Posted on 03/02/2011 10:29:37 AM PST by Michael van der Galien
One might make a case that this article is unnecessary. After all, who could possibly be supporting public sector unions after the shenanigans we’ve seen in Wisconsin and elsewhere this past few weeks? Legislators fleeing across state lines to avoid doing the job taxpayers elected them – and are paying them – to do (and they’re not exactly sleeping in their cars during their illicit vacations). Public schoolteachers calling in sick and encouraging their students to picket on their behalf (instead of going to class). Taxpayer-funded doctors unethically and fraudulently writing notes to excuse public workers from their jobs. Union thugs whacking young women Tea Partiers (more on that ahead). What a sordid mess.
Nevertheless, many of our friends and acquaintances aren’t educating themselves on the true goings-on in Madison and other current hotspots around the country. Or worse yet, they’re getting their news on it from the MSM, or the likes of Jon Stewart.
So it’s our job, those of us who love liberty and the free market and the rule of law, to school ‘em. All we need is a little well-honed rhetorical ammunition to stock our intellectual arsenals (I just love to use that vitriolic weapon imagery, although I must defer to the unions on this one – they are the masters).
ANYWAY. Here are ten facts – facts that won’t change the minds of the leftist true believer who worships at the altar of Big Government and honestly thinks the state can run our lives better than we can. But these ten facts just might give the unaware and undecided some much-needed food for thought.
Starting with: History is fun!
10. History proves we don’t need public sector unions, and the folks in Wisconsin are lying about it
(Excerpt) Read more at newsrealblog.com ...
Here’s an example of an article that’s interesting enough, but so cut up and burdensome to navigate through that it lost this reader...
Thaks This should be required reading.
I’m glad it’s not just me. I wanted to read it, but gave up after page 3.
Click the “print this post” button and you can read the whole article on one page.
I agree with you.
However, I’ve noticed the ‘NewsReelBlog’ site seems to set up most of their articles that same way. If the article was titled “Top 50 Dictators of All Time”, for instance, , then there would be 50 pages to it. One page per ‘dictator’.
I think it is a poor way to format their articles.
Thanks for the tip.
That makes it MUCH easier to read.
I disagree with #10, though . . . I think there is absolutely a role for public-sector unions, if only to provide workers with a high level of protection against politically-driven actions by their superiors as administrations change.
I’d rather employment be based on performance rather than who’s the boss this year.
That's what I did, too. I'd like to send it to somebody but there is no email this article. Will have to cut & paste the link.
Here it is...
Yep. I like Horowitz but I dislike the design of that site so much I won’t go there anymore.
Excellent read. It is very long, but also worthwhile reading from beginning to end.
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I feel the same way about Townhall.com.
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