Capitalism has been unicorns and lollipops straight along. Anybody who says otherwise is a trouble-making sourpuss who is just trying to ruin loyalty day for everyone else.

Firstly, that America suffers to this day from a 470X ratio of income inequality between the plutocracy and the people.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022452445

Secondly, that the plutocracy are directly behind assault upon the workers, the people, and the government:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022519154

Thirdly, that Obama is both their shill and protector:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022445620

And that through Obama's continuation of the Bush/neocon post-9/11 power grab ("patriot act", FISA, NDAA, NDRP, HR347, domestic terrorism against the Occupy movement, $1 trillion a year of taxpayer dollars finding their way into the pockets of contractors who are turning this country into a surveillance state, or worse) the rights of the worker, the rights of the individual are on the very literal chopping block.


The people of this country are being over-run by the ultra-rich, who are directly influencing government through purchased politicians. The "tea party" is directly linked to the Koch brothers, as well as the "citizens united" PAC who gained a supreme court ruling allowing for unlimited personal and corporate financing of politicians. "Right to Work" is a union-busting legislation produced and championed by ALEC (American Legislation Exchange Council) and those such as the Kochs, installed by Koch-controlled politicians such as Michigan's governor Rick Snyder. Michigan, their proving ground, is being handed over to the ultra-rich through a combination of players including the Kochs and Wall Street, to whom Detroit owed $474 million in derivative debt, helping force it into bankruptcy and consideration for "emergency manager" control. Note that "emergency managers" are busting unions and selling infrastructure. It's the Shock Doctrine. Read that, and "Confessions of an Economic Hitman". The patterns are perfectly clear.

Capitalism is destroying the country, directly. The People and the worker are being used and damaged and mocked. This country, this world belongs to the 99%, not the 1% and their enforcement thugs and systems. Stand up, fight back!

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This is getting surreal.

I voted for this stupidity? The joke is on me.

See post #!. First observed (as branded) in 1959.

But with his Official Proclamation posted to the Official White House Website,
there is no doubt WHERE he stands,
WHO he stands FOR,
and what is important to his administration.
Of course, if anybody STILL fosters ANY doubts about THAT after the last 5 years,
they haven't been paying attention.

Corporate Profits Hit Record High While Worker Wages Hit Record Low
http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2012/12/03/1270541/corporate-profits-wages-record/?mobile=nc




[font color=firebrick][center]"There are forces within the Democratic Party who want us to sound like kinder, gentler Republicans.
I want a party that will STAND UP for Working Americans."
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Due to the need to conserve my energies, I pick my battles and this is way down on my list of why I'm pissed at Barack.

The holiday was first observed in 1921, during the First Red Scare. It was originally called "Americanization Day," and it was intended to replace the May 1 ("May Day&quot celebration of the International Workers' Day,[citation needed] which commemorates the 1886 Haymarket Massacre in Chicago.

Loyalty Day is celebrated with parades and ceremonies in several U.S. communities, like Batavia, Illinois, although many people in the United States remain unaware of it. Although a legal holiday, it is not a federal holiday, and is not commonly observed.

During the second Red scare, it was made an official holiday by the U.S. Congress on July 18, 1958 (Public Law 85-529). Following the passage of this law, President Dwight D. Eisenhower proclaimed May 1, 1959, the first official observance of Loyalty Day. With the exception of Eisenhower in 1959 and 1960, Loyalty Day has been recognized with an official proclamation every year by every president since its inception as a legal holiday in 1958.

May 1st is Workers' Day as far as I'm concerned.

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P.S. The gentleman in the middle of the picture is my great-grandfather, a union organizer. Circa 1905.