oxdown.firedoglake.com — I am NOT condoning what he said, but Marcus retired from Home Depot 6 years ago. It sure does seem like an over the top thing for someone to say that is contributing huge sums of money to worthwhile causes. Maybe he’s getting senile. Look up Bernard Marcus on Wikipedia: quote: Marcus almost ...
Home Depot Founder: Non-GOP Donors 'Should Be Shot'
news.aol.com 11/21/2008 — Bernie Marcus, one of the founders of Home Depot, has the blogosphere all atwitter over remarks he made on a conference call Monday. From Tom Frank of The Wall Street Journal : "If a retailer has not gotten involved with this, if he has not spent ...
Bernie Marcus, one of the founders of Home Depot, has the blogosphere all atwitter over remarks he made on a conference call Monday. From Tom Frank of The Wall Street Journal : "If a retailer has not gotten involved with this, if he has not spent ...
Home Depot Founder to CEOs: You "Should Be Shot"
www.seiu.org 11/19/2008 — In the fight for the Employee Free Choice Act, a bill in Congress that would give workers the free choice to form unions, we've seen some crazy hyperbole from greedy CEOs and their front groups who oppose free choice for workers. Home Depot founder ...
In the fight for the Employee Free Choice Act, a bill in Congress that would give workers the free choice to form unions, we've seen some crazy hyperbole from greedy CEOs and their front groups who oppose free choice for workers. Home Depot founder ...
Oxdown Gazette » Terms of the Citigroup bailout
oxdown.firedoglake.com 12/3/2008 — On November 23, 2008 , the Fed with participation by the Treasury and FDIC announced a rescue plan for what has been the nation’s largest banking concern Citigroup. The company has seen a drop in its share price in the last year from a high of ...
On November 23, 2008 , the Fed with participation by the Treasury and FDIC announced a rescue plan for what has been the nation’s largest banking concern Citigroup. The company has seen a drop in its share price in the last year from a high of ...
Oxdown Gazette » Jan Schakowsky for Senate
oxdown.firedoglake.com 11/6/2008 — In the next few weeks Rod Blagojevich, the Governor of Illinois will choose Barack Obama’s replacement in the United States Senate. Thankfully a number of progressive candidates have already tossed their names into the ring. However none would top ...
In the next few weeks Rod Blagojevich, the Governor of Illinois will choose Barack Obama’s replacement in the United States Senate. Thankfully a number of progressive candidates have already tossed their names into the ring. However none would top ...
Oxdown Gazette » A Modest Proposal: Tax Gamblers
oxdown.firedoglake.com 12/1/2008 — Surely no one really believes the US taxpayer should pay off the winnings of rank speculators , including the traders in credit default swaps. I offer a modest proposal for fixing the problem: a tax on each gambling transaction of 80%. The Treasury ...
Surely no one really believes the US taxpayer should pay off the winnings of rank speculators , including the traders in credit default swaps. I offer a modest proposal for fixing the problem: a tax on each gambling transaction of 80%. The Treasury ...
Oxdown Gazette » Obama, Arnold, & DiFi in NO on Prop 8 Ad
oxdown.firedoglake.com 11/2/2008 — Hours after the Proposition 8 campaign admitted it had mailed a flyer to African-American voters that lies about Sen. Barack Obama's position on the initiative, the NO on 8 Campaign launched a statewide television ad reminding voters that Sen. Obama, ...
Hours after the Proposition 8 campaign admitted it had mailed a flyer to African-American voters that lies about Sen. Barack Obama's position on the initiative, the NO on 8 Campaign launched a statewide television ad reminding voters that Sen. Obama, ...
Oxdown Gazette » al Zaidi Torture Confirmed by Brother
oxdown.firedoglake.com 12/23/2008 — ...Montather told him that he was tortured with electric shock after being stripped naked, and that he was continuously humiliated and tortured throughout the period of detention, and that he had bruises all over his face and body, and that members of ...
...Montather told him that he was tortured with electric shock after being stripped naked, and that he was continuously humiliated and tortured throughout the period of detention, and that he had bruises all over his face and body, and that members of ...
Oxdown Gazette » Musical Chairs
oxdown.firedoglake.com 11/6/2008 — In the Senate Democratic Committee chairmanships, except in rare cases are selected by seniority. Once members reach the top of a few select committees they are apt to stay for years. Right now there is a rare moment where as many as eight ...
In the Senate Democratic Committee chairmanships, except in rare cases are selected by seniority. Once members reach the top of a few select committees they are apt to stay for years. Right now there is a rare moment where as many as eight ...
Woman May Lose Her Home Because of Decade-Old Blowjob
www.reason.com 11/25/2008 — Wendy Whitaker, 29, has been on Georgia's sex offender list for more than 12 years. Her crime? She performed oral sex on a high school classmate just after turning 17. The boy was just shy of his 16th birthday. Both were ...
Wendy Whitaker, 29, has been on Georgia's sex offender list for more than 12 years. Her crime? She performed oral sex on a high school classmate just after turning 17. The boy was just shy of his 16th birthday. Both were ...
Georgia race key in Senate power struggle —
Reuters: Politics 11/20/2008
ATLANTA (Reuters) - A contest for a U.S. Senate seat from Georgia has become a last stand for the Republican Party to block Democrats from gaining a majority big enough to push their legislation through the chamber almost at will.
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