It's time for a 36 hour work week

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Wednesday March 04, 2009 · 8:24 PM PST

2009/03/04 · 20:24

We have a progressive President. We have a Democratic Congress. We have a complete mess in the economy, somewhere between a deep recession or the beginnings of a depression.

Time to think outside of the box. Let's implement a truly progressive idea that will help the economy almost immediately. Why do we insist on the same old tired solutions to economic woes when something much easier, with benefit to all, is standing unimplemented right before our eyes?

The 36 hour work week!

Do it now. Start by passing it for all federal government positions. Urge all state and local municipalities to follow suit. Hold a summit amongst the leaders of industry and urge them to implement it too.

rustydude

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Friday February 13, 2009 · 11:21 AM PST

2009/02/13 · 11:21

All my taxes are paid up!

I agree with the direction that our President wants to go in regards to Commerce matters.

I have no ongoing investigations of me into the rewarding of contracts.

I don't like to wear a suit every day, so I would fit right in.

I could really use the higher salary I would get with this position. I promise to spend it all, every month, to do my part to fuel the economy. No niggling savings for me.

And by an unbelievable coincidence, I have a special qualification for the job...

rustydude

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Monday February 09, 2009 · 5:23 PM PST

2009/02/09 · 17:23

The man who cares more about America than any other American has weighed in...

Being American means turning your back on the 1.8 million people who have lost jobs in the last 3 months, alone. Being American means holding steady on the losing political philosophy of modern times. Being American is not even attempting to improve a bill that is geared toward saving the economy from further disaster.

Hmmm... isn't greed and sloth two out of the seven deadly sins? Do we have to check Lugar's christian card?

rustydude

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Monday July 14, 2008 · 4:54 PM PDT

2008/07/14 · 16:54

Okay... so for those who did not appreciate the New Yorker satirical cartoon of the Obama's, here's another shot...

The Stranger

The Stranger is a local art/politics/scene alternative rag that has propogated from Seattle to Minneapolis to god knows where else. They take irreverent punches at lots of things, and occasionally get serious about a thing or two.

This week they poke fun at the Presidential candidates (click on the link above).

rustydude

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Friday June 20, 2008 · 8:55 PM PDT

2008/06/20 · 20:55

Now I'll never get back the $43.57 from that call to Sri Lanka that showed up on my bill. I don't know anyone in Sri Lanka! And now the telephone company is telling me that I owe it anyway. My only recourse is to to sue them in a court of law. My neighbor has a kid who just graduated from law school and he's even willing to take my case.

I'm ready to go. I even bought a new suit for this lawsuit.

But now Barack Obama is granting the Telcos immunity! I'm screwed. We're all screwed!

rustydude

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Wednesday June 11, 2008 · 10:06 PM PDT

2008/06/11 · 22:06

Let me start by saying that I am not in any way uniquely qualified as a reviewer of content generated by political bloggers. But I pose the question... who is? Just like a person who offers a critique of a movie, everyone has his or her own tastes, and as such is qualified to render a valid opinion representative of at least one.

But I come to this topic because I'm continuing to monitor many different political blogs, but I see a sort of craziness and silliness erupting from some quarters now that the primary horserace is over.

So if you're a front pager, or a daily DKos blogger from the normal Recc list, or an A-list or a B-list blogger, or simply a person who submits diaries on many different blogs across the blogosphere... then follow me over the fold for some ideas, tips, advice (gulp), and hopefully some gentle criticisms.

rustydude

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Saturday May 24, 2008 · 11:36 PM PDT

2008/05/24 · 23:36

There is one huge conclusion to draw now that the 2008 Democratic Primary Season is over. And I'm bolding this for emphasis, because I believe it's the starting point of any Post-Primary, Pre-Gen Election analysis going forward...

THE ESTABLISHMENT CANDIDATE LOST

Why am I emphasizing this? Because it never happens. Here are the establishment candidates and some of the insurgents of the last 25 years...

1984 EST: Mondale INS: Hart & Jackson
1988 EST: Dukakis INS: Jackson, Babbitt & Gore
1992 EST: Clinton INS: Psongas & Brown
2000 EST: Gore INS: Bradley
2004 EST: Kerry INS: Dean
2008 EST: Hillary INS: Obama & Edwards

Note, the establishment candidate is usually defined very early in the race and almost always is very pro-business (think DLC or the Massachusetts Miracle), or a longtime pol such as Mondale and Gore. They have the money and organizational advantages early in the race, and once they have the winning imprimatur, they attract even more money.

Follow me over the fold for the implications of this conclusion...

rustydude

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Wednesday May 07, 2008 · 9:57 AM PDT

2008/05/07 · 09:57

My thanks go out to all organizers, activists, volunteers and donors who helped Obama achieve a hugely significant 15% margin of victory in the 2008 NC Primary. Several kossacks from NC had previously claimed that North Carolina would be the ultimate firewall for the Obama campaign.

You were right!

You said Carolinians (Northern flavor) would come out in droves for Obama and stop dead any momentum that Hillary might still be carrying. And you did. When NC efforts are combined with efforts in SC, which was also a crucial early victory for Obama, it would appear that all Obama supporters owe a big debt of gratitude for the regional loyalty to our candidate of choice.

rustydude

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Sunday March 16, 2008 · 6:39 PM PDT

2008/03/16 · 18:39

Teacherken's recc'ed diary has me thinking...

This primary dogfight has been an unqualified good from beginning to end. All Democrat (and some Republican & Indie) votes cast, to date, have been very significant.

And the contests go on... just as meaningful as ever.

I made this comment in teacherken's diary:

Well said (3+ / 0-)

I agree with every point you made, Ken. I have not wavered from my opinion that Clinton should be allowed to bow out on her own terms. Meaningful elections, primaries, or caucuses are all good.

by rustydude on Sun Mar 16, 2008 at 10:09:55 AM PDT

However, to date, I have not made up my mind which is better... a battle all the way to the Convention or a candidate bowing out in June.

The conventional wisdom, no pun intended, is that this race must be decided before the Convention or it's going to be ugly and damaging to the Democratic nominee's chances in November.

But I'm asking now... will it be such a bad thing to have this go to the convention? Is the CW wrong?

rustydude

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Thursday March 06, 2008 · 12:23 PM PST

2008/03/06 · 12:23

Amidst all the gnashing of teeth, tearing of hair, and long goodbyes, I have come to admit that I truly like the current State of DailyKos. It has been especially funny (ironic funny) to me that so many are now writing GBCW diaries. Were these people asleep during some of the nastiness of December and January?

Democracy and elections and campaigning and monitoring the campaigns all seems to be a rather messy business. It's surprising we even have to review this truth considering what happened in Nov/Dec 2000. I'm not sure what Richard Cranium and all the rest were expecting. If you want purity and 100% goodness then this site is probably not for you. As for the boorish noobs, why bother with any of their diaries.

rustydude

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Sunday February 24, 2008 · 11:57 PM PST

2008/02/24 · 23:57

The big headline out of South Africa today is:

Uranium One tanks as Froneman jumps ship
Share price loses 12.8% on resignation

This is news that broke Friday and is being trumpeted on the South African newspapers here today, on Monday morning.

To quickly connect the dots here, a few weeks ago Borat-gate broke in the New York times. Basically, Clinton buddy Frank Giustra created a shell of a company that purported to be a mining company without any mining technology or equipment. What Frank had was a buddy, Bill Clinton, who travelled with him to a uranium rich place, i.e. Kazakhstan, to meet with high government officials.

Upon securing some very lucrative mining rights deals from the Kazakh government, Frank sold his faux-uranium-mining company, UrAsia, to a real mining company called Uranium One for $3.1 billion.

Uranium One is a big player here in South Africa, thus the news is big here.

rustydude

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Tuesday February 19, 2008 · 3:21 AM PST

2008/02/19 · 03:21

From today's New York Times article, relating how both Democratic candidates are increasing their populist rhetoric on the campaign trail:

Mrs. Clinton, speaking on the eve of the Wisconsin primary but looking forward to primaries in Ohio and Texas on March 4, issued a 12-page compendium of her economic policies that emphasizes programs aiding families stressed by high oil prices, home foreclosures, costly student loans and soaring health care premiums.

In public appearances here and in her economic booklet, she took aim at hedge fund managers, oil company profits, drug company subsidies and trade agreements that she says encourage companies to export jobs.

Umm... isn't Chelsea on leave as a hedge fund manager?

Is this an "oops, we forgot about Chelsea's choice of careers" or an "ahh fuck it, let's say it anyway" moment?

Update: From the comments I gather that Chelsea is a Hedge-Fund-Manager-Wannabe, not an actual Hedge Fund Manager.

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