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THE OBAMA COLOR GUARD WANTS OUR THEATER JOBS ON BROADWAY AND IN ALL NY THEATERS IN LOCAL ONE IATSE JURISDICTION. END THE ILLEGAL DISCRIMINATION AND THE RETALLIATION. END THE IRISH LOOP.

Omar Thornton Victim of Racism and Union Management Corruption

Omar Thornton Victim of Racism and Union/Management Corruption

(With Permission from Broadway Stagehands Democracy)

The editorial staff held a meeting yesterday regarding the murders in Connecticut. We concluded that when Omar complained to union and management about racism that the Teamsters and Management built a phony case of stealing against him to cover their Racism and Lack of Union Democracy. We have seen the same story repeated over and over again in Local One IATSE. Complain and they set you up. Omar was not correct in his shooting spree but he too was a victim.

Kristi Hannah, girlfriend of Omar Thornton, recalls gunman's goodbye, racism concerns

Originally Published:Wednesday, August 4th 2010, 11:37 AM
Updated: Wednesday, August 4th 2010, 12:06 PM

CT shooting suspect Omar Thornton with his girlfriend at left Kristi Hannah.
CT shooting suspect Omar Thornton with his girlfriend at left Kristi Hannah.
Authorities converge on Hartford Distributorsin Manchester, Conn., Tuesday.
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Authorities converge on Hartford Distributorsin Manchester, Conn., Tuesday.

The girlfriend of the Connecticut truck driver who killed eight of his co-workers said Wednesday that on the morning of the massacre "he was in a daze."

Speaking exclusively to the Daily News for the first time since Omar Thornton ended his deadly rampage by shooting himself, Kristi Hannah said she did not he was planning to unleash hell - but she knew something was not right when he left her apartment.

"That morning he seemed like he was in a daze," she said, speaking at her mom's house. "His eyes weren't right. They were empty. I kept asking him what was wrong but he wouldn't tell me."

Thornton, she said, "was quiet."

"He gave me a weird hug," said Hannah. "It was really long. And a kiss and said goodbye. He looked at me hard and told me he loved me."

Then he was gone.

A short time later, Hannah said, the cops showed up.

"Two detectives showed up asking for Omar," she said. "I texted Omar and asked, 'Why are two detectives at my door? You've never done anything wrong in your life.' He didn't answer. I texted him again, 'Are you okay?'"

Still, there was no answer from Thornton.

Then, Hannah said, she saw the reports flashing across the screen of her TV and a horrible realization set in.

"I saw the news and I collapsed on the ground," she said. "I couldn't even move. I felt so sick."

Hannah said that all their plans for the future crumbled in an instant.

"We were engaged, we were talking about having a family," she said. "I fell in love with him because he was the most gentle man I had ever met. His eyes were so kind. He would never hurt another creature."

Hannah said she can't reconcile her memories of Thornton with the cold-blooded killer who turned the beer and wine wholesaling business where he worked into a slaughterhouse.

"Omar was very kind," she said. "His sister had a drug problem and Omar spent a lot of time caring for his nephew."

Hannah also backed up claims by Thornton's kin that the 34-year-old gunman finally snapped after years of being subjected to racist taunts by co-workers.

"Everyone of \[the victims\] was a person I heard Omar mention," she said. "He didn't go around randomly shooting people. He knew these were the people who harassed him."

Thornton, a black man, "was very sensitive about his race," said Hannah.

"If you called him a n----r he would go off," she said. "But he kept it inside. He kept it all bottled up."

Thornton was reportedly about to be fired for stealing cases of suds, but his girlfriend denied he was a thief and claimed he was a good worker who was recently promoted to driver.

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Monday, October 12, 2009

OBAMA, MLK, MANDELA ET AL THEY KEPT THEIR EYES ON THE PRIZE!

Nobel Peace Prize: ten famous winners

As Barack Obama is announced as the winner of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, we look back at ten of the most famous - and infamous - past winners.

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Barack Obama standing in front of the American flag: Nobel Prize: Ten famous peace prize winners
The committee said it attached special importance to Mr Obama's vision of and work for a world without nuclear weapons Photo: GETTY

1. Martin Luther King Jr.

Perhaps most famous for his "I have a dream" speech, he was the winner in 1964 in recognition of his role as a figurehead of the non-violent civil rights and anti-segregation movements in America.

At the age of 35 he was the youngest man to have received the award, and donated all his prize money to the civil rights movement.

2. Nelson Mandela

South Africa's most prominent civil rights leader and former president won the 1993 prize for his work to end the apartheid regime.

Mandela shared the prize with Frederik Willem de Klerk, the president who released him from prison and lifted the ban on his anti-apartheid ANC party, paving the way for a new constitution.

3. Mother Teresa

Born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu in Skopje in 1910, the founder of the Missionaries of Charity won the 1979 prize for her work caring for the poor in the slums of Calcutta.

Despite having no money, she built her Christian order into a worldwide organisation with the help of volunteers and charitable donations.

4. Jimmy Carter

In 2002, the former American president was commemorated for his "decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development."

During his time as President, he played a key role in disarmament talks with the Soviet Union, resulting in the SALT II treaty, and established relations between the US and China, as well as a number of other international peace treaties.

5. Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho

One award that raised eyebrows was the 1973 prize, given to US Henry Kissinger, the US Secretary of State, and Le Duc Tho, a key member of the North Vietnamese government, who declined the prize.

The pair, who engaged in secret talks that led to a ceasefire in Vietnam, were controversial winners due to their respective roles in the war in Vietnam, in which both sides attracted bitter criticism.

6. Theodore Roosevelt

The American president was named as the winner in 1906 for successfully negotiating a peace agreement that ended the Russo-Japanese war.

He also helped bring the first case before the International Court of Arbitration at The Hague, asking for the tribunal to resolve an old dispute with Mexico over the Pious Foundations of California.

7. Aung San Suu Kyi

The Burmese freedom fighter won the prize in 1991 in recognition of her leading role in the non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights in Burma.

She was elected prime minister in 1990, but was prevented from assuming office by the military. She has spent more than 11 of the past 19 years in some form of detention, and is currently under house arrest, but is seen by many as the best hope for the end of military repression in Burma.

8. Al Gore

The former US vice president was recognised in 2007 for his efforts to raise awareness about climate change and other environmental issues, chiefly through his documentary, An Inconvenient Truth.

Explaining their decision, the awarding committee said Mr Gore and the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, with whom he shared the prize, were helping to prevent future conflicts across the world.

9. Mikhail Gorbachev

He was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1990 for his role in the peace process between America and the Soviet Union that later led to the end of the cold war.

His award - which had previously been given to political dissident Andrei Sakharov and Polish trade union leader Lech Walesa - attracted great controversy as it was viewed by many within the Soviet Union as an ideological weapon of the west.

10. Kofi Annan

Shared the 2001 prize with the United Nations, of which he was then secretary general, for their "work for a better organised and more peaceful world."

This award was also hotly debated, due to what many observers saw as the UN's failure to prevent mass killings in Rwanda and Serbia, and Annan's perceived failure to stand up to America and other western powers.