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nuclear bomb to its target at the end of the movie “Dr. … (HT: Las Vegas Review Journal) While Barack Obama preens and acts committed to saving the victims of Sandy in the mode of a heroic … Meanwhile, our benevolent and caring state that we just can’t survive without is doing things to prolong the misery of New Jerseysites…

I’m not sure exactly what good FCC monitoring could do though, except to use a crisis to expand the role of the state. … So here’s an interesting case: Will copyright be extended to the protection of region locking, in the case of the Thai textbooks? … The European Union continues to come after Google. I think the EU wants to stifle the Internet on the grounds of privacy.…

With all the focus on the presidential race and some of the congressional elections, there are a number of important state ballot … Michigan Labor: Proposal 2 would enshrine collective bargaining rights for union into the state constitution. … Illegal Immigration:  LR-121 would require proof of citizenship in order for a person to receive certain services provided by the state…

“When the Buckeye state faced the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression that threatened tens of thousands of education jobs …  as the union repeated memes and talking points ridiculing any opponent of big government. … The cover of the November 2012 issue of the union’s Ohio Schools magazine featured OEA campaign volunteers in matching “Educators for…

However, according to multiple public and private sources, unions and union-related red tape are causing workers from out of state … of out-of-state utility workers in order for them to help in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. … The union crews, the source stated, are free to come and go as they please, yet the non-union FEMA contractors are being held back…

Outside of those following union issues back then, many do not realize how the rift between the SEIU’s Andy Stern and his fellow union … The Service Employees International Union and the Brotherhood of Teamsters, citing the AFL-CIO’s penchant for political activism instead … allies’ constant campaign—union bosses had already laid the groundwork for the likelihood of a landslide.…

He was the Republican, not the conservative. Even worse, look at the rest of the GOP field. … Romney, the man so weak anybody could beat him, beat the rest of the field. … The next two years will set the vision of a more populist oriented conservatism of which I am excited to play a part.…

The events of this past week have Sno Balled rather quickly and Suzie Q is still in a state of shock. … Teamsters are calling the striking bakery union a bunch of Ding Dongs and Ho Ho’s. Yes, it is true. The great Twinkie is dead. … The Board of Directors authorized the wind down of Hostess Brands to preserve and maximize the value of the estate after one of the…

, Michigan, and Indiana were 3 of only 5 states with wage growth below 30 percent over the course of the decade. … It had more than two times the miles of railroad track and nearly five times the number of factories,” Mayer explained. … “The real income for the average person in a RTW state was 1.6 times higher in 2008 than it was in 1977.…

Of the 22 states which protected the right of employees in unionized workplaces to choose whether to pay a union boss, 17 had job growth … Had Ohio matched the rate of job creation in Alabama – the worst-performing workplace freedom state – Ohio’s economy would have added … Union bosses desperate to maintain the flow of forced dues often refer to right to work laws as “right to work for less.”…

“True the Vote’s dark shadow is cast upon the state,” Mock wrote, adding that “the precedents set, and the brazen attitude of Husted … Nonetheless, Husted’s refusal to meet the exact demands of the Obama campaign resulted in an attack from ARC. … The Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law is a chief partner of “Election Protection,” the coalition of labor unions and progressive…

Democrats and Republicans in Washington seem unable to even approach the subject of cutting spending as a means of dealing with the … Unbeknownst at the time, Chambliss was among those unhappy with the unexpected rise of the Tea Party. … Komen, a long time financial supporter of Planned Parenthood, stood at odds with Handel when she championed the idea of the charity…

“The entire state is seeing benefits from the oil and gas industry, not just the eastern part of Ohio.” … Kasich spoke as if the natural resources in citizens’ property belong to the State of Ohio.  … Wallace that “Big Oil” ships its profits out of the state, Media Trackers reported in August that Exxon and Chevron are two of the…

But in the past decade, about the only thing separating the GOP from the Democrats is the rate of spending. … They believed in getting government the heck out of the way. … The party that in 1994 would abolish the Department of Education now brags in response to Clinton’s 2000 State of the Union Address…

Be it resolved by the people of the State of Ohio that Article I, Section 22 of the Ohio Constitution be adopted and read as follows … (2)  “Person or employer” includes all persons and employers in the state of Ohio, whether public or private, with the exception … of the federal government of the United States and its employees…

The abrupt, lame-duck passage of “freedom to work” legislation by Michigan’s Republican-controlled state legislature and Governor Rick … , but that is not slowing down conservatives and libertarians who are pushing ahead, inspired by what’s happening in the state of Michigan … more than the 62.6 percent increase for first-tier counties on the anti-business side,” Holmes wrote in the Spring 2000 issue of the…

Here is footage shot from inside the tent as union protesters tore the tent down with people still inside: While 82% of Michiganders … What Right-to-Work legislation does do, however, is strip unions of the ability to have workers fired through so-called “Union (income … we should expect more of the same in the future.…

At 12.6 percent, Pennsylvania had the lowest poverty rate of any of Ohio’s forced-unionism neighbors. … difference on granting workers the freedom to choose whether to pay a union boss. … We Are Ohio is lying to defend the power of union bosses, which is what We Are Ohio was created to do.…

the state lawmakers’ move to give workers the right to work for unionized companies without being compelled to pay union fees or be … As the founder of today’s American labor movement said nearly a century ago: “I want to urge devotion to the fundamentals of human … liberty – the principles of voluntarism.…

from day one has been to protect the interests of union bosses. … In 2011, when Wisconsin’s state legislature passed a law limiting the power of public employee unions, union demonstrators took over … Between posts comparing the passage of workplace freedom legislation to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the union front group reiterated…

Such is the case of the Machinists’ union and its “pet charity” the Guide Dogs of America. … Puget Sound is located in the state of Washington. … Of the union dues paid to the Machinists union in Puget Sound, the District Lodge sends a portion of those dues and fees to the union…

Now, Michigan is but a signature away from becoming the nation’s 24th state to give workers the freedom to choose whether or not to … pay a union as a condition of employment. … Police were required to use pepper spray as union protesters tried to rush the Senate chambers.…

The Monroe News has reported that the legislation (part of House Bill 4054) just (4:45 PM) passed 58-52 in the state house, and will … Right-to-work opponents have already showed their disapproval of the measure, to the point where the cops had to use pepper spray to … get control of the Michigan State Capitol. …

groups who demonize “the rich” in the name of bigger government. … The true goal of right to work is to put more money into the pockets of corporate shareholders.” … benefits the union slashed.…

The bad news is that the average state and local government employee cost taxpayers an average of $41.56 per hour worked [again, in … While no one likes to talk about the paring back of wages or benefits, the fact of the matter is, government workers are paid more … The problem is, of course, unions and the hissy fits they throw.…