AFL-CIO Threatens Blue Dogs

Not only have some of the unions in the Democratic Party's pocket already 'appeared' at town hall meetings, attempting to police the place, but now it appears that their activities include threatening the reelection of Democrats who have fallen out of favor with the President.

Following the debacle that was the President's attempt to ram through health care legislation, Blue Dog conservative Democrats are looking at a political assault from within their own party. In fact, Jimmy Hoffa Jr. stated that these politicians are making "a big mistake." That doesn't sound like the mob will "fix" the problem, does it?

Unfortunately, what has been forgotten is that the Senate only needs 51 of the 100 votes to pass the legislation. Blue Dogs don't make up nine Senators in the Senate. The Democrats can actually pass the bill if they're politically daring enough. Instead, the Blue Dogs are a convenient attack point.

According to the incoming President of the AFL-CIO Richard Trumka:

"The special interests, the pharmaceutical industry, the health care industry are so vested in the current system they'll so anything to keep it this way and we have a job to do there.

"We're also going to keep politicians strong so that they don't listen to the moneymen and continue to erode away or negotiate away a program [so much that it] ultimately becomes useless. Right now, without a public option [reform] becomes useless. It won't change the current system."

Couldn't unions like the AFL-CIO and the SEIU be counted in as special interests for their own profit? And couldn't all the contributions they give to Democratic politicians count them as moneymen.

Obama has unleashed a new torrent of corruption, and I expect many in big labor to profit. And if you disagree, watch your reputation and your political life die.

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Town Hall Protestors 'In Risk of Being Arrested'

Nicolas French
New York Reporter
August 10, 2009

With public opinion turning away from the health care reform effort, President Obama's political allies have become increasingly frustrated. In many cases speeches made by Democratic lawmakers have been picketed by what have been referred to as "angry mobs."

To help counter these demonstrations, some in favor of health care reform have agreed to media interviews to explain their position. Often these forays into the public sphere have been lambasted by conservative radio hosts and outlets such as FOX News.

Tensions have been rising steadily over the last month, with some in the President's own party shying away from the "public option" bill. Congressional leaders have also expressed their anger over the increased protests.

"These extremists are getting in the way of creating a cheaper and more accessible option for millions of disadvantaged Americans." said House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD). "If these continue, public discourse will devolve into a pool of rage and fistfights."

To make matters more contentious, White House officials have acknowledged that it asked prominent unions to "police" some protests. Unofficial reports have also noted that up to $100,000 in federal funds were paid to the AFL-CIO to attend three Missouri town halls in July.

In addition, with tempers flaring and the potential for violence increasing, the White House and its political allies have struck a different tone. Vice President Biden told a reporter to the NY Reporter that if protests continued and the reform bill was stalled, some of the protestors would "face consequences." When asked to clarify, Biden stated:

"These people come to these meetings and start fistfights and yell down their elected officials. You can't do that and still consider yourself a patriot. You can't go around with swatstikas spreading hate. If you do these things after you're told to calm down, you're going to get arrested."

Some attending local protests have noticed increased police activity, includng officers from federal agencies. Whether these occurances have anything to do with the Vice President's comments are unknown.

Copyright 2009, NY Observer. All rights reserved.

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81% of Americans are against unions.

According to a recent poll done by Rasmussen, an astounding 81% of Americans, not unionized, are against unions, only 9% are for unions. In a case where the worker is facing layoff, still only 16% are for unions! This is great news for business and capitalist alike (including myself), but this is horrible news to Obama, Democrats in Congress, and union groups.

I really don't care if they are unhappy by this news.

It does explain why the Democrats and Unions are pushing card check through Congress, a piece of legislation that would get rid of the secret ballot in voting on a union, no more secret ballot when voting on unionization, instead you just sign a card, and your vote counts...this will also allow for unions to bully workers into signing up for Unions. That is just the democrati spirit of the democrat party folks, once again proving to be complete idiots.

I stand against card check, and I stand with the 81% of Americans who are anti-union, pro-business.

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Another Obama Nominee in Trouble

Yet another nominee to the Obama Cabinet is facing some problems, as though the Administration needed another headache. Representative Hilda Solis of Florida was tapped as the next Labor Secretary. Now she is facing a tough fight for confirmation from stalwart Republicans.

Senate Republicans also have been questioning the congresswoman’s position on the board of a worker advocacy group, American Rights at Work, since the organization lobbies Congress. They have also probed her support of the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), a bill that would help workers organize much more easily into unions if passed. Business groups have lobbied heavily against the bill with many Republicans opposing it.

From this, it appears that yet another potential member of the Cabinet was caught double-dipping by being a lobbyist. Considering President Obama had repeatedly promised not to work with lobbyists, this move appears to render his promise moot.

However, the labor unions have been working hard to get the Congresswoman put on the Cabinet:

“Sadly, conservative Republicans — people who blocked the minimum wage, children’s health insurance — are now using the same old Washington tactics trying to stop Secretary Solis from being confirmed,” said Stern. “She has every qualification for someone we need to lead the Secretary’s role at the Department of Labor.”

This appears to be another lapse of judgment by the Administration. In the rush to get appointees who agree with the President, their qualifications may have been considered second. If this is the case, then the rites of nepotism was considered far more important that actual competence and efficiency. This would be a shame, and a continuation of the same old politics.

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