There are really are NO excuses that are acceptable for an ENTIRE 24 hour period - I'm not asking for your entire day or your entire lifetime - I am asking you to just show up for awhile.
The only excuses are the ones you make up in your own mind.
But then I'm sure at least one of you has an excuse that you feel you must put in a comment box - which I won't publish and I won't read.
There is NO Excuse - that lasts for 24 hours. NONE!
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- Republican U.S. presidential hopeful Herman Cain said Monday he was "falsely accused" of sexually harassing two women while he led a trade organization.
During an appearance at the National Press Club in Washington -- one of several occasions throughout the day on which Cain addressed the matter -- he said he was the victim of a "witch hunt."
"I have never sexually harassed anyone ... and yes, I was falsely accused while I was at the National Restaurant Association," Cain told Fox News Monday morning. "I say falsely because it turned out after the investigation to be baseless. … It is totally baseless and totally false. Never have I committed any sort of sexual harassment."
Over the past two days, Cain has admitted he knew of one agreement between the restaurant association and a woman who accused him of sexual harassment. He has said the woman initially asked for a large financial settlement but ultimately received two to three months' pay as part of a separation agreement. Cain also acknowledged remembering one of the woman's accusations against him, saying he stepped close to her to make a reference to her height, and told her she was the same height as his wife.
He has said he is not aware of agreements or settlements with any other women, though Politico -- which first disclosed the allegations -- reported that the trade group had given settlements to at least two female employees who accused him of inappropriate sexual behavior.
Washington, Nov 3 (ANI): The sexual harassment scandal surrounding American businessman and Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain has apparently deepened, as now another woman has accused him of inappropriate behavior at workplace.
The third woman alleged she received unwanted comments from Cain during his tenure as head of a restaurant lobby group, the BBC reports.
The National Restaurant Association has pledged to announce a decision Friday as to whether it will allow a former employee who accused Herman Cain of sexual harassment to release a statement detailing her side of the story, the trade group announced Thursday.
He’s a liar – he does not deserve to be even talk about being President of the United States.
He’s deceitful and a liar.
AND YES! – The National Restaurant Association is an ALEC member!
AND YES! - Herman Cain was President of the National Restaurant Association which is an ALEC member.
For more information on Herman Cain’s ties and affiliations to the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) – please refer to these stories.
In the first one it shows Herman Cain's dependence on ALEC's chief economy writer Arthur Laffer for his 9-9-9 plan and the correlation of one of his campaign issues with ALEC "model legislation".
The second one looks at his campaign issues in reference to real ALEC "model legislation".
He could tell eveyone he isn't an ALEC member - but that is probably a lie also.
And then there is this to think about...........Florida should have thought about it! Michigan should have thought about it! Ohio should have thought about it! New Jersey should have thought about it!
...most business people in public office cannot make the transition from thinking about short term profits and maximizing the self interests of businesses to thinking about acting in the best interests of all people, now and for future generations.All of their decisions and actions are based on or around the concept of money and the pursuit of profit in the shortest time possible.Concepts such as common interests, social justice, and long term economic and environmental sustainability are just not in their vocabulary.As discussed in earlier parts of this article, their brains are not developed to think that way.
Government is about operating society, not running a business to make money.
Last night I spent 27 minutes watching this video on the Koch brothers.
It is very good, but not a production from MSM in the United States - they would never do a documentary like this.
After I watched it I couldn’t help thinking for a minute or two – have they already won?
But that train of thinking brought me back to Koch funding of the American Legislation Exchange Council (ALEC) - the epitome of Koch's "the best government money can buy" philosophy. ALEC -- whose unpublished mission (and everything they do is unpublished) is “Creating a free market society – marketing legislators to corporations for free.”
Their vision:The best government Koch money can buy – selling legislators to corporations.
One thing sits in the back of my mind – and that is how enthralled people get with politicians – like they are supergods or something when in fact they are just ordinary people who if they are ALEC members – represent the worst of the worst in the United States.The United States media is the worst (most of the MSM are ALEC members) – they never question the stupidity that comes out of the mouths of politicians and NEVER question the absolute moronic statements made by ALEC members.
But the ALEC legislative members think they are something special.
They are so special that no one is allowed into their meetings.
They are so special that they hide their membership in ALEC.
The whole organization of ALEC brings back memories of the Klu Klux Klan.
I regress – back to the main point.
ALEC legislative members – don’t you realize what fools you are?
The corporations think you are stooges – as is evident by this comment heard at the New Orleans airport.
Mark Pocan: It was amazing. Literally I get, land in New Orleans, I get to the baggage carousel and I hear this woman behind me talking on the phone and she’s like, ‘Yeah, I’m at the American Legislative Exchange Council Meeting, you know we write legislation and people pass our ideas, it’s the free market!’ And that summed it up right there.
WE [corporations] write the legislation! People pass our ideas!.........ALEC members, you don’t even get the common courtesy of being called what you are “legislators” – or should we say corrupt legislators.
HA - HA – What fools these ALEC mortals be!!HA – HA!
The corporate representatives think you are a joke - you are a joke!
And you are probably the butt (meant literally) of every government joke at the Koch brothers get-togethers.They don’t respect you – why should they respect an ALEC legislative member – you can be bought – you have no honor – you have no power – you are nothing but a pawn for them - most of you are from the hobunk - you have no place in the Koch America.Their real allegiance lies to the billionaires that attend their retreats.At the last retreat Charles Koch told his “billionaire buddies”:
"We've had a lot of tough battles," he continued. "We've lost a lot over the years, and we've won some recently.…And I pledge to all of you who've stepped forward and are partnering with us that we are absolutely going to do our utmost to invest this money wisely and get the best possible payoff for you in the future of our country."
Hey ALEC legislative members – were you at that Koch meeting in Vail to hear this – HELL NO!, most of you were not! The Koch’s don’t get their hands dirty with crooked low level politicians like you! And in my opinion - the politicans and judges that have attended the Koch retreats should be required to submit to an audit of their off-shore bank accounts.
When Charles Koch is talking about the “best possible payoff for you”, he is talking to their billionaire buddies and Supreme Court justices, not ALEC legislative members.ALEC legislative members are the butt of after-dinner jokes – Did you hear the one about the ALEC legislator in -- something about sticking a cigar …..Oh forgot – that was at the ALEC meeting in New Orleans.
When PT Barnum said”"There's a sucker born every minute", he was talking about ALEC legislative members.People too stupid to understand that they are being duped by the upper class.The court jesters of America are the legislative members of ALEC.
mo·ron1.Informal. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment.
From an ALEC tweet that was reported as published a couple of weeks ago
"Believe it or not: Less educated legislators do a better job."
The organization you belong to even thinks you are morons.
And then there is the guy on the video from Americans for Prosperity.They should rename that organization too, to reflect the actions of mentally challenged ALEC members who contribute to more prosperity for American wealthiest – it is not Americans FOR Prosperity – the correct name is More Prosperity FOR the Wealthiest Americans – courtesy of crooked politicians – politicians that belong to ALEC.
Charles Koch supports the best government Koch money can buy.
David Koch supports the best government Koch money can buy.
The American Legislative Exchange Council supports the best government corporate money can buy.
ALEC legislative Members support the best government corporate money can buy.
stooge - a person of unquestioning obedience
yes-man, flunkey, flunky
follower - a person who accepts the leadership of another
pushover - someone who is easily taken advantage of
2. stooge - a victim of ridicule or pranks
laughingstock, goat, butt
I prefer the word traitor - but for now - until the next time - I'll settle for
ALEC legislative members, what fools these mortals be.
After saying last week that prison labor would be too costly, state officials received a call from desperate growers agreeing to pay program costs of $22 an hour for each offender.
“That amount covers things like transportation, housing and guards, who are in the fields with the inmates…“The offenders themselves will be paid the minimum wage, from which the state will deduct child support, legal and financial obligations, cost of incarceration and crime-victim compensation, leaving each with pay of between $1 and $2 an hour.”
Many unemployed men and women would be willing to perform this work for $22.00 per hour in Wa. State but by doing it this way the state gets $20.00 per hour and the inmates get $1.00 to $2.00.
This is becoming a sickness for our society with Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Colorado, Idaho and now Washington replacing immigrant labor with inmate labor – and profiting from that transition.
This works out to $2,310 per hour paid to the state for work by the 105 inmates. The inmates - in total, all 105 of them - will get to keep a whopping $105.00 to $210.00 out of the $2310 - for their hard work.
Is it possible this is how it is intended by authorities in Georgia and Alabama? Substantial wages paid to the state with $1.00 to $2.00 per hour only, going to the inmate?
What a racket – incarcerate the immigrants at a profit, substitute their labor with inexperienced convict labor to generate profits for corrections.
Is this truly not a new form of slave labor?
Authored and brought to my attention by Bob Sloan -
TransCanada and API's job projections also fail to consider the large number of jobs that could be lost by construction of Keystone XL, Sweeney said.
This includes jobs lost due to consumers in the Midwest paying 10 to 20 cents more per gallon of gasoline and diesel fuel, as Keystone XL diverts oil from refineries in the Midwest to the Gulf region.
Job Loss in the Midwest
Higher fuel costs in the Midwest
for a pipeline - we don't want - that will travel to gulf KOCH refineries - to BE EXPORTED!!!!!
The jobs Koch are touting they will create will be short-term -
the increased fuel costs and job loss will be permanent!
Big Oil’s Scary Haul: $100 Billion And Counting | The combined profits of the Big Five oil companies — ExxonMobil, Shell, BP, ConocoPhillips, and Chevron — has already exceeded $100 billion this year. Tabulated by Oil Change International’s Ross Hammond, the profits from the first three quarters of 2011 are a combined $102.85 billion, much of it plowed into stock buybacks and outrageous executive compensation, taken at the gas pump from hardworking American families. The Big Five are on track to rake in more than $140 billion over the year, as they benefit from billions of dollars of government subsidies.
ALL corporate sector / private enterprise member of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC)
ALEC = a 501c3 dedicated to the education of legislators in Corporate Greed.
