Comments on: Hoffa: ‘They Declared War on Us’

By: P.J.

P.J. — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 13:13:32 +0000

LET US NEVER FORGET 9-11. GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!!

By: tmferretti

tmferretti — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 18:14:05 +0000

Mr. Hoffa represents the rank and file of the union. Are you republicans so naive that you think companies will never take advantage of their employees? The union is the only voice that working people have, certainly not the government who is bought and paid for by corporate donors and lobbyists.

Look at out-sourcing, the workers that are left have to work longer hours for less pay fixing the mistakes of our foreign brothers. Corporations are not in business to hire people, in fact the less workers they need the better. The union is the employee’s voice.

You enjoy the benefits that organized labor fought for, 40 hour work week, paid holidays, safety rule, etc, etc. Maybe it’s just a symptom of this “me generation” that doesn’t appreciate what those that went before them accomplished.

By: Lydia

Lydia — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:44:20 +0000

I am ashamed to see that Ann Compton or her editor have stooped to this kind of sensationalism. Listen to Hoffa’s speech on youtube, he very clearly and repeatedly said voting was how they would defeat the far-right candidates. Encouraging voting is not encouraging violence.
This story should have been about how Fox news distorted what the speech was about by taking quotes out of context. I would have expected ABC news to have enough journalistic integrity to do that.
Lately, more and more stories on ABC skirt the truth in an effort to sensationalize. There was a story about a young mom who gives her child coffee (4 oz. twice a day) to treat his ADHD. The story contained warnings about side effects of high doses of caffeine (irrelevant to this story with the child’s low dosage) but nothing about the many and dangerous side effects of Ritalin, commonly prescribed for children with ADHD. Why this disconnect from responsible journalism, ABC?

By: Kimberly

Kimberly — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:26:02 +0000

“Mr. Hoffa, nobody declared war on working people…”

Oh, right… unless they work as teachers or in the public sector.

Meanwhile unions are not made up of “greedy, gangster type mobsters”, they’re made up of teachers, police officers, firefighters, plumbers, electricians, coal miners, writers (yep! there’s a guild), athletes, et cetera…. all kinds of workers.

By: P.J.

P.J. — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 14:00:40 +0000

It is funny how the liberal media doesn’t report on Obama and Hoffa..does that seem odd to you..or is that Parr for the course???

By: Freedom

Freedom — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 13:47:55 +0000

He talks like there are no other workers but union workers….the Tea Party is not made up of corporations, it is made up of working people that want the government to be accountable. This just shows what the unions have turned into, greedy, gangster type mobsters.

By: Lyn

Lyn — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 13:34:34 +0000

My first reaction to Mr. Hoffa’s ranting was that he needed to resume his lithium or whatever medicine he’d quit taking. But it isn’t self-control that he lacks. Instead, he lacks reason.

I hope Mr. Hoffa keeps talking and keeps being loud. Moderate and conservative Americans need to know what they’re up against. Mr. Hoffa and his supporters epitomize what is wrong with organized labor and with Chicago and Detroit liberal politics. Just keep putting a microphone in front of Mr. Hoffa and keep videotaping his rallies. Let everyone see and hear his contempt for his fellow Americans.

By: CommonSenseParty

CommonSenseParty — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 12:59:34 +0000

Hoffa’s a fool with power over the biggest pyramid scheme known to man, the union. We have laws that protetc workers. I also find it comical that he seems to think the only workers in the US are union. Unions protect the substandard worker more than they help the decent worker.

By: billy bob

billy bob — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 12:50:48 +0000

Join a Union and you’ll see what a “real job” is like.

Posted by: GogglyGogol —Give me a break.

By: hkdakota

hkdakota — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 11:22:45 +0000

Fox played the speech in it’s entirety, talking points don’t work when people are informed. I work in a union shop only because I must join, you call that freedom.