WHAT WILL YOU BE DOING INSTEAD OF LISTENING TO THE ILLEGAL ALIEN IN CHIEF TONIGHT?

Jan 28, 2014, Tuesday | Yosemitest

[Yosemitest]

I'm not about to listen to the ILLEGAL ALIEN IN CHIEF's "State of the Union Address" .
And why should I?
Everything he does to to destroy this country.
Our side doesn't have the guts to Imp;each him, but maybe they'll boycott the farce.

[massgopguy]

BRUINS!

[Mears]

Catching up on “True Detective”.

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[Yosemitest]

P.S. :

Let's not forget that the "FALSE FLAG" of "Minimum Wage" kills jobs.

Minimum-wage increase proposals are NOT about minimum wages.
It's about UNION wages (read government employees mostly) and UNION DUES.
Like "Artie" on another thread wrote.
"but my theory is that
this is one of the foundations of single payer.

Down the road, as single payer replaces ObamaCare,
all healthcare workers will become in essence government employees.
Think about how many thousands of new, dues paying union members will magically become part of the SEIU.

Barry had sealed this deal with Andy Stern years ago.
Barry promised Andy and the SEIU thousands of new members,
Andy says
great,
this is the wage structure we need
so we can pay the slush fund.
Gotta pay a living wage to all of the new union members
so dues can be extracted
and kickbacks to the dems can be made.
It’s convoluted
but what dem scheme isn’t,
especially when large sums of cash are involved?"
So read the following:
Union Support Of Minimum Wage Hike Is Self-Interested

Mary Kay Henry, president of the Service Employees International Union, ... was quick to emphasize that her organization's support of a more-than-twofold increase in the minimum wage was "not about growing unions."

This may be true — but it's also undeniable that such a move would have a profound impact on growing union paychecks, even if those unions don't count a single minimum-wage employee in their ranks.

The fine print can be found in union contracts. Each year, the Department of Labor's Office of Labor-Management Standards (OLMS) releases a number of union collective bargaining agreements (CBAs).

Unsurprisingly, many CBAs available in the OLMS database LINK union salaries and wage rates to the federal minimum wage. There are a number of methods that unions use to accomplish this end. The two most popular appear to be setting baseline union wages as a percentage above the minimum wage, and mandating a flat wage at a set level above the minimum wage.

One example is a series of CBAs signed with the Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees (UNITE). Their contracts mandated that
"(w)henever the federal legal minimum wage is increased, minimum wage (in the agreement) shall be increased so that each will be at least fifteen (15%) percent higher than such legal minimum wage."

There's also an SEIU local's contract, which ordered that
"(t)he minimum hourly wage rates shall exceed any statutory applicable minimum wage rate by 50 cents."

Some unions have also arranged contracts where the employer MUST renegotiate their contracts in case of a minimum-wage hike, NO MATTER HOW LONG is left on the pact's life span.

The possibility for abuse here is staggering:
Unions with average wages WELL ABOVE the minimum wage CAN INSERT such clauses into their contracts, FORCING negotiations in industries not otherwise affected by a wage hike.

Given the limited number of CBAs available in the OLMS database, it's impossible to determine just how widespread this practice is.

But at least one union has trumpeted this arrangement as "one of the many advantages of being a union member."

Earlier this year on its blog, the United Food and Commercial Workers International Union proudly boasted that "oftentimes, union contracts ARE TRIGGERED TO IMPLEMENT WAGE HIKES IN CASE OF MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES."

This is a stunning admission of SELF-INTERESTt for an organization that's actively PUSHING minimum-wage hikes at both the state and federal levels of government.

It also raises questions about unions' growing use of nonunion "worker centers" like the Restaurant Opportunities Center, OUR Walmart, Fast Food Forward and other organizations that have made headlines in recent months.

These groups advocate many policies that would affect those businesses that pay a minimum wage — restaurants, retailers, etc. — and a minimum-wage hike is often the FIRST demand that these union front groups make. This only casts further suspicion on the motives of the labor unions funding these groups.

No matter how you look at it, the benefits that these unions stand to reap from a minimum-wage hike should raise questions about their real motives — and whether they're only manipulating the debate over fast-food wages for their own benefit.

Berman is the executive director at the Center for Union Facts.

[JaguarXKE]

I’ll be watching the mini series “Chasing Shackleton” which I purchased on iTunes.

[gorush]

Watching “Atlas Shrugged”, part 2.

[Hoffer Rand]

I have a regular Tuesday evening class. You could not pay me enough to watch and listen to the lie fest tonight.

[jdsteel]

I thought about various drinking games while watching....but every other time I did that it gave me a foul mood and a bad hangover. So, this year I will be working on some computer stuff....and checking in with FR for entertainment from time to time!

[ZirconEncrustedTweezers]

I’ll be washing my hair...

[NewHampshireDuo]

Watching Frasier reruns and reading FR on my laptop. I’ll be in my comfy chair.

[BuckeyeTexan]

Same thing as last year - studying for a blood test.

[Tennessee Nana]

Ive refilled the birdfeeders a couple of hours ago..

its been snowing all day here and I have quite a crowd in both the front yard and the back..

the snowplow went down our road while I was outside..

LOL yes we have one for the snow we get every few years..

[Hillarys Gate Cult]

Watching “The Chase” on GSN then “Dance Moms” even though I don’t care for the show.

[discostu]

I’ll be hitting a massive symbolic line in a serious time wasting project.

[Varsity Flight]

The Lord is my Shepherd............

Resisting the Diabalos.....

[Hoffer Rand]

Hope you at least have some decent quality libation on hand to make it worth your while.

[Mr. K]

I was going to cook in my hotel (I am traveling for work0 but i think I am going to go to a local bar and shout at the TV while Odumbass is talking. Maybe I can pick a fight with a libtard...

[LucianOfSamasota]

I can’t celebrate not watching the SOTU, even though I can’t bring myself to watch the usurper or listen to his diabolical vitriol.

Its embarrassing to hold strong positions on issues and yet be unwilling to understand the other side’s arguments. I’ve just heard too much already.

[advertising guy]

I was gonna solicit your help calibratin JFK’s carbon footprint on that eternal flame.......ya in ?

[LostInBayport]

So many choices that take precedence over watching a corrupt, increasingly marxist government applaud itself.

clean the litter boxes

take a nap

vacuum the car

watch a DVD

finish reading my murder mystery

or read the witty comments on the FR live thread with a big ol’ glass of wine or something with vodka in it. I like that one best.

[Marcella]

It’s a mistake not to listen. Always know the plans of your enemies. If you don’t listen yourself, don’t bother to ask others what he said. It if was impossible for you to listen, then, of course, ask others.

Messages get garbled being passed from one to another - I want to know exactly what he says so I can plan to avoid his clutches on my life.