James Madison
Posted on 10/31/2011 1:25:53 PM PDT by 92nina
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi exemplifies the Democrats’ anti-democratic, rule-by-fiat interpretation of American government. A clearly agitated Maria Bartiromo asks Pelosi, in short, whether or not the regulatory uncertainty created by the radicalized Environmental Protection Agency, Dodd-Frank legislation, and the National Labor Relations Board have any impact on job creation. Bartimoro then asks whether or not the NLRB has the right to close Boeing’s South Carolina plant.
“Yes. I don't think they close it down. I would hope they would make it union,” Pelosi responds.
Pelosi is not concerned with the preferences of Boeing’s workers—whether or not they would like to be unionized—and “hopes” that the NLRB forces Boeing employees into a union. Since Boeing workers rejected unions in a recent election, there is little chance, sans NLRB action, for Pelosi’s dream to come true.
The video clip here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=cnpeBTX-DMA
Democrats’ my way or the highway mentality is not confined to their pro-union, anti-worker worldview. Obama Administration officials have been running around to federal agencies asking what rules the president can write, expedite, and what Executive Orders he can legally sign before 2012. Keith Hennessey explains it best in a recent blog post titled Democracy is SO inconvenient.
The President’s argument is, in effect, “We can’t wait for democracy.” The Constitution gives the power of the purse to the Congress, not the President. If the Congress doesn’t want to enact his proposals, then it shouldn’t, and that’s how the system is supposed to work.I am not surprised that the President is using the legislative flexibility he has to maximum effect. I am a bit surprised that he sees a political benefit in framing himself as an Imperial leader who can and should ignore democratic processes.
This seems inconsistent with Democratic party rhetoric in recent years.Democracy is so inconvenient when your party controls the Presidency and the opposition can block your legislative agenda.
I couldn't have said it any better myself.
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I wish the ‘Pubbies were as ballsy as their enemies.
Democrats To the American People: I Do What I Want!
or interpreted another way:
Democrats To the American People: You Will Do What We Want!
The real Nancy Pelosi — multi-millionaire, non-union resort, dining and winery baroness
Nancy Pelosi’s radical political views are exactly what have kept her elected in San Francisco, along with the flow of union campaign money. The staunch “union supporter” Pelosi has even received the Cesar Chavez Award from the United Farm Workers Union. But her $25 million Napa vineyards and winery, she and her husband own is a non-union shop.
The hypocrisy doesn’t stop there. Pelosi has received more money from the Hotel Employees and Restaurant Employees union than any other member of Congress in recent election cycles.
The multi-millionaire investors own a large stake in an exclusive resort hotel in Wine Country, the Napa Valley Auberge Du Soleil Resort. It has more than 250 employees. But none of them are in a union, according to Peter Schweizer, author of Do As I Say, (Not As I Do) Hypocrisy of Democrats, and a regular contributor to the New York Times.
Pelosi is also partners in a restaurant chain called Piatti, which has 900 employees. The chain is (you might have guessed) a non-union shop.
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