Hundreds of executions in Texas — Republican crowd cheers.
An uninsured person in a coma — Republican crowd shouts “Let him die!”
And now, labor leaders murdered in Colombia — Republicans say “A good start…”
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See the comments under an article at The Hill about how many labor leaders have been killed in Colombia — 15 since the US signed on to a treaty: AFL-CIO President Trumka sends list of killed Colombian labor leaders to Obama – TheHill.com
Republicans are swarming the comments. Example:
What do you call a list of 22 dead labor leaders?
A good start…
BY TEA PARTY PATRIOT?on 09/26/2011 at 15:35
And trust me, it isn't just this one comment over there… go see before they take it down. (Never mind you can see some of them preserved here: https://yfrog.com/nxx0rp and here https://yfrog.com/kgf13jp
so Columbia is doing a good job of getting rid of vermin why is this cause for concern?
BY HOLYMAN on 09/26/2011 at 15:35
Another:
I wonder if those killing the labor slugs in Colombia can outsource that work here.
BY CANUCK on 09/26/2011 at 19:00
Another:
Could we get them to do it here? There are more than enough union thug bosses already.
BY DAVID on 09/27/2011 at 10:52