Commentary By John A. Ostenburg The Outpost Observer Public employees’ unions got a shot in the arm on one day, and a sharp stick in the eye on the next. The resounding vote of support for the right of public employees to organize and bargain collectively that came in Ohio[Read More…]
Opinion
Barney Frank: ‘I Thought The Gingrich Group Was His Wives’ (TPM Video)
From TPM: Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA), whom Newt Gingrich said last month should bethrown in jail over his ties to Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, is having a hard time containing his glee at Gingrich’s current predicament. The Massachusetts Congressman took to the airwaves on Wednesday and Thursday to spike the[Read More…]
2.1 Million SEIU Members Endorse President Obama In 2012
Working people are ready to fight for a vision of America with a strong middle class and a better future for all working families. WASHINGTON, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2011. The 2.1 million-member Service Employees International Union (SEIU) voted Tuesday night to endorse President Barack Obama for re-election in 2012. The endorsement[Read More…]
North American Transportation Statistics: Almost 93 Million Personal Vehicles Entered the United States in 2010
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 17, 2011 – Almost 93 million personal vehicles entered the United States in 2010, 28.9 million from Canada and 64.0 million from Mexico, according to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics’ (BTS). Additionally, 10.2 million trucks, 334,818 buses, and 33,790 trains entered the United States[Read More…]
Tarps and Tents Don’t Make a Movement
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 16, 2011. A Message sent by AFL-CIO President Richard L. Trumka to activists nationally. Dear Friend, They can take away the tarps and the tents. But they can’t slow down the Occupy Wall Street movement. There have been police raids on Occupy Wall Street in Oakland, Calif.; Portland,[Read More…]
Occupy Seattle: Octogenarian activist Dorli Rainey on being pepper-sprayed by Seattle police, activism
Eighty-four-year-old activist Dorli Rainey tells Keith about her experience getting pepper-sprayed by the police during an Occupy Seattle demonstration and the need to take action and spread the word of the Occupy movement. She cites the advice of the late Catholic nun and activist Jackie Hudson to “take one more[Read More…]
Wake Up, Congress: Create Jobs, Fix Our Crumbling Infrastructure
Commentary By John A. Ostenburg The Outpost Observer It wasn’t that many years ago that “infrastructure” wasn’t a part of our everyday vocabulary. As the nation grew, government put more and more money into roads, bridges, water and sewer lines, school buildings, parks, and other public facilities. The need was[Read More…]
ACLU Statement on Development in Catholic Charities Case Against DCFS
CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2011. Yesterday, attorneys for the two remaining Catholic Charities agencies involved in a lawsuit against the State of Illinois, seeking to reverse a decision by the Department of Children and Family Services to end its contractual relationship with these agencies to provide state-funded foster care and adoption services,[Read More…]
Occupy Wall Street: You Can’t Evict an Idea Whose Time Has Come
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–November 15, 2011. A massive police force is presently evicting Liberty Square, home of Occupy Wall Street for the past two months and birthplace of the 99% movement that has spread across the country and around the world The raid started just after 1:00am. Supporters and allies are mobilizing[Read More…]
Audubon Society: Victory! Tar Sands Pipeline on Hold
A Message from Audubon President David Yarnold USFWS – Whooping Cranes Washington, D.C.–(ENEWSPF)–November 14, 2011. In a win for the environment and the battle to control global warming, the Obama Administration decided to delay a decision on the Keystone XL pipeline. The State Department confirmed that a decision on the proposed[Read More…]
