Iowa Governor- A double dipping hypocrite.
Due to a mediocre economy and a very poorly run campaign by Democratic Governor Chet Culver, Iowans elected a worn out re-tread to the office of Governor last year. Now that he's be in office nary a...
View ArticleMules, electric cars, trains, and jackasses
I've just spent 30 minutes listening to a Tea Party neighbor rant about electric cars and high-speed rail. The gist of his rant is . . . well, you know . . . waste of money, never work, plenty of oil...
View ArticleAlways charming Oh Gov. Kasich calls cop "idiot"
Yes, you read that right. Look, I know some other states have elected walking disasters as governors last November — Florida and Wisconsin, I feel for you. But I don't think any state elected a...
View ArticleAlways charming Oh Gov. Kasich calls cop "idiot"
Yes, you read that right. Look, I know some other states have elected walking disasters as governors last November — Florida and Wisconsin, I feel for you. But I don't think any state elected a...
View ArticleIt's Spreading - Labor in Ohio Protests Union Buster Bill
The recent actions by worker and pro-labor citizens in Wisconsin appear to be catching on. A similar union-busting bill in Ohio had about 5,000 people show up to protest today, up from a few hundred...
View ArticleIt's Spreading - Labor in Ohio Protests Union Buster Bill
The recent actions by worker and pro-labor citizens in Wisconsin appear to be catching on. A similar union-busting bill in Ohio had about 5,000 people show up to protest today, up from a few hundred...
View ArticleIllinois Proposes Devestating 74% Cuts for Immigrant and Refugee Services
On Wednesday, February 16th, Governor Quinn presented a proposed state budget that cuts immigrant services by 74% over the budget two years ago, with a 56% cut proposed for next year alone. Refugee...
View ArticleBirds on a telephone pole, Egypt, WI, and OH
So there's this debate going on whether social media have played a critical role in the Tunisian and Egyptian Revolutions and in the broader wave of social unrest sweeping North Africa and the Middle...
View ArticleBirds on a telephone pole, Egypt, WI, and OH
So there's this debate going on whether social media have played a critical role in the Tunisian and Egyptian Revolutions and in the broader wave of social unrest sweeping North Africa and the Middle...
View ArticleHas your state been hijacked by teabagging idiots? Introducing State & Local...
Well, someone pretty famous once said, "It's the economy stupid." But if you, like me, have been watching in horror the outlandish things happening in states like Florida, Wisconsin, Indiana, Iowa,...
View ArticleIntroducing State & Local Political ACTION group
This is a re-post. For some reason, when I posted this last time, it posted to my personal page rather than the group page. I want this diary to appear in the group blog page so anyone interested can...
View ArticleOhio Protests Union-Busting Senate Bill
Made a trip to Ohio on Thursday to support the protest at the statehouse of Senate Bill 5. (I'm originally from Ohio) If passed, collective bargaining by unions could come to an end. I've heard...
View ArticleVideos: Ohio Protests Union-Busting Senate Bill, Gov Calls Cop an "Idiot"
Made a trip to Ohio on Thursday to support the protest at the statehouse of Senate Bill 5. (I'm originally from Ohio) If passed, collective bargaining by unions could come to an end. I've heard...
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Not just Wisconsin: Ohio workers rally
The Ohio legislature is considering its own version of Scott Walker's attacks on state workers. Senate Bill 5 would: abolish collective bargaining rights for state employees. It would also affect...
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Not just Wisconsin: Ohio workers rally
The Ohio legislature is considering its own version of Scott Walker's attacks on state workers. Senate Bill 5 would: abolish collective bargaining rights for state employees. It would also affect...
View ArticleChicago's True Cost of Coal
This week researchers at Harvard University released a historic study on the Full Cost of Coal. The study outlines the costs of each stage in the life cycle of coal—extraction, transport,...
View ArticleOnly through utter poverty shall we all be prosperous
Apparently this is the philosophy behind the right in the US today. Housing market collapse? Unemployment skyrocketing? Impose "austerity" measures on working people while enshrining historically...
View ArticleThe Soundtrack of Struggle
From the earliest time, music has provided the spirit of the labor movement. One of the concerns of the most politicized of the 1960s anti-war activists was that the music they listened to was not...
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Analyzing the Illinois Senate Election
This is a part of a series of posts analyzing the 2010 midterm elections. This post will focus on the Illinois Senate election, in which Republican candidate Mark Kirk pulled out a close Republican...
View ArticleWhy does America need labor unions?
Earlier in the week, a good friend of mine asked the previous question to provoke a response from me. This "friend," who I've known my entire life, watches way too much Fox News and obviously doesn't...
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