#occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty BENEDICTINE COLLEGE ANNOUNCES PAUL RYAN AS 2013 COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER http://www.benedictine.edu/press-room/news/benedictine-news/benedictine-college-announces-paul-ryan-2013-commencement-speaker Officials at Benedictine College in Atchison, Kan., have announced that former vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan will deliver the 2013 Commencement Address for the college. The annual ceremony is set for May 11, 2013, in the Ralph Nolan Gymnasium on the Benedictine campus. This year, more than 360 students are expected to participate, comprising the largest graduating class in recent history. “I think our students will enjoy hearing from a real servant leader,” said Stephen D. Minnis, president of Benedictine College. “Not only is Paul Ryan a great family man, but he is true to his beliefs…http://www.twitpic.com/ckb6p2
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Former govt adviser downplays 2017 poll expectations http://www.thestandard.com.hk/breaking_news_detail.asp?id=32993&icid=a&d_str= A former member of the government's Central Policy Unit, Joseph Lian Yi-zheng, has played down expectations that Hong Kong will achieve real universal suffrage in the 2017 Chief Executive election. Lian, who's also one of the most influential political columnists in Hong Kong, says Beijing will do everything it can to ensure a pro-establishment candidate is chosen for the top job, RTHK reports. He said he doesn't believe the “Occupy Central” movement, proposed by some pan-democrats to push for a democratic election, could achieve true democracy…http://www.twitpic.com/cam4n8
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #teaparty Phone Bank for Ed Fallone! http://wisaflcio.typepad.com/wisconsin-state-afl-cio-blog/2013/02/phone-bank-for-ed-fallone-.html We wanted to let you know that starting this weekend phone banks will be up and running in Madison and Milwaukee for the upcoming Wisconsin Supreme Court race. This Tuesday, February 19, is the 3-way primary between Ed Fallone, Vince Megna and the corporate special interest group backed candidate Patience Roggensack. We have to remind our fellow union brothers and sisters to get out and vote this Tuesday! The Wisconsin State AFL-CIO has endorsed Ed Fallone because of his commitment to stand up for working families. Can you help us spread the word and remind fellow supporters to get to the polls this Tuesday? Here are the details: …http://www.twitpic.com/c3tij3
#union #iww #ows #occupy #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot Wisconsin State AFL-CIO Endorses Ed Fallone for Supreme Court http://wisaflcio.org/index.cfm?action=article&articleID=c829ecb9-0be6-4a4d-9595-f5c021f2439b Wisconsin State AFL-CIO Endorses Ed Fallone for Supreme Court The Wisconsin State AFL-CIO, which represents 200,000 Wisconsin workers, has endorsed Ed Fallone for Wisconsin Supreme Court. “Ed Fallone is the most qualified candidate running for Wisconsin Supreme Court,” said Phil Neuenfeldt, President of the Wisconsin State AFL-CIO. “He has the experience, integrity and independence to ensure that the law is applied fairly and equally to all Wisconsinites. We believe he will be an ethical and impartial judge bringing balance and civility to our courts.”…http://www.twitpic.com/bzmzh3
#union #iww #ows #p2 #tlot #tcot REPRISE: Greed and Debt: The True Story of Mitt Romney and Bain Capital http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/greed-and-debt-the-true-story-of-mitt-romney-and-bain-capital-20120829 How the GOP presidential candidate and his private equity firm staged an epic wealth grab, destroyed jobs – and stuck others with the bill The great criticism of Mitt Romney, from both sides of the aisle, has always been that he doesn't stand for anything. He's a flip-flopper, they say, a lightweight, a cardboard opportunist who'll say anything to get elected. The critics couldn't be more wrong. Mitt Romney is no tissue-paper man. He's closer to being a revolutionary, a backward-world version of Che or Trotsky, with tweezed nostrils instead of a beard, a half-Windsor instead of a leather jerki…http://www.twitpic.com/bhmdgx
#union #iww #ows #p2 #tlot #tcot Party of Entitled Rich Threatens Economy http://blog.ourfuture.org/party-of-entitled-rich-threatens-economy/ Republicans, the party of the nation's entitled rich, are holding a knife to the throat of America's frail recovery. The GOP sore losers have America up against a wall. Republicans don't care that the majority of the country voted for a candidate who promised to raise taxes on the rich. Republicans don't care that an even larger majority – 60 percent – told election day pollsters they wanted those taxes raised. Republicans don't care about majority-rule democracy at all. They're demanding ransom – extension of tax cuts for the rich. If Americans don't submit, Republicans will slash the nation's economy…http://www.twitpic.com/bf0g34