Michele Bachmann enters U.S. presidential race

[wombat2u2004]

The Ex-cowboy movie star was also the leader of the Union he was in and Governor of California well before he ran for the presidency, but people forget those two stops to make him seem like a lightweight.

We've also had former Congressmen, a former protoge of Adm. Rickover, former generals, and ex-suit salesmen.

But usually union leaders are only bully men who work for their own.
And as Governor of Cal, the man was elected because he was popular, a face that everyone knew. Same as Arnie the Terminated....big star....what does he know about politics ??? He married a Kennedy, that don't mean a thing when it comes down to the "proof of the pudding."
I heard you also had a peanut farmer in the White House

[Grace]

I heard you also had a peanut farmer in the White House

Correct. He had also been Governor of Georgia. He graduated in 1947 from the United States Naval Academy and served on surface ships and on diesel-electric submarines in the Atlantic and Pacific fleets. He was involved with the beginnings of the nuclear sub program in the US - under Rickover.

[Edwina's Secretary]

One president was a former co-owner of a ML baseball team and an oil company, there was a mining engineer, a number of teachers, a number of farmers and a tailor who did not learn to read until his wife taught him.

It is interesting that people complain about career politicians out of one side of their mouth and NOT a career politician out of the other.

Of the people, by the people and for the people. And "the people" includes soldiers, farmers, engineers, movie stars, union members and sales people as well as lawyers and congresspersons.

But really....coloured???? I thought my 90 year old father was the only person left who used that word in reference to a person's race.

[Lady's Human]

But usually union leaders are only bully men who work for their own.

Thanks, Wom.

Much appreciated.

[Edwina's Secretary]

What I don't get is why

bully men who work for their own

is presented as a bad thing? Who are they suppose to work for? And isn't that what a president does?

[wombat2u2004]

Thanks, Wom.

Much appreciated.

Sorry old mate. I know you're a union boy, but that doesn't change how I feel about unions. Being an employer, I was on the other side of the fence.
Unions here were declawed years ago, and now everyone is happy.

[Edwina's Secretary]

Unions here were declawed years ago, and now everyone is happy.

Especially the "coloured"???

[wombat2u2004]

Especially the "coloured"???

Oh you angry little thing.

[Lady's Human]

Sorry old mate. I know you're a union boy, but that doesn't change how I feel about unions. Being an employer, I was on the other side of the fence.
Unions here were declawed years ago, and now everyone is happy.

Somehow I doubt that everyone is happy about that.

[wombat2u2004]

Somehow I doubt that everyone is happy about that.

Well I suppose there are the militant few who want more and more no matter how much they get, but overall here in Australia, employers look after their employees pretty well. And of course the Goverment has a hand in it with Unfair Dismissal and Enterprise Bargaining Legislation, set rates of pay for all those employed by the way of workplace awards. Yup, I believe the majority are satisfied with that.
The day of the heavyhanded union is finished in this country, so all of the Irish Union reps can go elsewhere to cause trouble....maybe even get a job where they'll have to work to earn their pay.

[Marigold2]

Oh great another one ...
Please leave religion OUT of politics. This is NOT Iran or Iraq.

Seperation of church and state that is what America stands for.

That is what America was founded on.

The bible has as much place in US politics as the Koran.

Freedom of religon, freedom from religion.

The law should be fair to all, regardless of what you believe or don't.

And no special treatment should be given either.

When will people learn that adding anyones morals to laws is the end of any freedom for all? Just look at the Middle East.

[Lady's Human]

So, if we're supposed to keep morals out of law, it's okay to kill your neighbor?