I Agree With Dr. Dean

Dr. Howard Dean, former governor of Vermont, former presidential candidate and past head of the Democratic National Committee has changed his mind about the righteousness of the US effort in Afghanistan.

We’ve Become

Well, to be honest, I’m not sure what we’ve become.  Complacent?  Not devious enough? Maybe just plain tired? Anyway, the corporatists/plutocrats keep working overtime to find new ways to hood-wink and subject us to ruin. This is way beyond anything that the Ol’ Chief could ever dream up (my bolds).  This same Emergency Manager was a [...]

What Is Going On?

He was rather slight of stature.  He came over to the house to help one of my grandsons who was helping me put vinyl siding on the gable ends of our house. When the job was done I paid them both. And he wanted to buy our ‘99 Merc Grand Marquis.  We agreed on a [...]

Is He Out Of Step

with the citizens of Maine? I think this story says it all about inflated egos and mandates, especially when the governor won with 38% of the vote. I do like this part: He defended a campaign to lift a ban on the endocrine disruptor bisphenol-A in baby bottles by joking that the worst thing that [...]

Workplace Violence – The Ludlow Massacre

This is the first of several postings about labor violence in the United States. This is a ‘cut n paste’ directly from Wikipedia. You can go here for the original with all the links. Most readers have never heard of the strikes and/or corporate violence which I will post about.  Due to length, 8 pages, [...]

It Will Happen

My dad graduated from high school in 1931 and was a union member his whole working life.  I have no idea if he ever participated in any strikes or other actions against an employer, but I do remember that he was an ardent union supporter.  As an aside, my dad believed that FDR saved the [...]

Are You Outraged Yet?

Well, after reading Matt Tiabbi’s most recent piece in Rolling Stone, you will be, unless you are one of the billionaires that got rich soaking their less savvy country-folk. But if you want to get a true sense of what the “shadow budget” is all about, all you have to do is look closely at [...]

From An Ex-Navy SEAL

Jesse Ventura, who has had a whole bunch different jobs, says it in plain English: You control our world. You’ve poisoned the air we breathe, contaminated the water we drink, and copyrighted the food we eat. We fight in your wars, die for your causes, and sacrifice our freedoms to protect you. You’ve liquidated our [...]

A Blast From The Past

1936 The Great Depression was in full swing.  In absolute terms, worse than we have it today, but with a key difference.  In 1936, the workers were not about to lose 85 years of hard fought gains. Here is the beginning of the 1936 Democratic Party Platform (it is long and it is only the [...]

When You Really Think

about this, it shouldn’t surprise you. From the LA Times comes this story about a company that is treating its’ employees like dirt, but so far has been flying below the radar.