Archive: Jan 2010 (Page 3)

• SEIU Member Action Center Inc. and “Project Cherrywood”

  Posted on Jan 06, 2010 by J. Justin Wilson

  I can’t take any credit for the research leg-work on this. The credit is due to the Mackinac Center for Public Policy for hammering away at the sham that is the SEIU Member Action Center, Inc and their new tax credit at the expense of Michigan’s taxpayers.  I can’t even hyperlink you to the website […]

• YRC’s “bailout” a series of strange events

  Posted on Jan 05, 2010 by J. Justin Wilson

  YRC has been on the skids for months, trying to finance, retool, sell, and buy its way off the edge bankruptcy. At the end of 2009, all its cards played, YRC reached out to its bondholders to complete a debt-for-equity swap that would save it from the brink. If approved, bondholders would end up owning […]

• No one puts The Govenator in a corner

  Posted on Jan 04, 2010 by J. Justin Wilson

  Here are a few things about Schwarzenegger that you can rely on. He will always have that accent. He will always “be back.” And he doesn’t like to feel cornered.  Even his alter egos are pretty good at getting themselves out of tough spots. So what exactly is the SEIU thinking they will gain from […]

• At White House, union card is better than security badge

  Posted on by J. Justin Wilson

  New, improved White House visitor lists came out during the holidays. See if you can say “burying the lead” five times fast. SEIU president Andy Stern and Anna Burger takes first place on the visitor’s list, much like Garry Kasparov would take first place in a chess tourney against, well, you and everyone you’ve ever […]