Dark side of the left

Overview


As the clash in Wisconsin continues we are seeing more and more of THE DARK SIDE OF THE LEFT. The legally elected Democrat Senators from Wisconsin have fled the state and continue to hold out somewhere in Illinois. Every time a Fox News Reporter tries to report from Madison, the teachers, firefighters, and other protester start chanting Fox lies. We are getting more and more lies from the unions there and the leftist media covering the story about there not really being a financial crisis or that Governor Walker has caused it.

What has become apparent is that THE LEFT HAS VERY LITTLE USE FOR DEMOCRACY WHEN THEY LOSE. Freedom of the Press is apparently optional, majority rule is only good if it follows left wing desires, and almost any tactic is okay if it is designed to flummox the right.



Progressivism Unmasked

PUBLIC SECTOR WORKERS HAVE WILLINGLY ABANDONED THE JOBS THEY’RE PAID TO DO. Unscrupulous doctors have written notes filled with lies to protect them. The mainstream media has referred to runaway, anarchist legislators as heros, and deliberately ignored the same hate-filled rhetoric directed at Republicans they declared unseemly and dangerous after the shooting of Gabrielle Giffords. Rhetoric that reached a low point on Wednesday, when Rep. Michael Capuano (D-Mass.) told a group of union supporters that “[E]very once in awhile you need to get out on the streets and get a little bloody when necessary.”

Really, Mr. Capuano? DOING BATTLE WITH WHOM, THE TAXPAYERS WHO UNDERWRITE UNION WAGES AND BENEFITS? Shame on you.

None of it is flying. It’s not flying because most AMERICANS ARE FINALLY BEGINNING TO UNDERSTAND THE UNHOLY RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE DEMOCRAT PARTY AND THEIR UNION BENEFACTORS. Benefactors who contribute well over ninety percent of their campaign contributions—funded almost exclusively by mandatory dues required of union members—to Democrats.

How unholy is this relationship? Perhaps nothing speaks to it better than a unionized New York school system in which “PASSING” A 2009 THIRD GRADE MATH TEST CONSTITUTED GETTING 11 POINTS OUT OF A POSSIBLE 39—WHICH IS A SCORE OF 28%. Was anyone fired for such child-abusing, blatant corruption? Quite the contrary. NEW YORK CITY PAID $100 MILLION IN BONUSES TO TEACHERS AND ADMINISTRATORS FOR THEIR FINE WORK IN “RAISING” TEST SCORES. The kids? 75% of them need remedial instruction if they choose to attend college.

http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/33794


There is no progress for progressivism.



Bogus statistic from Wisconsin union backers spreads in media despite being debunked

“A lie can make it half way around the world before the truth has time to put its boots on” – like a false statistic recently disseminated by supporters of Wisconsin’s government-employee unions. Despite being debunked by PolitiFact, it has since been widely repeated in multiple letters to the editor, and it remains uncorrected on the web sites of publications like The Economist.

On Wednesday, PolitiFact debunked the claim by Wisconsin union supporters that Virginia, which bans collective bargaining in state agencies, ranks 44th in the nation in ACT/SAT scores, compared to Wisconsin ranking 2nd. For example, it noted that in 2009, Virginia ranked 22nd in ACT scores, while Wisconsin ranked 13th. As PolitiFact notes, this claim was originally disseminated by the Wisconsin Democratic Party, which has now retracted it.

(Although PolitiFact didn’t note this, in 2010, Virginia actually beat Wisconsin in ACT scores, with Virginia ranked 12th and Wisconsin ranked 17th. Unlike Wisconsin, Virginia is a right-to-work state that bars forcing employees to pay union dues. Collective bargaining with government employee unions is currently mandated in Wisconsin, but banned in Virginia).

http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/opinion-zone/2011/02/bogus-statistic-wisconsin-union-backers-spreads-media-despite-being-debun#ixzz1F4dcZAcr



I had seen this claim in a number of chats. Quite frankly it seemed too good to be true if you were a liberal, but that seems to be the kinds of facts the left posts. Things that aren’t true but from their way of thinking should be true.




Walker won’t back down

GOV. SCOTT WALKER REFUSED TO BACK DOWN SUNDAY IN HIS BUDGET SHOWDOWN WITH WISCONSIN’S PUBLIC-EMPLOYEE UNIONS, saying the state is poised at a historic crossroads.

“We’re broke,” said the Republican governor, whose battle with unions in Wisconsin has landed him at the center of a national debate about government spending.

“I do believe that this is our moment in Wisconsin history,” he told NBC‘s “Meet the Press.”

AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka, speaking on the same program, said the governor wasn’t interested in solving the state’s fiscal crisis, ACCUSING MR. WALKER INSTEAD OF WANTING TO BREAK THE STATE’S UNIONS.

Mr. Trumka said the tactic is backfiring, and he predicted the public would support union rights in Wisconsin and in the 2012 presidential elections.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/feb/27/walker-unswayed-by-budget-stance-critics/


I do believe we need a violin for all the poor unions that are screaming that Walker is just trying to break the unions. Perhaps he is because many of the unions have tried to break the state.



MSNBC’s O’Donnell Suggests ‘Racist Message’ in RNC Ad Linking Obama to Labor Unions

On Friday’s Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell, msnbc host O’Donnell seemed to channel his predecessor, Keith Olbermann, as HE RIDICULOUSLY SUGGESTED RACISM IN AN RNC AD WHICH ACCUSED PRESIDENT OBAMA OF BEING BEHOLDEN TO ORGANIZED LABOR, a charge often made against Democrats for many years in the past.

But, as he began an interview with guest Jennifer Granholm, former Democratic governor of Michigan, O’Donnell wondered, "DOES THAT SOUND TO YOU LIKE THEY ARE TRYING TO CONSCIOUSLY OR SUBCONSCIOUSLY DELIVER THE RACIST MESSAGE THAT, OF COURSE, OF COURSE A BLACK MAN CAN’T BE THE REAL BOSS?"

http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brad-wilmouth/2011/02/25/msnbc-s-o-donnell-suggests-racist-message-rnc-ad-linking-obama-labor-#ixzz1F9aVL9a8


Liberals at times are so entirely predictable. They tend to be so lazy as to resort to name calling instead of mounting an actual intellectual argument for their beliefs or to support their actions. This is just another example of that.




Another fatal blow coming for Obamacare?

Politico today looks at the possibility that federal District Judge Roger Vinson, who struck down Obamacare as unconstitutional, COULD GIVE THE 26 STATES IN THE LAWSUIT A FREE PASS TO STOP IMPLEMENTING OBAMACARE:

The Justice Department asked Vinson to clarify his ruling that struck down the law as unconstitutional. Justice must file its brief on the motion by Monday, AND VINSON HAS SAID HE WOULD RULE QUICKLY AFTER THAT. At issue is whether Vinson meant to stop reform implementation in the 26 states that brought the suit.

The smart money says Vinson will halt implementation, and legal observers are wondering why Justice would take that risk.

“Having lost one game of chicken when it came to the severability of the mandate, the government is now challenging the same judge to back down on whether his decision is binding. Seems like a risky move,” said Randy Barnett, a law professor at Georgetown University.

http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/2011/02/another-fatal-blow-coming-obamacare#ixzz1FDjjq1Ka

Hmmm, let’s see. Obama has decided not to defend DOMA because he thinks the law is unconstitutional. Now Obamacare has been declared Unconstitutional and he is still fighting to keep it going. Does anyone see a bit of hypocrisy here?



Obama Administration Nixes Drilling

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar was in Houston this weekend talking with oil executives who are eager to start drilling again in the Gulf of Mexico. That may sound like progress, but AFTER THE MEETING SALAZAR SAID THAT NOTHING HAD CHANGED. HE WAS NOT READY TO APPROVE ANY NEW DRILLING.


Despite everything that energy companies have done to devise advanced containment systems, Salazar is unwilling to issue a single new permit. Systems constructed by the nonprofit Marine Well Containment Company and other entities are now able to handle a flow equal or greater than that experienced during the Deepwater Horizon accident last summer. But that's not enough for Salazar, who stated that EVEN THE MOST ADVANCED SYSTEMS HAVE "LIMITATIONS ON WATER DEPTH AND BARREL-PER-DAY CONTAINMENT CAPACITY."

http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/02/obama_nixes_safe_drilling.html


When you are paying $100 to fill up your gas tank, remember it is for your own good. And if you used to work in the oil industry remember that this administration is working night and day to get people back to work.

Take a look at history

TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT THIS FACE: IT HASN'T BEEN SEEN IN OVER FIVE MILLENNIA.

In the year 3289 BC, Otzi trekked up the Schnalstal glacier in the Italian Alps. The Neolithic guy -- dubbed Otzi the Iceman, or "Frozen Fritz" -- wore a coat and leggings made of sheep's fur and moccasins made of cattle leather as he climbed, having just polished off his last meal: unleavened bread and meat.

Severely wounded by an arrow and possibly dispatched with a blow to the head by a cudgel, he died, HIS BODY FROZE AND WAS MUMMIFIED, and he lay in place for a very, very long time

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http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/02/25/artists-recreate-face-5300-year-old-iceman-mummy/


I found it interesting. Hope you do too.