheers before a group of thousands of union workers. After his promises to harass Gov. Snyder, he introduced Rep. Richard Hammel, D-Mt. Morris Township, and House Minority Leader Tim Greimel, D-Auburn Hills. Williams is a Detroit-area pastor and left-wing activist.

Gov. Snyder later that day signed a bill into law making Michigan a right-to-work state. One of his daughters is a 16-year-old high school student.

Well, that’s just lovely. The truly ironic part of all of this is that Governor Snyder wasn’t even working on the whole Right to Work thing as the initial part of his term. He was pushing for some fiscal sanity and spurring job creation. It was the people of the state who elected representatives in the legislative branch who brought the issue forward. At that point the governor had to weigh the merits of the legislation and act upon it. And yet those who came out on the short end of the stick feel that democracy is best served by chasing his 16 year old daughter around to school events.

Should the governor be worried? Well, given the calm, reasoned welcome that Steven Crowder received from these guys, it should certainly give him pause. The governor, of course, should have access to some form of personal security which will hopefully keep him and his family safe from violence, but the same can not be said for everyone else in the state who may be hoping to find a job. But in the meantime, Reverend Williams and his flock will be hanging around the soccer field.

Unfortunately for this logistical brain trust, there was still one wrinkle in their plan.

It appears that union protesters would have little luck finding the governor at the soccer field. According to a player profile on AnnArbor.com, his daughter participates only in softball and volleyball.

Ah, well. At least your heart’s in it. Let’s go to the video on this chipper Saturday morning.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: 2012; corruption; democrats; labor; liberalfascism; liberals; liberalviolence; michigan; ricksnyder; snyder; union; unions; unionscum; unionviolence
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To: 2banana

As Governor of the State, he has at his disposal the Michigan Department public safety, the Michigan State Patrol or his own personal security detail to prevent any threats to his daughter from the Rev.


21 posted on 12/15/2012 11:47:34 AM PST by Colorado Cowgirl (God bless America!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Perhaps this is a project for the Patriot Guard Riders biker group, the group that protects funerals from lunatics.


22 posted on 12/15/2012 11:48:15 AM PST by samadams2000
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To: SeekAndFind

A public hanging would go a long way toward calming down those thugs.


23 posted on 12/15/2012 12:21:10 PM PST by gotribe
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To: laconic
YOU are an evil, cracker RACIST!

Let's face it folks, the the jungle drums of war echo in the streets.

24 posted on 12/15/2012 12:25:39 PM PST by Aevery_Freeman (The trouble with the "masses" is that they never achieve the "m")
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To: samadams2000
We do but it might not be wise to have us in full color at events like this.

Virtually all of us are ex-military.

25 posted on 12/15/2012 12:27:58 PM PST by Aevery_Freeman (The trouble with the "masses" is that they never achieve the "m")
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To: SeekAndFind

Aren’t these the “peace and love” people?


26 posted on 12/15/2012 12:31:35 PM PST by logic101.net (Was Orwell wrong about anything besides the date?)
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To: 2banana
I don't know anything about Gov Snyder except that he is a Repub and he likes RTW laws. If he likes RTW laws, then I like him.

The governor of a state is a power in his own right. He has "resources"....he has access to organizations and individuals that he can use to ensure the safety of his family, his self, and the people of Michigan.

An implied threat against his children has been made. Lots of people heard it. I would assume that the Governor takes the threat very seriously. He knows who made the threat, where the person who made the threat works and most likely where he lives.

If the governor is a real man and a real governor, he will "reason" with the person who made this threat and convince the person that he should agree to STFU, or if not, be prosecuted for terrorism.

27 posted on 12/15/2012 12:47:02 PM PST by B.O. Plenty (Give WAR a chance.......)
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To: SeekAndFind

The Michigan Supreme Court on making a terroristic threat..

`committed an act of terrorism by using or threatening to use’ one of the enumerated substances or devices. . . . Thus, the use or threatened use must constitute the means by which the offender committed an act of terrorism. The statute does not state . . . that it applies if the offender `committed an act of terrorism by using or threatening to use, or threatened to use,’ the enumerated items. The statute also provides that . . . `act of terrorism’ means that term as defined by [Michigan Compiled Laws § 750.543b]. Under [§ 750.543b], a threat may constitute an act of terrorism; acts of terrorism must be violent felonies as defined by [§ 750.543b(h)], which specifies that a violent felony is one that includes as an element the `threatened use of physical force ... or the ... threatened use of . . . an explosive device, or an incendiary device.’ But not all threats are acts of terrorism, even if they qualify as violent felonies. To constitute an act of terrorism, a threat must be a violent felony and also must itself be `a willful and deliberate act’ that the offender `knows or has reason to know is dangerous to human life’ and `is intended to intimidate or coerce a civilian population or influence or affect the conduct of government or a unit of government through intimidation or coercion.” [Michigan Compiled Laws § 750.543b(a).]

The case arose concerning the punishment for the teen-ager who was convicted for this felony after he sent an email to a resident of another state.


28 posted on 12/15/2012 2:07:24 PM PST by calico_thompson
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To: SeekAndFind

The Republican House, Republican Senate and Republican Governor in Indiana should pass legislation to provide armed security for the daughter, if she doesn’t have it already. A threat has been made and the insane left knows no bounds.


29 posted on 12/15/2012 2:57:11 PM PST by Graybeard58 ("Civil rights” leader and MSNB-Hee Haw host Al Sharpton - Larry Elder)
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To: Perdogg; AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; ...

Thanks cripplecreek.


30 posted on 12/15/2012 3:20:26 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: SeekAndFind

sounds like stalking to me.


31 posted on 12/15/2012 3:28:50 PM PST by bravo whiskey
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To: bravo whiskey

Yes at this point it looks like the threat is just a misdemeanor punishable by up to $1000 and 5 years probation. It would become a felony after their second threat or appearance.

https://www.msu.edu/~safe/facts/mi_stalking.htm


32 posted on 12/15/2012 3:48:56 PM PST by samadams2000
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To: samadams2000

He coud still be arrested on say a Friday night or Saturday when there wouldn’t be any way for him to get bailed out unitl Monday.

This would give him a little time to rethink his cowardly idea.


33 posted on 12/15/2012 4:01:33 PM PST by 2111USMC (aim small, miss small)
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To: logic101.net

This is Alinksy 101. Read the book, people!


34 posted on 12/15/2012 4:18:53 PM PST by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Enterprise
All guns are AK47's. Type and calibre don't much matter.

And all the guns are FULLY AUTOMATIC. You don't have to believe me. Just go ask Sen. Chuck U Schumer (RAT-NY) how badly he wants to ban "automatic weapons."

35 posted on 12/16/2012 7:44:37 AM PST by upchuck (America's at an awkward stage. Too late to work within the system, too early to shoot the bastards.)
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To: Graybeard58

MI


36 posted on 12/16/2012 7:52:12 AM PST by upchuck (America's at an awkward stage. Too late to work within the system, too early to shoot the bastards.)
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To: upchuck

Thanks for the correction.


37 posted on 12/16/2012 4:32:54 PM PST by Graybeard58 ("Civil rights” leader and MSNB-Hee Haw host Al Sharpton - Larry Elder)
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