Were we duped? – CBC Archives
These people bring up some points about the first Iraq war. Interesting!
I was one of the people pointing out this BS in the 90’s and I was called everything but a patriot. That was in the days before PCs and when I find my written word I will [...]
Archive for July 6th, 2008
Were we duped? – CBC Archives
Posted in History on 6 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Florida’s Crist Gets Engaged
Posted in News, Politics, tagged candidates, Marriage, VP on 6 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
NOw this puts a new turn on the Repub VP stakes. Romney was my fav to be the VP only because Crist was a bachelor…that is about to change and so has my fav for the VP job.
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist won’t be sleeping alone in the governor’s mansion much longer — he is engaged [...]
Today In Labor History
Posted in History, Labor, tagged Historical Events, Protests, Strikes, Workers on 6 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
06 July
The Homestead Strike. Pinkerton Guards, trying to pave the way for the introduction of scabs, opened fire on striking Carnegie mill steel- workers in Homestead, Pennsylvania. In the ensuing battle, three Pinkertons surrendered; then, unarmed, they were set upon and beaten by a mob of townspeople, most of them women. Seven guards and eleven [...]
The Exxon Valdez Ruling
Posted in Environment, News, tagged Alaska, Exxon, pollution, Supreme Court on 6 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On June 25, the next-to-last day of the current term, the United States Supreme Court slashed the punitive damages judgment for the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill, which devastated Alaska’s Prince William Sound. The award was reduced from $2.5 billion to only $507.5 million—an amount equivalent to a few days’ profit for the giant oil [...]
Obama’s Patriotic Tour
Posted in News, Politics, tagged Campaigns, Obama, Patriotism, Speeches on 6 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Barely one month after sealing his victory in the primaries and with four months to go before the general election, the Democratic Party’s presumptive presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama has embarked on a campaign swing that has the declared aim of proving his patriotism.
Obama kicked off his patriotism tour—set to run through the July 4th [...]
SAG Gets “Final” Offer
Posted in Labor, News, tagged Actors, Corporations, SAG, Workers on 6 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
US entertainment conglomerates organized in the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) made their “final offer” to the Screen Actors Guild on Monday, only hours before the expiration of the present contract at midnight. SAG has not asked its 120,000 members nationwide to authorize a strike.
In a message posted on its web site, [...]
More Economic Good News (Sarcasm)
Posted in News, tagged Economic Crisis, Inflation, Jobs Loss, Recession, Stagflation on 6 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Job losses in the US are mounting as inflation, the credit crunch, plunging home values and tighter family budgets are combining to produce a perfect storm of economic malaise, which is threatening the livelihoods of tens of millions of working people.
The private sector eliminated 79,000 jobs from May to June, according to a survey of [...]
Politics Of Patriotism
Posted in News, tagged candidates, McCain, Obama, Patriotism on 6 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Susan Estrich wrote an interesting article on patriotism:
Should John McCain have to “defend” his military record? Of course not. But the fact that he served in the military, with distinction, does not mean he’s qualified to be president.
Should Barack Obama have to explain why he didn’t serve in the military or somehow apologize for it? [...]
