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Jack London, in "The Iron Heel," asks if we continue the anarchy production until we all have far more than we can consume, whether we should just dump the excess of production into the sea.
We do some of that with military budgets.
Why boycott the Arizona Cardinals' sponsors when you can boycott the Cardinals directly? Stop attending their games, buying their paraphernalia, change the channel when they're on TV...
I think Thom needs to read The Borowitz Report a few times before trying to read it on air. I often laugh hysterically, double over or fall down a couple of times while reading the report.
WHERE THE HELL IS THE CONSERVATIVE NIRVANA???
These past 30 years the rich, corporations, and Wall St got just about EVERYTHING they wanted… taxes cuts that raised debt, free trade, corporate welfare, credit card wars, deregulation of banks, mass media, and commodities. They sabotaged government revenue with irresponsible tax cuts and wild spending and sabotaged the industrial base of America with free trade agreements. They let sociopathic predators on Wall Street run wild and they didn't just brought down their own banks, they brought down our entire economy.
ALL THE EVIDENCE IS NOW IN, and it’s these conservative/neo-liberal policies were a DISASTER. Their instincts were wrong as were their predictions. Yet these Tea Party numskulls are demanding policies even MORE insane than the above?
If we should be putting ANYONE in power it’s those whose instincts were sound in OPPOSING all of the above insanity… people on the LEFT.
re: #3: well, at least some can cross in the Raptors....
@DRichards ... If you read the link I provided you will see that Mexican workers took a 50% reduction in wages to secure the factory. So, while US autoworkers were being pressed to take wage concessions to keep their jobs from going to lower-wage countries, automakers were forcing the already low-wage workers to take even less. Disgusting!
Re: Wasn't NAFTA supposed to elevate the Mexican worker?
In reality NAFTA enabled the Agri-Corporations to put the small Mexican farmer out of business.
Re: Rise in poverty
But wait, I thought that tax breaks for billionaires created new jobs and stimulated the economy!
Why is all the attention being paid China. Sure, we have a horrific trade deficit. Sure, they hold an absurd amount of our debt. Why is Mexico getting a pass? Why do Mexicans continue to cross over to this country? Wasn't NAFTA supposed to elevate the Mexican worker?
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/the-pressure-has-not-been-to-raise-the-mexican-wages-up-its-been-to-push-the-us-wages-down/
Workers at the Ford Fiesta plant in Mexico are making $2.25/hr. Or, they can pick lettuce in Arizona for as much as $8-$14/hr.
We have a bridge in Portland that is very old, and too small to deal with all the traffic that it gets every day. The city, county and state have been fighting about funding for a replacement for several years now. If and when a new bridge is built, it will improve the lives of everyone living near and who use it every day to commute to and from work. The time saved will be worth millions of dollars a year. Like most bridges, with regular maintenance, it should last 60 years or so.
Total cost of the new bridge:
$330 million dollars.
Total coast of 2 F-22 Raptors:
$330 million dollars.
Don't get me wrong, I think that we need to spend money on defense, but I think that building the bridge will bring more jobs, and improve more lives then 2 F-22s.
-Tim
What's Going On In The Gulf?
BP and the government decided that millions of gallons of dispersants should be dumped into the Gulf to sink and hide the oil.
They succeeded in sinking it. As ABC, CBS and NPR note, huge quantities of oil are blanketing the ocean floor, killing virtually all of the sealife which lives there.
And giant new underwater plumes have been found in the water column itself.
But officials don't want to hear about them...
http://georgewashington2.blogspot.com/
http://www.mythmovie.net/
I just finished watching the documentary "Mythic Journeys". Excellent!
http://healthypets.mercola.com/sites/healthypets/archive/2010/09/17/sneezing-baby-panda.aspx
Some facts to consider about the developer of this project:Ground Zero mosque imam to appear in New Jersey Court Wednesday
New York Post reports- 14-Sept.-2010
Imam Faisal Abdul Rauf, the religious leader behind the planned community center and mosque near Ground Zero in New York, is expected to appear in court Wednesday in Union City, N.J., to face charges that he failed to address tenants' complaints and city orders as the landlord of two apartment buildings, Fox News Channel reported Tuesday.
Rauf's attorneys, and possibly Rauf himself, will appear in court for a hearing at 2:30pm Wednesday.
Union City filed the lawsuit against Rauf, claiming he ignored complaints by tenants and orders from the city on issues ranging from moldy bathrooms to fire hazards, local newspaper The Star-Ledger reported.
The suit identifies Rauf as the sole officer of Sage Development LLC, a company based at the imam's home address in North Bergen, N.J., and lists him as the owner of the two buildings. The suit also alleges that the state revoked Sage's corporate status in 2005 for failure to file annual reports.
The larger of the two buildings cited in the suit has been vacant since a fire broke out there in February 2008, one year after the city claims it issued 12 separate fire code violations that Rauf allegedly ignored.
"He's a terrible landlord who's unresponsive to the residents who live in his building," said Mark Albiez, a spokesman for Mayor Brian Stack.
"City officials and inspectors have reached out to him to
express the urgency in correcting problems in his buildings, and it's unfortunate that it's gotten to this point, but it's our responsibility to ensure that residents receive the care that is needed."
The newspaper said calls to Rauf's home were met with a busy signal.
Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/new_jersey_town_files_lawsuit_against_AFKpFIZe8GUaKN59LRqYXK#ixzz0zXfOYgCo
The Tea Party is primarily a Libertarian movement. The focus of most of the movement is the economy. People do your research. In my opinion if someone is from the Starbucks Coffee party and wants to do something to genuinely benefit America, stop throwing rocks. Differences are part of the Democratic process.
I would like to register my vote for Shannyn Moore to be the only substitute that Thom uses. This is the first time that one of Thom's guest hosts has been able to keep my attention. Kudos (no pun intended) to Shannyn! She had good guests and thoughtful discussions. It's better than listening to Thom take on right-wing callers and/or pour over the minutia of the Birthers. Like the show earlier in the week.
Shannyn, what a breath of fresh northern air today, great choice as guest host, look forward to hearing this talented PROGRESSIVE host again soon.
Texas Board of Education considers Islam in Textbooks
Yup, the crazies in Texas are at it again: http://www.statesman.com/news/texas/state-board-of-ed-considers-islam-in...
I miss Molly Ivans. She would have had so much fun with this stuff.
Golly, short memories on both side of the aisle . . . Senator Dodd was screwed by the DLC White House when he was asked to be point man on TRAP add-in legislation. Dodd was ratted out by the White House THEN the Progressives moved to run a candidate to his Left. Dodd announced his retirement rather than become a total lame-duck because of the battle for the seat.
Dodd has spent the last 18 months looking to ensure that he will be able to feed his young re-tread wife and two young kids by pandering to business . . .
I have concern over the giddiness being expressed by many on the left regarding the "tea party" primary victories. The big money on the right is supporting these candidates. Come the election this fall, when we voters are complaining about incumbents, the Republicans can portray themselves as a new party--taken over by the will of the people. They will tell voters that the choice is between the same old Democrats, or the new Republican party.
Rove is laughing as he criticizes Christine O'Donnell.
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Journalism on hormones...
Okay, I think we can do better than this. How about rational conversation?
A couple of quotes from T. S.Elliot's 1939 play, "The Family Reunion."
Men tighten the knot of confusion
Into perfect misunderstanding.
and..
Hold tight, hold tight, we must insist that the world is what we have always taken it to be.
Does that, somehow, ring a bell?
--del