This is the letter that was sent to me by Kucinich.
Dear Friends,
This afternoon, at approximately 5 p.m. (EDT), the Clerk of the House of Representatives will give the first reading of the Article of Impeachment of President George Bush. Article One charges the President with deceiving Congress with fabricated threats of Iraq WMDs to fraudulently [...]
Archive for July 16th, 2008
Impeachment Resolution
Posted in News, Politics, tagged Congress, Impeachment, Posts, wordpress on 16 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Was Obama Born To Muslim Martians?
Posted in Politics on 16 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Was Obama born to Muslim Martians with plans to seize Temecula? | Top of the Ticket | Los Angeles Times
The title alone got my attention……but other than that it is a pretty good piece..
Does This Look like A Strong Economy?
Posted in News, tagged Economic Crisis, Economic Woes, Indicators on 16 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The economy showed the depth of its twin problems on Tuesday, slow growth and rising inflation, as the nation wrestled with a teetering financial system, a slumping dollar and rising prices for food and fuel.
The Labor Department reported that soaring costs for gasoline and food pushed inflation at the wholesale level up by a bigger-than-expected [...]
2008 Anal-Ocity–Considerations
Posted in News, Politics, tagged Absurd News, Anal Statements, Anal-ocity, Awards on 16 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
These are the most anal statements of the year that were posted on my other blog. I want to move them here so all can see the nominees. A team will pick the 5 or 10 bmost anal statements at the end of the year and they will be posted and everyone may vote on [...]
Today In Labor History
Posted in History, Labor, tagged Historical Events, Strikes, Unions, Workers on 16 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
16 July
Ten thousand workers strike Chicago’s International Harvester operations – 1919
Martial law declared in strike by longshoremen in Galveston, Texas – 1920
San Francisco Longshoreman’s strike spreads, becomes four-day general strike – 1934
Dueling Mouthpieces
Posted in News, tagged Bernanke, Fannie Mae, Federal Reserve, Financial Crisis, Freddie Mac on 16 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Bush had a speech yesterday and Bernanke testifies before Congress and both have a different opinion on the economy.
The Prez says that the economy is strong and that production, trade and other stuff is up and going good.
The housing finance crisis and spiraling energy costs will remain a drag on the U.S. economy for the [...]
GM Tries To Save Its Butt
Posted in Labor, News, tagged Financial Crisis, GM, Workers on 16 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Chairman and CEO G. Richard Wagoner Jr. said GM will save or raise about $15 billion in cash with a slew of moves. GM plans to slash salaried worker costs by 20% by cutting jobs and retiree health-care benefits. The company’s U.S. salaried workforce is 32,000. GM also says it will cut marketing and advertising [...]
SAG UpDate #4
Posted in Labor, News, tagged Actors, Labor, Negotiations, SAG, Unions, Workers on 16 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Alliance of Motion Picture and TV Producers said today that the Screen Actors Guild has requested a Wednesday meeting.
While, according to the alliance, SAG didn’t divulge its express purpose for tomorrow’s powwow, we’re going to go out on a limb and assume it concerns the ongoing battle over the new three-year contract the union’s [...]
Afghanistan Will Be Tomorrow’s Iraq
Posted in Foreign policy, International Situations, News, War, tagged Afghanistan, candidates, Iraq, McCain, Obama on 16 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is a good piece written by Cillizza of the Washington Post, I broke it down because not many watched all the candidates pop thier chops.
In dueling speeches today, Barack Obama and John McCain offered contrasting visions for the future of American foreign policy. But, both men also made clear that Afghanistan is a primary [...]
Is There A Racial Divide?
Posted in News, tagged Campaigns, Obama, Racism, Voters on 16 July, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Americans are sharply divided by race ahead of the first presidential election in which a black candidate will represent a major party, a New York Times/CBS News poll showed on Tuesday,
The poll found that blacks and whites hold vastly different views of Sen. Barack Obama, an Illinois Democrat who would be the first black president, [...]