Jul 29 2009
Original article, by Kate Randall and Barry Grey, via World Socialist Web Site:
The New York Times is spearheading the campaign for President Obama’s health care proposals. His drive for an overhaul of the health care system, far from representing a reform designed to provide universal coverage and increased access to quality care, marks an unprecedented attack on health care for the working population. It is an effort to roll back social gains associated with the enactment of Medicare in 1965.
Jul 17 2009
http://www.dailykos.com/storyo…
You might want to slip over and show your support (should you support his idea).
Jun 01 2009
Usually they get away with …
Usually they trade their knowledge, for money or power, and no one notices —
But not always:
Insider-Trading Ring Bust May Fuel Hedge-Fund Concern
By David Scheer – March 2, 2007
March 2, (Bloomberg) — The U.S. government’s accusations that Morgan Stanley, UBS AG and Bear Stearns Cos. employees were central figures in an insider-trading ring illustrate why regulators and lawmakers are suspicious of Wall Street’s relationship with hedge funds.
Prosecutors in New York and Washington yesterday brought criminal charges against 13 people, claiming that an executive at UBS and a former compliance lawyer at Morgan Stanley tipped off hedge-fund traders and brokers to new analyst ratings and secret takeover talks. Bear Stearns was home to at least four professionals who traded on information leaked from inside the two firms, according to a complaint filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission.
(emphasis added)
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/…
White Collar Crime, is not any less heinous, because they commit it with a Keyboard, instead of a Handgun. Yet more often than not, in the Wild West of electronic casinos, these criminals can make “a killing”, without having to pull that trigger themselves … without ever having to worry about ever facing their “day in court” …
May 03 2009
Power has to be insecure to be responsive.
There can be no daily democracy without daily citizenship.
Ralph Nader
Oct 21 2008
Last Friday, I wrote about how 10% of $700 billion bailout is to cover Wall Street banker pay and bonuses.
At least one member of Congress is awake. None other than Rep. Dennis Kucinich has called for an investigation. According to The Guardian —
Kucinich, an outspoken Democratic opponent of the US taxpayer’s $700bn bank bail-out, said his staff would immediately begin asking Wall Street firms set to benefit what plans they had to distribute bonuses.
“When Congress placed restrictions on excessive executive pay, it had no intention of permitting business as usual with respect to bonus structures,” he said. “It would add insult to injury to ask taxpayers not only to bail out a firm, but to pay for bonuses as well. The Guardian’s report necessitates an immediate inquiry.”
Why in a time when banks are being bailed out by the American taxpayers, do they still believe they should award bonuses to their executives and other employees?
Oct 02 2008
Dennis Kucinich is running for re-election to his House seat in Ohio’s 10th District. Please donate to his campaign.
Cindy Sheehan is running to unseat Nancy Pelosi in California’s 8th District. She needs your help to remove the failed speaker.
http://www.cindyforcongress.org
Anthony Pollina is running for governor of Vermont on the Progressive Party ticket.
Also on the Progressive Party ticket in Vermont is state attorney general candidate Charlotte Dennett, who vows to prosecute the shrub for murder.
http://www.charlottedennettfor…
Thomas Hermann, an Iraq war veteran running on an anti-war platform, is another Progressive – he’s running for the U.S. House of Representatives.
http://www.votepeacevt.com/hom…
Ralph Nader is running for president again. I’m not voting for him, for reasons I’ll explain later, but I do support his message.
Cynthia McKinney is running for president on the Green Party ticket. She, more than Nader, perhaps has the organizational power to make some kind of impact in November. She isn’t going to win, obviously, in this rigged system – but enough votes may begin to help build the Green Party further.
Please donate whatever you can to these progressive candidates.
Oct 01 2008
This is a Pony Party! Treat said Party as an Open Thread! Do not rec the Pony Party, please!