oe Klein: it’s Ironic that union protesters chant “freedom, democracy” while preventing a vote

Flopping Aces ^ | 02-19-11 | Curt

[Starman417]

Uh oh....you know you've lost the fight when a liberal like Joe Klein doesn't back you any more:

Revolutions everywhere--in the middle east, in the middle west. But there is a difference: in the middle east, the protesters are marching for democracy; in the middle west, they're protesting against it. I mean, Isn't it, well, a bit ironic that the protesters in Madison, blocking the state senate chamber, are chanting "Freedom, Democracy, Union" while trying to prevent a vote?

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An election was held in Wisconsin last November. The Republicans won. In a democracy, there are consequences to elections and no one, not even the public employees unions, are exempt from that.

Throughout the whole article Klein makes the argument that these Unions have become the opposite of Democracy. And it's a good argument.

But they have Obama on their side now so who knows what will happen....Chicago politics and all.

Klein makes a great point here:

But we’ve had far too many state legislatures, of both parties, that have been cowed by the political power of the unions and enacted contracts that force state and city governments to be run for the benefit of their employees, rather than for their citizens. This situation is most egregious in far too many school districts across the nation.

What is it that the "bastard" Walker dares to ask for? To have them pay more for their health care and pension plans. To limit collective bargaining to wages only and to end "closed shops" in which every employee is forced to pay in to the union whether they support that union or not. That's it.

[Starman417]

Should be Joe Klein....sorry bout that.

[Emperor Palpatine]

More ironic - unionism is a COMMUNIST idea and anathema to American freedom. All unions need to be busted and disbanded.

(BTW,union goons, we’re not a democracy, we’re a REPUBLIC, you leftist asshats!)