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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: lorne who wrote (121218)	1/5/2012 8:44:09 AM
From: locogringo	1 Recommendation Respond to of 224704

locogringo..so is the USA now under control of a dictatorship? That depends. If the Republican wimps allow him to get away with it, the answer is no, it's not a dictatorship, but a nursery school, and he is the schoolmarm. Would the reverse ever be allowed by the Dems, and kenny_troll?

To: lorne who wrote (121218)	1/5/2012 10:24:11 AM
From: FJB	3 Recommendations Respond to of 224704

RE:Obama used a recess appointment to install Richard Cordray The Senate is NOT in recess.

To: lorne who wrote (121218)	2/7/2012 10:52:47 AM
From: Peter Dierks	2 Recommendations Respond to of 224704

Freeing Workers from Union Bosses The Employee Rights Act. Feb 6, 2012, Vol. 17, No. 20 • By FRED BARNES For the first time in decades, union power is under serious threat. Indiana is on the verge of becoming the 23rd state to enact a right-to-work law, liberating workers from being forced to join a union. New Hampshire may also adopt some form of right-to-work. Murmurs about a national right-to-work law are growing. Public sector unions continue to face efforts to curb their power and trim their lavish contracts. And now there’s a shrewd new challenge to organized labor: the Employee Rights Act. It would take labor law in a new direction. Unlike right-to-work statutes, which help businesses escape unionization, the ERA would protect union workers from high-handedness and abuses of power by their union leaders. The measure was formulated by Richard Berman, a Washington lobbyist and longtime foe of excessive ... Message 27932995