Little Rock This whole standoff at the Pennsylvania Avenue Corral in Washington is damned hard to puzzle out, but thanks to Tyler, Texas Republican Congressman Louis Gohmert, we finally have the clues that we need. It turns out that it is a cunningly brilliant conspiracy by President Obama hatched a year ago to funnel …
Month: February 2013
FCC’s Connect2Compete Disconnected at Cox Cable & Payday Embarrasses Chase
New Orleans Remember the poor…low and moderate income families who will always be with us? Well, more evidence keeps piling up that when it comes to internet access and a lifeline to the 21st Century, the “volunteer” efforts by the big cable companies are continuing to make the FCC’s claims of lowering the digital …
Part of the Point of Minimum Wage Increases is the Bump up from Wage Compression
New Orleans In the continued dumbing down of the Rupert Murdoch Wall Street Journal as it builds its platform for the far right, a new low was reached in the discussion of minimum wages as Richard Berman, now touting for the Center for Union Facts (sic). In a piece entitled, “Why Unions Want a …