Posted on December 29th, 2007 by Freckles Cassie
Corporations can be very good for a country because they employ people, create things, sell things, and provide services. But there can be problems when corporations have too much influence over government and when they refuse to negotiate with unions or use union workers. John Edwards is the democratic candidate who is talking the most [...]
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Posted on September 3rd, 2007 by Freckles Cassie
If you want creative workers, give them enough time to play.
John Cleese
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Posted on September 1st, 2007 by Freckles Cassie
It seems that George W is concerned about his legacy, and he is talking to a biographer named Robert Draper:
In book, Bush peeks ahead to his legacy
from Americas - International Herald Tribune
In an interview with a book author in the Oval Office one day last December, President George W. Bush daydreamed about the next [...]
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Posted on August 11th, 2007 by Alex Habrock
In the last few weeks, our nation has seen several tragic events. The bridge collapse was first, the mine collapse in Utah followed, the gouge in the space shuttle was next, the stock market started to take a nose dive, and finally, to wrap things up, a radiological attack on U.S. was threatened. At [...]
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Posted on June 30th, 2007 by Aryeh
Why don’t we kill three birds with one stone, fix both our immigration woes, the bad economy of Canada, the U.S. and Mexico simultaneously, and stop the Mexican sweatshops with one, final motion? America should take initiative and set up an American Union, like the EU. We would be able to have smoother immigration talks, [...]
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Posted on June 13th, 2007 by Aryeh
After reading Jonathan Swift’s A Modest Proposal, I was inspired to create a solution to America’s modern immigration, population, and economic problems. And I soon came up with one that is both affordable and practical.
Since the Mexican immigrants are, judging by the current administration’s policies, nothing but thieves and criminals that cross the [...]
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Posted on May 30th, 2007 by Aryeh
Yesterday, the Supreme Court ruled against a woman who was filing a pay disparity suit against her employers at the Goodyear tire plant in Gadsden, Atlanta. This seemed it would be the easiest ruling ever, as the woman gave documented, undisputed, evidence that she had been paid less than any of her colleagues, even those [...]
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Posted on May 28th, 2007 by Freckles Cassie
This is an excellent 5 minute Robert Greenwald documentary that shows who exactly IS making money on the Iraq War & Occupation, and how they are doing it.
Click here to see the video.
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Posted on May 27th, 2007 by Freckles Cassie
You ever heard of this? I can’t find it anywhere besides Air America, but I really like it. Please email your representatives and senators and tell them to please put their money where their mouth is when it comes to “support the troops”.
“A Soldier’s Bill of Rights”
Unless a military action involving American [...]
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Posted on May 22nd, 2007 by Freckles Cassie
US is # 1 !!!! (Is that a good thing?))
There is a new list out of all of the things that United States leads in. Unfortunately, things like health care, education or income equality. Instead, consider these items:
First in oil consumption:
The United States burns up 20.7 million barrels [...]
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