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2016 Postmortem

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Omaha Steve

(99,646 posts)
Sat Jan 30, 2016, 11:52 AM Jan 2016

Some things that will "NEVER, EVER come to pass!!" [View all]


A Socialist running for US President while sitting in jail and getting almost 1 million votes will "NEVER, EVER come to pass!!"

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/wilson/peopleevents/p_debs.html

Debs found his greatest success in the 1912 Election, when he campaigned against Democratic nominee Woodrow Wilson, incumbent President William Howard Taft, and former President Theodore Roosevelt. Debs received almost a million votes - six percent of the ballots cast.


Unemployment Insurance for Workers will "NEVER, EVER come to pass!!"

http://laborhistoryin2.podbean.com/e/january-28-2016-unemployment-insurance-for-workers/

January 28, 2016
On this day in Labor History the year was 1932. That was the day the first unemployment insurance law in was established in the United States.

It happened in Wisconsin. Governor Phillip LaFollette signed the Unemployment Compensation Act.

2:00 minute audio at link.


A sit down strike of a corporate giant to win collective bargaining will "NEVER, EVER come to pass!!"

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sit-down-strike-begins-in-flint

At 8 p.m. on December 30, 1936, in one of the first sit-down strikes in the United States, autoworkers occupy the General Motors Fisher Body Plant Number One in Flint, Michigan. The autoworkers were striking to win recognition of the United Auto Workers (UAW) as the only bargaining agent for GM’s workers; they also wanted to make the company stop sending work to non-union plants and to establish a fair minimum wage scale, a grievance system and a set of procedures that would help protect assembly-line workers from injury. In all, the strike lasted 44 days.



A woman voting will "NEVER, EVER come to pass!!"


http://history.house.gov/Exhibitions-and-Publications/WIC/Historical-Essays/No-Lady/Womens-Rights/

The beginning of the fight for women’s suffrage in the United States, which predates Jeannette Rankin’s entry into Congress by nearly 70 years, grew out of a larger women’s rights movement. That reform effort evolved during the 19th century, initially emphasizing a broad spectrum of goals before focusing solely on securing the franchise for women. Women’s suffrage leaders, moreover, often disagreed about the tactics for and the emphasis (federal versus state) of their reform efforts. Ultimately, the suffrage movement provided political training for some of the early women pioneers in Congress, but its internal divisions foreshadowed the persistent disagreements among women in Congress and among women’s rights activists after the passage of the 19th Amendment.


POC voting will "NEVER, EVER come to pass!!"

http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/voting-rights-act


VOTING RIGHTS ACT: SIGNED INTO LAW ON AUGUST 6, 1965
The voting rights bill was passed in the U.S. Senate by a 77-19 vote on May 26, 1965. After debating the bill for more than a month, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the bill by a vote of 333-85 on July 9. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law on August 6, with Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights leaders present at the ceremony.


Workers getting a US Law to organize the workplace (democracy in the workplace) will "NEVER, EVER come to pass!!"


https://www.nlrb.gov/resources/national-labor-relations-act

Congress enacted the National Labor Relations Act ("NLRA&quot in 1935 to protect the rights of employees and employers, to encourage collective bargaining, and to curtail certain private sector labor and management practices, which can harm the general welfare of workers, businesses and the U.S. economy.


Disabled americans being treated equally will "NEVER, EVER come to pass!!"

http://adata.org/learn-about-ada

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) became law in 1990. The ADA is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life, including jobs, schools, transportation, and all public and private places that are open to the general public. The purpose of the law is to make sure that people with disabilities have the same rights and opportunities as everyone else. The ADA is divided into five titles (or sections) that relate to different areas of public life.


Organized labor creating a safer workplace, affirmative action, and protecting the environment will "NEVER, EVER come to pass!!"




12 workweeks of unpaid, job-protected leave a year will "NEVER, EVER come to pass!!"

http://www.dol.gov/whd/regs/compliance/1421.htm

The Family and Medical Leave Act
The Family and Medical Leave Act ("FMLA&quot provides certain employees with up to 12 workweeks of unpaid, job-protected leave a year, and requires group health benefits to be maintained during the leave as if employees continued to work instead of taking leave. This Compliance Guide summarizes the FMLA provisions and regulations1, and provides answers to the most frequently asked questions. More detail on the FMLA may be found in the regulations (29 CFR Part 825).


A law that puts consumers back in charge of their health care will "NEVER, EVER come to pass!!"

http://www.hhs.gov/healthcare/about-the-law/index.html

About the Law

The Affordable Care Act puts consumers back in charge of their health care. Under the law, a new “Patient’s Bill of Rights” gives the American people the stability and flexibility they need to make informed choices about their health.


Hillary Clinton Says Bernie Sanders’s Health Plan Will ‘Never, Ever Come to Pass’

http://www.nytimes.com/politics/first-draft/2016/01/29/hillary-clinton-say-bernie-sanderss-health-plan-will-never-ever-come-to-pass/?_r=0


Feel free to add to the list. I was in a hurry. Taking one of our dogs to the vet. Back soon.

Update: I'm home but headed out for a couple hours again soon. For the little help from my friends...

OS
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Gay marriage. A black president. A woman president. BillZBubb Jan 2016 #1
We havent' had a woman president nt LiberalElite Jan 2016 #3
But we will.... Skidmore Jan 2016 #6
I am living for the day Elizabeth Warren makes it so roguevalley Jan 2016 #20
I hope I live to see it but I can wait till the right woman comes along nt LiberalElite Jan 2016 #28
if she is a Democrat then she will be smeared Cary Jan 2016 #31
so we'll have to watch her back, which I'll do if Eliz Warren runs wordpix Jan 2016 #32
And the radical left is aligned with the radical right Cary Jan 2016 #34
Not nearly aligned as the corporate "left" with the corporate "right" cascadiance Jan 2016 #36
Before President Warren I would like to see... daleanime Jan 2016 #42
I could be a member of "the professional Left"..... daleanime Jan 2016 #41
How many Democrats don't get smeared? daleanime Jan 2016 #40
A Jewish President libdem4life Jan 2016 #49
A Catholic president loyalsister Jan 2016 #63
And Clinton did her best to obstruct the first two... Betty Karlson Jan 2016 #61
You caught why I put that one last! BillZBubb Jan 2016 #66
Thank you Steve!! Debs is one of our heros. 7wo7rees Jan 2016 #2
K N R Faux pas Jan 2016 #4
KnR! YESSSS retrowire Jan 2016 #5
how is doggie? nt restorefreedom Jan 2016 #7
We have had Luka since 2003 Omaha Steve Jan 2016 #9
what a cutie! hope he feels better! nt restorefreedom Jan 2016 #10
awwww - feel better lil' fella tomm2thumbs Jan 2016 #58
K&R LiberalArkie Jan 2016 #8
going to the moon. inventing anything that was odd to the world at the time roguevalley Jan 2016 #21
Through out history, there have been so very few times when "the public good" has been thought LiberalArkie Jan 2016 #26
K & R ! TIME TO PANIC Jan 2016 #11
K&R - Good one Steve! nt 99th_Monkey Jan 2016 #12
Total K & R! Thank you OS! SoapBox Jan 2016 #13
Trnasformative progress is never ever going to happen if people don't fight for what they truly need Tom Rinaldo Jan 2016 #14
Yet some preach preemptive surrender hifiguy Jan 2016 #19
"Preemptive Surrender" Tom Rinaldo Jan 2016 #25
Thank you for a lesson of hope from our history. Vote for jwirr Jan 2016 #15
k&R Mbrow Jan 2016 #16
K&R Punkingal Jan 2016 #17
This message was self-deleted by its author AzDar Jan 2016 #18
Never Ever say Never Ever.... Billsmile Jan 2016 #22
Howzabout "Legalized marijuana is a pipe dream"? Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2016 #23
Pipe dream ejbr Jan 2016 #30
What a great list!!! Thanks. nt valerief Jan 2016 #24
K&R!!!! Phlem Jan 2016 #27
+1,000 eom LiberalElite Jan 2016 #29
As usual Iwillnevergiveup Jan 2016 #33
K&R CharlotteVale Jan 2016 #35
Thanks for the post Steve. rhett o rick Jan 2016 #37
she is a disgrace, and will cause a shitload of people to leave the party Doctor_J Jan 2016 #38
Beautifull Done!... DURec. bvar22 Jan 2016 #39
Don't forget: a black man elected president--twice! nt tblue37 Jan 2016 #43
$15 for "burger flippers" bread_and_roses Jan 2016 #44
Excellent, OS!! postulater Jan 2016 #45
K&R Iggy Knorr Jan 2016 #46
k&r nt antigop Jan 2016 #47
Kicking malokvale77 Jan 2016 #48
K&R Tobin S. Jan 2016 #50
K&R Paka Jan 2016 #51
K&R liberal_at_heart Jan 2016 #52
K&R Steve sadoldgirl Jan 2016 #53
Thank You, Thank You Omaha Steve... n/t ChiciB1 Jan 2016 #54
Excellent!!! Thanks for this! Arazi Jan 2016 #55
And wasn't Debs in prison Lifelong Protester Jan 2016 #56
Reparations?... yeah,...................................................................thought so uponit7771 Jan 2016 #57
Reparations and Bernie Sanders: Another View —By Kevin Drum Omaha Steve Jan 2016 #62
Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Jan 2016 #59
Marriage equality and MJ legalization n/t eridani Jan 2016 #60
K&R nt raouldukelives Jan 2016 #64
Thank you OS - TBF Jan 2016 #65
Great post! Thanks.. mountain grammy Jan 2016 #67
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