Random RecitalsFor there is another kind of violence, slower but just as deadly destructive as the shot or the bomb in the night. This is the violence of institutions; indifference and inaction and slow decay. This is the violence that afflicts the poor, that poisons relations between men because their skin has different colors. This is the slow destruction of a child by hunger, and schools without books and homes without heat in the winter. This is the breaking of a man's spirit by denying him the chance to stand as a father and as a man among other men. And this too afflicts us all. Lively LinksLinks change randomly each time the cache is refreshed. |
Article by John on April 2nd, 2009 at 7:32 am Mt. Rushmore, Theodore Roosevelt closeup. Image via Wikipedia Since the 1980s (when I worked for Eastern Airlines, which no longer exists due to deregulation fever) we as a people have amnesia when it comes to the lessons that history teaches us. Regulations did not just magically appear one day. They were derived from the wisdom that came about from the mistakes of the past. Reagan [...]
Article by missy on March 16th, 2009 at 3:24 pm and clawing back those they’d already paid out? From October 22, 2008: NY AG says targeting exec pay at AIG, elsewhere NEW YORK (Reuters) – Troubled insurer American International Group Inc will freeze payments to a former CEO and officers of the unit that was the main source of its financial problems, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said on Wednesday. “This is to confirm that AIG has [...]
Article by John on November 20th, 2008 at 9:30 am 1936 Chrysler Airflow Series C-9 These days I sometimes feel like I am living in a psychosis. I have been absolutely opposed to the financial sector bailout from the beginning. Our government freaked out and reacted poorly. Too much money was approved with too little oversight for an industry that has become too big and monopolized for its britches. I favor using government to restructure [...]
Article by John on October 16th, 2008 at 10:13 am Noticed this comment to an article about poor Joe the Plumber over at OpEd News this morning: from a post: “John McCain did great tonight in the debate. But every time John mentioned “Joe the Plumber,” some of us in the campaign banged our heads against the wall. If Steve Schmidt had any hair left, I hear [...]
Article by John on September 24th, 2008 at 8:14 am Wall Street TrueMajority.org a project of USAction.org Dear xxxx, America Says NO Bush Bailout! Attend an emergency rally against the Bush bailout. Our pressure is working. Already this week, TrueMajority members have made almost 20,000 calls to tell their Senators “NO” to the Bush corporate bailout. Now news is beginning to come out that some lawmakers, Republicans and Democrats alike, are having second thoughts about going along with the [...] | |
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