{"id":13648,"date":"2008-11-13T13:12:43","date_gmt":"2008-11-13T19:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/proteinwisdom.com\/?p=13648"},"modified":"2008-11-13T13:12:43","modified_gmt":"2008-11-13T19:12:43","slug":"secret-ballots-for-we-but-not-for-thee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proteinwisdom.com\/?p=13648","title":{"rendered":"“Secret ballots for We, but not for Thee”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amanda Carpenter, Townhall<\/a>:<\/p>\n

We all know the Democrats are frothing at the mouth at the chance to pass the Orwellien Employee Free Choice Act, a bill to eliminate the secret ballot process required to unionize workplaces. So, this little bit of information should be thrown in their faces over and over again.<\/p>\n

From Politico<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) has intervened in the fight between Reps. John Dingell (D-Mich.) and Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.), hoping to resolve their battle over the chairmanship of the powerful Energy and Commerce Committee, one senior Democratic aide confirmed on Wednesday. But neither combatant has agreed to a deal and the dispute may still be resolved by a secret ballot next week.<\/strong><\/tt> <\/p>\n

Wait, what is that? A SECRET BALLOT? I thought those weren’t “fair” and were forms of “intimidation” in the workplace, according to the Democratic Party’s agenda.<\/p>\n

Of course they want a secret ballot! Who wouldn’t? Everyone is afraid of alienating the wrong guy! And that’s exactly why the secret ballot process should be preserved — in EVERYONE’s workplace, not just in Washington.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Oh, come now, Amanda. Don’t be coy. And please, knock off this populist crap.<\/p>\n

Established pundits and the right kinds<\/em> of people — from Hollywood starlets to coastal columnists whose road to Beltway acceptance was paved with important stories of Congressional aides ass fucking — have made it clear that career politicians of a certain pedigree are our betters, and that moose-hunting breeders like Sarah Palin are not only not<\/em> to be invited into the club, but that their very presence<\/em> in the same fraternity is an embarrassment. Should these frontier outliers find their way into the national spotlight, therefore, they must be forcefully reminded of just how unrefined and unworthy of serious consideration they are. By pundits. And people who memorize dialogue written for them by others.<\/p>\n

Which is why secret ballots for Congress — much like their own special healthcare plans that will fall outside the “universal healthcare plans” our progressive overlords will grant us — are something quite different from secret ballots for unionizing.<\/p>\n

Its the quality of the people involved<\/em>, dear.<\/p>\n

Pragmatism, you see. After all, egalitarianism requires a ruling class to make sure that everyone is being treated equally…<\/p>\n

(h\/t Patrick H)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Amanda Carpenter, Townhall: We all know the Democrats are frothing at the mouth at the chance to pass the Orwellien Employee Free Choice Act, a bill to eliminate the secret ballot process required to unionize workplaces. So, this little bit of information should be thrown in their faces over and over again. From Politico: Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) has intervened in the fight between Reps. John Dingell (D-Mich.)<\/p>\n

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