http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:18:33 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:18:33 I'd say 40 years of right wing ideology lacking in empathy and compassion, where self-centered greed is the highest value and people who are not rich, beautiful and charming are losers who brought it on themselves

Under Reagan people started mocking the poor. That virus has spread throughout our... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/DBoon/12 Fri, 08 Oct 2010 10:19:13 from : http://www.insidebayarea.com/news/ci_11707051

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SACRAMENTO — A sweeping plan to pull California government back from the brink of insolvency was falling a single vote short of approval early this morning.

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In one telling sign of the competing pressures, just before Ste... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/DBoon/11 Sun, 15 Feb 2009 12:33:36 they were forced out of the party during the '90s

You need to keep in mind that the modern republican party is not an honorable representative parliamentary party, intent on bargaining for the interests of a constituency.

The republican party is an ideologically coherent totalitarian vanguard ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/DBoon/10 Fri, 13 Feb 2009 10:59:04 Other countries provide subsidized health care.
Medical bills are a leading cause of bankruptcy in the US. We finance our health care with credit.

Other countries subsidize higher education.
We have student loans, so young adults start their working life already in the hole

Other countries ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/DBoon/9 Wed, 11 Feb 2009 13:44:08 What Ayers may or may not have said 40 years ago isn't the issue

The politics supposedly espoused in that alleged conversation have nothing to do with the current campaign or with any element of the Democratic Party

The politics of Pinochet are very relevant. They are part of the very make-up... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/DBoon/8 Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:39:53 http://www.downtownnews.com/articles/2008/01/28/news/news03.txt

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... After seven months of negotiations that culminated in a marathon 24-hour meeting, union officials representing thousands of private security guards in Los Angeles announced a tentative contract with several proper... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/DBoon/7 Mon, 28 Jan 2008 13:35:29 http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-gay7jul07,1,1631472.story?coll=la-headlines-california - registration required

A GLBT group buys a block of tickets to a game, and the "Christian" food service workers refuse to show up for work? And they get to keep their jobs?

And allowing this block ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/DBoon/6 Sat, 07 Jul 2007 16:18:22 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4903794.stm

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But Dubai has another face. On the outskirts of the city, where the desert begins, are the concrete barracks where the workers live, thousand upon thousand of them.

Dubai is being built virtually from scratch - 20 years ag... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/DBoon/5 Fri, 14 Apr 2006 13:44:05 These are two different things.

To the many slaves in ante-bellum south, a sucessful defeat of their military brought their emancipation. The independent sovereignty of their governments directly contradicted their own freedom.

Freedom is protected by citizens who value freedom. No military ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/DBoon/4 Fri, 07 Apr 2006 17:58:06 actually end up being replacements for the social safety net that Reagan eliminated in the 1980s.

Unemployed? Who needs unemployment insurance? Break into your retirement account.

Uncovered medical expense? Who needs government health coverage? Just break into your retirement account?

Pay ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/DBoon/3 Thu, 06 Apr 2006 16:08:30 it is supposed to be for retirement, but the fact is they get broken into because of serious illness or extended unemployment.

It's not just the retirement system that's broken, it is our entire social welfare system... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/DBoon/2 Tue, 04 Apr 2006 16:07:59 oppose the exploitation of illegal immigrants and protect the standard of living of all workers... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/DBoon/1 Sat, 01 Apr 2006 12:57:16