Author: michael o. allen
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Unions workers & Obama
AFL-CIO’s Richard Trumka on Racism and Obama From David Moberg in The Nation magazine: On a rainy afternoon in early September, Jeff Ampey, a member of the Communications Workers union, knocked on the door of Frances Brady’s home in Galesburg, part of the historically conservative “Dutch Triangle” in southwest Michigan. He was walking through the…
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Palin’s understated brilliance
I know all of us are holding our breath for Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to wow America all over again during her vice-presidential debate with Delaware’s Sen. Joe Biden Thursday night. One newspaper has called Mrs. Palin’s debating skills “formidable.” The New York Times says she’s a confident debater. In fact, the Obama campaign, calling…
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Where it really hurts
As I am in the habit of doing, I fired off this e-mail to a family friend working overseas this morning: Can you believe what’s going on here? The country is going down the tubes. * * * In some countries I know, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson (he cashed out from Goldman Sachs in 2006…
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FDR, Truman, JFK–a proud lineage
JFK debates Nixon, 1960 Love0 Share Tweet Share Pin
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Drink heavily; recycle
An investment banker said of the current Wall Street calamity: “If you had purchased $1,000 of Delta Air Lines stock one year ago, you would have $49 left. With Fannie Mae, you would have $2.50 left of the original $1,000. With AIG, you would have less than $15 left. But, if you had purchased $1,000…
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Calvin & Hobbes–12 years ago
This is from a friend, Jason Rosenbaum, who got it from culturekitchen.com, Liza’s blog Love0 Share Tweet Share Pin
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Bush Fails–again
Drinking. Again? John Aravosis of AmericaBlog reports: We now find out that the Republican party cut ads, and sent them to TV stations around the country, opposing the bailout bill even BEFORE Pelosi spoke before the vote yesterday. The Republican National Committee, the official “party,” was planning on the bill passing, and then was going…
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Outdated but still funny
Welcome wagon Serrano Votes Against Wall Street Bailout – NY Times BlogShare, Yesterday at 8:31pm Four of New York State’s 29 representatives voted no on the $700 billion economic bailout package that the House of Representatives rejected on Monday in a historic vote, 228 to 205. The four no votes from New York State came…
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More like this
The Midnight Hour The words: Senator McCain just doesn’t get it. He doesn’t understand that the storm hitting Wall Street hit Main Street long ago. That’s why his first response to the greatest financial meltdown in generations was a Katrina-like response. Sort of stood there. Said the fundamentals of the economy are strong. That’s why…
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We saw this movie before
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