Labor Day Musings

So, I'm reading in the Globe today that the Police in NewHaven CT arrested Jesse Jackson and 14 striking Yale employees for blocking traffic.
This raises at least two burning questions:
1) What do these people who work for a living have in common with Jesse Jackson? He's never had a real job in his life. It seems to this blog that his principle shtick is to wander freely around America stirring up racial tensions, and, then standing tall in support for the poor oppressed. How does he get paid? Does he travel by public transportation? Why should he worry about having an arrest record? He will probably not have to answer "Yes" to the "Have-you-ever-been-arrested?" question on a job application. Unlike the poor striking workers, who will most likely be forced-out of their current jobs for not being team players. Strikers risk the inevitable conclusion that the organization can run without them. But can they count on Jesse Jackson for a letter of reference. Sorry, the photo op is over. Time to move on to fry new fish.
2) And what is it about blocking traffic to get attention? Surely, this is the most moronically negative attention-getting stunt I can imagine. There is a theory (advanced by biblical scholar, Mel Brooks) that there were actually more than ten commandments, but the others were lost when Moses dropped one of the tablets. I imagine that one of the lost dictates would go something like" "Thou shalt not knowingly impede the flow of traffic." How does a group expect to get sympathy by causing traffic tie-ups? To me, this is not "civil disobedience". This is "Terrorism". Isn't terrorism defined as: inflicting pain on innocent bystanders? It is, in fact, a cowardly act, since the real foes are not directly challenged.
If it were up to me, the traffic blocking arrestees would be remanded to Camp Gitmo in Cuba for serious interrogation and perhaps torture until they admit their heinous crimes. No trial, just a lifetime of sitting around waiting for the line to move.