Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Everybody's Working For the Weekend (and if they are rich)

Rich people still have jobs, poor people don't

Is this a surprise to anyone? I mean, with the amount of "free marketism" in the labor categories that these lower income groups usually represent, and a lot of those jobs being shipped elsewhere, is anyone really surprised? Meanwhile, there is still plenty of protectionism exhibited in "white collar" jobs in this country, which would partially explain such a low unemployment rate within the higher income brackets.

(See: http://www.conservativenannystate.org/cns.html#2)

Between this and increasing wealth gap, is it OK to call it class warfare (when the rich folks and the govt they control do it)?

Wednesday, February 3, 2010

The Eikenberry Cables

U.S. Envoy’s Cables Show Worries on Afghan Plans

Being that Eikenberry is a "retired Army lieutenant general who once was the top American commander in Afghanistan", it's hard to argue he doesn't understand the military aspect of the Afghanistan war, yet these cables show how strongly he was against a troop buildup because of how it would increase the dependence of t...he Karzai regime on the U.S. and would lead to a never-ending role for the U.S. in Afghanistan.

We need an honest debate in this country about our role in Afghanistan before we bankrupt the country and lose even more of our soldiers. Leave the "we gotta fight them there" rhetoric at the door.

Tuesday, February 2, 2010

The Wrong Side of History


Joint Chiefs Chairman Mullen supports right of gays to serve in military

So Mullen and Gates are for repealing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell". Colin Powell is on board for a review. But McCain, the majority of his fellow Republicans, and a few conservative Democrats think they know better than the highest ranking member of our armed forces. Talk about hypocrisy. Does anyone remember when Obama was weighing the troop increase in Afghanistan and the Republicans wouldn't stop bashing him for "second guessing" McChrystal?

People need to realize that opponents of equal rights will always come up with excuses as to why now is "not the time". It happened in the civil rights movement during the 60's, and it's happening now in regards to "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and gay marriage. If history has taught us anything, it is that people don't give up the fight for equal rights, and eventually, the day will come when they get them. I wish people would take a hard look at which side of history they want to be on.