Carl Rove Should Be In Jail

I tell my friends that there will be no real justice in this country until Carl Rove, Bush, Cheney et al are prosecuted and put in jail. How can you put a man in jail for shoplifting and at the same time not prosecute these thugs for the heinous war crimes and abuses of power they have conducted. Are we not a nation of laws?

Happy Burn the House Down And Scare The Bejesus Out Of the Dog Day

Item from the West Seattle Blog or the blog that never every sleeps.... Turn on the game have a few drinks and start a bonfire in the front yard next to the barbecue. What the hell could be wrong with that? Reminds me of the time I was in Spain on Saint Joan's Day. If you don't want to blow off any M80's but would like to feel like you have just watch this video.

The Catalans pretty much all come to a central location in the nearest town, like a soccer field, start a civic bonfire and begin to set off their extensive personal stash of fireworks and small bombs and fire making related goodies. The tradition is centuries old and includes that you must also jump through the fire inorder to symbolize getting rid of the old and starting over with the new. Sounds like something we could use here in America badly.

But, in Catalonia it seems no one every gets hurt at these celebrations or has their extremities blown off. Only here in the land of the retards and the home of the not so free anymore can one blow the shit out of themselves once a year or burn down their or their neighbor's house. Here is the quote from the post at West Seattle Blog.

10:53 pm Fire crews are busy too; Engine 37 (from 35th SW) just went to an illegal burn call at California/Willow south of Morgan Junction, reportedly “guys drinking and having a bonfire in the front yard.”

Is The Red Blue Divide Fading Away.. Are You An Equinox Voter?

Over at votemaster there was this interesting observation on a columm pollster John Zogby has written at Huffington post about his ideas on the changing make up of the electorate.

"Pollster John Zogby wrote a column about how the red/blue divide is fading away. He says the key new groups are the Spring-forward and Fall-back voters, which he names the Equinox voters. The Spring forwards are people who are doing well in the new information and service economy. They are well educated, making good money, and located in New England, New York, Maryland, Virginia, Colorado, the West Coast, and other areas. People like this used to be (Rockefeller) Republicans but now they are solidly Democratic. The Fall back-ers are blue-collar workers in the rust belt and elsewhere who have seen their manufacturing jobs vanish and their lives get worse. The old American dream of having your children do better than you seems a distant reach for them. They used to be the core of the Democratic coalition, but in recent years they are becoming more and more Republican, largely on cultural issues like abortion (due to Richard Nixon's Southern strategy and Karl Rove's genius). We are likely to see this theme a lot in the coming year".

John McCain's Flip Flopper 101 Video

All, or nearly all, or John McCain's flip flops are contained in this video. It hard to keep up. But we try.

Oil Companies Begining Plan To Extract Profits From Iraq Oil Fields

How ironic is it now that George Bush has less then six months left in office that his oil company buddies are going to start to enjoy their share of the spoils of the war in the form of oil profits from Iraqi oil. But as we all know it was never really about blood for oil.

Euro Cup Final Conjures Up Bad Memories For Holocaust Survivors

Euro 2008 comes to a close on Sunday night in Vienna, and it's Germany against Spain in the final. But the stadium where the final will be held brings up other memories for holocaust survivors.

United Farm Workers Union Takes Aim At Trader Joe's

Attention all upwardly mobile hipsters and and otherwise smug wine connoisseurs shopping at Trader Joe's. The United Farm Workers Union has targeted Trader Joe's and supplier Charles Shaw Wines for what it feels is a history of not providing proper working conditons for farm workers and the use of labor contractors to avoid responsibility when workers are injured of die on the job. The Company's wines are sold at Trader Joes under the Two Buck Chuck label. Trader Joe's considers Charles Shaw Wines one of it's valued suppliers.

The Farm Workers Union feels the Charles Shaw operation is responsible for the death of seventeen year old Maria Isabel Vasquez Jimenez from heat exposure at their California vinyard. The Union initiated the campaign against Trader Joe's because it feels that the company has not taken the responsibility or action to encourage it's so called valued suppliers like Charles Shaw to improve conditions for farm workers. If you'd like to send a fax to Trader Joe's telling them to take responsibility and action instead of making excuses you can do so here.

AFL-CIO Working Families 2008 Website Impressive

The AFL-CIO's Working Families 2008 website is very impressive, especially the John McCain revealed and the meet Barack Obama cyber book pages. The site contains tons of information, videos and links on both candidates aimed at the working person's perspective. The AFL-CIO has officially endorsed Obama and created the website to engaged union members and working class Americans in the election.