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Wednesday, March 14, 2007

In Response To The Looming Terrorist Threat ...

... we unionize airport baggage screeners.

I feel safer. You?
Senate Passes Bill on Steps Advised by Sept. 11 Panel
By Michael Luo, The New York Times


Washington, March 13 — The Senate passed legislation on Tuesday that would enact more recommendations made by the Sept. 11 commission, but the bill faces the threat of a White House veto because it offers expanded union rights to airport screeners.

Passage of the bill, more than two years after the bipartisan commission issued its findings, came on a vote of 60 to 38, with a smattering of Republicans joining with Democrats to approve it.

The Bush administration has made clear it will reject counterterrorism legislation that includes language pushed by Senate Democrats, granting collective bargaining rights to employees of the Transportation Security Administration. Administration officials said the labor requirements would hamper the department’s flexibility in responding to terrorist threats. (link)
3,000 people are slaughtered in New York City and the Democrats respond by unionizing the work force at America's civilian airports.

For the love of Christ.

1 comments:

wicked dickie said...

Makes perfect liberal-socialist sense to me, Jerry. For example, they declare guns kill people so they pass strict laws to ban guns which results in some 1600 gun deaths in NYC alone. It follows therefore, 3,000 deaths resulted in federalizing airport screeners which results in unionizing them which will increase costs which will result in a less responsive screening which will result in more air deaths. See how it works? No charge for this lesson is twisted thinking as opposed to the Roanoke Pravda-Democrat which charges an exorbitant amount for same.