Dennis Kucinich is a remarkable human being. He was born to Cleveland, Ohio’s working class poor. He was a sickly, undersized child who suffered from asthma, stuttering and agonizing stomach pains. His extended family was plagued with poverty, cruelty, insanity and alcoholism.
“Mind over matter” was his childhood mantra.
As he says in his new autobiography, The Courage to Survive , his passage from pain to joy has come through love, hope, friendship and a spiritual awakening.
By age 13, Dennis had become a 97 lb. third string high school varsity quarterback. By age 30, he was the mayor of Cleveland, disparagingly referred to as “Dennis the Menace” due to his refusal to sell Cleveland’s publicly owned electric utility. In 1996, he became Congressman Kucinich. In 2004 he would first run for President of the United States. In the 2008 Democratic primaries, this American working class hero is again the most progressive candidate running
Made in China on the Sly
Bastardos!
In fact, many luxury-brand items today are made on assembly lines in developing nations, where labor is vastly cheaper. I saw this firsthand when I visited a leather-goods factory in China, where women 18 to 26 years old earn $120 a month sewing and gluing together luxury-brand leather handbags, knapsacks, wallets and toiletry cases. One bag I watched them put together — for a brand whose owners insist is manufactured only in Italy — cost $120 apiece to produce. That evening, I saw the same bag at a Hong Kong department store with a price tag of $1,200 — a typical markup.
In fact, many luxury-brand items today are made on assembly lines in developing nations, where labor is vastly cheaper. I saw this firsthand when I visited a leather-goods factory in China, where women 18 to 26 years old earn $120 a month sewing and gluing together luxury-brand leather handbags, knapsacks, wallets and toiletry cases. One bag I watched them put together — for a brand whose owners insist is manufactured only in Italy — cost $120 apiece to produce. That evening, I saw the same bag at a Hong Kong department store with a price tag of $1,200 — a typical markup.
Treason is Not Old News
"I have nothing but contempt and anger for those who betray the trust by exposing the name of our sources. They are, in my view, the most insidious, of traitors." George Herbert Walker Bush, CIA dedication ceremony, April 26, 1999.
Group claiming 2004 election fraud asks Dann to investigate
Columbus- A group that still believes widespread voter fraud aided George W. Bush's 2004 victory in Ohio, triggering his successful presidential re-election, is asking the state for a criminal investigation.
The group, led by Columbus attorney Cliff Arnebeck, has tried almost since the polls closed three years ago to get a judge or prosecutor anywhere to validate their claims of voter suppression in Cuyahoga County and elsewhere but have little to show for their efforts.
Now they are turning to state Attorney General Marc Dann, whose office has authority under a nearly two-year-old election reform law to conduct criminal probes into allegations of voter fraud.
Hispanic names make top 10 list in America
Forget about keeping up with the Joneses. It's the Garcia, Rodriguez and Martinez families that are the ones to watch.
Data from the US census bureau suggests that some surnames of Hispanic origin have supplanted Anglo ones - such as Wilson - traditionally thought of as quintessential American names.
In the 2000 census, Garcia was the eighth most common surname in the US, and Rodriguez came in at number nine, both ahead of Wilson, which at 10th was only just ahead of Martinez.
Data from the US census bureau suggests that some surnames of Hispanic origin have supplanted Anglo ones - such as Wilson - traditionally thought of as quintessential American names.
In the 2000 census, Garcia was the eighth most common surname in the US, and Rodriguez came in at number nine, both ahead of Wilson, which at 10th was only just ahead of Martinez.
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