Wingnut Alert!

I have to give up to Jon Fleischman over at the Flash Report for coming up with quite the theory on why the State Senate recently passed a bill placing an “straw vote” regarding Iraq on the February primary ballot. According to Fleischman: “[w]ell, it doesn’t take much thought to understand that this measure authored by Democrat Senate President Don Perata is a cynical plot to drive up liberal turnout for the election on which the Perata/Nunez Career Politician Term Limits Weakening Initiative will appear. Perata (and Nunez) are completely fixated on trying to blow a hole in the state’s term limits so that they can cling to their prestigious offices.”

Wow Jon, and Republicans are as pure as the driven snow! They would never try anything cynical like trying to pass an initiative to change the way the state allocates its electoral votes.

Kudos to The Teamsters…

It was reported this afternoon that the Teamsters union is filing suit against the Bush administration’s ridiculous plan to open the border to long haul Mexican trucking companies. “The Teamsters, other trucking and safety organizations and dozens of lawmakers have sought to block the program, which they contend is unsafe. The union is seeking an emergency injunction from the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in San Francisco.” [Link]

This effort to open up the border for Mexican trucking is part of a much larger effort by international shippers to avoid the unionized West Coast U.S. ports for the non-union Mexican ports. Just another part of NAFTA agenda.