Eagle Forum of Sacramento

With lawmakers embroiled in heated budget negotiations that have brought state government
to a standstill, the Democrats are playing hardball-and not just with Republicans.
The buzz in the capitol is that Democrat Assemblywoman Nicole Parra has been ousted
from her capitol office by Speaker Karen Bass for refusing to vote for the Democrats’
budget proposal-a budget that fails to reign in excessive spending and includes
a tax increase.
Moments ago on the Assembly floor, Assemblyman Todd Spitzer rose to question why
the Speaker had given Assemblywoman Parra just 2 hours to vacate her capitol office.
The response from leadership was that the Speaker has full discretion to reassign
capitol offices whenever she chooses.
Typically, a member is reassigned a smaller office in the capitol when they have
disobeyed or displeased leadership. In Assemblywoman Parra’s case, she was not
just reassigned a smaller capitol office, she is being moved across the street to
the Legislative Office Building.
“This is unprofessional and undignified behavior on the part of Speaker Bass,” stated
Meredith Turney, legislative liaison for Capitol Resource Family Impact. “Assemblywoman
Parra was elected by the people of her district to represent them in the capitol
building. By kicking the assemblywoman and her staff out of the capitol, Speaker
Bass has effectively told the people of Assemblywoman Parra’s district that their
voice will not be represented or heard in the capitol.”
“This type of political punishment proves that Democrats will not tolerate independent
thought,” stated Karen England, executive director of Capitol Resource Family Impact.
“How many other lawmakers are being bullied and intimidated by Democrat leadership
for refusing to join them in their out-of-control spending?”
“We urge all citizens to call Assembly Speaker Karen Bass and ask her why she’s
kicked Assemblywoman Nicole Parra out of the office her constituents voted her into,”
stated Turney. “And we urge them to call Assemblywoman Parra and their legislator
and encourage them to hold the line against higher taxes and irresponsible spending!”
Call Speaker Karen Bass to ask why she is punishing Assemblywoman Nicole Parra:
(916) 319-2047
Call Assemblywoman Nicole Parra and encourage her:
(916) 319-2030

Barack Obama loves to spend money–your money. He wants universal health care, regardless of the cost or quality of service. He wants a train on every corner.

Obama does not mind killing jobs in the name of global warming and making sure gas gas $5-7 per gallon.

Now he has come up with a total transfer of money from America’’s poor and middle class–he wants to give $845 BILLION to the United Nations.

I guess that since he comes from Chicago, he is accepting of corrupt politics and thieves in government.

This will be a disaster for the United States. The UN and corrupt governments from around the world will get the money that belongs to our families. His goal is to level the field. Instead of bringing freedom to other nations, he is bringing our cash. In the end, we will become as poor as Europe–10% unemployment, stagnation and depression.

A vote for Obama is a vote to make America poorer.

Well, folks, I’m afraid this is only the beginning. Tyson has willingly allowed 125 years of American history to be trashed in one fell swoop–in the name of “Let’s accommodate the new immigrants”! I wonder which American holiday will be replaced next-Memorial Day, Independence Day, Christmas? I contacted Tyson to let them know my feelings regarding this.

Chicken company: Workers wanted Islamic religious event recognized

Posted: August 02, 2008

By Bob Unruh

© 2008 WorldNetDaily

Food workers at the Shelbyville, Tenn., plant for Tyson Foods, which boasts on its corporate website that it strives “to honor God,” will have time off for Eid al-Fitr, the Muslim holiday closing the month of Ramadan, instead of the American tradition Labor Day.

Officials with the company told WND the labor union representing the 1,200 plant workers, including about 700 immigrants from Somalia who largely are Muslim, sought the holiday change in the new five-year contract, and the company agreed.

Officials with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union issue a press statement about the new “contract [that] creates an additional paid holiday, [Eid al-Fitr,] a Muslim holiday that occurs toward the end of Ramadan.”

A spokeswoman at the union’s office told WND no one was in the office today who could comment on the request.

To the Shelbyville Times-Gazette, Gary Mickelson, Tyson’s media chief, said there is no new holiday, but at the union’s request the company agreed to discontinue the Labor Day holiday and implement Eid al-Fitr.

“Union leadership did request and receive Eid al-Fitr (which is apparently spelled various ways including Id al-Fitr and Eid ul-Fitr) as a paid holiday in place of Labor Day,” Mickelson told the newspaper.

“Since all Team Members will still have eight paid holidays, the change will not affect production,” Mickelson said.

On the paper’s forum page, readers were outraged.

“If this holiday is that important to them, make them take it off instead of Christmas Day and allow ALL workers to be off Labor Day. Most AMERICAN families have some type of function on Labor Day,” wrote one anonymous participant.

“It says union leadership made this request, makes you wonder who runs the union. I guess they are already working on a plan to replace Memorial Day, that means nothing to the Muslims so why should we have the right to celebrate it. Labor Day commemorates the plight of workers and the struggle of labor unions to improve working conditions for American workers. The Muslims will not stop until all of our rights and laws are changed to accommodate their beliefs. This will be a new America but it will be their America,” said another.

The union boasts on its website, “Diversity is one of the strengths of our union. . We may come from different countries and speak different languages. But what unites us is the belief that by standing together we can better advance our interests.”

The holiday comes at the conclusion of the month-long Ramadan for Muslims, but it not on the same day each year. Officials with Tyson said they were working out how best to address what apparently now will be a floating holiday for the company.

Mickelson said other holidays for the company workers include birthday, New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

Union spokesman Randy Hadley told the newspaper, “The negotiating committee felt this was extremely crucial, since this holiday is as important to Muslims as Christmas is to Christians.”

The union also reported “two prayer rooms have been created to allow Muslim workers to pray twice a day and return to work without leaving the plant.”

Ironically, the company on its website also promotes a variety of traditional and customary Christian and secular blessings for food – its primary product.

“This is America, founded by the blood of our forefathers and should not be challenged by Somalians, Hispanics, or any other immigrants. If they come to America, they need to learn our language and our ways. They can practice their culture in private if they so please, but not shove it down our throats. Would they let us go there and change their country? I have banned Tyson’s products from my home for years because of the illegals they were hiring. I am sorry for the producers that are supplying them, but Tyson’s has once again crossed the line with the American people. Labor Day was here long before Tyson’s. What holiday will be next to be taken away and replaced to accommodate an immigrant. This stinks worse than the plant,” said another anonymous forum participant.

“Disgusting … appalling … horrifying … there just aren’t enough words to describe this situation. There will never be another Tyson product in my home EVER!! Bedford County and the rest of the nation needs to take notice. Is this what we are coming to?” said another.

A Muslim website says the holiday is a “joyous three-day celebration” that concludes Ramadan, during which Muslims fast during the day.

According to the U.S. Department of Labor, the national holiday dates from Sept. 5, 1882, and is “dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country.”