Update: Adelson in the Lead for Chicken Little Award

by Seth Michaels, Mar 17, 2009

Feathers are flying in the heated contest for the Chicken Little Sky Is Falling Bizarre Corporate Panic Over Workers’ Rights Award. The award “winner” is the corporate leader or anti-worker politician whose hysteria has led to the most extreme rhetoric against the Employee Free Choice Act.

With hundreds of votes in, the lead Chicken Little contender is Sheldon Adelson, the extreme-right casino billionaire who recently identified two “fundamental threats to society”—the Employee Free Choice Act and “radical Islam.” Adelson’s eggs-aerated rhetoric portends the end of western democracy if workers such as Dianne Heeley, Billy Mason and Marybeth Litcholt have a voice on the job and the ability to bargain for a fair contract.

It’s your turn to weigh in: Who’s the top at going over the top in anti-Employee Free Choice spin? We’ll announce the big winner on April 1.

Want to link to this survey from your own site? Grab the code for this chicken and use it in your blog!

Who's earned The Chicken Little Sky Is Falling Bizarre Corporate Panic Disorder Over Workers' Rights Award? "A mortal threat to American freedom." Newt Gingrich ...The fight against Employee Free Choice will be "a firestorm bordering on Armageddon." Randel Johnson, U.S. Chamber of Commerce "The demise of a civilization." Bernie Marcus "The road to poverty” that would “quickly put our American way of life at risk.” Gary Shapiro, Consumer Electronics Association "Calamitous.” Mitt Romney "The anti-free choice, pro slavery bill.” Mike Ozanian, Forbes "A Gestapo tactic.” John Rutledge, Fox News "One of the two fundamental threats to society." (The other is "radical Islam.") Sheldon Adelson, casino billionaire View Results Polldaddy.com
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