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In a videotaped message to the fourth Netroots Nation conference of his administration President Obama had a simple message to Progressive activists that had hoped his election would signal a change in the direction of our country. His message? "Change is hard". Indeed, for a man elected with such soaring "hopes" for "change" by a country that was starved for a leader that would simply fight for the interests of our country as a whole and not the selfish very few, change has been coming very "hard". In fact, we have seen little change at all.

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What is the best way to overthrow a Democracy? That's a question few of us would consider, because the vast majority of us love Democracy. However it's a question some would consider because Democracy gets in their way when it comes to gathering power and enriching themselves.

It is not hard to figure out what is wrong with the American economy. With stagnated wages for all of us and exploding profits for the very few there are simply too many people in America with too little money to contribute to the economy. Despite this, most lawmakers seek to take even more from working America to give to the 1%. However, now it seems at least a few lawmakers are actually addressing a real problem. Today, Democrats in the House are pushing to raise minimum wage, which would increase wages for all working Americans.

It is not hard to see all that is wrong in this country today. Everyday, everywhere you look it is easy to understand why this country has gone to hell if you want to accept the truth. The truth is no matter what happens working Americans can depend on one thing. Anything that levels the playing field with Corporate interests for them will be defeated. Sadly, anything that allows the 1% to continue robbing and raping our country blind will always be enacted as well.

   My buddy John Hennen is doing more than teach labor history at the “other” MSU – Morehead State University. (I’m a Murray State grad.)
   John is helping preserve labor history in his native West Virginia. We can help John.
   

While the war on the American worker has been waged nonstop for the better part of three decades, one of the newest fronts in that war was opened in Wisconsin. All of us remember Scott Walker and his war on workers and their rights in Wisconsin. It led to much drama and now tomorrow a recall of the sitting Governor. Now polling is showing this race up in the air and it appears as if turnout will be the key to who will win.
On the eve of the recall vote a new poll from Public Policy Polling showed this race very tight, with the sitting governor holding a slim lead:

When Mitt Romney was in college during the Vietnam War, he wanted Uncle Sam to draft anti-draft protestors, according to MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell.

Burning the Midnight Oil for Living Energy Independence

Steel Interstate (noun): A Network of Electrified Heavy and Rapid Rail corridors that will allow the United States to remain a sovereign national economy.

Bill (I love blow jobs in the White House) Clinton is the main reason George W. Bush was elected president. Clinton fired up the Republican base, with his White House indiscretions, and Al Gore couldn't overcome the Clinton legacy.

Burning the Midnight Oil for Living Energy Independence

Note: a reprint of a Daily Kos diary from Jan, 2007

There is a common trend in my part of the Great Lakes States (Ohio, Indiana, Michigan) for discussion of sustainable energy to focus on commercial exploitation of the Wind Resource of the Great Lakes.