Business Week says it - U.S. working harder for less

The free trade and globalization loving Cato Institute is probably celebrating. Americans are working longer for less money and we have "free trade" and globalization to thank - even Business Week says so.
Link to Business Week Online http://tinyurl.com/76qoe

As usual, The Daily Kos just doesn't get it. American Independent PartyCongressional nominee Jim Gilchrist's 25 percent of the vote (on the heels of the Democratic nominee) in Tuesday's "OC" special Congressional election in California shows that a lot of voters are very concerned about illegal immigration. Gilchrist who founded the Minutemen border patrol ran on a single issue platform of taking action to stop the flood of illegals into America. Anyone who believes that only Republicans are concerned about the issue of illegal immigration is naive. The illegal immigration issue has the potential to further split Democratic voters along the typical elitist vs. workers lines. I favor legal immigration but we need to do something to get our border under control.
Link to Daily Kos post http://tinyurl.com/dm5qb
Link to LA Times article http://tinyurl.com/d3xtw

Duke Cunningham, the California Republican Congressman awaiting sentencing for taking $2.4 million in bribes, will get to keep his federal pension. Of course, millions of American workers will never receive their corporate pension thanks to the atmosphere of greed and corruption that "trickle down" Republicans have created in the past 25 years.

A great idea from the Democratic Leadership Council's New Dem Dispatch. Opening up the primaries would weaken the grip that ideological wackos have on both parties. http://tinyurl.com/87tbm

The recent Supreme Court ruling on eminent domain has left every homeowner at risk for abuse of power by local goverments. Here is a horrible example of what a municipality in South Florida is doing. I think the Florida state legislator hit the nail on the head. This is a "reverse Robin Hood."
Link to The State http://tinyurl.com/7eeoz

Circuit Judge Al Johnson has announced his candidacy for the Alabama Supreme Court as a proudly pro-life and pro-gun rights Democrat. Judge Johnson sounds like our kind of Democrat and the type of candidate that the Democratic Party party needs in a strongly red state like Alabama.
See link to Columbus Ledger-Enquirer http://tinyurl.com/d8k6u

Labor, civic and religious activists in Arkansas are gathering support for a ballot initiative to raise the state's minimum wage. Look for the big business interests and the Arkansas Republican Party to use scare tactics to frighten voters away from supporting the increase. Voters in Florida backed a similar measure in 2004 and the dire consequences that big business lobbyists predicted have failed to materialize. The economy actually does better when workers earn a living wage. Arkansas residents have little to lose by voting for a minium wage increase as the state ranks 49th in median household income. The presence of the minimum wage question on the 2006 general election ballot should help Arkansas Democrats as it will probably boost voter turnout among the poor and working families.
Link to KAIT in Jonesboro,AR (home of some of my favorite people) http://tinyurl.com/7ppwk