WATER COOLER
The Water Cooler is written by Washington Times staffers.
Latest Blog Entries
(video) NPR Sr. VP describes GOP as 'hijacked' by 'white' 'gun-toting' 'middle America'
Senior Vice President of NPR Ron Schiller met with individuals he believed to be potential donors. However, undercover video was running during this meeting. The following video clips show Mr. Schiller as critical of the Republican party for being "hijacked" by what he describes as "white, " "gun-toting," "middle America."
(video) NPR Sr. VP bothered by uneducated masses
Senior Vice President of NPR Ron Schiller met with individuals he believed to be potential donors. However, undercover video was running during this meeting. The following clips show Mr. Schiller's concern that the "so-called educated elite is too small a percentage of the population."
(video) NPR Sr. VP: Juan Williams 'lost all credibility' after Muslim remarks
Senior Vice President of NPR Ron Schiller met with individuals he believed to be potential donors. However, undercover video was running during his meeting. The following video clips reveal Mr. Schiller's thoughts regarding NPR's controversial termination of long time former NPR employee Juan WIlliams, now a full time contributor for the Fox News Channel.
NPR seeks funding from Sharia backers
The Washington Times' Kerry Picket has obtained the complete 2-hour video of the latest sting by James O'Keefe in which a representative of the pro-Sharia, but entirely fictitious ,“Muslim Education Action Center” sits down with NPR's chief fundraiser, Ron Schiller (no relation to Vivian), for a two-hour lunch at Cafe Milano. Mr. Schiller allegedly agreed to the meeting in the hopes of landing a large donation from the group that told Mr. Schiller it had ties to the violent Muslim Brotherhood.
Michael Moore, a hypocritical union buster
While liberals cheer left-wing documentary filmmaker Michael Moore for his remarks on Saturday in Wisconsin, the supposed pro-union filmmaker still has much to explain about his own union busting history.
Paul Ryan mistakenly saved union sweetheart deal
In a key budget vote a couple of weeks ago, Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan now says he mistakenly saved "Project Labor Agreements."
Is Inhofe "Cool"?
Sen. James Inhofe garners an award for fighting global warming alarmists.
Ohio Senate passes proposal to limit collective bargaining
The Ohio senate passed a proposal on Wednesday that would limit public union employees collective bargaining power. The vote on Senate Bill 5 legislation was close passing the chamber 17 to 16. The legislation is designed to change 27 years of collective bargaining law in Ohio. The bill now goes to the state house for a vote.
Ohio state GOP lawmaker outlines reforms on union law
Amid 7500 protesters at Ohio's capitol building in Columbus, state senators sat in a committee hearing on Tuesday to discuss the legislation from the chamber that would reform the state's 27-year old collective bargaining law. Republican Senator Shannon Jones, sponsor of an omnibus amendment to the much debated Senate Bill 5, outlined the key provisions of the amendment. For those unaware of what Ohio Republican lawmakers are looking to change in the state's collective bargaining law, Ms. Jones spelled it out clearly on Tuesday afternoon.
(video/photo) Wis. protesters constant harassment of Fox News
Fox News reporter Mike Tobin has been reporting from Madison, Wisconsin for a little over two weeks now, and the protesters have not made it easy for the Fox News crew to do live shots and stand ups. Mr. Tobin recently reported that a protester hit him, while the reporter was in the middle of a stand up. Here are a few other videos and photos I took during my time in Wisconsin last week, and they show exactly what the Fox News guys have been going through while reporting in Madison.
Gov. Walker: I hope Obama isn't acting like the union bosses
Governor Scott Walker’s office released a statement Monday afternoon responding to President Obama who said on Monday that public union employees should not be "vilified or "denigrated"
CWA Union conference call shows anger towards Christie and concern for future
The Communications Workers of America, a union that represents employees in the “telecommunications, broadcasting, cable TV, journalism, publishing, manufacturing, airlines, customer service, government service, health care, education and other fields,” conducted a conference call for about two thousand of their members on Wednesday evening to discuss the events happening in Wisconsin and other areas of the country.
Rep. Capuano: 'I regret my choice of words'
In the midst of rising tensions between state legislatures and unions on changes in labor's collective bargaining rights, Congressman Michael Capuano, Massachusetts told a union audience on Tuesday, "You have 'get a little bloody when necessary." Mr. Capuano found himself in the middle of a firestorm after that remark. Reminders that the Democrats have been calling for "civility" and a "new tone" rightfully surfaced.
CWA Union conference call shows anger towards Christie and concern for future
The Communications Workers of America, a union that represents employees in the “telecommunications, broadcasting, cable TV, journalism, publishing, manufacturing, airlines, customer service, government service, health care, education and other fields,” conducted a conference call for several thousand of their members on Wednesday evening to discuss the events happening in Wisconsin and other areas of the country.
Obama bombs it on Libya
President Barack Obama's clumsy response to the Libyan people's uprising against their country's dictator Moammar Gaddaffi shows Mr. Obama is once again, like he was with the Iranian student protests last year, slow to the punch.
