There are certain defining moments in some politicians’ careers that take them from the status of politician to a real leader. In Arizona, the fight over SB1070 is Governor Jan Brewer’s defining moment. In the fight over SB1070, Jan Brewer has stood up to Barack Obama, his Washington (and Chicago) entourage, as well as the “hand inside Barack Obama’s puppet,” the Service Employees International Union. | Read More »
An interesting exchange occurred on Fox News between Maricopa County (AZ) Sheriff Joe Arpaio and the AFL-CIO’s Stewart Acuff over the AFL-CIO’s call to end federal funding for training Arizona law enforcement agencies. Acuff has been and continues to be the mouthpiece for the AFL-CIO (a federation of 56 national unions) on a variety of issues, from the nationalization of health care to the job-destroying | Read More »
Elections have consequences. In 28 states across the U.S., unionized workers can be forced to pay union dues or fees as a condition of employment. If workers refuse to pay the union, the union can order them to be fired from their jobs. However, since 1947, the so-called Taft-Hartley Amendments to the National Labor Relations Act (passed over Pres. Harry Truman’s veto) enabled state legislatures | Read More »
As part of its continued campaign of flipping the bird flouting America’s immigration laws (including Arizona’s new SB 1070), the SEIU launched a new faux-Arizona Travel Advisory Hotline earlier today. Even though it’s part of the SEIU’s ongoing campaign of Amnesty for Illegals, it really is sort of a clever waste of money. If you call the number (888-958-5068), you will hear a woman’s voice state | Read More »
Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything. Wyatt Earp With the SEIU, the UFCW and the AFL-CIO up in arms over Arizona’s new immigration law (which enforces already-existing law), Obama administration officials Eric Holder and Janet Napolitano have admitted they haven’t actually read the law, despite their condemnation. Meanwhile, the City of Los Angeles has opted to boycott the State of Arizona. According to union-bought backed Los | Read More »
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