Ports along the U.S. West Coast, including the country’s busiest port complex in Los Angeles, shut down on Thursday as some 10,000 dock workers went on a one-day strike to protest the war in Iraq, port and union officials said.
Twenty-nine ports from San Diego to Washington state that handle more than half of U.S waterborne [...]
Archive for May 2nd, 2008
Anti-War Protests By Unions
Posted in Labor, tagged Anti-War, Trade, Unions on 2 May, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Clinton: The Most Pandering Of Candidates
Posted in Politics, tagged candidates, Clinton, Pandering on 2 May, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I know all candidates pander, but please Clinton and her dipstick husband are becoming irritating. She pretends to be on of the people…..think about that…..is she? She has pandered to working class voters as a simple working stiff…but yet admits that she has not had to fill her gas tank in years. She seems to [...]
Health Care And McCain
Posted in Politics, tagged Health Care, McCain on 2 May, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
All the candidates for president have seen the importance of the issue of health care. The Dems have their ways of handling the issue, but the Repubs, especially McCain have come up with the most ridiculous. McCain’s proposal is a typical conservative approach some type of tax credit or such.
To do so he is proposing [...]
Anal-Ocity 2008
Posted in 2008 Anal-Ocity on 2 May, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
And yes it is back–the anal-ocity, the most anal statement ever made by an individual. This one is from your president. And will be in the running for the Assie award for 2008.
“Just and open societies protect and rely on the freedom of the press,” Bush said in a statement marking World Press [...]
The Elitist Perception
Posted in Politics on 2 May, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Ever notice that the Dems have been fighting that label for decades. The Repubs have successfully used that term to define Dems during the election cycles. Look at Gore, Dukakis, Kerry, just to mention the most recent losers were all successfully label as elitists.
Now Obama has been saddled with the mantle. Even [...]