What the Republicans are fighting against, the reason they are pursuing a scorched earth policy that would rather see every last bit of progress in this country come to a grinding halt than give one inch to a government that might regulate them, is to ensure that what they have built over the past 30 years is never taken away.
And what they have built is a system of exclusive privilege, exclusive wealth and exclusive power and control. Of, by and for those very, very few at the very top. Ostensibly made possible by "free trade".
Free trade is put in quotes because it doesn't exist, and it isn't free.
What free trade is really all about is the freedom to build wealth beyond all imagination by exploiting people with no protection and no rights.
It is about the unfettered use of slave labor.
The very thing that tore this country apart one hundred and fifty years ago, and is destroying it again as we sit here. Only this time, the slaves are hidden from view.
Democratic gubernatorial nominee Ron Sparks may not want to see Richard Shelby get beat like a drum by William Barnes but I sure do. I don't condone what Ron Sparks said, but I understand.
I see two possible explanations of this move by Sparks, and they can be classified as (1) cynical, and (2) very cynical. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t approve of either, but if either helps regain the Governor’s Mansion, my criticism will be tempered.
You see, unlike the pseudo dims, Davis supporters and Sparks haters who weren't going to vote for Sparks anyway, I don't see this as a reason not to vote and just hand the Governors Mansion over to the Tea Party, I mean gop. What Dardango said;
One must never forget the Obama mindset of using a scalpel instead of an axe. There are still many brilliant Democrats in Alabama. And I still support Sparks, despite his bonehead endorsement. Do people want some progress with Sparks or none at all with Bentley?
I'm voting for Ron Sparks AND William Barnes. It looks like leaning Left in Alabama Cats and Tommy Stevenson are trying to Shirley Sherrod Ron Sparks. You know the drill, take a snippet out of context and spin it like a top.
This was not an endorsement of Sen. Shelby. It was an acknowledgement that I will work with him across party lines to create new jobs in Alabama and that federal money plays an important role in Alabama's economy. Our problems are so great they can only be solved by all of us working together, and I will unite with anyone, Republican or Democrat, to get my top priority done: bringing good jobs to the working families of Alabama.
The reporter declared the endorsement, not Sparks. Sparks has clarified what Sparks was saying.
President Obama, you aren't the only one special interest and the status quo talk about like a dog. Anyone that dares stand up for working people, the disenfranchised, women, minorities, labor, public schools and public school teachers is talked about like a dog, so you are in good company.
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