There is a growing split within the business community over China–but I think there is something for the forces of good to work on here that might drive a deeper wedge between small business and big business. Business Week reports in its August 14th issue about a growing split among members of the National Maunfactures […]
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Ben Is Right Again
Posted on 07 August 2006.
We know something is wrong in this country. The facts are all around us. Most of the time I find the progressive/left rants about class war and inequality completely predictable and boring–even if I agree with the substance. So, I keep finding the comments by Ben Stein quite worth reading. Stein writes a regular column […]
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Walking Out
Posted on 06 August 2006.
This amazed me in terms of the numbers of deserters from the military: By Ana Radelat Gannett News Service July 05, 2006 Swept up by a wave of patriotism after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Chris Magaoay joined the Marine Corps in November 2004. The newly married Magaoay thought a military career would allow him […]
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The Beast Flip-Flops
Posted on 05 August 2006.
One of the unreported stories, I thought, in the debate over the minimum wage bill hike was the flipflopping of Wal-Mart’s CEO Lee Scott. He was for the hike–before he was against it. WalMartWatch documents this quite well.
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The Heat’s on…Republicans
Posted on 04 August 2006.
Must have been the heat…or the pile of work…or both…but the daily post slipped by until now. But, as someone who spent a couple of years back…well, a while ago…waiting on tables, this caught my eye. WASHINGTON (AP) — Tip money earned by waitresses in Las Vegas, manicurists in Hollywood and bartenders in Seattle is […]
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What The War Does
Posted on 03 August 2006.
Here’s what the war will create: TIKRIT, Iraq (AP) — A U.S. soldier testified Wednesday that four of his colleagues accused of murdering three Iraqis during a raid threatened to kill him if he told anyone about the shooting deaths. Pfc. Bradley Mason, speaking at a hearing to determine whether the four must stand trial, […]
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The Tour
Posted on 02 August 2006.
As Wal-Mart announces it is hiring more p.r. help, WakeUpWalMart is starting a tour throughout the country. Check out the dates and places. Here’s a story about the tour.
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More on Immorality
Posted on 01 August 2006.
A couple of days ago, I wrote about the immoral bill that the House passed, linking the estate tax to the hike in the minimum wage. As Harry Reid is pointing out, in threatening to launch a filibuster in the Senate, the estate tax cut will cost taxpayers $300 billion. The truth is that if […]
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UNITE HERE Gets CardCheck
Posted on 30 July 2006.
I had heard this rumor a couple of days ago and, yes, indeed, UNITEHERE has successfully wrestled Hilton Hotels to the ground: the chain agreed to card check recognition at its properties. For the uninitiated, that means that the union doesn’t have to go down the road of the messy, unfair elections held under the […]
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The Immoral Link
Posted on 29 July 2006.
I’ve got something to say about the attempt to link the minimum wage hike and the estate tax cut…and will do so later, if you want to check back, probably, egads, tonight! Running wild this a.m. UPDATE: this was really the height of Republican gall–linking the passage of the hike in the minimum wage cut […]
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