http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/tyson/ en-us Thu, 9 Jul 2009 14:11:50 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2288845/posts While speaking about the stimulus bill recently, Obama advisor Laura Tyson said The plan turned out to be “a bit too small,” It’s ludicrous for an economics professor who is advising 0bama to make such a statement when it has been widely reported that 10% or less of the $787-billion stimulus has not even been spent yet! Hey LAURA, before you suggest another stimulus, or tell Americans that the first stimulus is “a bit too small,” why don’t you tell us where the rest of the $700 billion dollars are destined for before you start babbling and begging for more?... The Daily Change http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2288845/posts#comment Thu, 9 Jul 2009 14:11:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1576679/posts Maybe we’re looking in the wrong direction on this whole NSA issue. I can’t help but think that for the Dems to go to such lengths, there has to be some campaign money in it for them. Just like they pander to the far left whackos I.E. Moveon.org, maybe they also have to protect themselves as well as pander to some of their big money supporters who may not want their overseas calls monitored by the Bush administration. This is just a first attempt to connect some dots, but it is interesting. Let’s start with Judge Robertson and the Clintons.... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/1576679/posts#comment Sat, 11 Feb 2006 21:45:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2285475/posts (The murder of Don Bolles was to be a package deal including the murder of Al Lizanetz, Kemper Marley's public relations manager of 23 years. My interview of Lizanetz is available on audio tape. In this interview, Lizanetz states that land fraud king pin, Ned Warren was Kemper Marley's agent. Lizanetz tells how Marley recruited Eugene Pulliam to come to Arizona to start the Arizona Republic Newspaper. Pulliam formed the Phoenix Forty and the rest is history --- organized crime history. Lizanetz details how Marley's United Liquor General Manager, Gene Hensley (none other than Senator John McCain's father-in-law) went to... source:http://www.dcia.com/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/2285475/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 16:22:05 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2258670/posts A rep for the Phoenix Police Department has just released the following statement regarding Mike Tyson's 4-year-old daughter: I was just advised by investigators that Exodus Tyson was pronounced deceased at 11:45 AM today at the hospital. Our sympathies go out to the family. Paramedics were called to Tyson's Phoenix home at around 10:30 Monday morning when his 7-year-old son found the young girl hanging from a treadmill by its power cable. Tyson's reps have no comment at this time. TMZ.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2258670/posts#comment Tue, 26 May 2009 23:28:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2256852/posts ...Burmese refugee Cho Aye traveled 60 miles from Nashville ...to take a place at the head of the line outside Shelbyville's state employment office. The next day, the office was to take applications for $9.35-an-hour jobs processing chicken at the local Tyson Foods plant. Directly behind Ms. Aye...were 16 more Burmese refugees... Farther back in the line, marked by orange tape and monitored by police, locals like David Curtis seethed. "This is the worst job I have ever applied for," said the 31-year-old welder... Eyeing those ahead of him, he added: "I'm very annoyed foreigners are taking jobs that Americans... Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2256852/posts#comment Sat, 23 May 2009 13:45:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2202332/posts If leadership is defined as recognizing a crisis, addressing its challenges, and setting new directions while remaining true to one's values, then Barack Obama is already demonstrating his strengths as a leader. He has inherited an economic crisis worse than any the nation has experienced since the Great Depression. Within fewer than 50 days in office he has signed a historic stimulus package to bolster demand and create 3.5 million jobs. Governors, business leaders and economists from both the left and the right have applauded the stimulus. Friday's distressing employment numbers indicate that much more may be needed. Wall Street Journal http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2202332/posts#comment Mon, 9 Mar 2009 10:20:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2193101/posts Joe Kulakowski leans forward across a desk that would need a major cleaning just to qualify as cluttered and succinctly states what has become so obvious to him as he’s relentlessly pursued former Circuit Court Judge Herman Thomas for the better part of the past two years. “This is the biggest scandal in the history of American jurisprudence. In the history of American jurisprudence there has never been abuse to this extent by a judge in power involving paddling and forced sex,” Kulakowski says. “There’s nothing like this in the history of the American court system that even approaches dimensions... Lagniappe Magazine http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2193101/posts#comment Tue, 24 Feb 2009 21:20:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185616/posts "We're probably anticipating a big crowd to start to live in Shelbyville," said Father Boutros Boutros. Boutros leads a congregation of about 1,700 families. Recently, dozens more arrived in Nashville from Egypt on temporary visas. Some of them of them have alreadyu been hired by tyson food! WSMV NASHVILLE Tennessee http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185616/posts#comment Sat, 14 Feb 2009 16:20:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185355/posts As an organizer from Nashville searched for housing and services for about 50 Egyptian men and their families who want to move to Shelbyville to be close to their new jobs at Tyson Foods, the county mayor said that the food giant should hire Bedford County residents first. But personnel at the state employment office say they must accept job applications from everyone who shows up, no matter where they are from. Concerns have once again risen in Shelbyville about immigrants and refugees coming to Bedford County to apply for jobs at the Tyson Foods poultry plant. Law enforcement were... The Shelbyville Times-Gazette http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185355/posts#comment Sat, 14 Feb 2009 02:46:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2183730/posts As an organizer from Nashville searched for housing and services for about 50 Egyptian men and their families who want to move to Shelbyville to be close to their new jobs at Tyson Foods, the county mayor said that the food giant should hire Bedford County residents first. But personnel at the state employment office say they must accept job applications from everyone who shows up, no matter where they are from. Concerns have once again risen in Shelbyville about immigrants and refugees coming to Bedford County to apply for jobs at the Tyson Foods poultry plant. Law enforcement were... Shelbyville Times-Gazette http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2183730/posts#comment Thu, 12 Feb 2009 02:36:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2180088/posts Note: The following text is a quote: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog_post/beyond_the_echo_chamber/ Friday, February 6th, 2009 at 12:55 pm Advice from "beyond the echo chamber" We just learned the economy lost another 600,000 jobs last month. It's a staggering number, and it underscores just how deep this crisis is – and, as the President pointed out this morning, it’s accelerating. That's why he created the Economic Recovery Advisory Board -- to solicit ideas from "beyond the echo chamber of Washington, DC." "I’m not interested in groupthink, which is why the Board reflects a broad cross-section of experience, expertise, and ideology," he said. "We’ve recruited... WHITEHOUSE.gov - blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2180088/posts#comment Fri, 6 Feb 2009 23:56:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2151356/posts A SEARCH party for the children of Lennox Lewis was dispatched last night after disturbing pictures of former heavyweight champ Mike Tyson surfaced on the newswires. Tyson once famously promised, after a fight, to eat Lewis's children. Nobody ever thought he would make good on it. However, those fears now appear realised after Iron Mike was caught presenting at the sixth annual Video Game Awards in Culver City, California, at the weekend. Fox Sports http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2151356/posts#comment Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:18:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2149448/posts The Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2149448/posts#comment Tue, 16 Dec 2008 06:58:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2133342/posts A fact sheet released this week from the U.S. State Department reported widespread fraud in the refugee program that has brought tens of thousands of people from Somalia and other African nations to the United States. The reported fraud spurred the State Department to suspend a humanitarian program in August which was supposed to reunite African "anchor" refugees already in the states with their family members who are still overseas. DNA testing conducted earlier this year by the government to verify blood ties between anchor refugees and their supposed family members revealed that fewer than 20 percent of those checked... Shelbyville Times-Gazette http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2133342/posts#comment Mon, 17 Nov 2008 04:48:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2061730/posts During the recent Tyson Chicken controversy, I published an article at FrontPage in which I argued that Tyson and the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) should not have agreed to make Eid al-Fitr a paid day off for employees at the Tyson plant in Shelbyville, Tennessee, on the grounds that it set a bad precedent for accommodation of Islamic practices at a time when the Muslim Brotherhood is pressing forward a stealth jihad agenda of trying to impose Islamic Sharia law bit by bit and make American businesses and individuals grow used to the idea that Muslims must... Cross Action News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2061730/posts#comment Thu, 14 Aug 2008 13:24:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058720/posts Members of the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) and Tyson Foods workers at the poultry processing plant in Shelbyville overwhelmingly voted to overturn a union contract provision that replaced Labor Day as a paid holiday with the Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr, it was announced this morning. The new agreement will increase the number of paid days off for workers in the current calendar year to include both Labor Day and the Muslim observance as paid holidays for workers in the Shelbyville plant. The agreement amends the existing contract negotiated last year, according to a press release from... Shelbyville Times-Gazette http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058720/posts#comment Fri, 8 Aug 2008 19:31:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2058708/posts This just goes to show you that if we raise our voices loud enough, we can make a difference. Just like with the Islamic ports deal a couple years ago. Good work everyone!! Islam in Action http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2058708/posts#comment Fri, 8 Aug 2008 18:52:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2058648/posts Tyson Foods backed down on it’s contract with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) to recognize Eid al-Fitr rather than Labor Day. Stuck On Stupid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2058648/posts#comment Fri, 8 Aug 2008 16:58:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2058589/posts Labor Day Reinstated as Paid Holiday at Shelbyville, TN, Plant Tyson Foods Requested Change from Union ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Springdale, Arkansas - August 8, 2008 - Tyson Foods, Inc. announced today it has reached a new agreement with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), an American union, reinstating Labor Day as one of the designated paid holidays under the contract for covered employees in the Shelbyville, Tennessee, plant. Tyson made this request on behalf of its Shelbyville plant employees, some of whom had expressed concern about the new contract provisions relative to paid holidays. In an effort to be responsive,... email from Tyson Foods http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2058589/posts#comment Fri, 8 Aug 2008 15:00:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058573/posts Press Release Labor Day Reinstated as Paid Holiday at Shelbyville, TN, Plant; Tyson Foods Requested Change from Union Springdale, Arkansas – August 8, 2008 - Tyson Foods, Inc. announced today it has reached a new agreement with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), an American union, reinstating Labor Day as one of the designated paid holidays under the contract for covered employees in the Shelbyville, Tennessee, plant. Tyson made this request on behalf of its Shelbyville plant employees, some of whom had expressed concern about the new contract provisions relative to paid holidays. In an effort to be... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2058573/posts#comment Fri, 8 Aug 2008 14:40:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2057995/posts Tyson’s new holiday schedule, seen in light of the Brotherhood agenda, strikes many Americans as yet another example of how Islamic supremacists are demanding that America adapt to Islam, rather than that Muslims adapt to and assimilate into American society. And since there is indeed such an initiative going on among many Muslims today, the Tyson decision is indeed short-sighted and ill-advised. Islamic law covers every aspect of life. Once the principle is accepted that Islamic law must be accommodated, and American customs and laws must give way in order to accommodate it, there is always more Islamic law to... Cross Action News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2057995/posts#comment Thu, 7 Aug 2008 13:33:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057582/posts Labor Day Still Recognized at Tyson Foods Union Contract Provision only at Shelbyville, TN Plant Springdale, Arkansas – August 4, 2008 – Contrary to recent reports, Labor Day is still a holiday at Tyson Foods. This issue concerns only the plant at Shelbyville, TN. The majority of employees at the Tyson plant in Shelbyville, TN, are represented by the Retail, Wholesale and Department Stores Union (RWDSU), an American union that asked for and received Eid al-Fitr, as one of their eight paid holidays, in place of Labor Day. This applies only to the Shelbyville plant and resulted as part of... Email http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057582/posts#comment Wed, 6 Aug 2008 20:12:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057424/posts Tyson Foods says that Labor Day is still a holiday, but not for the union employees at the Shelbyville poultry processing facility, who will be taking off the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr instead. Meanwhile, the union that negotiated the controversial contract at the Shelbyville plant has removed the original press release announcing the holiday change from its web site, and the union president has described the backlash to the decision as "bigotry." The union had stated in a June 19 press release that 700 Muslims worked at the plant, while Tyson repeated Tuesday that there are only 250 Somalis... Shelbyville Times-Gazette http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2057424/posts#comment Wed, 6 Aug 2008 15:23:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2056414/posts Workers at the Tyson Foods poultry processing plant in Shelbyville will no longer have a paid day off on Labor Day but will instead be granted the Muslim holiday Eid al-Fitr. According to a news release from the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, a new five-year contract at the plant included the change to accommodate Muslim workers at the plant. [SNIP] Tyson's director of media relations Gary Mickelson said the contract includes eight paid holidays -- the same number as the old contract. Eid al-Fitr -- which falls on Oct. 1 this year -- marks the end of Ramadan,... WSMV Nashville http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/2056414/posts#comment Mon, 4 Aug 2008 20:48:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056393/posts I sent an email to Tyson regarding my thoughts on the celebration of a Muslim holiday and the following is their response..... as a liberal once told me you vote with your dollars, I won't be buying Tyson.... "Contrary to recent reports, Labor Day has not been done away with at the Tyson plant in Shelbyville, TN. Recent RWDSU (Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union) contract negotiations resulted in a different holiday for workers covered by the contract, for which the union bargained. Employees not covered by the contract will still have Labor Day as a paid holiday. The union... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2056393/posts#comment Mon, 4 Aug 2008 20:10:36 GMT