Washington Liberals

Occupiers from Across the Nation to Converge on Olympia Occupy Olympia (WA) and the Alliance for Global Justice are hosting an Occupy Solidarity Social Forum Feb. 18-19 in the Washington state capital city. The self-organized, social forum-type gathering is open to all occupiers and allies.

http://www.facebook.com/denniskucinich “I will be filing for the 9th Congressional District today, December 28, 2011 at the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections, 1:00pm” http://www.facebook.com/denniskucinich

Data on State Employee Compensation Despite conservative claims to the contrary the number of state workers per 1000 residents is decreasing significantly, and state employee wages are not in general higher than private sector workers. “The end result is a 13.5% drop in general government state employees per thousand residents. Total employees, not adjusting for…

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Everyone should know by now that Republicans serve the 1%. But one weekend in Olympia I caught on video Democratic leaders doing something inappropriate with Tim Eyman. (From the left to the right in the video:  Larry Springer, Jim Kastama, Tim Eyman, Christine Gregoire, Frank Chopp, Steve Hobbs, Brian Hatfield) As reported here, the Road…

I’ve been thinking a lot about the evolution of Christmas, and I’ve been thinking that there is a lot about the current practice that we can admire. Peace and good will, of course, and cookies and candy canes, and happy kids – and this is also the time we think the most about those less…

Signs of Intelligent Life in the Murdoch Universe.  The WSJ has article on “Scientists Increasingly Link Vehicle Exhaust With Brain-Cell Damage, Higher Rates of Autism.” There should be higher taxes on gasoline!

Click: ‘Roadkill’ Democrats Want Spending Reform With Tax Hike

A couple of quotes and some thoughts. “[The founding fathers] conferred, as against the Government, the right to be left alone — the right most valued by civilized men.” — Justice Louis D. Brandeis (1856-1941) US Supreme Court Justice, 1928 Indeed, the right to be left alone. That’s a profound thought in a new era…

So who are the job creators? The accepted wisdom is that the wealthy, banks and the biggest corporations are job creators. But in fact, too many are job-taker-away-ers. They suck money, our money, out of the economy and hoard it or spend it outside the country. That slows down economic activity right here in our…