Teabaggers to Protest at Detroit Auto Show

[marmar]

from the Detroit Free Press:



Tea party movement plans auto show protest

BY JUSTIN HYDE
FREE PRESS WASHINGTON STAFF


The 2010 Detroit auto show will be getting a political visit from more than just the Democratic side of Washington, thanks to a protest organized by national Tea Party activists set for Monday.

The anti-tax group National Tax Day Tea Party has called on supporters from southeast Michigan to "make a peaceful yet clear statement against government takeover of America," namely the Obama administration's 61% stake in General Motors.

The group, which is planning a major rally in Washington for April 15, is part of a network of staunchly conservative opponents of President Obama and the Democratic Congress that have been gaining traction in recent months, especially over stimulus and health-care reform.

While conservatives have long protested the terms of the rescues given to GM, Chrysler and the UAW's retirees, they haven't produced nearly as much national ire as on the other topics, in part because the alternatives -- shutting both companies down and throwing hundreds of thousands of workers across the country out of a job -- were far more stark and immediate. .........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.freep.com/article/20100107/BLOG40/100107042/1320/Tea-party-movement-plans-auto-show-protest

[Brickbat]

1. FFS....they really hate everything, don't they?

What a bunch of wreckers.

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. Are you going?

Sounds like a great opportunity for the Billionaires :)

[NWHarkness]

3. Teabagger strategy

Go to Detroit and protest against keeping the auto industry alive.

Boy, I hope the GOP goes along with the teabaggers. Maybe they can go to Orlando next, and protest tourism.

[bluestateguy]

4. Disgusting

Protesting against your country in a time of war, when we have troops in the field.

[Teaser]

5. that'll teach 'em

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[blondeatlast]

6. Can Detroit provide enough Honey buckets on such short notice? nt

[StreetKnowledge]

7. I wonder if those idiots realize what would have happened if Washington hadn't bailed out GM.

It wouldn't exist right now, and a whole lot more people would be out of work.

Ignorant fools.

[blondeatlast]

9. Do you honestly think they care? I don't. But they have enough money to visit

and give grief to one of the vital organs of American industry.

[Cirque du So-What]

8. Don't these fools realize what they're doing or where they're doing it?

This is Detroit, where they'll be outnumbered at least 10-to-1 by UAW members. I hope they get an earful from the autoworkers, who won't hesitate to call out these unAmerican dickheimers.

[Brickbat]

15. Forget "earful." I hope they get their asses kicked.

We need a little more militancy, IMNSHO.

[Dulcinea]

29. They're even more stupid than I thought.

I hope they get pelted with snowballs. Hope there's plenty of snow up there!

[Tailormyst]

10. err WTF? These people are insane, or stupid and easily led.

[blondeatlast]

11. D) All of the above. nt

[Initech]

12. The teabaggers just don't have a clue, do they?

[DainBramaged]

13. And I bet nearly ALL of them own japanese cars

what a bunch of clowns. I wonder if we threatened to take away their Social Security and medicare that they'd reconsider????

[madrchsod]

14. really bad idea .....

do`t think the union membership will be pleased.

[gratuitous]

16. What's Monday's weather supposed to be like in Detroit?

I'd bet a shiny nickel that none of our tea-bagging friends is particularly anxious to go to Detroit anyway. Not enough people there who look like them, if you know what I mean (and you probably do).

[Bitwit1234]

17. Against government take over...what do they want

to run the country, the corporations. Guess so. They loved the bush administration.

[mstinamotorcity]

18. You say they are coming to Detroit

The link to the article states that they will be at the Renaissance center.That is not the venue where the auto show will be held.Permit or not there will be tight security on something like that. This is a union town,with union workers,and yes there are a lot of different faces walking around then the ones that they will be wearing.More than likely they will stay at the Hotel and do their protest from one of the conference/ballrooms that are available.But for those fools to think that they could bring that to the streets of Detroit.OK everybody you twisted my arm i am going downtown and see exactly what is going on,will try and get footage.This just might be interesting i can hardly wait. You know this will probably be a washout.Tea baggers in Detroit just don't seem real. Especially since the President issued a statement that he would not be attending.Will let you know how the trolls made out.

[mstinamotorcity]

22. Where they will be

is about two blocks east of the venue where the auto show will be held.Some one wanted to know their location.The auto show will be at a venue called Cobo Hall.The Rennasaince Center is where the G.M. Headquarters are.They are trying to have an indoor protest where only the news media will give them credibility for being at the G.M. Headquarters building.This center has more than the G.M. corporate headquarters there.There are different types of offices that reside in the center.this will also probably bring a disruption to them also.I hope they bring their A-Game,

[Blue_Tires]

23. I seriously doubt they would be let in the Ren center

when someone like Michael Moore gets halted by security before even reaching the front steps...

[ellie]

26. Yes.

How will they get into the Ren Center?

[mstinamotorcity]

27. Don't forget they can gain access through

hotels and shopping venues the centers are all connected so really they will only be on a sight seeing tour maybe they will dine at one of our many restaurants of shop at one of our quaint boutiques.but whatever they do i plan on being there to see and reporting back to DU as it is.And if they happen to get a black eye out of this i will report that too.If it looks as this is some type of joke i will report that also.

[Joanne98]

19. They have it backwards. It's the corporate takeover of government.

They'd know that if they weren't morans

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

20. Now we just need to get Fred Phelps to show up and protest the teabaggers.

GOD HATES TEABAGS.

[butterfly77]

21. Anybody else coming...

[LeftinOH]

24. If the administration had ignored GM and allowed it to collapse- they'd be bitching about that

also.. i.e: "Those socialists let a great American industrial icon fail and didn't do anything to help, because they hate big business and working people!"

[olegramps]

25. My cherished dream would be to see these bastards getting the shit kicked out of them.

I hope that the union people kick their lousy ass. It's time for the the REAL Democrats to take to the streets. I only wish I was younger. We knew how to take care of the management scabs when I was in the Teamsters. The Tea Baggers are nothing more than corporate scabs and the enemy of the working class. If you want to know how effective organized labor can be just review the Longshoreman's' success in winning fair labor settlements. The average Longshoreman makes over $120,000.00 a year. When 300 jobs opened up in California ports over 30,000 thousand people applied and the jobs were awarded by lottery. Workers can win only if they organize. This includes internationally. The ILA has been actively organizing dock workers in Europe. When shippers attempted to used South Carolina non-union docks to load their ships the Longshoremen in Spain refused to unload them and they quickly gave up trying to screw the workers. More and more international cooperation is being realized and shippers attempting to exploit workers is being met with refusals to unload their ships and refusals to truck their products from the docks by Teamsters. The way to defeat the global economy rip off artists is to take a page out of their book and organize internationally as has is being done in Europe, Japan and Korea.

[LibertyLover]

28. My dad was ILA and proud of it

He made a good living wage. My mom worked as a teacher and was part of the teachers' union (can't remember which one) and took part in picketing and strikes for better pay and working conditions that benefited both teachers and students. My husband was union when he worked for a grocery store chain and he too made a good salary, even if most of it went to his ex-wife for child support. There is no union for my job but there is an employees' association that actively works for us and our interests with management and as soon as I was eligible to join I did. I really think that in this economic climate workers need the help that unions give in order to make any progress at all.

[mstinamotorcity]

30. I haven't forgot will

let evey one know whats going on tomorrow