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Posted on Author oly mike
Bold Progressives is reporting that the recall petition has the signatures for a recall election of Wisconsin State Senator Dan Kapanke. I believe Mr. Kapanke has an R behind his name. Have the neocons over-reached? Do the attacks on public employees, AARP, push the electorate over the line? We can only hope. Maybe more Democrats […]
Allied with ALEC: Washington State’s “Dirty Half-Dozen”
Posted on Author Matthew Thuney
The infamously stealthy pro-corporate, anti-worker American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has infiltrated deep into our Washington state legislature.Some legislators, supposedly elected to represent their down-home constituents, actually fork over hefty membership fees to ALEC. In return for their “contribution,” your elected representatives get to hobnob with corporate lobbyists and right-wing special interest groups who urge […]
Driving a car is like smoking in a nursery
Posted on Author admin
Twenty years ago, smoking was permitted in most restaurants and public buildings. Nowadays, smokers have accepted that they have no right to force nonsmokers to put up with secondhand smoke. In a similar way, society needs to make the transition to a mindset in which driving a single-occupancy, non-electric passenger car is viewed as selfish, […]