Labor Unrest at Columbia College Chicago

Over the last couple weeks, while the eyes of the nation have been on the workers' rights standoff in Madison, Wisconsin, two normally quiet Chicago colleges have seen their own labor uprisings.

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Fight Club Elephant: Democrats Continue to Punch Themselves in the Face Over Taxes

Update: since yesterday's vote to stop the extension of unemployment benefits, Republicans have now escalated their terrorist assault on the Middle Class... to the point of many state's now hiring armed guards to secure unemployment offices.

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The Great Beckoning: Beware of False Profits

Glen Beck rallies ranting Republican right to resurrect racist past

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Media is the Message Elephant: Time for Gibbs to Take a Pass

Robert Gibbs and David Axelrod have done a great job handling the "image" of President Obama as far as getting him launched and elected, but both men seem to forget that he is now also the executive leader of the Democratic Party.

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Republican Senate Vote: A Declaration of War on the Middle Class and Small Business

Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell and Virg Bernero, mayor of Lansing, Michigan, join Ed Schultz to discuss the vote that blocked the jobs bill and denied assistance to struggling American families.

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Armagettin' Outta Here: Mother Earth Losing Her Lifeblood?

Beyond the "human error" cause of the Gulf spill, maybe "crude oil" itself is the lifeblood of Mother Earth and we're just too dumb to realize this simple truth.

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Compromise Elephant in the Room: Implementing Change via Operational Strategy

Message to Democrats in Senate: Strategy for success when it comes to "delivering" in real-time from a go-to "operations" manager. the frontline workers know 'how" to deliver on any project, but only when their voices are included in the planning and the bosses listen.

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Armagettin' Outta Here: Gun Toting Radical Fundamentalists Fed by End of Times Mythology

The greatest threat to our planet right now is self-fulfilled prophecy in a world where organized religions' end of world scenario dominates.

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CIA Elephant: Cultural Collision Challenges Congressional Oversight

There's something so lame to consider regarding the Panetta CIA statement... an old lesson from Sister Mary Listenup " The road to hell is paved w good intentions"

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Listening to Madness

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Pulling Back the Curtain: Economic Terrorism our Greatest Threat

Dennis Blair, our new Director of National Intelligence and the Obama administration fully understand the danger of global economic instability. Truth in the Executive Branch is the change we can all be grateful for. Scary? Yes. Paralyzing? No way.

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Bright Future Jobs: The Secret Tech Lobbyists Don't Want You to Know

Surprised to learn that companies can run want ads discriminating against American citizens and green card holders? US employers can legally bypass citizens and green card holders via H-1B & L-1 visa-hiring programs.

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Ownership Society Elephant: Smell of Money Behind Republican Obstructionists

Republicans will continue to manipulate the "good guy" efforts of Obama and Dems in Congress, finding any way they can to cut out labor, new competition (small business), equal opportunity, upward mobility, the entire MIDDLE CLASS once again.

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Republican Sore Losers Reject Obama's Bi-Partisan Efforts

Blue State Cowboys say it the best... a message from Chicago voters: Just a reminder that Republicans LOST BIG TIME in November and are NOT the people's choice for solving any problems. Farewell to George Bush and all the trickle-down obstructionists. Old Ways Gotta Go!!!!

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Democratic Leadership must call a MORATORIUM on Home Foreclosures

In case you didn't know because NO ONE in Congress is mentioning the "M" word (mortgage crisis) anymore, the 110th Congress passed the Hope for Homeowners mortgage relief act last July, and the program has failed miserably on every level.

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Reflections 2008: Humor- the saving grace

A few of the most absurd, profane, otherworldly characters from 2008... Rachel Maddow awards 2008.

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Fox News repeatedly echoes only opponents of Employee Free Choice Act

Fox News hosts, reporters, and contributors have repeatedly provided or echoed the claims of only opponents of the Employee Free Choice Act, which would give workers the right to form or join a union if a majority of workers sign a card stating they want to unionize.

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Don't Let the Door Hit You on the Way Out, Elephant!

LIVE from Chicago, "Crawl Back to Crawford" shuffle kicks off the New Year 2009! Original sounds from the heartland to sooth the savage with a twist.

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Fox

On October 24, Fox & Friends co-host Gretchen Carlson baselessly linked a woman's allegations -- since recanted -- that she was attacked by a black man in retaliation for supporting Sen.

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De Fact (as in 'fact of life") Racism Core of Republican Strategy

Republicans continue race-baiting strategy ala Limbaugh-Buchanan attacks against Colin Powell.

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MSNBC, CNN anchors baselessly suggest Obama is prematurely measuring the drapes for the White House

MSNBC's Alex Witt and CNN's T.J. Holmes each suggested that Sen. Barack Obama is prematurely "measuring the drapes" for the White House.

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