Friday, September 28, 2012
The Daily Show correspondents go on strike, in sympathy with the NFL referees. Who did they get as scabs?
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© Jen Sorensen Is it really stupidity? I thought they were doing it on purpose, to kill the unions.
Last year, Wisconsin governor Scott Walker became notorious for stripping public workers of their right to collective bargaining. But last week, a federal judge reversed the key provisions of that law. What makes this ironic is that the judge repeatedly cited the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, saying that Walker’s law violated the free speech […]
Thursday, September 15, 2011
We’ve all seen reports of the impending bankruptcy of the US Postal Service (USPS). How they need to stop Saturday home delivery, close post offices, and lay off 120,000 employees (18% of their workforce). But what you haven’t heard is why this is happening. Well, you will hear that it is the fault of the […]
Another in a series of quotes that would have gotten Ronald Reagan kicked out of the modern Republican party: These are the values inspiring those brave workers in Poland … They remind us that where free unions and collective bargaining are forbidden, freedom is lost. Watch the video here.
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© Joel Pett At least someone is defending teachers — Students.
Just in case there is any doubt about what is really going on in Wisconsin, here’s a quote from Republican Scott Fitzgerald, who is the majority leader of the Wisconsin Senate: If we win this battle, and the money is not there under the auspices of the unions, certainly what you’re going to find is […]
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Or, more accurately, how stupid does Fox News think you are if you watch them? Watch this short clip showing angry protestors while Bill O’Reilly talks about the outside agitators who are bussed in to the protests in Wisconsin. There’s just one problem. Last time I checked, there weren’t many palm trees in Wisconsin. In […]
© Jan Sorensen If you think this is just a joke, see the post after this one (above).
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Saturday, February 26, 2011
The Republicans will tell you it is about balancing the budget, but the real reasons the GOP is launching a full attack on unions is more about politics than it is about policy. As Howard Fineman points out: Last fall, GOP operatives hoped and expected to take away as many as 20 governorships from the […]
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Friday, February 25, 2011
[reprinted from Bullseye Rooster.] “If American workers are being denied their right to organize and collectively bargain, when I’m in the White House, I’ll put on a comfortable pair of shoes myself, I’ll walk on that picket line with you as President of the United States of America.” – Barack Obama, November 2nd, 2007 in […]
Friday, February 25, 2011
© Ben Sargent I think this comic says it all.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
This is the clearest explanation I’ve heard of what is really going on in Wisconsin. Republicans are using budget shortfalls for political gain. UPDATE: It is always difficult to sort out the truth from the political fiction in cases like this, but a good starting point is the PolitiFact Wisconsin website. UPDATE 2: The governor […]
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Monday, February 21, 2011
Paul Krugman has some interesting comments about what’s going on in Wisconsin: In principle, every American citizen has an equal say in our political process. In practice, of course, some of us are more equal than others. Billionaires can field armies of lobbyists; they can finance think tanks that put the desired spin on policy […]
Sunday, February 20, 2011
On Friday, I posted an article about how powerful organizations manipulate public opinion by inundating social media sites with fake people. But why stop at social media sites? Why not just make up stories and get them printed as news? Which naturally brings us to Fox News. On Saturday, they posted a story about the […]
