On FTL last night Sam, Ian, & Mark speculated about who paid for the buses full of paid astroturfers at Lord Obama's rally.
As it turns out, the answer is well-known: it's SEIU, the Service Employees International Union. They're the ones making the signs, the purple "Health Care Voter" T-Shirts, and in many cases paying hundreds of dollars a week to "support President Obama"
http://www.seiu.orgIn my video, you can see the guy with the purple "Health Care Voter" bag & sunglasses organizing, unloading, and directing the astroturfers as they come off the bus:
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At 0:56 into this video shot by another FSP activist, that man is identified as "Israel Pierre, SEIU local 509, Mass."
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Here is the website for SEIU 509
Mr. Pierre graduated from East New York "High School of Transit Technology", Brooklyn, NY (Class of 1998)
Here is Israel's facebook page, and
here is his MySpace.
Here is Israel's SEIU 509 page, where he brags about how much time he spends in New Hampshire!
Here is the CorporationWiki that links him to "True Democracy Project, Inc.", which is registered in Florida!
Incorporated by Beatrice Pierre, Israel Pierre, Normil Lorvius, Pierre H Simon, Wisler Jacquecin, True Democracy Project, Inc. is located at 598 Coral Way Delray Beach, FL 33445. True Democracy Project, Inc. was incorporated on Thursday, September 29, 2005 in the State of FL and is currently not active. Wisler Jacquecin represents True Democracy Project, Inc. as their registered agent.
Here is a website where you can see the various other corporate entities intimately involved with True Democracy Project, Inc.
I guess that's "True Democracy" -- corporations in bed together with Government.
Nice folks.