edrogerick

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Coping with a post-Boeing world

Posted Sun, Jul 19, 1:30 p.m.

I have a hard time with the whining of the corporations about taxes, especially a welfare queen like Boeing. Boeing is a typical big corporation that will do anything to satisfy the greedy investors, even "render" detainees as a charter service for a buck. They also have no qualms about ...

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A short class about 'class'

Posted Wed, Jun 3, 8:16 p.m.

I read Crosscut just for these kind provocative essays. We do not talk about class usually unless we profess at some University. It is an important concept because in our society in may represent the amount of power or powerlessness within an area. I am a Californicator that raised the ...

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Ready to try public-private partnerships yet?

Posted Wed, Apr 1, 1:09 p.m.

P3s are a throw back to enclosure movement that forces the people to move into the cities and be confined by fees that only the favored can afford. These are "necessary" only because the politicians are not only bought and paid for by the corporations and the wealthy, but they ...

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Are we happier in the West?

Posted Mon, Mar 16, 2:43 p.m.

I can only speak from experience of the 50's, I loved every minute of it as a dumb jock until the evidence of the bombs of Japan started to permeate my limited consciousness. As far as the Northwest being somewhat happier, I can only speak for what I see in ...

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