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Congresswoman Maxine Waters asks Detroiters, is it time for black Americans to demand more from Obama?

By Mark | August 17, 2011

Congresswoman Maxine Waters, speaking at a Congressional Black Caucus-sponsored job fair in Detroit yesterday, said that she was reluctant to go after Obama on policy issues, given the fact that he’s our first black President, but that she’s ready to demand more of him on behalf of the black community, if the black community is […]

Posted in Detroit, Politics | Also tagged Congressional Black Caucus, Maxine Waters, Obama, race, race and poverty | 52 Comments

The time to revolt draws near, my friends….

By Mark | July 10, 2011

On Friday, it was announced that the U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to support a $649 billion defense spending bill. According to the Associated Press, this represents a $17 billion increase over last year’s appropriation. This, as the AP article points out, is particularly noteworthy, given that drastic government cuts are being demanded elsewhere. […]

Posted in Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2012 federal budget, A National Strategic Narrative, Bill Maher, budget, budget cuts, budget deficit, Bush tax cuts, class warfare, compromise, debt ceiling, defense spending, entitlements, Ezra Klein, grand bargain, Joint Economic Committee, Mark Mykleby, Medicaid, Medicare, military industrial complex, military spending, Mitch McConnell, Mr. Y, Obama, Paul Revere, priorities, Robert Pear, the growing gap between rich and poor, the plight of the overtaxed rich, theology of tax cuts, Wayne Porter | 52 Comments

Bernie Sanders demands that Obama ‘Stand with the American people’‎

By Mark | June 28, 2011

I don’t donate a lot of money to political candidates. While I put in quite a few hours working for the Kerry and Obama campaigns, I didn’t give either of them very much in the way of cash. The only people that I can think of that I gave more than ten or twenty dollars […]

Posted in Corporate Crime, Mark's Life, Observations, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged 2012 federal budget, Bernie Sanders, budget cuts, budget deficit, class warfare, debt ceiling, federal budget, Medicaid, Medicare, military spending, Obama, political contributions, poverty, rich get richer, shared sacrifice, socialist, the growing gap between rich and poor, threats to the middle class, Wall Street | 18 Comments

Snyder to slash unemployment benefits, practice “tough love”

By Mark | March 28, 2011

Earlier this evening, I received the following from Mark Brewer, the chair of the Michigan Democratic party. Today, Governor Snyder signed a bill slashing unemployment benefits for potentially hundreds of thousands of unemployed workers in Michigan and making Michigan the only state in the nation to have fewer than 26 weeks of benefits. The new […]

Posted in Michigan, Politics, Uncategorized | Also tagged budget cuts, doublespeak, Ken Yonke, Mark Brewer, Michigan Chamber of Commerce, Rick Snyder, Sander Levin, threats to the middle class, tough love, unemployment benefits | 19 Comments

Bernie Sanders and the beginning of the end for Social Security

By Mark | December 8, 2010

Last night, I was fortunate enough to find myself on a conference call with Senator Bernie Sanders. From what I understand, over 2,000 people were on the call, which was organized by the Vermont-based progressive advocacy group Democracy for America. While I’m doubtful that Sanders, who self-identifies as a Socialist, will have much success in […]