Obama, the Democrats, and the Employee Free Choice Act: we don’t need no steenking secret ballots

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Somehow this election promise of Obama’s has slipped under the radar screen for most Americans: do away with the secret ballot in elections to determine whether a workplace will be unionized, exposing workers to more union intimidation and practically guaranteeing increasing power for unions.

The unions and the Democrats of course disagree with this interpretation of the effect of the law. Please read both linked articles and see which side you think has the better argument.

To me it’s not even close. Continue reading →

“Misunderstanding” the Ayers connection: the coverup of the coverup

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I hear it almost constantly now: McCain is pushing on Obama’s Ayers connection. He’s taking off the gloves and striking hard yada yada yada.

And yet when I glance at cable TV and see a talking head on the subject (the latest was GOP’s Tom Ridge), I hear an “attack” so disconnected from the real issue that it makes me wonder what’s really going on here. Continue reading →

The second debate

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First, a bit of liveblogging.

McCain is hitting Fannie and Freddie and the Dem role in at—he says Fannie/Freddie was “the catalyst”—but the points have to be so rushed that I wonder if people even know what he’s getting at.

Obama of course deflects onto “dereguation.” Can people sort this out in a sound bite? I doubt it. And Obama gets the last word on this.

[Hmmm—I think some of my hatred of the shallowness of debates is coming out here.]

The set is harsh and stark; rather ugly and hard on the eyes. Everyone looks uncomfortable, even the audience. Continue reading →

CNN’s split personality

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On the one hand CNN actually manages to present a piece about Obama and Ayers that makes some hard-hitting points.

On the other hand CNN continually pulls the most important punch. The significance of the Obama/Ayers connection (as I wrote some time ago, here) is that the two men worked together to promote a far Left agenda in our public schools. Bill Ayers’s terrorist activities in the 60s are only relevant insofar as he is still tied to the philosophy behind them. And Obama has lied about his role and his relationship with Ayers.

Notice also that an Obama shill is given many opportunities to speak, but not only is no McCain spokesperson part of the discussion, but none were even consulted for the piece.

Fat cats and rats

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This testimony certainly underscores those accusations about Wall Street “fat cats” and greed.

Although in this case rats leaving a sinking ship might be a more appropriate image—if you can picture rats carting off chests filled with booty as they flee.