HOW UNIONS BILK THE RANK-AND-FILE: By the Numbers

Excerpted from Union Facts:

Financial Information

• Annual Dues Paid to Unions: $8,209,113,955
• Total Union Assets: $8,775,962,626
• Total Spending
• Representational Activities: $4,074,510,945
• Political Activities: $582,248,875
• External Contributions: $333,982,197
• Overhead: $3,914,513,501
• Unions that fail to pass Department of Labor audits: 92%

Diversity

• Major Unions with White Presidents: 94%
• Major Unions with Male Presidents: 89%

Union Officials

• Total union officers and staff members: 173,389 people
• Total compensation paid to union officials and officers: $1,152,061,495
• Total compensation paid to union employees: $2,563,981,776

Crime, Corruption, and Violence

Marine Double Amputee ‘Humiliated’ to Point of Tears on Delta Flight Gets Helping Hand From Fellow Vets

"What happened to this man is disrespect and contempt taken to the ultimate level, no soldier or armed service member should be treated that way. Never. But this is Obama Nation. John Kerry probably doesn't see the reason for all the reactions". MC

“I have been flying with Delta for a gazillion years and this crew treated Chris worse than you’d treat any thing, not even any body.” That was the opening line of retired Army Lt. Col. Keith Gafford, during a phone interview about the egregious treatment on Delta Airlines of fellow veteran, Marine Lance Cpl. Christian Brown, who is now a double amputee following severe injuries acquired while serving in Afghanistan.

“I did 27 years in the military. I have seen a lot of things and have seen a lot of guys die, but I have never seen a Marine cry,” added Gafford. “What the kid said was, ‘I have given everything that I can give and this

School Discipline is Racist – President Obama Official Higher Rate Of School Suspensions For Blacks, Males “Potential Violation Of Civil Rights Laws”…

"Don’t you think that Jesse just wants it to be a race card? That has worked so well for them generally, I don’t think he really cares whether or not it actually IS the race card. He’s playing the card that pays". MC

This insanity actually started last April - Jesse Jackson: Trayvon Martin Would Not Have Been Killed If He Wasn’t Suspended From School – ergo Suspensions are RACIST – No More Black Suspensions…

It Advanced In August - With President Obama issuing an “executive order”  establishing the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African-Americans.  Effectively placing “quotas” on school discipline based on race.
It continues today……

(CNSNews.com) – “Students of color, students with disabilities and male students” are suspended at a disproportionate rate than their peers, in “potential violation of civil rights laws,” an Education Department

OBAMA LIED: New Obamacare Law Is Already Forcing Premiums to Increase – Even Double

"Gee…If only somebody warned us this would happen maybe we could have read the bill first. This was marxists plan from beginning..drive insurance cost up ,force everyone on Marxist’s run heathcare so government has complete control of the masses. Brace yourselves America’s next revolution maybe just around the corner". MC

Do you remember when Obama promised that with his health care law you would see premiums fall by 3,000%?


It was a lie.
A very big and weird lie.

Obama Unleashes Onslaught on New Regulations

"Practice your goose-step. Every move this a**hole makes is designed to hurt our economy. He uses the EPA as a tool to further his agenda of weakening America so that other countries can "catch up". He despises the concept of American Exceptionalism. Taking our rights away one regulation at a time". MC


WASHINGTON (AP) -- While the "fiscal cliff" of looming tax increases and spending cuts dominates political conversation in Washington, some Republicans and business groups see signs of a "regulatory cliff" that they say could be just as damaging to the economy.
For months, federal agencies and the White House have sidetracked dozens of major regulations that cover everything from power plant pollution to workplace safety to a crackdown on Wall Street.
The rules had been largely put on hold during the presidential campaign as the White House sought to quiet Republican charges that President Barack Obama was an overzealous regulator who is killing U.S. jobs.
But since the election, the Obama administration has quietly reopened the regulations pipeline.

Susan Rice Shows Herself To The Door

"Thank you Susan Rice, the best decision you ever made in your life. Because, you are about as qualified for this job as Hillary Clinton - not at all! And the thought of John "Traitor" Kerry is in the running, doesn't exactly make it much better".  MC

Susan Rice is no longer in the running for Secretary of State, not because of any evil Republicans though, she took herself out of the game. One has to wonder if she saw the proverbial Obama bus approaching. This proves that the White House remains concerned about the Benghazi scandal.

Apparently, Susan Rice doesn’t think the position of Secretary of State should ever be politicized.
What a short memory the left has…

                                 
As for the reason for Rice's withdrawal?

Sean Penn Proclaims Love For Hugo Chavez

"Oh no, Sean's feeling ignored again. Somebody please pay attention to him before he says something stupid. Crap. Too late. Just another day in Liberalville". MC

BUENOS AIRES (BHN) - Actor Sean Penn attended a candlelight vigil in Bolivia Monday for the health of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez who is in Cuba undergoing his fourth cancer surgery.

"He’s one of the most important forces we’ve had on this planet," said Penn. "I wish him nothing but that great strength and rigidity he has shown me over and over and over again - hell, I'm surprised I can still walk! But seriously, I do it in love."

Penn's comments did little to discredit rumors that the two men may have enjoyed something closer than a friendship.

"Why is everything about race? It's amazing how all of these closet racist's are coming out, with Rob Parker being the latest. Will ESPN do anything about the comments. Nah. Well, at least I know what a "cornball brother " is". MC

On ESPN2′s “First Take” Thursday, ESPNNewYork.com columnist Rob Parker reacted to Washington Redskins starting quarterback Robert Griffin III’s comment in USA Today that he won’t be defined by his race. An upset Parker responded by asking if Griffin was “a brother, or is he a cornball brother?” and questioning both his reported Republicanism and his decision to become engaged to a white woman. 

“I am an African-American in America,” Griffin told USA Today. “That will never change. But I don’t have

TLC orders 'Best Funeral Ever' reality show -- EXCLUSIVE

"You have almost hit Rock Bottom America. Keep going". MC

TLC is ready to put the “fun” back into funeral.
The network has ordered a special/backdoor pilot, Best Funeral Ever, that goes behind-the-scenes of a unconventional funeral parlor.
At the Golden Gate Funeral Home, Dallas-based funeral director John Beckwith, Jr.works with the families to create a central theme for a memorial and then throws a wild party.

Examples include a Christmas-inspired funeral complete with reindeer, elves and snow, and a singer known for his famous rib sauce jingle remembered at a BBQ-themed funeral — including live pigs, praise dancers,

Republican and the Super Pacs Should Buy MSNBC

"I mentioned this idea month's back saying that Donald trump should gather investors and buy one of the major networks. Fight back". MC

The New York Post published an article by Glenn Reynolds in which he suggests that money donated to Republicans and the Super PACs which support them would be better spent buying some magazines and websites.
In other words, if you can’t beat ‘em, buy ‘em…

My suggestion: Buy some women’s magazines. No, really. Or at least some women’s Web sites.
One of the groups with whom Romney did worst was female “low-information voters.” Those are women who don’t really follow politics, and vote based on a vague sense of who’s mean and who’s nice, who’s cool and who’s uncool.
Since, by definition, they don’t pay much attention to political news, they get this sense from what they do read. And for many, that’s traditional women’s magazines — Redbook, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, the Ladies Home Journal, etc. — and the newer women’s sites like YourTango, The Frisky, Yahoo! Shine, and the like.
The thing is, those magazines and Web sites see themselves, pretty consciously, as a propaganda arm of the Democratic Party. So while nine out of 10 articles may be the usual stuff on sex, diet and shopping, the 10th will always be either soft p.r. for the Democrats or soft — or sometimes not-so-soft — hits on Republicans.
When a flier about getting away with rape was found in a college men’s bathroom, the women’s site YourTango (“Your Best Love Life”) led with the fact that the college was Paul Ryan’s alma materin a transparent effort to advance the Democrats’ War on Women claim that Republicans are somehow pro-rape. A companion article was “12 Hot Older Men Who Endorse President Obama.”

I love this idea but I’d like to take it a step further.
The Koch Brothers should buy MSNBC and turn it over to conservative bloggers. That concludes today’s Live at Five Report with Stacy McCain and Smitty. Coming up at 6, Bill Whittle followed by Jim Geraghty and William Jacobson at 7 and Glenn Reynolds at 8. Ratings at MSNBC would go up as FOX News found itself competing for viewers for the first time since launching.
Sheldon Adelson should buy CNN and turn it over to NewsBusters which could spend 24 hours a day pointing out the inaccuracies and lies of liberal media on TV and in print. After all, the liberal media has no idea how biased it is.