Working Life

[A note: last two days were no-post days…sorry…various hiccups…not that you were asking!] It strikes me that it does not help Rep. William Jefferson, one of the CAFTA 15, to continue to be in the news, even if it is ultimately the case that the F.B.I. raid on his Congressional office was an unjust encroachment […]

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I published this last year and I think I’ll make it a habit: Recognizing who served: Democrats * Richard Gephardt: Air National Guard, 1965-71. Tom Daschle: 1st Lt., Air Force SAC 1969-72. Al Gore: enlisted Aug. 1969; sent to Vietnam Jan. 1971 as an army journalist in 20th Engineer Brigade. Daniel Inouye: Army 1943-’47; Medal […]

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My friends at Democrats.com write: Please block the proposed repeal or partial repeal of what’s left of the estate tax, and condemn its supporters for this latest attempt to transfer working people’s wealth to the super-wealthy. Senator Jon Kyl’s (R-AZ) “reform” proposal would eliminate most of what remains of this tax, a tax that is […]

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Every so often, you hear trickle out the misrepresentations about the Canadian health care system…that it isn’t all that great. Wonder where that comes from? Our friends at the Physicians for a National Health Program sent along this interesting info: A study by Harvard Medical School researchers in the July, 2006 issue of the American […]

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I’ve been on this kick for a long time: education, unlike what Robert Reich and some other people preach, isn’t the solution for people who are trying to figure out how to contend with the economic future–it’s about corporate power and the battering of peoples’ standard of living, something getting another degree won’t solve. Our […]

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I’m not obsessed with Rep. William Jefferson but this story just keeps growing. First, the Democrats and Republicans united to demand that the F.B.I. return the documents seized in the raid on Jefferson’s office. At the same time, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi demanded that Jefferson resign his seat on the Ways and Means Committee–and […]

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Hmmm…this controversy about the FBI raid on Rep. William Jefferson’s office has now kept going for a third day. Thought it’s an interesting debate, this can’t be what the Democrats want–a focus on a raid on a Democrat who may be guilty of bribery. As I have said for many weeks, the Democrats are not […]

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Learn something new every day. As a commenter pointed out in yesterday’s post on the raid on Rep. William Jefferson’s office, one of the CAFTA 15, there is an issue of separation of powers here. In other words, the F.B.I., a part of the executive branch (The Justice Department), makes people of both parties nervous […]

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I’m the first to strongly believe that people are innocent until proven guilty and, certainly, the F.B.I. has been known to accuse people of wrongdoing and/or spy on people over the years who actually did no wrong. BUT…the case against one of the CAFTA 15, Rep. William Jefferson, is certainly picking up speed. The New […]

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I’m not sure when people in the Administration and pro-war Democrats will stop the charade of “government-making” in Iraq. It’s not working and it’s time to recognize that ad try to save lives by ending the occupation. The newest example is that of the approval of a government of Iraq–but even the rah-rah New York […]

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