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You heard it here…

February 26, 2009

I warned even before the democrat primary had ended that a renewal of the failed Assault Weapons ban would be coming our way, further, that it didn’t matter who won the election. Now, because of criminals in Mexico, the obamanites will be making a push for reinstatement. Never mind that the violence will be, or already has spilled across the border. The politics of revenge are hard at work indeed, just as I warned. What is the true goal of the obamanites? Simply put, it is to make it quite clear to all of you that you cannot effectively protect and defend yourself, your family, and you nation.

We have Hezbollah and Hamas terrorist cells here already. We have MS13 and related gangs here already. The obamanites seek to have you available for slaughter without any method of resisting them as well as the gangs and terrorist’s. Don’t bother sending word to your elected representatives, they are in cahoots with all of the control freaks. It takes little observation to figure that out. If it were indeed otherwise then why the hell do the obamanites want you disarmed? Why are the borders still porous? Why the hell are you politicians making it so that the American people cannot properly and effectively capable of defending themselves?

My advice is to arm up as best that you can. Further, that you should do so “off paper” when possible. Why make rogue agencies like the BATFE have an easier time of destroying the nation and Constitution that they swore to protect and defend?

Am I being paranoid? Possibly, but that doesn’t meant that they are not out to get your weapons. Read about it…

Obama to Seek New Assault Weapons Ban

The Ban Expired in 2004 During the Bush Administration.

The Obama administration will seek to reinstate the assault weapons ban that expired in 2004 during the Bush administration, Attorney General Eric Holder said today.

“As President Obama indicated during the campaign, there are just a few gun-related changes that we would like to make, and among them would be to reinstitute the ban on the sale of assault weapons,” Holder told reporters.

Holder said that putting the ban back in place would not only be a positive move by the United States, it would help cut down on the flow of guns going across the border into Mexico, which is struggling with heavy violence among drug cartels along the border.

“I think that will have a positive impact in Mexico, at a minimum.” Holder said at a news conference on the arrest of more than 700 people in a drug enforcement crackdown on Mexican drug cartels operating in the U.S.

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MS-13 gang taken down in Denver

February 25, 2009

We knew that they were around, here is what we did about it.

20 MS-13 gang members, their associates and drug suppliers have been charged in two indictments with drug crimes.

Undercover agents say the MS-13 gang sent members to Denver to start up drug operations here because they felt law enforcement was soft. They were wrong. An investigation led by the Metro Drug Task Force has resulted in two indictments and numerous arrests that have put a sizeable dent into the gang’s operation.  8 arrests were made. 7 suspects were taken into custody in Denver and one in Los Anegles where the MS-13 gang was started. Other defendants are already being prosecuted for other crimes or are behind bars. 4 are still at-large.  In the course of the arrests, officiers and agents seized 10 pounds of meth, 2.3 kilograms of cocaine, 1.24 grams of heroin, 12 firearms and more than $3,000 in cash.

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S22 yet another assault on YOUR rights

February 24, 2009

Anti-gun Land Bill Moving Again
— Gun control should be stripped from the legislation

Gun Owners of America E-Mail Alert
8001 Forbes Place, Suite 102, Springfield, VA 22151
Phone: 703-321-8585 / FAX: 703-321-8408
http://www.gunowners.org

Monday, February 23, 2009

An alert last week asked you to urge your representative to oppose a
massive land bill that was scheduled to come before the full House at
any time.

The good news is that opposition to the bill grew so loud that the
leadership pulled it from the calendar so they would have more time to
muster enough votes to pass it.

Well, that also gives you another chance to contact your own
representative to tell him to OPPOSE the anti-Second Amendment Omnibus
Land Act. The bill, S. 22, is now scheduled to be voted on this week.

S.22 is a mammoth bill comprised of over 190 separate pieces of
legislation and will come to the floor with a rule that will not allow
pro-gun representatives to offer amendments.

There are serious Second Amendment concerns with this legislation. S.
22 will greatly expand the amount of land controlled by the National
Park Service (NPS). Because the rights of lawful gun owners are
restricted on NPS land, the bill will create even more
“anti-Second Amendment” zones.

In contrast to the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and the U.S. Forest
Service, which allow State and local laws to govern firearms
possession, NPS land was until recently subject to a complete gun ban.

In the waning days of his administration, President Bush partially
reversed the ban, but that half-way measure still leaves a significant
portion of the gun prohibition in place. Gun Owners of America has
fought for several years to fully repeal the NPS regulations, but those
efforts have been hampered by the anti-gun leadership of both the House
and Senate.

GOA opposes many parts of the bill that are controversial and have not
been debated on their individual merits.

Consider just a few provisions of the 1,294-page bill:

* Section 2002 codifies the National Landscape Conservation System,
which groups together 26 million acres of federal land and places it
under one umbrella agency. The NLCS was created during the Clinton
administration and run administratively since that time. S. 22 will
make the system permanent, raising concerns for hunters and sportsmen.
Much of this land is consolidated from the BLM and the Forest Service,
which have always allowed hunting and recreational shooting. It is
unclear what rules will be promulgated by the new agency and if gun
owners’ rights will be protected at all.

* Section 5204 of the bill establishes the Washington-Rochambeau Route
as a Historic Trail. This dual trail begins in Rhode Island and
travels 650 miles to Yorktown, Virginia. The trail includes parts of
major thoroughfares on the east coast such as Interstate 95 and US
Route 1, meaning the gun ban could effect hundreds of thousands of
unsuspecting gun owners each day.

* Section 5301 authorizes the federal government to buy private land
adjacent to national parks and trails. Such land would be controlled by
the NPS, and thus be subject to the agencies’ anti-gun regulations.

* Section 7002 makes the birthplace of William Jefferson Clinton a
National Historic Site. Well, perhaps it’s fitting that the legacy of
former President Clinton, who was responsible for so many anti-Second
Amendment laws, will include yet another “gun free” zone.

In all, the bill designates over 2 million acres of wilderness,
establishes three new national parks, a new national monument, three
new national conservation areas, and four new national trails.

If there are parts of the bill that could stand on their own, they
should be brought up separately and dealt with in an open and fair
process — and not used as bargaining chips in exchange for compromises
of your Second Amendment rights.

Some people on Capitol Hill contend that all of these bills already
passed the House anyway. In fact, no they haven’t. More than 70 of
these bills now before the House were only passed by the Senate. The
House of Representatives never even held hearings or open debate on
these measures.

Representative Rob Bishop (R-UT) has indicated that he wants to at
least have the opportunity to offer an amendment to ensure that the
Second Amendment rights of all Americans are protected.

However, right now it looks as though the anti-gun House leadership
will refuse to allow any amendments to the bill, in order to ensure
that it goes straight to President Obama’s desk.

There is a possibility that an amendment to protect only hunting and
recreational shooting on federal land would be allowed. Such an
amendment by itself is not sufficient and is clearly designed as a
“cover” vote for gun rights compromisers.

Please contact your representative and urge him or her to insist that
an amendment be allowed to protect ALL of your Second Amendment rights
— not just hunting and recreational shooting.

ACTION: Please urge your Representative oppose S. 22. You can go to
the Gun Owners Legislative Action Center at
http://www.gunowners.org/activism.htm to send your Representative the
pre-written e-mail message below.

—– Prewritten Letter —–

Dear Representative:

I urge you to oppose S. 22. Among the many problems with this
1,294-page bill are the following concerns gun owners have:

* Section 2002 codifies the National Landscape Conservation System,
which groups together 26 million acres of federal land and places it
under one umbrella agency. The NLCS was created during the Clinton
administration and run administratively since that time. S. 22 will
make the system permanent, raising concerns for hunters and sportsmen.
Much of this land is consolidated from the BLM and the Forest Service,
which have always allowed hunting and recreational shooting. It is
unclear what rules will be promulgated by the new agency and if gun
owners’ rights will be protected at all.

* Section 5204 of the bill establishes the Washington-Rochambeau Route
as a Historic Trail. This dual trail begins in Rhode Island and
travels 650 miles to Yorktown, Virginia. The trail includes parts of
major thoroughfares on the east coast such as Interstate 95 and US
Route 1, meaning the gun ban could effect hundreds of thousands of
unsuspecting gun owners each day.

* Section 5301 authorizes the federal government to buy private land
adjacent to national parks and trails. Such land would be controlled by
the NPS, and thus be subject to the agencies’ anti-gun regulations.

Since it appears that amendments will not be allowed to this bill —
thus prohibiting any attempt to remove these troubling provisions — I
would urge you to vote against S. 22.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

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A Republic Lost

February 24, 2009

The times they are a changing. Or so the song goes. Change can be a good thing. Forgetting the lessons of history are yet another thing though. I am stealing this work from Tracy at No Compromise because we have different readers, and it sends a message that needs to get out. Enjoy!



A Republic Lost – U.S. Constitution a Dead Letter


My blog buddy and co host Jefferson Paine has posted an important piece you must read and act on today!

“It has become akin to beating a dead horse, but we here at No Compromise feel it necessary to reveal the truth, even when it’s ugly.  Lately, it has become more than obvious, with a bona fide Usurper now occupying the Oval Office, and all branches of the U.S. Government running roughshod over the carcass of our once-sacred Constitution, that this miraculous document is now merely a dead letter.  Never, in my lifetime, would I think that I would be reporting on the following Unconstitutional mischief now cooked up by our esteemed apparatchiks in Washington.

“Through bill S. 160, Congress is poised to “grant” full voting and Representative power to the Federal seat of power – the liberal stronghold of Washington which fills the District of Columbia!!! (purposefully created as a ‘non-State’)  Not only is this power-move by the Democrat-controlled Capitol blatantly Unconstitutional, but is one more naked act of mob rule which our Constitution was designed to prevent – that is, if we decided to obey the supreme law of the land.  There is very scant time to stop this if we call our Congress-people immediately and demand that they cease this farce.  Isn’t it high time to start talking about exercising our moral and legal, God-given Right to peacefully secede from this corrupt federal circus??”

Read more here and PLEASE pass onto your lists

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Taxes, taxes…

February 24, 2009

Who really likes taxes? I consider them to one of two things. Necessary evils for the things that we all need, and outright theft.

What to do about taxes? Well, you can go the route that California has done, and end up like California. Or, you can do like Colorado did years ago, and pass as well as enforce what was called the taxpayers bill of rights, or TABOR.

Look for an instant back at the very first thing I wrote. It was a question. The list is in fact very long. That being who really likes taxes. Bill Ritter likes taxes. Unions like taxes. People with social agendas like taxes. The list goes on…

Despite the California experience, as well as more than a few other states; there are still people that are completely irresponsible, if not immoral. Below is a piece written by a Colorado Senator that takes a rather candid look at the taxation situation. He addresses Colorado, but in reality, it is the nation. No, I was not attempting to be a poet.

Colorado’s Fiscal Restraint vs. California’s Failed Socialist Experiment

By Senator Ted Harvey

The current and steep recession across the country has not spared Colorado or its budget.  With only five months remaining in this fiscal year, the legislature is racing to cut $600 million from our current year’s budget.   This is a lot of money, but it pales in comparison to the massive $42 BILLION hole that the state of California is trying to manage.

The Golden State legislature has been under lock down as the Democrat majority tried to twist arms and find one more vote to increase government revenue by $14.2 billion by taxing  income, sales, gasoline and cars.  Six years ago Mr. Schwarzenegger defeated Governor Gray Davis by calling him “Car-taxula.”  Ironically, Governor Arnold’s current budget is asking to double the same tax.

The difference between Colorado’s budget troubles and California’s budget meltdown is not random – Colorado is doing comparatively well because its people have pursued fiscal restraint, while Californians have approved reckless spending packages year after year.

US Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis once said that state legislatures are laboratories of democracy in America.  The impact of the current economic crises on national and state budgets could not provide a more vivid opportunity to prove this theory.

While Colorado has chosen fiscally prudent constitutional constraints on growth and spending—through the Taxpayer Bill of Rights (TABOR) and a 6% growth cap on state spending—California has chosen the path of a socialist experiment in their state.  Like the failed communist experiments of the 20th Century, the irresponsible Californian experiment is soon to find its appropriate place atop what President Ronald Reagan called “the ash heap of history.”

The results of California’s experiment are in: the Wall Street Journal explained that California’s “total state expenditures have grown to $145 billion in 2008 from $104 billion in 2003.” As a result, California’s credit rating has fallen beneath Louisiana’s as the worst in the nation, and the state can now boast the nation’s fourth-highest unemployment rate of 9.3%, and the second-highest foreclosure rate.

Businesses in California have been heavily taxed to fund the $145 billion of entitlement programs, and have been heavily regulated to live up to special interest “green” and “pro-union” policies.

While California businesses are fleeing the burdensome tax and regulatory schemes of the Golden State, Colorado is aggressively marketing to these companies.  Just last month, Douglas County successfully secured 500 new jobs resulting from the relocation of a division of Charles Schwab from California to Colorado—partially because of our friendlier business climate.

The lesson Colorado’s legislators must learn from this recession is clear: fiscal responsibility works. Even though the legislature collectively fell short of creating a rainy day fund, TABOR and the Arveschoug-Bird 6% spending cap forced Colorado legislators to keep spending low. Had the government enjoyed free rein in ramping up spending – which is a great temptation to many lawmakers tasked with spending other people’s money – Colorado’s budget crisis would be as serious as California’s.

The spending limits of TABOR and the Arveschoug-Bird cap implement a culture of fiscal responsibility where there would otherwise be a temptation to spend every dollar that can be stripped from the taxpayers. Colorado must keep these spending limits in place to avoid falling into the trap of state socialism.

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Domestic Violence… Or is it?

February 22, 2009

“I hope you enjoy wearing a burka.”  That was my response to an irate proponent of mysandry during a sidewalk debate on the streets of Denver some time back in front of the state capital. She was ranting about a bill that was to be voted on that day. It would have made even more men into criminals for petty things like speeding with children in the vehicle. I was already outraged that the current laws regarding misdemeanor domestic violence had already turned Anglo American law on it’s head by enforcing ex post facto law. Not to mention the absolute sexist methodology of enforcement. The woman that I said that to had just said that if the law was not passed that she would move to another country where she would receive the respect that she deserved. Well the law didn’t pass. No, the state legislature didn’t come to  collective sanity, it was tossed due to budgetary restraint… Nor did she move.  She is still teaching her multicultural fantasy and mysandry brand of hatred based philosophy at a local college. It is people like her that take the true and valid arguments about a societal problem and turn them into something that they clearly are not. The nearest thing that I am aware of that ever occurred locally to the article that follows was a situation of ongoing domestic violence where a woman put an axe through her sleeping husbands head. Both assailants actions were wrong, dead wrong.

Muzzammil Hassan, a Muslim living in Orchard Park, New York, decided in 2004 that he wanted to combat stereotypes against Muslims. The television station Bridges TV was born, dedicated to portraying Muslims in a more positive light. Hassan complained, “The level of ignorance regarding Muslims and Islam is very high in the United States.” Unfortunately for his wife, Hassan (allegedly?) ended up exhibiting the worst Muslim stereotype. “He came to the police station [last Thursday] and told us that [his wife] was dead,” Orchard Park Police Chief Andrew Benz said. Police went to the TV station to find Aasiya Hassan murdered by beheading.

Naturally, because the Leftmedia is so sensitive to stereotypes, this story has not received much coverage. The Buffalo News didn’t shy away, however, as Fred Williams writes, “Under arrest in his wife’s brutal death, Muzzammil Hassan is ‘almost in shock,’ his attorney said Wednesday following a court appearance in Orchard Park. ‘He’s having difficulty coping with this,’ attorney James Harrington said.” Poor guy. Hassan’s attorney indicated that he would plead not guilty to second-degree murder. But the murder has all the marks of an honor killing — Mrs. Hassan recently filed for divorce and obtained an order of protection that barred her husband from their home. Maybe the charge should be changed to first-degree murder.

The National Organization of Women, the gang of village idiots, is normally outraged at domestic violence, including a recent press release denouncing R&B star Chris Brown for reportedly assaulting singer Rihanna. Regarding this case, however, as The Wall Street Journal’s James Taranto points out, “NOW’s statement on Mrs. Hassan’s beheading was short and to the point: .” In other words, not a peep.

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My Vida Loca…

February 22, 2009

Immigration front: Mexican gang violence spreads north

The deadly Latin American gangs that run Mexico’s drug trade in cities near the U.S. border are spreading north. Citizens of both San Diego and Los Angeles have suffered greatly from years of gang culture. But now law enforcement fears that these gangs and cartels are moving into major cities throughout the whole country: from Augusta to Boston to Sioux Falls to Anchorage. “The violence follows the drugs,” said David Cuthbertson, agent in charge of the FBI’s office in the border city of El Paso, Texas.

In Mexico the violence is little short of civil war. Gangs stop at nothing to get what they want. Rusty Payne, a Drug Enforcement Administration spokesman, explained, “When you are willing to chop heads off, put them in an ice chest and drop them off at a police precinct, or roll a head into a disco, put beheadings on YouTube as a warning,” one has to ask if there is anything they won’t do.

State, and to a lesser extent federal, governments have spent millions of dollars on local law enforcement along the Mexican border to help fend off spillover drug crime. But there is no serious coordinated national effort to bring down the gangs.

In other border-related news, former Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Alonso Compean were released from federal prison this week after President Bush commuted their sentences in January, bringing to a close an ugly ordeal.

Also, a federal jury found that Arizona rancher Roger Barnett did not violate the rights of 16 Mexicans illegally in the U.S. when he held them at gunpoint and turned them in to the Border Patrol. We highlighted the case last week. The jury did, however, award $78,000 in actual and punitive damages to six of the illegals to cover claims of assault and emotional distress. The plaintiffs had sought $32 million. Still, this leads us to ask, who pays for Barnett’s emotional distress over the last 10 years, not to mention all of his stolen, vandalized or destroyed property?

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Lipstick on a pig?

February 22, 2009

When Blago got caught with his pants down and the Illinois people did the right thing I was impressed. I also believed that appointing Rolland Burris as the replacement for the obama that maybe, just maybe the state that brought us Lincoln may have turned the tide on generational misdeeds in a place that seemed to know no other way. However, it would appear that I was indeed mistaken, and that the buffed and polished new Illinois version of a politician is nothing more than what we have always seen come out of the Chicago political machine, and that this is nothing more,or less, than lipstick on a pig.

I submit that the people of Illinois deserve better than that.


Freshly appointed Illinois Democrat Sen. Roland Burris could be facing an investigation into his dealings with disgraced former Governor Rod Blagojevich, a Democrat, and is already defending himself against calls for his resignation from Congress. It turns out that Burris may have perjured himself during his 8 January testimony before the Illinois legislature when he unequivocally stated that he did not have any contact with Blagojevich, his family or staff about the Senate seat that was being put up for sale. Burris stated at the time that he only spoke with an aide, Lon Monk. But an affidavit filed by Burris on 5 February indicates that he did in fact speak with Robert Blagojevich, the former governor’s brother, about raising campaign cash for the governor. Burris ultimately refused to do so, but the timing of the conversation clearly indicates that the campaign fundraising was a quid pro quo for a Senate appointment. There is speculation that Burris filed the affidavit because he was uncertain whether the FBI was recording his conversations with Blagojevich.

Burris claims he did nothing wrong and intends to fight the charges against him, claiming that he truthfully answered all the questions he was asked. But if he was asked if he had spoken with any of Blagojevich’s family or staff and he said no, then he either lied during his January testimony or in his February affidavit. We expect Burris to hold onto his seat if for no other reason than he’s a Democrat, though apparently his Illinois colleague, Sen. Dick Durbin, is having second thoughts: “At this point, his future in the Senate seat is in question.”

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Urgent Alert: Montana Pro-Gun Bill Needs Your Help Now!

February 21, 2009

From NRA/ILA;

Urgent Alert: Montana Pro-Gun Bill Needs Your Help Now!
Friday, February 20, 2009

Please Stand-Up and Make Your Voices Heard!

Today, House Bill 427 was defeated by the Montana House by a 42-58 vote.  The bill could be resurrected as early as tomorrow (Saturday) but we need your help to achieve that.  Any State Representative who opposed the bill can vote to have the bill reconsidered.

HB427 repeals an unwarranted Prohibition-era law that prohibits the possession of suppressors on firearms “in the field or forest” while hunting. The current prohibition on suppressors is so archaic, so poorly written it even criminalizes benign conduct, like simply being outdoors with a suppressor.

Hunting laws should be designed to benefit law-abiding sportsmen, not to restrict what they may do in order to more easily apprehend the small minority of law breakers.

Suppressors for hunting should be allowed as one means of decreasing the conflict between hunters and non hunters who complain about the noise associated with gunfire. In addition, a growing number of hunters seek to use suppressors as a means of protecting their hearing and that of their hunting partners.

The idea that suppressors are the sole domain of criminals is one generated by Hollywood. It sets a dangerous precedent to enact or reject laws based upon this fallacy rather than the reality that the vast majority of hunters comply with all laws and regulations and simply seek to exercise options that best address their individual circumstances.

Under existing law, the Department of Fish, Wildlife, and Parks can prosecute the criminal misuse of suppressors (poaching).  Anti-hunting zealots believe that the use of suppressors gives hunters an unfair advantage over game animals. This illustrates their failure to understand the most fundamental principles of centerfire rifle ballistics.

Please contact the following State Representatives and respectfully urge them to support HB427 and to bring it up for reconsideration tomorrow (Saturday). Contact information can be found here.

Duane Ankney (R-Colstrip)
Bob Ebinger (D-Livingston)
John Fleming (D-St. Ignatius)
Dennis Getz ( D-Glendive)
Dennis Himmenberger (R-Billings)
Cynthia Hiner (D-Deer Lodge)
Mike Jopek (D-Whitefish)
Harry Klock (R-Harlowton)
Bill McChesney (D-Miles City)
Robert Mehlhoff (D-Great Falls)
Mike Milburn (R-Cascade)
Art Noonan (D-Butte)
Pat Noonan (D-Butte)
Jesse O’Hara (R-Great Falls)
Don Roberts (R-Billings)
Cheryl Steenson (D-Kalispell)
Ted Washburn (R-Bozeman)
Jeffrey Wellborn (R-Dillon)
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And Commies and Thugs Oh My!

February 20, 2009

This is about Unions, and what goes with being a part of such things.

STOLEN FROM

Sen. Bennet may be key vote on “Employee Free Choice Act”

Posted by: “libertarian17” RLCstatechapters@aol.com libertarian17

Fri Feb 20, 2009 6:24 am (PST)

Dear Friend,

Please write Senator Michael Bennet and ask him to oppose ‘The
Employee Free Choice Act‘.

Sen. Bennet may be the key vote we need to stop this anti-worker
forced unionism power grab. You can contact him at
http://bennet. senate.gov/ public/ .

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George Leaf explains the situation:

“For the last several years, Big Labor has suffered net losses in dues
payers. In an effort to remedy that decline, union officials and their
political allies put on a full-court press in favor of a bill called
the “Employee Free Choice Act” (EFCA).

The secret-ballot elections under the NLRA at least have the virtue of
shielding individual workers from reprisals for going “the wrong way.”
Union officials have found what they regard as a better method of
determining whether a majority want their services.

It’s called the “card check” system. If a majority of workers sign a
card saying that they want a union to represent them, then that should
suffice for the NLRB to declare the union to be the exclusive
bargaining representative, without resort to an election. Naturally,
it’s easier for union organizers to get signatures on cards – using
tactics that can include misrepresentation and harassment – than to
get workers to vote for them in an election after the airing of
arguments for and against the union.

Under the NLRA, however, employers have the right to insist on a
secret-ballot election no matter how many cards might be signed. The
Employee Free Choice Act would take that away and require the NLRB to
certify unions simply on the basis of signed cards.

Furthermore, the EFCA would ratchet up the coercion regarding contract
negotiations. The current law is bad enough in compelling “good faith”
bargaining, but the proposed new law would allow government officials
to arbitrate the terms of the initial union contract. That is to say,
if management and the union can’t arrive at a mutually agreeable labor
contract, the federal government will impose one. That additional
dollop of federal coercion is said by supporters to be necessary to
effectuate the workers’ “right to bargain.” In a free society, though,
there is no “right to bargain” with people who don’t want to bargain
with you, and a fortiori there is no right to have the government
dictate the terms of that “bargaining. ”

Union officials were licking their chops at the prospect of using the
EFCA to dragoon thousands of new workers into their ranks, but the
bill has died in Congress. It will be resurrected in the future and we
will again hear supporters making claims of why we need its new
coercive features. We will also hear opponents arguing that we should
stick with the good old status quo. What I think we really need is a
discussion about the proper approach to labor law in a free society.”

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Contact ALL of your representatives today!

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