Statement from IUPAT about Parlock incident...

[SidDithers]

http://www.ibpat.org/news/WVa.html

The International Union of Painters and Allied Trades believes in the fundamental right for civil discourse, freedom of speech and activism to support our candidates and issues.

What happened in Huntington, West Virginia yesterday is an affront to everything we, as a union, pride ourselves to represent. We extend our apologies to the Parlock family, especially Sophia, for the distress one of our overzealous members caused them.

I have personally taken steps to address this issue internally, and will take immediate disciplinary action to the full extent allowed under U.S. Department of Labor regulations and the constitution of the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades.

It is my hope that this incident reminds all of our members that every last citizen in this country has the right to express his or herself freely. Not one single one of us has the right to tell them otherwise.

General President James A. Williams
The International Union of Painters and Allied Trades


Betcha they're trying hard to identify the guy in the union shirt. Hope they reach the same conclusion we did.

Sid

[MsTryska]

let's give them a helping hand, huh?

if we've got an email address, let's forward the thread with the family album on it, and save them a wee bit of trouble.

[Kathy in Cambridge]

2. I spoke to the union and am emailing them the links

[wicket]

4. Awesome!!!

:yourock: :)

(P.S. love the new kitty pics :) )

[Kathy in Cambridge]

6. Thanks-I literally have dozens of cute kitty pics

I will be changing them regularly! :D

[wicket]

20. I take tons of pictures of my cats

They are my babies :) Still blown away by how much our black and white cats look alike :)



And here's my tiger:

[MsTryska]

11. Nice Work! (nt)

[AlCzervik]

16. I just got off the phone with the Union

they said a statement will be issued soon and they got all the info reom all of you i'm guessing, i asked if they he knew he worked with the boy scouts and they were very surprised, They are all fired up! Good work!!!!!

[yardwork]

22. Thank you, everyone!

This defaming of the union really bothers me.

[AlCzervik]

24. My Grandfather that passed away in Febuary was a plumber for 40 years

Had his own business and it was a union shop. At his service the president of the plumbers union was there and spoke.

[SidDithers]

27. I agree, yardwork....

It's one of the reasons I wanted to check if the union had made a statement about the incident.

A union which feels wrongly accused would be a powerful ally for Dems in a swing state. (WVa is a swing state, isn't it?)

Sid

[wicket]

38. they are planning on releasing another statement?

[AlCzervik]

39. thats what they said, the first one was issued before they knew

what really happened.

[VOX]

17. A great big thank you, RationalRose!

:hug:

[yardwork]

21. Thank you, Rose

[Sparkly]

3. Contact info

Contact Our Offices
Phone: [phone]
Email: (TBD)
Address: 1750 New York Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20006

Is TBD "to be determined?"

[DemBones DemBones]

41. Remember that it may not be his son

in the union tee shirt. We shouldn't claim that it is his son. It's enough to show that he has this misfortune during every presidential campaign!

[wryter2000]

1. I hope they investigate

When they can't find that guy in their membership, it'll clinch the case that Parlock staged the whole thing.

[Maddy McCall]

5. HERE IS JAMES A WILLIAMS' EMAIL ADDY:

[e-mail]

[Sparkly]

8. Thank yew!

:)

[Walt Starr]

7. Here's an email address

[e-mail]

[cmayer]

9. This is the "third" time this has happened to him.

From the Rising Hegemon blog:

http://rising-hegemon.blogspot.com/2004/09/bogus-assault-father-freeper-of-year.html

Apparently he gets "attacked" every presidential election year. The guy in the photo is apparently the guy's son.

[HootieMcBoob]

10. Let's let him know what really happened

General President
James A. Williams
Send e-mail now!
[e-mail]

http://www.ibpat.org/about/contact.html

[xray s]

12. sniff...sniff...I smell a lawsuit in the air!

If it can be shown that this Parlock guy was trying to deliberately defame the IUPAT with this stunt, it may end up costing him some money

[Sparkly]

13. And another email addy

[e-mail]

[Name removed]

14. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[jean]

15. NAACP? What a crock.

[BootinUp]

23. He's a sly one evidently

must maintain appearances you know. :puke:

[Sparkly]

25. Right, I see that as "cover."

As in, "Sure, I may look like a rightwing radical Bible-thumping birth-control-shunning gay-hating wacko, but I'm no racist."

[ClassWarrior]

29. Also, an opportunity to infiltrate and undermine...

[Sparkly]

33. That does seem to be his MO!!

You definitely have a point, CW!!

[Maddy McCall]

18. Paternalist, if anything...

And paternalism is racism.

[VOX]

34. BAD POST! DON'T BLOW IT FOR DU!!! DO NOT PHONE THIS GUY!

This is the very kind of thing that Parlock and his ilk live for!!!

I was one of the first to work on the Parlock story -- it is rapidly being dealt with in the media, and I don't want to see my efforts, and those of many other good DUers, go to waste. We want to do this right and through proper channels -- this kind of thoughtless post simply puts DU in harm's way.

Mods -- please pull this post!!!

[ClassWarrior]

19. kick

:kick:

[Lex]

26. LOCAL MEDIA in Huntington, West Virginia. Newspapers? TV stations?

That might help get the story out too, since Parlock has LOST 4 school board elections.

[LTR]

28. Media links

Direct links for the newsrooms:

WVAH-11 [e-mail]
WCHS-8 [e-mail]
WSAZ-3 [e-mail]
WOWK-13 [e-mail]

State newspapers:

http://newslink.org/cgi/find.cgi?3=&2=uswv&1=news

[trogdor]

31. I wonder why.

Probably tried to foist creationism or some similar junk science on the school district.

[democrat_patriot]

35. I read that too. Here's his real estate info:

http://www.callmcguire.com/associates/agent-pp.shtml

[NewYorkerfromMass]

30. It would so easy to ID the guy

IF he were a member.

[Bozita]

32. Sounds like Parlock is gonna be having some bad days

Real bad.

[Ganja Ninja]

36. Yup! He'll be dealing with the police for that shooting stunt.

:toast:

[Clinton Crusader]

37. EXCEPT if you support

John Kerry.

If you're a grieving mother, you're whisked away in handcuffs, with no Miranda right being read or being told what you're being arrested for.

Or

If you voice your disagreement with the boy king in PUBLIC (GASP!), then you have people in the crowd, hit you with signs, yank you hair backwards, put their hands over your mouth, get you in a headlock, pull your arms behind your back, drag you out of the event, and sometimes handcuff you and drag you off to points unknown.

Welcome to the Kremlin!
:kick:

[LTR]

40. **UNION UPDATE**

According to a comment on Atrios' site, the union will probably issue a statement soon.

http://www.haloscan.com/comments.php?user=atrios&comment=109544370408826124

I called the Union and let them know that the "union thug" was in fact the protestor's son. They are considering issuing a statement and bitchboy drudge has taken down all references to the "incident"

Mother fuckers.

Jack

[in_cog_ni_to]

42. The Union should tell Parlock

they the the Union worker (the son) arrested and prosecuted. :7 Call the guys bluff.