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FUCKING COMMIES!!!

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Thanks for this, Tula.

The US economy under the neocons resembles a once-thriving business that’s been the victim of a Mob “bust-out”. As graphically depicted by the TV show The Sopranos, that’s where the Mob swoops down on a legit enterprise and hollows it out from within, using cooked books to conceal their actions, so that it looks OK right up until it collapses, Enron-fashion.

They say character matters and this is certainly a great example of it.

The entire country, government corporations and households, all rotting from within while lookin’ bright & shiny on the outside.

Now, let me see, whose fault could it be? Hmmm. It certainly doesn’t seem likely that it’s your or mine now does it. Must be some other (wise) guy’s fault.

I know that there are some people in the top 10% or even 40% that care very much about the rest of the nation. But there are not enough politicians, journalists and pundits hammering this one home.

That’s great what your mother is doing in her career field!

We have a lot of work ahead of us to change the direction of this country. Globalization has not worked out well for most working Americans and many who are unemployed now.

Great post, Tula!

The two Americas rings true to me. One of the reasons I support Edwards is because he is one of the few politicians talking about it. I can’t stand hearing that we have a great economy either. In reality it is great for about only 10% of the people.

There is so much work we need to do get our country back that many of you have already mentioned on this thread.

Bushie and his crooked gang know that the harder they make the American people work (both spouses having to work, many people holding down two jobs, or others who are under-employed or unemployed) – the less time the American people have to pay attention to their lies, war profiteering and theivery! And the less time we have to fight their crooked policies. They have the middle and lower classes running in circles. It makes me so angry!

My mother is in the top 10%, and she’s pissed at how hard things have been for younger people. Two of her three have known the horrors of repeated layoffs and downsizing, of taking salary cut after salary cut, to keep a job that evaporated anyway.

And even though she’s making the big bucks, she’s been talking lately about forming a union for her career field, not for the pay but to get management off their backs and to have some of the benefits of pensions, decent working hours, etc. A lot of medical people are looking to unions for this reason.

RonD@97

Keep reading, friend, and you’ll catch more than you think you can. Myself, I need to brush up my IQ when I go read Marcy Wheeler. Boy, is she quick.

Hello RonD,
I too am a newbie to political blogs. These folks are awesome. They pay attention to government, figure out what it means and then report it in ways we can all understand! What a concept! I love it here.

In just one short month, I have contacted my Senator twice (!), purchased Marcy’s book (from a bricks and mortar store–wanted to encourage sell through on a local level in my small way), and now have Glenn Greenwald’s book to dig in too as well.

It’s so great you unlurked because as folks here have told me, it’s knowing that the message is breaking through the noise machine that keep these folks going.

Golly, do I sound like a born again convert or like someone who just quit smoking? I can’t decide.

I’ve never understood why we don’t support the “mom-and-pop” businesses with some collective actions/benefits to enable them to attract and retain good workers.

Can that be true? 70%!!