Kenosha

 The events leading up to the shooting of Jacob Blake.

This information was released by the Kenosha Professional Police Association.

The officers were dispatched to the location due to a complaint that Mr. Blake was attempting to steal the caller's keys/vehicle.

Officers were aware of Mr. Blake's open warrant for felony sexual assault (3rd degree) before they arrived on scene. 

Occupy Arrests Up Just A Tad

As of 31 Jan 2012:

Occupy “Something” arrests:

6,455

Tea Party Arrests:

ZERO

Just a little food for thought. And maybe a little ammunition when discussing theses matters with your liberal friends.

Click here for updates. Warning, this site linked is a progressive site, supporting the Occupy movement. Thus, you will be hard pressed to find the arrests of the folks carrying out other crimes other than the refusal to move. If you want to get a feel for the level of crimes being committed by some of the people associated with the Occupy movement, click here. I did do some quick cross-referencing and found that the progressive site kind of, sort of, well, forgot to mention some of the more violent incidents, like the assaults and the vandalism. I’m just sayin’

Lefty Tolerance

Interesting story on tolerance at this link

A cast member of the gay reality TV show “A-List Dallas” tells The Daily Caller that he was punched to the ground and bloodied Friday night by someone vandalizing his care because he’s a gay conservative associated with commentator Ann Coulter.

Taylor Garrent, a Republican consultant in Texas who stars in the reality series on the channel LGO TV said in an interview that he was attacked outside a birthday party in Dallas after finding a vandal scratching “F—Coulter” on the side of his car. (Source: The Daily Caller)

I am no longer surprised that the left resorts to these kinds of tactics. They know they cannot win in the court of public opinion so they turn to acts of violence to make their point (kind of reminds me of the OWS movement).

OF course, this will not make the six o’clock news. You had to hear about it on a conservative web site. But if the perpetrator had been conservative or a Tea Partier, it would have be the lead story on every news cast.

More Peace and Love from the Left

Time and time again the left and their lackeys in the lame stream media have said the rhetoric and actions from the right are violent or promote violence. It is a narrative they keep pounding at that those who don’t care to educate themselves actually believe the right is a violent group of people. Yet they have no proof.

Yet time after time, it is the left that has the market cornered on violence and violent rhetoric. Shall we review?

The Longshoreman’s strike in Longview WA. Gate guards held hostage, equipment destroyed, threats of violence made towards law enforcement, etc. The funniest part of this is that this union was violently protesting against another union.

A union thug attacks a 5’-1” young woman, pushing her. The young woman was being physically assaulted for being part of the “violent” Tea Party. The irony drips.

SEIU thugs attack and beat Kenneth Gladney, a man selling Tea Party materials outside a convention center. The oddest thing about this attack on Gladney, a black man, by progressive, the supposed protectors of the under-privileged, is that he wasn’t even a Tea Party member, but an entrepreneur working hard to make a buck. You should read some of the rhetoric that came out after the beatings. One NAACP leader called Gladney an “Uncle Tom.”

See a good video after the break.

Union on Union Action (UPDATE)

See Update below the fold

Do we have the first incident of violence from the unions in response to Hoffa SOB comment? Longshoremen in Longview, WA (Just down the road from PACNW Righty) stormed a grain loading facility, taking security guards hostage, damaging railcars and other equipment, and threatening law enforcement officers with baseball bats.

OK, we have had many incidents of violence from union thugs, so it is quite possible we can’t lay the blame at Hoffa’s doorstep. But the timing does seem a bit odd. What I find even stranger, was these union protesters were protesting against other unions. Yes, you heard that right, the Longshoremen were taking out their rage against another union.

Despite a restraining order against the union, brought about by threats vocalized last week, the Longshoremen still were able to bring port operations to a halt.

Furthermore, Longshoremen actions have basically brought port operations to a halt in both Portland and the Puget Sound region.

I'd like to point out something here. These Longshoremen are acting if those jobs belong to them and the union. They are saying that it is their right to work at the port.. But it appears that the shipping company and the Port of Longview feel differently. As long as union members feel they work for the union and not the company that hired them, these troubles will persist. The jobs belong to the company that is providing them, not to the individual and to the unions.

UPDATE:

The Civility Continues

I think you will find the following videos interesting. First though, let’s take another look at what Jimmy Hoffa, Jr. had to say about people who are opposed to the unions. Pay attention at the 2:05 point.

You should also note that President Obama did not scold Hoffa for his tone.

Now let’s have a look at how the Chairman of the DNC took Jimmy Hoffa to the woodshed for his incendiary remarks. (via: The Blaze)

NOT!

Gotta love the left for their civility and holding their own accountable for their language.

Weekend Links

Local News:

1. The Seattle City Council has overridden the mayor veto the tunnel construction that is supposed to replace the Alaskan Way Viaduct along Seattle’s waterfront. The tunnel is not a done deal yet as it still has to go before the voters. Mayor Mike McGinn is worried about taxpayers having to foot the bill for cost overruns. Cost overruns? That NEVER happens with government contracts, right? Take a look at this from the Cato Institute. Although the study is nearly eight years old, it is still a viable product for getting an idea of why Mayor McGinn is concerned.

2. I have blogged in the past about how the State of Washington is going to raise funds with declining gas tax revenue expected to accelerate with more Hybrids and electric cars on the roadways. A bill currently under consideration would charge tolls on I-405 for single occupancy vehicles to use the high occupancy (carpool) lanes. It is already in use on State Route 167, which feeds into I-405. So far, the SR 167 tolls have not been successful, costing more money to operate than is being raised. In the eyes of DOT officials the tolls have been successful in improving traffic flow. We subsidize farms, we subsidize housing, we subsidize health care, and now we are subsidizing driving to work. Ain’t American great?

New Site on Lefty Civility

You must go to this site to get an idea of how the unions and their leftist supporters are trying to intimidate those that are opposed to their ideals.  “Left-Wing Institute for Civil Discourse” is said with tongue planted firmly in cheek.

I am going to put it on my favorite sites so you can check it regularly.

More Protests Turn Violent

Protest against Seattle perceived police brutality turned violent last weekend. Kind of ironic that a group that would protest violence would use violence to make their point. When one considers recent events in Wisconsin, Ohio, Massachusetts, and other locations in recent days, it is really not surprising that a protest that involves the left would turn violent.

 There is a bright side to the lefty violence if you choose to look for it. It means they are losing the battle for America. As the right continues it slow and steady march to regain control of our country the left sees they are losing. Since words have not been able to either hold or convince people the left way is the best way, they need to resort to these tactics. I just hope that no one gets seriously hurt or killed by these nut jobs as they continue to try to drown out the voice of the right.

Union Thugs

This is the reason why I posted a few days ago that I don’t want the conservative movement to use the lefty’s tactics. Today a union thug struck a young female because he didn’t like her videoing him. As long as we stay away from these tactics, we will win the day. It may take a while, but it will happen.

Here are a couple more examples over at Michelle Malkin’s site:

Rough language in Ohio.

Get a little bloody in MA.