UNIONS ARE THE ANSWER

All over the news for the last year has been stories about food stamp cuts; minimum wage increase, health insurance, and pay inequality. All of these things should be talked about, but why does union organizing and the benefits of unions get no time on the air? Unions would solve a lot of these other problems with better pay, and health insurance for its workers. The only time unions get mentioned is when they are brought up negatively. The same old kinnard from the GOP about union dues. We all know the reason why the GOP is trying to kill unions. Then they have no one on the other side with any money to oppose them. A perfect example of these GOP haters are Bob Corker a Republican Senator from Tennessee who in my opinion lied about what Volkswagen was going to do in the recent election to unionize the VW plant in his state. He said he has been "assured" that if workers at the Volkswagen AG plant in his hometown of Chattanooga reject United Auto Worker representation, the company will reward the plant with a new product to build.

The Governor of Tennessee another Republican also threatened to with hold tax incentives to a plant that was unionized. Mr. Corker should be made to tell who in the company told him the story he put out. If he can't or won't he should be expelled from the United States Senate. Then there is Nikki Haley the Republican Governor of South Carolina who said "make the unions understand full well that they are not needed, not wanted and not welcome in the state of South Carolina” These people's only concern is that they can keep the workers of their respective state working for as little as possible, they do this to serve their corporate masters. Workers don't mean anything to these people, and any person who would turn away jobs because the employees might make a decent living are beneath contempt.

GOD SPOKE TO ME?

The other day I posted about military misbehavior. Today a retired Lt. Gen. William G. Boykin said that The Lord is a warrior and in Revelation 19 it says when he comes back. Okay so far so good. But he goes on to say that he checked this out, which I have trouble understanding because the General is probably not in touch with the lord. He states that I believe that sword he'll be carrying when he comes back is an AR-15 and if you don't have one go get one, You're supposed to have one. It's biblical. This crackpot served in the military for many years. You can't tell me that no one knew that this guy was and still is crazy. There have been several generals who have gone off the deep end when it comes to religion. They should have been booted out of the service at the first sign of this nonsense. On a related matter Tom Delay the ex-congressman from Texas said that God wrote the Constitution. I guess again that he is in touch with the lord and must have been told that James Madison was really God. The problem with these nuts is that many people actually believe this stuff.

NATE BELL BIG MOUTH #2

This is the same Republican clown from Arkansas who wondered how many Boston liberals were hiding under their beds wishing they had an AR-15 during the Boston marathon bombing. I don't know if this yokel is trying to put himself at the head of the list of ignorant GOP lawmakers, but he's giving it a shot. During a debate about a proposed Medicaid expansion bill in his state. He said “we're trying to create a barrier to enrollment.” I guess the whole idea in his mind is let as many people as possible go without any medical insurance, which means to most no health care at all. Typical Republican jerk.

MILITARY MISBEHAVIOR

There was a headline today about soldiers leaving army due to misconduct on the rise. If you have been paying attention to the news for awhile there has been a string of general officers that have had to resign for differing reasons including drugs or sexual misconduct. Having served in the army it is not hard to understand that officers and the enlisted have problems. The thing that has happened it seems to me is that in especially the officers corp this kind of behavior slowly became tolerated, sort of like what happened in the Catholic Church. The pedophile epidemic didn't just happen over night. It was overlooked and tolerated by the hierarchy, and some of these pedophiles rose in the church they accepted this culture and even condoned it. The same thing has happened in the military. You don't have sexual deviants, and drug users just pop up. Their fellow brethren knew they were there but over looked their behavior. I am not sure how this is going to be cleaned up, but for this country's sake it better be. Just because these people have risen to a high level they should not be treated with kid gloves, but booted out of the service.

REPUBLICANS WHAT ARE THEY GOOD FOR, ABSOLUTLY NOTHING

In Tennessee Republican lawmakers are threatening to withhold tax incentives for a Volkswagen automotive plant. Why you may ask? The lawmakers are up in arms that the workers might decide to join the United Auto Workers union a move that V.W. Is in favor of. I guess the Republicans think people shouldn't be able to make their own decisions.

In South Dakota Republican lawmakers blocked a measure that would have allowed state voter's to vote on if they wanted the state to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act, which 63% if the people of that state want. The Republicans have decided that the people shouldn't have a say in their own lives. They know best because they say so.

In Wisconsin the Club for Growth is suing to stop a state investigation of the 2011&2012 recall elections. They say their right to free speech, free assembly, and equal protection under the law is being infringed on. The investigation is looking into a illegal coordination between the Club for Growth and the Republican candidates that were running for office. I guess if I had something to hide I'd be worried too.

In Kansas Republican Senator Pat Roberts won't release details about how much time

he actually spends in state seeing that the good Senator doesn't actually maintain a home there. I can see why he might be a little nervous about it.

These people are the people who claim that voter fraud is rampant, and unions are destroying this country. My take on this is that these people and people like them are destroying this country in the name of a political philosophy that is morally bankrupt.

RAND PAUL IS UNTRUSTWORTHY

Rand Paul “Doesn't deserve to be in the United States Senate” Peter King a fellow Republican stated that because Rand Paul lied about the National Security Agency. He went on to say “Paul is really spreading fear among the American people.”In fact Paul condones lying he just calls it by another name. He stated “misinformation works” I'm sorry, untruth is lying, of course a well documented plagiarist like Paul who has no problem stealing other peoples work and claiming it for himself has to justify his actions some how. One of Paul’s other problems is his propensity to hire racists to work for him. The latest is the so-called “Southern Avenger” who thought it was okay that President Lincoln was assassinated. Or his Senate campaign spokesman who made racist comments about lynching. Paul tried to use his misinformation tactic to justify their actions. In fact Paul’s father Ron has published newsletters with racist overtones. Ron Paul says he didn't actually know what was in his newsletters that had his name at the head of. I guess he taught his son the misinformation tactic. When caught in something just lie, because that is what it is. My point in all of this is why anyone would pay any attention to anything this scum-bag has to say.

WORKING HARD?

A week or two ago a billionaire Tom Perkins went on about the 1% were being victimized by the other 99% and tried to compare his kind to the Jews of Nazi Germany. Well here comes another goof Sam Zell he said he agrees with Mr. Perkins, but he takes it a step further. He says the 1% work harder than the rest of us. I would suggest Mr. Zell get his head out of his ass and actually find out how hard the working class works in this country,. The place I work especially in the summer work 12 hr. days in 100 degree heat 6 days a week. You come home from work without any energy, but you still have to fix the things that need fixing and spend quality time with your family, so don't tell me the rest of us don't work hard. I have no problem with the 1% having more money, but don't tell me you work harder and are more deserving.