And the hits just keep coming in!
There’s been a lot of election talk this week, but there was also a historic union vote within Delta Airlines. On Wednesday, 20,000 Delta flight attendants came within 328 votes of unionizing.
Awesome!
People understand what is good for them and what’s bad for them.
And they gravitate accordingly.
Well done Delta!
Tuesday was powerful. The shift in American politics was one not seen in 60 or more years.
In fact, if you go to the State level, the shift was so massive that it may literally have been unprecedented. The number of State seats that shifted from the Democrats to the Republicans was devastating to the Democrats. And it was virtually complete.
And behind the whole thing was the Tea Party.
Not the crazy loons the Left Wing trotted out in front of the news broadcasts to be sure. But the disciplined message that we are focused on fiscal issues that impact the economy.
Liberty by Law.
Posted in Elections 2010, Liberty, Lobby/PAC, Politics: National
Tagged Conservative, Democrat, Gay Rights, Leftists
Question:
Why is the state of New Jersey laying of so many teachers?
Answer:
Teachers.
Posted in Education, Elections 2010, Lobby/PAC
Tagged Abuse of Power, Leftist, Unions
Alaska.
Delaware.
Kentucky
Watch it folks; the wave of populism is spreading and it isn’t just taking Liberal Democrats.
Posted in Elections 2010, Liberty, Lobby/PAC, Politics: National, Senate
Just in case any of us have forgotten, the point of a Union is too…..
Shortly after being ousted, Mr. Rosselli did create a rival union, and now he is trying to lure many of his former members — 43,000 workers at Kaiser Permanente, the largest health care provider in the state.
On Monday, workers at 331 Kaiser facilities across California began voting by mail on whether to bolt the S.E.I.U. and join Mr. Rosselli’s group, the National Union of Healthcare Workers.
Ahh yes. Mr. Rosselli left his old organization because they simply weren’t representing the worker like he thought they should be. As such, he is building a NEW organization so that the “little guy” is taken care of.
Right?
Wrong.
So, fascinating expereince the last two weeks.
As I mentioned, I’ve been working on a plumbing problem at my house; the main line broke near the water meter and I needed the whole reun replaced. It was just too expensive to continue to dig and patch.
So, I obtained estimates from 4 plumbers and chose 1 of ’em.
Now, with the plumbing project complete, I am working on repairing/replacing the gutters on my house.
Same song, different verse. Obtain 3 estimates and pick 1.
Lemme’ tell you that there is an incredible difference between the customer service in gutter guys and plumbers.
While the plumbers were late, ill prepared and in 2 of 3 cases failed to deliver a quote on time, the gutter folks were not only on time, they called to confirm. They were polite and engaging. Further, the quotes, when not delivered on the spot, were on time professionally done with photes and diagrams. All neatly done on a PDF.
I got to wondering why this was. My conclusion?
Plumbers are licensed. Gutter guys aren’t.
Licensing is just another method to keep new competition from entering the market.
There are things that people say. And then there are things people do.
And you can tell their priorities by one of em’.
You can “tell” me all flippin day long that you CARE about educating America’s youth. That you CARE about teaching.
But when you don’t DO anything that shows you care about educating and teaching, forgive me when I call bullshit.
I suppose there’s nothing illegal about this. And maybe it’s even natural that someone who’s spent a umber of years building experience and contacts would make a career move that makes sense.
In fact, it happens in Corporate America all the time.
But still, this rubs me wrong:
Raleigh, N.C. — Tom Shaheen, who has headed the North Carolina Education Lottery since its inception four years ago, has resigned his post to take a job with a company involved in the sale of lottery tickets through ATMs.
Lottery officials said in a statement Monday that Shaheen will be vice president of business development for Linq3, which has developed solutions for the sale of lottery tickets through automated teller machines and other point-of-sale terminals for distribution both in the U.S. and abroad. His last day at the lottery will be Sept. 17.
Good work if ya can get it!
Posted in Lobby/PAC, Politics: North Carolina
Tagged Abuse of Power, Lottery, North Carolina, North Carolina Politics, Politics
Recent analysis of changes to Hong Kong are getting press in the Economist. A new law is going to be passed setting a wage floor in Hong Kong. For years, the city has managed to grow, thrive even, without the common law known as Minimum Wage.
The legislation is set to impose a minimum wage between $3.00 and $4.00 American. Not much by our standards, but then again, perhaps our standards are a bit exaggerated.
Posted in Economics, Liberty, Lobby/PAC, Politics: International
Tagged China, Hong Kong, Leftist, Minimum Wage, Politics, Unintended Consequences, Unions
Even if you’re against gay marriage, the time has come to move on.
No one wants to run on this, and they shouldn’t. It’s a loser.
So this just makes us look dumb:
RALEIGH, N.C. — A national group touring the country to show support for traditional marriage is holding a rally in North Carolina.
…
The event is one of more than 20 stops on the organization’s summer bus tour.
But there is hope:
North Carolina is the only Southeastern state that hasn’t approved a state constitutional amendment restricting marriage to between one man and one woman.
Carolina may be resisting the dark side.
