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Walmart Scared of Democratic Win
Author: Dallas VonKillbot1 Aug
I couldn’t have foreseen this in a million years. America’s pride and joy, the store that stocks both anti-depressants and shot gun shells, is leaning towards the right wing.
Wal-Mart has recently warned that if the Dems do win the presidential nomination, there’s a likelihood that it will be easier for workers to unionize larger companies. The superstore has always been known for it’s slave fair labor practices, and doesn’t see the need for it’s workers to form labor unions. Besides, who needs medical insurance and workman’s comp anyways?
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is mobilizing its store managers and department supervisors around the country to warn that if Democrats win power in November, they’ll likely change federal law to make it easier for workers to unionize companies — including Wal-Mart.
In recent weeks, thousands of Wal-Mart store managers and department heads have been summoned to mandatory meetings at which the retailer stresses the downside for workers if stores were to be unionized.
According to about a dozen Wal-Mart employees who attended such meetings in seven states, Wal-Mart executives claim that employees at unionized stores would have to pay hefty union dues while getting nothing in return, and may have to go on strike without compensation. Also, unionization could mean fewer jobs as labor costs rise.
The actions by Wal-Mart — the nation’s largest private employer — reflect a growing concern among big business that a reinvigorated labor movement could reverse years of declining union membership. That could lead to higher payroll and health costs for companies already being hurt by rising fuel and commodities costs and the tough economic climate.
The Wal-Mart human-resources managers who run the meetings don’t specifically tell attendees how to vote in November’s election, but make it clear that voting for Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama would be tantamount to inviting unions in, according to Wal-Mart employees who attended gatherings in Maryland, Missouri and other states.
“The meeting leader said, ‘I am not telling you how to vote, but if the Democrats win, this bill will pass and you won’t have a vote on whether you want a union,’” said a Wal-Mart customer-service supervisor from Missouri. “I am not a stupid person. They were telling me how to vote,” she said.
America’s biggest employer, and the working conditions are pretty much intolerable… but hey, where else can you go and get XXL pants, camouflage night vision goggles and McDonalds at 3 in the morning? SCORE!
Germans Scare The Hell Out Of Me
Author: Dallas VonKillbot31 Jul
Alternate title: This is my face when I read this blog.
Now I Am Become Death, Destroyer Of Worlds
Author: Daniel Taylor16 Jul
Sixty Three years ago today, the first atomic bomb test, known as the Trinity Test, was conducted in New Mexico:
The first atomic bomb is tested successfully at the Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range in a remote section of desert near Los Alamos, New Mexico. The instant the bomb detonated at 5:30 a.m. that Monday, the atomic age was born, and the world changed forever.
The Trinity test, as it was known, was the culmination of the American effort to win the race against Germany (and, ultimately, the Soviet Union) in building an atomic bomb. A mere three weeks after the test, the United States used atomic bombs to destroy the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
J. Robert Oppenheimer, scientific director of the Manhattan Project, was under no illusions about what he and his fellow physicists had wrought. The effects of the blast, the equivalent of 20,000 tons of TNT, moved the intellectual Oppenheimer to quote from the Bhagavad Gita: “If the radiance of a thousand suns were to burst at once into the sky, that would be like the splendor of the mighty one. Now I am become Death, destroyer of worlds.”
Coincidentally, or not, in a speech today in Indiana, Presidential candidate Barack Obama promised to “make the goal of eliminating all nuclear weapons a central element in our nuclear policy,” if he were to be elected president. One step forward, one step back, and yet onwards we spin through eternity.
Jib Jab’s New Political Cartoon
Author: Dallas VonKillbot16 Jul
This is probably the most even handed cartoon I’ve seen, and one of the only ones that goes after Barak in an intelligent way. Check out the directions at the end of the video to get your face in the video, because that’s what I’mma do right now.
Stay tuned to see what Daniel Taylor’s face is like when he reads this blog.
New Yorker Issue Has Issues.
Author: alisse14 Jul
If you haven’t heard yet, the new cover of The New Yorker features presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle. It is causing controversy in the world of political media and people don’t know how to react so instead.. freak out! Guess they don’t understand the whole idea of SATIRE?
The illustration by Barry Blitt portrays the couple as terrorists who have taken over the Oval Office. It’s basically every smear tactic and rightwing claim about Obama illustrated together in a goofy satire. Last time I checked, The New Yorker is known for having an educated reader base. It’s not a terrible tabloid or biased news source.
Obama’s campaign thinks the cover is “tasteless and offensive” and really missed the humorous point of the illustration. Sorry Obama, no pounds for this one.
Jesse Jackson Puts Foot In Mouth
Author: some guy9 Jul
Jesse Jackson has recently gone on the defensive after being caught on tape criticizing Barack Obama for being too harsh on black Americans, particularly fathers, in regards to a Father’s Day speech in Chicago . Jackson has come out and apologized for the unintentional public criticism, but still kind of stuck to his guns:
“My appeal was for the moral content of his message to not only deal with the personal and moral responsibility of black males, but to deal with the collective moral responsibility of government and the public policy which would be a corrective action for the lack of good choices that often led to their irresponsibility.”
Hey Jesse! You are voting Democrat, I assume? You’re not helping the cause, buddy.
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