Dunn done
Bob Morris @ Oct 4th 2006 17:28 - Category: Unfiled ;
Ex-HP CEO Patricia Dunn and three others have been indicted for four felonies each.
Archive for October 4th, 2006
Quote of the Day
Bob Morris @ Oct 4th 2006 15:42 - Category: Unfiled ;
Steve Lopez in a LA Times column titled “Foley on the Prowl: 2 Creepy 2 B 4Gotten”
The Florida congressman first blamed his keyboard adventures on alcohol, insulting alcoholics everywhere.
Somebody sends an email like that to my kid, they are going to deal with the law firm of Smith & Wesson, OK? It ain’t going to go to no Page Board.”
– Democratic strategist Paul Begala, on CNN
Union-busting ruling from NLRB
Bob Morris @ Oct 4th 2006 08:36 - Category: Unfiled ;
The Republican-controlled National Labor Relations Board just rammed through a truly noxious union-busting rule, saying that nurses who supervise other nurses can be classified as supervisors and thus would not eligible to join unions. This ruling will unquestionably be applied to other jobs too, forcing many not to be in unions.
The ruling may not be able to be appealed.
Labor lawyer Ian Thompson wrote prior to the ruling about this noxious attempt to smash unions and the history of ruling class attacks on working class.
Bush’s appointees likely will rule in favor of the corporate owners. However, focusing political pressure almost solely on the NLRB shows an underlying faith in how the board works. These trade unionists, along with many Democratic Party allies, believe that the NLRB, if different in composition, actually operates in the interests of workers.
They believe that when a Democrat is president, the NLRB magically becomes pro-worker because the president can appoint more progressive members. This notion is utterly false.
Nathan Newman, who covers labor issues extensively, blogs:
But divide and conquer, pitting people against each other based on race, ethnicity, gender and now menial distinctions in authority on the shopfloor are the tools of the trade for the corporate rightwing. This decision is just one more bullet to the rights of working Americans.
Good point
Bob Morris @ Oct 4th 2006 06:30 - Category: Unfiled ;
A gay activist friend hadn’t heard about Mark Foley. When I detailed what had happened, he said “in a couple of months, he’ll probably be in the ex-Gay Christian movement…”
Podcast. Bob Watada. Resisting the Iraq War
Bob Morris @ Oct 4th 2006 00:23 - Category: Anti-war, Podcasts ;
Bob Watada is the father of Ehren Watada, the first officer to refuse to serve in Iraq. He speaks of his son’s courageous choice not to participate in an illegal war based on lies, a war which violates the Constitution as well as the Geneva Conventions.
Bob served in the Peace Corps during the 60’s rather than go to Vietnam. He was a draft resister. Years later, he was Exec. Dir. of the Hawaii State Campaign Spending Commission, and his work exposed corruption and kickbacks that led to major politicians going to prison.
Hi style is low-key and relaxed. Then you realize he has a huge command of the facts, as he methodically makes his case that the Iraq invasion was based on lies and deception, is illegal, and must be opposed. He documents the multiple lies of the Bush administration as they pushed for war. I’d forgotten some of the lies, he hasn’t, as he calmly made a devastating case against the war. I’m sure some Hawaiian politicians underestimated this quiet man until they realized he just handed them their heads on a platter.
Bob is proud of his son, even with knowing that Ehren could get eight years in prison. He says Ehren is taking his principled stand for all of us, so that this insane war will end.
More info at ThankYouLt
mp3. (37:42, 12.6mb)
Recorded at an ANSWER LA Forum, Oct 3, 2006.
Maybe some Ginkgo would help?
Bob Morris @ Oct 4th 2006 00:15 - Category: Unfiled ;
