Gather.com carries this tuna tidbit (h/t Bob Robbins):
>Del Monte: Pelosi's Tuna
>Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi's home district includes San Francisco. Star-Kist Tuna's headquarters, are located in San Francisco, Nancy Pelosi's home district. Star-Kist is owned by Del Monte Foods and is a major contributor to Pelosi's political fund. Star-Kist is also the major employer in American Samoa, actually employing 75% of the Samoan workforce.
>Paul Pelosi, Nancy's husband, owns $17 million dollars of Del Monte stock. In January, 2007 when the minimum wage was increased from $5.15 to $7.25, Pelosi had American Samoa exempted from the increase so Del Monte would not have to pay the higher wage. This would make Del Monte products less expensive than their competition's.
>Last week when the huge bailout bill was passed, Pelosi added an earmark to the final bill adding $33 million dollars for an "economic development credit in American Samoa".
Nancy Pelosi has called the Bush Administration "corrupt"...?
Well she would know.....!
Borrowing once again from Certs: America has two, two, two corrupt parties in one!
Monday, November 10, 2008
Sunday, November 9, 2008
An Explanation of The Evolution of American Politics
An explanation of the evolution of American democracy. H/t Chuck Gengler:
How To Contact Your Electors Re Birth Certificate
Two websites has been set up to facilitate contact of presidential electors regarding the birth certificate here and here. I'm interested in learning how to contact the electors for the states not listed.
The sites are:
http://www.democratic-disaster.com
http://wethepeopleusa.ning.com
Julie writes:
I think to keep the cause "active" and to keep people engaged, a social networking group which includes all of the above may be a better idea. I took the liberty of creating a social networking group which will allow volunteers in each state to form a group and share information, ideas, news, updates, etc. I have already created "State Elector Action" groups for each state. Here group members can chat live and share documents,progress, etc., which may cut down on emails and people not knowing what to do. The social networking site also has a comment/posting notification system, so when an update is posted or a comment is made, the member will receive an email notification. I will include some articles and news stories soon, but i believe that it is the type of site that is more interactive and hopefully it will get more people involved and keep them engaged.
This does not take away from the effort that has already been made with the forum that was created. It is just a very different format that I think will encourage people to post, blog and share ideas.
The site is: http://wethepeopleusa.ning.com/ Please take a look at it.
Also, please pass this information on to all those that have volunteered that were not on my email list so we can spread the word about the site.
Doug writes:
Our website is at http://www.democratic-disaster.com/ Do I have your permission to share your contact info with the state coordinator?
Thanks for standing up for the Constitution,
Doug
The sites are:
http://www.democratic-disaster.com
http://wethepeopleusa.ning.com
Julie writes:
I think to keep the cause "active" and to keep people engaged, a social networking group which includes all of the above may be a better idea. I took the liberty of creating a social networking group which will allow volunteers in each state to form a group and share information, ideas, news, updates, etc. I have already created "State Elector Action" groups for each state. Here group members can chat live and share documents,progress, etc., which may cut down on emails and people not knowing what to do. The social networking site also has a comment/posting notification system, so when an update is posted or a comment is made, the member will receive an email notification. I will include some articles and news stories soon, but i believe that it is the type of site that is more interactive and hopefully it will get more people involved and keep them engaged.
This does not take away from the effort that has already been made with the forum that was created. It is just a very different format that I think will encourage people to post, blog and share ideas.
The site is: http://wethepeopleusa.ning.com/ Please take a look at it.
Also, please pass this information on to all those that have volunteered that were not on my email list so we can spread the word about the site.
Doug writes:
Our website is at http://www.democratic-disaster.com/ Do I have your permission to share your contact info with the state coordinator?
Thanks for standing up for the Constitution,
Doug
Joseph Stewart Asks Barack Obama About Inner Cities
My student in management at Brooklyn College, Joseph Stewart, asked then-Senator Barack Obama a question on television recently. Joseph, who lives in Red Hook, Brooklyn, knows at least 40 people who have been murdered. He wanted to know how Barack Obama thinks that hope can be injected into the inner city.
I agree with parts of Mr. Obama's remarks. I do not believe that improvement of medical care, after school programs or teacher quality are relevant to crime. The creation of jobs would help, but not if taxation of income makes a good job a pastime for a sucker. One way to encourage a focus on the work ethic is to limit taxation, government intervention and inflation to encourage saving, thrift and self-improvement. As well, elimination of minimum wage requirements for training programs would enable firms to employ unskilled labor that they train for the best jobs.
Perhaps Red Hook could become a free trade zone and attract industrial enterprise back to New York, enterprise that was ejected (and its associated jobs destroyed) during the "urban renewal" of the 1950s. As well, decriminalization of drugs would reduce violent crime. Along these lines, Mr. Obama suggests drug courts that decriminalize drugs.
I agree with Mr. Obama's claim that young people should be given opportunity to learn construction trades, although if much of their earnings are taxed, good jobs may not be so desirable. Strengthening of the family and individual assumption of responsibility (and rewarding assumption of such responsibility) are the best ways to end crime.
Crime rates did not increase in inner cities until the early 1950s. The increase was concomitant with increased government programs, welfare, social work and urban renewal. As someone once said, government is not the solution, government is the problem.
I agree with parts of Mr. Obama's remarks. I do not believe that improvement of medical care, after school programs or teacher quality are relevant to crime. The creation of jobs would help, but not if taxation of income makes a good job a pastime for a sucker. One way to encourage a focus on the work ethic is to limit taxation, government intervention and inflation to encourage saving, thrift and self-improvement. As well, elimination of minimum wage requirements for training programs would enable firms to employ unskilled labor that they train for the best jobs.
Perhaps Red Hook could become a free trade zone and attract industrial enterprise back to New York, enterprise that was ejected (and its associated jobs destroyed) during the "urban renewal" of the 1950s. As well, decriminalization of drugs would reduce violent crime. Along these lines, Mr. Obama suggests drug courts that decriminalize drugs.
I agree with Mr. Obama's claim that young people should be given opportunity to learn construction trades, although if much of their earnings are taxed, good jobs may not be so desirable. Strengthening of the family and individual assumption of responsibility (and rewarding assumption of such responsibility) are the best ways to end crime.
Crime rates did not increase in inner cities until the early 1950s. The increase was concomitant with increased government programs, welfare, social work and urban renewal. As someone once said, government is not the solution, government is the problem.
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