camipco's Comments (29)

“In reality, the lower cost of wages means that prices would DEFLATE to realistic levels. A "well-paid" worker at $8.40 per hour while Gold is $1150 per ounce versus the "well-paid" worker for $0.25 when Gold was $20.00 an ounce.

1940 Minimum wage 1:80
2009 Minimum wage 1:137

You've lost 50% of that "well-paid" workers salary getting a higher price for him. Good job, keep making the poor poor ... and they love you for it, and you can sleep better at night, right?

Try telling them the truth. Good pay is reflective of the economic impact of those wages. In a generation of systemic stupidity we've lowered the purchasing power of the minium wage and thusly lowered their standard of living.”

“I agree. Who are the people responsible for this cover-up? People need to be investigating and whistle-blowers inside need to be offered amnesty for delivering the goods on the key players in the decision to deny this young woman her civil rights and dignity after she was raped.”

“Your prescription for punishment of KBR and its directors is apt -- especially in view of the fact that corporations, according to SCOTUS and case law, enjoy all the rights of "personhood". So far, however, they have managed to avoid, thru bizarre interpretations of law (limited/no liability for directors, shareholders and managers via the "corporate veil"), any of the responsibilities and/or liabilities of personhood. Insertion of mandatory arbitration clauses into contracts is simply an extension of that avoidance. (Read any of your credit card notices lately, announcing escalation of their interest rate and other fees, due to these "challenging economic environments?" They contain a mandatory arbitration clause in case of ANY dispute, and constitute enforceable contracts.)

What's needed, in addition to prosecuting the specific case with KBR, is legislation: a) creating public financing of election campaigns; b) revoking corporate "personhood"; c) imposing a limit of one or two years on the duration of corporate charters, and requiring applications for charters/renewal of charters to demonstrate, by clear and convincing evidence, that the corporation serves a useful and beneficent PUBLIC purpose -- not just that it provides jobs and makes money; and d) a Constitutional Amendment to forever bar a corporation from being granted "personhood" and thereby claiming the rights and privileges of a human person.”

“Unfortunately, we can't really look at this, as you say, "the other way around," because it didn't work that way, and it never will.

You'll never ever run a poll that finds a majority of any group of people were or are against that "Franken amendment." It won't happen.”

“Let me give you this food for thought - what it if was a man that had been r a P e d? I think Senator Burr would be all over that one with a law suit.

I live in NC and Senator Burr is a right wing nut - I believe his popularity rating used to be in the 30% somewhere and now the last I heard it was in the 20% approval”

“Go ahead Joe, Tell him he is wrong, or is he?”

“Well done. Fanned.”

“I agree but I am also hopeful that once some of the bigger fires are controlled perhaps we can have a rational discussion about our failed drug policies.

I am not even talking about legalization at this time; I would simply like our federal and state governments to have honest discussions about our drug policies. This would be so much better than the Just say No, Mandatory Sentencing BS.”

“If he does his job he cant keep his job? If he does the right thing the corporate media might "say something"? This is all very good defense of cowardice and self serving.”

“I have to applaud your statement. It's the most realistic appraisal of Obama's pot dilemma I have read here.”

“The body's ability to convert carbs to stored fat is completely ignored by the "eat all the whole grain carbs you want" diet.”

“I totally disagree. Counting calories is the only way. Exercise does not make you lose weight unless you don't eat. Exercise in fact makes you weigh more as muscles weigh more than flab. However, I guarantee any woman will lose weight on 1200 calories and maintain that weight at 1500. I know I have done it all my life and believe me I tried low fat, low carbs, high fat, low carbs and none of then work like counting calories. This way you can eat what foods you like except less of them.”

“camipco,

I have to disagree with you the point is people on the left are saying Obama is not a progressive and he is not bringing change with the selection of his team that's the point. As far as health care goes you have to take baby steps before you can walk. Compromise is the name of the game in politics and you need to work with the other side and I'm not aware of any times Obama has signed on to a failed policy. I think we need to stop under estimating Obama skills and give him a chance to put policies in place before we rip him apart. I understand the frustration but things don't turn around in a New York minute things do take time let him become president and fill is whole team out and then we can take a sober look at his appointments.”

“hey captain obvious compromise is the oNLY WAYTHAT you will gt any of what you want!!! Not everyone in this country feels the same way, you have to compromie, I would rather get some kind of a system going which will eventually lead to full universal healthcare, that is what is wrong with folks on the right and left they don't bekeiev in compromise, which is why we get NOWHERE AND NOTHING DONE, so stop complaining and start focing on a functioning government, I don't care where the ideas come from right ,left center, if it wortks that is all I care about. I wanta smart, effective, government. SO YOU OVER zealous people STOP COMPLAINING, nothing is evr going to be the way you want it”

“Stop lying. Progressives are complaining because Obama hasn't appointed one of your own in top spots of his candidate. If any of you are having problems with his agenda - THAT'S WHAT CHANGE.GOV IS FOR - DUH!”

“Right on, camipco. McCain has been thrashing for weeks now, and he'll only compound that perception with one more lurch... especially if it's in the direction of a taxation proposal that has been shown time and again to be unworkable.”

“Suggesting to people -- or saying it outright -- that if they don't vote for Obama that they are probably racist is a bad tactic in and of itself. Some of us look at that as blackmail and we refuse to allow the election to be hijacked by that sort of filthy tactic.”

“Didn't work for Kerry and it won't work for Obama either - The swift boaters will bury him if he doesn't put repubs on the defensive and soon. All this warm fuzzy stuff worked fine for the Dems and the primary but it loses elections as we have seen in the past.”

“Bill told the super delegates what he found out while campaigning for Hillary ie that race would play a part and that blue collar white people would not vote for Obama. They would not listen. He warned that Hillary was an angel by comparison with the Republicans but they would not listen.He told them that the swing states would not vote for a black candidate and they would not listen. He said "Don't roll the dice" but they did and now we wait for the crap shoot to end.”