http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/NAWER/12520 Outsourcing the Picket Line Carpenters Union Hires Homeless to Stage Protests By Keith L. Alexander Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, July 24, 2007; Page A01 The picketers marching in a circle in front of a downtown Washington office building chanting about low wages do not seem fully focused on their message. Many have arrived with large suitcases or bags holding their belongings, which they keep in sight. Several are smoking cigarettes. One works a crossword puzzle. Another bangs a tambourine, while several drum on large white buckets. Some of the men walking the line call out to passing women, &quot;Hey, baby.&quot; A few picketers gyrate and dance while chanting: &quot;What do we want? Fair wages. When do we want them? Now.&quot; &nbsp; Audio Gallery Hired Feet At carpenters union protests around the District, many of the picketers aren't union members: they're homeless people paid by the hour. *Some of those pictured may not be homeless. Outsourcing the Picket Line Carpenters Union Hires Homeless to Stage Protests By Keith L. Alexander Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, July 24, 2007; Page A01 The picketers marching in a circle in front of a downtown Washington office building chanting about low wages do not seem fully focused on their message. Many have arrived with large suitcases or bags holding their belongings, which they keep in sight. Several are smoking cigarettes. One works a crossword puzzle. Another bangs a tambourine, while several drum on large white buckets. Some of the men walking the line call out to passing women, &quot;Hey, baby.&quot; A few picketers gyrate and dance while chanting: &quot;What do we want? Fair wages. When do we want them? Now.&quot; &nbsp; Audio Gallery Hired Feet At carpenters union protests around the District, many of the picketers aren't union members: they're homeless people paid by the hour. *Some of those pictured may not be homeless. en-us Fri, 27 Jul 2007 11:24:48 PDT <p>Your first source seem to indicate that the RNC had no knowledge of the outsourcing.&nbsp; As a matter of fact it was the RNC who first took action against the company.</p> <p>Your second source is just as fuzzy.</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/NAWER/12520/#c_122016 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/NAWER/12520/#c_122016 <p>Your first source seem to indicate that the RNC had no knowledge of the outsourcing.&nbsp; As a matter of fact it was the RNC who first took action against the company.</p> <p>Your second source is just as fuzzy.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><font color="#ff0000">indicate that the RNC had no knowledge of the outsourcing</font></p> <p>Plausible deniability.</p> <p><font color="#ff0000">it was the RNC who first took action against the company</font></p> <p>After it was exposed.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Your excuses don't pass the smell test for the simple reason that the RNC in recent years has taken over all the functions of the regional offices and have run them with an iron fist. There's nothing done in the party that doesn't have the RNC's footprint on it.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/NAWER/12520/#c_122029 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/NAWER/12520/#c_122029 <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><font color="#ff0000">indicate that the RNC had no knowledge of the outsourcing</font></p> <p>Plausible deniability.</p> <p><font color="#ff0000">it was the RNC who first took action against the company</font></p> <p>After it was exposed.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Your excuses don't pass the smell test for the simple reason that the RNC in recent years has taken over all the functions of the regional offices and have run them with an iron fist. There's nothing done in the party that doesn't have the RNC's footprint on it.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <img alt="" src="http://www.baristanet.com/images/turf2_2_headlineimage.jpg" /><br /> <br /> So what does that make <em>you</em>, <strong><a href="http://images.google.com/images?gbv=2&amp;svnum=10&amp;hl=en&amp;q=fake+plant">NAWER</a></strong>? <img alt="" src="http://www.equarium.com.au/files/store/images/573894.jpg_th.jpg" /><br /> <br /> This topic has FAIL written all over it...... http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/NAWER/12520/#c_122043 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/NAWER/12520/#c_122043 <img alt="" src="http://www.baristanet.com/images/turf2_2_headlineimage.jpg" /><br /> <br /> So what does that make <em>you</em>, <strong><a href="http://images.google.com/images?gbv=2&amp;svnum=10&amp;hl=en&amp;q=fake+plant">NAWER</a></strong>? <img alt="" src="http://www.equarium.com.au/files/store/images/573894.jpg_th.jpg" /><br /> <br /> This topic has FAIL written all over it...... I am the union president here at <em>The Californian</em>.<br /> <br /> A few years back, we had a picketing session. This homeless man uninvited came up and picked up a picket sign. He joined us for the hour of picketing and he and I chatted for most of the time. We didn't pay him. We didn't pay any of the picketers. Our cause was motivation enough.<br /> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/NAWER/12520/#c_122065 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/NAWER/12520/#c_122065 I am the union president here at <em>The Californian</em>.<br /> <br /> A few years back, we had a picketing session. This homeless man uninvited came up and picked up a picket sign. He joined us for the hour of picketing and he and I chatted for most of the time. We didn't pay him. We didn't pay any of the picketers. Our cause was motivation enough.<br /> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><font color="#ff0000">Our cause was motivation enough</font></p> <p>Is that what he told you, or is that the conclusion you came to?</p> <p>Or could it be that&nbsp;he had someone to talk to who was a captive audience?</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/NAWER/12520/#c_122143 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/NAWER/12520/#c_122143 <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><font color="#ff0000">Our cause was motivation enough</font></p> <p>Is that what he told you, or is that the conclusion you came to?</p> <p>Or could it be that&nbsp;he had someone to talk to who was a captive audience?</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>