Feb 22, 2011 – Since fleeing, they’ve been living their lives on the lam, have reportedly been seen lurking in parking lots at non-union hotels, and … With the help of expert artist Toby Dials (who has been working with eyewitnesses), we now have a fairly accurate depiction of the … If you spot one of the missing asses, you should approach with extreme caution as they are prone to piddling and running blindly away…

Feb 22, 2011 – Last week, the six-figure salaried head of the Wisconsin teachers’ union (WEAC) was quite clear in stating that the Wisconsin protests … The protests are, however, about union power. Please click here for the rest of the post. 3. … public employee union in the country, was the largest spender of the 2010 election.…

Feb 21, 2011 – Promoted from the diaries by Bill Often some of the most interesting stories are the ones not told.  … Radicalization of the Democratic Party After the fall of the Soviet Union and the capitalization of China’s markets, the existential … But, with the fading memories of Soviet-style oppression and Chinese state-run famine receding into the background, many socialistic…

Feb 21, 2011 – After throwing the weight of the presidency and its campaign apparatus behind the Wisconsin public workers’ unions, the Obama regime … * The president’s political machine worked in close coordination with state and national union officials to get thousands of protesters … The OFA’s involvement is highlighted on it’s website. Evidence of the Twitter support can be seen here.…

Feb 21, 2011 – On the day after the 2010 election, I urged people to continue the fights at the state level. … public employee union in the country, was the largest spender of the 2010 election. … However, one of the Democrats has realized the flaw in their plans. A budget requires 20 votes to pass in the state senate.…

Feb 21, 2011 – Last week, the six-figure salaried head of the Wisconsin teachers’ union (WEAC) was quite clear in stating that the Wisconsin protests … the people they represent, Republican Scott Walker’s proposals strike at the very foundation of any union’s existence—union dues and … The Wisconsin union battle is about the raw union power that unions wield over the local, state and federal governments and, ultimately…

Feb 21, 2011 – All of the attempts by the media to make stories out of the budget battles going on in Washington, D.C. will not change the bottom … , the Democrats will get some of the wasteful spending and tax increases they want, the Republicans will get some of the spending cuts … to do the same when other governors are forced to make some of the same tough choices in order to balance their state budgets.…

Feb 21, 2011 – And then there’s the embracing of the “new tone” and “civility.” … The longer the unions foment discontent across the country, the more angry out-of-work, underemployed, and sacrificing private sector … workers will resent the entitlement of the public workers their tax dollars go to pay.…

Feb 21, 2011 – the specific purpose of taking dead aim at the socialist and regulatory state. … The situation has deteriorated to the unprecedented degree that most Americans are supporting massive reductions of the welfare state … the assiduous efforts of inimitable state governors and Attorneys General to recant the law in the courts.…

Mar 11, 2011 – The 1973 Movie “Battle For the Planet of the Apes” was a sequel to the 1968 Movie “Planet of the Apes.” … The Seattle Times describes the legislation recently passed to restrict the union bargaining rights that have contributed to many of … the budgetary trends destroying the solvency of Wisconsin’s State Government.…

Mar 10, 2011 – But the real problem with the bill for the Democrats is much simpler: The ending of automatic dues checkoff for public sector unions … Mickey Kaus – a Democrat who hates organized labor in a way that I, the son and grandson of good union men, simply cannot – called … This turns the collection of union dues into a guaranteed revenue stream (instead of the colossal pain in the neck that such things…

Mar 10, 2011 – Please click here for the rest of the post. 2. The Wisconsin GOP has had enough. … rest of the post. 4. … click here for the rest of the post.…

Mar 9, 2011 – The Monsters of McMinnville, Oregon: Radical teachers’ union gets MEAn 5. … of the Senate. … the most oil of any single untapped source within the borders of the U.S.…

Mar 8, 2011 – Despite the financial straits that Wisconsin is facing, the war being waged against Scott Walker has always been about union power … But the e-mails weren’t enough to end a stalemate that has drawn national attention and ignited a storm of protest from union workers … Bob Jauch, one of the 14 Democrats on the run in Illinois to block a vote on Walker’s original proposal, said he hoped the compromise…

Mar 8, 2011 – [snip] In response to the chamber intervention, some individual members of the union contacted VanBlaricom’s employer. … Here is the text of the statement that Ms. … ’s union given the current state, local and national economic conditions.…

Mar 8, 2011 – The coalition of the right went from 44% of the vote in the last parliamentary election in 2007 to over 50% in this one. … rest of the post. 2. … click here for the rest of the post.…

Mar 7, 2011 – Senate have the two-thirds it needed to enshrine a fundamental principle of governing into the highest law of the land: that politicians … Heck, we’ve run deficits in 54 of the last 60 years, as the National Taxpayer Union points out. … Said Friedman: “The amendment is very much in the spirit of the first 10 amendments — the Bill of Rights.…

Mar 7, 2011 – On the contrary, the more favorably they dispose of union demands, the more likely they are to be the beneficiary of union largess … debate and discussion – one of the hallmarks of our American democracy. … This is one of the most important fights of our time and it will impact the lives for generations of Wisconsinites and American to…

Mar 7, 2011 – Barry Rubin back to the front page of RedState. … Well, that depends on the kind of change, doesn’t it? … Barry Rubin is director of the Global Research in International Affairs (GLORIA) Center and editor of the Middle East Review of International…

Mar 7, 2011 – are wreaking havoc on state budgets (now and in the foreseeable future). … As you explore the site, take note of both features—the unfunded pension and the unfunded health care obligations. … As more people (even union members) understand the problem, the more will understand why the system needs to be reined in.…

Mar 7, 2011 – While I understand his reasoning, I think the last of the WWI and the last of the WWII servicemen should be given the honor. … He, as the last of the embodiment of the men and boys who heard that first call for freedom across the seas, deserves to lie in the … Now, the Garden State has shown them the exit (so to speak). Please click here for the rest of the post. 5.…

Mar 5, 2011 – This has caused quite a battle in the Garden State, as the union representing the NJ Turnpike toll collectors has tried to convince … In so doing, the State added an addendum to the Request for Proposal (RFP) that eliminated the union members’ “first right of refusal … and foolish, the union has likely cost them the chance of getting jobs with whatever company becomes the new toll collector.…

Mar 4, 2011 – High union wages that exceed the competitive market rate are likely to cause job losses in the unionized sector of the economy.”Presumably … rest of the post. 5. … of the post. 6.…

Mar 3, 2011 – “As a nation, I look back in history and some of the worst governments we’ve ever had, you know one of the the first thing they did … On the contrary, they are among the most important institutions of the nation’s economic life. … A people whose broad masses, through a sound trade-union movement, obtain the satisfaction of their living requirements and at the…

Mar 3, 2011 – spent the last month cynically inciting their weaker-minded followers up to the very edge of violence.  … We have come to the end of showing any consideration, and the end of toleration of nonsense.  … This is, of course, the very concept that various state Democrats are currently defecating upon.…