The Other Candidates

Noam Chomsky on Trump: "We Should Recognize the Other Candidates are Not That Different":

Well, actually, I think we should recognize that the other candidates are not that different. I mean, if you take a look at—just take a look at their views. You know, they tell you their views, and they’re astonishing. So just to keep to Iran, a couple of weeks ago, the two front-runners—they’re not the front-runners any longer—were Jeb Bush and Scott Walker. And they differed on Iran. Walker said we have to bomb Iran; when he gets elected, they’re going to bomb Iran immediately, the day he’s elected. Bush was a little—you know, he’s more serious: He said he’s going to wait 'til the first Cabinet meeting, and then they'll bomb Iran. I mean, this is just off the spectrum of not only international opinion, but even relative sanity.

Support The One Percent, Vote For Scott Walker

Why would anyone in the 99% want to vote for Scott Walker?

Seeking '16 spark, Walker proposes vast union restrictions:

Republican presidential candidate Scott Walker called Monday for sweeping restrictions on organized labor in the U.S., seeking to replicate nationwide his successful effort as Wisconsin's governor to curb the power of unions.

At a town hall meeting in Las Vegas, Walker will propose eliminating unions for employees of the federal government, making all workplaces right-to-work unless individual states vote otherwise, scrapping the federal agency that oversees unfair labor practices and making it more difficult for unions to organize.

Labor law experts said such an effort, if successful, would substantially reduce the power of organized labor in America.

Experts were taken aback by the scope of Walker's proposals, which seek to undo decades of law and would gut the landmark National Relations Labor Act — adopted in 1935 and signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt at the height of the Great Depression.

"I've never seen anything like this," said Ann Hodges, a professor at the University of Richmond who has studied labor law for more than 40 years. "This will take the breath away from anyone who's worked in labor relations for any length of time. ... It's pretty draconian."

Walls

Do you remember the Berlin Wall? "Tear down this wall", bellowed Ronald Reagan.

Most people were in agreement that the Berlin Wall was a bad thing.

Why do so many Americans want to build our own version of the Berlin Wall?

Also, one wall is not enough, Scott Walker wants a second one built.

What's next? Do we need a west coast wall to protect us from the Pacific Ocean? Do we need an east coast wall to protect us from the Atlantic Ocean? Do we need a Mason-Dixon Line wall to protect the North from the South?