Every American should be afraid when their government tells them to keep their mouths shut. This is especially true when the subject relates to a matter of national public policy.
On Monday, Lafe Solomon, acting general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), seemed to forget about the right to free speech when he essentially told Boeing, and all other commentators, to shut it.
In 2009, Boeing made a rational business decision regarding the placement of one of its new production facilities. It decided to open a new plant in South Carolina, a right-to-work state. The NLRB claims that Boeing decided to locate the new facility in South Carolina as retaliation for past union strikes in Boeing’s Washington State locations. This ignores the fact that in the meantime Boeing has added over 2,000 employees to its Washington State locations.
The unions are unhappy with the Obama administration for several reasons. As a result, the administration needs to find ways to keep them happy. While unions spent tens of millions of dollars to get Obama elected, only a few union wishes have been realized. Since political opposition makes the passage of high-profile legislation like the so-called Employee Free Choice Act impossible, the administration has resorted to below-the-radar ways to appease its union supporters. Enter the NLRB.
The administration has stacked the NLRB with union operatives. The president used the recess appointment process to place Craig Becker, the former associate general counsel for the SEIU and AFL-CIO, on the board. With Mr. Becker in office, the board has embarked on an activist stint with the apparent intention of making labor laws and regulations more favorable to unions.
Having seen that the NLRB’s case against Boeing is weak and that the board’s position is being destroyed in analysis by anyone who has taken a serious look at the matter, Mr. Solomon, in a rather snippy letter to Boeing general counsel Michael Luttig, complained about the press coverage, saying, “We hope all interested parties respect the legal process, rather than trying to litigate this case in the media and public arena.” In other words, “keep your mouth shut.” The hypocrisy here is hard to miss given the board’s propensity to issue press releases anytime doing so will further its positions. This is case of “do as I say, not as I do.”
The NLRB is being used as Obama's Cosa Nostra so none of this should come as any big surprise to those keeping tabs on the most corrupt and back-door presidency of modern times, but what makes it even more unpalatable is the Yellowstream Media refusing to take on these thugs.
2 comments:
"That's why they get weaker and we get stronger. Not strong enough, probably never strong enough to tip the scales. . . "
I have to disagree. Traditional media is losing viewers and readers at a rate which simply cannot be sustained. The NYT will not be in business by 2025 at the latest and nightly network news broadcasts are watched almost exclusively by people 70 and over.
They lose circulation to cable news mostly; the single biggest problem we have, Lem, is the inability to send vans and cameramen and reporters all over the world on a moments notice.
If the Times shuts its doors...which probably won't happen in its entirety because the Sunday paper weighs 10 pounds and is the single biggest must-read for liberals searching for what to do over the weekend...it'll be replaced by something as glitzy but perhaps more middle of the road.
The Times and Washington Post don't make money on hard news but on what they can sell for the fashion industry and the travel agents. Just as the job of TV is to sell feminine hygiene products and soap powder, hardcopy newspapers exist solely on their ability to convince businesses that enough folks are glancing at their wares.
The Right simply doesn't buy enough designer shoes to warrant the advertising revenue to totally replace the Yellowstreamers.
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