[ClearCase_guy]

A local newspaper has been having some sort of "intellectual exchange" on the topic of whether Abraham Lincoln was a "right to work" kind of guy or whether he was a "supporter of organized labor".

The newspaper just published a Letter to the Editor which -- seriously! -- makes the claim that Lincoln was definitely a supporter of organized labor because ... (wait for it) ... he created the Union army!

This is the sort of intellect we face.

[narses]

“If any man tells you he loves America, yet hates labor, he is a liar. If any man tells you he trusts America, yet fears labor, he is a fool.”

“All that harms labor is treason to America.”

“The strongest bond of human sympathy outside the family relation should be one uniting working people people of all nations and tongues and kindreds.”

[Theories say] “it is assumed that labor and education are incompatible; and any practical combination of them impossible. According to that theory, a blind horse upon a tread-mill, is a perfect illustration of what a laborer should be - all the better for being blind, that he could not tread out of place, or kick understandingly....[therefore] labor insists on universal education.”

Abraham Lincoln