Senate confirms Hilda Solis as Labor Secretary.
By on Feb 24th, 2009 at 5:15 pm
Senate confirms Hilda Solis as Labor Secretary.
Today, the Senate voted 80-17 to confirm Hilda Solis as Labor Secretary. The vote is a defeat for anti-worker conservatives, who have been stalling her nomination since Obama nominated her on Dec. 19. Responses from the AFL-CIO, SEIU, and UNITE HERE.
Update Jason Rosenbaum at the Seminal writes, "What’s more, given her strong progressive bona-fides and her vote in the House for the Employee Free Choice Act, we can safely say that the first battle over passing the Employee Free Choice Act has been won. I think it’s safe to expect strong support for unions and working families from Secretary Solis, and that includes supporting Free Choice."
Update Roll call vote here.
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February 24th, 2009 at 5:19 pmOh, this is wonderful, now the unions can put the screws to the rest of the companies in the USA like they did to Detroit.
February 24th, 2009 at 5:27 pmRED SCARE!!!! RED SCARE!!!!! EEEH!! EEEH!!
February 24th, 2009 at 5:28 pmOh nooooos! Help for regular, working middle-class people! And the vote doesn’t even look close. Me thinks some senators have been getting some angry calls and mail.
Another hole in the hull of the sinking USS GOOP.
PEACE
February 24th, 2009 at 5:29 pmDeuce Coupe Says:
Oh, this is wonderful, now the unions can put the screws to the rest of the companies in the USA like they did to Detroit.
That is a very little deuce coupe, isn’t it? Tiny, one might say.
I do wonder why “conservatives” hate working people so much.
February 24th, 2009 at 5:30 pmWow! A Labor Secretary who does not hate American workers. Imagine that.
February 24th, 2009 at 5:30 pm80-17
By the skin of her teeth, right wingnuts?
February 24th, 2009 at 5:31 pmI guess it has something to do with their worship of the idle rich.
February 24th, 2009 at 5:32 pmDeuce Coupe
It’s within your comfort zone to bash the unions. Standard fare.
Have you ever thought of health care costs?
Haver you ever thought of bad strategy from the higher ups ^^^?
Right wingers never explain what fighting for a decent standard of living has to do with the viability of a company.
February 24th, 2009 at 5:32 pmThank God the anti-worker Fascists have lost this round.
February 24th, 2009 at 5:33 pmFree choice for workers????? NOOOOOOOO!!!!
February 24th, 2009 at 5:34 pmWhy should decent wages and pensions be a thing of the past? It’s proven: the decline in union influence has been tied to decline in wages and job security.
February 24th, 2009 at 5:35 pmIt’s about time that Ms. Solis is confirmed finally. Now, I am looking forward to following her work as Labor Secretary and the future investigation into to Senator McConnell’s wife, Elaine Chao, the former Labor Secretary.
February 24th, 2009 at 5:40 pm@2 – Hooray – I get to hear more righties b,p&m about the boogey men that frighten them!!!!!
p.s. -’bout damned time!!!!
February 24th, 2009 at 5:42 pmRobt. Reich was a labor secretary who didn’t Hate Workers.
He just couldn’t DO that much to Help them , with a 50/50 country raised on anti-union Propaganda.
But…That was then…Now that Job security and a living wage are No longer a Given….The Protection of a Union doesn’t seem so Bad.
February 24th, 2009 at 5:44 pmp.p.s: Detoit’s nepotistic Management culture is what laid Detroit low.
pretty weak, when the Boss blames the working guys for his sh*tty products.
nice personal responsibility there, righties!!
February 24th, 2009 at 5:45 pmIts about time. I hope all those wingnut repugs heads explode.
February 24th, 2009 at 5:47 pmI see Mr. Deuce is yet another Righty who bought his courage on sale at WalMart.
Little did he(they) know it was made of sawdust and painted with lead. (”Who cares, moonbats, it only cost me 2 bucks!!”)
February 24th, 2009 at 5:49 pmTom Baker,
righties never take responsibity for their own behavior. Ever. Bush’s biggest mistake was trading sammy sosa. rumsfeld went to war with army he had, not the army he wanted, derivative traders blame the people who were sold crappy morgateges not the theives who sold them. Fort Myers Fla has the one of the highest rates of foreclourses in the country. That’s not ACORN country, that’s rich people who were speculating on condos. GM, Ford, Dodge, have crappy designs and are being gutted by the greedy health care industry.
But it’s all the unions’ fault…
February 24th, 2009 at 5:51 pmUnion bashers are toadys and scabs. Men and women fought, and died, literally, for the rights we take for granted.
February 24th, 2009 at 5:52 pm3 generations in my family, Bob
the 2 elder of those were beaten by Pinkertons, paid for by their employers.
I remember all who were robbed, beaten, and killed – all to get a fair shake and a 5-day workweek.
that is some history too many have forgotten.
February 24th, 2009 at 5:58 pmthat is something no one should take for granted.
that is something Medals of Honor should’ve been awarded for.
It wasn’t rank and file union members who bought every foot of Lake Michigan shoreline at $1,000 per. It was the wave of white collar management retirees who built their 5,000 sq.ft. second homes, drove up the cost of living so high that no one can afford to live there anymore. Now they whine and cheese that there’s no laborers left to plow their driveways, rake their lawns, and fix their burst plumbing.
February 24th, 2009 at 6:00 pmthe Beauty Shop is down on the corner Pillsbury…
they’ll gossip with you…
…gossipy lil’ beeeeee-yatch.
now go tell your mommy on me
February 24th, 2009 at 6:03 pm(and tell her I said Hi)
That’s a legacy to be proud of Tom. That’s a legacy to pass on to the next generation. I’m a first generaton union member, having had a UBC card is something I’ll always hold dear. I’m a member of the NEA now and wouldn’t trade that for anything our adminstration could offer.
February 24th, 2009 at 6:03 pmNevar, the same thing happened in Aspen CO, Jackson WYO, Cape Cod MA, etc.
February 24th, 2009 at 6:06 pmSolidarnosc!, Bob, as ol’ Lech Walesa used to say.
Unions freed Poland from Soviet domination.
Union workers saved lives after Katrina when Dubbie would not.
Union Electricians are getting Iraqis what little wattage they now get, having been “liberated” by Dubbie.
February 24th, 2009 at 6:07 pmI don’t think it’s the same type of lobbying you are familiar with, Mr. Philme.
February 24th, 2009 at 6:07 pmyou defintely wouldn’t, and probably couldn’t, even begin to understand, little righty.
you’re an elitist. and a poor excuse for one at that.
February 24th, 2009 at 6:07 pmMr. Philby Says:
I remember all who were robbed, beaten, and killed – all to get a fair shake and a 5-day workweek.
Sound like some great reasons to axe the unions to me.
More stupid comments posted purely to get attention. Seek help, P.
February 24th, 2009 at 6:10 pmwhy don’t you just make out with me Philby.
come on.
you know you’ll like it.
all the girls do.
February 24th, 2009 at 6:11 pmpillsbury gets paid for kissin his Boss’s rosy pink bottom, and that’s the way he likes it.
February 24th, 2009 at 6:13 pmGood luck Hilda
February 24th, 2009 at 6:14 pm6 posts in the span of nine minutes.
Some troll’s head is spinning revolutions galore.
February 24th, 2009 at 6:16 pmWhere’s all the handwringers? They must have a reasonable explanation as to why this is just how the last administration handled the issue.
Hanshiro, where are you? Surely this softball is just your speed, and you’ll knock it out of the park, right?
February 24th, 2009 at 6:17 pmP-Stain is irrelevant. Just like his party.
February 24th, 2009 at 6:19 pmNext Tom Daschle? Did she withdraw before being confirmed 80-17 or something?
Eat that, loser.
February 24th, 2009 at 6:19 pmKeep those partisan blinders on nice and tight…….
Look! In the stall! Is it a pervert? Is it a republican?
No! It’s Captain Irrelevant!
February 24th, 2009 at 6:21 pmP, Solis has been Washington regularly since 2001. She has no damn time to worry about her husband’s business. A local tax issue is her husband’s dodge, not hers, and there’s a pretty tight agreement on that.
February 24th, 2009 at 6:23 pmnow fairness is a partisan concept?
righties of yore would’ve blanched at that suggestion, but it doesn’t surprise me in the least, coming from the right’s “best-and-brightest” of today.
February 24th, 2009 at 6:25 pmease up on the ice, pill, before you find yourself prayin’ in the back of a Yukon with Dog and Leland.
also – Sarah Palin’s daughter is of loose and shoddy moral character – just like her Mommy
February 24th, 2009 at 6:27 pmROFFLMFAO!!!!!!! From the same asshat that attacked Palins kids every chance he got!
Was there a rebuttal in the midst of all that rolling, and thinly-veiled closeted-homosexual angst?
February 24th, 2009 at 6:27 pmROFFLMFAO!!!!!!! From the same asshat that attacked Palins kids every chance he got!
You can retrieve the post(s) where I allegedly knocked Palin’s kids. I refuse to twist in the wind with a petty troll, however.
The topic is Solis. You can tell the crane operator to stop moving the goal posts.
Now, what evidence can you present that Solis was culpable in her husband’s business affairs?
February 24th, 2009 at 6:29 pmAnd really, $6,400 for a 16-year period?
Can I pay that little tax, please? Sounds as if they missed one tiny line item and thought it was taken care of. Boring!
Good for Hilda. And Hilda will be good for the USA.
Unions make our workplaces safe and give workers dignity. That’s why the right hates them so, nothing must stand in the way of the Empire!
February 24th, 2009 at 6:46 pmMr. Phiby’s whole point seems to be to prove that the Democratic party isn’t perfect. No ones is arguing that. There are centrists, there are progressives, and there are out and out conservatives masquerading as Democrats.
This blog is progressive- scrutinizes the actions of both the GOP AND Democrats.
Mr. Philby contributes nothing to the blog or it’s discussion in the comments forum, other than the usual conservative projections of mindless occultism and partisanship.
Of course all here know (or maybe should) that there has already been much to criticize Obama and his administration for. What Mr. Philby, in his parent’s basement, seems to think is that any fault found with any Democrat is evidence to dismiss the whole party, administration, or anything associated with.
Mr. Philby must know, that lobbying ethics for an administration are new, that Bush had the bar so lowered, that even with ‘asterisked’ reforms, they are amazingly better than the nightmare of the last 8 years.
There’s no substance there. Ignore him and report him for disrupting the discussion of rational citizens.
February 24th, 2009 at 6:47 pmMr. Philby Says:
A local tax issue is her husband’s dodge, not hers, and there’s a pretty tight agreement on that.
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ROFFLMFAO!!!!!!! From the same asshat that attacked Palins kids every chance he got!
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what happened to “LOL”?
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how are you coming with
big article?
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February 24th, 2009 at 6:51 pmMr. Philby Says:
Examples, please!
The Burris threads, you sad little man.
February 24th, 2009 at 7:00 pmMr. Philby-
I’m sure you must’ve been playing your video games when the adults here were criticizing the Blue Dogs, debating the merits of Hillary Clinton, or Clinton for that matter. I can go on, but you’ve proven you’re not worth it, repeatedly.
Because I state the obvious about Obama, including my own ambivalence to a lot of decisions, I’m subjected to your embarrassing play on words? I can almost see you knocking over the TV dinner on your lap in triumph when you first heard “obamapologist,” you sad, sad man.
February 24th, 2009 at 7:01 pmMr. Philby Says: Examples, please!
Sorry to be off topic, but could you return to the lower thread and explain how Greta was not wrong again… examples, please!
Back on topic… can you explain why you are opposed to the 40 hour work week and those who were beaten by Pinkerton Guards so you could enjoy it?
February 24th, 2009 at 7:01 pmMr. Philby Says:
lobbying ethics for an administration are new, that Bush had the bar so lowered, that even with ‘asterisked’ reforms, they are amazingly better than the nightmare of the last 8 years.
Can you say “obamapologist?”
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much
LOL
hypocrite
front and center
links
(and the always original)
can you say…?
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p, is expanding his vocabulary.
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p, the article for johnny wad’s place,
seriously dude, how’s it coming?
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is jeff gannon co-writing it with you?
)(
did you know he wrote a book?
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February 24th, 2009 at 7:03 pmSorry to be off topic, but could you return to the lower thread and explain how Greta was not wrong again… examples, please!
You DO know you’re talking to the Mr. President troll of old, right? He is incapable of buttressing his arguments.
February 24th, 2009 at 7:04 pm*sigh* I’m afraid that when I read your comments, Mr. Philby, I’m feeling my intelligence sucked from me. Maybe it’s the manic LOL’s.
February 24th, 2009 at 7:06 pmMr. Philby Says:
Of course all here know (or maybe should) that there has already been much to criticize Obama and his administration for.
Where is it? Top secret posts?
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but there’s so much to criticize the gop
for we just don’t have time for it.
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i wonder if there are any blogs where they do
criticize obama?
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oh yeah…
:)
February 24th, 2009 at 7:07 pmMr. Philby Says:
debating the merits of Hillary Clinton, or Clinton for that matter.
LOL! Is tp going to claim to be fair and balanced, next? Hillary? You’re kidding, right? Only during the election, right? LOL!
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two “LOL”’s?
there’s a crack
in your hard drive, p.
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February 24th, 2009 at 7:09 pmMr. Philby Says:
You DO know you’re talking to the Mr. President troll of old, right? He is incapable of buttressing his arguments.
You have no idea what you are talking about, again. Can you prove I was “mr. president” or what ever other poster you think I am? Thought not.
Well then, care to buttress your arguments?
February 24th, 2009 at 7:10 pmHow EXACTLY was Greta not false when she said Obama had only visited states that he won?
Examples, please!
Mr. Philby Says:
we just don’t have time for it.
So, realness was just lying? Thanks.
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why don’t you ask him?
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February 24th, 2009 at 7:10 pmI don’t have time for you either, Mr. P, you’re a boor.
February 24th, 2009 at 7:11 pmAll I do is flag you. Enough is enough, you’ve had your fun.
Bye…
p, you haven’t answered any questions
about your article for johnny wad’s place.
are you really going to write it or are
you just lying.?
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(again)
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February 24th, 2009 at 7:12 pmMr. Philby Says:
“All I do is flag you.”
A coward, shocker!
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i forgot about shocker.
(you hadn’t used it in awhile.)
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February 24th, 2009 at 7:13 pmp, let’s keep the list going,
shall we?
much
LOL
hypocrite
front and center
links
(and the always original)
can you say…?
shocker
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more?
:)
February 24th, 2009 at 7:14 pmA coward, shocker!
Said the Philby who has yet to answer a direct question… a hypocrite, shocker!
February 24th, 2009 at 7:14 pmHow about the 40 hour work week… agin’ it?
February 24th, 2009 at 7:16 pmMr. Philby Says:
answer on friday…………:)
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if don’t want to answer now we understand.
we know that fear is a difficult emotion
for you to overcome.
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good luck trajie.
:)
February 24th, 2009 at 7:19 pmMr. Philby Says:
40 hr weeks are for pansies…….
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bravely written.
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February 24th, 2009 at 7:19 pmRepublicans are scum and hate middle-class Americans.
Always willing to give the ultra-rich some cash (Donations anyone?).
But they love to screw the rest of the country.
Hope the show their true colors and piss and moan about fair wages for the little guy.
That should win them some elections.
February 24th, 2009 at 7:21 pmMr. Philby Says:
40 hr weeks are for pansies…….
Cool, you feel we should work even less… like W.?
February 24th, 2009 at 7:21 pmp, let’s keep the list going,
shall we?
much
LOL
hypocrite
front and center
links
(and the always original)
can you say…?
shocker
Thanks, patsy
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it’s a small world you
live in, isn’t it?
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February 24th, 2009 at 7:22 pmMr. Phuckby Says:
40 hr weeks are for pansies…….
How would you know? It’s not like you have a job or anything.
Mr. sit around all week wasting your time here so you could tell on us to Rush the Bill O the falafel pervert.
Aren’t your diapers full yet?
February 24th, 2009 at 7:24 pmMr. Philby Says:
“All I do is flag you.”
A coward, shocker!
Who’s the coward? I told you what I’m doing.
February 24th, 2009 at 7:24 pm…snicker…
sorry p, i forgot
loons
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this friday, trajie?
:)
February 24th, 2009 at 7:24 pmTrajan75 IQ Says:
barfly:
Mr Philby is right, he is not the troll Mr President. That said, they both were partners in that failed blog called Think progress Watch. The original Mr P claimed to be a student at GMU, Philby was the pudgy simian faced latin king wannabe.
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that’s a pretty sad biography.
no wonder he gets upset when you’re around.
tell us more about the “skank” that
dumped him.
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February 24th, 2009 at 7:27 pmWell, the loser of this bout has thrown his garbage in the ring.
Munching his Cheetos into the night.
February 24th, 2009 at 7:35 pmp,
is this your website?
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no wonder it hasn’t been updated,
you spend all your time here!
:)
look at all the “comments”
you got for:
Think Progress attacks Palin for being member of a Church they don’t like.
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February 24th, 2009 at 7:37 pmTrajan75 IQ Says:
Joe Cantwell says:
that’s a pretty sad biography.
no wonder he gets upset when you’re around.
tell us more about the “skank” that
dumped him.
I am not sure she dumped him. I have a theory that he is back at Think Progress trying to earn enough cash to buy her a bus ticket from Tennessee to Tampa. At ten cents a post he has earned enough so far to get her halfway to Atlanta. It ain’t cheap ridin that big gray dog!
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dude where have you been?
this is way too funny!
check the website. it’s like
some spooky ghost town.
:)
February 24th, 2009 at 7:38 pmMr. Philby Says:
Wrong, again….
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oh come on, we’re not laughing at you,
we’re laughing with you.
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one comment?
:)
February 24th, 2009 at 7:55 pmTrajan75 IQ Says:
barfly:
Mr Philby is right, he is not the troll Mr President. That said, they both were partners in that failed blog called Think progress Watch. The original Mr P claimed to be a student at GMU, Philby was the pudgy simian faced latin king wannabe.
Not a chance. Philby can spell and has yet to rant about the primacy of “Latin” culture. P did have another li’l buddy, who tended to show up during school vacations. I’m not sure it’s the same cretin, but the games are familiar enough — then again, it doesn’t really matter. Like P, this is a desperately lonely little person who constantly seeks attention by pushing people’s buttons. 2- and 3-year-olds can be infuriating with their “why? why? why?” games. “Philby” is playing the same game but is presumably more than two.
February 24th, 2009 at 8:03 pmgum,
you have got to go to
p’s website.
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it’s a hoot!
:)
February 24th, 2009 at 8:05 pmmission statement:
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About TPW
Eric Odom on May 19th, 2008
This Website was set up to expose the Leftist Propaganda site called Think Progress. Our goal is to shed light and expose their anti-free market agenda.
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mission accomplished!
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February 24th, 2009 at 8:07 pmYou have no idea what you are talking about, again. Can you prove I was “mr. president” or what ever other poster you think I am? Thought not.
Your rhetoric is identical to P’s. Your choice of usages are the same.
If you want to play dress-up, online, I don’t care. But your mom might get curious about her missing dresses, so be careful.
February 24th, 2009 at 8:10 pmjoe cantwell Says:
gum,
you have got to go to
p’s website.
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it’s a hoot!
I haven’t looked at it in ages. But if he’s fired it up again, it could be time for hussein toasterhead to revive his blog. Tpwatchwatch was deliberately funny, unlike the unconscious stupid humor of tpwatch.
February 24th, 2009 at 8:11 pmNot a chance. Philby can spell and has yet to rant about the primacy of “Latin” culture.
Perhaps he bought a computer with spell-check software, to confuse you.
February 24th, 2009 at 8:13 pmAfter the SEIU organized in-home caregivers in Oregon, and got them a health plan and vacation time, they asked caregivers what they wanted next. You know what the number one answer was Philby?
Training.
February 24th, 2009 at 8:17 pmgummitch Says:
joe cantwell Says:
gum,
you have got to go to
p’s website.
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it’s a hoot!
I haven’t looked at it in ages. But if he’s fired it up again, it could be time for hussein toasterhead to revive his blog. Tpwatchwatch was deliberately funny, unlike the unconscious stupid humor of tpwatch.
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oh no dude this is an abandoned
warehouse with broken windows
and smelly urine puddles.
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i’d like to know more about it
but suddenly p’s gotten kind of shy.
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February 24th, 2009 at 8:17 pmAnd posts by the one and only Trajan!
February 24th, 2009 at 8:23 pmTrajan75 IQ Says:
Joe Cantwell
If you think that site is a hoot, check out the original TP watch and focus on the posts from late march threw early April. The link below is a post by the original Mr P.
http://thinkprogresswatch.wordpress.com/2008/04/05/know-thine-enemy/
February 24th, 2009 at 8:19 pm Recommend (0) | Report Abuse
gummitch Says:
And posts by the one and only Trajan!
February 24th, 2009 at 8:23 pm Recommend (0) | Report Abuse
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at the marina.
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so p, where have you gone?
this is in your honor you know.
:)
February 24th, 2009 at 8:27 pmMr. Philby Says:
If you far left loons think there is only one or two people out there that think this site is one of the most hypocritical, partisan apologizing blogs on the internet, you are even more delusional than I originally thought. I informed “trajan” you loons think I am him. Needless to say, he is laughing his ass off!
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Well, first off, the proper usage is “are”… “think there ARE only one or two people”…
Second… please define “far left loons” in a meaningful, concise answer, so it’s possible to even understand what you’re talking about. That’s such a broad brush it’s meaningless… saaaay, aren’t you the one who complaining about ad hominem attacks the other day?
And third… fascinating… you admit to knowing Trajan…. one of the more incoherent, grammatically challenged posters of all time… no, we don’t think you’re him.
February 24th, 2009 at 9:59 pmMr. Philby Says:
If you far left loons think there is only one or two people out there that think this site is one of the most hypocritical, partisan apologizing blogs on the internet, you are even more delusional than I originally thought. I informed “trajan” you loons think I am him. Needless to say, he is laughing his ass off!
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p, when you “talk” to traj
is it like when norman bates
“talks” to his mother?
?
question 2:
how coming you’re putting your
article on j$’s place instead of your
own mind blowing website?
?
February 24th, 2009 at 11:30 pmooops!
coming = come
(voldka martini, shaken not stirred)
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February 24th, 2009 at 11:37 pmPosted By: hartal | February 24 2009 at 09:31 PM
February 25th, 2009 at 4:03 amI’m glad the ridiculous delay is finally over, and that Ms. Solis can get down to business. It will be great to actually have a Pro-Labor Secretary at DOL for a change. Let me add my sincere hope that Ms. Solis looks within the Department of Labor, specifically the Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, as a place where major clean-up needs to take place. I was employed there 8 years – 4 under the Bush Administration with Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, and witnessed this program for injured Federal Employees go from bad to worse. The guidelines of being impartial and non-adversarial went out the window, as more quotas and numeric “standards” were put in place, creating conflicts of interest. An Examiners’ performance evaluations, chance for promotion, and piece of the bonus pie depended on how well they played the “numbers game”. So much energy was focused on reducing the disability rolls, and Examiners already overburdened with huge caseloads, the pressure was great to take shortcuts. I saw this happen often, and tried my best to not work that way, but ran into conflicts with Management when I continued to speak out against adversarial adjudication practices. This was quite a stressful situation, when my own Supervisor would parrot “Deny now, they have their appeal rights.”. I believe Ms. Solis needs to clean up OWCP, from the heads in DC, down to the District and Regional levels, including all Supervisors who enforced and/or encouraged adversarial adjudication procedures. Our Federal Employees deserve better treatment. I realize the Secretary wil have her hands full with many issues, but truly hope improvement finally comes to OWCP, after years of decline.
Gee, if it weren’t for those damn unions, then those factories back in the 1800s wouldn’t have had to hire the Pinkerton thugs to commit violence against them, I mean defend the company (please forgive me, Mr. P. for my bias). If it weren’t for those damn unions, children would still have the right to get hurt in the factories, because everyone knows that children don’t mind losing limbs and arms. If it weren’t for those damn unions, workers would not be faking injuries to extort money from the poor, hapless, downtrodden employers who are just trying to be so good to their workers, but cannot because the unions are messing things up. If it weren’t for those damn unions, corporations would voluntarily make their workplaces a worker utopia where everyone would get fair wages and health care and benefits.
Way to blame the victims…
February 25th, 2009 at 5:20 amPhilby is a perfect example of a right-wing Republican who is anti-worker. Typically, these anti-worker Republicans will never come right out and state their anti-worker agenda, because even they know how awful it sounds. Rather, they resort to smearing anyone who threatens to stand up for the average American worker.
February 25th, 2009 at 10:19 amDeuce Coupe Says: 2
Oh my GOD did you REALLY type something as BONE ignorant as that? Sure that is the BIG problem. Workers making a good wage. You brainwashed piece of garbage. Keep carrying water for the Rich just like you have been brainwashed to do. You are as useless as sand in ice cream.
February 25th, 2009 at 1:22 pmMr. Philby Says: 24
I WONDER why you are so stupid and so brainwashed and if you will EVER make a post that is anything but an IQ draining piece of drivel.
February 25th, 2009 at 1:24 pmMr. Philby Says: 57
I can say you are an ignorant moronic hivemind troll. I can say you are a worthless piece of garbage and stupider than most people could imagine. I can say that most people would rather be intimatly aquainted with a pustulant boil than read your ignorant worthless posts. I can say the world would be a better place without you. Can YOU say anything and I mean ANYTHING worthwhile? Do you have to work at being so stupid or does it come naturally.
February 25th, 2009 at 1:29 pmMr. Philby Says: 58
You are a liar and a fool or completely illiterate. The liberals here criticize Obama quite a bit. My GOD you are ignorant.
February 25th, 2009 at 1:29 pmI am so overjoyed to hear about Hilda Solis’ confirmation. It is a huge victory, and I’m very happy. I have been thinking and talking a lot about worker’s rights recently, inspired by the book Thinking Big and the essay on Building Shared Prosperity. The four ideas addressed in the essay are what I’d like to see Solis address: 1. Addressing Key Roots of Economic Insecurity – healthcare and retirement. 2. Investing in Competitiveness – infrastructure as a way to improve economy. 3. Reconnecting Pay and Productivity – unions, labor dept. should raise min. wage and 4. Boosting Trade and Prosperity: Home and Abroad – job training at home, stop giving tax breaks to corporations that do business abroad.
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