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   Message 61,307 of 62,757   
   ray to Tim Howard   
   Re: Republican state governments becomin   
   16 Mar 11 05:59:13   
   
   XPost: alt.activism, alt.politics.obama, alt.politics.republican   
   XPost: alt.politics.conservative   
   From: xxxrayted@aol.com   
      
   In article <4d804191$0$28245$bbae4d71@news.suddenlink.net>,   
    Tim Howard  wrote:   
      
   > On 3/13/2011 5:19 PM, ray wrote:   
   > > In article<4d7d5743$0$28236$bbae4d71@news.suddenlink.net>,   
   > >   Tim Howard  wrote:   
   > >   
   > >> Of course many states are also passing or attempting to pass laws that   
   > >> make it more difficult for groups that clearly would vote democratic   
   > >> from voting (eliminating same day voter registration, mandating   
   > >> state-issued ID cards) under the guise of "voter fraud"--a bugaboo that   
   > >> no one has been able to show any significant evidence of.   
   > >>   
   > >> Now, most of these measures would, in the not-to-distant past, have been   
   > >> considered unconstitutional, but in the era of the Republican-dominated   
   > >> Supreme Court, and an administration reluctant to appoint so- called   
   > >> "activist judges" (meaning liberal), who knows what will happen when   
   > >> these laws are challenged and inevitably go before the High Court   
   > >>   
   > >> There are many other examples, but this should be enough to worry all   
   > >> Americans who believe in our concepts of a democratic republic,   
   > >> representative democracy, or however we conceive our free nation.   
   > >> People all over this country need to do what WI is starting to   
   > >> do--initiate recall drives against this anti-democratic Republican   
   > >> governors and their lackeys in state houses and senates.  We must not   
   > >> wait four years for them to run again.  We may not be allowed to do   
   > >> anything about it at that point.   
   > >   
   > > The recall process is designed to remove representatives who have been   
   > > considered suspect in certain situations or otherwise did something   
   > > clearly illegal.  It's not there to remove representatives who did their   
   > > job legally and honestly, just not to the liking of some people.   
   > >   
   > > Democrats don't like Democracy--they never have.  They don't like   
   > > majority rule either.  It's their way, or the highway.   
   > >   
   > > If this push is successful, then we live in tyranny of the unions and   
   > > any other group that misuses the system.  And that would be all the more   
   > > reason to get rid of all unions in this country.  And if successful, it   
   > > would outrage many Americans who would support the extermination of   
   > > unions.  They've done enough damage to this country already.   
   > >   
   > Unions are responsible for the 40hr week, minimum wage, health and   
   > safety rules, anti-harassment laws, pensions, employee health insurance,   
   > and many other great things.  If that "damages" the wallets of business   
   > owners, too damn bad.   
      
   Except that unions have damaged many more wallets of employees and   
   taxpayers as well.  So are we to be eternally indebted to unions because   
   they led the charge for work conditions that would have happened anyway   
   under government?   
      
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