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William A. Jacobson Legal Insurrection 6/12/2010 While Bill Halter’s failed attempt to unseat Blanche Lincoln understandably has received all the media attention, there is a congressional race in Massachusetts in which labor is trying to unseat a politically incorrect (i.e., not sufficiently liberal) Democratic incumbent. Steve Lynch is a Democrat in the MA-09 district who […] June 13th, 2010 | Tags: MA-09, Mac D'Alessandro, Prof. William A. Jacobson, SEIU, Steve Lynch | Category: Elections, Massachusetts, Unions | Comments are closed
William A. Jacobson Legal Insurrection 5/24/2010 Why does Obama want us to be more like Europe, with its supposedly compassionate and fair welfare state? The welfare state is not compassionate; it is the height of selfishness and generational cruelty: Across Western Europe, the “lifestyle superpower,” the assumptions and gains of a lifetime are suddenly […] May 26th, 2010 | Tags: Debt, Prof. William A. Jacobson, welfare state | Category: Barack Obama, Europe, Socialism, Taxes, United States | Comments are closed
…$432,000 William A. Jacobson Legal Insurrection 5/13/2010 Just ask Jack McConnell, who appears before the Senate Judiciary Committee today. McConnell has been nominated by Rhode Island Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (for whom McConnell used to work) and Jack Reed for an open seat on the U.S. District Court in Rhode Island. McConnell made a fortune in […] May 16th, 2010 | Tags: John J. McConnell Jr, Prof. William A. Jacobson, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, U.S. District Court | Category: Barack Obama, corruption, Rhode Island | Comments are closed
William A. Jacobson Legal Insurrection 4/16/2010 Underfunded state retirement systems are one of the greatest problems facing states. There does not seem to be a way out, as municipal and teachers’ unions are loathe to negotiate substantial reforms and state governments simply do not have the money to meet unsustainable promises. An interesting case was […] April 16th, 2010 | Tags: collective-bargaining, Prof. William A. Jacobson | Category: Economy, Rhode Island, Taxes, unfunded liabilities, Unions | Comments are closed
William A. Jacobson Legal Insurrection 4/13/2010 New Year, same plans to crash Tea Parties in order to create a pretext for the non-stop Democratic smear machine which seeks to paint all opposition to Obama’s agenda as racist and extremist. We saw this last April, as I documented in my post When Fascism Comes To America, […] April 13th, 2010 | Tags: 'Crash the Tea Party', Jason Levin, Prof. William A. Jacobson | Category: Progressives, Tea Parties | Comments are closed
U.S. Goes All “Netanyahu” On Honduras William A. Jacobson Legal Insurrection 4/1/2010 …As noted in numerous posts here, the U.S. tried to force the return to power of Chavista and wannabe President-for-Life Manuel Zelaya. Only through the resoluteness of the Honduran people and government were Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama kept from achieving Zelaya’s return. […] April 2nd, 2010 | Tags: Honduras, Jose Manuel Zelaya, Prof. William A. Jacobson, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton | Category: Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, State Department | Comments are closed
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