Gurcharan Das on Anna Hazare's Anticorruption Campaign - WSJ.com
A series of corruption scandals has swept India over the past year.
These include graft-ridden purchases for the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, for which rolls of toilet paper were purchased for $80 each; the government's sale to favored companies of licenses for the mobile-phone spectrum, at prices so low that they are estimated to have lost taxpayers somewhere between $10 billion and $40 billion; and the grabbing of expensive apartments in Mumbai by politicians, officials and generals on prime property that was meant for war widows
It happens here in the USA too.
Be ever vigilant!
Monday, September 05, 2011
Command Cops in Sterling Heights: $119k Average Pay – Demand Labor Arbitration in Dispute with City
Command Cops in Sterling Heights: $119k Average Pay – Demand Labor Arbitration in Dispute with City [Michigan Capitol Confidential]
A Sterling Heights police union with 35 members averaged a gross salary of $119,000 this year and has refused to make any contract concessions – choosing instead to take the dispute to arbitration.
Ain't labor unions great?
A Sterling Heights police union with 35 members averaged a gross salary of $119,000 this year and has refused to make any contract concessions – choosing instead to take the dispute to arbitration.
Ain't labor unions great?
Gas Prices Rise Before Labor Day Weekend
Gas Prices Rise Before Labor Day Weekend « CBS Baltimore
It’s a dollar more a gallon compared to Labor Day 2010.
It’s a dollar more a gallon compared to Labor Day 2010.
From blight to habitat: U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow sees federal dollars pay for Saginaw neighborhood revitalization
From blight to habitat: U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow sees federal dollars pay for Saginaw neighborhood revitalization MLive.com
At 816 S. Park, for example, the first visit on the senator’s tour, the home cost $131,000 to renovate, according to city figures.
The home sold for $34,900, Collier said.
What a concept!
Spend $131,000 of other-people's-money and sell the home for $34,900!
How long can that "business plan" continue?
At 816 S. Park, for example, the first visit on the senator’s tour, the home cost $131,000 to renovate, according to city figures.
The home sold for $34,900, Collier said.
What a concept!
Spend $131,000 of other-people's-money and sell the home for $34,900!
How long can that "business plan" continue?
President Obama to preview job creation plan at AFL-CIO Labor Day rally in Detroit
President Obama to preview job creation plan at AFL-CIO Labor Day rally in Detroit MLive.com
President Barack Obama is celebrating Labor Day in Detroit, previewing his ideas for job creation and economic growth at a rally with thousands of supportive labor union members.
Obama?
Detroit?
Unions?
Job creation?
Oxymoron!
President Barack Obama is celebrating Labor Day in Detroit, previewing his ideas for job creation and economic growth at a rally with thousands of supportive labor union members.
Obama?
Detroit?
Unions?
Job creation?
Oxymoron!
The tradition continues: Muskegon will host annual Labor Day Parade
The tradition continues: Muskegon will host annual Labor Day Parade MLive.com
The parade, which starts at 11 a.m. at the corner of Clay and Terrace streets, goes west on Clay Avenue, north on Fourth Street, and west on West Western to Seventh Street.
The parade, which starts at 11 a.m. at the corner of Clay and Terrace streets, goes west on Clay Avenue, north on Fourth Street, and west on West Western to Seventh Street.
In E-Mail Age, Postal Service Struggles to Avoid a Default
In E-Mail Age, Postal Service Struggles to Avoid a Default - NYTimes.com
The United States Postal Service has long lived on the financial edge, but it has never been as close to the precipice as it is today: the agency is so low on cash that it will not be able to make a $5.5 billion payment due this month and may have to shut down entirely this winter.....
The United States Postal Service has long lived on the financial edge, but it has never been as close to the precipice as it is today: the agency is so low on cash that it will not be able to make a $5.5 billion payment due this month and may have to shut down entirely this winter.....
Sunday, September 04, 2011
John Cleese: London is no longer English city | The Sun |News
John Cleese: London is no longer English city The Sun News
He replied: "I'm not sure what's going on in Britain.
Let me say this, I don't know what's going on in London because London is no longer an English city.
He replied: "I'm not sure what's going on in Britain.
Let me say this, I don't know what's going on in London because London is no longer an English city.
Why are tar sands evil, again?
Video: Why are tar sands evil, again? « Hot Air
A good man-on-the-street video is hard to beat.
So, why is oil evil?
Well, that’s not exactly what these Keystone pipeline protesters wanted to talk about (what did they want to talk about, then?), but they’ll take a stab at it anyway …
A good man-on-the-street video is hard to beat.
So, why is oil evil?
Well, that’s not exactly what these Keystone pipeline protesters wanted to talk about (what did they want to talk about, then?), but they’ll take a stab at it anyway …
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