“At the end of the 19th century, unsuspecting workers were “shanghaied” — a practice originated in that Chinese city — to work on British ships, which desperately needed the labor. All manner of tricks were used to hoodwink the poor souls into service at sea. According to one legend, press gangs, or “crimps,” would put a coin — “the king’s shilling” — in a man’s drink. If the mark drank the ale only to see the coin at the bottom of an empty glass, it was too late and he was a member of the Royal Navy.
“The proposed Employee Free Choice Act, colloquially known as “card check,” might be better named “The Democrats’ Shilling Act.” This just about says it all. The Employees Free Choice Act will shanghai American workers and make them slaves to the Big Union Bosses who just happens to be the Mafia. This is no secret; google unions in the United States and you will see the word Mafia all over the place. But try to tell that to a flaming liberal fool. BB
