If capitalism was a circus, the current hype created by the UAE Company buying six US ports is a sideshow. The Bush administration accepts the move as capitalism as usual, while congress and media pundits run around like the sky is falling, trying to whip the citizens into a fury. I don’t understand what...
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Cali Kid
Our Ship is Finally Coming In!
Corporations and Union in Bed Together
My employeer, albertsons, recently shut down my store. While business was going great, the company decided to re-0pen as a subsidiary that specializes in high end gourmet food and catering services. While owned by albertsons, Bristol Farms is not under union contract; they operate under their own employment regulations. My union has decided to...
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Miners, not minors!
The dangers of many perilous jobs in capitalism became apparent today when 13 miners became trapped in a coalmine in W. Virginia. The miners became trapped after a lighting strike caused an explosion. While the needs of capitalism such as profit and expansion are met on a daily basis, the needs of the people...
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Putting the “Jesus Christ!” back into Christmas!
Is this issue of “Happy Holiday” vs. “Merry Christmas” really an issue? I mean, it wasn’t last year, or the year before that, and while new issues spring up all the time, I don’t think anything has changed that would somehow make “Merry Christmas” an issue. While many Christians, and right wing media pundits,...
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Killing them softly.
Early this evening, Kenneth Lee Boyd became the 1,000th person to be executed in the United States since 1976, the year the capital punishment was brought back by the US Supreme Court. This milestone is a good time to take a quick look at capital punishment. It, like prisons, is a product of capital...
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Socialism; the lottery without numbers!
On Tuesday night, the numbers for the Mega Millions lottery jackpot, which is played in 12 U.S. states, where picked for the $315 million jackpot. The winners, who where 7 hospital employees from Orange County (a.k.a. The OC), will each be getting $45 million. Despite their newfound riches, they all showed up to work...
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Another Voting Day
While not as big as the presidential election we see every four years, many states have important votes that will determine how capitalism will continue to be administered by the politicians, some of whom are being voted for today as well. Cities such as New York and my own San Diego have mayor elections,...
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More Free Trade!
Saturday in Argentina marked the end of the two-day FTAA (Free Trade Area of the Americas) summit. The summit ended with the leaders of 34 nations unable to agree on when to restart talks that will create a trade zone from Alaska to Chile. While supporters for the “free” trade zone think it will...
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Pres. Bush is for the Birds (Flu)
Presidents Bush’s satisfaction numbers are dwindling across the US, with the war on terror, Iraq, the lack of preparedness for bad weather, and Karl Rove leading the way as the causes. To save his legacy as the man who freed Iraq and ended the world wide terrorist threat, Bush finds himself making decisions that...
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Capitalism has a Leak.
You can’t watch TV this week without hearing about Carl Rove, Lewis Libby, and a CIA agent’s cover being outed. This news is now being used as ammunition against the Bush administration, while Bush supporters are trying to limit his involvement in the matter. While this story is making all the major news outlets,...
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