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Please attend the Brevard County Commission meeting 9 AM 14 April to oppose the Defendse of the American Worker resolution
Employee Frre Choice Act- THOMAS (Library of Congress)

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:H.R.1409:

The Truth About EFCA and Secret Ballot Elections « Talking Union
Read about Wurtland case, where a petition was used to remove a union. http://talkingunion.wordpress.com/2009/01/29/the-truth-about-efca-and-secret-ballot-

Hot contest over 'card check' continues
Legislators counting on poll numbers to help them make up their minds on the Employee Free Choice Act might find themselves banging their heads against the wall instead. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/21109.html

U.S. institute names 99 top ethical companies U.S. Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Ethisphere Institute on Monday named 99 companies it says are the world's most ethical, its third annual listing designed to encourage ethical practices within the global business community. http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE53C0F020090413

Allow penalty-free hardship withdrawals from retirement accounts in 2008 and 2009
Allow penalty-free hardship withdrawals from retirement accounts in 2008 and 2009 http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/508/allow-penalty-free-hardship-withdrawals-from-retir/

Get his daughters a puppy
A dog named Bo Updated: Monday, April 13th, 2009 It may not be as momentous as his promises to end the Iraq war or cut taxes for 95 percent of American families , but President Barack Obama's pledge to buy his daughters a puppy has spawned intrigue (the dog's identity was disclosed by a mysterious Web site ), lobbying (a Washington Labradoodle owner launched "Labradoodles for Obama" ) and controversy (a PolitiFact reader wrote us recently to consider this a broken promise because, two months into his presidency, Obama still hadn't delivered the dog). http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/promises/promise/502/get-his-daughters-a-puppy/

PolitiFact Columnist Will correct that initial TARP money did not buy toxic assets
"Congress shoveled $700 billion into the Troubled Assets Relief Program, $325 billion of which has been spent without purchasing any toxic assets." http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2009/apr/09/george-will/columnist-will-correct-initial-tarp-money-did-not-/


PolitiFact Maddow claims Palin got zero support for her idea, only it wasn't hers, and others supported it
Gov. Sarah Palin "got precisely zero support for her call for Alaska's Democratic Senator Mark Begich to resign because Ted Stevens' corruption conviction was overturned." http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2009/apr/10/rachel-maddow/maddow-claims-palin-got-zero-support-her-idea-only/

PolitiFact Rush Limbaugh incorrect about Washington's religious views
"You can't read a speech by George Washington . . . without hearing him reference God, the Almighty." True/ false? Check at link below
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2009/apr/10/rush-limbaugh/Rush-limbaugh-washington-religion/

Against "shared sacrifice"
If anyone was living "beyond their means" during the 2000s, it was Corporate America and the rich.
http://socialistworker.org/2009/04/10/against-shared-sacrifice