MEET ANDY STERN'S REPLACEMENT AT SEIU

If social justice is just another way of saying socialism, then a community organizer is just another term for socialist. Following Andy Stern's resignation as head of the Service Employees International Union, the void has been filled by a woman named Mary Kay Henry, who was profiled - can I say that? - in a New York Times article.

According to the Times, Henry's colleagues tout her as an "organizer" who isn't polarizing. I just love this quote from Dennis Rivera, the head of SEIU's health care division - which is likely another oxymoron all by itself:

“I’ve never seen her be polarizing,” said Dennis Rivera, who heads the service employees’ health care division. “She brings people together.”

Uh, if Rivera is right, why on earth would a Community Organizing outfit like SEIU make some woman president who doesn't polarize people? That violates the basic tenets of the founder of Community Organizing, Saul Alinsky who insisted on polarizing people to get what you want.

My personal favorite in the Times article is when it says this of Henry:

She is a straight talker with a strong, comforting voice who speaks freely about how her Roman Catholic upbringing nourished her interest in social justice, about being a lesbian and about her hopes to use her new position to battle for workers’ rights, immigrants’ rights and gay rights.

The only evidence that excerpt provides is evidence the Catholic church is falling down on the job. The Catholic church has no business teaching social justice and if one of its members says it learned social justice from the Catholic church, that simply means the latter has a severe communication problem.

I would love to know Henry's feelings on SEIU-affiliated group National Peoples' Action and its members' attempt to further bully banks on May 17th. The event, billed as Showdown on K Street is likely to be somewhat polarizing. Since Mary Kay Henry is not polarizing and is better known for bringing people together, perhaps she can use her influence as the top dawg at SEIU to bring the members of National People's Action (NPA) and bankers together.

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