I haven't visited the site in months, but I figured a little good news was in order anyway, though I'm not sure if it's already been reported here:
Michigan Minimum Wage to go to 6.95 per hour
As is the typical tactic of the Republican Party, this Democratic action will be claimed as a victory of their own. Still, as needs must...
This makes it a little depressing - Michigan minimum wage, where the cost of living is moderate, is higher than my home in California, where the cost of living is astronomical. Bummer.
Posted by DukeRevolution at March 19, 2006 03:04 PMLooks like more and more books are coming out detailing the incredible danger to democracy arising from our New Southern Theocrats. Too little, too late, unfortunately. As if 5% of America reads a nonfiction book in a year, anyway.
On Stirling Newberry's blog, he's describing BushAmerica as a "theocratic, militaristic plutocracy", and downplaying fascism, at least for the time being---Bushco is essentially laying the foundation for a future fascist state.
And please, the time has certainly come to stop paying attention to the preening, braying faux-"maverick" Hagel---words, words, words. He is all air, no vote.
Whatever Hagel says is essentially planted disinformation---as though some elements of the Criminal Brownshirt Party are "reasonable" and "troubled" and somehow resisting Nero Jr. He (and they) aren't; this is merely Hagel's assigned role for the MSM propagandists. Let's not pass it on as something "hopeful".
Posted by euzoius at March 19, 2006 03:07 PMOut for a while tonight and had the radio on NPR. Someone was interviewing a journalist and using words like "media mafia", censorship, lying to the people, Government control of the media, and I assumed they were talking about our media. Guess what, they weren't. The discussion was about the media in China.
Posted by Judith at March 19, 2006 06:43 PMMichigan Minimum Wage to go to 6.95 per hour.
DukeRevolution, that statement will bring Muckdog into the conversation. He will tell you how $6.95 an hour is going to raise the unemployment rate and bankrupt the Country. He will say that those people making $6.95 an hour just need to go out and get themselves a good job paying higher wages. Counting, l, 2, 3, 4,
Posted by Judith at March 19, 2006 06:48 PMBy-the-way, welcome back DukeRevolution.
Posted by Judith at March 19, 2006 06:51 PMThis comment is from "Seeing the Forest" Hannah, I hope you don't mind my posting it here on TLC, but the comment is right on the money. Also, it shows that we all are not wacked-out right-winged Christians.
Progressive Christians are becoming more vocal about renouncing the hate and intolerance that comes from many fundamentalists. We are just newer at speaking out and getting involved politically. We have sat too long on the sidelines, allowing those who preach hate and intolerance to take the name of Christ for their causes. But the tide is turning, thanks in part to Jim Wallis.
I was in awe of this woman, thanks for posting the link. She makes the point that I've read elsewhere - it is up to the Muslim leadership and Muslim moderates/progressives to quell and denounce the fundamentalists in their own religion. (Just as it's up to Christian moderates/progressives to do the same for our religion.)
Love of God, and care for others are tenets in common for both of these Abrahamic religions. Never violence or hate.
Posted by: Hannah at March 18, 2006 08:45 PM
http://www.seeingtheforest.com/archives/2006/03/what_you_wont_s.htm
What exactly constitutes a "low-grade civil war", or a low-grade war of an sort? Any ideas?
Posted by tempus at March 19, 2006 09:32 PMWell, it's like a low-grade fever, only instead of a thermometer, you get a gun shoved in your mouth.
Posted by TIKI AL at March 19, 2006 09:51 PMthink Bush took to much crack at Camp David during his fathers Presidency or I suspect a conspiracy and the liberals actually stole him during his time at Harvard and he is some kind of Manchurian candidate who has had a few short circuits.
I think the irony might be that there wont need to be a strong democratic party for the Republicans to lose its just about to implode . Francis Fukuyama (one of the early Bush advisors) has made a good fist in his analysis the fragilities of the Neocon agenda, its like the had a great adventure planned to invade the world , free the people and the introduction of democracy would create some kind of utopia in the middle east.
The other Arabs upon witnessing this would fall in behind the Iraq example and the middle east would live happily ever after this failure to plan for the Iraq insurgency has unraveled the cardigan of the Necons.
The are more brands of Republican philosophy than brands of soda, now all I see is a gun fight. The "free market" guys are trying to shoot the "big business" republicans, the "the fiscal conservatives" anre trying to shoot the "big spending tax cut conservatives", the "national security " guys are taking aim at the free trade republicans .
I think as the realization hits them that the Iraq situation is like a huge rock that sits over them that they cant move it will become everyman man for himself. I have seen this all before the first Bush ended up like this .
Unless they can get the voting machines to deliver a miracle they will be cut to ribbons and then a Congress will be like a carnivore with a taste for presidential meat.
Republicans once stood for five principles
1. Balanced Budget
2. Constitutional Government
3. Personal Liberty and privacy
4. Non interventionist foreign policy
5. States Rights
If me measure this administration by these 5 principles the Bush presidency seems to be off with Gilligan and the skipper on a long cruise from reality. The first 4 are obviously a problem, what concerns me is that the 5th (states rights)seems to be under attack. The move to centralize everything after Katrina is just one piece of the jigsaw.
Believe me there are som old school conservatives who find Bush as hard to take as you folk.
the difference, Cartman, is that in the end, those old school conservatives will still vote for guys like Bush. They have no other choice. Us folk won't.
Posted by T2 at March 20, 2006 06:15 AMNo. T2, those old conservatives do have a choice but they would not vote what is best for country. They will always vote partyline no matter how bad the candidate is.
Posted by suresh at March 20, 2006 10:31 AM