Will Blackwater be the new Pinkerton Detective Agency?

[brentspeak]

With unions standing up for themselves in Chicago - and likely to inspire other workers nationwide - can we expect former Iraq-based Blackwater goons to be union-busting stateside?

[TahitiNut]

1. Expecting a new Battle of the Overpass?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle_of_the_Overpass



http://apps.detnews.com/apps/history/index.php?id=172&CFID=22135133&CFTOKEN=90248194

[brentspeak]

5. I can see something like that happening these days

But with even greater bloodshed, unfortunately.

[grasswire]

2. what about Wackenhut?

I saw yesterday that the transit security for Portland is riding around in vehicles that say "Wackenhut" on the logo.

This is going to bite us all.

[brentspeak]

6. I wasn't familiar with Wackenhut until just now

Looked them up on Wikipedia; they seem just like Blackwater: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wackenhut

[grasswire]

8. yep -- they've been around longer

scary, scary.

[aquart]

3. No need. We'd call Molly Maguires terrorists now.

And send in Homeland Security.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

4. Taft-Hartley.

[ColbertWatcher]

7. Interesting observation. k+r, n/t

[brentspeak]

9. s/k

:kick:

[Hubert Flottz]

10. Baldwin Felts

Same shit different assholes...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldwin-Felts