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		<title>Labor Day Small Talk</title>
		<link>http://laborlou.com/2010/09/labor-day-small-talk/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:14:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://laborlou.com/?p=657</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I’m in no mood to analyze the Labor Movement’s predicament or point out that Labor Day is the unofficial start of election season.  They’ll be enough of that in the papers, on tv and online and I promised not to criticize democrats before the November vote. But as a blogger I know that I have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Contradictions and Disappoinments</title>
		<link>http://laborlou.com/2010/08/contradictions-and-disappoinments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:17:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bad republicans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[big box]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[consumer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[labor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[off-shored]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[socialized action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[subprime]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://laborlou.com/?p=642</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I heard that new housing starts are down. That’s supposed to be bad news. But then I think of those crappy tract homes next to the freeways east of Pomona which put working-class families “underwater” in the subprime scam. In an era of stagnant wages, workers hoped to score in the real estate market, so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Losing by Winning and Winning by Losing</title>
		<link>http://laborlou.com/2010/08/losing-by-winning-and-winning-by-losing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:20:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[just say no]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[legalize pot]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[osama bin laden]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[republican congress]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://laborlou.com/?p=631</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here’s what I’m not going to talk about:  How the Obama election triggered an amazing sense of elation that began to dissipate almost immediately  How almost overnight the republicans figured out how to undermine the new president and his allies  Whether it would be better for democrats to hold slim congressional margins or turn over [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Corporate Fun and Games</title>
		<link>http://laborlou.com/2010/08/corporate-fun-and-games/</link>
		<comments>http://laborlou.com/2010/08/corporate-fun-and-games/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2010 16:16:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corporate profits]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[desparation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[outrage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sales jobs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[underclass]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[union-busting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[youth unemployment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://laborlou.com/?p=619</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What’s all the fuss about American companies making profits but not hiring new workers? That’s been going on for at least 40 years.  So what if earnings are up.  There’s nothing in our political or economic system to persuade, coerce or &#8211; sorry for this one &#8211; “incentivize” private sector job creation or retention. Did [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Pension Cuts Deep</title>
		<link>http://laborlou.com/2010/08/pension-cuts-deep/</link>
		<comments>http://laborlou.com/2010/08/pension-cuts-deep/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2010 00:12:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://laborlou.com/?p=612</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I’m not sure we can call government worker pensions a “hot button” issue.  It lacks the immediacy, clarity and simple polarity of, say, abortion or gay marriage. But I guarantee that the controversy over retirement pay for millions of city, state and federal workers will fuel ongoing political debate, possibly for the rest of this [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Cavalry to the Rescue</title>
		<link>http://laborlou.com/2010/07/the-cavalry-to-the-rescue/</link>
		<comments>http://laborlou.com/2010/07/the-cavalry-to-the-rescue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 18:31:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bailouts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cornyn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[freefall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[midterm elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obamacare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[partisan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[party of no]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://laborlou.com/?p=606</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I’m struck by republican imagery that voters in the November midterm election can call on the cavalry to rescue a nation now held captive by democrats. Listen to Sen. John Cornyn of Texas justify his party’s strategy of blocking everything down the pike with a “D” attached to it. The republicans are playing out their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Working Class and Working Poor</title>
		<link>http://laborlou.com/2010/07/working-class-and-working-poor/</link>
		<comments>http://laborlou.com/2010/07/working-class-and-working-poor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 15:53:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I’m sure there’s some correlation between tax cuts for small business &#8211; promoted by the administration &#8211; and job creation, but let’s be serious here.  A lot of hiring “incentives” are &#8211; at best &#8211; used by retailers to bring on a few more sales clerks.  Retail sales is important work for entry-level and part-time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Republican House &#8211; Good for Obama?</title>
		<link>http://laborlou.com/2010/07/a-republican-house-good-for-obama/</link>
		<comments>http://laborlou.com/2010/07/a-republican-house-good-for-obama/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 17:03:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[clinton impeach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moderate obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nixon polarize]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[republican house]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[speaker boehner]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the nation magazine]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://laborlou.com/?p=584</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Polling and pundits suggest that republicans may take back the house in November. There’s a sentiment out there that this might be a good thing for democrats.  That, in particular, it helps Obama’s reelection two years later. We’ve been through this before.  I’m searching my memory… Some in the “new” left promoted the idea that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Supreme Game Changers</title>
		<link>http://laborlou.com/2010/07/supreme-game-changers/</link>
		<comments>http://laborlou.com/2010/07/supreme-game-changers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 17:52:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010 senate races]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[court's direction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[filibuster]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[filibuster future nominations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[justice ages]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kagan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://laborlou.com/?p=561</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The republican campaign against Elena Kagan’s Supreme Court appointment was not intended to block her confirmation but to set the stage for future nomination battles, particularly those which could be “game changers.”  Here are the ages of current justices:  Ruth Bader Ginsberg &#8211; 77 Antonin Scalia - 74 Anthony Kennedy - 73 Stephen Breyer  - 71 Clarence Thomas [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Flip Flop</title>
		<link>http://laborlou.com/2010/07/flip-flop/</link>
		<comments>http://laborlou.com/2010/07/flip-flop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 15:41:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lou</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[obama-bashing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil spill]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public option]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[racine]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[town hall]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://laborlou.com/?p=552</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I’m about to flip-flop. I’m ending my Obama-bashing. At least until after the mid-term election in November. I’m not telling anyone else what to do. There’s plenty to criticize:  Afghanistan, tepid reform, oil spill handling. But I’m done. It’s easier for me than for some of my friends and colleagues.  Compared to them, I’m an [...]]]></description>
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