Posted on 17 August 2008 by Nathan P. Origer
From the 31 July 2008 Washington Times:
Legislation that would make it more difficult for workers to hold a private ballot vote in unionization drives, which critics say would lead to harassment and intimidation, has spurred a pitched battle between powerful labor unions supportive of Sen. Barack Obama and big business in the presidential campaign.
Seen by [...]
Filed under: Abortion, American Politics, American hypocrisy, Get Real, Human Rights, Liberty and Security, Obama, Political corruption and scandal | Tagged: AFL-CIO, American working man, Card-check, draconian, Employee Free Choice Act, FOCA, Free Congress Foundation, Paul Weyrich, secret vote, Union bullying, union organization | 2 Comments »
Posted on 29 July 2008 by Nathan P. Origer
Having, yesterday, finally, finished The American Republic, I found the head-line article of to-day’s Washington Post, “Internal Justice Dept. Report Cites Illegal Hiring Practices“, to be incredibly apropos.
Under the patriarchal . . . systems, there is, properly speaking, no state, no citizens, and the organization is economical rather than political. Authority — even the [...]
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Posted on 21 July 2008 by Nathan P. Origer
Thanks to Will, the Reactionary Epicurean, for pointing this one out:
A leading cyber-security expert and former adviser to Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) says he has fresh evidence regarding election fraud on Diebold electronic voting machines during the 2002 Georgia gubernatorial and senatorial elections.
Who needs universal suffrage when the votes matter not, any-way? Any-one surprised that [...]
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