Thursday, July 14, 2005

The American Dream

A report on TomPaine today shows that the connection between productivity and pay has been severed. Since 2002, 70% of economic growth has gone directly into the corporate executives' pockets, when in the past, workers were rewarded with higher wages. In fact, if workers' pay had kept pace with productivity, the minimum wage would be $19.12. Think about that. This makes for some good reading for everyone who seeks to counter the notion that the economy is doing fine.

Wednesday, July 13, 2005

Benefit Auction


Just wanted to let everyone know that The Death Scene Recording Co.
have begun listing items that have been donated to help aid Keith
Watton. If you do not know the story, Keith (Drummer of Halfwayhome)
was seriously injured in an accident at the end of May that has left
him paralyzed from the chest down. He has a long road ahead him in
terms of recovery and his treatment is very expensive.

So we have established an Ebay account and are selling off various
items that have been donated by friends, bands, labels etc. Please
check out the auctions here and bookmark this page as we will be
adding lots more and even cooler items over the coming days and weeks:

">Auctions to
benefit keith


Right now there are tons of CD's, and DVD's listed. We will have lots
of signed and limited items coming up from bands such as Taking Back
Sunday, Circa Survie, Copeland, Armor For Sleep, etc. So please keep
checking back and please bid knowing that your money will be going to
help out someone who really needs the help.


You can also make a donation to:
International Leadership
707 Magnolia Dr.
Altamonte Springs, FL 32701
Iraq Madness Continues

So much for Cheney and Rumsfeld asserting that the insurgency was in its last throes, it doesn't get much more evil than this: a car bomber drove up to a group of US soldiers handing candy out to Iraqi children and murdered them. Read it here. At least a dozen children were killed and at least one US soldier.
Ebbers Gets 25 Years
Don't cry for this guy, cry for the people he ripped off, the pensions wiped out, the financial chaos he wrought on normal people. These sociopaths are not above the law, CEO or no. Read about the former WorldCom boss here, from MyWay.
HEY, HO, ROVE HAS GOT TO GO!
From MyWay news, this article on Bush's advisor Karl Rove at least shows Bush not giving his Dr Strangelove friend a tongue bath, as he has done every other time an Administration figure has fucked up in a colossal fashion. Hopefully the heat will continue on Rove, as there is no doubt in any sane person's mind that Karl Rove intentionally leaked Ambassador Wilson's wife's name to the press to discredit the report saying Iraq had not in fact sought to purchase Nigerian yellow cake. Is this the most corrupt Admin ever, or will Bush finally give someone the ax?