January 16, 2012
Don't You Let Nobody Turn You Around
-- by Dave Johnson
-- Posted by Dave Johnson at 7:23 PM PST on January 16, 2012.
How Conservative Propaganda Works
-- by Dave Johnson
Main headline at Drudge Report, with a picture of Harry Reid, "Most Futile Ever," linking to a Moonie newspaper story: Congress logs most futile legislative year on record - Washington Times.
Republicans filibustered everything. And then they campaign on Democrats not getting anything done.
Democrats don't do anything to point out to the public that filibusters are occurring, don't even explain to the public that Republicans filibustered everything, instead talk about how they want to work with Republicans. So the public only sees the results.
Republicans understand that their leaders are "strong" and call Democrats "weak."
So Republicans turn out for elections, Democrats are discouraged, dispirited.
-- Posted by Dave Johnson at 10:42 AM PST on January 16, 2012.
The People At The Top Who Can't Lose
-- by Dave Johnson
Daily Kos: When Mitt Romney came to KansasCity
Mitt Romney represents the economy of the people who can't lose. We read about these people all the time. They get hired as CEOs of major corporations, drive those corporations into the ground, and still they walk away with multi-million dollar golden parachutes. They run scams and schemes that bring the American economy to the precipice of total collapse, and not only is nobody prosecuted, but they are bailed out with taxpayer's money dollar for dollar. The workers get cuts in salary and benefits, if not layoffs, while the CEOs simultaneously get huge bonuses. Wall Street firms like Bain can launch a hostile takeover of a steel mill, load the company up with debt, cash out, and leave the wreckage for a bankruptcy court to deal with. When you can't lose, you don't have free market capitalism. You have a rigged casino. We have a class of people running the economy in this country who, no matter what they do, can't lose.
-- Posted by Dave Johnson at 8:09 AM PST on January 16, 2012.
January 14, 2012
NY Times Gives Romney The Cain Defense
-- by Dave Johnson
In which the NY Times avoids being a "truth vigilante" -- goes to the town of one of the companies in the Romney video, talkes to people who were not affected by what Romney's company did.
This is the Cain defense: there were actually women he didn't harass.
-- Posted by Dave Johnson at 11:11 AM PST on January 14, 2012.
European-Style
-- by Dave Johnson
Read how working people in Europe are treated. No wonder Republicans dread "European-style" government! Human rights, dignity, decent working conditions, health care... Daily Kos: Musings of a housekeeper in Belgium
-- Posted by Dave Johnson at 8:53 AM PST on January 14, 2012.
January 13, 2012
1% vs 99% In The News
-- by Dave Johnson
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'Mass suicide' protest at Apple manufacturer Foxconn factory
Around 150 Chinese workers at Foxconn, the world's largest electronics manufacturer, threatened to commit suicide by leaping from their factory roof in protest at their working conditions.
-- Posted by Dave Johnson at 10:38 AM PST on January 13, 2012.
Advertising Facebook For Free?
-- by Dave Johnson
Why do so many websites advertise Facebook for free? When you see a "Connect with us on Facebook" or "Like us on Facebook" widget, that is a free advertisement. Facebook does have competitors, and these websites are just helping Facebook dominate and a few people get rich -- for free.
Facebook should be paying people to put these on their websites. Twitter, too.
-- Posted by Dave Johnson at 7:32 AM PST on January 13, 2012.
January 12, 2012
Google Getting Hard To Use - Bad Results
-- by Dave Johnson
Have you noticed that Google is getting harder to use, and is providing poor results? I seriously need something like the old Google for research -- is there anything out there I can use?
Serious question, need to change I think.
-- Posted by Dave Johnson at 8:36 PM PST on January 12, 2012.
When Mitt Romney Came To Town -- Who Benefits?
-- by Dave Johnson
The MUST WATCH video from the post below:
Another aspect of this, you have to have a heck of a lot of money in the first place to participate in private equity, hedge funds, etc. Even in stocks, actually: 50.9% of all stocks, bonds, mutual funds are owned by the 1% and 39.4% owned by the next 9%. The bottom 50% of us own 0.5% of all stocks, bonds and mutual funds.
So if this does somehow benefit "the economy" it is not an economy that most of us participate in at all. All most people get out of this intense capitalism is the wage cuts, job cuts, loss of benefits, etc.
THIS is who benefits from the layoffs, job cuts, wage cuts, loss of benefits, environmental degradation, worker deaths/injuries, and the rest:
This chart says it all. The 1% benefit, almost no one else. And we are ALL -- 99% of us, anyway -- feeling it now.
-- Posted by Dave Johnson at 6:00 PM PST on January 12, 2012.
MUST Watch: When Mitt Romney Came To Town
-- by Dave Johnson
This is the story of what has happened to America since the 80s:
Outsourcing jobs to places where people don't have a say so they can't demand good wages, firing people and making them reapply for their jobs but at half the pay, gutting people's benefits, stripping companies, treating employees like throwaway Kleenex, closing factories, stealing pensions, borrowing and pocketing... Locust capitalism. Chop shops.
MUST WATCH!!
And keep this in mind if people try to tell you that doing what it take to increase the stock price helps everyone:
Also see post above, When Mitt Romney Came To Town -- Who Benefits?
-- Posted by Dave Johnson at 12:26 PM PST on January 12, 2012.
