Safe enough for ya now, TJ?
We got an IVAW press release today announcing their intention to send two representatives to an Iraqi Labor Conference. It’s um, pretty funny;
Since the U.S. occupation began, Iraqi workers have been targeted in an attempt to suppress the population and control Iraq’s natural resources. Labor leaders have been killed, tortured and imprisoned; worker’s rights have been routinely violated; and union bank accounts have been frozen. In turn, Iraqi labor unions and workers have been among the leading non-sectarian forces defending Iraqi sovereignty and democracy.
Notice how they fail to mention who is doing the killing of these labor leaders. The implication, of course, is that either US troops or the Iraqi government is doing it. I’m not going to speculate about who they think is responsible – but it sounds like they lifted the whole line from a presser from the US labor unions about Colombia. You’d think they’d point fingers at who they they think is the culprit.
IVAW members Aaron Hughes and TJ Buonomo will represent IVAW as the only non-labor union participants at this historic conference. We have accepted this special invitation as an opportunity to powerfully show our support for the Iraqi people’s struggle for a democratic and sovereign Iraq, free of foreign domination. IVAW believes this can only be accomplished by ending the occupation and removing all foreign troops and bases, said Aaron Hughes, Iraq veteran and former Sergeant with the Illinois National Guard.
Oh, good, two clowns who’ve never held a job are going to a labor conference. Here’s Thomas J Buonomo’s profile at IVAW;
Buonomo’s story goes like this: He went to the Air Force Academy, got commissioned in the Army, went to intel school in Arizona and then got cold feet about being being deployed away from the lifestyle he’d grown accustomed to in the Air Force Academy.
In his profile he explains;
After examining statements made by numerous journalists and public officials with firsthand information on these matters, I came to the conclusion that the Iraq war was not only irresponsible but illegal and immoral….
Brilliant, huh? He read “numerous journalists” whom we all know are infallible experts on every subject in the world. And this snot-nosed green El-Tee swallowed their BS and used it as an excuse to avoid the service that he OWED the country because of the free education he received.
But I guess it’s safe enough now for TJ to venture over to Iraq – last time they sent Hughes and Millard. I guess Buonomo figures that they made it back in one piece he can stick his cowardly nose in where it doesn’t belong.
The trip is being funded by USLAW (US Labor Against the War) an affiliate of United For Peace and Justice.
Category: Antiwar crowd, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Liberals suck, Phony soldiers, Usual Suspects
Sounds like the Louie was disenchanted after getting turned down for flight duty due to poor vision, lack of testicles.
Buonomo is from Rochester. He used to be president of the IVAW chapter here, until he moved down to Philadelphia. He posted on my blog last year on an article that Colonel Riley wrote about Eagles Muster last year:
“Dissenting Patriot’s” comment on A Message from Colonel Riley
Colonel Riley wrote back and gave him a good ass chewing! 😆
Hey!
My name is Irina, and I am helping my friend with the website AFaithfulSoldier.com:
http://www.afaithfulsoldier.com
The site just went up, honoring everyone in the US military all around the world. The site sells several items, of which 15% of all proceeds goes to charity (Soldier’s Angels) which helps injured soldiers or families of those that lost their lives in the military. Soldier’s Angels will be issuing a national press release for AFaithfulSoldier, so that will be great, but we need all the help we can get! The dog tags could be personalized with either your name or someone you know in the military and would make great gifts with great respect. I’m going out on a limb here, but I’m hoping you can perhaps add a link or make a minor mention somewhere in your blog about my friend’s site. I think it’s a great idea and trying to help where I can. If you would be so kind as to link to her site, your link will also be added to the link directory. As you know, reciprocal linking benefits both of us by raising our search rankings and generating more traffic to both of our sites.
It would be greatly appreciated, and if not, I can understand 😉 Or, if you have other ideas on how we can work together, please let me know! If you can make a post on your site about the site, we’d be happy to send you a sample to review!
If you do decide to post the link, let me know the URL of the page that it’s on, and I will make sure that your link gets posted as well!
Thank you very much,
Irina
That turd needs to get a job and pay us back for putting him through college.
Wait, maybe he’s perfect for Labor. He doesn’t do anything, takes our money to go to school, and then uses that knowledge to be an asshole. Actually, he’s perfect for leader of the SEIU who managed to piss me off this morning protesting outside my window….
Irina-
Website is very well done, hope you guys do well….
Big fan of the Soldier’s Angels.
There’s a Braxton on the USLAW steering committee and there’s a Braxton on the IVAW payroll.
Go figure.
A person who never served in Iraq, nor had a job is going to Iraq to talk about jobs.
I seriously can’t get over that. Of all the turds in IVAW, this guy bugs me the most, because I had to fund this assholes education. And worse, I know some very fine people who went to AFA, and they have to deal with a shitdick like him making them all look bad. I’m just REALLY glad he’s not a Citadel graduate, or you’d be talking me in off the ledge.
After talking to “journalists and public figures”, does that mean Jawn Karry and the asshats who sat here in the states and didn’t venture out of their offices? Man, this guy is so clueless, it appears that the money spent on his “education” was totally wasted.
I want my money back!!!
Um, can someone enlighten me as to WHAT ‘union’ is in Iraq? I don’t recall running into any ‘labor unions’ there- sounds to me that its more likely they are going to START unions- not ‘help’ any.
Since when did Saddam allow unions back in the day? Take a look at this link:
http://upsidedownworld.org/iraqiunions.htm
Seems to me the only people ‘subjugating’ are the ‘unions’ themselves…
Wolf
The US military and it’s puppets have killed, tortured and imprisoned labor leaders.
Proof?
Minor detail:
Thomas J Buonomo’s story:
He went to USAFA (United States Air Force Academey) and was commissioned into the ARMY?
I’m pretty sure that 90%+ of the cadets at USAFA are commissioned into the Air Force…
Why was he commissioned into the Army? specially since hes pulling this BS?
I’m not criticising, but its a detail non the less, other wise this is a good informitive articel. keep up the good work!
To Osan: members of the service academies can cross-commission but the number of those approved each year are very few. It is usually less than 10 per academy each year and there has to be a 1 for 1 swap with the gaining/losing service. They usually only consider the top cadets/midshipmen for a tranfer and typically there is some sort of family legacy to consider as well.