I just want to give thanks to those who have sacrificed so much for me, my family, and my country.
Garret reminds us of this day’s origins.
Category Archives: Public Service, Civics, Government, Activism
The Clinton Formula
President Clinton explains how to win in 2004. A great article. I bought the magazine.
New Democrats Online, home of the Democratic Leadership Council, promotes many of Clinton’s efforts and viewpoints.
Philadelphia Weekly: Bill Clinton’s magic still works in Philadelphia. His support of Mayor Street was a huge help.
via rc3.org.
The Nation Still Split
A terrorist attack, a downturn in the economy, two military campaigns, and two tax cuts later – we are still divided 50/50.
What does that mean? Well if the Democrats could front a candidate that could connect – they would win. That requires getting behind somebody however.
Temp Job, No Health
In the first in a series over at Burningbird, Shelley posts about the state of the IT job market.
Related: The Philadelphia Inquirer: Subcontractors gave Wal-Mart illegal workers.
Prediction: This Guy Is The Next Out Of A Job
Richmond Federal Reserve President Alfred Broaddus: “…A lot of these job losses are probably permanent structural job losses…”: Reuters: Richmond Fed’s Broaddus-Many job losses permanent.
That guy’s a gonner.
Will It Get This Bad?
Intel Chairman and tech visionary Andy Grove…predicted that the software and services industry is about to travel the well-worn path of the steel and semiconductor industries. Steel’s market share dropped from about 50 percent to 10 percent in a few decades. U.S. chip companies saw theirs shrink from 90 percent to about 50 percent today. Now the writing is on the wall that software could suffer the same fate, said Grove, whose 1996 bestseller was titled “Only the Paranoid Survive.”
Read the rest of the gloom in The Mercury News.
What do you think? Will it get that bad? Is it on its way already?
Update: According to Wired there maybe some positive movement in the job market taking place.
The Mayor Street Story Just Gets Worst And Worst
The Philadelphia Inquirer: The Federal Probe: A City Under Stress.
The Phildelphia Inquirer: FBI appears to focus on ‘pay to play’.
CSMonitor: Philadelphia’s ‘Marion Barry factor’.
The Rich (Really) Are Different
“Americans making $70,000 or more dispensed a paltry 3.3 percent of their earnings to charitable cuases; in contrast, those making $50,000 to $69,999 gave 5.6 percent, and those making $30,000 to $49,999 gave 8.9 percent.”
From The Atlantic Monthly’s Primary Sources. via Paddling to New Zealand.
Just remember that the next time you support tax breaks that go more to the wealthy instead of the middle class. Or the poor for that matter. As Jane Eisner, in this Inquirer article explains, welfare reform has only gone so far.
Just what century is this anyway?!?!?! – The Symmetry Of Hatred
I can’t believe I was able to capture this as a screenshot. They are on the right and left even. My stomach twists.
Will we ever learn? Just what century is this anyway?!?!?!
They Care About Rush But A Big City Mayor Getting Bugged?
On the eve of the mayoral election – the blogosphere sleeps. A big city Democrat mayor – Philadelphia’s Mayor Street – has his office bugged, his associates raided, and rumors are flying.
Philadelphia Inquirer: 3 City Agencies Raided.
Philadelphia Inqurier: Longtime Supporter Raided.
Philadelphia Inquirer: Streets ratings are rising in face of the investigation.
CityPaper: The Mayor and the Media (a must read for behind the behind the scenes acrimony that exists between the media and the mayor).