UAW wins historic victory in U.S. South with vote at VW plant REUTERS: DETROIT | BY BERNIE WOODALL The Volkswagen Chattanooga Assembly Plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee November 4, 2015. REUTERS/TAMI CHAPPELL The United Auto Workers union won its first organizing vote at a foreign-owned auto a[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Confederacy’
December 5th, 2015 - 12:52 am § in Misc.
BREAKING NEWS: UAW UNIONIZES VW
September 9th, 2015 - 1:45 am § in America
South Carolina: Why would anyone want to live there?
Stono Rebellion (sometimes called Cato’s Conspiracy or Cato’s Rebellion) was a slave rebellion that commenced on 9 September 1739, near the Stono River in the colony of South Carolina. The uprising was led by native Africans who were likely from the Kingdom of Kongo. The slaves may[...]
July 30th, 2015 - 1:00 am § in Misc.
Summertime and the living is easy.
Khen Ghazon “TELL ME AGAIN” Tell me again why we should forget I see that you haven’t forgotten Pearl Harbor yet Tell me again why you say you can’t… You paid everyone else for their time in the camps Tell me again why we should ignore The many times you said “you’re mama�[...]
July 26th, 2015 - 11:23 am § in Misc.
How to Take a Shit in South Carolina, Mississippi, Texas, Georgia, Arkansas, North Carolina, Florida, Virginia
TAKE IT ALL DOWN The twisted cross flag was not in common use until after Lee died. BUT it was never some affectionate symbol .. in part because Lee himself rejected any symbol glorifying the confederacy as a form of treason. The twisted cross was a symbol of Jim Crow, of lynchings and white sheets.[...]
July 26th, 2015 - 9:15 am § in America
SOUTH CAROLINA: Honoring Americans, ALL Americans
While most Americans mourn the Charleston 9, tearing down the hateful flag was a small and much belated step. Even this has hurt the real feelings of some white Southerners who want to feel pride in their heritage. Let me suggest another way. Even though my ancestors have been here for only a[...]
July 22nd, 2015 - 12:39 pm § in America
Replace Andrew Jackson, a man of many unattractive qualities and a poor president, on the twenty dollar bill.
Ben Bernanke’s Blog: DUMP JACKSON OFF OF THE $20 Hamilton, the first Secretary of the Treasury, would qualify as among the greatest of our founders for his contributions to achieving American independence and creating the Constitution alone. In addition to those accomplishments, however, H[...]
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