http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/06/the-lobbyist-whom-mccain-wont-fire/ a radical newsletter in the struggle for peace and social justice Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:07:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/06/the-lobbyist-whom-mccain-wont-fire/#comment-21853 Lloyd Rowsey Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:08:53 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=2136#comment-21853 I was watching Roger Federer lose the French Open final yesterday, Michael, and my thoughts returned inevitably to whether ANYone has ever contemplated, or even tried, to organize professional tennis (officially the WTA and the ATP are "unions"). And extending the mind-fantasy, would Roger Feds make a better first-president of a real union in tennis than Tiger Woods would make for golf? But I digress. Is little Switzerland really just a larger Monaco? I was watching Roger Federer lose the French Open final yesterday, Michael, and my thoughts returned inevitably to whether ANYone has ever contemplated, or even tried, to organize professional tennis (officially the WTA and the ATP are “unions”). And extending the mind-fantasy, would Roger Feds make a better first-president of a real union in tennis than Tiger Woods would make for golf? But I digress. Is little Switzerland really just a larger Monaco?

]]> http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/06/the-lobbyist-whom-mccain-wont-fire/#comment-21852 Lloyd Rowsey Mon, 09 Jun 2008 12:01:53 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=2136#comment-21852 Yeah, Gramm's a piece of work. But just one of the stunted growths that dot the Texas political landscape. Nonetheless, Ralph Yarborough came from the Lone Star State, and there's very courageous and outspoken radicals there, with a history going back before WWI. The latest rumor I heard from "home" is that John Sidney McCrudd is contemplating Kay Bailey Hutchinson for his woman-vote-getter veep candidate. Yeah, Gramm’s a piece of work. But just one of the stunted growths that dot the Texas political landscape. Nonetheless, Ralph Yarborough came from the Lone Star State, and there’s very courageous and outspoken radicals there, with a history going back before WWI. The latest rumor I heard from “home” is that John Sidney McCrudd is contemplating Kay Bailey Hutchinson for his woman-vote-getter veep candidate.

]]> http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/06/the-lobbyist-whom-mccain-wont-fire/#comment-21794 Michael Kenny Sat, 07 Jun 2008 20:15:00 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=2136#comment-21794 UBS has just posted a loss of 39 billion Swiss francs and has fired most of its top management. In many ways, it has become the symbol of the European overspill of the US subprime crisis. Nice thought! UBS has just posted a loss of 39 billion Swiss francs and has fired most of its top management. In many ways, it has become the symbol of the European overspill of the US subprime crisis. Nice thought!

]]> http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/06/the-lobbyist-whom-mccain-wont-fire/#comment-21751 Don Hawkins Sat, 07 Jun 2008 00:37:25 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=2136#comment-21751 Saying one thing and thinking another way is not going to work out well to say the least. Saying one thing and thinking another way is not going to work out well to say the least.

]]> http://dissidentvoice.org/2008/06/the-lobbyist-whom-mccain-wont-fire/#comment-21727 Tony S. Fri, 06 Jun 2008 14:21:40 +0000 http://www.dissidentvoice.org/?p=2136#comment-21727 Phil Gramm, whether it is Enron or the subprime mortgage crisis, has always been a landfill of corruption. As long as Phil Gramm is on John McCain's campaign team, the McCain team will have the stench of corruption. Phil Gramm, whether it is Enron or the subprime mortgage crisis, has always been a landfill of corruption. As long as Phil Gramm is on John McCain’s campaign team, the McCain team will have the stench of corruption.

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