Month January 2006

Fair Share: Ending socialism for corporations

Maryland is now the first state in the nation with a bill that would require large employers to spend a fixed percentage of their payroll on healthcare for employees, after the state Legislature voted to override the governor`s veto The…

German secret agents helped in Iraq invasion

A scandal is brewing in political Berlin after two news organizations reported Wednesday that German intelligence agents helped the US during military operations in Iraq. Germany’s foreign minister denied the reports. In a front page story in the respected Süddeutsche…

Podcast: Demand extradition of Posada

Action alert by ANSWER Coalition.U.S. government may free terrorist Luis Posada Carriles.Demand: Bush, Extradite Posada to Venezuela!No harboring of terrorist Posada! Watch the video in Windows Media Format (15.1 MB) or QuickTime (7.5 MB). 6:18 minutes. Extreme right wing CIA…

Alito and the non-opposition

Alito will be confirmed with barely a whimper of protest from the Democrats. You didn’t expect otherwise, did you? The disconnect between D.C. Democrats and the rank and file becomes more obvious every day. The Daou Report blogged yesterday about…

Two Americas

Body & Soul juxtapositions mine owners dodging regulations while lower income taxpayers have their refunds deliberately withheld by the IRS.  Amount of time you get to break the law without anyone responding if you’re a business: Two years. Amount of…