The Hayride

Yesterday, The Wall Street Journal’s John Fund had a piece talking about the Democrats’ plans for the post-election lame-duck Congress – and how some are contemplating a frighteningly ambitious agenda once the pressure of trying to get re-elected is off… “I’ve got lots of things I want to do” in a lame duck, Sen. Jay [...]

Filed under: Congress, Corruption, Economics, Energy, History, Immigration, Polls, The Left, Unions | 4511No Comments »http://thehayride.com/2010/07/how-lame-ducks-might-end-up-dead-ducks-politically/How+Lame+Ducks+Might+End+Up+Dead+Ducks+%28Politically%292010-07-09+16%3A12%3A14macaoidh

One of the biggest victories of the Legislative session for school-reform and charter school advocates was the passage of HB 1368, which will provide public schools with greater flexibility by waiving certain regulations and rules. Naturally, any legislation which erodes the centralized and stagnant authority of public education draws the ire of teachers unions, so [...]

Filed under: Education, Unions | 4439No Comments »http://thehayride.com/2010/07/teachers%e2%80%99-union-rhetoric-distorts-benefits-of-new-education-law/Teachers%E2%80%99+Union+Rhetoric+Distorts+Benefits+Of+New+Education+Law2010-07-06+22%3A23%3A37Jamison+Beuerman

The state of public education in America was on display earlier this week in Milwaukee, when at a county commission meeting on the subject of a proposed boycott of Arizona over its recently-passed immigration law a Democrat elected official who proudly calls herself a Mexican-American demonstrated that she doesn’t know Arizona is on the border [...]

Filed under: Humor, Immigration, The Left, Unions | 42232 Comments »http://thehayride.com/2010/06/the-democrat-party-providing-political-opportunity-for-imbeciles-since-1776/The+Democrat+Party%3A+Providing+Political+Opportunity+For+Imbeciles+Since+17762010-06-25+06%3A42%3A59Oscar

If there is one predominant theme from “Super Super Tuesday”, it’s that while incumbents are down, they’re certainly not out.

Filed under: 2010 Elections, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, Harry Reid, Sarah Palin, Tea Parties, Unions | 3884No Comments »http://thehayride.com/2010/06/what-did-super-tuesday-tell-us/What+did+%22Super+Tuesday%22+tell+us+%3F2010-06-09+07%3A15%3A48JMC+Enterprises

Once again, we bring you Chris Christie. And we challenge you to find us anybody in American politics who will call a spade a spade like this man will. No one – NO ONE – has ever had the huevos to take on public employee unions, and particularly teachers’ unions, like Christie. He’s got a [...]

Filed under: Chris Christie, Conservatism, Unions | 3790No Comments »http://thehayride.com/2010/06/nobody-in-politics-has-stones-like-this-nobody/Nobody+In+Politics+Has+Stones+Like+This.+Nobody.2010-06-04+05%3A02%3A18macaoidh

Charming.

Filed under: The Left, Unions | 29431 Comment »http://thehayride.com/2010/04/in-illinois-seiu-demands-others-money/In+Illinois%2C+SEIU+Demands+Others%27+Money+%28Updated%292010-04-23+21%3A50%3A41macaoidh

You can’t even imagine. Or maybe you can. The Dems’ strategy to hang on to majorities in Congress this fall is…running against George W. Bush.

Filed under: 2010 Elections, Barack Obama, Congress, Economics, Polls, The GOP, The Left, Unions | 24001 Comment »http://thehayride.com/2010/04/how-bad-will-it-be-for-democrats-this-fall/How+Bad+Will+It+Be+For+Democrats+This+Fall%3F2010-04-06+22%3A30%3A08macaoidh

After having conversations today with a pair of Louisiana congressional sources, the following bits of information have resulted:

Filed under: 2010 Elections, Congress, Economics, Nancy Pelosi, Obamacare, The GOP, The Left, Unions | 22887 Comments »http://thehayride.com/2010/03/various-washington-items-from-the-hayrides-sources/Various+Washington+Items+From+The+Hayride%27s+Sources2010-03-31+23%3A44%3A57macaoidh

German news rarely notes more than a passing thought in the U.S. most news cycles.  However, with the debt brush fires flaring all around the European Union, recent German actions towards EU member Greece deserve some attention in the US.

Filed under: Budget, Economics, Unions | 1726No Comments »http://thehayride.com/2010/03/the-greeks-the-germans-and-our-coming-conundrum/The+Greeks%2C+The+Germans+And+Our+Coming+Conundrum2010-03-12+16%3A53%3A37Mark+Zelden

Back in January, we posted an update on the lobbying war between FedEx and UPS over the question of regulating the former under the National Labor Relations Act as opposed to the Railway Labor Act it currently falls under. Developments this week merit a progress report on the fight.

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