Although details are lacking, the above pic was e-mailed stating that the Southwest Regional Council of Carpenters has replaced its banner outside Hope Baptist Church (in Las Vegas) and is now being manned by non-union temp. labor. [Apparently, a church should not be using non-union labor, but a union can?] According to the e-mail, the union’s prior banner stated “Shame on God.”
Consider this an open thread.
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“I bring reason to your ears, and, in language as plain as ABC, hold up truth to your eyes.” Thomas Paine, December 23, 1776
Cross-posted on LaborUnionReport.com
Moe Lane
Dan Spencer
Dan McLaughlin
Jeff Emanuel
That's rich
DaveWT4 (Diary) Friday, January 6th at 9:50PM EDT (link)Considering I have yet to see or hear of a Union that actually has any shame.
In other words...
Rusty_S (Diary) Friday, January 6th at 10:06PM EDT (link)Carpenters’ union protests Carpenter’s union.
I like that. nt
Flagstaff (Diary) Saturday, January 7th at 12:50AM EDT (link)nt
Buffett Rule #1: “Tax rates don’t matter if you don’t pay your taxes”
– Unnamed tax adviser to Warren Buffett, Leavenworth, KS, 2011
Buffett Rule #2: “A parrot in every pot and two Volts in every garage”– Jimmy Buffett, at a seance in Margaritaville, 1977
Same Sign (Twice) for more than 6 months Here in Chattanooga!
quill67 (Diary) Friday, January 6th at 10:32PM EDT (link)We have the same signs here in Chattanooga:
One is against a church and the other is against Whirlpool at the BestBuy store.
The one for the church actually uses the pastor’s name. His Crime? Using a company that happend to hire some non-union workers. They have been camped out on and off for more than 6 months.
Sure wish God would do some Old Testament style
avgjo (Diary) Friday, January 6th at 11:02PM EDT (link)miracle to these jerks…
Ceterum autem censeo, Obamaecuram esse delendam.
It’s the morality, stupid.
Perry relaxes before debate. Wont see Obama doing this.
gekster (Diary) Saturday, January 7th at 12:55AM EDT (link)via drudge
Perry Relaxes at Local Range
excerpt:
“Just relaxing a bit @ Red’s Range before we leave for New Hampshire!” @governorperry tweeted Friday along with a photo of himself wearing a green sweatshirt and a baseball cap with a firearm in hand.
They say Republicans are for the rich, Democrats are for the poor.
If they need more voters,
then they have to make more of who they are for.
We are there in the various Tea Party groups, leaderless, but not rudderless.
We steer always toward the Constitutional principles this nation was founded upon.
Erick Brockway
I’ve gone from
“Hope and Change” to
“Hopeless and Changeless”
Come to think of it...
macbookben (Diary) Saturday, January 7th at 1:02AM EDT (link)…Jesus was a Jewish carpenter. Pretty sure he didn’t carry a union card.
Proud reformed liberal, born-again conservative (since 1999)
excellent point!
cheetah2 (Diary) Saturday, January 7th at 1:06AM EDT (link),
I’m a Christian, a conservative, and a Republican, in that order, just like Mike Pence.
@cheetah222
"In those days, a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that Nazareth should be a Right to Work city..."
Steve Maley (Diary) Saturday, January 7th at 6:24AM EDT (link).
The blogger formerly known as ‘Vladimir’.
5 (nt)
jakeofalltrades (Diary) Saturday, January 7th at 7:54AM EDT (link)If Jesus was here today........................
chub_in_carthage Saturday, January 7th at 2:39PM EDT (link)instead of being brought before Pontius Pilate, He would be brought before Richard Trumka or Junior Hoffa.
“Liberal: a power worshipper without power.”- George Orwell
Prayers needed for pttx
Scope (Diary) Saturday, January 7th at 8:27AM EDT (link)I got an email from her last night and her son is in very serious condition in the hospital with heart problems. She asks if everyone will please pray for him. I know many here will oblige. Thank you.
Many prayers going up.
Danielle Davis (ocleverone) (Diary) Saturday, January 7th at 8:29AM EDT (link)Keep us posted Scope.
To me, “consensus” seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one believes and to which no one objects … There are still people in my party who believe in “consensus” politics. I regard them as Quislings, as traitors … I mean it. — Margaret Thatcher
Many Prayers for pttx and her son
bzip Saturday, January 7th at 8:42AM EDT (link)pttx and her son has my prayers and my best wshes. I’ll be thinking of them sending them my best hopes. Keep us posted, Scope.
Praying!
louisianapatriette (Diary) Saturday, January 7th at 8:55AM EDT (link)Mrs. Texas is such a sweet friend. I hope everything goes well.
National Director of the Perry FIRE! PAC Twitter Team and authoress of the Formidable Courage blog.
@LAPatriette
A Prayer for pttx and family:
westcoastpatriette (Diary) Saturday, January 7th at 8:56AM EDT (link)Father, we pray for pttx, her son and everyone involved in this situation. We ask for your peace to surround them and comfort them throughout their trial. We pray for wisdom for the doctors and healing for pttx’s son. We pray all these things in Jesus name. Amen
Praise ye the Lord. Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints. Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. Let them praise His name in the dance: let them sing praises unto Him with the timbrel and harp. Psalm 149:1-3
Prayers!
sunshinek67 (Diary) Saturday, January 7th at 9:05AM EDT (link)Jesus, the healer
Debate schedule, why so many?
bzip Saturday, January 7th at 9:32AM EDT (link)I am trying to figure out this debate schedule. Does anyone know why there are two debates this weekend, one tonight (Saturday) and the second one first thing Sunday morning.
Who made this schedule up and why?
On top of that if you look onward it is filled with debates:
Jan 16, Jan 19, Jan 23, Jan 26 (just for the rest of Jan)
http://www.2012presidentialelectionnews.com/2012-debate-schedule/2011-2012-primary-debate-schedule/?wpmp_switcher=mobile
I am a little worried about the amount of time the moderators will give Perry in tonight’s debate. I won’t be surprised if they shun Perry for most of the debate tonight.
The church can go out with sandwiches and soft drinks
deanfromohio Saturday, January 7th at 10:46AM EDT (link)And share the love of God with these folks. Putting out its own banner of “God is love” and even “If anyone will not work, neither should he eat” might be another idea. A couple of changed protestor hearts would be more than acceptable compensation for this inconvenience.
Additionally, the unions are all about power, and hypocrisy is acceptable and even prized in such a world view. Stalin never blushed about saying one thing and doing another. The unions are his ideological and spiritual heirs. When the influence of the Pope was mentioned to Stalin, he asked, “How many divisions does the Pope have?” The people in Soviet Georgia, the home territory of Stalin, said, “Yes, Stalin was a monster, but he was our monster.” Even so, the supporters of the unions are just as morally directionless as those Georgians.
This diary reminded me that I saw the same thing here in Cali.
westcoastpatriette (Diary) Saturday, January 7th at 11:00AM EDT (link)Some union had a similar sign out in front of Greg Laurie’s church here in Riverside, CA. I don’t attend there but a good friend of mine does and I meant to call her to find out what was going on and I forgot.
I was shocked when I saw the sign. This is sacrilegious, IMO, and shows the utter contempt unions have toward average Americans.
Praise ye the Lord. Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints. Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. Let them praise His name in the dance: let them sing praises unto Him with the timbrel and harp. Psalm 149:1-3
Gov. Perry adds additional arguments to his VA Ballot lawsuit
Scope (Diary) Saturday, January 7th at 1:42PM EDT (link)Ballot Access News
One of the things Mr. Winger argues in his article is that Perry is depending on the VRA to help him win his case in VA, and simultaneously is arguing in the Texas SC that section 5 of the VRA is unconstitutional. Please be sure to read Mr. Riley’s comment where he corrects Mr. Wingers misconception. Gov. Perry is not fighting in the Texas redistricting case before the Texas SC that it is unconstitutional.
The argument concerning the petitions being optional, because of the language in the law stating “may” instead of shall seems to be the strongest argument to me, and possibly where he should have started.
Thank you, Scope!
jakeofalltrades (Diary) Saturday, January 7th at 2:09PM EDT (link)I’ve been waiting to see an amended complaint.
I like both arguments, Scope, and do not see how the courts
westcoastpatriette (Diary) Saturday, January 7th at 2:13PM EDT (link)could ignore them. That would be so awesome if Perry wins. But I wonder what the remedy could be at this point in time?
Praise ye the Lord. Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints. Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. Let them praise His name in the dance: let them sing praises unto Him with the timbrel and harp. Psalm 149:1-3
wouldn't
trevorb (Diary) Saturday, January 7th at 2:21PM EDT (link)one of the arguments be that he had enough signatures, but that about half of them were rejected?
Perry couldn't use that argument alone, trevorb,
westcoastpatriette (Diary) Saturday, January 7th at 2:50PM EDT (link)as, according to the rules, they threw most of them out because Perry failed to follow the rules in gathering them. So, Perry is going for one aspect of the Voting Rights Act that was violated by the VA GOP as well as “weak” language in the rules (using the word “may” rather than “shall” ) written by the VA GOP.
Praise ye the Lord. Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints. Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: Let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. Let them praise His name in the dance: let them sing praises unto Him with the timbrel and harp. Psalm 149:1-3
Agreed WCP
Scope (Diary) Saturday, January 7th at 3:15PM EDT (link)Particularly with respect to the weak language.
Years ago when I was taking the exam for a real estate license, I had taken real estate as one of my electives prior. They kept making a huge point of the difference between “may” and “shall” and said that that was how many people got tripped up with the exam.
trevorb- I don't think
Scope (Diary) Saturday, January 7th at 2:51PM EDT (link)that that would be an argument in his favor. I don’t know how you can argue against signature verification, which was something the VA GOP was supposed to be doing all along, but never did until this year. The former VA GOP chair, that was in office during the 2008 election season, stated publically that the signatures were not verified against the State Election database in 2008. They checked that the forms had all the proper notary seals, and signatures of those gather the signatures, but the individual signatures were not verified. That was the big change this year, the signatures were in fact checked on the database. The past GOP chair said that if a candidate submitted 10,000 signatures, they were considered to have met the requirement.
I would be interested to see if some that were in the verification room that day were called before the judge to testify as to what they saw. One guy said he saw some of the volunteers throw out pages and pages of signatures because some kind of info at the top of the page was considered incorrect by the volunteer, even though it was not a valid reason for invalidation. He also said that some of the volunteers were elderly, and not computer savy. They had a hard time trying to verify the signatures on the database, and could have invalidated some signatures wrongly. I don’t know that that will happen though because it doesn’t appear to be a part of Perry’s lawsuit. Someone has got to find out who the volunteers were, and if they were a majority of supporters of another candidate. I did read that Jerry Kilgore, Perry’s VA chair will be testifying in court.
and
trevorb (Diary) Saturday, January 7th at 3:14PM EDT (link)it’s not likely they’re going to change it, so in Virginia, Romney and Paul are the only options; the two candidates that make me cringe.
Huntsman up to 16% in one poll
Change Jar Conservative (Diary) Saturday, January 7th at 2:03PM EDT (link)http://watchdog.org/12738/new-poll-shows-romney-leading-in-nh-followed-by-paul-and-huntsman/
It may be time to leave Rick Perry and go with Huntsman as the non-Romney.
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Huntsman didn't even make the ballot in Illinois
thirstyboots Saturday, January 7th at 2:35PM EDT (link)Even Buddy Roemer made it!
Huntsman isn’t really running a presidential campaign. He’ll drop out after New Hampshire. He hasn’t dropped out yet because he’d look foolish getting out before NH.
Darn, Huntsman was my 3rd or 4th choice....
acat (Diary) Saturday, January 7th at 2:44PM EDT (link)Now I won’t be able to vote for him if my first couple choices drop out prematurely.
Heh. At this rate, I may end up voting for Buddy Roemer.
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I think that's a bit unfair...
ffc99 Saturday, January 7th at 2:46PM EDT (link)Huntsman is running a presidential campaign, unfortunately just not a very good one. He’s no Herm Cain, who really wasn’t running for president (he was simply in the game to sell some books).
I think that one thing that people leave out is the experience of running for President
Change Jar Conservative (Diary) Saturday, January 7th at 3:08PM EDT (link)Runniing for president is complicated and unlike anything else in the world.
Being a candidate previously is not just huge from an organizational point of view, but also from just having a feel for the pace and grind of the process.
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