Jan 18
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Always a maverick in finding steady profits where the others lose money, Southwest is doing it again. Refusing to charge for baggage, the airline is making lemonade from American obesity by providing lighter, less padded seats in its cabins. See, since passengers now provide more padding of their own, the airline can provide less, saving weight. The frames [...]
Jan 17
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The political war in America isn’t between socialists and conservatives nor between Obamans and Teafolk. It’s not really even between Democrats and Republicans, though that’s what the banners proclaim. The true opposing forces are those that want something from the government on one side and those that want the government out of their lives on [...]
Jan 9
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Kodak is going under after a hundred years as the beating heart of photography in much of the world. Like the makers of buggy whips and all others who fail to face and master new technology, the film giant has fallen into bankruptcy, a hapless victim of digital picture-making. But shed no tears for this [...]
Dec 29
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UNION’S FUTURE AT STAKE IN DRIVE TO ORGANIZE HOSTILE FOREIGN FACTORIES Perhaps a more accurate title for this article would have been “Can the UAW do TO Foreign Auto Makers what it did TO Detroit?” No? Have you been to Detroit lately? Before we get to the UAW’s survival plan, let’s face facts: The United Auto Workers has been a [...]
Dec 19
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Janus has remained past Romel: he just moved to Washington. The U.S. opened its borders to Mexicam truckers almost two decades ago with the North American Free Trade Act but under pressure from unions and businessmen fearing competition, it has refused them entry. U.S. consumers pay the higher prices resulting, plus the penalty tariffs slapped on [...]
Nov 16
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One of the great challenges involved in the diagnosis of political pathology is the explanation of events. We see a field of misbehavior and dysfunction, and then endeavor to explain the chain of causality. Today, many of the explanations floating through our discourse are false, misdirected, or otherwise flawed. A prime example that passes through [...]
Oct 22
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Obama and friends are bragging about the correctness of their decisions; Inc. just ran: The Best Countries for Starting a Business Now which somehow fails to list the U.S. in its top ten. So we conclude Obama’s intent must be to kill off American domestic business; that will support the claims they’re making… To be fair, [...]
Sep 25
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Hoovers’s regressive tax policies in the Revenue Act of 1932 burdened consumers; Obama’s cap-and-trade carbon tax does that too. Republicans passed Hoover’s bill; they seem to have learned, since they’re not passing Obama’s. Hoover pushed for higher taxes on the upper bracket earners and the Smoot-Hawley protective policies are legend. Obama requires protection for higher [...]
2011 is turning out to be a “banner year” for Big Labor, and union thugs across the country; Richard Trumka and James Hoffa couldn’t be happier.
In January, we had three weeks of death threats, vandalism, and intimidation by pro-union thugs opposed to Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker’s budget-repair bill.
February brought us Rep. Michael Capuano, (D-MA), who encouraged union goons to “get a little bloody.“ Capuano later apologized for the comment, but later, IBEW thugs, apparently buoyed by the pep talk, descended on a Verizon VP’s Boston home, screaming “We’re here to fight!”
Sep 5
45% OF WORKING AGE RESIDENTS UNEMPLOYED; HOW’S THAT HOPE AND CHANGE WORKING OUT? Before we get to the sorry state of the sorry state, a few words about our beloved president and his policies are in order. (I know it’s beginning to look like I can’t write an article without ranting about Captain Downgrade, but [...]
Aug 26
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WILL UNION THUG TRUMPKA REALLY DITCH OBAMA AND THE DEMOCRATS? In today’s episode of Rats Fleeing the Sinking Ship, (again, no relation to the author) we find the disillusioned union thug, Richard Trumka, deciding to take his toys and go home. Yes, kiddies – it appears that the strongman and his union are fed up with the [...]
Jul 17
Let me tell you about my brand new, sapphire blue, Chrysler 200 hard-top convertible… I drove it home from the dealer, parked it under a palm tree (not really, but it makes for a good visual, yes?), slid back the driver’s seat, and discovered the first problem: a cracked, plastic gizmo where the seat anchors [...]
Corruption at the White House, Treasury Department & GM!
Obama Checks Out 'His' New GM Volt
The Republican led House is leveling a scathing accusation directly at the White House, President Obama and the Treasury Department led by Tim Geithner for base corruption in the GM bailout. Emails have surfaced that.. read more..
Jun 14
Yes, sometimes there is justice after all. It’s a chilling effect on any judge who wants to “legislate from the bench.” Gov. Scott Walker pushed the law that eliminates most of public employees’ collective bargaining rights and forces them to pay more for their health and pension benefits. He says it’s needed for the state [...]
May 28
I Hate To Say It: Scott Walker Was Wrong!. – I can’t stand unions, I really can’t. They were necessary in times past. But with the exception of public safety, they are antiquated. Worse, they actually lead to an uncompetitive & lazy work force. They also make the United States weaker in the world economy. [...]
May 28
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FROM THE ‘YOU CAN’T MAKE THIS STUFF’ UP DEPARTMENT – The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) ruled this week that protesting labor unions have the right to use large, ugly, inflatable rats outside a hospital construction project. The 3-1 majority said the use of large rodent balloons does not amount to threatening or coercive conduct by [...]
Apr 28
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FROM THE “NOW WE’VE SEEN EVERYTHING” DEPARTMENT Pigs have flown. Hell has frozen over. Democrats have voted overwhelmingly to strip police officers, teachers, and other municipal employees of their collective right to bargain over health care. This is not a misprint, nothing is wrong with your computer, and the Rat’s not lost his mind (yet). [...]
Mar 22
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UNIONS, COMMUNITY GROUPS, LAWMAKERS, STUDENTS TO STRIKE CAPITALISM? The Rat is always hesitant to blast the homepage of ConClub with multiple large images or videos, but he made an exception with today’s offering. This is must-see stuff folks. While it’s tempting to simply think of these people as socialist wing-nuts, dismiss them as bitter marginalized [...]
“… Meticulous attention should be paid to the special relationships and obligations of public servants to the public itself and to the government. All Government employees should realize that the process of collective bargaining, as usually understood, cannot be transplanted into the public service. It has its distinct and insurmountable limitations … The very nature and purposes of Government make it impossible for … officials … to bind the employer … The employer is the whole people, who speak by means of laws enacted by their representatives …
“Particularly, I want to emphasize my conviction that militant tactics have no place in the functions of any organization of government employees. Upon employees in the federal service rests the obligation to serve the whole people … This obligation is paramount … A strike of public employees manifests nothing less than an intent … to prevent or obstruct … Government … Such action, looking toward the paralysis of Government … is unthinkable and intolerable.”
- President Franklin Delanor Roosevelt
Mar 11
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SUPPORT US OR WE’LL BOYCOTT YOU First the Wisconsin Democrats lost the governor’s mansion and their majority in the state legislature. Then they faced defeat on an anti-union bill, so they snuck out of town in a failed attempt to prevent a vote. Now that the Republican majority has passed the bill and Governor Walker [...]
“I applaud all members of the Assembly for showing up, debating the legislation and participating in democracy. Their action will save jobs, protect taxpayers, reform government, and help balance the budget.”
-WI Gov. Scott Walker
Mar 9
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This is a compilation of videos depicting how labor union thugs use intimidation and assault to get what they want. The first video shows a union member threatening to break the cameraman’s neck (warning: explicit language). The following video was shot on 2/17/2011 in the rotunda of the Ohio Statehouse. It chronicles union member [...]
Mar 4
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Well, first of all, Newt is in, or well maybe, we’re not really sure. But he’s got a new website to add to the myriad of sites, foundations, PAC’s and the like that make up Newt Inc. How he’ll do in a crowded primary is anyone’s guess, but like Palin, he doesn’t really appeal to [...]
Mar 1
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President Worries About “Rights” of Union Workers We’ve seen the video of Barrack Obama declaring he would “put on comfortable shoes and walk on that picket line” with striking union members. There was also the clip of then Senator Obama extolling Service Employees International Union members as he led the chant: “SEIU! SEIU!” I’m not completely sure [...]
Feb 28
Our False Sense of Security As Americans, we have historically enjoyed the luxury of believing things always happen to the other guy. Whether that sense of security has been within our homes and families or our nation as a whole, we have been perhaps the most blessed country on the face of the earth. This [...]
Feb 26
Courtesy of the Wall Street Journal: “For Americans who don’t think the welfare state riots of France or Greece can happen here, we recommend a look at the union and Democratic Party spectacle now unfolding in Wisconsin. Over the past few days, thousands have swarmed the state capital and airwaves to intimidate lawmakers and disrupt [...]
“And understand this: If American workers are being denied their right to organize and collectively bargain when I’m in the White House, I’ll put on a comfortable pair of shoes myself; I’ll walk on that picket line with you as President of the United States of America. Because workers deserve to know that somebody is standing in their corner.”
It’s time to head to Wisconsin and lace up those shoes Mr. President, you’ve got some walking to do. Your disciples need you.
The Wisconsin Assembly passed a bill this morning that would strip most public workers of their collective bargaining rights — the first significant action on Governor Walker’s plan to restore sanity to the state of Wisconsin.
The bill now heads to the Senate where it will await the Democrats’ return from their hideout in Illinois. Unfortunately, they have given no indication they will return any time soon. The Democratic Senators of Wisconsin continue to violate their constitutional oath of office:
“Members of the legislature…shall before they enter upon the duties of their respective offices, take and subscribe an oath or affirmation to…support the constitution of Wisconsin, and faithfully to discharge the duties of their respective offices to the best of their ability.”
Perhaps I’m missing something. Is not one of the duties of a Senator -in fact, the highest duty- the obligation to attend legislative sessions and vote on legislation? It seems to me that “faithfully” and “to the best of their ability” are pretty clear. Obviously, my liberal friends don’t see it that way. In their minds, they see an invisible asterisk, which reads: “unless you disagree with the legislation.”
Fear not Democrats of Wisconsin; your Cheerleader in Chief is on his way to walk that picket line with you.
Feb 23
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Well, the ugly protests between the union thugs types and the rest of us has spread quickly beyond the boundaries of Wisconsin. Not only is similar legislation being considered in several neighboring states (with the resulting sudden disappearance of Democratic legislators) but sympathy protests are breaking out all over the nation. And right on cue, [...]
The ruckus continues in Wisconsin but the tide of public opinion seems to be turning against the mob now occupying the state legislature. The days of stuffing oneself at the public trough have to come to an end and Republican governors and legislatures are watching this play out with interest. If WI Republican governor Scott Walker and an allied legislature are able to de-fang the public unions in a state that helped birth the ‘progressive’ movement then it can be done most anywhere.
“The accelerating clash between the private and public sectors obviously involves ideology, but a lot of it is simple economic combat. The people who pay for government are struggling with, and beginning to fight against, the unsustainable demands of the people who get paid by government.” – Co State Sen. Shawn Mitchell
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