Wall Street Vs. The American Worker

7:07 am EST July 20th, 2005 | Politics | 21 Comments

You should check out this article about Costco for prime evidence of how stupid and anti-worker Wall Street has become. Costco has been able to provide goods at low prices to consumers, while at the same time not treating its employees like indentured servants (ie. Walmart). A radical concept, and Wall Street isn’t amused.

Some Wall Street analysts assert that Mr. Sinegal is overly generous not only to Costco’s customers but to its workers as well.

Costco’s average pay, for example, is $17 an hour, 42 percent higher than its fiercest rival, Sam’s Club. And Costco’s health plan makes those at many other retailers look Scroogish. One analyst, Bill Dreher of Deutsche Bank, complained last year that at Costco “it’s better to be an employee or a customer than a shareholder.”

Mr. Sinegal begs to differ. He rejects Wall Street’s assumption that to succeed in discount retailing, companies must pay poorly and skimp on benefits, or must ratchet up prices to meet Wall Street’s profit demands.

Good wages and benefits are why Costco has extremely low rates of turnover and theft by employees, he said. And Costco’s customers, who are more affluent than other warehouse store shoppers, stay loyal because they like that low prices do not come at the workers’ expense. “This is not altruistic,” he said. “This is good business.”

He’s Against Roe v Wade

8:07 pm EST July 19th, 2005 | Politics | 93 Comments

That’s all you need to know about John Roberts Jr., the right-winger Bush has picked for the high court.

Sen. Reid:

The President has chosen someone with suitable legal credentials, but that is not the end of our inquiry. The Senate must review Judge Roberts’s record to determine if he has a demonstrated commitment to the core American values of freedom, equality and fairness. The nominee will have an opportunity to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee and make his case to the American people.

“Black English”

5:07 pm EST July 19th, 2005 | Politics | 21 Comments

The main blog entry here tries to take a stab at Wizbang, who are silly idiots, but actually are on the right track with this.

Many of the commenters on Kos actually get it too, like this one:

These kids watch TV right? And they understand it?

For the most part it is standard English. If they can understand the TV they don’t need a teacher to talk down to them.

Now, If He’d Only Leave The GOP…

4:07 pm EST July 19th, 2005 | Politics | Comments Off

John Cole, just about the only sane person left n the right, has redesigned…

A Cynic Would Say…

1:07 pm EST July 19th, 2005 | Politics | 30 Comments

the schedule for picking a supreme court justice just got bumped up due to news events…

RNC: Set Phasers To Smear

6:07 pm EST July 18th, 2005 | Politics | 16 Comments

This is not looking good for the Bush administration, expect a big pushback (terror alert? new supreme court justice?). As for Dems? Time to not get bored and to pound this into the earth. Talk about it, then talk about it some more, and for good measure: talk about it again.

ABC News: Poll: Many Doubt White House Cooperation in CIA Leak Probe

Just a quarter of Americans think the White House is fully cooperating in the federal investigation of the leak of a CIA operative’s identity, a number that’s declined sharply since the investigation began. And three-quarters say that if presidential adviser Karl Rove was responsible for leaking classified information, it should cost him his job.

Skepticism about the administration’s cooperation has jumped. As the initial investigation began in September 2003, nearly half the public, 47 percent, believed the White House was fully cooperating. That fell to 39 percent a few weeks later, and it’s lower still, 25 percent, in this new ABC News poll.

AKA “Let’s Make Our Kids Dumber”

5:07 pm EST July 18th, 2005 | Politics | 24 Comments

This is so stupid.

Ebonics suggested for district

Incorporating Ebonics into a new school policy that targets black students, the lowest-achieving group in the San Bernardino City Unified School District, may provide students a more well-rounded curriculum, said a local sociologist.

Black students aren’t doing well, so we should use this crappy, broken language to communicate with them. What the hell?

FRAPS benchmark fps, record video games, screen capture software

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Job Search?

3:07 pm EST July 18th, 2005 | Republicans | Comments Off

Experienced Communications Professional Seeking New Job. I hear his references aren’t so great though.

Tom Tancredo: Bomb Mecca

3:07 pm EST July 18th, 2005 | Politics | 19 Comments

The jihadists are on our side of the war too

Congressman Tom Tancredo (R-CO) told WFLA-AM in Orlando, the U.S. could “take out” Islamic holy sites if Muslim fundamentalist terrorists attacked the country with nuclear weapons.

Rep. Tancredo made his remarks Friday, yet, his spokesman stressed he was only speaking hypothetically.

According to a Yahoo report, talk show host Pat Campbell asked the Littleton Republican how the country should respond if terrorists struck several U.S. cities with nuclear weapons.

Tancredo said, “Well, what if you said something like if this happens in the United States, and we determine that it is the result of extremist, fundamentalist Muslims, you know, you could take out their holy sites.”

Campbell replied, “You’re talking about bombing Mecca.”

Tancredo responded, “Yeah.”