Well there's the Outsourcing of OUR Future, which continues relentlessly, since the 90's!
Here's one very simple illustration of what choosing "More of the Same" and "the Status Quo" REALLY Means:
Wal-Mart and Economies of Density
http://www.youtube.com/...
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(Each of those Dots represent 1000's of jobs leaving the Country, BTW!)
What's the big deal about Wal-Mart?
And WHO, among our current Democratic Candidates, is willing to DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, I ask you?
Wal-Mart is a Non-Union company that frequently comes under fire for its wages and labor practices.
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Will Labor Take the Wal-Mart Challenge?
Liza Featherstone
Staying union free is a full-time commitment. Unless union prevention is a goal equal to other objectives within an organization, the goal will usually not be attained. The commitment to stay union free must exist at all levels of management--from the Chairperson of the "Board" down to the front-line manager.
This admonition comes from a handbook Wal-Mart distributes to managers, and gives an idea of the passion and vision behind Wal-Mart's union-busting project. The $259 billion retail behemoth that has become a defining feature of the American landscape has also profoundly altered labor politics, deploying ever more creative and ruthless tactics to suppress the right to organize, while driving down wages and benefits in the retail industry and beyond.
http://www.thenation.com/...
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Hillary Clinton Feels Heat Over Wal-Mart Ties
by Beth Fouhy -- March 12, 2006
As Clinton sheds her Arkansas past and looks ahead to a possible 2008 presidential run, the Wal-Mart issue presents an exquisite dilemma: how to reconcile the political demands she faces today with her history at a company many consumers depend upon but many Democratic activists revile.
"The interesting question is not just Hillary Clinton's history at Wal-Mart, but why it's delicate for her to talk about Wal-Mart."
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And Wal-Mart's Made in America campaign, which for years touted the company's sales of American products in its stores, was launched after Bill Clinton persuaded Walton to help save 200 jobs at an Arkansas shirt manufacturing plant. The Made in America campaign has virtually vanished in recent years, as the company's manufacturing has gradually moved overseas -- another point of criticism by many Wal-Mart critics.
http://www.commondreams.org/...
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Hillary Clinton’s Wal-Mart Problem Takes Center Stage
Posted by Kevin -- May 19, 2007
http://www.punditreview.com/...
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Jon Stewart on Wal-Mart
http://www.youtube.com/...
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When will Americans Take back their OWN Destiny?
Another China Syndrome
http://www.youtube.com/...
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Buy American -- It Matters!
Support American Workers -- It Matters!
(you might even know one or two of them --
just check you local Career Counseling Office, if you're lucky enough to have one!)
SUPPORT John Edwards -- It Matters!
It's one of the MOST important things that average Americans can do,
to begin to "Take OUR Country Back!"
(while we still have the chance)
Because here is one Candidate who IS Fighting for US!
John Edwards - AFSCME Forum: Unions
http://www.youtube.com/...
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John Edwards - Strength of America
http://www.youtube.com/...
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Question: who will continue to give Wal-Mart "a Seat at the Table" -- and who would rather "give a Voice" to Wal-Mart's Workers, instead ?
As John Edwards has said,
"You give them a seat at the table, they'll eat all the food."
And as John Edwards recently pointed out to CNN's Wolf Blitzer:
EDWARDS: Well, what I say is, every one of us, Senator Clinton, Senator Obama, myself, have been competing very hard for these union endorsements, because we all understand the same thing.
First of all, the unions, the -- for example, the unions who have endorsed me, the Carpenters, the Steelworkers, the Mine workers, and today, the, Transport Workers, I mean, all these unions -- it represent over two million working families in this country -- they all have clear representation in the early states. They make a huge difference in organizing in the early states. -
And it also just sends a signal to the American people and to Democratic Party voters and Democratic Party activists about who they believe would be the best president, who they think would be the strongest candidate in the general election, and who they think would do the most for working middle-class families.
So, this has been a very competitive process. All of us have been appearing before these people, making the case that we would make the best president. And, with over two million union members supporting me, I'm way ahead of anybody else right now, and I'm proud to have their help.
http://transcripts.cnn.com/...
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That was another Great Interview for Edwards (finally some "equal time" from the Media -- Kudos to Blitzer!)
To view it for yourself, click on the following link, and look for Edwards in the News Segments in the bottom half of that CNN page:
Look for the Clip Labeled: "Edwards' fighting words" -- 06:34
http://www.cnn.com/...
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2 Million Hard-working men and women, KNOW who will Fight for them! Are they backing a long shot -- or the real deal? We will see.