Actually the Virginia legislature, now fully dominated
by the Repugs who are seriously beholden to the
Christian Right are going off the deep end. The latest?
They have just passed a 24-hour waiting period on
abortions and also a law requiring students in high
schools to stand and recite the Pledge of Allegiance
every morning. They can only get out with a note from
a clergyperson testifying to their religious or philosophical
objections.
The governor, recently appointed as National
Chair of the Repugs, will sign both of these eagerly.
Barkley Rosser
-----Original Message-----
From: Margaret Coleman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 9:12 PM
Subject: [PEN-L:7629] Re: blowing off steam
>Mike reminded me of how floored I was when I heard about the Virginia
>legislature passing laws about where to sleep in the house you own... To
>make matters even more hypocritical, Virginia is a right to work state --
>because unions interfere in the market place. So it's o.k. to stamp out
>living wages, but we can't have people falling asleep in front of the TV in
>the living room. To add to this, right now Virginia and Maryland are
>cooperating on rebuilding a bridge which is the main passage between the
>states and DC where most white Virginians work. Bushites are talking about
>stopping the contracting on the bridge because Virginia had to agree to
>union rules which Maryland upholds. So the bushites are going to try and
>force Maryland to accept non-union labor in the bridge construction. My
>question is, what happened to state's rights? Why are Virginia's states
>rights to be a right to work state better than Maryland's states rights to
>promote unionism? Well, that's a rhetorical question. maggie coleman
>
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>> I just glanced at a journal of political economy article in condemning
>> mandates. Mandates are bad, except you want to force schools to get
>> standardized tests. Local control is good, except when inconveniences
>> corporations. Then it has to be overruled. Individuals know what is
>> best, but then Virginia legislates that people must sleep in their
>> bedrooms. How do get away with such hypocrisy? And who figures out the
>> names of their political campaigns -- paycheck protection, death taxes,
>> and the like?
>> --
>> Michael Perelman Economics Department California State University Chico,
>> CA 95929
>>
>> Tel. 530-898-5321
>> E-Mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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