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the_wicker_man
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 Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 7:08 am Post subject: Radical Pres Rescinds War Criminal's Exec Orders |
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama intends to overturn four Bush-era executive orders that unions opposed, officials said Thursday.
Obama planned to reverse one order Friday that allowed unionized companies to post signs informing workers that they were allowed to decertify their union, an order some claim is unfair because nonunion businesses are not required to post signs letting workers know they were legally allowed to vote for a union.
Two Democratic sources also said Obama would prevent federal contractors from being reimbursed for expenses that were intended to influence workers' decisions to form unions or engage in collective bargaining. A third order would require federal vendors with more than $100,000 in contracts to post workers' rights under the National Labor Relations Act.
The final order would require service contractors at federal buildings to offer jobs to qualified current employees when contracts changed. For instance, rank-and-file workers could continue working on the same federal project even if the administrative contract expired. The officials disclosed the plans on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to pre-empt the White House's plans. |
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Obama is not a da Vinci of governance and inspiration thus far. |
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On the other hand
Joined: 19 Apr 2003
Location: I walk along the avenue
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| Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 9:49 am Post subject: |
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Obama is not a da Vinci of governance and inspiration thus far. |
I don't get it. Your objection to Obama is that some of his legislation is too boring? |
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michaelambling
Joined: 31 Dec 2008
Location: Paradise
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| Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 10:55 am Post subject: |
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Obama is not a da Vinci of governance and inspiration thus far. |
I don't get it. Your objection to Obama is that some of his legislation is too boring? |
Watching conservative Republicans struggle to find a way to criticize Obama makes me giggle. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 2:05 pm Post subject: |
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Obama is not a da Vinci of governance and inspiration thus far. |
I don't get it. Your objection to Obama is that some of his legislation is too boring? |
I don't either. Maybe the comment was in CODE? |
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the_wicker_man
Joined: 14 Jan 2009
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| Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 6:51 pm Post subject: |
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Sure,
Governance is largely tedium. This above certainly is tedious. I have been a worker more than a manager so my sympathy lies with unions.
It is not change and that's fine as "change" or the promise thereof was cleverly packaged to not really be anything to be accountable for.
The election before last is where Kerry ran on a platform of I'm-not-Bush. This is more of the same. Obama just did the opposite of Bush, which is not difficult to do. You just have to walk in the opposite direction. I'll admit I may have jumped on this too soon.
Obama is supposed to be a trailblazer. That is the standard he set for himself.
Fixing the roads is necessary however imagination-free the idea is, but long term thinking shows that roads are used best when roads are used for the transport of goods that are bought and sold and for the transport of people performing services. When he takes care of that part, he'll get big smiles. |
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saw6436
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Daejeon, ROK
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| Posted: Fri Jan 30, 2009 10:43 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm all for giving Obama a chance. But I think, at the end of the day, he's going to be just like everyother president. Same shit, different day. |
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