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Politics : The Obama - Clinton Disaster -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: John who wrote (49145)	4/30/2011 1:58:42 PM
From: Honey_Bee	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

John, this document pretty much proves that Obama is a bastard -- not that we didn't already know that in a metaphorical sense:

To: John who wrote (49145)	4/30/2011 2:10:42 PM
From: Honey_Bee	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 103300

This page indicates that Obama Sr's girlfriend may have gone to London for an abortion (words blanked out) and that he is a "slippery character." Little Barry was THREE years old here:

To: John who wrote (49145)	5/7/2011 8:10:14 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	3 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 103300

The War on Walmart: D.C. labor bosses and community organizers dislike the big jobs provider Washington, D.C. As of March 2011, the District of Columbia posted an unemployment rate of 9.5 percent. Because Walmart is able to price their products lower than their competitors, they are able to force their competitors to change business practices or close-up altogether, which has been a blow to the grocery store labor unions. The United Food and Commercial Workers Union is not concerned about whether or not people have jobs in a city where unemployment is hovering around double digits, rather, they are concerned that they are able to corner the market on the grocery stores to keep their political power intact. In an effort to protect that power, the United Food and Commercial Workers Union formed a coalition with other dubiously motivated community organizers to promote their cause. The groups joined together to spearhead a smear-campaign called Respect D.C. that aims to force Walmart to sign a “Community Benefits Agreement.” This agreement, which Walmart will most likely never sign, would commit Walmart to all sorts of demands being levied by groups seeking to benefit themself from Walmart’s success. The list of demands from Respect D.C. in their “Respect D.C. Agreement” is as follows: • Pay every employee the D.C. living wage, currently $12.50 per hour. • Provide $50 a month in public transportation subsidy to every employee. • Employ at least 65 percent of its D.C. employees on a full-time basis. • Not ask job applicants about previous criminal convictions. • Use project labor agreements to construct its stores. • Fund all infrastructure improvements made necessary by its stores. • Provide free shuttle transportation to and from the nearest Metro station to each D.C. store every 10 minutes. • Commit to traffic alleviation studies. • Provide up to 2.5 free or low-priced parking spaces per 1,000 square feet of building space. • Provide secure, accessible bicycle parking, car sharing and bike sharing for workers and shoppers. • Not sell firearms or ammunition. • Employ no less than two off-duty D.C. police officers on its premises at all times. • Abide by a “code of conduct with regard to its employees’ freedom to choose a voice on the job without interference.” • Fund workforce training programs for D.C. residents, and use training programs as its primary avenue for hiring D.C. residents. • Hire at least 40 percent of its employees at each store from the ward in which the store is located. • Make “ongoing contributions to a fund managed by a council of community stakeholders” that will provide incentives and support to local small businesses. • Make ongoing payments for community funds controlled by “community advisory councils” for education and faith-based programs. But such outlandish statements don’t end with the “Community Bargaining Agreement.” One prominent Respect D.C. leader, Brenda Speaks who is a Ward 4 Advisory Neighborhood Council commissioner, argued that if Walmart were to open in her community, then D.C. youths would all turn to a life of shoplifting and gain extensive police records. Where this suspect gem of data originated is unknown, but something tells me that Brenda Speaks doesn’t seem to care too much about the facts. Her goal is to make sure that Walmart stays away. Once Walmart opens for business in Washington, it won’t be long until the complaints from these radical, union-backed groups are shut up. Walmart has always won, and so have the consumers. Cheaper is better, and if it weren’t, Walmart would have been out of business long ago. These charlatans that pretend to be representing the members of their community will be proven wrong on all their ludicrous fears, and I look forward to running into them on one of the many grocery aisles at my new neighborhood Walmart. netrightdaily.com