Posts Tagged ‘Unemployment’

AFL-CIO President Calls for Immigration Reform on Same Day as Mint’s Racist Blog Post

In History, News, Opinion, Politics, Racism, Twitter on 20 June 2010 tagged Aaron Patzer, AFL-CIO, Barack Hussein Obama, City Club of Cleveland, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Guest Worker Program, Health Care, Immigration, Immigration Reform, Lake Eerie, Lake Erie wind turbine project, Mint.com, MintLife, NAFTA, North American Free Trade Agreement, Ohio, Republican, Richard L. Trumka, Senate, The Economic Cost of Immigration, Twitter, Twittersphere, Unemployment with no comments

Speaking at the at the City Club of Cleveland, AFL-CIO President, Richard L. Trumka spoke about the importance of immigration reform in the United States. Trumpka, who does not support a guest worker program, reminded the people of Cleveland that the executives of corporations – large and small – were the ones taking away the [...]

Video : Dr. Cornel West to Obama “You Have to Have Backbone”

In fame, History, News, Opinion, Politics on 25 January 2010 tagged Abolitionist, Abraham Lincoln, Barack Hussein Obama, BBC, Cesar Chavez, Democrat, Democratic, Dr. Cornel West, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Labor Movement, Myles Horton, Progressive, Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, Recession, Technocratic, Unemployment, Video with no comments

In his video note to United States President Barack Hussein Obama, Princeton Professor, Dr. Cornel West asks Obama about his commitment to the American people struggling under the yoke of a flailing economy. To Dr. West, progress in America is a question of priorities and whether Obama is more concerned with consensus and compromise than [...]

Video : Daily Show on John McCain’s ‘Internet Freedom Act of 2009′

In Afghanistan, Internet, Iran, Iraq, News, Opinion, Politics, TV on 27 October 2009 tagged ABC, Afghanistan, Americans for Prosperity, AT&T, CBS, Central Economic Planning, Clear Skies Act, Comcast, Comedy Central, FCC, Fox News, George W. Bush, Georgia, Google, Iran, Iraq, Joe Wilson, John McCain, Jon Stewart, Lamar Smith, Larry Craig, NBC, Net Neutrality, Phil Gingrey, Phil Kerpen, Republican, South Carolina, Stimulus, Ted Stevens, Texas, The Daily Show, The Internet Freedom Act of 2009, Unemployment, Verizon, Video with no comments

Here is McCain’s statement on the Internet Freedom Act of 2009: “Today I’m pleased to introduce the Internet Freedom Act of 2009 that will keep the Internet free from government control and regulation,” McCain said. “It will allow for continued innovation that will in turn create more high-paying jobs for the millions of Americans who [...]

Video : John Legend on Anderson Cooper 360 ‘The Opponents of the President’s Agenda WANT This to be a Race War’

In fame, Music, News, Opinion, Politics, R&B, Racism, TV on 19 September 2009 tagged Anderson Cooper, Anderson Cooper 360, Bill Clinton, CNN, Distractions, Economy, Fascism, Health Care, Hilary Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Jimmy Carter, John Legend, Liberal, Medicare, Nazism, Nic Lott, Race, Racism, Roland Martin, sexism, tea party, Unemployment, Video, Youtube with no comments

I agree with John Legend and Roland Martin that this a tactic used by Obama’s opponents to derail the real issues at hand and to de-legitimize Obama – the mixed-race American man with a Kenyan Muslim father – is the rightful heir to the white man’s Presidential throne in America. I also agree with John [...]

Slate.com Points to Other Factors That SHOULD Lead to a New Revolution in Iran

In History, Internet, Iran, Islam, News, Opinion, Politics, religion, Twitter on 19 June 2009 tagged #Iranelection, Ayatollah Ali Khamieni, Daniel Byman, Economy, Inflation, Iranian election, Iranian Revolution, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir-Hossein Mousavi Khameneh, Mousavi, oil prices, Slate.com, Unemployment with no comments

Though Slate is not entirely sold on the notion that the aftermath of the highly contested tenth presidential election in Iran will lead to a revolution, or even that Twitter has proven to be an accurate source of hard facts from the streets of Iran, they do a good job at summing up the exact [...]