Why Are You Still A Democrat?
67A Democrat, Why?
In the "old days" if you lived in a big city, you were probably a Democrat. Those were the days of much real discrimination, a good amount of poverty, ethnic neighborhoods and a feeling the government didn't care about you or your kind. John Fitzgerald Kennedy tried to change things, unfortunately he gave his life trying. But a Catholic had been elected President of the United States of America, that barrier came down. Although it was President Lyndon Baines that pushed Kennedy's plans into law, both men did great things and both were Democrats. Robert Kennedy may have been the next great man to try to change things, but like his brother John, he too was assassinated. This occurred during his Democratic campaign for the Presidency. The next man that did change things was Dr. Martin Luther King. He gave his life for his fellow Negros and all ethnic minorities. He wanted all Americans to be equal. Things may not be perfect, but we do have an African-American in the White House. I hear many saying, it took too long. Yes it did, but it has happened. Also we have African-American Congressman, Senator and Supreme Court Justice. Those things made me proud of the Democratic Party, but all good things come to an end. The present administration has taken a page from "Saul Alinsky." Google him and see if President Obama does not adhere to his writings. The above will tell you why nothing in Obama's plans have anything to do with capitalism. I can associate the Obama mania to the Union movement. Ever since a large textile factory in New York City burned to the ground in the 1920's, killing over one hundred, Union's have made headway. Union's are what made the work place safe and helped it's worker's earn a living wage. This and other things enabled America to be the greatest country in the world, but are we now paying because the Union's went too far? Presently every car GM builds, they take a $2,000 loss. How can any business survive when they take a $2,000 loss on every finished product? Ask the Union's, and ask if they care? How can the Japanese car companies produce cars in the US paying approximately $40-$50 an hour to their worker's (including benefits)and be successful? It's easy, the US car maker's pay $70-$90 to a worker per hour (including benefits). If you cannot understand the above, please stop reading now! The Democratic Party, especially the President owes much to the UAW for its campaign donation's and worker help. Why else would the President give so much of OUR money to a car company. Then again the President and the UAW now run GM. In fact the want to own everything. People thought the Republicans wanted to look into their lives too much. These same people are ready to give it all up tp the ALMIGHTY OBAMA. Please tell me how you have prospered thus far. Don't give me; "President Bush left us in terrible shape." President Bush never complained about the direction President Clinton's ecomomy had left him. We also prospered for years under Bush. Like Clinton, his last year brought about a bad economy. This was due to people that were supposed to over see program's, doing a poor job. Freddie, Fanny, cheap mortages were under the leadership of Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Barney Frank and other's. The Democrats have become, "Big Brother." Is that what you want? I certainly don't!
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Read uo on Saul Alinsky, you will see where Obama wants to take us. He wants us to be like an Arab country, without extreme religion. He wants the people to be dumb, so they will look to government for everything.
Dear Harvey,
I am very familiar with Saul Alinsky's philosophy and leanings. It's a shame that most of the nation is not equally informed.
I am so glad someone here know's of good ol' Saul. Do you live the the Chicago area, I do. Tis has been Chicago politics all the way for Obama.He never accomplished or ran anything. He hardly has any voting record. David Axelrod pachaged him perfectly.
Thanks for the hub. I always wanted to write about the unions and GM, but I could not but anything together. Thanks for doing it.
Keep on hubbing!
Thanks much eovery. Keep watching this Hub to see if any Democrats comment.
Though I was only a boy, I loved JFK and Bobby, because they were both capable of bringing everybody together.
I admired MLK greatly, for his stance on non-violence, which really helped his people immensely.
LBJ? I respected him for being a supremely accomplished man but even as a youngster, his Great Society sounded suspicious to me. Give people money for not working?
Thanks for the fine Hub. I enjoyed reading it. Well done.
The Great Society was JFK'S idea, I believe. He was a man to get things done, he had dirt on everyone.
I remember JFK, and Bobby and MLK when I was a kid. These were great men who tried to bring people together. Today's leadership tries to divide people rich vs. poor etc. This was all part of the Alinsky methodology. What in the world is going on today?
-- With the government??
-- With the naiive people who voted these jackasses in??
-- With the silent media??
It's like a nightmare. Also, Harvey, do you notice the limited amount of people responding to this blog? They are all afraid to offend and be politically incorrect.
What kind of country is this, where people who rebel against a major government takeover of the medical industry and insurance are called gangmembers and nazis by the media??
Yet this same assbackwards mainstream media accepts comments like "the people who go to tea parties are racists", from peabrained fools like Jeneanne Garofolo?
We are living in scary times where Good is Bad and Bad is Good. Something's got to give
hglick,
I hope the H doesn't stand for Harvey.
FOX announced yesterday that ABC, CBS and NBC will not run a certain negative ad about Obama, censorship? I am also scared with the private army "he wants to start. My biggest concern is, why?
Libs don't wite on my site, I come back at them. It scares them off!
Harvey Yes it does, but I'm trying to remain as anonymous as possible LOL
I just heard today on the Hanni
ty radio show that Obama wants to seize the internet during government emergencies. I'm sure that he'll let us know exactly what emergencies they are (LOL)
Doesn't that go against our 2nd Amendment rights? Not that it matters to the exalted one.
He already tried to take control of every computer, if you were involved in cash for clunkers. Oh man, another 6' invisible white rabit.
Obama wants to be KING! If he gets re-elected watch for him to try to abolish term limits. Make sure you watch or tape Glenn Beck tomorrow, it is very important. Look-up the Apollo Alliance.
I am truly scared! Why does he need a civillian army? Hitler had one.
Well my belief is that he already has an army, and I'll bet my bottom dollar there is a resistance army somewhere also. I can't wait for the November elections to see the effects of his socialist doctrine. I have faith in our country, and believe that his strength in numbers in Congress will be overwhelmingly thrown out of office. Also, I believe that a bunch of them will be experiencing heavy lawsuits, If I read Mark Levin's past comments correctly. You've got to listen to his radio show on WABC. Pelosi, Reid, Frank, the whole bunch of them will be facing lawsuits.
I've been waiting for law suits but they haven't come yet, they will. A friend in Texas will be running for the Senate in 2012, he is a conservative. He tells me; the next election will change Congress enough to get rid of Obama's laws. He's usually correct.
I hope we can wait!
Harvey, don't hold your breath!
Currently the Republicans are the ones who are taking a page straight from Saul Alinsky in their disruptions of town hall meetings on health care reform. Alinsky was a genius at attracting attention to his causes on behalf of the poor and forgotten American. The Republicans, sadly, are using Alinsky's playbook on behalf of parasitic health care insurance companies, Big Pharma, and greedy, for-profit doctors.
You folks have got to stop listening to Fox "News," Rush Limbaugh and the like. You are so far off base that it's obviously useless to try to straighten you out. Like Joe Biden, I don't see any sense in arguing with a table.
Ralph-Ralph-Ralph,
Most people at Town Hall Meetings have never heard of Saul Alinsky. I'm sure he is a hero to a very poor soul like you
. These people are not organized like ACORN and SEIU. They are average Americans that did not go to Harvard.
If you becoe ill, I wonder if you will try to find a poor doctor at a local community hospital. Lets get rid of tort's and watch prices come down.
I don't care which party does this, it will help America. Are you a member of the Appollo Alliance?
That's true, most of the tea baggers and the ignorant loudmouths at the town hall meetings on health care have never heard of Alinsky but the people who've been writing their scripts and egging them on sure have.
Malpractice tort suits are but one of many factors causing skyrocketing health care costs. Tort reform should be a part of health care reform, but much more is needed. If the GOP really wanted tort reform they could come to the table and be willing to work out some compromises. They aren't doing that despite President Obama's efforts to reach out to them.
I've never heard of the Appollo Aliance.
William,
Hi, and thanks for commenting. We have a feeling we are on two different sides. The funny thing is that you tell me who not to listen to,; did i tell you that? My mind is open, ann you say the same?
Unfortunately Democrat's were always worried about Republican's censoring them, never came close. Now Obama wants to take control of the Internet, Radio and TV. Did you know ABC, CBS and NBC refused to run an ad against Obama? See what FOX you can learn on FOX!
ABC and CBS actually ran a negative story on Obama and the economy. Things may be starting to turn. NBC won't do this because G.E. is in bed with NBC, learn anything?
Ralph,
Obama talks the talk. but can't............... you know the rest. He isn't interested in talking to Republican's. Charles Krauthammer said; "Don't listen to Obama, watch what he does." He is a true intellectual!
The Town Hall meetings are not an organized mob, but I'll give you some questions may be scripted. Do you think anything said by ACORN and SEIU isn't scripted. I've had ACORN come to my door may times, ususlly selling magazine subscriptions to help them go to college. Do you really think that's where the money went? These people were idiots!
Check out The Appallo Alience, they write the bills and pull the strings. If reading about them shocks you, you've got hope.
Here's an excerpt from an interesting dispatch by Lou Dubose in "The Spectator" on some town hall meetings held by Senator Jeff Merkely in Oregon:
"I caught up with the senator at his first meeting in Tillamook and proceeded up the coast for an afternoon meeting in Astoria. On the following day Merkley held meetings in the Dalles and Madras, tow smaller towns east of the coastal range.
"Ten minutes into the meeting at the Tillamook library, a man asked the question that would be sked at least twice, in one form or another at each of the four meetings: 'I hear if you're at a certain age you're going to have to go before a committee where they're going to try to convince you that it's not in the interest of the country for you to get the medical care that you need.'
"The senator explained that a provision in the House bill would require the government to pay private physicians for one voluntary counseling session regarding end-of-life decisions every five years. The questioner didn't buy it. It reminded him of Jack Kevorkian, the Michigan physician who served seven years in prison for assisting terminal patients to end their lives.
"End-of-life counseling was the topic of the moment. That afternoon in Astoria a woman asked, 'Why do we have to have mandatory end-opf-life counseling?' The senator again explained the provision of the House bill: an optional consultation with your private physician paid for by the government. His explanation was followed by a variation on the same theme from yet another woman. 'Would you be willing to let me counsel your parents without knowing what my belief system was and I encourage them to end their life?' she asked. 'I think the government has no business making end-of-life decisions.' She angrily refused to accept the senator's explanation that coun seling would be provided by private physicians.
"It was evident that these questions had little to do with the actual content of any health care bill. It was also evident that them most vocal opponents of reform were literally reading from the same script. In this case, a script that revealed the influence of Christian extremists, (like Jexter) whose sloppiness in dealing with facts and programmatic deceit has been largely ignored by the media.
I spoke with one of the women who had asked about mandatory end-of-life counseling. She said she knew the counseling was mandatory because 'it's in the bill.' Yet she hadn't read the bill. She was reading from a memo posted on the website fo the Liberty Counsel, a Christian law firm and advocacy groupl and related to Jerry Falwe'''s Liberty University in Virginia.
"Among the 112 talking points int he Liberty Counsel's ten page electronic samzidat were the following:
"Sec 2511, pg. 992-government will establish school based 'health clinics. Your children will be indoctrinated and your grandchildren may be aborted!
"Sec 1233, Pg. 429 Lines 10-12--'Advanced Care Consultation' may include an ORDER for end-of-life plans from the government.
"Sec. 1713, Pg 768, Lines 3-5--Nurse Home Visit Services--Service #1: 'Improving maternal or child health and pregnancy outcomes oor increasing birth intervals between pregnancies.' Compulsory ABORTIONS?
"Sec. 1751, Pg. 800--the government will decide which Health Care conditions will be paid. Say 'RATION!'
"None of these claims are true. Nor were they compiled by the Liberty Council's staff. They were provided by right-wing blogger Peter Fleckenstein and posted under the imprimatur of the Liberty council.
"HITLER, OBAMA AND MALTHUS--Sunday meetings in The Dalles and Madras were more angry and volatile. There was a lot of concern about a non-existent provision in the House bill that would provide free health care for illegal aliens. And the end-of-life questions continued.
"In the Dalles, a 74-year-old woman wearing a nasal osygen tube held in place by a headband asked about 'this new House measure in the bill which says the government will determine when I stay and when I go.' when I asked her about her sources, she handed me a printout of the Liberty
Counsel talking points, which she said she 'got from a pastor on the Internet.' She also said that 'getting rid of the old people was how Hitler got started."
And so forth.
Comment: Several of our most vocal Hubbers are apparently getting their "facts" from the same sources as the Oregonians.
Ralphie,
Isn't this the same thing (only easier) than Bush being called Hitler? There are so many things in these bills Obama is pushing that are difficult to find. It is not possible for the average American to understand. Getting back to our real discussion.
What do you have to say about ACORN, The Black Panthers and SEIU's actions? They are on tape that they intimidate and beat people. Is this the tactic Business used to fight Union's? Wasn't this outlawed years ago?
Have you looked into what Van Jones wants, do you agree with him? Did you check the Appollo Aliance? Please answer the above questions.
Here's my answer:
Part of the answer is that the right-wing fringe, which has always been around — as an article by the historian Rick Perlstein puts it, “crazy is a pre-existing condition” — has now, in effect, taken over one of our two major parties. Moderate Republicans, the sort of people with whom one might have been able to negotiate a health care deal, have either been driven out of the party or intimidated into silence. Whom are Democrats supposed to reach out to, when Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, who was supposed to be the linchpin of any deal, helped feed the “death panel” lies?
But there’s another reason health care reform is much harder now than it would have been under Nixon: the vast expansion of corporate influence.
We tend to think of the way things are now, with a huge army of lobbyists permanently camped in the corridors of power, with corporations prepared to unleash misleading ads and organize fake grass-roots protests against any legislation that threatens their bottom line, as the way it always was. But our corporate-cash-dominated system is a relatively recent creation, dating mainly from the late 1970s.
And now that this system exists, reform of any kind has become extremely difficult. That’s especially true for health care, where growing spending has made the vested interests far more powerful than they were in Nixon’s day. The health insurance industry, in particular, saw its premiums go from 1.5 percent of G.D.P. in 1970 to 5.5 percent in 2007, so that a once minor player has become a political behemoth, one that is currently spending $1.4 million a day lobbying Congress.
Ralph,
Now it's Nixon, which party controlled Congress when he was President? Was it the, DEMOCRAT's. Did not Tip O'Neal control the House. Blame the Republican's, that all the left says.
Many of my friends and myself have become very moderate Republican's, we were Democrat's all our lives. Our party moved to the left and abandoned us. We are not controlled by anything the Republican's say. A Centrist believes in looking at both sides, then a decision is made.
I believe all people should do this, is there any reason not to?
I would bet that you are retired and have already made your money. What will happen to a child born today? He/She will be paying off Obama's programs.
The Democratic Party is much more centrist than the current GOP, thanks to the Blue Dogs. There are very few moderates/centrists in the GOP. The debt being incurred currently (and in the Bush administration) is something to be concerned about, especially the bottomless pits in Iraq and Afghanistan and skyrocketing Medicare costs thanks to spreading "for profit medicine" and the parasitic health care insurance companies and Big Pharma. Politics is more partisan and mean spirited than it was 20 or 30 years ago. We all should do what we can to cool off the rhetoric.
Ralph, We agree on some things, I knew this would happen. Politics is the worst I have seen it in my lifetime, 60 years.
Health costs do continue going up but what doesn't? The pace is different but if torts were take from the equation, things would be a lot different.
Pharma: My wife is in the industry. Did you know that after a company has spent millions of dollars getting FDA approval, the following happens.
1- The manufacturer approachs, say France to buy the drug.
2- France tells them they have the pill and will produce it themselves, unless the selling price is lowered.
3- If the price isn't lowered, the French will make a generic. They now have the cheaper drug (no research). How else do you think pills made here are cheaper in other countries?
4- So the company lowers the price to them. If not we lose production jobs and there is no reason to do any more research.
5- The patents may not apply to other countries, call it blackmail.
6- If we can be garuanteed a certain amount of years to make the money back and do further R&D, we help others. Why do you think Europe is doing much less R&D?
7- If you do not allow a certain profit what does that do?
Investors will not invest.
Reachers will not work for you.
The Company goes out of business.
An analogy I have seen:
The Union wants a raise.
The Company says, it does not have enough money.
The Union says, they don't believe them.
The Company says, it is the truth.
The Union threatens to strike.
The Company says, go ahead, it will only force us to go out of business.
The union strikes.
The plant closes.
The Union workers go to the Union office for help.
The Union office is closed.
Union officials say, most of the money is gone (stolen).
The workers are left with nothing.
This was Wisconsin Steel in Chicago, around 1980. I worked at a Smelting Plant nearby.
The bigger issue is not limited to being a Democrat, it is to being any voter loyal to either party.
Neither party is here for the benefit of their voters or supporters. This is not a new paradigm, it has been going on for the forty years or more.
Both parties together cannot accomplish anything for the people. While most of us blame one party or the other it is both parties working against each other that also works against the country and the people.
Politics is not a sport like baseball where you have to be loyal to your team or your city. Politics is where you should flex the will of the people, rather than the will of the party.
The parties count up their votes way before the election, because they know to a high degree of accuracy how many registered voters for their party will vote the straight ticket. They also know the same facts about their opposing party. Then they look at the non committed and independent voters to determine who they need to come to their camp.
They do this by using demographics and local issues that they make these voters believe that they will help them and be on their side.
Across the country, the party message echoes to whatever the locals want to hear.
If you are a registered party member, your vote is cashed by the party as soon as you registered, not when you vote. You are no longer part of their election agenda.
My point here is that loyalty is a one way street today in election politics. Yet, the people still vote Row A or Row B falling into the party web.
Voters should be more intelligent today, and vote for the best person regardless of the party.
Putting my comment in terms of a sports analogy, do I really care who on the team screwed up to lose the game. I care that the team lost.
A team that wins is a team that plays as one, Congress loses most of the games because they always play against the other party. When we vote for Congress, we should be putting in the best players that can work as one, for the people and not just for their party.
However, if you want to cast blame, then the Democrats look good for it. They were instrumental in 1913 for passing the Income Tax and again in 1930s mandating compulsory contribution to SS and Medicare. While Congress and the Federal workforce were exempt and had their own private retirement fund. They also contributed to the cold war by giving away Eastern Europe to Russia (USSR). They forced integration and screwed the education system by carting children in buses instead of improving school conditions. The lists goes on and on.
I admired JFK and abhorred LBJ for being a crooked politician and winding up the Vietnam War in the hands of the communists.
I admired Ronald Regan but I was disappointed when he and Bush left Ollie North out to dry for doing something that they must have authorized.
.......my opinion
Duck,
I do the best Donald Duck immitation around, QUACK. A friend had a Pekin Duck for seven years, she took him every where. I really bonded with "DAFFY", until he passed away. Pekin Ducks Are not bred to live long, they are bred to get fat. I digress.
Your hatred for LBJ is misplaced. Kennedy has the worst record for getting things through Congress. After he died, LBJ got them passed.
I am a Centrist that was a Democrat, now I mostly vote Republican. The Democrat's have moved too far left. Politics has changed, these (representatives, ha) elected officials vote the way they want. Most won't go to Town Hall Meetings and stand-up for what they want to or have done.
My problem is with Obama and what he wants to do. Congress is not far behind. I LOVE MY COUNTRY and don't want so many changes, so quickly.
Hi Harvey, let's look at three things:
1. In the 1950's, American's lived fairly well. The middle class was at its height, as were the Unions.
2. Now Union membership is at all time lows, blaming our current woes on Unions may be populist, but it isn't reality. The auto industry has received pennies compared to the banking and lending industry, who are not unionized. Also, Unions contribute pennies on the dollar compared to what corporate PACs do. Who has more influence? Common sense says corporations do, and we all know it.
3. The real demons causing our downfall are "Free Trade" and deregulation. When I was in school, we called this "Laissez-Faire Capitalism." We were shown that economic theory really didn't work. Free trade forces American workers to compete against slave laborers in other countries. Yes, they can totally build things cheaper, they work for room and board, and survival.
Congress has abdicated their constitutional duty to place tariffs on imports to ensure Americas quality of life isn't undermined. They are also supposed to regulate and tax commerce, not individuals.
From the congressional stance, they should enact a law that basically says: if you cannot cast a ballot in an election, you cannot contribute to any candidate or party directly. That would fix a lot.
Jim,
The reason the unions became popular was because of a fire in the garment section of NYC in the 1920's, over 120 people died.
The height of unionism was great, and the unions did help. They went to far in the 1970's. The pendulum swung too far left. As time went by unions forced plants to close because they demanded too much.
Why do you think there is less unemployment in the south, the right to work law.
I think a better understanding of capitalism would help. Who gives more money to get unions power, try George Soros.
He and Obama have done all they can for unions. It worries me how much more power the unions will get under Obama.
Ask the people of Detroit how much unions are helping?
Linking the rise of unions to one incident--as opposed to the wide-spread and well documented abuses of that era is simplistic, Harvey.
I'll agree that in some cases unions went overboard, but that is the nature of all political beasts.
I see no reply to my points on either "Free" Trade or deregulation.
George Soros (currency speculator, stock investor, businessman, philanthropist, political activist, and convicted Inside Trader has nothing to do with any of my points, I don't think. He's a Wall Street guy, not a Union man. He also helped fund and organize the "Rose Rebellion" against the Islamic fundamentalist Georgian government a few years back. He's a Democrat, but is also extremely pro-business, not pro-labor, from his actions.
Jim, I'm not being simplistic, that fire was the linch-pin as to the need for unions and they were needed.
George Soros is a person you should look into further. He is connected to many unions, socialist and communistic organizations. Watch Glen Beck, he has Soros down with his documentation.
Have you looked into ACORN, SEIU, the Apollo Allience and others Soros is connected to? Look into the unions and see if his name comes up.
It takes a lot of time to understand what thiss man is involved with, that's why I suggest watching Beck.
I will not watch nor listen to Glenn Beck, I do not suffer the presence of fools. BUT, I do not watch the likes of Keith Olbermann, either. Both are nothing more than petty demagogues at their core, spewing advertiser-approved nonsense. Both men distort the truth as it suits their corporate masters. Neither man fits a proper definition of journalist.
The ACORN scandals are just more noise from the media circus. ACORN fired the low-level employees involved in the chicanery and moved on. You should too. ACORN helps families, American families. They have helped millions of people over the decades that they have been around. A few bad apples do not change that.
No matter what I say about SEIU, your anti-union bias won't allow you to hear it, so I will not trouble myself with a response to that point.
The Apollo Alliance is an association of businesses, non-profits, and others whose NUMBER ONE goal is achieving energy independence for the United States of America--not just cars, but factories, homes, everything. They are retooling factories in Michigan to build solar plants.
Big would loose billions if Apollo succeeds. Beck's advertisers include giant petro-chemical companies. He's for sale, and now that he's been bought, he's selling the same BS to you.
Also, how is Soros directly connected to Apollo? I can't seem to find a connection to either Open Society Institute or Soros Foundation Network.
Also, I'm not seeing any real connections to Soros and ACORN or SEIU. I'd really like to see some independent hard evidence regarding his ties to these organizations.
Finally, you've again ignored the real issues I have posed, namely: "Free" Trade or deregulation.
Jim,
If you watched Beck (and he is foolish) you would see how all these people and organizations are connected. He is foolish, but he presents facts. How do you think ACORN was exposed, the people in the video went to Beck. The so called mainstream media wanted no part of it. Van Jones is only one of many Obama appointees to admit they are Communist's or Marxist's. Just youtube their names.
The true problem is our currency. Obama has done everything he can to make it worth less.
There has never been true free trade globally. We have permitted other countries to play in an unlevel field, they protect their needs.
Apollo was started by two Weather Unferground leaders. Radhke started SEIU after embezzeling over a million dollars from ACORN. Bertha erself said it was only a million.
Unions were great, now they are corrupt.
The SEIU formed as the Building Services Employees Union in 1921, and renamed itself the Service Employees International Union in 1968.
Wade Rathke started ACORN in 1970, his brother Dale Rathke has been fired from ACORN and all its affiliates. Neither man has been convicted of embezzlement.
Does Glenn Beck suggest that either Rathke brother stole money, then traveled back in time to 1921 (or 1968) to found a Union with currency that could not have been spent in 1921 (or 1968, as no bills from either year are still in circulation)?
Another point on Beck. He works for Fox News, a subsidiary of News Corp, the largest media corporation in the world. At his height, Beck claimed a viewership of some 4 million people. He is, de facto, the very definition of mainstream media.
What members of Weather Underground Organization founded Apollo? Of the four Apollo founders, it seems unlikely that any of them were part of WUO.
1. Senator Maria Cantwell, US Congress (D-WA) was attending Miami University in Oxford, Ohio getting her BA in Public Administration. It's not plausible, though possible, she was a member. Being part of a terrorist organization which carried out bombings from 1969 through the early 1970s would likely disqualify one from election to the Senate.
2. Leo Gerard, International President of the United Steelworkers. A Canadian, who was working at a steel mill in Canada during the time of WUO's activities.
3. Representative Jesse Jackson, Jr., US Congress (D-IL).
He was two years old when WUO was founded.
3. Carl Pope, Executive Director of the Sierra Club. He was deployed to India while serving in the Peace Corps in 1969, the year WUO was founded, and has worked in the Non-Profit sector ever since. People who join the Peace Corps don't tend to become terrorists.
I agree that Free Trade, well, isn't. It's a failed idea that should be dismissed as economic quackery.
Insofar as Obama doing everything he can to destroy the dollar, it doesn't bear fruit. This last quarter, the dollar took a bath, but had achieved a 16 year high growth period during the previous two quarters. Yes, it lost more during the previous 3 months that it gained during 6 months before that, but Reagan had a more significant drop during 1985 than Secretary Timothy Geithner has had. Do you think Reagan was trying to destroy the dollar as well?
Jim,
Beck does have 4 million viewers, check Nielson.
I must have made a mistake about the ounding of SEIU. Rhadle took over after stealing the money. Yes he did steal it. When they recently accused him of taking 5 million, Bertha Lewis (CEO or President of ACORN) said it was a lie. She said he only took about 1 million.
If you spend money you don't have, you print more. This devalues your currency.
This president was elected in response to the people being fed up with capitalism as it is now. That is the fundamental issue that Republicans fail to see. Big Business has taken a strangle hold of our economy, our health care, our buying practices and our media and destroyed us. Because of Clinton signing NAFTA our jobs have steadily become obsolete. We have gone from an industrial power to a nation of consumers and service providers. What has happened to buy American? I would love to say that our current grasp on capitalism was working but I have to regretfully disagree. Our current stance in this country is as follows, corporations come first, then the individually wealthy, the middle class (barley) and the poor (if acknowledged at all). Now, I would have to be a shut in to not acknowledge that this is a repeating chain in history. The difference now is instead of government or a monarch. We have corporations running our country. You made a comment in one of your hubs that a lot of people in Obama’s administration never ran a business. Well Government is not a business and can not be run like one. This is supposed to be a government for the people ran by the people. The people elected the democrats that are in office now mainly to fix this crisis and to give us universal health care. Under Bush we did not prosper, that statement is false. We had a surplus when Clinton was in office. The problem with America is not that Democrats and Republicans have differing views, the problem is that our elected officials on both sides are bought and paid for by corporations. One last thought before I go. Socialistic programs such as medicare and the VA are needed programs for our seniors and our vets. What I don’t understand is why we can not just give that right to all Americans.
Warren,
Do you really want to pay a lot more in taxes?
Why was Obama elected? Amercan's have gotten stupid! People voted for him because.... they don't know. They had no idea of what change or transformation meant.
Did you have any idea Obama was a communist? Look at those who advise him. I HATE everything he stands for. I am pro constitution and capitalism. Europe is finding that socialism doesn't work, Capitalism does.
Before I go on I would like to thank you for your kind words towards my daughter and wish you strength in your fight also. All forms of government have faults and all governments have their good points. I disagree with your thoughts on Obama but that is ok because that is why we are Americans. We can stand up and say I don’t like this and I don’t like that about our government. I don’t fault you for your beliefs and I would hope you don’t fault me for mine. You and I, we share a common bond in love for our country and that is what sustains our nation. It is great to know that even though we may have differing political view points and philosophical beliefs that we can still share this bond and speak with respect and honesty. In response to your question “do you really what to pay more in taxes?” My answer is this. If my taxes are raised because I and the rest of America have PREVENTATIVE Health Care (notice I capitalized preventative) i.e. Medicare for all, I will not complain because in the long run we would save money. There wouldn’t be out of pocket expanse for getting sick. A little factoid for you, we are the only country in the world that is run mostly by private insurance. Most other Industrialized nations run a universal health care program (even Japan). The UK program is somewhat in need of repair but still ranks better then us. If anything France, Norway and Canada are perfect examples of how universal heath care can be done right. Health Care may not have been on our forefathers minds when this country was founded but I am sure they would not oppose Universal Health Care. I read the bill before it was destroyed in the senate and it was an ok bill. I did not agree with the whole thing and of course my lawyer had to help decipher a few things but all in all it was ok. Let me try to explain my thought process a little. I firmly believe that corporations should not run health care nor do I fully believe that government should either. Our health care system should be run by not-for-profit programs with oversight from doctors and nurses. I don’t think that the sick should be told they can’t get help because they can not pay. I am not a commodity and neither are you. I believe in being able to make your own way in the heart of capitalism but there are just some things that need to be ran in a socialistic fashion. The VA, SSI and medicare were not in the constitution or the bill of rights either but we have them. Would you give them up? Because we are a country for the people by the people one set of philosophy can not be all present. Democracy by its fashion can not be wholly capitalistic. I am by no means in favor of socialism as I am in no way supportive of fascism. I am however fully supportive of freedom of the people ran in a true democracy where the government fears us not the other way around. I hope this helps in understanding my views a little as this is how most of the democrats and independents I have debated with feel.
Warren,
Sorry for not getting back sooner. As for people that disagree with me, one chimmed in on this topic a couple of times. Then I received many personal e-mails cursing me out. I can see I don't expect that of you.
Well we still disagree on certain things. I have many very top notch doctors for friend's, none belong to the AMA. They hate that organization made up of mostly doctors that are far from top notch. Those are the doctors that want to change health-care.
Now they want people to get social security at age 55. So we put about 50 million people on SS; how do you pay for it? In fact; how do you pay for any of the things they are doing? Your doctor may soon belong to SEIU!
You may believe America is doing things the wrong way; but why do we have the BEST medical care.
I would never revert to using unintelligent language and slurs to get my point across. How would we ever come to proper understanding if we did that? I sent an e-mail back to you but I still will give a small comment here. As in my Hub Disappointments abounding and Democrats are faltering I show why our health system is not the best. We do have some of the best Doctors when it comes to specialties but the system in its whole needs work. I too speak with doctors constantly given my daughters issues. I have found that specialty doctors tend to be more against reform then child and private practice doctors. As far as nurses (and I have spoken to a lot of nurses over the last few years) they tend to overwhelmingly support universal health care. Most of the doctors I have spoken to about gene therapy to help my daughter also support reform. When it comes down to it the doctors and nurses I have spoken to all point to a change in the amounts that they would be paid as why they are opposed to reform. The ones that support it say that the over all health of their patients is what matters most. So again the difference here is money. Money verses People. Take away everything from the debate that is filler and lies (from both sides of course) and it comes down to big insurance, specialty doctors and corrupt politicians that don’t want to lower their paychecks, once again it is fundamentally philosophical beliefs at war here. Do I support corporation rule or do I support the people?
Warren,
My friend's are especially highly regarded, not trying for a comparrison. I'm talking about a world reknowned Neurologist specializing in Brain Tumors, a Past President of the Illinois Endodontal Society of Illinois, a Pharmacologist that is a Diplomat in two fields (Pain and Forensics) that is also a U.S. Marshall and others.
Nurses: I love them! My wife worked in a hospital for four years and I met many. After that she started working in the Pharma Industry. She hired more Nurses to work for her than I could believe. They and paramedics are the most giving people.
Many Nurses just want to help at any cost, others it depends on their situation. They may have a sick child also.
I do hope they find something to help your daughter, none of us should suffer. I hope she has an especially great Christmas.
breakfastpop says:
5 months ago
I couldn't agree more with everything you have written. I share your sentiments and I too write about them. The kind of change this country needs is clearly not the kind of change being proposed. In the end Obama's policies will destroy what is best about America. We don't want or need government running our corporations, dictating what we can eat, what we can drive and how much we can earn. I hope we all wake up and make our objections known before it is too late.