Dec
2010 7
2010 7
That’s Bush League! — Is Obama Swapping Americans for Corporations in South Korean Trade Deal?
In what is being dubbed a “NAFTA-style” deal, President Obama has agreed to a Free Trade Agreement with South Korea without significant changes, requested by numerous members of the House, to include protections for workers’ rights, reduction of off-shoring, enforcement of labor standards and promotion of U.S. manufacturing...
Dec
2010 6
2010 6
Backs to the Drawing Board
Buffalo News cartoonist Adam Zyglis has been on a tear lately, providing satirical drawings on topics ranging from…uh, wait…what else do brash lefty cartoonists make fun of other than Republican policy? A couple examples are below. All jokes aside (rather, all jokes supplied…) Zyglis also comments on Wikileaks, foreign policy and...
Dec
2010 6
2010 6
HouseTrap: A Short-Term Extension of Tax Cuts Could Be the Beginning of the End for Obama
It is sad to have to use this term to describe the means by which the fate of the American public will be determined, but a “deal” appears imminent between Democrats and Republicans in Washington. This Co-Op D’Etat, a frighteningly lopsided social trade, sees the Democrats succumbing to the merciless Right on tax cuts for ...
Dec
2010 3
2010 3
VOTE: Scrooge of the Year
Each year, Jobs with Justice gives an anti-award to the greediest, most cold-hearted company or person of the year. Nominations for the 2010 Scrooge of the Year are in, and it’s time to vote. You can choose between these dastardly dogs… * Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell * Express Scripts * Hyatt Hotels * Rite ...
Dec
2010 3
2010 3
Attention! Deficit Disorder…
For weeks, journalists and talking heads have been analyzing the ins and out of the deficit as the Simpson-Bowles-led Deficit Commission has sought to craft a plan that would garner 14 unlikely votes out of the 18-man commission. Bloggers have typed and griped, many noting that the crappy, one-sided deficit reduction plan would ultimately ask ...
Nov
2010 30
2010 30
What About Prince, Judson Phillips!?
Must-read here, folks. Earlier this month, Tea Party Nation founder Judson Phillips, a Tennessee lawyer who specializes in drunk-driving cases and lays claim to having held the very first and very for-profit Tea Party National Convention, said on his weekly Internet broadcast that it “makes a lot of sense” to have property ownership be...
Nov
2010 30
2010 30
Scientists Achieve Partial Age Reversal in Mice. This Could Be the Silver Bullet for Social Security!
Harvard professor of genetics, Ronald A. DePinho, has led a team of researchers in the successful and dramatic reversal of many aspects of age-related degeneration in mice. They have done this by engineering the mice with a controllable telomerase gene. The photo above, supplied by the Harvard Gazette, shows the telomeres on the tips of ...
Nov
2010 29
2010 29
VIDEO: One-Time Reagan Budget Director Slams GOP, Attacks Tax Cut “Theology”
David Stockman, Ronald Reagan’s chief architect of fiscal policy, appeared on CNN this weekend and slammed the GOP’s misappropriation of the “fiscal responsibility” party label. Think Progress summarized the interview, highlighting Stockman’s disenchantment with Republican party leaders. Stockman says we need “a...
Nov
2010 24
2010 24
USW President’s Huffington Post Piece Says South Korean FTA Would Cost America 159,000 Jobs
The venerable Leo W. Gerard has authored a very complete and insightful article for The Huffington Post, deriding the proposed South Korean Free Trade Agreement as the latest straw drawn from the “government of the people by the corporations, for the corporations.” The article has a special kind of insider feel to it, and is ...
Nov
2010 24
2010 24
Progressive Blogger Progressively Encourages Other Progressive Bloggers to Make Progress
Blogger Mike Elk yesterday published an article discussing the need for progressive bloggers to get more involved in the coverage of workplace elections and local union struggles (strikes, for instance) as opposed to merely covering national elections and national labor stories. Elk took some swipes at union leadership and the AFL-CIO’s...
Oct
2010 26
2010 26
Matt Taibbi’s Tea Party Article for Rolling Stone
Matt Taibbi, the acclaimed Rolling Stone writer, authored a seminal article on the Tea Party last month. With the election in the rear view and the Conservative agenda barreling toward us, it is important for every anti-Tea Partier to understand the peculiarities of the Right’s new faction. Read the entire article HERE. Below, some killer ...
