A day after indictments were served on Colombo crime family associates who were embezzling from a Teamsters pension fund, the president of the union, James P. Hoffa (son of legendary Teamster boss Jimmy Hoffa), was taking aim at Tea Party activists, claiming activists are ‘misdirected’ and being ‘manipulated.’
When I listen to the Tea Party tax protesters, I hear that they’re mad as hell. They’re angry about deficit spending, and they believe that government is undermining free enterprise for the benefit of international elites.
But where were they just 18 months ago? These trends were all developing during the George W. Bush years. What suddenly sent the Tea Party protesters to town hall meetings last summer and to Washington in the fall?
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Protesters blame “big government” for their woes, but their anger is misdirected. It’s the big conglomerates that are fleecing them. The fact is that institutional power has moved away from government to Wall Street and large corporations.
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Some of the Tea Party protests are quietly funded by right-wing groups that in turn are financed by large energy and banking conglomerates. These corporate giants have no loyalty to America and no sense of public purpose. The Tea Party protesters are being manipulated by the very same conglomerates that are causing their problems.
You can read the rest of Hoffa’s opinion here.
Nowhere is there mention of the mob that is ‘fleecing’ his members.
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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
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Are you suggesting the Teamsters
Viet71 (Diary) Wednesday, March 10th at 4:47PM EST (link)have a sordid history?
I thought all their loans to the mob were for a good purpose — to promote gambling, prostitution, drugs, and the like. The sorts of activities all good Dems support.
To learn about the history of the teamsters
kyle8 (Diary) Wednesday, March 10th at 4:49PM EST (link)it might be helpful to dig up the parking lot in front of Giant’s Stadium.
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If you're interested in Jimmy Hoffa, there's a book...
LaborUnionReport (Diary) Thursday, March 11th at 8:47AM EST (link)That gets more into what happened with Hoffa, written as a ‘death bed confession’ from Frank Sheerhan, a mob hitman and president of Teamsters Local 326 in Delaware. [He was a hitman before being a Teamster president, but he needed a 'legit' day job, so he was put in as president of a local--meritocracy amnd all that...]
http://www.amazon.com/Heard-You-Paint-Houses-ebook/dp/B00182HLN8
Martin Scorcese is making this into a move with Robert DeNiro as the lead, for a 2011 release.
“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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It could be argued that the Teamsters...
LaborUnionReport (Diary) Thursday, March 11th at 8:49AM EST (link)were much more effective back then…more members, stronger contracts, etc.
“I bring reason to your ears, and, in language as plain as ABC, hold up truth to your eyes.” Thomas Paine December 23, 1776
In any compromise between food and poison, it is only death that can win. In any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that can profit.-Ayn Rand
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Why would anyone want to read
Flagstaff (Diary) Wednesday, March 10th at 11:56PM EST (link)“the rest of Hoffa’s opinion”?
But thanks for the link. It proves that the Detroit News is still in business. It may be the last big city newspaper to take a conservative editorial position.
“The press is so powerful in its image-making role that it can make a criminal look like he’s the victim and make the victim look like he’s the criminal. If you aren’t careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”– Malcolm X, Audubon Ballroom, December 13, 1964
Um...."Fair & Balanced"...? nt.
LaborUnionReport (Diary) Thursday, March 11th at 8:38AM EST (link)“I bring reason to your ears, and, in language as plain as ABC, hold up truth to your eyes.” Thomas Paine December 23, 1776
In any compromise between food and poison, it is only death that can win. In any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that can profit.-Ayn Rand
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I know, I know.
Flagstaff (Diary) Thursday, March 11th at 4:23PM EST (link)I forgot to add the (^;^) to that last comment.
I liked the diary.
“The press is so powerful in its image-making role that it can make a criminal look like he’s the victim and make the victim look like he’s the criminal. If you aren’t careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed and loving the people who are doing the oppressing.”– Malcolm X, Audubon Ballroom, December 13, 1964
That guy Hoffa is a moron
E Pluribus Unum (Diary) Thursday, March 11th at 2:41PM EST (link)No, you idiot. Not for the benefit of international elites. We believe the government is undermining free enterprise for the benefit of unions and trial lawyers.
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