Category Archives: mainstream media

Consumer confidence & the price of Cheez Whiz

Posted on March 4, 2011 by oddmanout215

Pat’s Steaks, in South Philadelphia, which raised the price of its cheesesteak from a tourist-targeted $8 last year to $8.50, is getting by with a bit less profit to keep from raising prices again, said spokesman Tommy Francano. “Last year … Continue reading →

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Wisconsin cops to GOP: We won’t round up Dems

Posted on March 3, 2011 by oddmanout215

The thought of using law enforcement officers to exercise force in order to achieve a political objective is insanely wrong and Wisconsin sorely needs reasonable solutions and not potentially dangerous political theatrics. — Jim Palmer, director of the 11,000-member Wisconsin … Continue reading →

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Media likes Sheen, but angry workers? Not so much

Posted on March 2, 2011 by oddmanout215

Three blivets wreathed in American flags and automatic weapons could stand on a streetcorner with signs reading “Keep Your Damn Government Hands Off My Medicare,” and they would find themselves surrounded by camera crews from CNN, MSNBC and, of course, … Continue reading →

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Karl & Groucho assess GOP’s war on labor

Posted on March 2, 2011 by oddmanout215

Before I started writing this column on why paychecks are likely to keep shrinking even if unemployment starts to inch down, I consulted Google to see if the term Marxism was trending upward. It was and has been ever since … Continue reading →

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My dinner with Arianna — submit your questions

Posted on March 1, 2011 by oddmanout215

Any business owner who uses largely unpaid labor, with a handful of underpaid, nonunion employees, to build a company that is sold for a few hundred million dollars, no matter how he or she is introduced to you on the … Continue reading →

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Obama to workers: Can’t find those shoes!

Posted on February 28, 2011 by oddmanout215

If Americans workers are being denied their rights to organize and collectively bargain when I’m in the White House, I’ll put on a comfortable pair of shoes myself; I’ll walk on that picket line with you as president of the … Continue reading →

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Money for (next to) nothing on WXPN

Posted on February 27, 2011 by oddmanout215

But there’s nothing, really nothing, to turn off. — Bob Dylan, “Visions of Johanna,” 1966 I turned on the car radio this morning and noticed the DJ on WXPN was yakking for a long time between songs. “Oh no, a … Continue reading →

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Media guy blames media for Wisconsin turmoil

Posted on February 26, 2011 by oddmanout215

Wisconsin says a lot about our political discourse, none of it good… Complex issues are reduced to sound bites. Talking points of the extreme left and right dominate. Americans obediently fall into line, either for “free enterprise” or the “working … Continue reading →

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Blow them up good, then corporatize

Posted on February 25, 2011 by oddmanout215

Here’s a thought: maybe Madison, Wisconsin, isn’t Cairo after all. Maybe it’s Baghdad – specifically, Baghdad in 2003, when the Bush administration put Iraq under the rule of officials chosen for loyalty and political reliability rather than experience and competence. … Continue reading →

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The NYT’s ‘no shit’ style of news analysis

Posted on February 24, 2011 by oddmanout215

There are deeply divided opinions and shifting allegiances over whether unions are helping or hurting people who have been caught in the recent economic squeeze. And workers themselves, being pitted against one another, are finding it hard to feel sympathy … Continue reading →

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