Constitution - "Once Upon A Time in America" (1944, 17min)

Now, in 2010, Washington, D.C., “There ain’t no rules here, we’re trying to accomplish something. . . .All this talk about rules. . . .When the deal goes down . . . we make ‘em up as we go along.” -- Congressman Alcee Hastings (D-Fl)

Note:  Hastings, was impeached as a Judge for bribery & perjury.  Now, he is a member of the House Rules Committee.

"The lunatics have taken over the asylum"

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"Forced Unionism Injects Ugly Conflict into the Workplace"
Mon, 12/15/2008 - 13:07 — Nick Cote
source: http://mail2.nrtw.org/en/user-blog/290?page=6Publish Post
Ronald Trowbridge has an excellent op-ed in Saturday's [Sa.13Dec08] Houston Chronicle about the corrosive effects on forced unionism in the workplace.

And as Trowbridge warns, the so-called Employee Free Choice Act (a.k.a. the Card Check Forced Unionism Bill) will further increase workplace hostility by pitting union partisans against their co-workers by eliminating the protection of the secret ballot and incentivizing intimidation against workers by union goons.

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After telling Planned Parenthood that the Freedom of Choice Act was his first priority and the unions that the EFCA was his top issue, it seems as though Barack Obama has managed to avoid both in his first few weeks in office. Yesterday, though, the new president sent a video message to an AFL-CIO leadership meeting insisting that he had not forgotten about his union pals. Obama pledged to get Card Check passed this year: .. The president’s remarks were taped on Feb. 20 ..
source: http://hotair.com/archives/2009/03/04/obama-tells-unions-that-card-check-will-pass-this-year/

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Legislation that would make it more difficult for workers to hold a private ballot vote in unionization drives, .. Mr. Obama told the AFL-CIO in Philadelphia on April 2. [2008]

"I will make it the law of the land when I'm president of the United States," Mr. Obama told the labor federation.

..it would deny a democratic right of workers to decide by secret ballot whether they will come under union representation or not.
source: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2008/jul/31/obama-supports-union-organizing/

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video source:  http://www.archive.org/details/Tuesdayi1945

Idealized portrayal of 1944 U.S. presidential election, made to show the world that the United States was sufficiently secure to hold a free and fair election during wartime. Shows campaign activities, efforts to ensure the secrecy of the ballot and fairness of the election, and media coverage of the electoral process, all culminating in a giant nighttime gathering in Times Square where a huge crowd awaits the result. Director: John Houseman. Assistant Director: Nicholas Ray. Animation: John Hubley. Music: Virgil Thomson.
This movie is part of the collection: Prelinger Archives
Producer: U.S. Office of War Information
Sponsor: N/A
Audio/Visual: Sd, B&W
Keywords: Political campaigns and elections; Citizenship; Media: Radio
Creative Commons license: Public Domain
source: http://www.archive.org/details/Tuesdayi1945

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