Keemo on March 10, 2009 at 3:51 PM

To prevent some of what we’re seeing today – H1/L1 abuse (the “technically legal but very anti-citizen” kind), the stunts that Wal-Mart pulls, as well as stuff that’s killed any sort of willing balance between the worker and the employer.

Yakko77 on March 11, 2009 at 12:32 AM

I think a lot of his conservative support may have vanished with his support of Porkulus.

Ben Nelson publicly opposes Card Check

Did a Bentonville thug get to him?

I voted for Ricketts, even though I wasn’t enthused by him…

OmahaConservative on March 10, 2009 at 5:56 PM

I was tempted too. I agreed with Ricketts on enough issues to have voted for the guy but he ran such a horrible campaign and just came across as a corrupt politician before he even won an elected office.

The unions are not going to buy this. Without junking the secret ballot and getting arbitration from the government (read Democratic Party), this bill has nothing for the unions in way of payback for campaign contributions.

Yakko77 on March 10, 2009 at 5:39 PM

I voted for Ricketts, even though I wasn’t enthused by him…

The Nebraska Cornhuskers Athletic Director.

WashJeff on March 10, 2009 at 3:28 PM

Aww, don’t be dragging Dr./Coach Tom into this! I’m still trying to forget his support for the Nebraska teachers union (NEA)…

All I want to worry about involving Dr. Tom is the Husker’s next season.

Thank God my azzwipe senator is good for something.

OmahaConservative on March 10, 2009 at 3:13 PM

After he voted for Porkulus I pretty much gave up on him but these little glimmers of hope do help from time to time.

Still not sure if I’ll ever vote for the guy again. He sent me a long list of why he voted for Porkulus but my feeling on that matter are pretty rock solid and I wasn’t swayed.

I don’t know about you guys. But I’d vote for Ben before Hagel any day.

cntrlfrk on March 10, 2009 at 4:23 PM

Sigh…Chuck Hagel.

Still waiting on Hagel’s plan for victory in Iraq . . .

NebCon on March 10, 2009 at 4:50 PM

The delay must be due to fuzzy thinking caused by Potomac Fever.

In the 90′s the BBA came before the senate every year or so. Just enough senators voted against it that it didn’t pass. However the 35 or so senators against it changed each time, so most democrats can say that they voted for it at one time or another while the Republicans could say they were trying to pass it.

Bills like this are “boob bait for the bubbas”. Sound good to a certain constituency, but few think they’re a good idea. Last year Bush was a backstop since he’d veto it if it came out of congress.

Bob Dole once said [paraphrasing]: You can never go wrong voting for a bill that fails or against one that passes. I have a feeling that a number of Dems wanted to vote for this bill… as long as it would fail.

cntrlfrk on March 10, 2009 at 4:23 PM

Which Hagel? The one who ran as a Reagan conservative back in 1996 and defeated Nelson, or the mushy moderate who played Monday morning QB to every move Bush made the last few years?

Still waiting on Hagel’s plan for victory in Iraq . . .

The lefty pols want more money and they KNOW by expanding union membership, money will more plentiful ..TO THEM.

Imagine Wal-Mart unionized, by the UFCW who will get an instant influx of cash from membership initiation fees of $100. 1,500,000 people means $150 MILLION to the Union. Not to mention $8 a week or $400 a year for DUES. That’s $600 MILLION more and we haven’t even talked about TARGET or SEARS yet.

Our economy’s in the dumper and Democrats are concentrating on propping up unions.

That reminds me, what drove GM into the ground?

fogw on March 10, 2009 at 3:35 PM

According to Democrats, bad management killed three different auto makers.

Curiously, the exact same thing killed our steel industry. Multiple companies in the same industry, all died about the same time.

The United Steel Workers and the United Auto Workers unions were just innocent bystanders.

OmahaConservative on March 10, 2009 at 3:25 PM

husker3000 on March 10, 2009 at 4:07 PM

NebCon on March 10, 2009 at 3:48 PM

HuskerNate on March 10, 2009 at 3:43 PM

I don’t know about you guys. But I’d vote for Ben before Hagel any day.

SassyDarlin on March 10, 2009 at 4:06 PM

I remember that one. Wasn’t too much longer I started noticing how inferior the big threes cars were becoming.

Food for thought:

Does anybody remember the purpose for creation of unionized labor?

Compare that purpose to what we see today. Tony Soprano, Rahm Emanuel, Chicago style mafia control…

Keemo on March 10, 2009 at 3:51 PM

We saw a reminder of that with Solidarnosc in Poland in the 1980′s. But in the States, the unions abandoned their purpose in the 1880′s. It’s now Dues for Dems, zero for the workers.

The Nebraska Cornhuskers Athletic Director.

WashJeff on March 10, 2009 at 3:28 PM

SAY WHAT???

you sure about that?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNTpOnZqeUo