OUR UNION PRESIDENT:

For decades, unions have perpetuated the myth that the interests of Big Labor's bosses and of American workers are identical. A tenuous case for that proposition could be made decades ago when unions represented a third of all private sector workers. But doing so today requires a studied refusal to acknowledge reality when fewer than 7 percent are union members. Nevertheless, President Obama often seems concerned only with serving the interests of the union bosses who are among his most frequent White House guests. It is hardly coincidental that recent economic news has gone from bad to worse.

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ACCORDING TO PLAN: Consumers' electric bills likely to spike as coal plants close. Follow the links.

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THE PERFECT DESCRIPTION of Rep. Anthony Weiner: "he's the ultimate dildo - all prick, no balls."

From the comments to this post.

QUOTES OF THE DAY: more proof (if any is needed) that the lamestream media is, well, really lame.

THE AMERICAN DREAM, 2011: "You pay four bucks a gallon to commute between your McJob and your underwater housing to prop up a spendaholic, grabafeelic, paramilitarized bureaucracy-without-end bankrupting your future at the rate of a fifth of a billion dollars every hour. In a sane world, Americans would be outraged at the government waste that confronts them everywhere ...."

From the comments (p. 3) to this post.