In response to an increasing amount of bad publicity fingering them as puppet masters behind Governor Scott Walker's union-busting drive in Wisconsin, the Tea Party's push to cut government services and pro-corporate, climate-science denying astroturf groups such as Americans for Prosperity, Charles and David Koch are now fighting back. This month, they're launching a new … [Read more...]
In peak oil, we can afford unions more than billionaires
On Saturday, my wife and I drove up to Thomas Jefferson's capitol building in Richmond to join Virginia's state rally in support of the public workers in Wisconsin. We know that peak oil is here and that it's probably the biggest single cause for the Great Recession. We just don't think that a tough economy, peak oil-driven or not, should be used as an excuse for the … [Read more...]
“Mad as hell” in Madison
The large demonstrations at the state Capitol in Madison, Wisconsin are driven by a middle class awakening to the specter of its destruction by the corporate reactionaries and their toady Governor Scott Walker. For years the middle class has watched the plutocrats stomp on the poor while listening to the two parties regale the great middle class, but never mentioning the … [Read more...]