Arkansas Blog

The "Employee Free Choice Act" -- what a perfectly machiavellian name. What that Act actually does is deprive workers of the right to a secret ballot when voting on whether to organize their workplace. A vote that is not secret is a vote that is subject to coercion -- and thus anything but a "Free Choice".

"And earlier this evening, President Bush made an appearance on the TV show 'Deal or No Deal.' I guess he got turned down for 'Are You Smarter than a Fifth Grader?'" --Jay Leno

Six House Republicans (mainly from New York and New Jersey), and two Senate Independents.

Wow, that is sure bipartisan.

Since you are speaking of "bipartisanship," maybe you should support the passage of the FISA bill being held hostage by Nancy Pelosi (letter signed by Ross and a pack of Blue Dogs), or call for the vote on the Heath Shuler (D-NC) anti-illegal immigration bill requiring employee verification and increases the size of the border patrol (52 Democrats - Berry, Ross, Pryor).

"Employee Free Choice"

> No secret ballot for workers
> Allow union reps to "collect" (intimidate) signatures in place of a secret ballot
> Removes right of workers to vote on own collectively-bargained contracts (allows union negotiators to stall and send it to binding arbitration)
> Requires a vote to disband a union, instead of just collecting signatures (which are okay to start one, I suppose)

I wonder if McCain will be stopping off at Kaki's and Max's like Hillary and gang did when they were in Little Rock with all the Rich Dem. Fatcats. Thats the party where the black men parked the cars while the white Dems partied inside. Of course poor old Obama wasn't offered a party at Kaki's and Max's. He is just too black for the Arkansas' Old Guard Dem. Party. I wonder if old Beebe and Dustin will endorse Obama after he seals the nomination. I bet they don't. They don't want to alienate the White dems. or they will lose thier next elections. Its true, the truth hurts. Arkansas Dems have use the black folks for a long time. Clinton and gang has used the black folks for a long time. It's funny, the black folks have given old Bill and Hill the finger (bird) and moved on to Obama. Old Bill is pissed. It was he and Hill's right. They own the Democratic party, didn't anyone tell the black folks that. I guess Skippy and Dean K will have to build something else in place of the spot they had reserved for Hillys Liebrary. I heard they were going to try to close down the LR Zoo and build it there.

Gee, I think I recall mentioning a McCain visit to AR Baptist College earlier this week. I guess it took awhile for Max to "confirm" what I already new.