"Chill wind? I don't feel any chill wind ..."
Posted on 03/05/2009 8:00:05 AM PST by Mr. Mojo
(CNSNews.com) – When Vice President Joe Biden speaks to the annual meeting of AFL-CIO officials at the plush Fontainebleau Hotel in Miami Beach Thursday morning, television cameras will not be allowed to cover his speech – on orders from the White House, Fox News reported.
The Fontainebleau, which recently had a billion-dollar makeover, describes itself as “a spectacular blend of Miami’s glamorous golden era and stylish modern luxury." It has 1,504 rooms and suites, 22 oceanfront acres, 11 restaurants and nightclubs including three signature name chef restaurants, a 40,000-square-foot spa, and a "sophisticated poolscape" with private cabanas.
The AFL-CIO Executive Committee told Fox News it is holding its meeting at the Fontainebleau because the hotel agreed to employ union workers as part of its renovation project.
A number of corporations are under fire for either holding or attempting to hold business meetings at resort hotels in these tough economic times.
After speaking to union members Thursday morning, Biden will tour Miami’s Intermodal Center, a transportation project funded by the Democrats’ economic stimulus bill.
Labor Secretary Hilda Solis also went to Miami this week. As a member of Congress, she supported the Employee Free Choice Act, a bill that would allow a simple majority of workers to form a union simply by checking a card. The AFL-CIO says Solis has promised to work for passage of the bill.
Under card check, as soon as 51 percent of workers openly sign a card asking for union representation, the government would have to certify the union.
Critics call it the “Employee Forced Choice Bill.” They say by effectively removing secret-ballot union elections, the bill would make workers susceptible to harassment and intimidation by union organizers, who are eager to boost union membership in this country.
"Chill wind? I don't feel any chill wind ..."
The goons will guard the entrance.
Or maybe scabs? har har
As Biden says:
Now we can plan to do something thats eeevil and horrendous and makes them suffer, and hold them ransom for 5 trillion dollars!!!
Don’t let the press know, they may applaud...
Yet they want to make sure there are public videos of our dead heroes’ flag draped caskets.
Both.
Maybe the comedy channel will record it.
Awaiting the theme music :)
Just mentioned this in the first moments of the show.
Rush is opening his show with this story.
Thanks, I’m catching the podcast later tonight...
I will HOPE that someone pulls it off though.
If the press is banned, then can we presume the the Union is covering the entire expense of Joe Biden’s transportation and participation?
Biden is a public servant, why should the taxpayer payer hundreds of thousands of dollars for Biden to go to Florida for a secret meeting with the unions?
My Iphone can record.
Gee. But, as noted, ABBCNNBCBS are SCREAMING bloody murder about “free(zing) speech” and the “right to be herded” by this White Hush.
What are they crying about? They helped elect the sob knowing full well what he would do.
You’re assuming they let people in with Cell Phones.
We’ll find out soon enough.
A select...repeat...a select group of print journalists were allowed in. They just didn't want the TV guys or anyone who refused to buy and wear the official Obama Knee Pads. One of communism's tenets is to control the flow of information to the unwashed masses.
All hail our glorious leader! All hail Comrade Zero!!
OBAMA LIED/FREEDOM DIED
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