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Obama Says Teamsters Need Less Oversight (More Fraud, Less Feds Barry?)
wall st journal ^
| 5/5/2008
| Brody Mullins and Kris Maher
Posted on 05/05/2008 9:33:44 AM PDT by milwguy
Sen. Barack Obama won the endorsement of the Teamsters earlier this year after privately telling the union he supported ending the strict federal oversight imposed to root out corruption, according to officials from the union and the Obama campaign.
It's an unusual stance for a presidential candidate. Policy makers have largely treated monitoring of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters as a legal matter left to the Justice Department since an independent review board was set up in 1992 to eliminate mob influence in the union.
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KEYWORDS: cultureofcorruption; democratscandals; goonsquad; laborparty; lendmeyourears; mobama; obama; obamatruthfile; obambi; organizedcrime; organizedlabor; teamsters; thugs; trucking; unions; unionvote
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To: milwguy; All
At quick glance, the title looks like “Obama Says Teamsters Need Less Overweight.”
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posted on
05/05/2008 5:31:44 PM PDT
by
wastedyears
(The US Military is what goes Bump in the night.)
To: SE Mom
She actually dissed Obama?? Or am I misunderstanding?
42
posted on
05/05/2008 5:36:19 PM PDT
by
DrewsMum
(I firmly believe that Sheppard Smith has a big ole crush on O'Bama)
To: milwguy
Corrupt and a racist. This guy is the perfect liberal Democrat candidate. It is like they took all the ideal qualities for a liberal Dem and programed them into Obama.
I just figured it out... Obama is a liberal Cylon. Frack me.
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posted on
05/05/2008 5:48:47 PM PDT
by
NavVet
( If you don't defend Conservatism in the Primaries, you won't have it to defend in November)
To: milwguy
44
posted on
05/05/2008 6:17:23 PM PDT
by
Deetes
To: milwguy
45
posted on
05/05/2008 6:41:34 PM PDT
by
Typical_Whitey
(Prepare to do your time as Corvee labor on the Plantation of Barack and Michell Obama.)
To: milwguy
It's an unusual stance for a presidential candidate. To Obama it's a "hope" for "change" and way too many people just don't see the empty suit and are willing to vote for him.
Hitlery is just as bad...
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posted on
05/05/2008 6:52:26 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: stockstrader
I guess that the "TEAMSTERS" don't qualify as a 'special interest'!!!I guess it depends upon what your definition of "special interest" is.. /s
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posted on
05/05/2008 6:56:43 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: milwguy
The hits just keep on coming. This guy has to get the nomination before he disintegrates in front of our eyes. New pic of Ayers stomping on American Flag uncovered today. Or Hillary "steals it" and the Dems implode. It's a Win Win situation.
To: milwguy
This guy is unreal! I don’t know how he can manage to kiss so much union and terrorist a$$ when he has his foot in his mouth the majority of the time.
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posted on
05/05/2008 9:33:17 PM PDT
by
Merlinator
(Stop the Obamination!)
To: Son House
All chump change: the manager of the Portland, OR, Goodwill takes home about $866,000 per the Oregonian
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posted on
05/05/2008 10:46:20 PM PDT
by
investigateworld
( Abortion stops a beating heart.)
To: Fox_Mulder77
............ so he trusts the Teamsters more than his fellow Senators................. hmmm Well, I do have to cut the guy a little slack on this one, it is a pretty tough call.
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posted on
05/06/2008 1:32:04 AM PDT
by
NurdlyPeon
(New tag line in progress.)
To: infantrywhooah
I don't know who are the bigger idiots, Osama, The-tooon-thing or people that would vote for him/it...IF the voting numbers are not completely rigged in everything that the dummycrats do, we as a nation are so very screwed...
Its D-Day in Indiana today and the barrage by both of these socialists has been relentless for a couple weeks. The toooon thing actually says it will 'make' big oil invest in clean alternatives and create 5M jobs...
the clueless masses are penned up for the slaughter...
If it wouldnt be so devastating, it would be funny to see all the domestic oil companies to say screw this noise, shut down the plants and sink their money elsewhere...like cattle futures where a large return on capital is okiedokie...
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posted on
05/06/2008 5:11:53 AM PDT
by
Gilbo_3
(Choose Liberty over slavery... the gulag awaits ANY compromise with evil...LiveFReeOr Die...)
To: milwguy
What would the New JFK do?
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posted on
05/06/2008 8:03:05 AM PDT
by
weegee
(Just say NO to Marxism.)
To: milwguy
Of course he’ll say this; he’s a Cook County/Chicago hack.
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posted on
05/06/2008 12:09:52 PM PDT
by
toddlintown
(My kingdom for a beer!)
To: milwguy
HEY!.....Its just Obambi and his MOB "Connections", tellin' their subjects &/or clients....
get ready for the "GOOD OLD DAYS OF THE CHICAGO MOBS"...It'll just seem, like old days...
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posted on
05/06/2008 3:47:05 PM PDT
by
skinkinthegrass
(just b/c you're paranoid,doesn't mean "they" aren't out to get you..our hopes were dashed by CINOs :)
To: george76; AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; ...
Oh, and even though we didn’t ask, Moslem charity groups also need less oversight.
Thanks geo.
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posted on
05/06/2008 10:29:54 PM PDT
by
SunkenCiv
(https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______________________Profile updated Monday, April 28, 2008)
To: milwguy
There is no organization, entity, or group of carbon-based units in America that does not need less Federal oversight.
Even the Teamsters.
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posted on
05/06/2008 10:31:13 PM PDT
by
Jim Noble
(ride 'em like you stole 'em)
To: subterfuge
Big deal. The oversight committe is probably just as corrupt as the TEAMSTERS. Why cant the FBI do this? Im for dismantling any gov oversight committee. They waste my money.Right on, brother.
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posted on
05/06/2008 10:32:15 PM PDT
by
Jim Noble
(ride 'em like you stole 'em)
To: milwguy
No, Barry, the Teamsters and other corrupt organizations need MORE oversight.
Border patrol agents like Compean and Ramos need MORE leeway.
On energy: We also need LOWER gas prices and MORE domestic oil exploration. We need LESS environmental regulation.
On trade: We need LESS exporting of jobs to China, MORE domestic manufacturing, and LESS taxation.
On culture: We need LESS nihilistic trash from pop-culture filling our minds and MORE good ole-fashioned American patriotism.
Methinks thou art bass ackwards on each and all of these matters. Thou hast been weighed and found wanting.
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posted on
05/06/2008 11:26:15 PM PDT
by
Lexinom
To: Lexinom
Let me go on:
How about MORE spending on defense and LESS spending on social programs?
How about LESS control for limp-wristed Mother Gaia worshipping environmentalists over the Department of Energy and the EPA?
So whaddaya say, Barry? Strong America or weakling America?
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posted on
05/07/2008 1:19:37 AM PDT
by
Lexinom
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