Working Life

  Bat-shit crazy, right-wing wingbats stop denying the holocaust so that they can liken it to federally funded health care.    

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   The Wall Street Journal has this today, reporting on a spat between British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner: On Saturday, the U.K.’s Mr. Brown surprised many attendees by throwing his weight behind the idea of levying a tax on financial transactions and using those funds to pay for future bank […]

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   The unemployment numbers are out–and we have the worst picture for jobs in quite a long time: For Americans who wake up each morning thinking about their job hunt, Friday’s unemployment report offered little reassurance that their search would soon pay off, even as the broader economy showed signs of strengthening. The United States […]

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   This was from a few days ago in Congress Daily (it’s a subscription only publication): The fallout from a decision by Rep. Kendrick Meek, D-Fla., to take his name off of a union-backed trade bill continues to roil his 2010 Senate bid. Meek on Oct. 15 signed on as a co-sponsor to legislation sponsored […]

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   This seems so logical it is hard to argue against it. It’s too bad that the fear of an epidemic is spurring a sensible policy: In an effort to rein in the spread of the H1N1 flu, Representative George Miller,  the chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, introduced legislation on Tuesday that […]

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I have written recently that the debate over CEO pay obscured the true source of executive over-the-top compensation: the astronomical levels of money hidden in the pensions of CEOs and top executives. Today, we have more confirmation about the draining of corporate money into the hands of CEOS via their retirement parting gifts.   The […]

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   It is a tough reality that the chances are fairly slim that single-payer, "Medicare For All" will pass into law in the next few months–it is just not part of the debate on health care, despite being the best economic and moral option. It is obviously possible that the whole legislative process comes to […]

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   I wanted to make sure folks saw this: Gunmen ambushed a peasant union leader and his family in northern Mexico, killing him and 14 others in an attack that bore the hallmarks of a hit by drug cartels but one that his organization said might have been related to his union work. The victims, […]

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   For those of you in New York, I’m going to be speaking Saturday night at about 8:10 in between the screenings of Labor Day–it’s a new flick about political mobilization during the 2008 election. Check it out.

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Put on a bunch of fake blood, carry a cane or crutches, draw on what look like home-made stiches. You’re… the opt out to the public option.   Put a pillow under shirt and carry a bunch of baby dolls. You’re… Abstinence Only. Wear a suit and glasses. Get a wolf stuffed animal and apply […]

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