Not only is our webmaster, @lwdgrfx, a tech wizard and an all around cool guy, he’s also great at digging around and finding interesting little tidbits. He found a few last night that I will now pass on to you.

Remember that ridiculous, creepy, Jawsy-scary Target propaganda video featuring Target “employees” who went out of their way to badmouth unions? And remember how the actors in the video turned out to be dues-paying members of AFTRA?

As it turns out, actor and union member Ric Reitz, who played Target spokesman “Doug” in the video, has been one busy little thespian. Notice who the narrator is for this audio book, The Tea Party Goes to Washington:

Why, yes, it’s our own Ric Reitz! But wait! There’s more!

Wowzers, the tea party and Rick Perry! He must have some amazing conservative-toned, Christian-resonant voice!

And finally, via The Christian Index, from a 2006 post titled Abuse of “Freedom in Christ” is dangerous:

Liberty is a costly commodity. It never comes without a price. I was reminded of that in a very succinct way on Monday evening, July 3. Martha Jean and I went with some friends, Dr. and Mrs. Walter McBride, to hear the Atlanta Symphony present their annual patriotic concert at Mable House Barnes Amphitheatre in Mableton.

In addition to the stirring music, including Fanfare for Freedom, This Is My Country, Battle Hymn of the Republic and Liberty for All, Ric Reitz, an actor who has appeared in a number of films, did a heart-rending narration on the cost of liberty. He quoted from a speech George Washington gave at Valley Forge during the American Revolution. I do not remember all that he said, but I was reminded that freedom is never free.

Interestingly, AFTRA isn’t the only organization Ric-without-a-K belongs to. He’s chock full-o’-union memberships!  According to his IMDb bio, he is also a member of Actor’s Equity Associciation (AEA), Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI), the Director’s Guild of America (DGA), the Recording Academy (NARAS), the National Association of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS), the Screen Actor’s Guild (SAG) and the Writer’s Guild of America (WGA).

That is one great big beneficiary of unionitude!

So there he is, ladies and germs, your union-bashing union member, one of the lucky few “heart-rending” actors/writers/directors who has managed to find employment, all while under the protection of AFTRA, AEA, DGA, SAG, and WGA.