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To: i-node who wrote (783949)	5/8/2014 3:01:46 PM
From: THE WATSONYOUTH	1 Recommendation Recommended By i-node Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578214

>> So, you agree that Republicans shouldn't have cut funding for embassy security? ......in reality, the vote to cut funding was bipartisan........ a higher percentage of Democrats voted to cut funding than Republicans Dems accuse GOP of cutting security funding in Libya despite majority Dem support for vote Read more: dailycaller.com

To: i-node who wrote (783949)	5/9/2014 1:15:01 AM
From: bentway	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1578214

DEPARTMENT OF ILL-ADVISED PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES. from Robert Reich's facebook page Tomorrow, President Obama is scheduled to do a press event at a Walmart store in Mountain View, California, to highlight the company’s purported energy efficiency, according to the White House. What numbskull in the White House arranged this? Walmart may be one of the retail industry's leaders in the use of renewable energy in its stores, but its greenhouse emissions grew 2 percent last year to nearly half a million metric tons, and it lags badly behind other large companies on renewable power, with only 3 percent of electricity from these sources. More to the point, Walmart is one of the nation’s largest and worst employers – low wages, unreliable hours, few benefits, discrimination against women, and anti-union. The NLRB is investigating charges it discriminates against workers who speak out. And most of the rest of us are subsidizing Walmart by paying for the food stamps and Medicaid its workers need because Walmart doesn't pay them enough to keep them out of poverty. Obama should use this opportunity not to praise Walmart but to condemn it for its irresponsible labor practices, to call for it to allow its workers to unionize, and meet with Walmart workers to hear first-hand about how they’re treated. (I'd also urge him to decide against being hosted this weekend by Walmart board member Marissa Mayer for a political fundraiser.)