 even armtwisters need a break once in a while did you really think the united auto workers would really change can a leopard change it spots because the union was losing money they had put up their retreat near onaway up for sale but since things are looking up with the big 3 it is no longer for sale  hey even armtwisting pseudomobster union bosses need a break once in a while the united auto workers has put a hold on trying to sell its 33 million black lake retreat in northern michigan the walter and may reuther family education center was taken off the market at the request of uaw president bob king and the union s new executive board said john karver a senior vice president at cb richard ellis the real estate firm handling the listing and why wouldn t things be looking rosy for the unions the uaw has a unionfriendly president in obama and they re hoping for a unionfriendly governor in bernero why give up perks that make the union bosses look like the overpaid thugs they are if they don t have to they ll continue to push for card check legislation aka the funnel democrats more money act of 2010 making it easier for union thugs to intimidate voters after all attorney general eric holder let members of the new black panther go free from charges of voter intimidation of which they were so obviously guilty that even debbie stabenow could see it though she d never admit it yelling you are about to be ruled by the black man cracker seems sort of blatant to me in addition to golf and leisure the center offers weeklong conferences on political action civil rights and leadership you too can learn about intimidating voters and campaigning for democrats if you would only agree to give up some of your wages to pay for completely unnecessary middlemen to negotiate your salary for you you can even participate in the 2minute hate where you scream at various republicans such at george w bush ronald reagan and rush limbaugh does relaxation get any better than screaming obscenities at people you don t like that 2minute hate thing is a reference to george orwell s 1984 you can tell i went to college because i make semiobscure literature references the center renovated in the 1990s has a gym with two fullsize basketball courts an olympicsize indoor pool exercise facilities table tennis and pool tables a sauna beaches hiking and biking trails sports fields a boat launch ramp and rooms and condominiums oh it has a basketball court maybe they re keeping it in the hopes that obama will pay them a visit after all he does seem to be more interesting in his jump shot that in seriously tackling our economic issues hopefully he s better at the former because he s a complete failure at the latter the uaw spent 97 million on lobbying and political activities in 2009 compared with 106 million in 2008 and it reduced union administration costs from 324 million to 269 million that s a pretty low number for spending money on democrats you could only bribe a handful of senators and representatives with that small amount of money yep times are tough all over  