There is no wording in the First Amendment granting citizens the right to free assembly so long as they pay for cleanup costs. The Constitution does not intimate that the people may protest their elected leaders only if they foot the bill for law enforcement. Just don’t tell that to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. Walker, [...]
“FORTUNATELY FOR OHIO, PEOPLE THERE HAD A WAY TO DIRECTLY UNDO THE DAMAGE THEIR GOVERNOR DID. HERE, OUR ONLY RECOURSE IS TO UNDO THE GOVERNOR’S TERM IN OFFICE.” (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel) Voters in Ohio soundly rejected the legislative overreach of Republican Gov. John Kasich on Tuesday by approving a referendum to repeal Kasich’s signature law [...]
Teachers may be the most important cog in the vast landscape of the American workforce, guiding entire generations of children through the educational process that ensures economic success and viability. But are they really overpaid because they lack the “cognitive ability” of private sector workers? Two influential conservative think tanks — both closely aligned with [...]
It may be a “great day in South Carolina” for Governor Nikki Haley, but that is not the case for state residents dealing with 11 percent unemployment and a beleaguered public workforce. So instead of spreading cheer, an odd demand from the governor is creating controversy and angering employees. Gov. Haley, a Republican elected to [...]
FIVE YEARS OF HELL IN GAZA. (Irish Times) The statistics are simply catastrophic. 45 percent unemployment. 300,000 Gazans living on less than $1 a day. Fishing bans leading to hunger and diminished exports. These numbers are the toll of Israel’s unilateral blockage of Gaza, enforced for five years since Palestinians there elected a Hamas-led government. [...]
FLORIDA TOWN TURNS INTO TEA PARTY’S TOTALITARIAN UTOPIA FOR GOV. RICK SCOTT’S BUDGET SIGNING “EVENT.” Political dissidents hauled away by the police. Signs critical of their leader taken down with force by party organizers. Groups of private school kids directed to chant political slogans. Is this some sort of third-world dictatorship or totalitarian regime? No, [...]
Unwilling to compromise and with Democrats still out of state, Republicans in the Wisconsin State Senate passed an amended bill Wednesday night that strips state employees of collective bargaining rights. The final roll call was 18-1, with not a single Democrat present at the state capitol. In a surprise move late Wednesday, Senate Republicans used [...]
THOUSANDS OF FLORIDA RESIDENTS “AWAKE THE STATE” WITH PROTESTS AND RALLIES TO OPPOSE GOV. RICK SCOT’S BUDGET CUTS. (Palm Beach Post) From Key West to the state capitol building in Tallahassee, Floridians opposed to new Republican Gov. Rick Scott’s far-reaching budget cuts and anti-union proposals took to the streets and public areas to let their [...]
Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and other Republican lawmakers across the nation may insist that they have the majority of public opinion on their side in a radical push to end collective bargaining for public employees, but the polling data suggests otherwise. By quite a bit, actually. A brand new USA Today/Gallup poll finds that an [...]
CHOICE OF MARC GROSSMAN TO REPLACE RICHARD HOLBROOKE HIGHLIGHTS AN UPCOMING HAPPY NEO-CON EASTER FOR U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT. (Sibel Edmonds’ “Boiling Frogs”) Hillary Clinton has chosen Grossman as special envoy to Afghanistan. Like the recent appointment of Frank Wisner as a special envoy to Egypt, Grossman has a long and continuing history of personal business [...]
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