Regarding “Card-Check” – and I say this as a former Union Committeeman, Pray Tell – why do we see the institution of Secret Ballot Union Representational Elections as a reform IN MEXICO – and an Impediment in the USA?

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The only other thing I would wish for, is for politicians to be required to resign their position in government – i.e. senators, congressmen and women, governors – prior to running for another office. This last presidential race lasted almost two years. I think it’s rediculous to be paid for a job that you’re not performing. I don’t care whether it’s a Republican or a Democrat, you want to run for a certain office, take a chance, but don’t expect to be paid for running for office.

My daughter has more to say at http://www.gingiedmonds.com

I agree completely with the above comments of Jim Baker. Somebody is still going to build and sell cars. Some people may indeed lose their jobs—but others will be hired. The net loss may be next to zilch, and there could even be an increase in hiring. These three companies should go bankrupt so that these matters can be sorted out. A bailout only delays the inevitable and makes the ultimate resolution that much more difficult.

I once lived next door to a large apartment complex that went bankrupt. The buyers paid about ten cents on the dollar for the remaining assets. They turned the property into a thriving community! This, by the way, is often the result of bankruptcy. The process must be endured. It simply cannot be avoided.

I too have a holiday wish list, in keeping with the spirit of the times:

1) I would like the “patina of journalistic respectability” to be sandblasted, scrubbed with a wire brush, scraped, retrofitted, repaired, and returned to its original lustre.

2)I would like my presents delivered this holiday season by Kris Kringle not Chris Tingle. One of them is a cherub-cheeked, an assessor of who is naughty and who is nice, and who pretends to bring gifts to the adoring and simple children who follow his rules. The other is known in some quarters as Santa Claus.

3)I would like for academia to hold an intellectual debate on campus on the subjects of indoctrination, denial of free speech, authoritarianism, and suppression of ideas. I would also like to see the debate invite an “against” team to participate for the first time in 40 years.

4) I would like to see Hollywood produce 7 blockbuster films, none of which portray American business, republicans, non-leftists, people of faith or the military…as evil incarnate. Roger Simon writes the scripts, and none of the actors winds up in rehab, divorced and with a book signing on how the rest of us should lead our lives.

5)I would like my information stream back. You know, the one where facts are facts, pictures are pictures, and documents are originals. And they are given to us without distortion, parsed words, forgeries or deception.

6)I would like to see patriotism replace the “blame chic”, self-loathing that has become so de rigeur. And without smug and pedantic rules about the “right” kind, which seems to want to eliminate our flag and our anthem, important symbols of our unity.

7)And I would like to see us take the election of our highest officials a bit more seriously. Vetting and nomination of candidates bringing us the best and the brightest, who seek to serve not themselves at the banquet table of cronyism and graft, but us, for the greater good.

And for Minnesota to take part in that process of nomination of individuals for higher elected office in government, not as an insomniac’s infomercial. Enough with Jesse “The Body” Ventura and Al “Nothing but an Ass” Franken candidates. Let the humiliation of your elected official from your state be not a given, but come as a surprise, like the rest of us.

1) I would like the “patina of journalistic respectability” to be sandblasted, scrubbed with a wire brush, scraped, retrofitted, repaired, and returned to its original lustre.

2)I would like my presents delivered this holiday season by Kris Kringle not Chris Tingle. One of them is a cherub-cheeked, assessor of who is naughty and who is nice, and pretends to bring gifts to the children who follow his rules. The other is known in some quarters as Santa Claus.

3)I would like for academia to hold an intellectual debate on campus on the subjects of indoctrination, denial of free speech, authoritarianism, and suppression of ideas are the topics. I would also like to see the debate invite an “against” team to participate for the first time in 40 years.

4) I would like to see Hollywood produce 7 blockbuster films, none of which portray American business, republicans, non-leftists, people of faith or the military…as evil incarnate. Roger Simon writes the scripts, and none of the actors winds up in rehab, divorced and with a book signing on how the rest of us should lead our lives.

5)I would like my information stream back. You know, the one where facts are facts, pictures are pictures, and documents are originals. And they are given to us without distortion, parsed, forgery, or deception.

6)I would like to see patriotism replace the “blame chic”, self-loathing that has become so de rigeur. And without smug and pedantic rules about the “right” kind, which seems to want to eliminate our flag and our anthem, important symbols of our unity.

7)And I would like to see us take the election of our highest officials a bit more seriously. Vetting and nomination of candidates bringing us the best and the brightest, who seek to serve not themselves at the banquet table of cronyism and graft, but us, for the greater good.

And for Minnesota to take part in that process of nomination of individuals for higher elected office in government, not an insomniac’s infomercial. Enough with Jesse “The Body” Ventura and Al “Nothing but an Ass” Franken. Let the humiliation of your elected official from your state be a surprise, not a given, like the rest of us.