Meanwhile, Rome Continued to Burn

I've been a weence obsessed with the Polanski thing and have been letting more important things slip. Fortunately, my ol' running buddy Lex has been paying attention to the anti- and anti-anti-ACORN/SEIU fracas. Yeoman's work.

Let me ask this, though. While yes, yes, yes, we all need to come to the aid of SEIU, didn't SEIU not just a few short years ago basically tell the AFL-CIO to shove it up their ass? And by "it" I mean labor solidarity. Is there no penalty for this? Isn't this one of new labor's problems, all of our supposed allies kick us where it counts and when we pick ourselves up we ask if there is anything else we might do for them.

For example, to answer Rachel Maddow's question, no, I don't think that prominent Democrats are going to do anything to publicly counter the attacks on SEIU and/or anyone who works for the underprivileged in our society. That hasn't really been the Democrats' schitck since 1992. Remeber, we're the third-way party. The "third-way" being finding ways to cave to corporate/conservative interests whenever possible. This is what we do now.

Speaking of Losing Value, Have We Talked About My Weight Today?

I feel a bit like a guy who is telling everyone about his ex-girlfriend's big art show this weekend, but the OG has been really cooking when it comes to this bailout and EFCA. Check it out.

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Another post up at Organizing Grievances.