Freedom of
Expression
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The White House
My Dear Mr. President:
The secret ballot is the corner
stone of American freedom. The idea (and
I’m surprised that I have to explain this) is that with a secret ballot someone
can’t be intimidated in their voting. No
one can say to me, “Vote the way I tell you or I’ll beat you up.” The reason is that with the secret ballot
they will have no way of knowing how I voted even if they threaten me. Up until now we have by law applied the same
principle to process of starting a union in a company. If you come to me and say, “Sign the card
that you want a union or I’ll beat you up,” the company can still request a
secret ballot election. This protects
the company and the employees from strong arm tactics.
Now along comes “card check.” Under this process if a majority of the
employees sign cards to join a union the company is required to recognize the union. No secret ballot election is required or
allowed. If the company and the union
can’t agree on a contract within 120 days, either party can force the other to
binding arbitration. Under this
arrangement the employees are no longer protected from coercion. Now if you threaten me my protection is
greatly reduced. I am vulnerable to
intimidating tactics.
Ironically this dubious piece of
legislation is called The Employee Free Choice Act. What is my free choice? I am free to choose between signing the card
or having you beat me up. Enemies of my
freedom will support this act. Champions
of my freedom will oppose it. Which are
you?
Sincerely yours,
The same letter went out to the Vice President. Here's his answer. And the same letter to Senator Bob Casey was answered in this way. I finally got an answer from the President.
Pay Attention to What Was Going On
In
By Raeann Hofkin,
Palm PA, Upper Perk Tea Party (posted with permission of the author)
I never wrote a letter to the
editorial section of any newspaper before today. I never participated in a march of the
Capitol in
The media might lead you to believe
the march was petty, ‘Astroturf’ grown from the Republican Party hell bent on
de-railing all of President Obama’s goals and based
on racism. That’s NOT why I was in
attendance. It’s not about the
republicans or the democrats. It’s not
about left or right. It’s not even about
black or white or any color in between.
Let me tell you what it is all
about. It is about the freedoms that are
slowly slipping away. This country is in
a downward spiral. I went to voice my opinion.
Nobody paid my way. In fact, if
it was something as petty as ‘disliking a democrat’ as my coworker said to me,
I would not have paid a sitter, left my two kids for the weekend, paid my own
way down to DC, and spend my time marching on Washington. My budget is just as tight as the next person;
however, I couldn’t afford NOT to go.
I went FOR my children. So that they could enjoy the same freedoms we
now take for granted. So they have the
right to choose, the pursuit of happiness, and the opportunities to succeed in
life. I am always teaching my children
that opportunities come when you work hard.
Having more and more social programs shove down our throats does not
send the same message. It sends the
message that if you don’t work hard, don’t worry, the government will take care
of you.
In addition, it’s about the rampant
corruption, out of control spending, and over taxing. It’s about both Congress and the Senate not
taking the time to read the bills that they are voting on. It’s
about holding people accountable for their actions. I
marched because I see frightening things headed this way for this country. I see hundreds of billions of dollars on the
line. I see much of the freedoms we take
for granted in jeopardy of disappearing.
I was not alone. There were at least a million other people
voicing their opinions about government run healthcare, the corrupt
organization known as ACORN, the fairness doctrine (that doesn’t sound so fair
to me), cap and trade, being over taxed, Freddie & Fannie, and the rest of
the lies coming out of Capitol Hill. The
people marching in the protest were republicans, independents, and even
democrats. I met people from Florida,
Texas, Arizona, Montana, California, Mississippi, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
New York, Maryland, Wyoming, Wisconsin, and even as far away as Alaska.
This maybe my first letter to the editor and it may have been my first
march on
October 26, 2009
The
White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
My Dear Mr. President:
It is completely inappropriate for the President of the United States and his representatives to be endorsing a particular news outlet over another. This is what Anita Dunn, White House communications director, has recently done. It raises questions. Has money changed hands? Has Anita Dunn been paid by the ABC, NBC and CBS news shows to try to raise their ratings? For you, Mr. President, to personally agree with this position is just outrageous.
It’s just not seemly. It does not add to the dignity of the office of the President of the United States.
Sincerely yours,
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