Comments on: It’s All About Power

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 18:57:04 +0000

They continue the outright assault on working people that Ronald Reagan began with the Patco strike. If you aren’t a campaign contributor, you don’t exist.

By: John B.

John B. — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 11:37:21 +0000

Speaking of the "average American worker" yesterday was a very dark day for them. The Bush-rigged NLRB issued a new ruling that likely is the coup de grâce for collective bargaining. Jordan Barab at Firedog Lake has a pretty good summary under the title Bush's NLRB, Supreme Court Declares War on Unions

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 04:11:37 +0000

You are correct, Barb, as Secretary of State for Florida and responsible for elections, Katherine Harris was the co-chair of Bush’s Florida campaign committee. The real crime is that after all we went through in 2000, the legislature still hasn’t fixed the campaign law. It still disagrees with itself is several important areas, and if there is another close election, the same problems will pop up.

“Cruella de” Harris is a real piece of work, and her cousin Adam Putnam isn’t much better, but he is a bit saner.

As a voter in the state of Florida, I definitely know what you mean by outrage overload.

By: Barb

Barb — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 03:52:54 +0000

Yes, I agree. I’m sure you are right. I have outrage fatigue. I thought it started when they impeached Clinton, I couldn’t believe it. Then the election was stolen before our eyes in the state where the brother of the candidate is governor & the secretary of state was chairperson of the George W. Bush Florida campaign. Then for the first time in history the president of the United States was appointed by the supreme court, some of whom had been appointed by his daddy & owed him big time. From there it was all downhill, outrage after outrage. I’ve followed them all, big & little. If I’m wrong about the Bush campaign chairperson position, forgive me, I have outrage fatigue, but I know KH was some big shot in the republican party. Outrage after outrage. Like my bumper sticker says, wake me up when it’s over, all this outrage is exhausting.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 03:16:22 +0000

They are so political, Barb, nothing would surprise me, but I think their world is just crumbling before their eyes and the media finally has a story they can understand that will drive ratings with the advertiser approved demographics. The media was never going to give these bills their proper importance, because they are too difficult to explain in a couple of minutes.

CG, the media have the attention span of 4-year-olds at a birthday party. I personally believe that cat toys are too complex for most television editors and producers to deal with.

By: The CultureGhost

The CultureGhost — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 02:02:24 +0000

George Clooney says he likes to date lots of people. ABC says so; it must be important then.

By: Barb

Barb — Wed, 04 Oct 2006 01:39:32 +0000

I know. I’ve been thinking about this all day. Way to divert attention from the fascist bills being signed today. Sometimes I think that they were pretty sure they’d lose the house in November, anyway, so they threw out a couple of sacrificial goats (Foley & Hastert) to distract everyone for a few days while they signed our lives away.