Democrats to push to fill US transport security post


WASHINGTON, Dec 29 (Reuters) - Spurred by last week's failed attack on a
U.S.-bound jetliner, Senate Democrats will try to break a deadlock and
confirm President Barack Obama's choice to run the Transportation
Security Administration, a Senate aide said on Tuesday.

Majority Leader Harry Reid will schedule a vote when the Senate returns
in January from its holiday recess to break the hold Republican Senator
Jim DeMint put on the nomination of counter-terrorism official Erroll
Southers, Reid's spokesman Jim Manley said.

"In light of the outrageous and petty move by Senator DeMint, Senator
Reid intends to file cloture when we get back," Manley said.

Obama in September tapped Southers, a former FBI special agent who is
assistant chief for homeland security and intelligence for the Los
Angeles World Airports Police Department.

DeMint blocked the nomination, saying that Southers would unionize the
TSA, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security.

Breaking the hold one senator can put on a nomination requires 60 votes
of the Senate's 100 members.

Lawmakers have said filling the TSA post has taken on new urgency after
the Christmas Day incident on a commercial flight from Amsterdam to
Detroit in which passengers and crew overwhelmed a man who set alight an
explosive device.

Farouk Abdulmutallab, 23, was charged with smuggling explosives on board
and attempting to blow up a Northwest Airlines flight with almost 300
people on board.

Another key counter-terrorism post, the head of the Customs and Border
Protection Agency, has not been filled and the Senate has yet to hold a
hearing on Obama's choice for that job, former U.S. Attorney Alan
Bersin. (Washington World Desk)

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The news the GOP ass kissers here missed...there's no agency head
because a Republican U.S. Senator from South Carolina is holding up the
nomination for political reasons.

wrote:
On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:52:16 -0500, Harry
wrote:

DeMint blocked the nomination, saying that Southers would unionize the
TSA, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security.

That sounds like a reasonable demand. Federal employees already make
130% of what the rest of the country makes for similar work, along
with a great benefits package.. Do they really need a union?
They could fix this with one line in some bill renaming a post office
somewhere.


Whether any group of employees needs a union is a decision that should
be left to the employees.

There was a fuss here by the mindless righties that Obama had not yet
named a TSA director. The usual morons participated. Well, the fault
lies with the senator from South Carolina.

wrote:
On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:58:49 -0500, Harry
wrote:

wrote:
On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:52:16 -0500, Harry
wrote:

DeMint blocked the nomination, saying that Southers would unionize the
TSA, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security.
That sounds like a reasonable demand. Federal employees already make
130% of what the rest of the country makes for similar work, along
with a great benefits package.. Do they really need a union?
They could fix this with one line in some bill renaming a post office
somewhere.

Whether any group of employees needs a union is a decision that should
be left to the employees.

There was a fuss here by the mindless righties that Obama had not yet
named a TSA director. The usual morons participated. Well, the fault
lies with the senator from South Carolina.

It is still stuck in committee. If they wanted to they could bring it
to a vote tomorrow.

I am not sure "union" and Federal government really go together. There
used to be a law.

Union rights are very restricted in the federal and in most state and
local governmental service. Postal employees can bargain for wages,
hours, and working conditions, but they are specifically exempt for the
most part from the federal regs that restrict unions.

On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 18:09:28 -0500, wrote:

On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:58:49 -0500, Harry
wrote:

wrote:
On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:52:16 -0500, Harry
wrote:

DeMint blocked the nomination, saying that Southers would unionize the
TSA, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security.

That sounds like a reasonable demand. Federal employees already make
130% of what the rest of the country makes for similar work, along
with a great benefits package.. Do they really need a union?
They could fix this with one line in some bill renaming a post office
somewhere.


Whether any group of employees needs a union is a decision that should
be left to the employees.

There was a fuss here by the mindless righties that Obama had not yet
named a TSA director. The usual morons participated. Well, the fault
lies with the senator from South Carolina.

It is still stuck in committee. If they wanted to they could bring it
to a vote tomorrow.

I am not sure "union" and Federal government really go together. There
used to be a law.

Looks like someone's spoofing Harry again.

This imposter fails to mention it took the Obama administration more
than eight months to nominate anyone to lead the Transportation
Security Administration and the Customs and Border Protection agency.

Damn spoofers. Harry has to much integrity to fail to mention
something like that.
--

John H

"Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the
gospel of envy, its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery."

Churchill

wrote in message
...
On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:52:16 -0500, Harry
wrote:

DeMint blocked the nomination, saying that Southers would unionize the
TSA, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security.

That sounds like a reasonable demand. Federal employees already make
130% of what the rest of the country makes for similar work, along
with a great benefits package.. Do they really need a union?
They could fix this with one line in some bill renaming a post office
somewhere.


Please show where Southers stated that he would unionize the TSA, and even
if this was true, is not the issue "homeland security" that needs an
administrator or is it union busting/prevention?

--
Nom=de=Plume

wrote in message
...
On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:58:49 -0500, Harry
wrote:

wrote:
On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:52:16 -0500, Harry
wrote:

DeMint blocked the nomination, saying that Southers would unionize the
TSA, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security.

That sounds like a reasonable demand. Federal employees already make
130% of what the rest of the country makes for similar work, along
with a great benefits package.. Do they really need a union?
They could fix this with one line in some bill renaming a post office
somewhere.


Whether any group of employees needs a union is a decision that should
be left to the employees.

There was a fuss here by the mindless righties that Obama had not yet
named a TSA director. The usual morons participated. Well, the fault
lies with the senator from South Carolina.

It is still stuck in committee. If they wanted to they could bring it
to a vote tomorrow.

I am not sure "union" and Federal government really go together. There
used to be a law.


Think back.... mid-1800... there was this big war... between the North and
the South... The Unio... vs. the Rebs... come on, you're probably old enough
to remember.


--
Nom=de=Plume

nom=de=plume wrote:
wrote in message
...
On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:58:49 -0500, Harry
wrote:

wrote:
On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:52:16 -0500, Harry
wrote:

DeMint blocked the nomination, saying that Southers would unionize the
TSA, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security.
That sounds like a reasonable demand. Federal employees already make
130% of what the rest of the country makes for similar work, along
with a great benefits package.. Do they really need a union?
They could fix this with one line in some bill renaming a post office
somewhere.

Whether any group of employees needs a union is a decision that should
be left to the employees.

There was a fuss here by the mindless righties that Obama had not yet
named a TSA director. The usual morons participated. Well, the fault
lies with the senator from South Carolina.
It is still stuck in committee. If they wanted to they could bring it
to a vote tomorrow.

I am not sure "union" and Federal government really go together. There
used to be a law.


Think back.... mid-1800... there was this big war... between the North and
the South... The Unio... vs. the Rebs... come on, you're probably old enough
to remember.



Lincoln was far too generous to the defeated south. I've always thought
he should have been much, much harsher to those known to have been
involved in planning and executing the insurrection/secession and those
who profited in any way from slavery *and* their families. Any and all
property any of them owned should have been taken away and divided up
amongst the families of the former slaves. All the
insurrectionsts/secessionists should have been executed, excluding the
non-officers in the southern military forces.

nom=de=plume wrote:
wrote in message
...
On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:52:16 -0500, Harry
wrote:

DeMint blocked the nomination, saying that Southers would unionize the
TSA, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security.
That sounds like a reasonable demand. Federal employees already make
130% of what the rest of the country makes for similar work, along
with a great benefits package.. Do they really need a union?
They could fix this with one line in some bill renaming a post office
somewhere.


Please show where Southers stated that he would unionize the TSA, and even
if this was true, is not the issue "homeland security" that needs an
administrator or is it union busting/prevention?

Do your own research.

--

I get so upset by these spoofers, that I think I am going to make more
crossposts between rec.boats and numerous unrelated newsgroups, because
at least that is not detrimental to rec.boats. This group needs some
new blood, and that is always a good way to get some new posters who
enjoy boating as much as i do.

"Harry" wrote in message
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nom=de=plume wrote:
wrote in message
...
On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:58:49 -0500, Harry
wrote:

wrote:
On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:52:16 -0500, Harry
wrote:

DeMint blocked the nomination, saying that Southers would unionize
the
TSA, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security.
That sounds like a reasonable demand. Federal employees already make
130% of what the rest of the country makes for similar work, along
with a great benefits package.. Do they really need a union?
They could fix this with one line in some bill renaming a post office
somewhere.

Whether any group of employees needs a union is a decision that should
be left to the employees.

There was a fuss here by the mindless righties that Obama had not yet
named a TSA director. The usual morons participated. Well, the fault
lies with the senator from South Carolina.
It is still stuck in committee. If they wanted to they could bring it
to a vote tomorrow.

I am not sure "union" and Federal government really go together. There
used to be a law.


Think back.... mid-1800... there was this big war... between the North
and the South... The Unio... vs. the Rebs... come on, you're probably old
enough to remember.



Lincoln was far too generous to the defeated south. I've always thought he
should have been much, much harsher to those known to have been involved
in planning and executing the insurrection/secession and those who
profited in any way from slavery *and* their families. Any and all
property any of them owned should have been taken away and divided up
amongst the families of the former slaves. All the
insurrectionsts/secessionists should have been executed, excluding the
non-officers in the southern military forces.


And that is why you have no life. You are a total idiot.

Bill McKee wrote:
"Harry" wrote in message
...
nom=de=plume wrote:
wrote in message
...
On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:58:49 -0500, Harry
wrote:

wrote:
On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 16:52:16 -0500, Harry
wrote:

DeMint blocked the nomination, saying that Southers would unionize
the
TSA, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security.
That sounds like a reasonable demand. Federal employees already make
130% of what the rest of the country makes for similar work, along
with a great benefits package.. Do they really need a union?
They could fix this with one line in some bill renaming a post office
somewhere.
Whether any group of employees needs a union is a decision that should
be left to the employees.

There was a fuss here by the mindless righties that Obama had not yet
named a TSA director. The usual morons participated. Well, the fault
lies with the senator from South Carolina.
It is still stuck in committee. If they wanted to they could bring it
to a vote tomorrow.

I am not sure "union" and Federal government really go together. There
used to be a law.

Think back.... mid-1800... there was this big war... between the North
and the South... The Unio... vs. the Rebs... come on, you're probably old
enough to remember.


Lincoln was far too generous to the defeated south. I've always thought he
should have been much, much harsher to those known to have been involved
in planning and executing the insurrection/secession and those who
profited in any way from slavery *and* their families. Any and all
property any of them owned should have been taken away and divided up
amongst the families of the former slaves. All the
insurrectionsts/secessionists should have been executed, excluding the
non-officers in the southern military forces.


And that is why you have no life. You are a total idiot.



I never forget you are a southern white racist at heart, bilious.