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RedSox02 Donating Member (804 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 01:37 PM
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Construction workers obstruct building of Abortion Clinic
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=34748

A bunch of building contractors in Austin Texas have joined together to try and make it nearly impossible for a Planned Parenthood Clinic to be built in the city. Check out the quote below.

"We're going to do everything we can to stop it, slow it down and make it more expensive," said Chris Danze, an Austin concrete contractor, according to the AP.

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jonnyblitz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 01:40 PM
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1. If men could get pregnant there would be a clinic on every corner.
assholes.
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 01:40 PM
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Iris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 01:43 PM
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11. If it's a business address,
that's public information.
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mkregel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 01:43 PM
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12. In fact let's play their game
Fill up the message machine with tons of angry messages and keep all of his business from getting to him.

I think he'll get the point!
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NashVegas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 01:52 PM
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19. Oh man, that's so Freeper
Do you really want to start that bullshit?

Take it to the local paper.
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mkregel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 01:58 PM
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25. Hey...we've played fair for how many years now?
And where has it got us - Republican President, Republican Congress, Republican Supreme Court.

They play dirty - - if we expect to survive we have to throw rocks back.

Now nothinig I'm suggesting is illegal - we have a right to call that number and leave long, meandering messages that DO NOT threaten them (this is where we differ from the Freepers)
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NewYorkerfromMass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 01:40 PM
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3. Fine. Then don't use concrete
This is one architect who'd be happy to help them deal with this.
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bushisanidiot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 01:40 PM
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4. Amazing How These "Moran" Mullet Boys Think They Are
above the law. The idiot gave his name to the AP? HAHAHAHA!!
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htuttle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 01:42 PM
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9. That's going to be one juicy quote for the eventual torte lawyer
"We're going to do everything we can to stop it, slow it down and make it more expensive," said Chris Danze, an Austin concrete contractor, according to the AP.
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RobertSeattle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 01:46 PM
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16. Good catch
Also makes you wonder "what other" things they've done in the past.

Substandard concrete delivered to lower class neighborhoods?

Collusion on contract bids?
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el_gato Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 01:41 PM
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5. All Talk

this is pure bullshit considering the fact that most
of these contractors care about only one thing MONEY.
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damnraddem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 02:23 PM
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27. A $6.2 million building, in a depressed economy, ...
and these contractors think that someone won't get it built!
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VelmaD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 01:42 PM
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6. I am SO ashamed...
of my adopted hometown. I take for granted sometimes that Austin is the "liberal haven" in Texas and then shit like this happens. Grrrr... :mad:

Darth Velma
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boilertommy Donating Member (32 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 01:42 PM
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7. There's a difference
Construction WORKERS and contractors ain't the same thing, one is the employee and the other is the employer. This action is by the employers. By the way, most construction in Texas is non-union, these sons of bitches in question no doubt hate unions much more than they hate abortions.
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Iris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 01:42 PM
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8. Yet, they have no problem
creating urban sprawl, destroying the environment and communities, contributing to the fattening of America and just overall creating an environment where support systems for unplanned preganancies (such as extened family assistance) are all but extinct.

Self-rightous pigs.

Reminds me of the doctor in my home town who has had numerous affairs but feels like he is justified in labeling homosexuals as sinners.
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RobertSeattle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 01:43 PM
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10. Perhaps the Laura "Elite" Ingraham will write a book
"Shut up and Build"

The politicization of the building industry - oh brother.
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Walt Starr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 01:43 PM
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13. RICO
They are violating RICO and should be prosecuted.
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Iris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 01:45 PM
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15. Can you tell us more about RICO?
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NewYorkerfromMass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 01:55 PM
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21. One concrete firm can't pressure another to NOT take the job
that's known as racketeering, and is prosecutable.
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Iris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 02:27 PM
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28. ah! That makes things interesting!
Thanks for the explanation!
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Mairead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 01:50 PM
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I disagree -- RICO is a 2-edged sword
Edited on Wed Sep-24-03 01:53 PM by Mairead
and has been used against us.

What they can be done for, I bet, is a tort such as intentional interference with a business relationship.
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Bluzmann57 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 01:44 PM
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14. So basically these people are Un-American
I have done some contracting in the past, and we bid on a great number of jobs. Some we got, others we didn't. If these contractors don't want to submit a bid on this structure, they don't have to. But it is Un-American to prevent others from making a living. If I were still in the business, I'd very seriously consider bidding on that job, although we were a small operation. It will create jobs for construction workers. So i reiterate, these contractors must be Un-American if they want to deny people a chance to make some money and feed their families.
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Supply Side Jesus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 01:48 PM
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17. Grandstanding


Danze, chairman of the Austin Area Pro-Life Concrete Contractors and Suppliers Association, said every concrete supplier within 60 miles of Austin is on board with the boycott.

A pro-life concrete supply association? :dunce: I seriously doubt every concrete supplier will pass up a sale like this, especially since construction has stalled. Fuckin drama queens.
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Iris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 01:53 PM
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20. Welcome to DU, Supply Side Jesus!
I love your name and your cartoon!
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Supply Side Jesus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 01:57 PM
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24. Thanks!!
So sayeth me! :D
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mkregel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 01:55 PM
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22. Tried to find the Austin Area Pro-Life Concrete Contractors and Suppliers
Number but couldnt.

No website either.
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davidinalameda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 01:50 PM
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18. is this legal
sounds like restraint of trade and discrimination

sounds like a nice juicy lawsuit against these bozos
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GainesT1958 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 01:56 PM
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23. Somebody needs to walk up to these guys with the cameras rolling...
And ask them, "How does it feel to be on the same side of the fence as Eric Rudolph?" x(

They ought to fire that first question straight at Danze, too! :mad:

B-)
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damnraddem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-24-03 02:21 PM
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26. Ooh, restraint of trade.
Get ready for the lawsuits! I hope Planned Parenthood can get a bundle out of these idiots.
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