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Japanese Automakers Should Expect More Recalls

February 15th, 2010 · No Comments

A few days ago, I offered evidence that seems to support speculation that Toyota Motor Company is paying the price today for their executives’ failure to support Barack Obama during his 2008 presidential campaign. Today, I decided to dive into Federal Election Commission records and find out whether or not other Japanese automakers should expect [...]

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Cartoon Represents How Many People Feel

November 26th, 2009 · No Comments

In a day and age when elected officials in Washington, D.C., seem to be treating the American people more like turkeys than bosses, I offer the Thanksgiving Day cartoon above as representative of how many Americans feel on this special day.
Though I’m not advocating violence against elected officials (at least, not yet), the thought [...]

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Labor Boss Acknowledges Own ‘Lambourghini Health Plan’ at Single-Payer Strategy Conference

November 17th, 2009 · 1 Comment

For those of you who need more evidence to explain how the nation’s Big Three Automakers ended up in such financial strife, take a look at the video I shot as the only journalist attending the 2009 Healthcare-Now.org National Strategy Conference Saturday afternoon in St. Louis.  It shows union heavyweight Jerry Tucker “spilling the beans” [...]

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DeMint Calls GM Debacle ‘Political Bankruptcy’

June 10th, 2009 · 2 Comments

In a letter e-mailed to friends and supporters today, Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) issued a scathing retort about the bankruptcy filing by General Motors.  The text of that letter/e-mail appears below:

Dear Friend,
The bankruptcy filing of General Motors last week didn’t have to be this way.
GM could have – and as many of us argued [...]

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President Obama Launches Health Care Push

May 11th, 2009 · 1 Comment

President Barack Obama is meeting today with a group of what the White House calls “health care reform stakeholders.”
Those attending represent insurers, hospitals, physicians, medical device companies, pharmaceutical companies and, of course, labor union representatives and will, no doubt, take into consideration everything listed on the president’s “full fact sheet” about the issue of health [...]

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