Mira Oberman reports: "Republican attempts to push labor unions out of the government sector in several US states advanced Wednesday when Ohio's state senate passed a bill that would strip public workers of collective bargaining rights. Unions are the biggest sources of financial and grass roots, get-out-the-vote organizational support for Democrats and have long been a target of business-backed Republicans."
Protestors against Senate Bill 5 react to its passing in the Ohio Senate, 03/02/11. (photo: Jay LaPrete/AP)
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The U.S. Supremes passing the decision to allow big corp to buy elections - is not democratic. Scalia/Thomas - should resign. They are compromised with the Kock brothers and WE KNOW IT.
As much as I have grown to despise the Corporate Republican Party, at least their elected politicians have the grit and balls to 'get their agenda through' however they can... which is FAR more than you can say about the feeble, timid Democrats whose Main Party Theme these days seems to be ''run away!'' and ''try to get along'' and ''compromise first'' and ''do anything but lead''... and of course, stay riveted to minute by minute polling info, 'act' accordingly and continue to raise money and say whatever is necessary for reelection.
'The Monty Python Brotherhood of Pretentiousness Party'
FDR would be ashamed of these Democrats.
As always, my apologies and my respect goes out to the VERY FEW Democrats in Office who think, act and work hard on behalf of American Citizens first and foremost.
This is a economic, political and cultural fight. You are in it, whether you want to be or not. For those of you who will participate in the fight...bravo! The rest of you, hang your heads in shame and be quiet.
And Democrats blow... with the minute by minute poll driven wind.
The National Democratic Party seems completely devoid of LEADERS.
Obama is aloof and full of himself, and there is no room in that for Average Americans.
FDR is rolling over in his grave!
Republicans are not afraid to go after what they want and do it full throttle without looking back or wavering in the political wind unless it reaches hurricane force where they then might back off only to wait for another opportunity. I even hear those who despise the Corporate Republicans also say they at least understand the appeal they have to millions of Voters because almost ALL Americans now feel absolutely DESPERATE FOR ACTUAL BOLD LEADERSHIP. And the Democratic Party is completely missing in action.
Democrats act more as a loosely affiliated bunch of Individuals using the same party logo for their own personal ambitions and who are sensitive only to what the political poll of the moment and how to 'become' whatever that moment tells them to be as they seem to live in dread of making any waves.
Collectively, Dems are not only NOT LEADERS, they are practically 'BEING-LESS'.., lacking in any true depth or measurable dimensions. Card Board Cut Outs of the poll driven moments afraid of being bent the wrong way by even the least little political breeze.
Its obvious that we now live in a Global Corporate owned OLIGARCHY...
Perhaps the world's first Corporatcracy run by two Corporate Owned Political Parties... The BOLD REDS and The WIMPLY BLUES...
How sad is that..?
It gives me no pleasure to say this about the Democratic Party. I have supported Democrats all my life. But now, I see them as little more than how I have already described them.
I can find almost nothing to positive to say about the National Democrats.
I can say that I GREATLY admire those Democrats in Wisconsin for going the distance for their constituents and for the inspiration they give to us all...
Rather than grumbling divisive statements about tax monay going to help people, why not take a fresh approach and check where THE BULK of our spending goes?? Support our troops! BRING THEM HOME. The wars we've sent our POOR boys in are only to help the RICH. (Habbiburton, Koch brothers, fat cats on Wall Street, tarped banks, CEOs etc. ENOUGH! these wars are not ours, and they hurt us at home and in the world.
To survive and maintain a decent standard of living 20 to 30 years from now will require a colossal fortune along with the means to take by force those dwindling resources in parts of world where they still can be found. As they deplete our ecosystems the ultra rich know that too and they are preparing for it. What need is there in this context to preserve a middle class at a time when the carrying capacity of our ecosystems will have diminished so much as to allow only a few to survive comfortably? In fact, in such a context, the middle class would be in the way.
Ask yourself why we live in an America where just a very few GLOBAL Corporations own almost all media enterprises and they obviously exploit all that media, so called 'free press' and pipelines for speech however they want. Ask how can even one of them use whatever archival 'news' footage it wants as some kind of exercise in pure unadulterated propaganda and call it what's happening right now in Wisconsin when its not and then simply get away with it without any kind of legal sanction whatsoever? That is FREE SPEECH?
How come not one perpetrator of the illegal Iraq War is not in prison?
How come no one from Wall St is in prison for what they did to MILLIONS of ordinary citizens trusting in an American Financial System that everyone can now see has been 'legally' rigged against them?
It's time for PEOPLE to quit this whole dependency thing on two CORPORATE owned, DYSFUNCTIONAL Political Parties who are now either deliberately or passively running this once great nation right into the hole in the ground where all hell is breaking loose.
At some point, the fear of losing EVERYTHING has to take precedent over the fear of the personal life disruptions of getting far more actively involved in standing up to these self involved wealthy thugs destroying OUR Country.
The political parties need to be wrenched away from their corporate teats. The supreme court needs to be chosen in a different manner. The DoD needs to be reined in. Everyone in our government needs to follow all of the same laws as the people they represent. Corporate criminals must be brought to justice and be made to pay for their crimes. Somewhere we need to find actual journalists that keep us informed of something other than sweat lodges, movie star melt downs and who wore what. Anyone remember what a journalist used to be?
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