Open Thread

3 Comments

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   Anomalous on February 15, 2007 at 5:46 pm

   Mentioned not only today, but yesterday as well. (round of applause)    

   Do you have anything in the works for other candidates to have dialogues on your site?  

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   KNUCKLEHEAD on February 15, 2007 at 8:52 pm

   Larry Johnson, yes, The Mr, Johnson, was terrific on KO`S Countdown.
   Mrs. “Kinda-lies-a-lot Rice, may have Alzhiemers.
   She is a liar, &, much more.

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   liberalelite on February 16, 2007 at 6:07 am

   When the Decider unveiled his budget proposal last week, everybody kind of said, “Ho hum.  It’s dead in the water.  Ha ha ha.  This budget’s priorities are all wacked out.”

   That’s about how I looked at it.

   But now I’m getting nervous.  Everybody’s treating the DOD and DHS lines like they’re sacrosanct, while education, public media, entitlements, and any other cooperative public undertaking falls beneath the cold steel blade of tax cuts.

   Then, yesterday, Ben Bernanke went in front of the Finance Committee and told everybody he couldn’t endorse specific policies because he was nonpartisan, but that government sector spending is the greatest threat to the fiscal future of America.

   In other words, keep taxes low on the rich and cut entitlements and social programs for everybody else.

   This isn’t any worse than what we could have expected to hear from Greenspan, but the current Chairman was much less solicitous about it.

   This came on the heels of my stomach turning over the report about the Vice President’s comments to the Association of American Manufacturers regarding HR 800, the Employee Free Choice Act.

   Cheney said the president would veto legislation that would make it easier to form unions. Labor activists have said they believe they can get the Employee Free Choice Act through the Democratic-controlled Congress. But they have acknowledged that it might not be signed into law under the current administration.

   The legislation would require formation of a union after a majority of workers signed authorization cards. Under current law, 30 percent of workers can request an election to form a union, a process that usually takes from six weeks to six months, said AFL-CIO organizing director Stewart Acuff. Currently, a company would have to agree to allow a union to be formed based on a majority signing authorization cards.

   The proposal, which was to come up for a vote Wednesday in the House Education and Labor Committee, would also impose stronger penalties on employers who violate labor laws and allow for arbitration to settle first contract disputes. Leading business lobbies such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce oppose the legislation, saying workers should vote on forming unions by secret ballot rather than signing cards or petitions.

   The talking point is that card check deprives employees of their right to a “free and fair” secret ballot on the question of whether or not to go shop.

   I read this eighteen hours ago, and I’m still feeling nauseous.