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Michigan state rep on right-to-work law: “There will be blood”
“There will be blood,” State Representative Douglas Geiss threatened from the floor of the Michigan House of Representatives today as the body debated legislation that would make Michigan the nation’s 24th right to work state.
“I really wish we had not gone here,” Geiss continued. “It is the leadership in this house that has led us here. The same leadership that tried to throw a bomb right on election day, leading to a member switching parties, and came in at the 11th hour with a gotcha bill. For that, I do not see solace, I do not see peace.”
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Hopefully it will be his & his cronies.
Blake on December 11, 2012 at 11:42 AM
That kind of garbage needs to be called out by the GOP. It’s outrageous. If they can criticize Palin for targets on a map, we should certainly call them out for ridiculous threats like that.
changer1701 on December 11, 2012 at 11:43 AM
Civility.
New tone.
Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.
thebrokenrattle on December 11, 2012 at 11:43 AM
“Leadership”.
22044 on December 11, 2012 at 11:45 AM
Okay. Your move a$$hole.
VegasRick on December 11, 2012 at 11:46 AM
Yes. Put the thugs and union goons out of business once and for all.
petefrt on December 11, 2012 at 11:46 AM
I drink your milkshake!
Fallon on December 11, 2012 at 11:48 AM
Promises promises
Just be aware that when the violence starts I’m coming…and hell’s coming with me.
HotAirian on December 11, 2012 at 11:48 AM
And they wonder why people are quickly arming themselves.
Galt2009 on December 11, 2012 at 11:49 AM
Who switched parties? Which way? He seems upset.
Cindy Munford on December 11, 2012 at 11:54 AM
Alternative headline:
Resist We Much on December 11, 2012 at 11:54 AM
So someone is threatening violence because a group is no longer allowed to force people to pay them a protection fee?
Wow.
Back in the day that was called extortion and RICO was enacted to help stop it.
Only in a liberal’s warped mind is this type of behavior okay.
ButterflyDragon on December 11, 2012 at 11:56 AM
Folks, this bill being considered does not even impact collective bargaining. All it does is remove the forced garnishment of wages for union dues and make it voluntary. It’s all about union bosses’ pocketbooks, NOT worker’s unionization rights. It IS about worker FREEDOM.
michaelo on December 11, 2012 at 11:58 AM
I like how he couches it, those evil Republicans forced him to the point where he can not contain himself. He’s probably just mad because he’ll have to go out and do his own fundraising now.
Night Owl on December 11, 2012 at 11:58 AM
This Is What Thuggery Looks Like.
ConservativeLA on December 11, 2012 at 12:00 PM
I just posted this on another one of the MI threads. I had forgotten that I had it. If you want to see yet another example of Democrats reaching the heights of rank hypocrisy, this is it:
h/t Neal Boortz.
Resist We Much on December 11, 2012 at 12:02 PM
Heh, I’d love to see Douglas Geiss’ meager brains splattered onto something very hard. Now, that w/b very schadenfreudig to watch.
How do such fools make it into such positions? Oh, wait, he wants “blood”.
Schadenfreude on December 11, 2012 at 12:02 PM
RWM, indeed – the leftist terrorist creeps never consider the freedom to vote the other way.
May they all spontaneously combust from tyranny.
Schadenfreude on December 11, 2012 at 12:05 PM
Well…OK. The deer season is over up here in the UP. Not much snow yet. Ice is pretty thin. Not much to do, so-o-o-o…
BRING. IT. ON.
Yoop on December 11, 2012 at 12:09 PM
Yeah, all those unemployed folks should FIGHT for their RIGHT to unionize!
How on earth can you oppose a “right to work” law? I mean, who objects to the idea that people should be allowed to work? The GOP should be able to win this argument.
hawksruleva on December 11, 2012 at 12:10 PM
So naturally, Dems oppose it. Democrats, like their cousins in Socialism, talk about “the rights of the worker” but really are only concerned with the power and wealth congregated in the hands of union and government leaders.
hawksruleva on December 11, 2012 at 12:12 PM
Atlas Shrugged was meant to be a cautionary tale, not an instruction guide.
Democraps apparently are using it as an instruction guide.
UltimateBob on December 11, 2012 at 12:14 PM
Well if it was an argument based on truth, yes, they would win it.
But it’s not based on truth. Obama blatantly lied yesterday when he said the law would take away bargaining rights. It does no such thing.
Did the media call him out on that lie? LOL Not hardly. They went along with it.
The law doesn’t change bargaining abilities whatsoever.
ButterflyDragon on December 11, 2012 at 12:15 PM
Next mass-shooter can now be blamed on the Left now. Atmosphere of hate and violence.
DeathtotheSwiss on December 11, 2012 at 12:16 PM
It’s already starting. On Twitchy.com
Night Owl on December 11, 2012 at 12:17 PM
More:
Night Owl on December 11, 2012 at 12:19 PM
Using force to further their agenda reminds one of a previous Socialist Workers Party.
Galt2009 on December 11, 2012 at 12:20 PM
Just a little thing I’ve been noticing is that the lefty site I check a lot, HuffPo, is hardly covering this RTW vote at all. It’s strange, especially after all the Scott Walker=Hitler coverage we’ve seen this year.
But once again a Democrat will get away with New Tone(tm) behavior a Repub would never be excused for.
juliesa on December 11, 2012 at 12:21 PM
This is bloody hilarious.
Schadenfreude on December 11, 2012 at 12:22 PM
That would be a win-win for the worker’s party that wants to safeguard you by taking away your guns.
Galt2009 on December 11, 2012 at 12:24 PM
Galt2009 on December 11, 2012 at 12:29 PM
Galt2009 on December 11, 2012 at 12:41 PM
What a disgusting little worm this guy Geis is for blaming his violent threat on the Republicans.
juliesa on December 11, 2012 at 12:42 PM
Surely, you jest! When it comes to the actions of The Left, The Right “made them do it!”
According to RFK, Jr, who was really responsible for JFK’s a.s.s.a.s.sination?
A. Lee Harvey Oswald
B. The Right and their “toxic vitriol”
Answer: B…even though A, who was a well-known Communist who had once defected to the Soviet Union, had attempted to a.s.s.a.s.sinate Gerneral Edwin Walker, an actual real-life member of the John Birch Society and charter member of the Conspiracy Theorists of America.
Make sure to read the comments. Some of the posters actually remember where they were when the “extreme right-wing killed Kennedy.”
Who or what was responsible for the massacre in Tuscon?
A. Jared Loughner
B. A plus his parents, the police, his school, and society for failing to address his paranoid schizophrenia.
C. A + B plus The Left for demanding that the mentally ill have more rights than the community, at large, demanding that mental illness, in some cases, be looked at in terms of being a “lifestyle choice that can further creativity.”
D. A gun and the NRA.
E. Sarah Palin, the Tea Party and “extreme speech”
Answer – in order of most to least responsible: E, D, B, A, C.
Who or what was responsible for the massacre at the movie theater in Aurora, Colorado, during the Batman movie?
A. James Holmes
B. Guns and the NRA
C. Some mixture of both A & B, but with B definitely being more responsible than A.
D. A movie.
Answer: C, although the MSM would LOVE to just go with straight B.
Who or what was responsible for the attack on the consulate in Benghazi?
A. Al-Qaeda-related terrorist groups
B. Islamism
C. The United States and its history of oppression, colonialism, and imperialism
D. A movie.
Answer, from most to least responsible: A movie, the US, AQ, Islamism.
Luv, being a Progressive means NEVER having to say you’re sorry or wrong.
In the 1950s, Premier Nikita Khrushchev admitted Stalin’s atrocities…and he would have known!
Where does the Far Left come down on Stalin? Khrushchev was lying…(and the Soviet Union never really invade Poland with Hitler).
Resist We Much on December 11, 2012 at 12:43 PM
F. Targets on a congressional map
Answer – in order of most to least responsible: E, F, D, B, A, C.
Resist We Much on December 11, 2012 at 12:45 PM
Everybody be careful out there:
Night Owl on December 11, 2012 at 12:56 PM