Mother and Father must work just to 'make ends meet', which is a colorful euphemism for keep food on the table and an insurance card in their pocket.

It's for the children, you know, all the work we do. Parents trying to give children more than they had.

Investing in the stock market for the future, saving a hundred thousand for college, moving to the 'safe' neighborhood.

Well all of that's been in vain. All we've done as a society is ensure that our children will live the Republican Dream: A Sweatshop Economy.

"The Economy lost 83,000 jobs in March."

Who cares...

"200,000 Americans lost their livelyhoods, healthcare and face hunger and homelessness this March."

"83,000 bread winners fired in March, what will happen to their families?"

Bam! Gut Punch!

It's personified personalized - human. Putting a human face on issues is HUGE for Progressives.

This is the second installment of Sunday Morning Canine Interaction the blogging series that's all about hooking up and spending quality time with our dogs.

Today we'll be expanding on last week's foundational training exercise, Unsolicited Eye Contact, and we'll talk a little bit about operant behavior and what the benefits are of working with an operant dog.

We'll also talk a little bit about training in general and tie it in to modern day politics - it is a political blog after all.

Hop on over the bump for more...

Let me introduce myself and a new weekly feature here at BT: Sunday Morning Canine Interaction.

My name is Ron Watson and I train dogs for a living. My partner (and girlfriend), Apryl Lea, and I run a small dog training studio in Western Michigan Called Pawsitive Vybe. We do pet training, dog sport training, personal lessons and behavioral consultations and employ positive training methods.

I'd like to share some of our training expertise and advice with the Booman Tribune community.

It'll be a welcome change for me to step away from the political doom and gloom that is ever present in 21st century politics and world affairs and step into my passion and livelyhood and share some of that passion with all of the dog lovers out there.

"Don't talk to Strangers."

Mom & Dad

The dark car rolls up and the window slides down...
"Hey kid! Want some candy." You like puppies, right?"

"All I need is your name, address, phone number and you'll need to initial... right here, and sign here...Aah, don't bother reading it, I'm a good guy. Trust me."

That's great! She's going to stomp those unmarketable Democrats like Edwards, Obama, Dodd, Kucinich & Gravel in the primaries and she's going to stomp the Republican nominee because they can't compete in terms of dollars.

RIght?

Wrong.

Gay marriage is out and Teen Sex is in. The right is going to scream and yell about Teen Sex. We are going to get so much Teen Sex it's going to be coming out of our ears.

Democrats and the 'liberal media' will be blamed for the rise in Teen Sex, and will be said to give it tacit approval by refusing to enact draconian spying on American citizens to stop this scourge of morality from destroying our country.

• Perpetual War?
  
• Civil Rights?
  
• Healthcare?
  
• Poverty?
  
• Defending the Constitution?
  
• Global Warming?
  
• Fascism?

What is the root problem that keeps us from moving forward on the issues in a Human Agenda? What or Who stands in the way?

The answer to why all these really smart people are making such stupid decisions today is that it is better if everything crashes now rather than later.

Lose Capital, Gain Marketshare.

If it takes 30 years to fall apart, those super important people, and artificial people (corporations) are going to get clobbered. All will be lost: legacy, legal exemptions, wealth and power; First Class will take a beating.

It's kind of a perversion of the Pottery Barn Rule, that Powell created for Iraq, instead this time it is: You break it, you take it..

Given the fact that the Administration keeps comparing our situation in this new milennium to WWII, and that we have a cabinet level Homeland Security Department, I propose that we bring back the War Department, and the title of Secretary of War, and let the Department of Homeland Security take over the necessary job of National Defense.

After all, can anyone doubt that Rumsfeld is a Secretary of War?

Protecting its people and representing their interests is something that a Government must not do! Conservative Mission Statement

I have been kicking around this little concept for a while, and I think it fits here with Jane, Flo's and the $13.00 per week she gets to deposit and live on from her employer.

So here it is:

I read a piece by the Conceptual Guerilla recently. It really helped to color my understanding of creeping corporate power and personhood and how to fight it.

Fiscal Conservatives are all about Cheap Labor, yes even you Democratic fiscal conservatives, are all about Cheap Labor.

Government isn't so much growing as it is being managed. Government is being managed for profit.

Say it again: Government isn't growing, it's being managed for profit.

That's the problem, isn't it?

I sure as hell think it is. Stick with me a minute here and I'll tell you why.

Lifted from Bonddad's Recent Diary @ dKos

The most fascinating thing about the discussion was that Democrats - the party of "big spenders" - spent most of the time talking about shrinking and/or reorganizing the government.  I think this tact is great for two reasons.  First, it is completely counter-intuitive to the way the Republicans portray the Democratic Party.  Secondly, it allows the Dems to argue about Republican's making government bigger.

I find this to be a horrible idea. HORRIBLE!

It is Republican Dogma, period.

That legitimizes and supports everything Republicans have force fed the American people for the last 40 years. It places Democrats squarely in the camp of government is bad.

Not only that, but it neglects the very essence of what is going on: The people of the United States, and their government are being fed to the economy so corporations can grow or die.

The only Democratic and Progressive answer that should be given to whether or not the NYT committed treason or not should go something like this:

"I don't think the government should be telling the NYT (media) what they can or cannot print. That's China, not America."

There was a great diary earlier today that slipped down the Koshole:

http://www.dailykos.com/...

It was Bernie Ward v Chris Baker on MSNBC. Perhaps you saw it live?