SEIU Storms Private Residence, Terrorizes Teenage Son of Bank of America Exec
by Liberty ChickUPDATE: Video has since been removed from YouTube
By now, you’ve probably seen the mob-scene that developed on the front lawn of the private residence of Greg Baer, deputy general counsel for corporate law at Bank of America. This was planned for some time by the SEIU as part of a larger national event, their Showdown on K Street, which was shared with National People’s Action and thousands of other activists from MoveOn.org and other left-wing groups.
Prior to the main event on K Street in Washington DC, SEIU and company made a little pit stop. According to Fortune magazine Washington editor Nina Easton, 14 busloads of riled up protesters unloaded on Baer’s private property and stormed up to his doorstep, while his teenage son was home alone. Easton is a neighbor of Baer’s and had called to check on her neighbor’s son when she heard and saw all the commotion outside. Easton writes,
“Waving signs denouncing bank “greed,” hordes of invaders poured out of 14 school buses, up Baer’s steps, and onto his front porch. As bullhorns rattled with stories of debtor calls and foreclosed homes, Baer’s teenage son Jack — alone in the house — locked himself in the bathroom. “When are they going to leave?” Jack pleaded when I called to check on him.
Baer, on his way home from a Little League game, parked his car around the corner, called the police, and made a quick calculation to leave his younger son behind while he tried to rescue his increasingly distressed teen. He made his way through a din of barked demands and insults from the activists who proudly “outed” him, and slipped through his front door.
“Excuse me,” Baer told his accusers, “I need to get into the house. I have a child who is alone in there and frightened.”
Imagine what you would have done if your child were inside that house and that mob was on your front lawn as you tried to reach him.
Amazingly, the SEIU has actually taken aim at Easton for reporting on this incident. Their defense? Easton’s husband is a Republican strategist and has a lobbyist as a client – oh, the horror! (Especially considering that the SEIU itself is also a lobbyist). In their post “Nina Easton & the Bank Lobbyists: Too Close for Comfort,” SEIU’s crack Googlers researchers break the case wide open:
“The really interesting question here is: why is Ms. Easton so angry? And why has she decided to use her position as a member of the media to air her own personal rant at the people who showed up to share their foreclosure stories?
Nina Easton’s husband’s firm has Business Roundtable as a client, a special interest group that counts giant banks like Bank of America as members.
One Google search clears it up pretty quickly. Her husband is Russell Schriefer, Republican strategist and consultant to several big corporate interest groups. In fact, her husband’s client list includes the Business Roundtable, a special interest group that counts Bank of America and other Wall Street banks among its members.
Ms. Easton’s husband used to be a corporate lobbyist himself, before he started his own consulting firm for Republican politicians and corporate interest groups like the Business Roundtable and the Chamber of Commerce. Now, according to his website, he helps garner positive media for “a wide range of corporate clients including Fortune 500 companies and national associations.”
Wow. Amazing. That kind of muckraking puts my time working at LexisNexis to shame. Perhaps I should take SEIU’s employment recruiters up on one of their recent job offers sitting in my email inbox. (really, they are hiring, and they did email…can you imagine that job interview?)
But what’s even more interesting, to use SEIU’s phrase, is the labor union’s odd relationship with its own business and advocacy partners. They specifically mention above their disdain for Business Roundtable, for their part as what they term as a Republican corporate interest group. But, just like Bank of America – which is a lender to SEIU, mortgage partner to ACORN, and is also the leading lending partner to SEIU advocacy partner, Center for Responsible Lending – one of SEIU’s own partners is also Business Roundtable.
“Today, three of the nation’s leading consumer, business and labor organizations announced that they will work together to urge action from political leaders in a partnership called Divided We Fail. AARP, Business Roundtable and SEIU will use the influence of their over 50 million combined memberships to amplify the message that attaining health and long-term financial security is vital for all Americans and these issues must be included in the national political debate.
Divided We Fail is a national effort designed to engage the American people, elected officials and the business community to find broad-based, bi-partisan solutions to the most compelling domestic issues facing the nation – health care and the long-term financial security of Americans.”
Ouch, talk about biting the hand that feeds you.
The current circumstances are also rather interesting because recently, Tea Party and 912 Project groups have been protesting Bank of America, too. For SUPPORTING the financial regulatory reform bill currently in Congress. You know, the one that Big Labor is supporting with Democrats – the one that proposes the big banks and government spy on your bank accounts and report your loan info to a big government database for all to see? Yeah, that bill. Bank of America lobbyists have been busy lobbying Democrats and donating money to Democrats.
I think the folks at SEIU may be a bit confused over there – first they storm private property and intimidate a teenage child, then they bite the hands that feed them, and they overlook all the money flowing into the Democratic coffers on this bill and selectively go after only seemingly Republican targets. Only, their targets aren’t Republican at all. This one in particular – definitely not a Republican, as Easton describes Baer:
“Instead, a friendly Huffington Post blogger showed up, narrowcasting coverage to the union’s leftist base. The rest of the message these protesters brought was personal-aimed at frightening Baer and his family, not influencing a broader public.
Of course, HuffPost readers responding to the coverage assumed that Baer was an evil former Bush official. He’s not. A lifelong Democrat, Baer worked for the Clinton Treasury Department, and his wife, Shirley Sagawa, author of the book The American Way to Change and a former adviser to Hillary Clinton, is a prominent national service advocate.”
Just imagine if the union of We the People mobilized its own protests to put a stop to the tactics of domestic terrorism of today’s leftist unions.
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Also be sure to catch this related post from LaborUnionReport titled “The SEIU, the NPA & Organized, Premeditated Intimidation“.
Nina Easton’s husband’s firm has Business Roundtable as a client, a special interest group that counts giant banks like Bank of America as members.
One Google search clears it up pretty quickly. Her husband is Russell Schriefer, Republican strategist and consultant to several big corporate interest groups. In fact, her husband’s client list includes the Business Roundtable, a special interest group that counts Bank of America and other Wall Street banks among its members.
Ms. Easton’s husband used to be a corporate lobbyist himself, before he started his own consulting firm for Republican politicians and corporate interest groups like the Business Roundtable and the Chamber of Commerce. Now, according to his website, he helps garner positive media for “a wide range of corporate clients including Fortune 500 companies and national associations.”
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End usury – it bankrupts nations. There is a REASON it is a sin.
The police should have arrested every single trespassing idiot and any judge worth their salt would impose the MAXIMUM FINE. At a minimum fines and perhaps more serious charges as well could be brought. The homeowner must need to have landscaping re-done and the bill sent to whoever paid for the Charter Buses. Some counseling for the son in the home at the best shrink in 10 counties at a rate of $750 an hour for at least 100 hours to treat the trauma and a personal injury suit for mental anguish also charged to whoever chartered the buses.
I wonder what the voting proclivity of the Baer home will be in the future???
Tear Gas does wonders to disperse crowds. Maybe the authorities should think about that…as this was an unlawful invasion of someone's home.
Story just up and already there's troll poop….
These people from SEIU / AFSCME / AFL-CIO and ACORN need to be in jail, what they did on this man's personal property IS CALLED TERRORISM!
It's way too far above the head of a lot of blind following the blind libs to understand that their own party they support so fully are the ones who created the mess they're so angry about.
They're using your Union campaign dollars to get elected and go play crook with the banks. Whoops!
I would have come back out of the house with my Mossberg Maverick 88, fully loaded with 8 rounds of 3 inch mag 00 Buck and cleared the rabble off my front lawn. I doubt I would have even had to reload until I got to the street.
http://www.gundirectory.com/more.asp?gid=20805&am...
Ahhh, union terrorism. Obama has sent out his brownshirts to do his dirty work. Anyone that dissents from his point of view should expect the same treatment.
Say what you will, but most of you are quiet sheep that are allowing bank bailouts through your LACK of action. At least these people are willing to ACT.
Imagine what you would have done if your child were inside that house and that mob was on your front lawn as you tried to reach him
I'm not sure I would have remained as calm as Mr. Baer. While he shouldn't be surprised at the depths to which his own party will stoop, or the duplicity of the left, if I were him, I would be enraged…no one has the right to threaten my children on my property.
At the very least, I would be calling attorneys…SEIU has deep pockets. But then again…these are his own demon-spawn. It will be interesting to see how he resolves this moral dilemma. Maybe SEIU will just pay him off.
Let's all go over to their houses and terrify their children.
Good for the goose.
And you would be in jail or dead.
I can see SEIU has a right to protest bankers greed at the bank.
But at the private residence on private property? Why weren't they all just arrested-oh she said the police were 'afraid" to arrest them.
Now Obama calls out the swat team to watch the tea partiers-what gives? They might not even take any prisoners-its a shoot to kill standing order.
This is no different than when our President stated his outrage, on National T.V. over the AIG bonuses that were implemented in the Stimulus Bill that he signed into law. He blatantly lied to the American People, he was shocked at the greed of those AIG executives. The following day bus loads of ACORN and union thugs chartered off to homes in Connecticut to terrorize the children of the executives. This is just the beginning, you have been witnessing the Obamanation at work, whether it's an SEIU beat downs over healthcare, a chewed off finger, terrorizing bank tellers in NYC, or storming a lobbyist's home and threatening a child, the end's justify the means.
Apparently the police are now engaging in selective law enforcement otherwise these terrorist trespassers would have been taken to jail. Unions are killing America.
What of government greed? Is that ever satiated? Besides this behavior is colossally stupid it can get someone killed.
By terrorizing a man and his family at his home. Why stop there? Why not take his things, harass his wife, kill his dog?
Do you really believe this is the right way to "ACT"?
Amen!
If they now do that to a Dem what will they be doing to a Tea Party member?
Amen to shooting union thugs on my lawn. (just to clarify)
Greet them with a load of buckshot. That should get their attention.
You kidding me? He's a Dem. He's not gonna blame the unions for this. Somehow he'll convince himself that Republicans drove the unions to this anger and then he'll forgive them for going after what seemed like the obvious target.
And you think SEIU Astrofurf protesters aren't sheep. Spare me the BS.
Maybe so but I guarantee no more union thugs would harass my family.
Um…what? They are SUPPORTING THE POLICIES OF THE PEOPLE THEY ARE ATTACKING. Dumbass.
It's only terrorism when the Tea party meets peacefully on a street. When the thugs do it, it's justified rebellion.
I wonder if LSM will show this? The more they do this, the more they are showing their true colors to our nation.
What amuses me, is that the SEIU is protesting K Street Lobbyists… while paying Millions a year to Lobbyists for themselves….
Hmmm… interesting thought… a Terrorist act, is an act performed to get someone to do somthing through fear… and Terrorist Acts (like in that silly school case where a kid drew a picture of him shooting a teacher) ARE Felonys. Does this "protest" rise to being a Terrorist Act?
As to them invading the Private Property…. one reason I would never live in DC, is their gun laws….
I just watched Tombstone on Bluray, but this time I imagined the red sashes were purple SEIU shirts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ynKoZD-sFi4
You first. I assume you're willing to lend your money to others with no expectation of a return on that investment? Have at it.
If you were living in Texas and this happened, you would be a hero.
Doesn't the SEIU owe B of A a huge payment on some multi-million dollar loan they took out to finance their voter fraud which got their "man" obama elected?
Could this be an attempt to intimidate B of A into forgiving said loan?
"Imagine what you would have done if your child were inside that house and that mob was on your front lawn as you tried to reach him" If the purple shirts were all around my house with my kid in it, I would let my Winchester make a path for me to get to my kid. Since obviously the cops were not there to do their job. This is crazy!!! They are using Nazi/Commi tactics from 1930s Germany.
I would have come to door with my loaded shotgun and told me to get off my property!
In Florida You would the right to start shooting. I'm glad I live in Florida. If you fear for your safety… shoot the aggressors.
Obama pays them to trawl the web with their drivel
And I don't think it's appropriate for you to assume we're either quiet or are sheep. We even tend to disagree with each other on quite an amount of issues (i doubt very many of the others here approve of my faith…or lack thereof). And we're so quiet that the media hates us. Hell, I, for one, have actually run for office. But I suppose that pales in comparison to invading someone's property and acting like a barbarian. Maybe, instead of running for office, I should have laid down in the road to block traffic or threw molotovs at cops.
These IDIOTS should be at the home of Franklin Raines.
Instead of buckshot, I would use rocksalt. It's non lethal and stings like a SOB.
I live in Alabama, we are can kill anyone who is a threat to you or your family in the front yard. We don't even have to drag them in the house anymore.
As a Fellow Texan – there would be five 8-round mags of .45ACP, 230 grain copper coated lead, filled wreathing people on the ground. Period. And I would have the LAW behind me.
There's pictures – EVERY SINGLE ONE needs to be IN JAIL.
It will get ugly folks. This is only the beginning. Wait till November and afterwards.
anyway our police would have hauled them all away, and then the case would have been dismissed because the unions have power and money connections, and again our law enforcement officers are spinning their wheels and made fools of. Welcome to the world of unions.
When unions started they were meant to represent workers to prevent workers from being taken advantage of by unscrupulous employers. Now they're mob bosses who dictate to our President. What's wrong with this picture?
here's some facts "Complicating this picture is the fact that BofA is the union's lender of choice — and SEIU, suffering financially, owes the bank nearly $4 million in interest and fees." seehttp://money.cnn.com/2010/05/19/news/companies/SE...
There needs to be some police captain and chiefs being called to court – TODAY.
Okay, idiot. Before you call others out,what the hell have *You* done to stop it? Did you attend a tea party to share your disdain of the lack of regard when they signed a bill that was never read? I'm bettting not.
These SEIU people are thugs and what they did was wrong. Freedom of Speech is one thing, but this was invasion of privacy and property.
Better idea. Why give them the publicity of arresting mobs of protestors.
This was not a spontaneous expression of free speech. SEIU and all these "community organizing" groups organized and paid for this. Arrest leaders for conspiracy to trespass and for exthortion. Possible RICO against the organization itself.
If not criminal court (like there is any change the Holdner DOJ would pursue this), Baer could have fun suing these sewer trout. Pity the case would probably end up in front of a Clinton appointed judge.
Well Jane Skinner won't show this travesty, Geraldo won't, Shepard Smith won't, Greta Van Susterin won't., and Shannon Breem won't.
The rest of Fox probably will.
SEIU – ACORN Thug, Shotgun, Some disassembly required.
They were bussed in in SCHOOL BUSES !!!!?????????
Eflat123456- Collecting interest is Haram (unlawful) in Sharia Finance, it is a sin. I would speculate that when "whatreallyhappened" rants daily on her hatred of Jews she would believe it is a sin to collect interest. We could be discussing an article on the eating habits of Eskimos and "whatreallyhappened" will blame the Jews.
End leftism. It always ends in genocide.
This is partly instigated by the "Freeze Dried Hippies" from the 60s, combined with the indoctrinated youth of today, combined with minorities and those from lower socio-economic groups who are the pawns of the Unions. Obama looks the other way too.
Colorado has a "make my day" law, meaning you can justifiably shoot someone entering your property that you perceive to be threatening you/your family.
He'd be acquitted.
I know for a fact that you have been instructed on the Biblical principle of 'usury', so I must conclude that you are still intent on blathering lies. You have nothing useful to add to this discussion, so for me you no longer exist.
And you admire them for their willingness to terrorize people, don't you?
Lefties love violence. Mass murderers are their heroes.
Lets hope not.
Impeach Obama, and disband Unions. They're in it together for the Power, Money, and Control.
They no longer represent the people. They are now a Terrorist club determined to Rule! Hyle!
solution…. flag down and ignore them!!! Do not respond no matter how tempted…it's exactly what the trolls want..
This has been a public service announcement…thank you for your time and cooperation!! lol
Not in Texas and not in my yard.
Looks like SEIU needs to be RICOd.
No doubt they, and the trolls, will assert that they were only engaged in non-violent civil disobediance. Since no real violence, it is OK. Civil disobediance may not require violence, but it does involve FORCE. They took this families property by walking on it just as surely as if they took it at gun point.
Obama's personal goon squad. What a great Commander And Thief ! Way to go Obama everything here points to you!
The cowards and misfits of the SEIU thugcrats would only do this in puxxyfied locations like Washington…where they know the police are terrified of them because the criminals are favored over the victims in court and media.
Hey, jerkwad SEIU anti-American communists…come on down to TEXAS and try this. We have a little thing called THE CASTLE LAW and we all have gun carry permits, are excellent sharpshoots, a closet full of long guns and a hundred boxes of ammo waiting to teach you about trespass and intimidation…especially when your thugs show up at somewhere on the LORDS DAY Sunday when no one but a teenager is at home….see, we teach our teenagers how and when to shoot in self defense too.
Come on down….we have some teaching ready for your teachable event…you cowards.
Police probably knew it was useless to fight the Almighty Unions who are holding hands with O'Marxist. DISBAND ALL UNIONS. That's the ONLY answer. Make them Illegal. Their original purpose has been MUTATED into oppressive DICTATORS.
Perhaps you should have explained farther. The basis for the global ponzi scheme is compounding interest. The government, in league with the banksters, as epitomized by the FED, are selling the lie that exponential growth is possible. The latest financial collapse is the end result of all such attempts. Simple interest, maybe, compounding interest- pyramid scheme.
It is ironic that BoA is being protested for their practices, by a group advocating the exact same unsustainable plans to run our government and be backed by taxpayer money. Virtually every major state employee pension plan is underfunded or about to go bankrupt, including SEIU, and they want to give anyone advice on how to run a business?
FYI BoA is one of the top five stock holders of Intercontinental Exchange, the proud new owners of the Chicago Climate Exchange. You'ld think the lefties would cut them a break.
These dweebs were assaulting one of their own. However, if the thugs come after one of us, we should NOT take their terroristic bait. As satisfying as it would be to shoot them in the ass, they are looking to incite violence and blame it on us.
The cops were afraid to make any arrests because it might incite them?? Say huh? This is outright trespass and all of them should have been for that alone let alone terrorizing a teenager inside the house!
Gave you a thumbs down. No reply justified.
They don't care. Their purpose is to INTIMIDATE and have absolute RULE. Where's Obama's voice? Hmmmm………
In-action is action Obama.
Some of us would have come with a tad bit heavier armament….
Nope, Skinner just showed it and was as appalled as we are.
Where were the cops? Aren't they supposed to protect private property? Aren't they……… oh yeah I forgot. They're in a union who's fat pension plans need bailed out also.
I wonder who told them to back off?
Our Government along with Unions are anti-American Marxists. They all need to be systematically FIRED!
Yea but rocksalt leaves one open to lawsuits. Go ahead and use buckshot to put them down for good.
Wrong. They're on your property and your well-being is being threatened. My Sig .40 would have been out rather quickly and they would have been given 30 seconds to get to the street.
hey union members…..this is why you are HATED by real Americans that Work for What they ARE PAID.
Your people have destroyed the manufacturing industry and economy of American….and now you are part of a group -of thugs that are going to get their hired biracial president-pretender to pave the way for the taxpayers to pay for your unfunded pensions and healthcare benefits that the Unions promised you, and lied to you while the execs were golfing and dining off of your union dues. You people are now the ENEMY OF TRUE AMERICANS…do not show up at my place, or I will help you lose your face.
Same here in FL. If they are trespassing and you are threatened: BOOM.
May I say, it's a lucky thing for the seiu thugs that the teenager didn't deside to defend himself against what he could have easily decided was to be a physical attack on him and his home. And can you just imagine the spin the Marxist media would have put on the young man's response, say, with a shotgun or a semi-automatic rifle or pistol.
Let these creeps try something like that in a right to carry state.
The police wouldnt dare use tear gas aganist the unions!!!
Or:
End stupidity. It is a sin against reason.
If you think your infantile mini-rant justifies the behavior of the SEIU goons, your in for rude shock when some of their victims decide to respond to thugs who want to "share their foreclosure stories" by sharing some bullets.
Cut off their MONEY SUPPLY.
Fire them all in any way possible. Go Tea Parties! You are the only thing left in America that is American .
A word to politicians. If you are not on the Tea Party side. You will not survive in the Big Picture.
I'd be out there with my AR10. 165grain .308 hollow-points would make them regret their actions. I doubt I'd be able to finish a 25-round magazine before my property would be clear. I'd reload just to be sure.
whine and hide…that is what got the USA where it is today…like the peaceniks…forget it Puxxy….we are locked and loaded for these punks. When you're broke with no job, your kids schools are propaganda merchants, and your leadership is corrupt and trying to destroy your nation….it is not the time for peaceful marches unless you intend to get met with dogs and firehoses….that was maybe OK for a few in the 1960s….but it is another world today.
They would never try that in a red state!
The police need to do their job. The unions are oversetpping their bounds and need to be punished.
It also allows commerce to function. Why punish those who manage to use debt wisely for the sake of the morons who can't?
I would believe that. Unions and Obama have the same mechanism of action- USE FORCE to achieve their goals of having 100% Power and Control!
- I say Cut off Money to all Unions. They've outlived their usefulness, and throw Team Obama out of "The Peoples House" as soon as possible.
I live here too and think the same way, however, these people are marching in the name of their greed and entitlements.
When you oppose them: They'll kill you. Any doubt?
Did they paint a RED/PURPLE Swastika on the Jews/Bankers Door?
Yavolt! Heil Obama! Heil Obama!
The communist are on the march now that they have support from the WH,I would love to see these traitors try this in the midwest,next they will be burning down churches if the communist message gets refused at the pulpit.
Had these thugs showed up on my doorstep, two things would have happened. First a phone call to 911 indicating that I believed my life to be in danger. Second, a hail of lead.
Dude, these SEIU thugs are nothing more than pawns in the government pushing its way with brute force, as you notice, no SEIU at Fannie/Freddie, AIG or other banks that caused the collapse. SEIU and other unions and groups behind this are just being used and their union bosses are using them as sheep. They arent acting on their own and going after the wrong people in the wrong way. Besides, SEIU has close ties in Washington to those who passed the bailout, does Obama ring a bell.
On top of that, it is against the law to do this action on private property. Its called trespassing. As for the officers and no arrest, the union thugs have the cops scared currently. It will be sad day if unions have their way over the American public.
Obama is a minion of the Unions, when unions say jump, Obama asks them how high !
I would have given them 1 minute and they pulled my 8 shot 12 guage without mercy. Enough of these fools!
I'm no pacifist, but I don't want to give them any reason to blame violence on us.
I know someone with lots of bullets who could have ended this type of problem. F-um up th ass!
I saw it…
The man does absolutely nothing that isn't planned out. Over and over again he pads the pockets of the so called "evil banks and corporations" one minute, then incites his blind deaf and dumb followers to go attack them the next.
The "evil banks and corporations" that just got paid off show some mock terror and then go buy another boat, giving Obama a big thumbs up while they float by on the way to the Bahamas.
The cycle works great for the lefties, banks, and big business, and they can keep their army of nitwits as long as the media doesn't bother to point it out.
Why weren't these people arrested? Going on private property and harassing a family like this is out of bounds, low class trash.
If you want to keep your house, pay your damn mortgage!
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