Working To Make A Living

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-288666072011-04-21T18:48:06.971-05:00Working To Make A LivingA blog.JRyanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04864696705673733228noreply@blogger.comBlogger191100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28866607.post-25783248524350727292008-03-15T05:52:00.000-05:002008-03-15T05:54:25.391-05:00The Cult of the Suicide Bomber

One of George Bush’s most insidious legacies in Iraq thus remains its most mysterious; the marriage of nationalism and spiritual ferocity, the birth of an unprecedentedly huge army of Muslims inspired by the idea of death./–Robert Fisk/©independent.co.uk

Working To Make A Livingnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28866607.post-26613205981505121112008-02-29T22:54:00.001-06:002008-02-29T22:57:07.514-06:003 Trillion Dollars for Iraq War

Bye-Bye Miss American Empire

Working To Make A Livingnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28866607.post-45685350023839745522007-10-31T00:02:00.001-05:002007-10-31T00:02:17.444-05:00Mental Health

Finally someone is asking the correct questions and coming up with the obvious conclusionsOhio Congressman Dennis Kucinich, a dark horse contender for the the Democratic presidential nomination, questioned President Bush's mental health on Tuesday, according to a Philadelphia newspaper.

Working To Make A Livingnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28866607.post-49868402151244674142007-10-26T00:31:00.001-05:002007-10-26T00:31:56.635-05:00The Fate of an Honest Intellectual excerpt from work by Noam Chomsky

Here is a link to an excerpt from a book "understanding power"

Working To Make A Livingnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28866607.post-80161254253229280112007-08-29T23:00:00.001-05:002007-10-31T00:19:20.719-05:00The Frightening Future in the Market Meltdown

The Frightening Future in the Market Meltdown Lawrence Kotlikoff, writing for the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, revealed last year that the U.S. faces $65 trillion (yes, that's a "t") in "unfunded liabilities," debts it has committed to pay but for which there is no identified source of funding. Kotlikoff suggests that the U.S. may be actuarially bankrupt, that it cannot pay its

Working To Make A Livingnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28866607.post-67142626585714374002007-08-27T23:27:00.001-05:002007-08-27T23:27:29.137-05:00In the Name of Fashion: Exploitation in the Garment Industry

Here is a link to an article about every ones favorite maker of children's Fashion: Exploitation in the Garment Industries clothing manufacturer.

Working To Make A Livingnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28866607.post-13408440563601152082007-08-24T13:19:00.001-05:002007-08-24T13:19:47.273-05:00The Banality of Evil from the book Triumph of the Market by Edward S. Herman

A great book and here is a link to a short excerpt.http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article7278.htm

Working To Make A Livingnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28866607.post-68172872521063184102007-06-09T13:16:00.000-05:002007-06-09T13:17:54.584-05:00the disgusting business of milking the working poor

Work work work, and when down on your luck...you must be lazy.

Working To Make A Livingnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28866607.post-1172686587478083092007-02-28T12:16:00.000-06:002007-02-28T12:16:27.486-06:00Were Back

Well we have been on a hiatus but we are back, more goodness to come.

Working To Make A Livingnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28866607.post-1154411590155926122006-08-01T00:51:00.000-05:002006-08-21T09:32:52.513-05:00Chicago raises minimum wage

Finally someone realizes that in a economy that depends on consumer spending whenever you put more money in consumers hands the economy does better

Working To Make A Livingnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28866607.post-1150948675893284232006-06-21T22:54:00.000-05:002006-06-25T21:53:23.750-05:00GOP shafts working people again

The GOP just shafted the working people of America. By rejecting an attempt to raise the minimum wage, the Republican-controlled Senate showed that it is far more interested in lining the pockets of its campaign contributors than The nation.check out the rest of the story by clicking the link above.

Working To Make A Livingnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28866607.post-1150749077425864312006-06-19T15:28:00.000-05:002006-06-19T15:31:17.433-05:00Class War in America featuring Krugman, Palast, Goodman.

The link above is to a sold out show featuring Paul Krugman, Greg Palast and Amy Goodman discussing class and inequality in America

Working To Make A Livingnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28866607.post-1150421042012670592006-06-15T20:22:00.000-05:002006-06-15T20:24:02.020-05:00dont apply if ya screwd up!

Let us know what you think of this story.

Working To Make A Livingnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28866607.post-1150085118029737142006-06-11T23:02:00.000-05:002006-06-14T00:47:19.116-05:00Episode 2 Working to make a living June 10 2006 (click here to download)

Today's topics are:Labor news funny and not so funnyWhere have all voices of the people goneInterview with Mr. xGreat music

Working To Make A Livingnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28866607.post-1149874362025170152006-06-09T12:28:00.000-05:002006-06-09T12:32:42.036-05:00College Tuition Rising again in Wisconsin

Currently working people have a greater connection to the DOJ than the DOE, thus it takes no genius to forecast what the future of our state holds. I guess it would be good to suggest to all of our children not only save for retirement but for personnel security. I have a suggestion for administration, go out into the community and ask several working people what they think of their university.

Working To Make A Livingnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28866607.post-1149279080753996092006-06-02T15:04:00.000-05:002006-06-06T23:50:06.436-05:00How does your income stack up?

The Income Distribution of the United States(Visualized on the scale of a football field; income measured as stacks of $100 bills.) (relates to picture)Click on link above to get full story.

Working To Make A Livingnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28866607.post-1149257636639985082006-06-02T09:11:00.000-05:002006-06-02T10:39:25.666-05:00June 22 Special Guest

We will be having a special guest. A Union member, yes a member not a rep, or journalist or professor, but an actual working member of a union. We will hear what he thinks about how his union represents him, stay tuned.

Working To Make A Livingnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28866607.post-1148965321702086982006-05-29T23:58:00.000-05:002006-05-30T00:02:01.710-05:00June 8th next podcast will be posted.

Please excuse some of the audio of our first podcast we are working out the bugs.

Working To Make A Livingnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28866607.post-1148800523931661472006-05-28T02:13:00.000-05:002006-05-31T10:38:21.420-05:00Download Working For A Living Podcast

The first episode of working to make a living podcast has been posted. Listen to the podcast by clicking here

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