On April 21, 1945, Inouye was grievously wounded while leading an assault on a heavily-defended ridge near San Terenzo in Tuscany, Italy called Colle Musatello. The ridge served as a strongpoint along the strip of German fortifications known as the Gothic Line, which represented the last and most dogged line of German defensive works in Italy. As he led his platoon in a flanking maneuver, three German machine guns opened fire from covered positions just 40 yards away, pinning his men to the ground. Inouye stood up to attack and was shot in the stomach; ignoring his wound, he proceeded to attack and destroy the first machine gun nest with hand grenades and fire from his Thompson submachine gun. After being informed of the severity of his wound by his platoon sergeant, he refused treatment and rallied his men for an attack on the second machine gun position, which he also successfully destroyed before collapsing from blood loss. As his squad distracted the third machine gunner, Inouye crawled toward the final bunker, eventually drawing within 10 yards. As he raised himself up and cocked his arm to throw his last grenade into the fighting position, a German inside fired a rifle grenade that struck him on the right elbow, severing most of his arm and leaving his own primed grenade reflexively "clenched in a fist that suddenly didn't belong to me anymore." Inouye's horrified soldiers moved to his aid, but he shouted for them to keep back out of fear his severed fist would involuntarily relax and drop the grenade. As the German inside the bunker reloaded his rifle, Inouye pried the live grenade from his useless right hand and transferred it to his left. As the German aimed his rifle to finish him off, Inouye tossed the grenade off-hand into the bunker and destroyed it. He stumbled to his feet and continued forward, silencing the last German resistance with a one-handed burst from his Thompson before being wounded in the leg and tumbling unconscious to the bottom of the ridge. When he awoke to see the concerned men of his platoon hovering over him, his only comment before being carried away was to gruffly order them to return to their positions, since, as he pointed out, "nobody called off the war!"Our thoughts are with Inouye's family.
Consumer spending is 70 percent of economic activity, but consumers are also workers. And as income and wealth continue to concentrate at the top, and the median wage continues to drop – it’s now 8 percent lower than it was in 2000 – a growing portion of the American workforce lacks the purchasing power to get the economy back to speed. Without a vibrant and growing middle class, Walmart itself won’t have the customers it needs.It's why Henry Ford paid his workers 3x what his competitors thought reasonable--it created customers who bought what the company made/provided . . .
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That’s why I am asking you to join me to vote Yes for State Issue 2 – because a Yes vote for Issue 2 is also a vote for the environment.
* * * * *Watching Fehrnstrom/Cutter on CBS. They're debating Medicare. Not jobs. This is why Ryan pick is trouble
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(I'm a big fan of Elizabeth Warren and believe she is one of today's political heroes. What follows is a recent piece from her campaign.)
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I spend a lot of time talking about Scott Brown's voting record -- and Scott Brown doesn't like it one bit. Yesterday, a news reporter asked Scott Brown to respond to my statement that he supports the national Republican agenda. Scott Brown said -- and I quote:
"I don't need Professor Warren talking or speaking or commenting on my votes."
Sorry, Scott. I am not going to stop talking. If you don't want anyone to talk about your votes, you shouldn't have voted that way.Scott Brown voted against three jobs bills that would have supported 22,000 jobs in Massachusetts. I'm going to keep talking about that. Scott Brown voted to protect tax breaks for oil companies, some of the most profitable companies on the planet, rather than investing in clean energy. I'm going to keep talking about that. Scott Brown voted against the Buffett Rule, legislation that would make sure millionaires and billionaires pay their fair share in taxes. I'm going to keep talking about that. Scott Brown voted against equal pay for women. I'm going to keep talking about that. And Scott Brown voted for the Blunt amendment to limit women's access to birth control and cancer screenings. I'm going to keep talking about that. I'm not going to stop talking, and I hope you won't either. Talk to your friends -- call them, Facebook, tweet, send them a fax if you're old fashioned. Talk to the person behind you at the grocery store, and talk to the person pumping gas next to you. Let them know why this race is so important. We can do a lot more than talk about Scott Brown's voting record -- we can hold him accountable for it on Election Day. Thank you for being a part of this, Elizabeth P.S. There is a lot at stake for women in this election. Listen to our new radio ad about the dangerous Republican agenda for women. | ||
First prez election with no military vet on either ticket since 1932.and
Also, first-ever GOP ticket with no Protestants.(from Ezra Klein)
Mitt Romney, announcing Paul Ryan as his VP, attacks Obama for cutting Medicare by $700 billon. Just wow(from Michael Moore)
Channeling Bush, war supporters/military dodgers Romney & Ryan insult those who served by using battleship as their prop.(from Keith Olbermann)
Just a reminder that the anti-government Ayn Rand whofor Brian :-)@RepPaulRyan says inspired him to seek office, ended up on Social Security + Medicare
Paul Ryan on Ayn Rand
In all, 62 percent of the budget cuts proposed by Ryan would come from low-income programs.--so Robert Reich writes in his piece on the Ryan and Romney ticket; good explanation of the how Ryan's proposals reveal the hard right shift of the Republican party, back to the ugly era of Social Darwinism. You can read the Reich piece here.
"You want free speech? Let's see you acknowledge a man whose words make your blood boil, who's standing center stage and advocating at the top of his lungs that which you would spend a lifetime opposing at the top of yours." You want to claim this land as the land of the free? Then the symbol of your country cannot just be a flag. The symbol also has to be one of its citizens exercising his right to burn that flag in protest. Now show me that, defend that, celebrate that in your classrooms.If the owner of a business wants to contribute to whatever group, it is his prerogative. It's called free speech.
Forbes has been showing for years that the Marlins have been among the most profitable teams in baseball, but politicians who voted for the publicly financed stadium said they were surprised to learn that the team was making so much money after the Marlins' financial documents were leaked. Owner Jeffrey Luria had been lining his pockets with money he has gotten from the league's revenue-sharing system instead of signing good players. Politicians could have saved taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars with a little more due diligence.
And the rockets' red glare, the bombs bursting in air . . .Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps' pollution . . .No refuge could save the hireling and slave / From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave . . .
Before 1931, other songs served as the hymns of American officialdom. "Hail, Columbia" served this purpose at official functions for most of the 19th century. "My Country, 'Tis of Thee", whose melody is identical to "God Save the Queen", the British national anthem,[2] also served as a de facto anthem.[3] Following the War of 1812 and subsequent American wars, other songs would emerge to compete for popularity at public events . . .
