The AFL-CIO has announced it is pulling its support from the Democratic Party and from Barack Obama. Obama raised $800 million in his 2008 presidential bid and half of that came from AFL-CIO coffers. While issuing scathing remarks about the Tea Parties, union officials cited most of the Tea Party objectives as being objectives they believe in and said they intended to form their own grassroots organizations for 2012.
COMMENTS:
Obama is furious. Livid. Purple.
TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. Why is Obama really heading back to Washington from
Martha’s Vineyard before his vacation is over?
(Sam ~ Missoula, MT)
A. Irene told him to get out of town and he blew a one-foot putt. .
Q. Did I hear that China has admitted to hacking our
computers? (Lenora ~ Tucson, AZ)
A. No, they deny that.
But, Chinese state television shows a Chinese computer expert talking
about cyber-security issues and that clip seems to confirm attacks on U.S.
computers. Col. Du Wenlong, the expert,
is probably now known as Col. Du Wenlong Gon.
Q. Rick Perry has come out saying there should be an
amendment to the Constitution banning gay marriage. Who in the hell does he think he is? (Bruce ~ Redding, CA)
A. He probably did so believing that the proposed amendment
stands no chance of passing. But, if it
does pass, I agree with him. I’m not against
gays, but I do not believe the government has any business sticking its nose
into this issue and that various religions are offering church weddings of gays
while the state and federal governments are recognizing gay spouses for
insurance and other purposes. This has
become a matter of the minority trying to tell the majority how to conduct
itself, and I for one am not going to stand for this nonsense any longer.
TODAY’S QUOTE:
“Bad weather always looks worse through a
window.” ~ Tom Lehrer
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