Results for: state of the union

Central Planning vs. The Market Economy
https://redstate.com/vladimir/2011/02/10/central-planning-vs-the-market-economy-n37901
The first tells the tale of Range Fuels’ foray into cellulosic ethanol, the process of making ethanol fuel, not from foodstuffs but … Bush used a State of the Union address to extol wood chips as a source for cellulosic ethanol that would break America’s “addiction … (Click here to access article w/o subscription) Compare and contrast… …with the tale of the marketplace.…
WI Dems made a PREGNANT WOMAN hide?
https://redstate.com/moe_lane/2011/03/01/wi-dems-made-a-pregnant-woman-hide-n38141
– I just found out about this from Fox Nation (via Hot Air), as part of a breaking story that possibly the hiding Wisconsin state senators … are starting to crack under the strain of not doing the jobs that they were elected to do: State Sen. … Julie Lassa (D) is pregnant and “extremely unhappy” about being on the run.…
Morning Briefing for March 1, 2011
https://redstate.com/erick/2011/03/01/morning-briefing-for-march-1-2011-n38134
– Please click here for the rest of the post. 5. … the rest of the post. 8. … Please click here for the rest of the post.…
Mideast Turmoil and the Corn Ethanol Connection
https://redstate.com/vladimir/2011/02/28/mideast-turmoil-and-the-corn-ethanol-connection-n38130
– – in order to produce a volume of motor fuel with the energy equivalent of about 0.6 percent of global oil needs. … The quantity … Put another way, that’s more corn than the output of the European Union, Mexico, Argentina, and India combined. … President Obama, in his State of the Union speech, said “we can break our dependence on oil with biofuels.”…
Right-to-work coming to Maine?
https://redstate.com/moe_lane/2011/02/28/right-to-work-coming-to-maine-n38125
– This supposedly represents the recouping of the cost of unions ‘representing’ non-union members in labor disputes – whether or not … the non-union members wanted to be part of the labor dispute in the first place – and it’s a common feature in contract negotiations … Maine is currently majority-Republican in both houses of the state legislature, but it’s, well, Maine: I found LePage to be pretty…
Francis Fox-Piven: The Communist Manifesto Was 'Really Too General'...
https://redstate.com/laborunionreport/2011/02/28/francis-fox-piven-the-communist-manifesto-was-really-too-general-n38123
– At the sry age of 79, Fox-Piven is a professor of political science and sociology at The Graduate Center, City University of New York … of the Poor: A Strategy to End Poverty. … By the internal disruption of local bureaucratic practices, by the furor over public welfare poverty, and by the collapse of current…
From Prostitution to Death Threats: Gordon Hintz Is One Classy Fella
https://redstate.com/erick/2011/02/28/from-prostitution-to-death-threats-gordon-hintz-is-one-classy-fella-n38118
– UPDATED: We now have the audio from Charlie Sykes about Gordon Hintz, who appears to be trying to go from being your run of the mill … Now he is in the news again for telling a female Republican state representative that she is “f**king dead” Hintz made the statement … to State Representative Michelle Litjens for her vote on the Budget Repair Bill that would curtail union powers in the state.…
Beyond the Left's Talking Points: WI Protests Are About Union Power & Money
https://redstate.com/laborunionreport/2011/02/28/beyond-the…alking-points-wi-protests-are-about-union-power-money-n38114
of the magnitude of the power such laws give unions. … Walker’s proposal makes paying union dues voluntary, as opposed to mandatory. This goes to the lifeblood of any union. … Walker’s proposal eliminates’ the employers’ payroll deduction of union dues.…
Obama hides his union label
https://redstate.com/california_yankee/2011/02/28/obama-hides-his-union-label-n38113
– When it became clear how unpopular supporting the public unions had become, Obama slinked away from the Wisconsin union fight. … Obama’s Press Secretary Jay Carney was asked about the “Wisconsin situation,” the calls of  Ellison and others for Obama to stand … legislators fleeing the state to avoid their duty to vote on Governor Walker’s plan to restrict certain bargaining rights of public…
Morning Briefing for February 28, 2011
https://redstate.com/erick/2011/02/28/morning-briefing-for-february-28-2011-n38115
of the children. … Please click here for the rest of the post. 5. Wisconsin Democrats now owe state $165,000,000. … mattered, a deadline for reducing the debt servicing load of the state of Wisconsin by $165,000,000 expires today.…
The Bottom Feeders: Today's Unions Striking & Protesting Over Forced Dues
https://redstate.com/laborunionreport/2011/02/28/the-bottom…rs-todays-unions-striking-protesting-over-forced-dues-n38111
– “I want to urge devotion to the fundamentals of human liberty ­ the principles of voluntarism. … The bill would have decimated the power of unions by banning the policy of requiring union fees as a condition of employment at a workplace … The remarkable thing about each of these cases is union bosses’ underlying admission: Without the threat of being able to have workers…
Scott Walker is fighting for municipal budgets too
https://redstate.com/soren_dayton/2011/02/27/scott-walker-is-fighting-for-municipal-budgets-too-n38108
of the children. … The state-enforced monopoly provider of education services is using their monopoly position to force the school districts to purchase … Beyond that if school districts had the flexibility to look for health insurance coverage outside of WEA trust or the state plan, additional…
Morning Briefing for February 25, 2011
https://redstate.com/erick/2011/02/25/morning-briefing-for-february-25-2011-n38091
– It’s a Strategy, Not a Conspiracy I’ve written at length about the destructive energy policies of the Left and of the Obama Administration … as if it is the latter, and here’s why.Please click here for the rest of the post. 2. 67% disapprove of legislators fleeing Wisconsin … Central Florida (UCF) in November of last year.Please click here for the rest of the post. 4.…
Moving RINOS Rightward is Good, Defeating them is even Better
https://redstate.com/dhorowitz3/2011/02/24/moving-rinos-rightward-is-good-defeating-them-is-even-better-n38090
– More importantly, these reports prove two things; the effectiveness of grassroots conservatives and the inherent flaws of legislative … The first outcome results in the incumbent initially denying the charge of being a RINO.  … (You can’t exactly quantify the Gang of 14.)…
67% disapprove of legislators fleeing Wisconsin to avoid vote
https://redstate.com/california_yankee/2011/02/24/67-disapprove-of-legislators-fleeing-wisconsin-to-avoid-vote-n38088
– Two-thirds of likely voters disapprove of Wisconsin legislators fleeing the state to avoid their duty to vote. … trouble for Democrats: The union riots in Wisconsin and Indiana might be good business for the likes of Jesse Jackson, but should … This is further evidence of why the Obama regime tried to claim it did not encourage the massive union protests as Obama’s leadership…
Morning Briefing for February 24, 2011
https://redstate.com/erick/2011/02/24/morning-briefing-for-february-24-2011-n38078
– Please click here for the rest of the post. 2. … But that’s not the worst of this power grab. Please click here for the rest of the post. 3. … from out of state.…
Moveon.org & Van Jones call for Saturday march on ALL 50 state capitols
https://redstate.com/laborunionreport/2011/02/24/moveonorg-v…ones-call-for-saturday-march-on-all-50-state-capitols-n38076
– Over the next hours and days, all who love this country need to do everything possible to spread the “spirit of Madison” to all 50 … But this weekend, the best of America should rally on the steps of every statehouse in the union. … We call for emergency rallies in front of every statehouse this Saturday at noon to stand in solidarity with the people of Wisconsin…
Obama’s leadership rating falls to a new record low
https://redstate.com/california_yankee/2011/02/23/obamas-leadership-rating-falls-to-a-new-record-low-n38067
The poll’s finding represents a huge shift in opinion from just a month ago after Obama delivered his State of the Union speech. … Only 35% of those who work in the private sector say Obama is doing a good or excellent job, compared to 50% of government employees … I’m sure Obama’s incitement of labor unrest in Indiana, Ohio and Wisconsin contributed to the sudden turn around in voters’ approval…
Follow the Money: What the Wisconsin Education Association Isn't Talking About
https://redstate.com/laborunionreport/2011/02/23/follow-the…he-wisconsin-education-association-isnt-talking-about-n38065
– As a union affiliated with the NEA, WEAC (according to its website) represents 98,000 “educators” in the State of Wisconsin. … The group’s Communications Director, Steve Gunn, explains: The pressure derives from state law, which makes the identity of a school … If the union can defeat Scott Walker’s reform plans, not only does it keep the union dues of teachers, it also gets to keep its health…
The Last Refuge Of The Progressives
https://redstate.com/repair_man_jack/2011/02/23/the-last-refuge-of-the-progressives-n38064
– Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent. … In other words, we now will be lectured on proper political decorum by the man who was disbarred by the State of Arkansas for committing … Have these people on strike not shown the propensity to violate the laws of state and common decency?…
Mitch Daniels's Truce
https://redstate.com/erick/2011/02/23/mitch-danielss-truce-n38062
– legislators fled Indiana yesterday giving way to a National Geographic special on the migratory patterns of absconding Democrats. … This would cement that.Instead, despite union battles on the front page of every newspaper in America today, Mitch Daniels decided … Mitch of Indiana.”…
Morning Briefing for February 23, 2011
https://redstate.com/erick/2011/02/23/morning-briefing-for-february-23-2011-n38060
– Please click here for the rest of the post. 2. Is the White House Helping to Orchestrate a National Union Uprising? … You be the Judge. A full 88% of America is union-free. … Wisconsin is a state that allows the recall of elected officials. The Democrats are organizing to do it to the Republicans.…
Is the White House Helping to Orchestrate a National Union Uprising? You be the Judge.
https://redstate.com/laborunionreport/2011/02/22/is-the-whit…rchestrate-a-national-union-uprising-you-be-the-judge-n38056
– A full 88% of America is union-free. … Yet, despite the fact that the vast majority of American taxpayers do not belong to a union, let alone work for the government, we … After all, it does seem that the workers of the world are uniting in a very coincidental way, doesn’t it?…
Wisconsin Unions Calling for a General Strike if Walker Plan Passes
https://redstate.com/laborunionreport/2011/02/22/wisconsin-u…ns-calling-for-a-general-strike-if-walker-plan-passes-n38054
– As the Wisconsin Legislature reconvened this morning, a key federation of nearly 100 labor unions in the state is calling for a general … The South Central Federation of Labor is calling for a general strike if the bill becomes law. … While Wisconsin has been deemed to be “ground zero” by the unions, if union bosses’ bullying tactics succeed in shutting down the state
Wisconsin Republicans: Bring Right To Work to a vote.
https://redstate.com/dennispedrie/2011/02/22/wisconsin-republicans-bring-right-to-work-to-a-vote-n38053
– Without the Dems being there, the GOP is one vote short of the required number. … The main purpose of bringing such a vote to the floor would be to lure the Democrats back to Madison. … The union bosses running the Democrat’s show wouldn’t allow such a bill to pass unchallenged.…
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