Nathan. wrote on Nov. 25:
"... on the pro-union side of the ledger:
.... Support of the Striker Replacement bill (filibustered by GOP Senators)..."
Before writing this he should have remembered my reply to a previous
post of his (July 25 last). So I guess its worth quoting again:
">Working to Ban Striker Replacement. In 1994, Vice President Gore worked to
>secure passage of a bill to ban companies from replacing striking workers.
>At a meeting of the Communication Workers of America in Detroit, Gore
>stated that the administration was "pulling out all the stops to secure
>passage of striker replacement legislation."
What a liar! His party controlled the Senate. He himself held the power
of the gavel as President of the Senate (his sole constitutional
responsibility).
But he capitulated to the mere threat of a filibuster. The *first* "stop" to
pull out would have been to hold the Senate in permanent 24/7
session--forcing the spectacle of a real filibuster (and giving the country
the chance to see Lott, in character, playing the Bilbo role). And if they
kept going after the collapse of Thurmond and a few others, mobilizing the
power of the Presidency to demand, incessantly, 'Why are they holding up
all sorts of vital (sic) legislation just to keep the Senate from
*voting*?'! The whole 'striker replacement' charade... was nothing but a
fraud."
Shane Mage
"Thunderbolt steers all things."
Herakleitos of Ephesos, fr. 64
