CWA District 9

AT&T, the nation's largest private employer of union labor, has managed to "strike" a deal (pun intended) with Communications Workers of America (CWA) District 9. The tentative deal would institute a new three-year contract for 23,000 employees in California and Nevada. The previous contract with the CWA expired four months ago, along with other four contracts together covering nearly 80,500 workers in AT&T's wireline operations. While a tentative deal has been reached, a full vote of CWA District 9 members will need to be done.

According to a press release, CWA District 9 will hold contract explanation meetings with local members on Aug. 17. More information will be made public following membership notification. The mail ratification vote will be completed by September 1. Fun for AT&T: another contract covering 23,000 workers in the former BellSouth area in the Southeast expired Saturday.

While AT&T and CWA District 9 negotiators haven't released details, AT&T has been seeking to have workers shoulder more of the cost of health insurance, across its negotiations in various districts. Just another example of our broken health care system.

New York Post Deadly Doctors

New York Post Deadly Doctors op-ed article by Betsy McCaughey. The New York Post Deadly Doctors op-ed article was found by press following escalating debates by Sarah Palin this weekend on Facebook. Palin on Facebook in an article “Statement on the Current Health Care Debate” wrote the following:“Americans delve into the disturbing details of the nationalized health care plan that the current administration is rushing through Congress, our collective jaw is dropping, and we’re saying not just no, but hell no!”

“And who will suffer the most when they ration care? The sick, the elderly, and the disabled, of course. The America I know and love is not one in which my parents or my baby with Down Syndrome will have to stand in front of Obama’s ‘death panel’ so his bureaucrats can decide, based on a subjective judgment of their ‘level of productivity in society,’ whether they are worthy of health care. Such a system is downright evil.”

Earlier this year, former Lt. Gov. of New York, Betsy McCaughey, wrote in her article “Deadly Doctors” the following: “Yet at least two of President Obama’s top health advisers should never be trusted with that power. “Start with Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel, the brother of White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel. He has already been appointed to two key positions: health-policy adviser at the Office of Management and Budget and a member of Federal Council on Comparative Effectiveness Research.”

Anderson Silva vs Forrest Griffin Highlights

Interested in the highlights of the Anderson Silva vs Forrest Griffin fight? The answers are easy. Silva dominating the ring. Silva controlled the ring, he made Griffin look off balance and awkward. Griffin was never able to get Silva into any position to deliver his famous leg kicks, like he used to destroy Rampage. Silva's head movement and body movements along with his great jabs and devastating punches caused Griffin to constantly lots of poor shots and take too many chances that wound up costing him dearly.

Silva's pounding Griffin on the ground. There was only one take down in the fight and Silva did it with a punch and followed it up with some devastating punches to Griffin's head. I think these shots definitely hurt Griffin and that allowed the Flicking punch to finish him off. Only used effectively one other time in a World Championship match, by Ali vs Liston. Just as ridiculous and just as controversial.

If Griffin would have run as fast in the ring as he did out of the ring he might have stood a better chance of beating Silva. Can't wait until he finally tells everyone what was so important in the locker room that he could not't wait to even shake hands or hear the decision. Might have been a call from Brock Lesnar telling all you great commenter's how wrong you are in think that Silva is better than the Mighty Lesnar. Or perhaps it was a call from Fedor inviting Griffin to come to Strikeforce where there is no real competiton and no Brock.