Virginia GOP to centrists: Fuck off.
 

Apparently the South Carolina primary is proportional representation for the delegates that show up at the convention. Colbert is hoping that he has enough votes for one lone delegate to show up and cast a ballot for him in the Democratic convention. I don't think the party is too pleased about this.

Virginia GOP to centrists: Fuck off.
 

It being EFCA? Or It being Slave? If its EFCA, I think the idea is that the law would take away a secret ballot election and replace ith with card check for purposes of union representation.

But you knew that.

I thought that Slave's point was that any attempt by Democrats to try and attack Republicans in regard to secret ballot elections rings hollow when their supporters are pushing to do away with secret ballot elections in the union context.

However I probably shouldn't be speaking for Slave or his point.

aV

Virginia GOP to centrists: Fuck off.
 

Virginia GOP to centrists: Fuck off.
 

Apparently, Slave believes that union certification and selecting elected officials are one and the same. It's not the craziest idea he's had.

But if the Rs are so gung-ho on the issue when it applies to unions, why do they play a different jig in Virginia? Why, Slave, Why?

Virginia GOP to centrists: Fuck off.
 

That's the thing about playing insider ball.

When someone else gets the ball, the insider gets very sad and throws a tantrum.

Virginia GOP to centrists: Fuck off.
 

Yes. I wasn't seeing the relevance.

Thanks for trying, but I'm still not getting the parallel.

Virginia GOP to centrists: Fuck off.
 

i'm counting this. win 400. thank you all.

Yes, Virginia.
 

Santa can suck it.

More of a Yog-Sogoth man, myself.

your liberal media
 

Ben Bradlee:

• Are you surprised the Washington Post [editorial page] has supported this fucking war for so long?
  
  Oh, we always do. We like wars. How long do you think we supported Vietnam?

interview via here

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How do the Republicans feel about shareholder reform -- is a corporate vote analogous to casting a ballot in a public, state-conducted election, too?

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Apropos of which, I meant to point to this:

• On Sept. 29 -- a date that will live in the Double Standard Hall of Fame -- the NLRB issued two rulings, the first (Dana Corp./Metaldyne) dealing with "card check." This is the process by which an employer can recognize a union when a majority of employees sign cards or petitions affiliating themselves with that union, bypassing the board election process, which an anti-union employer can drag out for years. The board ruled that once a union was certified through card check, the employer must post a notice telling employees that if 30 percent of them sign a petition saying they don't want a union, the 50 percent-plus-one of them that do are overruled and a board election must be held. The Bush appointees argued that card-check isn't a good measure of worker sentiment, since those employees who sign cards and petitions may be susceptible to "group pressure."
  
  On the same day, however, in a case (Wurtland Nursing) involving an employer's withdrawal of recognition from the union in its workplace, the board ruled that if a majority of workers signed cards or petitions asking for a vote to remove the union, the employer could decertify the union then and there without even holding that vote. Signed petitions from workers, in other words, are suspect when the workers want a union and proof positive when they don't.

Harold Meyerson

Don't hold your breath waiting for conservatives to complain about Wurtland Nursing.

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couple quick questions. Aren't there panels at the NLRB, and don't they differ, and if so wouldn't anyone who has ever worked a day in the law know that the article you posted simply showed ignorance of the law? different panels in the same court often get to somewhat differing opinions, you know that, don't you? everyone else here does.

Plus, it soulds like there are pretty distinct issues being discussed in the two cases. Maybe violins will respond substantively, but maybe not.

The answer was plain to see, cause I saw the light.
 

Right. Kinda like the distinction between a union election and a state's primary election. Except not quite as much.