Brian Hayes, the only Republican member of the National Labor Relations Boards, (NLRB), threatened to resign from the board if they tried to pass rules that would make it easier for unions to run amok over union members by “streamlining” the election process. Had he resigned, the NLRB would not have a quorum and would be unable to vote on anything; instead, they vastly changed the language in their regulations and toned it down to apply only in rare instances in small unions.
COMMENTS:
My God, a Republican didn’t waffle in the clutch. Maybe, just maybe, there’s hope for that party
after all.
TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. Now, they’ve downgraded the credit standings of five
major U.S. banks. Those five banks
control virtually everything that is going on with banking in the country. Is this ominous or not? (Pete ~ Stockton, CA)
A. It’s certainly not good.
I keep saying that the economic stability of this country is precarious
at best. And we have a Congress and a
President who don’t seem to give a damn.
Q. I can’t believe that John McCain has the audacity to try
and pass a Bill that would suspend American jurisprudence and violate the
Constitution by giving the Executive Branch the power to have the military
detain an American citizen in this
country and jail him without trial, simply on the basis that he might be a
terrorist. As I understand it, the
proposal was so broad and vague that, if the President decided he didn’t like
your blog, he could shut it down and throw you in prison without any hearing or
right to trial. This coming from John
McCain? Did he become a convert to
Communism when he was in the POW camp?
(Byron ~ Redding, CA)
A. Well, if the terrorist is not an American citizen, I
think he may have a point. However, and
you are right, we have a Constitution and when you’re dealing with an American
citizen, we have a right to be charged and a right to trial by our peers. This is typical of why I was so upset when
the Republicans put him up for President.
And, I don’t think Romney is any better, either. I have three words for them: “Closet
progressive liberals.” Where has reason gone in
Washington, anyway?
Q. Facebook is in big trouble over privacy issues and
charges that it misled subscribers on the issue. What do you think? (Myra ~ Phoenix, AZ)
A. To the dismay of many of my friends, I dropped out of
Facebook two months ago. They, like
Netflix, should go out of business for treating their consumers like
imbeciles. They are having an IPO next
year and I wouldn’t touch it with a 13-foot pole.
TODAY’S QUOTE:
“Privacy is dead, and social media holds the smoking gun.” –
Pete Cashmore, Mashable CEO
TODAY’S VIDEO:
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