Jun

5

Wisconsin Watch: Recall Election Day Open Thread; Update: CNN Projects Walker Win

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Scroll down for updates… The big story today is of course the Wisconsin recall election, so we’ll use this space to keep up with things as the day goes on. Tonight I’ll post a link to the returns as they come in. There will be national implications to today’s election, no matter what the outcome [...]

Jan

14

Bank of America Stadium, Which Could Host Final Night of Dem Convention, Constructed With Non-Union Labor

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A couple of days ago I wrote that the Obama campaign was considering moving the final night of the Dem convention to Bank of America Stadium, home of the Carolina Panthers. The large outdoor venue would allow the fighters against Wall Street greed to sell high-priced skyboxes and raise even more campaign cash, and do [...]

Nov

1

Pelosi: Government Should Have Power to Shut Down Businesses That Avoid Unionization

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Nancy Pelosi’s really been gettin’ her Marxist on lately. First, a little background on the situation from about six months ago: In what may be the strongest signal yet of the new pro-labor orientation of the National Labor Relations Board under President Obama, the agency filed a complaint Wednesday seeking to force Boeing to bring [...]

Oct

14

Obama Peddling Joe Biden Can Holders on Twitter

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Barack Obama’s Twitter account recently put this out: If you follow the link, this is what you’ll find Obama hawking: It’s a Kool Aid cozy for The One’s ever-dwindling number of followers. I don’t think I’ve ever been more proud of an administration. Jammie Wearing Fool points out that the “Workers United” at the bottom [...]

Sep

7

DNC Unveils 2012 ‘People’s Convention’ Logo

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The “People’s Convention” will take place next summer, and thanks to the power of the gods of hypocrisy it’ll be held in a “right to work” state (such things happen when pro-union politicians discover how expensive union labor is and they can’t force somebody else pay for it). The logo is set: Gateway Pundit thinks [...]

Sep

6

How Much More ‘New Tone’ Can We Handle?

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I had to laugh when I heard one of the morning news show talking heads wondering aloud if President Obama would denounce what Teamster President Jimmy Hoffa Jr. said yesterday. Sure, and maybe Michael Moore will speak out against Twinkies today. The guy who instructed his allies to “get in their face” is going to [...]

Sep

5

Mad Max(ine) Waters Wants to Spend at Least a Trillion Dollars to Create Jobs Just Like the Last Time That Didn’t Work

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Maxine Waters is a living, breathing example of the definition of insanity, not to mention stupidity. The first time the government spent nearly a trillion dollars nothing happened except the unemployment rate went up, the deficit ballooned, the general economy worsened and the pockets of Big Labor were lined. Hey, let’s do that again! ***** [...]

Aug

9

Wisconsin Recall Election Day; Updated

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Wisconsin is finally getting to a point where the state’s economy is in good shape and they’re responsibly digging their way out of debt — which of course means the left is pissed off. The recall elections are upon us: The latest chapter in Wisconsin’s turbulent politics is set to be written Tuesday as the [...]

Jun

14

Wisconsin Supreme Court Says Collective Bargaining Law Can Go Into Effect

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And union leftists, thugs, goons, Marxists, assorted White House personnel, power grabbers, public trough pilferers and Michael Moore wept: The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the state’s contentious union rights law can go into effect, giving Republican Gov. Scott Walker a major victory. Walker pushed the law that eliminates most of public employees’ collective [...]

Apr

18

Wisconsin Tea Party: Union Reception Committee in Action

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In Wisconsin on Saturday, the state unions reception committee was out in full force. Here’s a union greeter welcoming Sarah Palin to Madison — chivalry is not dead: This one’s even better. A 14 year old girl was on stage speaking at a Tea Party rally while an obviously really tough guy politely reminded her [...]

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