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Re: SEIU spent $410k on state races

cthayes75 — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:21:13 -0500

Actually, the total is in excess of $1.5 million.

http://redclaycitizen.typepad.com/redclay/2008/11/seiu-spending.html

You missed the biggest donation.

PoliticalJunkie — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 14:01:59 -0500

As of Oct. 31, SEIU had given $1,150,000 to the Democrat Party fund to elect State Candidates.

http://www.app.sboe.state.nc.us/cf_pdf/2008/20081103_70252.pdf

And that's just the tip on the iceberg when it comes to the amount of Union money that NCDP raised this year.

Re: SEIU spent $410k on state races

tangoz — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:48:44 -0500

The Unions have played a big part in where the BIG 3 automakers are now. The average costs of labor by the BIG 3 is over $30 a hour more than other automakers in the south including benefits.

Since I get paid by the hour and rely on my company for compensation I understand trying to make as much as you can. That is the American way. But bankrupting your company over this doesn't make any sense. And if the executives let this happen then they share in the blame.

So, No I am not for a bailout of the BIG 3.

I believe that the unions and union organizations do not seem to see the picture and are only a detriment in today's world. Before they were needed for worker safety and compensation. Now they are just for obtaining power and running this country their way through their lackeys.

RTB

GrayJ — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 16:32:59 -0500

RTB what is with the detailed mentioning of the Senate races but a simple summation of the House races? I am not crying unfairness but it just seems a bit odd to place more emphasis on one chamber.

Re: R.C. Soles hangs on to Senate seat

danmanley2299 — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 15:30:37 -0500

i think there are a lot of pols in NC that need to send him a thank you card, I think I read someone suggested sending him a ham.

Soles, et. al.

PoliticalJunkie — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 14:44:07 -0500

Soles is one of 4 or 5 State Senate Democrats that need to send Barack Obama a thank you note for competing in and ultimately winning NC.

Re: He beat off a client with his shoe!

j1c2kp — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 13:05:08 -0500

I don't know why those young guys are giving ol RC such a hard time lately...

He beat off a client with his shoe!

domewatcher — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:16:11 -0500

You wrote: "In one instance, Soles beat off a client with his shoe."

Well, shoes make the man!

But around here our lawyers would never take off their shoes to beat a client. Most of the local law boys have deals with the local funeral home. The funeral director calls them if he is getting ready to bury a rich man with nice shoes. The lawyer will take his worn-out Hushpuppies down there and trade. My lawyer got a real nice pair of Allen-Edmonds lace-ups last year. The shoes are a size too small for my lawyer but he still wears them. He claims the limp is from the war even though he did not serve. But I doubt he would even take them off to beat a client……because he always gets his money up front. They might have to beat him to get him to do something but never the other way around.

He’s not too good a lawyer but he is a good businessman.

Taking your shoes off to beat a client indicates that the lawyer probably went to one of those Christian law schools.

Re: Mailer attacks Dollar on vet benefits

WhalerCane — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:43:08 -0400

How ironic for Nelson Dollar, a professional politial consultant with a reputation for running nasty campaigns, complaining about being attacked for his record.

Re: Libertarians announce slate of candidates

dahedgehog — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:12:48 -0400

NC Libertarians: Where Every Voter is a Candidate!

Illegal Immigration, what Hagan has wrought

Cdickson — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:45:48 -0400

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=080624191046.194uc12f&show_article=1

Note that the MS-13 crackdown was initiated in North Carolina.

They located here because of NC's lax license laws. Ryan, you should see how many of the indicted have had an NC license at one point.

Re: Donnan beats Brooks in labor runoff

Senate — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 22:57:25 -0400

Is it true that Burr is the youngest person ever to win a House race?

Re: More revelations for Senator Julia Boseman

j1c2kp — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:04:17 -0400

One more thing, I didn't say I thought it was against the law, I asked if it is ethical.

Re: More revelations for Senator Julia Boseman

j1c2kp — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 16:01:55 -0400

So you think it's ok for legislators to stay at lobbyists homes? Isn't it the job of a lobbyist to get legislation favorable to their cause? Don't they already have an unfair advantage over the ordinary folk? $$$ Sorry, not me. Check out the W-ton Star News forum for other opinions.

Re: More revelations for Senator Julia Boseman

Isaac136 — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 15:24:59 -0400

So what? You think it's against the law for her to room with a lobbyist?

Are you nuts? Are you desperate?