Showing posts with label Ronald Reagan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ronald Reagan. Show all posts

Sunday, March 29, 2009

Bill Moyers Journal: Economy, March 27

Bill Moyers-James Thindwa
James Thindwa, whose campaign for economic fairness for working people in Chicago has brought him up against the city's powerful political establishment and corporate giant Wal-Mart.


""Your average person is getting up every day to go to work, and to care for a family, doesn't have a lobbyist in Washington. They don't have a lobbyist in the city council. They don't have a lobbyist at the state legislature. The community organization gathers facts for them. They call meetings. They invite people to come. They invite elected officials to come, attend those meetings, so that they can listen to the community's grievance. It makes for participation."">>>>Read Transcript & Watch


Bill Moyers-William Greider
For years best-selling author William Greider sounded the alarm about Washington's unholy alliance with Wall Street and the failure of the Federal Reserve and other regulators to take preventive measures to avoid disaster. Now, he offers some suggestions to the question everyone is asking: "What do we do now?". >>>>Read Transcript & Watch


Bill Moyers-Questions for the President What would you ask the President?

And this from the American Chronicle: Ronald Reagan: Betrayer of Main Street America!

"When it came to corporate greed, the Great Communicator [Ronald Reagan] was also the Great Enabler." - William Kleinknecht

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Speaking about Lobbyists,

And Immigration.

Think they don't mix?

Well, GOP lobbyist had no work permit

And guess who he worked for:

A former California Republican Party official who resigned last year in a controversy over his immigration status had no valid visa or work permit during his high-profile career as a Washington lobbyist for conservative icon Grover Norquist, newly filed court records show.


Grover, grover, grover, thought you were a wizard on the political smear front, didn't enter your mind that reality bites back!


For Norquist, Kamburowski lobbied Congress on dozens of issues, including immigration reform, according to his resume. He also directed the Norquist organization's Ronald Reagan Legacy Project, an effort to rename public buildings to honor the former president.


Wonder if Ronald knew or cared, and did he come cheaper than a legal?

It's abit juicier, the 'Gate' gives the layout.

Hmmmm, wonder if he was buds with the 'Brain'?

Off to work, but a thought on Castro as well: