Part II of My Venomous Hatred: Unions to Pressure Dems to Move Convention from Denver?

You see, the odd part about my blog is that I don't make this crap up. This is a true reporting of things that actually happen, with my opinion of it, and a bit of sarcastic logic added for fun. If the truth is a bit ugly at times, so be it. The posts that I make up are usually pretty obvious...... No, Jim and I aren't going to play golf together, but I would if he was up for it.

On to the latest.. According to an AP article, the AFL-CIO is considering asking the Democratic Party to move the 2008 Convention out of Denver. Why? It seems that the Colorado legislature passed a bill similar to the one passed this week by Congress, that would make it easier for unions to organize, only to have it vetoed by Governor Bill Ritter, a Democrat.

An unsigned letter by the union's Executive Council said "Union members will make up more than a quarter of the delegates to the Denver convention. Unless we can be assured that the governor will support our values and priorities, we will strongly ask the Democratic Party to relocate the convention". Sounds like a threat to me...

This isn't the first time Unions have given this convention grief. denver almost lost it's bid when the leader of the stagehands union refused to not strike if the convention were held at the Pepsi Center, which is a non-union facility. Of course the union got it's way, and demanded that all the workers at the convention be union employees. Sounds like that building in Philadelphia , where hundreds of inoperable toilets were installed to satisfy the plumbers union - your tax dollars at work.

Now, with all the screaming going on last year during the elections about what was wrong with America, do any of you remember hearing even once that we need more Unions. For all the talk about last November being a mandate on Iraq, the Union cash seems to be getting a damned good spot in line. When legislation like this is being passed on both the state and federal levels, you can guarantee that there is a big push behind it. Let me cement a thought in your head, and always keep it in mind: With very few exceptions, every politician has been bought and corrupted. Democrat and Republican. If you think otherwise, you are an idealistic fool - like I once was.

Why the big push now? Because, slowly, unions are going the way of the Betamax, 8-Track Player and that Woodpecker in Sparkleberry Swamp. Like a country with a low birth rate and increasing death rate, they are slowly going away. They are on a 60 year decline, with the exception of the public sector. Those brilliant institutions that brought you failing schools, earmarked pork, and inefficiency. It is their last stronghold, and this is their last ditch effort to increase the union payrolls. Here's a good illustration to .... uh.... illustrate it.

Sorry, sometimes the truth about politics doesn't fit nicely onto a bumper sticker, like "Bush Lied, Soldiers Died" . There are a lot of shady deals, and the money controls the priorities. Lots of pigs, not enough tits.......