It is apparent to most people across the globe that organizing political and social behavior around the dictates of the marketplace has proved to be a disaster for working men and women. The promised prosperity that was to have raised living standards through trickle-down economics has been exposed as a lie. The corporate state, understanding that ( Read more... )

So, I was all set to vote for McKinney and the green party. First all woman ticket, first all person of color ticket, and for all that I'm not entirely on board with their platform, one of the only two liberal/progressive choices available, and I'm *still* pissed at Nader about 2000, along with getting a general feeling that he's in this more for ( Read more... )

& saving the best, more substantive, less political politics for last, an article about Hillary and her efforts to combat the wage gap:
http://noquarterusa.net/blog/2008/04/16/action-seventy-seven-cents/
Senate Bill 841 (S. 841) - the Fair Pay ( Read more... )

First, several birthdays missed -- inamac, savepureness, and I believe but am not sure about a couple of others . . . Happy birthday to you all! And I'm sorry I didn't say it at the time ( Read more... )

"For everyone ... who’s ever been counted out but refused to be knocked out, and for everyone who has stumbled but stood right back up, and for everyone who works hard and never gives up, this one is for you ( Read more... )

Okay, haven't been posting the last couple of weeks, as death + prolonged sickness + mourning does not necessarily = prolific journaling, but really feel like I've dropped the ball in not trying to post more and in more places on the campaign. One of the things that has me energized enough to write is enthusiasm over Hillary finally fighting back ( Read more... )

Some Democrats in Congress want to isolate Dodd for not being a good little fascist lapdog like so many of them ( Read more... )

When I saw him at the 2004 convention, I said "this guy is our great Democratic hope for the future! He speaks as well as (Bill) Clinton except better because he knows when to stop! He's got all the energy and dynamism that most of the other possible future candidates lack, and he didn't vote for the Iraq invasion ( Read more... )

I doubt anyone reading this journal is a big Ron Paul supporter, but since he's increasingly gaining traction for having basically an overlapping set of virtues w/Dennis Kucinich but some vices Kucinich would never have in a million years (i.e. why you shouldn't be a Ron Paul supporter), I'd like to offer the following things about Paul that *never ( Read more... )