Oh, it’s in some papers (WashingtonPost), but it’s not registering on TV. Website postings are not enough.
There is meat to this story:
rc3.org
The Pennsylvania Gazette
Oiliver Willis
Daily Kos
Talking Points Memo
Political Wire
slacktivist
suburban guerrilla
Will the mainstream pick it up? Not simply as website updates, but during prime-time network news? Indepth? Or will it be a blurb to that comes and goes? Tonight will be telling.
Where were these candidates for governor during the regular election? Where was all this passion? How was it so bottled up? Where will it be after this is over?
Is this recall election a fad?!?!
I’m not a Californian and I’m talking out my ass. Maybe this NYTimes story can answer my questions. Probably not.
I realize to some that this news is a few days old, my weblogging schedule not what is once was. There is something you should know, if you are not aware…
The poverty threshold for a family of four is $18,392. For individuals the amount is $9,183. The percentage of people in severe poverty, those with incomes below half of the poverty threshold, increased to 14.1 million from 13.4 million.
That “threshold” is ridiculously low. In whose pipe-dream world is a family of four, earning $25k a year, no, even $30k a year, not in poverty?!? A family of four can live off of $18,392? What world is this? Oh – yeah – the third world!
The first thing any compassionate conservative should do is raise that threshold to a reasonable level. I would expect no less from any true liberal. If there are any anymore.
Read Nickel and Dimed for a dose of reality.
You know. The one that was on Fox. At 8PM the other day?
Answering to the news that “the United States is about to cut the number of employment visas it offers to highly qualified foreign workers from 195,000 to 65,000, Patrick Duffy, attorney in the human resources department at Intel Corp., said,
“We expect that we will continue to sponsor H-1B employees in the future for the simple reason that we cannot find enough U.S. workers with the advanced education, skills, and expertise we need,” he said.”
How about more investment in public education?
I am very impressed with Microsoft’s commitment to fund a High School here in Philly.
Just three years ago, there was a chorus from companies selling that there wasn’t enough good labor here in the USA to satisfy their needs. Some were saying it was related to the age of our working population.
It was bullshit then and it is bullshit now.
I can’t help but feel insulted whenever I hear a large corporation pushing for imported labor when there are too many people I personally know, who if given the opportunity, would give their all and it would be far more then enough. Capable people that want to climb the ladder – they either haven’t been given the same tools others have to start with or have been suddenly displaced and are falling behind.
Don’t get me wrong – I’m just arguing for some compassion. For some bootstraps for people to pull themselves up by.
Of course, as this NYTimes story spells out, we’d rather settle for a couple extra bucks right now then invest in our workforce, invest in our children, invest in our future. Screw giving people bootstraps. Screw giving people boots.
Related:
Dr. Norman Matloff: Testimony to the U.S. House Judiciary Committee: Debunking the Myth of a Desperate Software Labor Shortage
NYTimes: Good Economy. Bad Job Market. Huh?
NYTimes:
As Factory Jobs Disappear, Workers Have Few Options
CIO Magazine: Backlash (check out the comments folks!)
CIO Magazine: The Radicalization of Mike Emmons
CIO Magazine: No Americans Need Apply
Metafilter: Well…now what?
Salon: Welcome to the machine?
Salon: White-collar sweatshops
Economist: Mayhem in May via rc3.org.
At least that’s what I read from Kos. I hope so. He better not continue to show signs of waffling however.
Joshua Marshall calls the waffling charge stupid and asks “is simplism the new integrity”?
Being a man who doesn’t believe in stupid questions …
The answer to that is no. It’s not the new integrity. Simple statements, to most folks, always sound more genuine and truthful.
Two years later and I still can’t speak coherently over 9/11. The bastards are still at large – but much more important – we’re still here. A prayer for all those who’ve lost and a prayer for wisdom and guidance.
I just had to pass on this excellent take in the Washington Monthly. via dangerousmeta and rc3.org.