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COLEMAN FOR U.S. SENATE PRESS RELEASE: “CARPENTERS UNION ENDORSES SENATOR NORM COLEMAN”
By Michael Brodkorb | August 21, 2008
The Carpenters Union, which according to the Pioneer Press endorsed Wellstone in ’02 and Klobuchar in ’06, have endorsed U.S. Senator Norm Coleman’s campaign. The complete release is available after the page jump.  On a side note, Team Franken is rolling out a month-old endorsement today to try and balance the news of Coleman picking-up a great endorsement. It’s a desperate strategy by Team Franken.
ST. PAUL – Today the Carpenters Union, Minnesota’s largest construction union, announced its endorsement of U.S Senator Norm Coleman’s re-election bid. With over 13,000 members in Minnesota, the union represents carpenters, millwrights, pile drivers, floor coverers, lathers and cabinet makers.
Check out http://www.youtube.com/colemanforsenate to see a video of Kyle Makarios, political director for the North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters, making the announcement!
“Senator Coleman has stood with union construction workers consistently in the Senate. He has repeatedly supported paying prevailing wages to construction workers on federal projects. He has been a strong advocate for vital investments in our nation’s infrastructure and for rebuilding America,†said Kyle Makarios, political director for the North Central States Regional Council of Carpenters. “We’re proud to stand with him in his re-election campaign. Our union will work with any elected official who is willing to work with us. We want to talk about jobs and economy, not about what party someone belongs to.â€
Senator Coleman is proud to receive this important endorsement, stating, “I’m honored to receive this endorsement today from the state’s largest construction union. Since my days in the Mayor’s office, I have worked hard to create jobs and grow the economy. I’m proud that the work I am doing has such strong support statewide, and I look forward to continuing to work for Minnesota’s families in the Senate.â€
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August 21st, 2008 at 1:19 PM
So, Michael – how do you think this endorsement is going to play to the base?
You really think the base is actually going to like that a union endorsed Coleman?
August 21st, 2008 at 1:39 PM
And conversely, are union members going to support an anti-union candidate who was apparently able to use threats and intimidation to secure the endorsement of their union?
August 21st, 2008 at 1:46 PM
Funny how MDE failed to mention that the Carpenters’ Union endorsed Madia, too…..
August 21st, 2008 at 1:53 PM
So, Michael, precisely which Carpenter’s local endorsed Coleman? Franken received the endorsement of the Building and Trades today which includes the Carpenter’s locals. Basically you are thrilled because one local broke with the Building and Trades to endorse Coleman. I’d suggest that you also applaud the Building and Trades endorsement of Franken.
August 21st, 2008 at 1:54 PM
“Excuse me, Mr. Franken?”
“Yes.”
“SMACK!”
BWahahahahahahahaahahahahahahaaaa!
August 21st, 2008 at 1:57 PM
Attention, moonbats.
We really don’t care about any union endorsement. We are just having a laugh at the expense of your asswipe candidate, ’cause, like, it’s funny!
K?
August 21st, 2008 at 2:15 PM
it is probably more important for norm in that the libs have claimed norm’s position against the card check for organizing was such a union-busting move.
obviously not true if the largest construction union in minnesota feels it needs to endorse norm, probably because it knows its members will do much better overall with norm representing them rather than an anti-catholic, anti-feminist, anti-employee candidate like franken.
August 21st, 2008 at 2:25 PM
Eh, good for Norm getting a union endorsement, but who cares. It’s kinda like being endorsed by the national association of dry cleaners.
August 21st, 2008 at 2:30 PM
WTF?!?!?
Its a smack in the face to the DFL, AFL-CIO and the Change to Win group, not Franken.
Maybe we ought to drop card-check and just let the companies continue to bust unions and allow the economy and market to set their wages and benefits. Unbelievably stupid.
Cheryl or West Metro Dem or whatever you’re calling yourself today, it is the overall Union. The ‘local’ you speak of stretches four states, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota headquartered over in St Paul. Building Trades is different like AFSCME is under the AFL-CIO umbrella, but sway enough influence alone.
Ain’t no spin gonna fix this, hopefully they’ll deliver as well as they did for Hatch.
August 21st, 2008 at 2:35 PM
DJZ,
Name is Cheryl. That’s what I posted as. That’s who I am.
Thanks for the info. I looked up the Building and Trades and they covered the Carpenters. As for 4 states being included, kind of irrelevant, isn’t it? Franken is running in Minnesota so only one state matters.
No spin. None needed.
August 21st, 2008 at 2:38 PM
LOL, You know it’s bad when the Unions in the pocket of Democrats endorse someone other then a Democrat.
It just shows what an utter failure Franken is as a candidate.
August 21st, 2008 at 2:47 PM
Obama’s down by 5 and Franken’s down by 15. Harry Reid just did an interview today and couldn’t remember Joe Bidens name, and Nancy Pelosi said last night that the left wing of her party is getting no respect. Unions endorsing Republican candidates, and pro-life speakers heading for Denver, who would of thunk it ?
August 21st, 2008 at 3:00 PM
as a gop-er i like the current trend, but there is a long ways to the election. remember about this time in 2006 all the pundits said the gop would continue to control both the house and senate. two months can make a tremendous difference in politics.
that said, i think the trends are positive for gop to at least minimize their losses. there is no question they will lose senate seats as they have, i believe, 22 seats up vs only 10 for dems. of the 22, 5 shoe-in’s would have won, but are retiring. norm was expected to be a loss, but now appears probably will win. i expect gop will lose 3-5 senate seats. on the house side i think the gop could actually hold steady or even pick up a few seats, especially after their “alamo” stand for energy bills that the dems have completely ignored.
the other positives is that iraq war now seems to have been won, obama looks like the new neville chamberlain of 1938, not to mention the new documented revelation of his promoting infanticide while an illinois state senator, and promoting tire gauges as an energy policy just puts icing on the cake.
August 21st, 2008 at 3:06 PM
Cheryl (WMD),
Do you read about how politics happen too from your cushy post out in the west metro?
Its not irrelevant. This union is big and stands alone. Since you’re looking things up, pick up the phone and call one of the members and see where they have never followed the building trades political lead.
Evey piece of DFL lit lists Carpenters AND Building Trades as separate orgs. because they are.
This will do nothing for Coleman, it will do nothing to hurt Franken. It will however be noted and remembered when they come to the Capitol lobbying for this and that. It will be noted when the Union-busting federal legislation is in play and they’re begging for a life saver. It will also be noted when their members are crying about undocumented workers undercutting their bids for jobs. We’ll tell them to go to Norm.
August 21st, 2008 at 3:08 PM
Well, if we have “won” in Iraq, when do the troops come home?
August 21st, 2008 at 3:21 PM
similar timetable to germany, japan, and korea.
August 21st, 2008 at 3:27 PM
Franken’s screwed. Nobody but the MN moonbats like him.
August 21st, 2008 at 3:34 PM
Most members of the carpenters union are hard-working family men who raise their kids based on good standards. For them supporting a potty mouthed, porn writing tax cheat would represent a bad example to their children.
Too bad Angry Al’s paid surrogates here don’t have the conscience to recognize that. Money, apparently, is more important to them.
August 21st, 2008 at 3:35 PM
(back to correcting the misinformation of the dipsh!ts)
the other positives is that iraq war now seems to have been won, obama looks like the new neville chamberlain of 1938,
The last time I heard a conservative mention that he was exposed as being an idiotic mouth piece.
Mccain declaring victory and the war to be over soon is inline with what he’s been saying for years.
“I think the victory will be rapid, within about three weeks.” [MSNBC, 1/28/03]
“It’s clear that the end is very much in sight. … It won’t be long. It, it’ll be a fairly short period of time.” [ABC, 4/9/03]
“We’re either going to lose this thing or win this thing within the next several months.” [Meet The Press, 11/12/06]
Hell, even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
As far as Obama and Iraq goes:
He campaigned for Senate running on his strong opposition to war, doubting a national security threat from them, he articulated how it could jeopardize our standing in the MidEast and world. HE WAS RIGHT.
McCain voted for the war and has been wrong on the progress every step of the way.
Obama advocated for 16 month timetable. Last month Iraq’s Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki endorsed Obama’s plan (you know the Democratically elected head of a government of a sovereign would like a timetable).
The White House then released a similar plan.
McCain said the Iraqis don’t know what’s good for them and we’ll stay until the job is done.
Once again, OBAMA WAS RIGHT
promoting tire gauges as an energy policy just puts icing on the cake.
No, tire gages were presented as McCain’s idea of what Obama’s energy policy was. Obama said properly inflating tires is a STEP that can be taken to conserve gas immediately.
Bush administration agreed by publishing that very information two years prior.
AAA agrees.
NASCAR promotes this step.
Obama’s Energy POLICY can be read here
You don’t hear very well so, I have no illusions that you will read for truth especially if it destroys your world view.
August 21st, 2008 at 3:44 PM
“Its a smack in the face to the DFL, AFL-CIO and the Change to Win group, not Franken.”
Oh, no you don’t…there’s several slaps for Porn-O-Rama in there too!
SMACK!…SLAP!…SMACK!
Bring me more lefties, I got plenty left over!!
(Sandy Pappas)SMACK!!..(Large Marge)SLAP!
August 21st, 2008 at 3:46 PM
What is the proper inflation pressure for Obama’s brainpan?
August 21st, 2008 at 3:55 PM
Wow, Swiftee, a whole post without mentioning cheetos or your love of male genitalia.
Congrats!
August 21st, 2008 at 4:01 PM
Didn’t keep them off your mind, though, I see.
SMACK! SLAP!
August 21st, 2008 at 4:01 PM
djz, i don’t know where to start so i will start by focusing on the tire gauges. nobody disagrees that keeping tires inflated will save energy. but bho went further and said that if everybody kept their tires properly inflated, the energy savings would be more than all drilling proposed by the “drill here, drill now” crowd. well… that is true except it would take 10,000+ years to make it true. your candidate is out of touch with what americans want. actually i am happy this is true because this is why instead of being up 15+ points in the polls, he is essentially tied with mccain, a very mediocre candidate.
as far as iraq, assuming you agree that it is part of the war on terror, i think you would have to acknowledge bush has been an extremely successful leader in winning the war on terror. the success of winning the war on terror is to minimize attacks on the homeland. how many attacks have we had on american soil since 9/11? zero. al qeada has been routed from their sanctuaries into nothing more than a periodic press release on al jazeera tv. by al qeada’s own admission, they stated they had to win the iraqi battle if they were to remain an effective group–well, they have lost thank to dubya, and not the wimpy dems that kept calling for surrender.
bho is losing the election, mccain is not winning it. let bho keep up his tire gauge energy policy, his rock star status in europe, his degradation of american troops by saying they lost the surge when it is generally accepted the surge was a great success, and now as just released on youtube, the recording of bho in 2002 justifying infanticide and i doubt even the clintons can save this guy.
August 21st, 2008 at 4:19 PM
You know who else was an effective president on terror? Jimmy Carter. So was Gerald Ford. Hell, if you stack all presidents by their ability to prevent a significant attack on American soil, I guess FDR would be the only real failure we have had as a president prior to this one.
Nice theory. NEXT.
August 21st, 2008 at 4:32 PM
as far as iraq, assuming you agree that it is part of the war on terror, i think you would have to acknowledge bush has been an extremely successful leader in winning the war on terror. the success of winning the war on terror is to minimize attacks on the homeland. how many attacks have we had on american soil since 9/11?
Right. Using your logic, Bush and Company were so inept that the greatest act of terrorism in our history happened on their watch.
Listen retard- Iraq had NOTHING TO DO WITH 9/11!!!!!!!!!!!
No fucking connection.
You are part of the 23% of pure simpletons who believe the 935 false statements regarding Iraq’s possession of weapons of mass destruction, or links to Al Qaeda.
al qeada has been routed from their sanctuaries into nothing more than a periodic press release on al jazeera tv.
Even though last year U.S. intelligence agencies noted that al-Qaida has rebuilt to pre 9-11 strength? Maybe we really should have been taking the fight to them instead of setting up a base in Iraq under false pretense.
So, how long did you serve over there? Across the country when I see vets running for office it appears they are Democrats, or became Democrats after learning the truth. Eight Congressional seats here in Minnesota. Three of our candidates including the one incumbent all have worn the uniform during this war. Why is that?
August 21st, 2008 at 4:49 PM
US, Iraq reach deal to pull US troops out by June
MATTHEW LEE and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA | August 21, 2008 05:00 PM EST | AP
BAGHDAD — Iraq and the U.S. have reached preliminary agreement to withdraw American forces from Iraqi cities by next June, six years into the increasingly unpopular war, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Thursday after meeting with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
The negotiations over a withdrawal timetable follow long insistence by President Bush that setting any schedule for U.S. troops to leave would be dangerous. The draft agreement with Iraq would link troop reductions to achievement of certain security milestones, although the details have not been made public.
Time has become ever more important in discussions between U.S. and Iraqi officials with Bush heading into its final months and the presidential candidates tussling daily over how and when they would move to end the war.
Democrat Barack Obama has said he would begin pulling troops out immediately upon taking office and have all combat forces out within 16 months. Republican John McCain has said the situation in Iraq will dictate any pullout schedule, not a timetable set up without consideration of how the war is going.
Rice and Zebari, appearing together at a news conference, asserted that the proposed deal reflects growing confidence in the ability of Iraqi forces to secure the country. A final agreement would require endorsement of the proposed deal by top Iraqi leaders and the Iraqi parliament.
Zebari said the draft would be presented to top leaders, including Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. Some members of al-Maliki’s Cabinet are known to oppose some aspects.
“What we have accomplished in this agreement is the most advanced version of any” such deal between the United States and other countries where U.S. forces are based, Zebari told reporters, “because the U.S. negotiators indeed showed a great deal of flexibility and understanding.”
Rice spoke optimistically of completing a deal but stressed that it still needs top-level Iraqi approval.
“We think it’s a good agreement,” she said. “We recognize that the government still has to review this agreement … and we’ll await that process, and then it obviously has to go to the Council of Representatives.” She was referring to the Iraqi parliament; the Bush administration does not plan to submit the deal to Congress for approval.
The Iraqis have demanded specific timelines for the departure of American forces, and initially the Bush administration resisted.
“We have agreed that some goals, some aspirational timetables for how that might unfold, are well worth having in such an agreement,” Rice told reporters after meeting with Iraqi officials, including the prime minister. The two sides had come together on a draft agreement earlier this week and Rice made an unannounced visit to Baghdad to press officials there to endorse it.
Zebari, asked about fears expressed by neighboring countries over such a pact, said in Arabic: “This decision (agreement) is a sovereign one and Iran and other neighboring countries have the right to ask for clarifications. … There are clear articles (that) say that Iraq will not be used as a launching pad for any aggressive acts against neighboring countries and we already did clarify this.”
A key part of the U.S.-Iraqi draft agreement envisions the withdrawal of American forces from Iraq’s cities by next June 30, according to Iraqi and American officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because the proposed deal’s details have not been publicly announced. A related issue is setting additional timelines for troop withdrawals, including a date by which all U.S. forces would be gone.
Said Zebari: “This agreement determines the principle provisions, requirements, to regulate the temporary presence and the time horizon, the mission of the U.S. forces.”
U.S. military forces went into in Iraq in early 2003 and overthrew President Saddam Hussein and the war is now in its sixth year. There have been more than 4,100 U.S. deaths there and countless losses among Iraqis. The war looms as a key issue in the campaign in the United States to elect a successor to Bush, with McCain accusing Obama of advocating too precipitate a withdrawal of U.S. forces from the country.
“We’re not sitting here talking about an agreement to try to get out of a bad situation,” Rice said, asserting that the draft “builds on the success we have had in the last year. This agreement is based on success.”
Followers of anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr criticized Rice’s visit and repeated their opposition to the security agreement. Sadr’s followers control 30 of the 275 seats in parliament.
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Wimps.
August 21st, 2008 at 4:56 PM
I also like how soldiers IN THE MIDDLE EAST are donating to Obama at a 6-1 pace over McCain.
What does this tell you about how well the folks we are asking to fight think the war is going?
August 21st, 2008 at 5:16 PM
DJZ said:
“allow the economy and market to set their wages and benefits. Unbelievably stupid”
Do you realize how unbelievably ignorant you appear when you write things like this?
August 21st, 2008 at 5:49 PM
Leroy Jenkins said:
“I also like how soldiers IN THE MIDDLE EAST are donating to Obama at a 6-1 pace over McCain.”
Perspective:
Obama: 134 contributors out of 350,000
Paul: 99 contributors out of 350,000
McCain: 26 contributors out of 350,000
Huckabee: 10 contributors out of 350,000
Thompson: 7 contributors out of 350,000
Romney: 10 contributors out of 350,000
Clinton: 6 contributors out of 350,000
Please crow more about Obama getting this less than 0.04% of potential overseas military contributors. It seems worth pointing out that at least 99.91% of overseas military realize the are already making their contribution.
Read the comments here:
http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2008/08/troops-deployed-abroad-give-61.html
for more.
August 21st, 2008 at 5:51 PM
Since when as perspective been a requirement to post here?
August 21st, 2008 at 6:04 PM
Barack Obama said:
“You can inflate your tires to the proper levels and that if everybody in America inflated their tires to the proper level, we would actually probably save more oil than all the oil we’d get from John McCain drilling right below his feet there, or wherever he was going to drill”
and:
“Making sure your tires are properly inflated, simple thing, but we could save all the oil that they’re talking about getting off drilling, if everybody was just inflating their tires and getting regular tuneups. You could actually save just as much”
DJZ said:
“Bush administration agreed by publishing that very information two years prior. AAA agrees. NASCAR promotes this step.”
Proper tire inflation is standard operating procedures in auto maintenance.
Which is why almost everyone already does it, retard.
August 21st, 2008 at 6:09 PM
The the takeaway for DJZ:
Making the people who do not now properly inflate their tires do so would potentially save a paltry amount of oil.
He is stupid to suggest that it would. And so are you.
August 21st, 2008 at 6:43 PM
And only the moonbats would need a presidential candidate to tell them to inflate their tires,and then to treat it like Moses receiving the 10 comandments. “Bush and company- greatest act of terrorism happened on their watch.” It could be reasonably argued that one of the “greatest acts of terrorism” happened on Carters` watch, the Iranian hostage situation, and the lack of any concrete response, that set in motion the events that happened later. The terrorists view of America as a paper tiger was reinforced by Clinton, and to a degree Reagan. Bush finally did something about it.
August 21st, 2008 at 7:26 PM
i gave a scenario of why bush has been so successful at protecting the american homeland, that being the iraq and afghan battlefields. yet i hear the libs saying that had nothing to do with it.
okay, then apparently the bush administration must of done something else that protected the american homeland for 7 years. was it fisa? was it gitmo? was it ignoring libs? all of the above?
August 21st, 2008 at 8:20 PM
Ziggy dog shit says: “Its a smack in the face to the DFL, AFL-CIO and the Change to Win group,”
And who gives a rats ass about any of those clowns?
August 21st, 2008 at 8:21 PM
Ziggy dog shit says: “Maybe we ought to drop card-check and just let the companies continue to bust unions and allow the economy and market to set their wages and benefits.”
Best idea you’ve ever had. God forbid the “market” determine appropriate wages and benefits… gasp!
You worthless commie.
August 21st, 2008 at 8:29 PM
Ziggy dog shit, bleats on:
“As far as Obama and Iraq goes: He campaigned for Senate running on his strong opposition to war, doubting a national security threat from them, he articulated how it could jeopardize our standing in the MidEast and world. HE WAS RIGHT.”
He campaigned for Illinois Senate on that… Not THE Senate. Moreover, when he campaigned in 2006, he contradicted his earlier stands. At that point, he was right. Today, he is WRONG.
“promoting tire gauges as an energy policy just puts icing on the cake.”
Yeah, what a dumb fucking remark that was from Obama. It’s not just ignorant, it’s a like that inflating tires will replace all the oil we can get domestically.
What is the DFL position? That we won’t need oil in the future. Dumb fucking Democrats.
“No, tire gages were presented as McCain’s idea of what Obama’s energy policy was. Obama said properly inflating tires is a STEP that can be taken to conserve gas immediately.”
That’s a bald-faced lie. But what else do we expect from the intellectually lazy and dishonest David J. Zieger aka Ziggy dog shit.
Obama said inflating tires would replace every drop of oil we could get from expanding domestic exploration. What dumb thing to say.
What Obama uttered was a PSA, not a policy.
August 21st, 2008 at 8:34 PM
More bleating from Ziggy dog shit:
“Bush and Company were so inept that the greatest act of terrorism in our history happened on their watch.”
Yeah, as it was Bush’s fault that Al Queda was training in the skies over Florida during Clinton’s administration and as Al Gore tried to steal the election…. and after Al Gore uncovered massive air port security breaches, and then DID NOTHING to correct them.
Yeah, it’s Bush’s fault. Nice try Ziggy dog shit.
“Listen retard- Iraq had NOTHING TO DO WITH 9/11!!!!!!!!!!!”
Good, I’m glad you agree with every statement George Bush made on that issue.
“Even though last year U.S. intelligence agencies noted that al-Qaida has rebuilt to pre 9-11 strength? ”
Was that the only day you read the paper, because 4 months later, the same folks reported that Al Queda was pretty much dust globally.
August 21st, 2008 at 8:37 PM
More dishonesty from David J. Ziegler:
“Across the country when I see vets running for office it appears they are Democrats, or became Democrats after learning the truth.”
Yeah, there are a handful of Democrat Iraq vets running for office. Not sure they’ve learned the truth, or bought in to bullshit Democrat lies…
But the reality is they are outnumbered by Republican Iraq Vets running for office. Here’s a link, Ziggy: http://www.iraqvetsforcongress.com/
August 21st, 2008 at 9:50 PM
So, Chestnut. If Saddam is in the ground, and Al Queda is “dust”, why the hell are we still in the Middle East? Seems to me that the quest for bin Laden was abandonded before it began, and so, with the other two objectives taken care of, why don’t we just bring our troops home?
Could it be you are the one who is full to the eyelids with dog shit?
August 21st, 2008 at 10:09 PM
i might agree with leroy if the libs were consistent.
why are we still in germany?
why are we still in japan?
why are we still in korea?
why are we still in turkey?
why are we still in bosnia?
the obvious answer is that the longer a country has a u.s. military presence, the better their democracy grows.
democracy = freedom
most americans believe in both democracy and freedom.
August 21st, 2008 at 10:40 PM
Leroy,
George Bush said if conditions improve, the troops would start coming home. DJZ has this dumb idea that he said this after morons like Barak Obama started talking about timetables.
The fact is, Bush always said this. In fact, as conditions improve, troops have been coming home.
All surge troops are out of Iraq. All tour extensions have been decreased. And Bush has negotiated the terms of further troop reductions and redeployments.
This process began long before the Defeat-o-crats were demanding unilateral surrender to Al Queda.
The troops are coming home, though some contingent will likely be there for many years to come… kinda like Europe, Japan, Korea, etc.
The abject stupidity, defeatism and dishonesty of Democrats is appalling… but not unexpected.
August 21st, 2008 at 11:33 PM
americans like to win. general petraeus has given us victory. now let’s look at what the dems were saying less than a year ago.
harry “dusty” reid said the surge has failed when not even half the troops were in iraq yet.
nancy pelosi continues to say the surge failed because there was not political reconciliation. at the the same time she is saying this she goes on vacation for 5 weeks and stalls energy legislation, not to mention that this congress has been the least productive in the last decade.
bho, until he left for iraq, stated on his website the surge had failed.
americans believe the surge has succeeded, but for some reason the dems like to be losers. let’s hope that goes for the election as well.
August 21st, 2008 at 11:35 PM
ansel stated “as a gop-er” but then in another post on another topic he was going to vote democratic and vote for Lord Faris by absentee ballot.
If, US Military Presence = democracy
perhaps the ansel and his/her friends should volunteer themselves as a present to the military.
August 21st, 2008 at 11:38 PM
Why are most people who were in the US Military, glad when they are no longer in the military?
August 21st, 2008 at 11:42 PM
why are re-enlistment rates higher than during the clinton years?
August 22nd, 2008 at 6:28 AM
Consider the “hostile environment” sexual harassment rulings. If a union supports “rape jokes” and “porn a rama” in a candidate they endorse a jury might take this as “sending a message” that the union is “sending a message” that sexual harassment is permissible.
The union “trades” have had a history of harassment of women in the past.
It may be wise of the Carpenters Union to break away from this by rejecting Angry Al Franken.
So far the silence of the local feminist has been deafening.
August 22nd, 2008 at 8:40 AM
“Why are most people who were in the US Military, glad when they are no longer in the military?”
Cite your source. Moreover, does this equate with “not being proud of” their military service? I can’t imagine any world in which that later would be true.
If you want to know why people who are no longer in the military are glad when they are no longer in the military, as yourself why most people who are no longer in high school are glad they are no longer in high school.
Answer: They’ve moved on to another stage of their life.
I’m pleased to no longer be in the military. But I’m immensely proud of my time in the service, and have many fond memories.
August 22nd, 2008 at 8:52 AM
Why are we still in Germany? Because at the original time it was to offset the Soviet threat. Now it is the Russian threat.
Korea? Because we are technally still at war with North Korea.
Japan? To offset China. Turkey. To offset the problem children in the Middle East.
Bosnia? To keep that part of Eastern Europe from breaking into all out war. Remember it was that area of Europe that started WWI.
Energy: I say drill in our own back yard. The chinese are going to be doing it off the cost of Cuba not long from now. China already has a deal with Brazil and Venezuela for thier oil. Why not drill as well for ourselves. Keep the money here? At the same time we need to do something about our comsumption. Find ways to cut that use down. Look into renewable energy. There is nothing wrong with that. We have to think not only for the here and now but long term.
Economy: We have to somehow work on getting our manufacturing back here to the US. So much is being sent to Asia where labor is cheaper. Maybe do a tax on goods based on what it would cost to do it here rather than what we have presently?
We need long term solutions to what is needed in this country. I don’t believe for one second that either of these 2 can or will do that. They are too much the lap dogs of special interets and that make for things not getting what is needed to get to get done. Time for an Independent out in Washington.
August 23rd, 2008 at 12:27 AM
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