Whole Foods Market Inc. CEO John Mackey’s op-ed in The Wall Street Journal has ignited a movement, it seems. In the last several hours e-mails calling for a boycott of the high-priced retail food chain have been flooding in from ChicagolandforObama’s listserv. Also, a lot of Twitter users are calling for a boycott, I... »
A non-productive conversation I dreamed I had somewhere in Kansas: Kansan: I want my old America back A visitor: Which old America is that? Kansan: The one where there are no taxes and everything is cheap, of free, for real Americans, and where the government does not interfere with my life. Visitor: Well what about... »
Holy Cash for Clunkers, Batman, economists were surprised that retail sales didn’t rise last month! What planet are they living on? What are they smoking? Just because Wall Street is on a roll doesn’t mean Americans are flocking to the malls once again. Even Wal-Mart, temple of Joe Six-Pack discounts, saw its revenues decline... »
I think we should get rid of government run: Air traffic control. National defense. Got a gun? do it yourself. I’ll buy you a ticket to Afghanistan. Highways. Privatize all roadways. You’ll love paying tolls on every road and having interchanges every mile or two. Fire departments and emergency services. I’ll sell you water... »
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What happened to Change We Can Believe In? What happened to all the euphoria that erupted the night of Nov. 4, 2008, when our jaws were dropping (Obama won!) even as our hearts were rising in the incredible hope that the U.S was really turning a corner? Weren’t we serious about turning a major... »
I received an email tirade from a person who disagreed with a statement I made, that the United States was founded as an aristocracy. He strongly differed, saying it was founded on “the best Christian principles of democracy.” Well I certainly can’t argue with that. However, when you take into account that at the time of... »
Republicans and Democrats hit by more scandal Reported by Myron Hacktor of the Freepress Daily Inquiry There is yet more scandal in the Republican party since it was recently discovered that an unmarried Republican senator, John Freeman from Nebraska, has had an affair with an unnamed, unmarried woman. Both are approximately the same age, neither... »
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We began as an aristocracy, and we remain one. Except now the aristocrats are the corporations – protected by the Constitution with the same rights as individual citizens, but with greater access to its protections. Don’t be fooled that this is a democracy. »
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No time to write my thoughts right now, but I just have to share this writer’s comment, posted on a New York Times blog, about Geithner’s bank rescue plan: Suzanne Garment’s column in the Wall Street Journal–in which she expresses her belief that populism is being stirred up by Obama–or any other politician–for political... »
“It’s good to be a recessionista these days,” said wardrobe consultant Jane Hamill. “You may have shopped at Goodwill, but unless you were an art student, you probably didn’t tell people that you did. Now if you do, it makes you seem smart and with the times.” Source: chicagotribune.com »
Just heard that a school district in Arizona is cutting the school week to four days. School kids will have more free time. And, of course, with thousands of lay offs every week, adults will have more free time too. So with so people having more hours a week to themselves, what will they... »