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April 16, 2008 Report: Netanyahu says 9/11 terror attacks good for Israel - Haaretz - Israel News
“We are benefiting from one thing, and that is the attack on the Twin Towers and Pentagon, and the American struggle in Iraq,” Ma’ariv quoted the former prime minister as saying. He reportedly added that these events “swung American public opinion in our favor.”
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April 10, 2008 By Jamie Satterfield
Originally published 12:00 a.m., April 9, 2008
Updated 05:06 p.m., April 9, 2008
Continuing coverage in the Newsom/Christian double-murder case
A 21-year-old University of Tennessee student was gang-raped, choked and bound in January 2007 before being stuffed inside a trash can while still alive, a federal prosecutor told jurors in opening court statements today.
“The evidence will be when she went into that trash can, she was alive,” Assistant U.S. Attorney David Jennings said this afternoon in U.S. District Court. “Probably, mercifully, Channon Christian died (later that evening).”
Boyd is charged with helping hide out Lemaricus “Slim” Davidson, the alleged ringleader in the carjacking and killing of Christian and Newsom. Jennings also told jurors that Newsom, who had been raped by his assailants, was shot three times.“These people tie him up, gag him, wrap him in cloth material … shot him in the back, shot him in the neck, and they shot a kill shot to his head. Then, his body was doused with gasoline and set on fire.”
Although Boyd did not go to police once he learned about the Christian-Newsom homicides and Davidson’s alleged roles in them, Lomonaco said Boyd wound up being stopped by the police a few hours later anyway. He then immediately led them to a vacant house on Reynolds Street where Davidson, wearing Newsom’s tennis shoes, was hiding.
On Tuesday Boyd looked back at the Christian family, smiled and appeared…
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April 9, 2008 “The financial market crisis that erupted in August 2007 has developed into the largest financial shock since the Great Depression,” the report says.
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April 9, 2008 1 Denmark
2 Sweden
3 Switzerland
4 United States
5 Singapore
6 Finland
7 Netherlands
8 Iceland
9 South Korea
10 Norway
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April 8, 2008 “The United States must join Israel in a
pre-emptive military strike against Iran to fulfill God’s plan for both
Israel and the West… a biblically prophesied end-time confrontation
with Iran, which will lead to the Rapture, Tribulation, and Second
Coming of Christ.”
Speaking to the 2007 AIPAC conference, Hagee compared supporters of a two-state solution in the Middle East to Nazis. Hagee also echoed right-wing Israeli politician Binyamin Netanyahu, telling the audience that “Iran is Germany and Ahmadinejad is the new Hitler.”
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April 7, 2008 Your brother routinely makes anti-Semitic comments. Your neighbor uses the N-word in casual conversation. Your co-worker ribs you about your Italian surname, asking if you’re in the mafia. Your classmate insults something by saying, “That’s so gay.”
When a Native American man at one roundtable discussion spoke of feeling ostracized at work, a Jewish woman nodded in support. When an African American woman told of daily indignities of racism at school, a white man leaned forward and asked what he could do to help. When an elderly lesbian spoke of finally feeling brave enough to wear a rainbow pin in public, those around the table applauded her courage.
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April 1, 2008 Whatever you do, Jews, don’t let them see this.
Besides the traditional bitter herbs and sweet wine, a Passover seder on Thursday will include unexpected treats: collard greens and sweet potato pie.
The idea is to recall the shared struggles of Jews and African-Americans, said seder organizer Eunice Baros.
The dinner, to take place at the Marriott City Place, includes a special Haggadah, or Passover story, that includes poetry by Maya Angelou and reminds participants, “Let us recall the struggles of all people in every generation, in every part of the world.”
Passover commemorates the exodus of Jews from slavery in Egypt. The connection with the history of blacks was obvious to the organizers, including LaRoi Wright, an artist and drummer and one of the seder organizers.
Wright hopes his son can have a “bro mitzvah,” a hybrid coming-of-age rite for young black men, based on the Jewish bar mitzvah.Wright is providing a video called Freedom, which shows a black man in chains but represents “freedom for all people,” he said.
Freedom will be aired during the seder and Wright will perform on the drums.
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April 1, 2008 The government “shouldn’t need a warrant when somebody picks up a phone in Iraq and calls the United States,” Mukasey said in a question-and-answer session after a speech to the Commonwealth Club.Before the 2001 terrorist attacks, he said, “we knew that there had been a call from someplace that was known to be a safe house in Afghanistan and we knew that it came to the United States. We didn’t know precisely where it went. You’ve got 3,000 people who went to work that day, and didn’t come home, to show for that.”
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March 26, 2008 One-time Democratic candidate Mike Gravel is leaving the Democratic Party, accusing it of “work[ing] in tandem with the corporate interests that control what we read and hear in the media.”
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March 26, 2008 After receiving many requests from our clients, we are bringing Brigadier General (Res.) Shalom Harari to the U.S. to conduct a one-of-a-kind seminar on “Extremism and Politics in the Muslim World”. The seminar will be held in Las Vegas on May 12-13, 2008.Those of you who attended one of Harari’s lectures or seminars know that rarely could you find someone with such intimate knowledge of the Arab and Muslim world, the extremist organizations that operate from with in it and the influences of Arab and Muslim culture and religion on the politics of the Middle East and the World.
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March 23, 2008
Smoke rose from buildings after a sustained barrage of fire early on Sunday morning.
The Green Zone is home to the Iraqi government HQ, the US and UK embassies, and thousands of American troops.
It was not immediately clear where the rockets or mortars landed. Initial reports suggest there were no deaths or major casualties.
As Sunday’s attack hit, the US public address system warned people “to duck and cover” and to stay away from windows.
Previous rocket attacks on the Green Zone have been blamed on rogue elements of Moqtada Sadr’s Mehdi Army militia.
Moqtadr Sadr renewed a ceasefire for his militia last month.
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March 20, 2008 Report: Anti-Semitism on the rise globally - CNN.com
“Over much of the past decade, U.S. embassies worldwide have noted an increase in anti-Semitic incidents, such as attacks on Jewish people, property, community institutions, and religious facilities,” the report says.
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"The situation is getting worse. ... We have to act and act now to break the momentum of this recession."</p> <p>"The reason we are here today is because the people's business cannot wait,"</p> <p>"Economists from across the political spectrum agree that if we don't act swiftly and boldly, we could see a much deeper economic downturn that could lead to double-digit unemployment and the American dream slipping further and further out of reach...</p> <p>"This is not a Republican problem or a Democratic problem at this stage. It is an American problem and we're going to all have to chip in and do what the American people expect."</p></blockquote> <p>In Obama's "<a href='http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090105/ap_on_go_pr_wh/obama_congress' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>bi-partisan Congressional</a>" presser today, he called the economy "sick" and stressed the need for accountability on how the money from his massive stimulus package will be spent. As we've seen with TARP, and with no real oversight in place, you can't <a href='http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28371313' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>trust CEO's to do the right thing. </a></p> <blockquote><p>The AP contacted 21 banks that received at least $1 billion in government money and asked four questions: How much has been spent? What was it spent on? How much is being held in savings? What's the plan for the rest?None of the banks provided specific answers and most refused to explain why they are keeping the information secret. </p></blockquote> <p>Obama is stepping into an economic situation that is eerily similar to FDR and he's hitting the right notes when he says transparency and accountability are a high priority for him. That is going to be paramount if his new economic package is going to move forward. In FDR's time, just the fact that "change" was happening in America that didn't have the name "Hoover" attached to it gave FDR a huge boost to his agenda and to the American psyche that helped him get through his first 100 days. Hope and change do matter to the American public and Obama is using it wisely so far.</p> <p>Obama is in a similar position to FDR, but what will Conservatives do? Will they try to block his policies that he wants to sign into law as soon as his first 100 days begin or will they become part of the solution? I think we know where Mitch McConnell's head will go. They want to appear to be relevant, but it was their control that has put us in this position to begin with.</p> <p>I hope Obama's love affair with bipartisanship will come to an end very soon. Not because I don't think it's a good idea to have both sides working together, but because Conservatives are incapable of doing just that. They do not want Obama to succeed because it will weaken their grip on American politics for years to come at the expense of average Americans just trying to get by. </p> <p>It's about ideology for them and not about the healing that our country is in desperate need of. I think Obama will soon feel their <em>un-partisan</em> wrath sooner rather than later and hopefully it will snap him out of any thought he had that he could work with Conservatives, no matter how "centrist" he goes. So here's the question.<br /> How fast will Obama get fed up with Conservative obstructionism? Will it be in his first 100 days or shortly after?</p> <p>I do know they filibuster Franken (who has <a href='http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2009/01/mn-senate_colemans_window_clos.html' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>just declared victory</a>) and Holder as soon as Conservatives can. Will that be the beginning of the end to this bipartisan nightmare? If Conservatives did join in then at least Obama would be able to start healing the country, but don't expect any help from them.</p> <p><a href='http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/FWziITnfR1p91e7OgBXRNFGOpiU/a' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/FWziITnfR1p91e7OgBXRNFGOpiU/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href='http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/crooksandliars/YaCP?a=0nVSOAM4' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/crooksandliars/YaCP?d=41" border="0"></img></a> </div>', '1231204244', '1231204244', '2009-01-05')
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INSERT INTO wp_bdprss_items_v3 (item_feed_id, item_url, item_name, text_body, item_update_time, item_time, item_date) VALUES ('37', 'http://crooksandliars.com/node/25025', 'Obama taps Leon Panetta for CIA Director', '<p><iframe height="339" width="425" src="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/28508616#28508616" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe></p> <p><span class='clMediaOld'><img src='http://static.crooksandliars.com/files/mediaimages/video_wmv_icon.gif' alt='icon' /> <a href='http://movies.crooksandliars.com/MSNBC-Panetta-CIA.wmv?mid=7048' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Download</a> | <a href='http://crooksandliars.com/media/play/wmv/7048/25025' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Play</a> <img src='http://static.crooksandliars.com/files/mediaimages/video_qt_icon.gif' alt='icon' /> <a href='http://movies.crooksandliars.com/MSNBC-Panetta-CIA.mov?mid=7048' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Download</a> | <a href='http://crooksandliars.com/media/play/qt/7048/25025' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Play</a></span></p> <p>Today President-elect Obama threw the political world a curveball and chose former California Congressman Leon Panetta to head the Central Intelligence Agency. Although Mr. Panetta brings with him little experience in intelligence affairs, the pick signals that Obama recognizes the dangers of politicizing the CIA like Bush has. Expect Panetta to play the role of "public face" while he allows the real intelligence experts to do their jobs. We should all welcome that after eight years of <a href='http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/09/AR2006020902418.html' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>crap like this</a>.</p> <p><a href='http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28508426/' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>MSNBC</a>:</p> <blockquote><p><em>Two Democratic officials say President-elect Barack Obama has chosen former Clinton White House chief of staff Leon Panetta to run the CIA.</em></p> <p><em>Panetta was a surprise pick for the post, with no experience in the intelligence world. An Obama transition official and another Democrat disclosed his nomination on a condition of anonymity since it was not yet public.</em></p> <p><em>Panetta was director of the Office of Management and Budget and a longtime congressman from California.</em> </p> <p><em>He served on the Iraq Study Group, a bipartisan panel that released a report at the end of 2006 with dozens of recommendations for the reversing course in the Iraq war.</em></p></blockquote> <p>We should probably also expect some <a href='http://washingtonindependent.com/23827/dianne-feinstein-not-too-pleased-with-panetta-pick' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>unhappiness</a> among the Village set.</p> <p><a href='http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/B9fJi5tmFWigFJ7oZrsrYzbOW-M/a' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/B9fJi5tmFWigFJ7oZrsrYzbOW-M/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href='http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/crooksandliars/YaCP?a=JHcDMIBJ' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/crooksandliars/YaCP?d=41" border="0"></img></a> </div>', '1231204244', '1231204243', '2009-01-05')
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INSERT INTO wp_bdprss_items_v3 (item_feed_id, item_url, item_name, text_body, item_update_time, item_time, item_date) VALUES ('37', 'http://crooksandliars.com/node/25024', 'Norm Coleman Watch: It's time to pack it in...', '<p><img src='http://crooksandliars.com/files/uploads/2009/01/Clown%20Coleman_52842.jpg' width='226' height='276' /></p> <p>It's time for Norm Coleman <a href='http://www.startribune.com/politics/national/senate/37093114.html?elr=KArksLckD8EQDUoaEyqyP4O' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>to move back to Brooklyn</a>.</p> <blockquote><p>The Minnesota Supreme Court today rejected a bid by Republican Norm Coleman to have hundreds of rejected absentee ballots considered in the U.S. Senate recount, apparently clearing the way for a state board to certify election results showing Democrat Al Franken on top — and also opening the door to a post-recount lawsuit that the Coleman campaign said "is now inevitable."</p> <p>The state Canvassing Board is scheduled to meet this afternoon to review recount results. Heading into the meeting, Franken holds an unofficial 225-vote lead.</p></blockquote> <p>We will then be able to witness the ritual of a "Bill O'Reilly head explosion" at every mention of Franken's name on his show.</p> <p>Harry Reid called Coleman <a href='http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/01/reid_coleman_has_lost_and_he_s.php' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>and told him to concede.</a></p> <blockquote><p>I believe that tomorrow the bipartisan state canvassing board will certify Al Franken the winner. After all, early on Senator Coleman criticized Al Franken for wanting a recount and wasting taxpayer money. I would hope now that it is clear he lost, that Senator Coleman follow his own advice and not subject the people of Minnesota to a costly legal battle. </p></blockquote> <p>I don't think it helps Reid's cause not to seat Burris at this time. Blags played everyone, even Fitz. Legally speaking, how can Reid block his appointment? </p> <p>Conservatives try to paint themselves as the law-and-order folks. Yeah, it's a funny concept, I know, but at this point it's time for the Coleman camp to think about "America" and concede. Instead they are talking about filibustering the seating of Franken, so we're in for another round of Conservative whining.</p> <p>Malkin writes a title to a post that could describe the Republicans in Congress since 1994: <a href='http://michellemalkin.com/2009/01/05/a-real-clown-takes-a-senate-seat/' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>"A real clown takes a Senate seat"</a>. It's always a scream when Conservatives whine about the recount process. Oh, how they forget.</p> <p><a href='http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/F3Qcrp66zk_LSWmMNq5N22TK0Ok/a' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/F3Qcrp66zk_LSWmMNq5N22TK0Ok/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href='http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/crooksandliars/YaCP?a=G4p7Ulpv' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/crooksandliars/YaCP?d=41" border="0"></img></a> </div>', '1231204244', '1231204242', '2009-01-05')
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INSERT INTO wp_bdprss_items_v3 (item_feed_id, item_url, item_name, text_body, item_update_time, item_time, item_date) VALUES ('37', 'http://crooksandliars.com/node/25015', 'Brit Hume on Roland Burris: 'Why is it that he's thought to be under a taint?'', '<p><span class="clmediaDirectImage"><img src='http://static.crooksandliars.com/files/movieimages/2009/01/7045.dl.jpg' alt="Hume on fire" /></span><br /><span class='clMediaOld'><img src='http://static.crooksandliars.com/files/mediaimages/video_wmv_icon.gif' alt='icon' /> <a href='http://movies.crooksandliars.com/FNS-Hume-Blago-Gitmo-010408.wmv?mid=7045' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Download</a> | <a href='http://crooksandliars.com/media/play/wmv/7045/25015' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Play</a> <img src='http://static.crooksandliars.com/files/mediaimages/video_qt_icon.gif' alt='icon' /> <a href='http://movies.crooksandliars.com/FNS-Hume-Blago-Gitmo-010408.mov?mid=7045' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Download</a> | <a href='http://crooksandliars.com/media/play/qt/7045/25015' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Play</a></span> [H/t Heather]</p> <p>Conservatives have a gift for pretending the obvious isn't there. Take Brit Hume yesterday for example. He gets all worked up -- even angry-seeming -- over the terrible injustice being done to Rod Blagojevich and Roland Burris. </p> <p>Why? Because the prosecutor is Patrick Fitzgerald. Seems Hume harbors a grudge from one of Fitzgerald's previous prosecutions ...</p> <p>It's all wrapped up in defense of Blago's selection of Burris to fill Barack Obama's Senate seat:</p> <blockquote><p>Hume: Why is it that he's thought to be under a taint? He's thought to be under a taint because an accusation has been made against him, not yet an indictment, by a prosecutor --</p> <p>[Crosstalk]</p> <p>Hume: -- Against Blagojevich, not against him -- by a prosecutor who for all of his success in court, has a propensity, as we saw in the Scooter Libby case, to say things in news conferences that he ultimately chooses or is unable to prove in court. That is all we have. We have his say-so.</p> <p>Someone was saying on the air the other day, 'Well, we have the tapes.' No, we don't have the tapes. All we have is quotations from the tapes by the prosecutor, Patrick Fitzgerald, and it's not at all clear when we'll see them, what they'll show, what the context was or anything. This man is innocent until proven guilty. </p></blockquote> <p>That's all a stirring and noble defense of Blago, but Hume doesn't seem to realize that the breadth and depth of the case against the Illinois governor involves a great deal more than just those tapes and just the Obama Senate seat matter. And really, do we need to spell out that any selection in which there is an appearance of impropriety in the process is tainted, especially when it involves the sale of the selection?</p> <p>But I gather that if you live in RightWingLand, it's difficult to imagine why anyone would consider the selection of Roland Burris tainted. After all, criminal complaints laying out a politician's desire to corruptly sell off federal appointments -- hey, that's ordinary. Routine! Everyone does that! </p> <p>Is it something in the water that conservatives drink, or what?</p> <p><a href='http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/2x8JXkPK9ZZWNn0O5vOf0LjXH68/a' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/2x8JXkPK9ZZWNn0O5vOf0LjXH68/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href='http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/crooksandliars/YaCP?a=hj6FPOAu' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/crooksandliars/YaCP?d=41" border="0"></img></a> </div>', '1231204244', '1231204240', '2009-01-05')
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INSERT INTO wp_bdprss_items_v3 (item_feed_id, item_url, item_name, text_body, item_update_time, item_time, item_date) VALUES ('37', 'http://crooksandliars.com/node/25016', 'Chris Wallace Gives GOP Terminology For Employee Free Choice Act', '<p><span class="clmediaDirectImage"><img src='http://static.crooksandliars.com/files/movieimages/2009/01/7046.dl.jpg' alt="Chris Wallace Give GOP Terminology For Employee Free Choice Act" /></span><br /><span class='clMediaOld'><img src='http://static.crooksandliars.com/files/mediaimages/video_wmv_icon.gif' alt='icon' /> <a href='http://movies.crooksandliars.com/FNS-Hoyer-Card-Check-010408.wmv?mid=7046' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Download</a> | <a href='http://crooksandliars.com/media/play/wmv/7046/25016' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Play</a> <img src='http://static.crooksandliars.com/files/mediaimages/video_qt_icon.gif' alt='icon' /> <a href='http://movies.crooksandliars.com/FNS-Hoyer-Card-Check-010408.mov?mid=7046' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Download</a> | <a href='http://crooksandliars.com/media/play/qt/7046/25016' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Play</a></span> (h/t Heather)</p> <p>We've known for some time that Fox News is merely the propaganda arm for the GOP. However, they usually couch their partisanship with claims of being "fair and balanced" and token ineffectual Democrats. But Fox News Sunday host Chris Wallace was perhaps a little unintentionally forthright about where his loyalties lay in Sunday's interview with House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer on Congress's priority to pass the Employee Free Choice Act.</p> <blockquote><p>WALLACE: Big Labor’s top priority is what’s called “union card check” and that would be eliminating the right to a secret ballot in determining whether or not you’re going to organize, unionize a working place. [laughs] I love the way you’re smiling already. Are you going to move on that in the first month?</p> <p>HOYER: I’m smiling because of the way you phrased it. It’s the Free Choice Act, of course, and what it does is …</p> <p>WALLACE: Well, “union card check”, Free Choice, both sides have their euphemisms. </p> <p>HOYER: Of course, and you use one side. That’s why I was smiling…[laughs]</p> <p>WALLACE: And you used the other.</p></blockquote> <p>Sadly, Wallace obviously has access to the GOP talking points soundbytes that the Democrats are never savvy enough to replicate. Nice, neat, and sound sensible if a little weak on facts. "Union card check" sounds like something a Dem-voting life-long union member would be leery of. But Hoyer never retorts in a way that eliminates this fear. The <a href='http://www.aflcio.org/joinaunion/voiceatwork/efca/whatis.cfm' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Employee Free Choice Act</a> simply gives the <em>employees</em> the right to decide whether to unionize, rather than the company. It's easy to understand and say, right? But instead, Hoyer gives this mush-mouthed reply:</p> <blockquote><p>HOYER: Well, okay, my point being that we believe that one of the problems that has existed in America is that working people have had a very, very difficult time in getting represented by unions in the work place. Work place has resisted that. The NLRB has not been very vigorous in assuring the lack of unfair labor practices. We believe that the employees…if over 50% of them sign and say that we want to be represented by a union, they ought to be able to be represented by a union. Let me say that many, many employers currently, under existing law, recognize such signatures right now and start to bargain and have a union representative.</p></blockquote> <p>C'mon, guys, it's bad enough that you go on Fox, can't you do a little prep work to be able to respond to the Republican framing first?</p> <p>Transcripts below the fold:</p> <p>WALLACE: Let’s talk about the rest of your agenda. There’s talk that you want to move quickly on what’s called “low hanging fruit,” to pass the measures that could get bipartisan support and move through Congress quickly. Expansion of the State Children’s Health Program, or S-CHIP.</p> <p>HOYER: We’re looking at…we passed that bill as you know, through the House handily. It passed through the Senate with two-thirds majority and it was vetoed by the President. We think it’s critical to move quickly on ensuring that children in this country have availability of health care. So yes, that’s going to be an early bill for us. I’m not going to put a time frame on it, but I expect to see that bill early. There’s some other things that we have to do. We’re going to complete the ‘08/’09 appropriations process, that needs to be done early. We’re going to address the Lily Ledbetter and the pay equity issues…</p> <p>WALLACE: That’s to give women more time to sue for pay equity.</p> <p>HOYER: That’s correct. So that women are not precluded, or others are not precluded from recovering damages simply because they don’t know what their fellow employees are making, and that they’re being discriminated against. When they find out, they ought to be able to have the opportunity to get redress of that grievance. </p> <p>WALLACE: Big Labor’s top priority is what’s called “union card check” and that would be eliminating the right to a secret ballot in determining whether or not you’re going to organize, unionize a working place. [laughs] I love the way you’re smiling already. Are you going to move on that in the first month?</p> <p>HOYER: I’m smiling because of the way you phrased it. It’s the Free Choice Act, of course, and what it does is …</p> <p>WALLACE: Well, “union card check”, Free Choice, both sides have their euphemisms. </p> <p>HOYER: Of course, and you use one side. That’s why I was smiling…[laughs]</p> <p>WALLACE: And you used the other.</p> <p>HOYER: Well, okay, my point being that we believe that one of the problems that has existed in America is that working people have had a very, very difficult time in getting represented by unions in the work place. Work place has resisted that. The NLRB has not been very vigorous in assuring the lack of unfair labor practices. We believe that the employees…if over 50% of them sign and say that we want to be represented by a union, they ought to be able to be represented by a union. Let me say that many, many employers currently, under existing law, recognize such signatures right now and start to bargain and have a union representative.</p> <p>WALLACE: Whatever you call it, Senator, are you going to pass it in the first month?</p> <p>HOYER: I don’t know about the first month, but we’re going to pass it early.</p> <p>WALLACE: You had talked about…when we last talked about this, in November, you talked about the possibility of a compromise that would recognize the fact that there should not be unreasonable delays in giving an election, but on the other hand, maybe not taking away the secret ballot from workers in a company. Is there a compromise out there? Or are you prepared to take away the secret ballot?</p> <p>HOYER: Again, let me stress, Chris, nobody is going to take away the secret ballot. The employees currently have and will have the opportunity to opt for a secret ballot. They don’t have to sign the card. They can say, look, we’ll have an election and we may vote, but they have that choice right now and will continue to have that choice. </p> <p>WALLACE: But you want to pass the bill, just to be clear here, that unions, that labor, AFL-CIO is talking about, the Employee Free Choice Act, which would create a one step system, a public vote on whether or not to unionize?</p> <p>HOYER: A public vote? You mean a signing of the card which says I want the union to represent me…</p> <p>WALLACE: Yes. Right.</p> <p>HOYER: What I have said, and I said it on your program, and will reiterate, that bill that passed the House handily is certainly going to be the base bill. Will there be discussions? They may well be discussions and again, I want to stress, nobody is precluding having a secret ballot. What we are saying is that an alternative route will be available and if employees choose to sign, over 50% of the employees sign a card saying we want to be represented by the union then that will be effected. </p> <p>WALLACE: Give me a sense of the timeframe. You said maybe not the first month, how soon? </p> <p>HOYER: Well, I think it will be early. It will be early in the year, certainly in the early spring. Right now, obviously, our major, major focus is getting people back to work, getting our economy moving, making sure that our working people can get back to work and we start creating those three million jobs President-elect Obama has talked about. So that’s a priority item for us.</p> <p><a href='http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/AcmP1WVEhjo_Oh4vAeex0I1bNkE/a' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'><img src="http://feedads.googleadservices.com/~at/AcmP1WVEhjo_Oh4vAeex0I1bNkE/i" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href='http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/crooksandliars/YaCP?a=ugUroxPR' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'><img src="http://feedproxy.google.com/~f/crooksandliars/YaCP?d=41" border="0"></img></a> </div>', '1231204244', '1231204238', '2009-01-05')
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