Washington State Residents:
Sign the stop-the-lawsuit petition
http://www.petitiononline.com/nohcsuit/petition.html
Join our FB page vs. McKenna's lawsuit
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?v=wall&gid=102763306425603

Residents of other states:
Get Active - Tag You're It!!!!

@mathboy,

Congrats on the job!

That said, I wish you the best of luck working within the Democratic Party. It is true, no doubt that delegates can influence the platform committees. The 2008 Democratic Party Platform called for the end of the Iraq war. It goes on...

mathboy,

Congratulations! Be well. We will miss you. Come back when you can.

DeMint is also 1) the one pushing the congressional Republican policy of "NO," as well as 2) leader of a congressional delegation to Honduras after the military coup there:

"DeMint Honduras Trip Planned In Defiance Of U.S. Policy"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/10/02/demint-honduras-trip-plan_n_307...

DeMint is real piece of work.

@Nels, assuming, that is, that there is still a brand made in USA, therefore eligible to run.

@Nels: Hotpoint, probably, Frigidaire, probably not.

From Today's Democracy Now!
http://www.democracynow.org/2010/3/23/michael_moore_health_care_bill_a

MICHAEL MOORE: Well, I mean, to me, it all comes back to this issue of an economic system that is truly evil. And the healthcare bill that was passed ultimately will be seen as a victory for capitalism, because it protected the capitalist model of providing healthcare for people. In other words, we’re not to help people unless there’s money to be made from it. That is so patently disgusting and immoral, but that’s the system. That’s where we live.

And that’s why they’re not really going to do anything to the banks. Chris Dodd, the other day, saying—you know, when he proposed his bill, he says, “Well, you know, we don’t really want to punish Wall Street or these banks.” Oh, really? I want to punish them. I know a lot of people that want to punish them. In fact, I thought that was the whole idea of those of you who believe in your criminal justice system, that the way we reduce crime is to make examples out of those who commit crimes. If people know that they’re going to go to jail for a certain period of time, that may act as an incentive not to commit the crime. All we’ve—we’ve done the exact opposite: we’ve rewarded the criminals by giving them more money.

So I think that—you know, I mean, I’ve been making these movies for twenty years now, and I said this to you a few months ago, Amy, at—we were out there in Utah—that‘s right, we were in Utah—and it all comes back to this central issue, that unless we restructure our economic system, where we the people control it and it’s set up to fairly divide the pie, so that nobody goes without, we’re going to continue to see more decisions made that benefit the richest one percent that control more of our financial wealth in this country than the bottom 95 percent combined.

So, what to do? Is it reasonable to think that working within this system will ever change anything of substance? I remember Mr. Clinton building a marble monument to FDR while at the same time dismantling the safety net that was Roosevelt's true legacy.

What is it about the citizenry of the United States? Compare us to workers in France:

Train Services Disrupted In France As Rail Workers Strike Over Pension Reforms
3/23/2010 11:40 AM ET

(RTTNews) - Train services across France were disrupted Tuesday as rail workers went on a nationwide strike to protest the Nicholas Sarkozy-led government's plans to reform the pension system.

The strike supported by leading French trade unions will throw normal life out of gear in France with functioning of the public sector including schools, post offices and state media likely to be hit.

Besides, the striking workers are to stage public rallies in some 180 cities in France.

Although domestic train services were hit, international trains such as the Eurostar service between London and Paris remained unaffected.

The "job action" comes ahead of talks between Sarkozy and trade union representatives scheduled for later this month and also in April to discuss the proposed reforms to the country's pension system.

The workers are now saying that talks should also address key areas like job security, rising cost of living and working conditions.

The stir might prove to be a "rite of passage" for Labor Minister Eric Woerth who replaced incumbent Xavier Darcos following his party's humiliating defeat in Sunday's regional elections.

According to Francois Chereque, head of France's influential CFDT union, rising unemployment and stressful working conditions contributed to the prevalence of an "explosive" climate among workers.

It appears that the American workforce has been similarly broken

@harry, do you think it would be running for her or against her?

We just called the Governor's office to show our displeasure with the Attorney General's frivolous lawsuit. Also asked where the money is coming from to pay for the lawsuit. She was so interested that she didn't even ask our address. We are so broke, but there is money for political lawsuits.

Thom makes me think that "true progressives" like to keep things "in the family." Why would Republicans change the subject to gays (or something) when immigration reform is one of the next items on the agenda? The gay issue is just a diversion; people whether right-wing or "populist" can always find common cause when it comes to dark-skinned immigrants, regardless of status.

Nels,

M'I bad...LOL! :-)