Posted on 04/27/2009 9:39:19 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
The Service Employees International Union has launched an online petition criticizing Republicans for delaying the confirmation of a Health and Human Services secretary in the face of a swine flu outbreak.
The union accuses Senate Republicans of delaying the confirmation of nominee Kathleen Sebelius to “curry favor with extremist outside groups” and depriving the department of leadership as the nation confronts a potential flu pandemic.
“This is simply unacceptable,” the union says on its website. “This disease is spreading as we speak, but right now, a Bush-appointed accountant is running the department. We need an HHS secretary NOW. Sign the petition telling the Senate to vote immediately to confirm Gov. Kathleen Sebelius. If we don't act, the swine flu might just turn into another Hurricane Katrina.”
Senate Democrats attempted to fast-track Sebelius during the first week of April, but Republicans raised objections, saying her nomination needed to follow regular order. Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) attempted to schedule a vote Wednesday but was again thwarted.
The Senate is expected to vote on the nomination Tuesday after eight hours of debate.
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SEIU is the illegal alien union. Started by the same guy who started ACORN and they are closely aligned. Almost the same organization.
The gubment union goons response is predictable. If Bush was in office they’d be bitching about his round of golf.
Maybe if Obama de-politicized his selection process, we wouldn’t be headless at the HHS and CDC as this latest virus spreads..
Just a thought
Go Republicans! Nuke this beeyotch!
The bottom-line you need to know about swine flu
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090427/ap_on_he_me/med_healthbeat_swine_flu_q_a;_ylt=AorSERKPOQFAaUOnLzVRaoSyFz4D
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Pathetic partnership between public employee unions and the MSM. The SEIU is taking their instructions directly from Media Matters:
http://mediamatters.org/items/200904270001?f=h_latest
a ‘coalition’ of the witless.. media matters and the seiu
As if a government bureaucrat is going to do anything of any use to remedy this situation.
100% dead on accurate. Same address and phone number.
No comments as why Bull Dyke Napolitano refuses to enforce basic homeland security public health measures by enforcing the border or screening arrivals from Mexico for the swine flu.
“extremist outside groups”
Whaaaat? Oh yeah, that’s ... me, you & the vets.
Btw, I’m told I’ve been grunting in my sleep, hogging the covers and speekkin’ Spanish. Nice knowing you all!
(cough cough)
Close the border, then maybe we can talk.
FU SEIU
It might be worthwhile to inform these drones that it was President Bush who devised the first ever ‘Pandemic Plan’ for the United States and stockpiled Tamiflu and other anti-virals.
Is this from the Onion???
You GUUUUUYYYYYYZZZZZZZZZ!!!! :-)
(Rhetorical quetion)
Neither agency is headless, there's always an "acting" administrator - whether between administrations or just when the top dog goes on a holiday (which is probably more often than most of us peons). CDC and HHS, like every other federal and state agency at this point, has a "pandemic plan". Nobody is going to change that immediately upon being confirmed as administrator.
The Dems are just using this as leverage against the Republicans, like when they politicize shootings to push for more gun control laws.
My response to SEIU would likely include: "...and the horse you rode in on".
A Bush-appointed janitor would do a better job than Kathleen Sibelius!
The Dems were sitting on the nomination and got busted. Now they are out shopping the idea that the Republicans were the problem. The bad thing for them is that they cannot explain how the Republicans were the problem.
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