14 Replies to “"NLRB lawyer: 'We screwed up the U.S. economy'"”

1. Ernst Schreiber says:

   November 10, 2011 at 9:08 am

   If we are headed for civil war, it had better come soon.

   Peasant revolts never succeed.

2. motionview says:

   November 10, 2011 at 9:09 am

   I particularly appreciate the part where the chairwoman had to soothe the ruffled feathers of this party hack dedicated public servant because Craig Becker was getting all the “good” press on shutting Boeing down. He wants to make sure he can list the Boeing closure under “Accomplishments” on his resume.

3. JHoward says:

   November 10, 2011 at 9:11 am

   Amazing that the evident truth you speak about Romney in this context would get you burned at the Republican stake, JG. Kinda stunning.

4. alppuccino says:

   November 10, 2011 at 9:26 am

   You know…..win some, lose some.

5. JD says:

   November 10, 2011 at 9:54 am

   I echo what motionview noted. What struck me was that Solomon was more concerned with not getting the credit and accolades for acting in such a despicable manner, as opposed to being ashamed for having done so. /spit

6. charlesaustin says:

   November 10, 2011 at 9:57 am

   I picture Obama striding the hump in the backseat floorboard of his armored limousine riding amongst the OWS protesters saying, “You shall have no captain but me.”

7. ThomasD says:

   November 10, 2011 at 10:27 am

   Mitt Romney, the George B. McClellan of our time.

8. A fine scotch says:

   November 10, 2011 at 11:22 am

   charlesaustin,

   Apparently, he didn’t get to the Occupy Denver crowd fast enough. They just elected their leader.

9. charlesaustin says:

   November 10, 2011 at 12:46 pm

   It was a Richard II allusion to the current Peasant’s Revolt. You can decide who Wat Tyler, John Ball, and Jack Straw are today.

10. A fine scotch says:

    November 10, 2011 at 1:27 pm

    For once, I got the allusion! (I am a bear of very small brain and large words bother me.)
    I just thought your comment had great timing vis Occupy Denver’s “decision” to name a dog as leader.

11. charlesaustin says:

    November 10, 2011 at 1:59 pm

    No problem, and I should have used stradling rather than striding.

12. Squid says:

    November 10, 2011 at 5:23 pm

    It’s kinda fun to think of the OUTLAW! party as the Men of Essex. Still, I think I’d rather lead a successful rebellion, rather than an unsuccessful one that served most to teach the aristocracy that they really should be nicer. Plus, I’d hate to see Jeff imprisoned and executed at the Tower of London.

13. Swen says:

    November 10, 2011 at 8:40 pm

    Did you catch why Occupy Denver elected the dog? No, it wasn’t because a border collie is probably smarter than most of them. Apparently it was a dig at Michael Moore. They were miffed that he’d showed up and “acted like the movement’s leader.” There may be hope for them kids yet.

14. SDN says:

    November 10, 2011 at 9:58 pm

    Jeff, you haven’t even gotten to the best part:

    That same hilarious general counsel, Lafe Solomon, is in the process of getting a great deal of NLRB power handed to him. The NLRB issued an order on Nov 3, 2011 that gives Solomon “full authority over court litigation matters that otherwise would require Board authorization and full authority to certify the results of any secret ballot election conducted under the National Emergency provisions of the Labor Management Relations Act…” The order comes into effect “during any time at which the Board has fewer than three Members and shall cease to be effective whenever the Board has at least three members.”

    So what’s the point of this?

    Well, in the wake of the NLRB’s unprecedented lawsuit against Boeing, there has been talk of the lone Republican on the board resigning to deny it a quorum. That would paralyze the NLRB, preventing it from additional power grabs for a while. The Nov. 3 order is a way around that. If Brian Hayes, the GOP NLRB member, resigns, then by the authority of this order Lafe Solomon effectively takes over and can certify union snap elections, continue suing American companies on behalf of Big Labor, and so forth. That is spelled out in the order’s supplementary information section:

    The National Labor Relations Board anticipates that in the near future it may, for a temporary period, have fewer than three Members of its full complement of five Members.1 The Board also recognizes that it has a continuing responsibility to fulfill its statutory obligations in the most effective and efficient manner possible. To assure that the Agency will be able to meet its obligations to the public to the greatest extent possible, the Board has decided to temporarily delegate to the General Counsel full authority on all court litigation matters that would otherwise require Board authorization…

    So if Hayes quits, the board’s Big Labor agenda rolls on in the hands of a man who jokes around about screwing up the US economy.

    We need to find out how this monstrosity operates with no members left.

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