Blogger's advice to fellow Americans: Remember Martin Niemoller's famous quote:
First they came for the Communists, but I did not speak out because I wasn't a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists, but I didn't speak out because I wasn't a trade unionist.
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Finally, they came for me, and there was no one left to speak out for me.
February 15, 2011
Obama’s $3.7 Trillion Budget Calls for Military Spending Increases and Deep Cuts to Social Service Programs
President Obama has unveiled a budget plan seeking to trim the federal deficit by cutting or eliminating some 200 federal programs, many dedicated to social services and education, while increasing military spending and funding for the construction of nuclear power plants. Announcing his $3.7 trillion proposal, Obama touted his previously stated pledge to freeze funding for domestic programs outside of the military for five years. Obama’s plan includes two modest tax hikes for banks and oil companies. It also calls for ending the Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans in 2013 and returning the estate tax to its higher 2009 levels. For analysis of Obama’s proposed budget, we are joined by John Nichols, Washington correspondent for The Nation magazine.
Find full transcript here.
February 15, 2011
Wisconsin Governor Launches Attack on Public Sector Employees and Unions; Threatens to Deploy National Guard to Quell Labor Protests
Recently elected Wisconsin Republican Governor Scott Walker has proposed a bill that would eliminate almost all collective bargaining rights for most public workers and slash their pay and benefits. Walker has also notified the state’s National Guard to be on alert for actions taken by unsatisfied state, county and municipal employees. On Monday, hundreds of protesters marched on the State Capitol in Madison, with more protests being planned. Joining us from Madison is John Nichols of The Nation magazine and Brad Lutes, a Wisconsin public school teacher. Nichols warns the governor’s actions could have national ramifications: “If Governor Walker pulls this off, if he succeeds in taking away collective bargaining rights from the union, AFSCME, which was founded in Wisconsin back in the 1930s, if he takes down one of the strongest and most effective teachers’ unions, WEAC, in the country, then we really are going to see this sweep across the United States.”
Find full transcript here.
Blooger's Comments: Did you notice the supercilious smirk on Governor Walker's face? And did you note the fact that Wisconsin is not broke but will actually end the year with $123 million surplus?
Finally, bear in mind that 95% of the ballots cast in the U.S. are tabulated on hackable central computers and that in Arizona real Republicans (as opposed to kleptocrats) have joined Democrats to combat proven election fraud by insiders ...the investigation of which was deliberately sabotaged by former Democratic Attorney General Terry Goddard (be sure to play the video!). So Governor Walker and other like minded state governors may well be in office by means of election theft orchestrated by our kleptocrat masters, rather than the cover story of clueless Tea Partiers having been tricked into voting against their own best interests.
Finally, bear in mind that 95% of the ballots cast in the U.S. are tabulated on hackable central computers and that in Arizona real Republicans (as opposed to kleptocrats) have joined Democrats to combat proven election fraud by insiders ...the investigation of which was deliberately sabotaged by former Democratic Attorney General Terry Goddard (be sure to play the video!). So Governor Walker and other like minded state governors may well be in office by means of election theft orchestrated by our kleptocrat masters, rather than the cover story of clueless Tea Partiers having been tricked into voting against their own best interests.
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