Though many of us cannot physically be among the great fight for workers rights, can we do something to support those who are?
Can we perhaps create a 'Feed the Freedom Fighters' fund drive, here at DU?

Is there an organization in Madison that can deliver burgers& fries, pizza, etc to those who stand hourly, daily in the cold? Perhaps there are NON-CORPORATE owned diners somewhere in the city who stand in support of those who protest, who would gladly provide the labor force if we at DU gave them the funds to make this happen.
Can we offer something like this?

This is just an idea born from the respect i have for the Wisconsin protests and the strong desire to assist them in some way.
Anything to keep their spirits strong and realize that support for their cause is only growing in numbers.

Any ideas?
Any way to make this happen?

Thank You DU

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081002/ap_on_...


WASHINGTON - When it comes to the Supreme Court, only one case comes to Sarah Palin's mind: Roe v. Wade.



In an interview broadcast Wednesday on the "CBS Evening News," the Republican vice presidential candidate cast herself as a federalist in explaining why she thought the court got it wrong on the landmark decision that legalized abortion.

She also could not name any other decisions by the high court that she disagrees with.

"I think it should be a states issue not a federal government, mandated, mandating yes or no on such an important issue," said Palin, who opposes abortion except in cases where the pregnancy threatens the woman's life.

............"I'm in that sense a federalist, where I believe that states should have more say in the laws of their lands and individual areas," she added.

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Now she's a Federalist..She really is a microcosm of America in herself.

So do Federalists and Republicans beliefs mirror each other that closely?
Did McLame know this about Palin when he chose her?
Maybe that's why proper vetting is necessary.
ahhh, the many sides of Sarah Palin.

Call for entries..
I'm not savy at this stuff but I have seen great pics on DU that tell me many DUers are.

Darwins Theory of Evolution..and george..

Thanks
Blaze

..outsource the high paying jobs and then import illegals to finish them off at the bottom rung..
Ever feel "invisible"?

respecting and loving that country SO DAMN MUCH that you are willing to become part of it. Not just take the work it offers you, educate your children, get medical care for your family, and flip the middle finger when asked to make one effort to tell that Country how much you REALLY DO want to be part of it.
I truly know of no other immigrants who come here without making an attempt to communicate in the English language to some degree.

I don't think asking anyone to respect our Nation and the language of it is too much to ask in the name of making life better than where they came from.
If I moved to any other country I would have to learn to communicate in that Country's language..Why do some Hispanic people feel as though they shouldn't have to be held to that also?

I generally feel for the Hispanic population..understand their reasons for coming to this country..their plight is for the same reasons our ancestors came to America. I don't know..show some freakin gratitude for what America has to offer ..respect that our Nation is an English speaking one..We are not all learning Asian languages just so we can communicate with the Asian ( or any other immigrants) population.

For cripes sake..what's the problem with learning the language of the country you take up residency in?!!
At least learn it enough to communicate.
I don't think that is asking too much at all..
Guess they have to weigh the benefits of living here with how much work they have to put into it all.

Sorry
I disagree with your post.

Blaze

Welcome to the neighborhood, and here's a story about the locals..You may want to keep that Sat Radio tuned to Air America for you sanity..
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My boss has the tv on fox all day..He is on his laptop every chance he gets (Freepland no doubt)..gets so worked up then sticks his head out of the office to rant about the Democrats..Tells what Rush just said about bad dems..non patriotic..blabbering the usual lies of Rush Limpjab.
I am the only one there out of four of us..(small shop) that has a clue what our gov't has done to our Nation & the world..they all STILL believe Sadam caused 9-11. I couldn't live in that world a day longer..so I simply stepped out the door and drove away..My hours were recently cut a lot, anyway..apparantly they made $30,000.00 last year but their accountant told then recently that they've over spent a bit more than they made..
Labor costs were to blame..Couldn't be the high costs of operating a small business..under Bushco..everyone gets screwed, unless you've got a million $$ bank acct. Which they don't.
But you think they will blame it on Bush? NO..they still say its all Clinton's fault..
Typical stupid head-up-their-butts Bushkins..
I know there is a job out there somewhere in Dallas/Ft Worth that isn't 24-7 Faux News..What a bunch of confused freaks!

Whew..thanks for the rant space..
Any Ft Worth meet ups! I think I need de-programming!

Oh ya, and a decent job.
Blaze

---SO my point is: if you're traveling near Grapevine/Hurst, and need to purchase flowers..I can tell you where NOT to go, unless you feel like waking in there and laying on some great rant about pissy psnts Bush..just for the sport of watching all their heads explode!!

Thanks

OH, except for that school teacher beheaded in fron of the class..but hey, once in a while everyone has a bad day.

How many people WERN'T beheaded today? Now that's "feel-good" kind of news!

After reading that, I thought "hey maybe there really IS something to Bush's talk of making headway in Iraq"..
um..well ok, maybe not for the guy without one anymore, but geez ..This must be how Bush sees things..one of those, glass half-full guys..ya think?
How 'bout a little more of that "cheer" ok George?

I think its starting to werk!

..."sodomized, (nice touch)"...
abso-effin-lutely my friend..suprised he didn't go into detail about what the darling virgin would have to be wearing, bare feet exposed or covered. hair? make-up? virgin white, all cotton underwear only? Such specifics were not discussed (except perhaps in the hot & dirty corners of his perverted mind).
Such details would certainly be among the list of qualifiers for abortion according to Napoli freaks.
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Abortion, like homosexuality, always finds its way to the fore around election time.
Its a sure fire vote geter..not to mention those big dollar god-fearing campaign donors.!!

Incredible rant..I'm sending it EVERYWHERE!!
Please copy this link and send it around the fu*king world..for women everywhere.

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http://www.fucksouthdakota.com/

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discu...

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"This was not something that he needed to authorize," the spokesman said.

That's right..he doesn't even have to authorize illegal and unconstitutional moves anymore..he's now appointed someone else to make the laws as they go along..
Stupid murderous effing lying baby killers!

Circulate these pics please..Show what Bush's America has done..Bush deserves NO praise nor poll number bump because of this latest military massacre on innocents.
His numbers should drop to single digits as Americans see the grief and horror of george's war-for-profit War.
Fuck him!

Operation Swarmer!!
Makes the bloodshed sound more palatable..
Sounds like just another day of millitary maneuvers.

Simplify the war for the dumbed down..takes some of the heat off the financial budget QUAGMIRE in the House and Senate today.

Cut $10 million out of medicare for the aging and deposit it directly into Cheney's Haliburton acct.
Got to have that $385million concentration camp..Has the gov't spy operations already chosen who will occupy said camp?
Dissentors and anyone not applauding the supreme reich.. they already HAVE the list..

Thanks to the stupidity of the sellouts in DC..GOP and Dems alike.
I believe we, here on DU, saw this coming long ago.

DU for House and Senate!!
Which DUer should we choose for President???

Looking to trace the origin of the Diebold vote-fix scam.
Who's idea was this and when did the process first begin to develop?
Considering Abramoff's involvement in all things scam-related to wheeling & dealing for GBush, some group or some person(s) had to have created the absolute need to get Bush in the White House. At all cost, I might add.
My hunch says Jack Abramoff played a pivotol role in bringing this neocon need to reality.
The only way Bush ended up in the White House, was, first to force the election to the decision of the Supreme Court, via the voting mishaps in Florida, thus sending it to the Supreme Court where Bush cronies were ready and waiting.I believe a few SC's knew waht was coming their way.
Second election was an obvious bait & switch, compliments of Diebold.
I do not believe the first election nor the second was by chance in either case.
I believe it was pre-orchestrated by those who wanted their agenda pushed forward at all cost. This was planned far back in the Clinton administration.
My question therefore, leads me to ask just how much of this planning was begin, promised and eventually carried out by the biggest and dirtiest dealer of them all, Jack Abramoff?
And just who gave Jack the go ahead to set it in motion?
ABRAMOFF WORKS FOR SOMEBODY.
Who sent him off with such free reign?
Who is at the top of this whole pyramid?
Cheney? Rove? Someone above even them?

Just wondering if anyone would like to explore this further.

Thanks
Blaze
& a gracious Thanksgiving to all you DUers