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Unions Halt Clinton Library construction

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Right to work
The Unions are demanding that the Clinton Library be constructed with 100% Union Labor. Construction is halted until a resolution is reached.

Arkansas is a 'Right to Work' State. In order to comply with the Union demands the Clinton Library commission will have to hire Out-of-State Union workers. The local craftsmen are outraged. The Union's are pissed. Where is Clinton in all of this?
bacpac
6:46:07 PM
5/09/02

On his way to the party at your place, from what he told Castro.
Phaedrus
6:50:10 PM
5/09/02

Bill Clinton is not welcome at my place and he knows it.
bacpac
6:55:59 PM
5/09/02

Just because you and his brother had that falling out about the whole "you pinched my stash" thing doesn't mean you don't still love him. C'mon, admit it.
Phaedrus
6:58:13 PM
5/09/02

Yo, he did Paula wrong and we all knows it.
bacpac
7:01:36 PM
5/09/02

Talk about irony...
wsdavies
12:27:43 PM
5/11/02

Just keep the SOB away from my cigars!
Father Goose
2:24:54 PM
5/12/02

just hire young women to do the construction....
gordon
4:41:42 PM
5/12/02

Tastes good!
Artex
6:50:54 PM
5/12/02

Hmmmm...a Lewinski corona! Hints of leather, coffee beans, chocolate and tuna.
Father Goose
6:56:55 PM
5/12/02

Monica was a lot like a vending machine:

Both have a slot that says 'Insert Bill Here'.
gordon
11:12:51 PM
5/12/02

Today is the first day that politically, I'm proud to be union. :)
Buddha Bear
4:12:43 PM
5/13/02

What Union are you with Buddha Bear?
I'm a Teamster myself.
walkindude
5:42:36 PM
5/13/02

OAPSE, a division of AFSCME, a division of the AFL-CIO.
Buddha Bear
7:06:46 PM
5/13/02

Never heard of 'em. Teamsters are also AFL-CIO.
walkindude
7:19:45 PM
5/13/02

Ha ha!





Counter Clinton Library group folds

DAVID HAMMER
Associated Press

LITTLE ROCK - A group that had hoped to build two museums to rebut the displays at the Clinton Presidential Library with strong support from former Georgia Republican congressman Bob Barr is folding.

"I'm giving up," said Houston businessman Richard Erickson, who established nonprofit Counterlibe Inc. last year to fund construction of a Counter Clinton Library in Little Rock and another in Washington.

"I was very passionate about this, but also very naive as far as fundraising procedures go," he wrote in an e-mail to The Associated Press.

He said the Counter Clinton Library's Web site would be shut down soon. In addition to railing against the former president and his wife, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., the site touts what may have been the failed organization's biggest moment - a segment on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" in which a fake news reporter makes fun of the group's very mission.

That same show joked that presidential libaries draw "tens of visitors a year," but the Clinton Library has exceeded most expectations since opening in November, drawing more than 400,000 people in less than nine months.

"I am not surprised, but other than that, I really don't have any comment," said Skip Rutherford, president of the foundation that built the $165 million presidential library.

In a separate e-mail sent Wednesday, Erickson informed Barr that he couldn't raise enough money to continue.

"Nearly every dime raised has gone to professional fundraisers and lawyers," Erickson wrote to Barr. "I cannot continue, in good conscience, to ask well-meaning people to donate to what they believe is a good cause, when the money will most likely be consumed in administrative and legal expenses."

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VioLiN
12:38:07 PM
8/12/05

The Daily Show is a powerful force.
Phaedrus
12:42:57 PM
8/12/05

Dang, that dude needs to let go of the hate.
dayhiker
12:43:46 PM
8/12/05

Yes, Vile Man, let go of the hate.
StoveStomper
1:12:44 PM
8/12/05

The Daily Show wouldn't exists if it wern't for republicans, a treasur trove of laughable material.
Buddha Bear
2:34:12 PM
8/12/05

Buddha Bear, you dumbass, learn to spell weren't and treasure.
jame
2:42:21 PM
8/12/05

Now BB, that's not a fair statement. There have been plenty of democrats that have helped contribute to the Daily Show's success.
lumberzac
2:43:02 PM
8/12/05

BB can only hear/see the idiocy of one set of idiots. The rest of us hear in stereo.
dayhiker
3:34:49 PM
8/12/05

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