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1. #1
   On May 21st, 2009 at 4:14 pm, zeroangel said:

   Where are all the church/state separation zealots now?

   Right here MM, right here. It’s crap I agree.

2. #2
   On May 21st, 2009 at 4:18 pm, redbug70 said:

   Has anybody ever watched season 2 of the Wire?

3. #3
   On May 21st, 2009 at 4:21 pm, no2pcbs1 said:

   the hypocrisy is overwhelming. hey harkins, big labor is a disease much like cancer, and these so called religious leaders are the hosts.

4. #4
   On May 21st, 2009 at 4:23 pm, mchristian said:

   Jesus loves extortion?

5. #5
   On May 21st, 2009 at 4:25 pm, bjc said:

   *Remember, Socialism knows no God but Government, and that is really what the union thugs are praying for, more socialism.
   *Remember also, join a union, check your personal responsibility at the door; Not quite what the founders envisioned in the Declaration of Independence.

6. #6
   On May 21st, 2009 at 4:25 pm, Teddy Kennedy said:

   Errah and then the Priest pulled out a crucifix and held it over the Demoncratic Senator’s head and chanted, “The power of Christ compels you, The power of Christ compels you.” The burning stench of death filled the room . . . .

7. #7
   On May 21st, 2009 at 4:25 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

   “Religious leaders”

   That’s double speak for “what’s in it for me?”

8. #8
   On May 21st, 2009 at 4:27 pm, On-my-soap-box said:

   On May 21st, 2009 at 4:25 pm, Teddy Kennedy said:
   Errah and then the Priest pulled out a crucifix and held it over the Demoncratic Senator’s head and chanted, “The power of Christ compels you, The power of Christ compels you.” The burning stench of death filled the room . . . .

   Poor priest

9. #9
   On May 21st, 2009 at 4:31 pm, James Felix said:

   …calling the legislation a “moral imperative” and a civil and human right.

   No. To cast a secret ballot free from bullying and intimidation, that’s a human right.

10. #10
    On May 21st, 2009 at 4:33 pm, walterc said:

    Can I get a list of these religious leaders and their affiliated congregations? I’d like to file a complaint with the IRS regarding their tax exempt status. It’s the whole “churches shouldn’t be involved in politics” argument I get from the left all the time.

11. #11
    On May 21st, 2009 at 4:35 pm, spaceycakes said:

    Oy vey.

12. #12
    On May 21st, 2009 at 4:36 pm, JusDreamin said:

    I’d like to know the names of these leaders, and exactly why they feel that workers should be subjected to harrasement and ridicule as part of “Labor Reform”. Bloody tired of this c-rap.

13. #13
    On May 21st, 2009 at 4:38 pm, Ragspierre said:

    We just have to recognize that EVERYTHING…EVERY INSTITUTION…has been infested with the virus of Statism/Leftism. Religion is hardly an exception.

    Card-Check MORAL….!?!?!? It is the greatest affront to morality I can imagine in the matter of labor relations.

14. #14
    On May 21st, 2009 at 4:41 pm, JusDreamin said:

    walterc said:

    A great idea!

15. #15
    On May 21st, 2009 at 4:41 pm, Mister P said:

    Time for the Congressional Aides to unionize.

16. #17
    On May 21st, 2009 at 4:46 pm, rotarymunkey said:

    The funniest thing about this all is if Obama is successful in setting up his “socialist paradise”, the first thing government will break up or outlaw will be the big Unions! Just so there’s no questions as to the workers’ allegiance…

17. #18
    On May 21st, 2009 at 4:51 pm, fred5676 said:

    Wait until PETA sees the DEAD FISH on Specter’s wall!

    He even said it was DELICIOUS!!

    Shame, Senator, Shame!

18. #19
    On May 21st, 2009 at 5:00 pm, rplatt said:

    Specter is such a piece of dog feces . . . he’s a perfect example of one that stands for nothing.

19. #20
    On May 21st, 2009 at 5:01 pm, airbrush101 said:

    “Free” is a powerful word …..

    That’s all people see when they read a title like that ……

20. #21
    On May 21st, 2009 at 5:07 pm, Ragspierre said:

    The funniest thing about this all is if Obama is successful in setting up his “socialist paradise”, the first thing government will break up or outlaw will be the big Unions! Just so there’s no questions as to the workers’ allegiance…

    But Obama is not pushing socialism.

    His economics are fascist policy. They allow the owners of capital to retain nominal ownership, whiled OWNING the OWNERs.

    Same with APPROVED labor. All of them…big business and big labor…were co-opted into the collective corporatist system.

    Exactly like NOW.

21. #22
    On May 21st, 2009 at 5:13 pm, AlohaGuy said:

    Is Specter looking for blood on his hands in that screenshot?

22. #23
    On May 21st, 2009 at 5:14 pm, BuckeyeSam said:

    The disciples were union reps?

    Who knew?

    Father O’Malley looks as if he’s given Specter an offer he couldn’t refuse.

    Does Specter have any horses?

23. #24
    On May 21st, 2009 at 5:15 pm, NJ-Aviator said:

    Why are republicans allowing them to call this the Employee Free Choice Act?

    Why are they not using what it is as it’s name in press conferences? That would be.. Union Thug Act.

24. #25
    On May 21st, 2009 at 5:17 pm, BuckeyeSam said:

    When Tony Soprano gets a hold of a business owner, don’t they have a word for the way they run it into the ground, running up crazy debt before walking away from it–something like a burnout?

    Isn’t that essentially what Obama’s doing to the economy?

25. #26
    On May 21st, 2009 at 5:19 pm, Ragspierre said:

    Union Thug Act.

    The Secret Ballot Destruction Act would work…

26. #27
    On May 21st, 2009 at 5:24 pm, NJ-Aviator said:

    Ragspierre said:

    Union Thug Act.

    The Secret Ballot Destruction Act would work…

    I like your suggestion better.

27. #28
    On May 21st, 2009 at 5:27 pm, 24Klady said:

    Not one of them would see their reflections in a mirror. Yes, union workers, there are vampires running afoot.

28. #29
    On May 21st, 2009 at 5:33 pm, WaterBoyz said:

    Wonder how many got their credentials off of late night TV for $49.95?

29. #30
    On May 21st, 2009 at 5:45 pm, Dexter Alarius said:

    Rocco, Guido, help dis man fill out his ballot card…

30. #31
    On May 21st, 2009 at 5:52 pm, Jeff said:

    Card check is one thing but, all those groups also support unlimited immigration. They think that 100 million poor, illiterates more, will boost our economy. Family chain migration with NO caps…etc…I guess, it will boost demand for law enforcement.

31. #32
    On May 21st, 2009 at 5:53 pm, Jeff said:

    Heh…The ballot cards will already be filled out. It’s not like they would stoop to fraud, would they?
    sarc

32. #33
    On May 21st, 2009 at 5:58 pm, WaterBoyz said:

    “Officials say the fast-growing union (SEIU) spent $85 million during the campaign season last year and that it was well worth it: The Obama Administration has appointed union officials to top posts …”

    “SEIU is on the field, it’s in the White House, it’s in the administration,” said SEIU President Andy Stern.

    American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees union spent $63 million or 32% of its expenditures for 2008.

    International Brotherhood of Teamsters spent $13 million in 2008.

    United Auto Workers spent $11 million in 2008.

    SEIU spent $67 million in 2008.

    “Mr. Obama has so far named Patrick Gaspard, a former SEIU official to be White House political director, and more recently nominated Craid Becker, associate general counsel to the SEIU and the AFL-CIO to the National Relations Board. Anna Burger, the SEIU’s second highest ranking officer, is a member of the presidents Economic Recovery Advisory Board.”

    =======
    Where is the outrage?
    We are sooooo screwed.

33. #34
    On May 21st, 2009 at 6:02 pm, Jeff said:

    I guess the SEIU forgot to check Rudy Blago’s card…

34. #35
    On May 21st, 2009 at 6:11 pm, Elm Creek Smith said:

    Sorta reminds me of the belt buckles NAZI soldiers wore in WWII that read, “Gott mit Uns.” Were they wearing “shirts of color?”

    Hope is not a plan; not all change is good. WE are the civilian national security force! Harkin is a leftist hack. Prosecute SEIU for RICO violations. The resistance is here; the resistance is now. RESIST!!!!!!!!

    ECS

35. #36
    On May 21st, 2009 at 6:13 pm, Ragspierre said:

    Elm Creek Smith said:

    Love you, man.

36. #37
    On May 21st, 2009 at 7:24 pm, verogolfer said:

    What denomination were these religious leaders from? The Church of the Seven-Day Extortionists?

37. #38
    On May 21st, 2009 at 7:28 pm, Ragspierre said:

    I think the Rev. Father belongs to the Order Of Saint Jimmy The Enforcer…

38. #39
    On May 21st, 2009 at 7:35 pm, Reg.conservative said:

    Employee Free Choice Act. “Unions are indispensable for a just social order,” said Dr. Joseph Fahey! They like the illegals also. Maybe the church should celebrate may day .

39. #40
    On May 21st, 2009 at 7:47 pm, letget said:

    I sent my bother, a minister, about the the missing link thing a few days ago. I told him, in imo, God would have a laugh at what is going on. He asked me to look at Psalms 2:4.If someone thinks God wants big labor to win, they need to get a grip! Might want to check ‘what’ God would want this.
    L

40. #41
    On May 21st, 2009 at 7:48 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    I wonder when I will be told what union to join? I can hardly wait for people to take dues out of my salary to use to destroy my country and my livelihood.

    It just doesn’t get any better…

41. #42
    On May 21st, 2009 at 8:11 pm, Ragspierre said:

    The CBO is predicting 10% unemployment.

    Wonder how high it will get when unions are at a government forced 20% or 30%, instead of about 8%…???

42. #43
    On May 21st, 2009 at 8:21 pm, simcoe said:

    “Unions are indispensable for a just social order,” said Dr. Joseph Fahey, a Manhattan College religious studies professor and founder of Catholic Scholars for Worker Justice. “They are not something that just gains better wages and working conditions for workers—on a far wider level, we won’t have a just social order unless we have unions to bring justice to workers and their families.”

    What a load of tripe that’s been left out in the sun and the Montauk Monster rolled in. There should be a caustic warning label before allowing reading.

    Where’s my spoonful of sugar that Mary sang about?

43. #44
    On May 21st, 2009 at 8:35 pm, WarEagle82 said:

    Europe long ago settled for socialism and the chronically higher unemployment that it brings. Those bent on implementing European-style socialism know that their policies will cause the same levels of chronic unemployment here!

    Take a look here: http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/areas/qualityoflife/eurlife/index.php?template=3&radioindic=17&idDomain=2&firstDifferentiator=38

    I am suspicious of the UK figures and of course there are no recent figures available for 2007, 2008, and 2009 at t his site.

44. #45
    On May 21st, 2009 at 8:53 pm, nuss said:

    Harkin, Hoyer, and Specter should be neutered. Although in Specter’s case it would be redundant.

45. #46
    On May 21st, 2009 at 9:01 pm, Ragspierre said:

    Harkin was one of the six who voted to close GITMO yesterday.

    How come the people of Iowa put up with this pile of mess…???

46. #47
    On May 21st, 2009 at 10:49 pm, jangar said:

    The SEIU has organized a front group of “people of faith” to harangue Congress into passing card-check because it’s a “moral imperative.”

    The churched branch of ACORN…

    uplifting music sung by a multicultural choir

    …and their choir.

47. #48
    On May 22nd, 2009 at 7:26 am, pokenhorn said:

    Though I have never had any respect for Spector, I feel a perverse pity for this doddering, bumbling old fool. No integrity, no character, no principal, no guts. For you Arlen, it is not “The end is near”, it is “The end is here.” He is like an aging old prostitute trying to turn one more trick.

48. #49
    On May 22nd, 2009 at 8:58 am, happy2behere said:

    Not one scriptural reference for their position. If they are going to speak for God, they ought to use his words.

49. #51
    On May 22nd, 2009 at 10:31 am, WarTip said:

    The difference between faith in a particular religion and Faith in God is the lessons that are taught. Tickling the ear and teaching traditions of man ring any bells?

    Part of me wants to celebrate what I see from a strictly faith-based standpoint but the rod we have to cross to get there is pretty scary looking at the moment.

    Just my two cents

    How are those union officials doing in Venezuela now? How about in Cuba? When the businesses are all government run and only a minor portion of the population is actually producing, is there any chance we will still be allowed to strike for higher wages and better working conditions?

    On a bright note, all those countries that are bringing in the jobs that BO does not want back here for people in America are certainly loving his new policies.