The Walpin pretext
Under the traditional law of employment discrimination, an employee alleging illegal termination can make out a prima facie case by alleging his membership in a protected class and adequate performance of his job. To rebut the prima facie case, an employer need only explain the termination by producing evidence of a legitimate, nondiscriminatory reason [...]
CFP: ‘Page after Page of Reasons to Hate Obamacare’
Canadian Free Press offers “just a few” (of many) very good reasons to hate Obamacare:
Here are a few of the “just a few”:
• Page 22: Mandates audits of all employers that self-insure!
• Page 29: Admission: your health care will be rationed!
• Page 30: A government committee will decide what treatments and
benefits you get (and, unlike [...]
Barack Milhaus Obama
What prior administration does the Obama administration most resemble? In its early days, there is a surprising contender: that of Richard Nixon.
Helen Thomas sounded the theme in an interview with CNS News that followed a Robert Gibbs press conference:
The
Following a testy exchange during Wednesday’s briefing with White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, veteran [...]
How to Succeed in Politics Without Really Trying
As the Tribune Company reports (in nearly identical articles by the same reporters in the Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times), and as noted by my old blogboss Ed Morrissey at Hot Air, President Barack H. Obama’s firing of Gerald Walpin, Inspector General of AmeriCorps — without the required notification of Congress 30 days [...]
More Chicago-style politics in the White House
Change? The only change in Washington from Obama has been the introduction of Chicago-style politics.
Via HotAir:
David Freddoso tried to explain that the only change Barack
Obama would bring to the Beltway would be an introduction of the
Chicago Machine politics that made him successful to the Beltway. The
Inspector General of AmeriCorps, one of Obama’s pet projects, [...]
