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Poor Afghanistan has really suffered, and it's now suffering worse than ever. The poor, the women, children, and old folks suffer the most because they have so little already and are so needy, so often they don't survive. And the men go off to fight and often they don't make it either. War is horrible
So in a way, the U.S. is reaping what it sowed in Afghanistan war. The Afghans themselves are reaping what they've sowed in many ways. Now don't get me wrong there are many poor innocents in Afghanistan, and I'm not speaking of them. But the Afghans as a whole have been a lawless bunch of bandits for centuries, ruthless and bloodthirsty.
So both the U.S. and the Afghans are suffering for their sins, and the longer the U.S. keeps up this war, the more they both suffer. Please pray for the innocent, the helpless and needy Afghans, that they can find peace and refuge from the war.
Ted Rudow III, MA
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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is heading to Capitol Hill, where he’s expected to be grilled over by the Justice Department’s decision to secretly seize the work, home and cell phone records used by almost a hundred reporters and editors at the Associated Press. Holder defended the move as a necessary step in a criminal probe of leaks of classified information.
It is one more assault in a long series of assault against freedom of information and freedom of the press. And I would, of course, throw in the persecution of Julian Assange at WikiLeaks and Bradley Manning as part of that process. Anyone who challenges the official narrative, who digs out cases of torture, war crimes — which is, of course, what Manning and Assange presented to the American public — is going to be ruthlessly silenced.
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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is heading to Capitol Hill, where he’s expected to be grilled over by the Justice Department’s decision to secretly seize the work, home and cell phone records used by almost a hundred reporters and editors at the Associated Press. Holder defended the move as a necessary step in a criminal probe of leaks of classified information.
It is one more assault in a long series of assault against freedom of information and freedom of the press. And I would, of course, throw in the persecution of Julian Assange at WikiLeaks and Bradley Manning as part of that process. Anyone who challenges the official narrative, who digs out cases of torture, war crimes — which is, of course, what Manning and Assange presented to the American public — is going to be ruthlessly silenced.
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Peace and refuge
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Peace and refuge
by Ted Rudow III, MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Wednesday May 29th, 2013
Poor Afghanistan has really suffered, and it’s now suffering worse than ever. The poor, the women, children, and old folks suffer the most because they have so little already and are so needy, so often they don’t survive. And the men go off to fight and often they don’t make it either. War is horrible
So in a way, the U.S. is reaping what it sowed in Afghanistan—war. The Afghans themselves are reaping what they’ve sowed in many ways. Now don’t get me wrong—there are many poor innocents in Afghanistan, and I’m not speaking of them. But the Afghans as a whole have been a lawless bunch of bandits for centuries, ruthless and bloodthirsty.
So both the U.S. and the Afghans are suffering for their sins, and the longer the U.S. keeps up this war, the more they’ll both suffer. Please pray for the innocent, the helpless and needy Afghans, that they can find peace and refuge from the war.
Ted Rudow III, MA
http://tedriii.blogspot.com
Peace and refuge
by Ted Rudow III, MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Wednesday May 29th, 2013
Poor Afghanistan has really suffered, and it’s now suffering worse than ever. The poor, the women, children, and old folks suffer the most because they have so little already and are so needy, so often they don’t survive. And the men go off to fight and often they don’t make it either. War is horrible
So in a way, the U.S. is reaping what it sowed in Afghanistan—war. The Afghans themselves are reaping what they’ve sowed in many ways. Now don’t get me wrong—there are many poor innocents in Afghanistan, and I’m not speaking of them. But the Afghans as a whole have been a lawless bunch of bandits for centuries, ruthless and bloodthirsty.
So both the U.S. and the Afghans are suffering for their sins, and the longer the U.S. keeps up this war, the more they’ll both suffer. Please pray for the innocent, the helpless and needy Afghans, that they can find peace and refuge from the war.
Ted Rudow III, MA
http://tedriii.blogspot.com
Monday, May 27, 2013
Give peace chance
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Give peace chance
by Ted Rudow III, MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Monday May 27th, 2013 12:03 PM
The ones that send them to war. You would have thought having gone through the horrors of it themselves in the First World War they would have never done it again.
At least the children who had had to go through the war, those men that had to go through the Hell would never have wanted to send their children into war again, but they did! It doesn't seem to take them long to forget the horrors and Hell of war.
Especially their elders, it's their parents who are to blame, the politicians, militarists and greedy rich. Proud politicians, selfish parents. But I think this younger generation is fed up with the war. They've seen the horrors and heard the wars. Some of them have been through the horror or war already, Vietnam and whatnot. I think that they're just going to flatly refuse to fight, flatly refuse to go to war.
How can a leader be a Christian and order billions to be spent on such nightmare armaments? How can he be a Christian and order boys to the battle? That's what the Pacifists teach, the Quakers teach, that it takes two to make a fight. If you refuse to fight, then your enemy has nothing to fight about and there wouldn't be any wars, if you just flatly refused to fight. The Quakers teach if the enemy wants to take over, let them take over. Give peace chance.
Ted Rudow III, MA
http://tedriii.blogspot.com/
Give peace chance
by Ted Rudow III, MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Monday May 27th, 2013 12:03 PM
The ones that send them to war. You would have thought having gone through the horrors of it themselves in the First World War they would have never done it again.
At least the children who had had to go through the war, those men that had to go through the Hell would never have wanted to send their children into war again, but they did! It doesn't seem to take them long to forget the horrors and Hell of war.
Especially their elders, it's their parents who are to blame, the politicians, militarists and greedy rich. Proud politicians, selfish parents. But I think this younger generation is fed up with the war. They've seen the horrors and heard the wars. Some of them have been through the horror or war already, Vietnam and whatnot. I think that they're just going to flatly refuse to fight, flatly refuse to go to war.
How can a leader be a Christian and order billions to be spent on such nightmare armaments? How can he be a Christian and order boys to the battle? That's what the Pacifists teach, the Quakers teach, that it takes two to make a fight. If you refuse to fight, then your enemy has nothing to fight about and there wouldn't be any wars, if you just flatly refused to fight. The Quakers teach if the enemy wants to take over, let them take over. Give peace chance.
Ted Rudow III, MA
http://tedriii.blogspot.com/
Sunday, May 26, 2013
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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is heading to Capitol Hill , where he's expected to be grilled over the Justice Department's decision to secretly seize the work, home and cellphone records used by almost a hundred reporters and editors at the Associated Press. On Tuesday, Holder defended the move as a necessary step in a criminal probe of leaks of classified information.
The use of the Espionage Act, to essentially silence whistleblowers within the government Kiriakou, Drake and others, although Kiriakou went to jail on pled out on another charge the FISA Amendment Act, which allows for warrantless wiretapping, the National Defense Authorization Act, which allows for the stripping of American citizens of due process and indefinite detention. And it is one more assault in a long series of assault against freedom of information and freedom of the press. And I would also, of course, throw in the persecution of Julian Assange at WikiLeaks and Bradley Manning as part of that process.all of these measures to essentially shut down the freedom of information, including the persecution of Assange and Manning, as symptomatic of a reconfiguration of our society into a totalitarian security and surveillance state,
One where anyone who challenges the official narrative, who digs out cases of torture, war crimes which is, of course, what Manning and Assange presented to the American publics going to be ruthlessly silenced.
Ted Rudow III, MA
11 million households
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11 million households
by Ted Rudow III, MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Sunday May 26th, 2013
Nearly 10 and 11 million households now have upside-down mortgages, and for the first time ever, mortgage debt is bigger than the total value of homeowner equity [cash invested]—bigger by $836 billion. Even if a small fraction of these borrowers were to default on their mortgages in the near future, either because of negative shocks to borrowers’ ability to pay or due to strategic defaults, it could result in another sharp decline in home prices and impede the ongoing recovery in the housing market.
Out of those 10 million mortgages that are underwater, about 3 million remain “severely underwater,” which means the initial loan-to-value ratio (LTV) is 125% or more (in other words, the value of the mortgage is at least 25% higher than that of the property). While seriously delinquent mortgages (at least 60 days) have declined, the percentage of loans in foreclosure has remained stubbornly high, at about 10% of underwater mortgages.
They spend money they don’t have and they borrow. Where do they get so much cash? How can they buy such fancy cars and big TVs and all this fancy furniture and all these things they’ve got? How can they afford it? They can’t afford it! They buy it on credit. And they’re all in debt up to their ears. Rich people have borrowed themselves into debts that they can never repay. Poor people the same. Middle class people the same. So if the slightest little thing gets out of balance or goes off in any way, the whole thing crashes like a bunch of dominoes!
Ted Rudow III, MA
11 million households
by Ted Rudow III, MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Sunday May 26th, 2013
Nearly 10 and 11 million households now have upside-down mortgages, and for the first time ever, mortgage debt is bigger than the total value of homeowner equity [cash invested]—bigger by $836 billion. Even if a small fraction of these borrowers were to default on their mortgages in the near future, either because of negative shocks to borrowers’ ability to pay or due to strategic defaults, it could result in another sharp decline in home prices and impede the ongoing recovery in the housing market.
Out of those 10 million mortgages that are underwater, about 3 million remain “severely underwater,” which means the initial loan-to-value ratio (LTV) is 125% or more (in other words, the value of the mortgage is at least 25% higher than that of the property). While seriously delinquent mortgages (at least 60 days) have declined, the percentage of loans in foreclosure has remained stubbornly high, at about 10% of underwater mortgages.
They spend money they don’t have and they borrow. Where do they get so much cash? How can they buy such fancy cars and big TVs and all this fancy furniture and all these things they’ve got? How can they afford it? They can’t afford it! They buy it on credit. And they’re all in debt up to their ears. Rich people have borrowed themselves into debts that they can never repay. Poor people the same. Middle class people the same. So if the slightest little thing gets out of balance or goes off in any way, the whole thing crashes like a bunch of dominoes!
Ted Rudow III, MA
Saturday, May 25, 2013
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Dear Editor: U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is heading to Capitol Hill, where he's expected to be grilled over the Justice Department's decision to secretly seize the work, home and cellphone records used by almost 100 reporters and editors at the Associated Press. On Tuesday, Holder defended the move as a necessary step in a criminal probe of leaks of classified information.
We have the Espionage Act to essentially silence whistleblowers within the government, the FISA Amendment Act to allow for warrantless wiretapping, and the National Defense Authorization Act to strip American citizens of due process and indefinite detention; now we have one more assault in a long series of assaults against freedom of information and freedom of the press.
I would also throw in the persecution of Julian Assange at WikiLeaks and Bradley Manning as part of a process to essentially shut down the freedom of information, as symptomatic of a reconfiguration of our society into a totalitarian security and surveillance state. One where anyone who challenges the official narrative, who digs out cases of torture and war crimes -- which is, of course, what Manning and Assange presented to the American public -- is going to be ruthlessly silenced.
Ted Rudow III,
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Dear Editor: U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is heading to Capitol Hill, where he's expected to be grilled over the Justice Department's decision to secretly seize the work, home and cellphone records used by almost 100 reporters and editors at the Associated Press. On Tuesday, Holder defended the move as a necessary step in a criminal probe of leaks of classified information.
We have the Espionage Act to essentially silence whistleblowers within the government, the FISA Amendment Act to allow for warrantless wiretapping, and the National Defense Authorization Act to strip American citizens of due process and indefinite detention; now we have one more assault in a long series of assaults against freedom of information and freedom of the press.
I would also throw in the persecution of Julian Assange at WikiLeaks and Bradley Manning as part of a process to essentially shut down the freedom of information, as symptomatic of a reconfiguration of our society into a totalitarian security and surveillance state. One where anyone who challenges the official narrative, who digs out cases of torture and war crimes -- which is, of course, what Manning and Assange presented to the American public -- is going to be ruthlessly silenced.
Ted Rudow III,
Palo Alto
Thursday, May 23, 2013
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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is heading to Capitol Hill , where he’s expected to be grilled over the Justice Department’s decision to secretly seize the work, home and cellphone records used by almost a hundred reporters and editors at the Associated Press. On Tuesday, Holder defended the move as a necessary step in a criminal probe of leaks of classified information.
The use of the Espionage Act, to essentially silence whistleblowers within the government—Kiriakou, Drake and others, although Kiriakou went to jail on—pled out on another charge—the FISA Amendment Act, which allows for warrantless wiretapping, the National Defense Authorization Act, which allows for the stripping of American citizens of due process and indefinite detention. And it is one more assault in a long series of assault against freedom of information and freedom of the press.
And I would also, of course, throw in the persecution of Julian Assange at WikiLeaks and Bradley Manning as part of that process all of these measures to essentially shut down the freedom of information, as symptomatic of a reconfiguration of our society into a totalitarian security and surveillance state. One where anyone who challenges the official narrative, who digs out cases of torture, war crimes—which is, of course, what Manning and Assange presented to the American public—is going to be ruthlessly silenced.
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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is heading to Capitol Hill , where he’s expected to be grilled over the Justice Department’s decision to secretly seize the work, home and cellphone records used by almost a hundred reporters and editors at the Associated Press. On Tuesday, Holder defended the move as a necessary step in a criminal probe of leaks of classified information.
The use of the Espionage Act, to essentially silence whistleblowers within the government—Kiriakou, Drake and others, although Kiriakou went to jail on—pled out on another charge—the FISA Amendment Act, which allows for warrantless wiretapping, the National Defense Authorization Act, which allows for the stripping of American citizens of due process and indefinite detention. And it is one more assault in a long series of assault against freedom of information and freedom of the press.
And I would also, of course, throw in the persecution of Julian Assange at WikiLeaks and Bradley Manning as part of that process all of these measures to essentially shut down the freedom of information, as symptomatic of a reconfiguration of our society into a totalitarian security and surveillance state. One where anyone who challenges the official narrative, who digs out cases of torture, war crimes—which is, of course, what Manning and Assange presented to the American public—is going to be ruthlessly silenced.
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U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is heading to Capitol Hill , where he’s expected to be grilled over the Justice Department’s decision to secretly seize the work, home and cellphone records used by almost a hundred reporters and editors at the Associated Press. On Tuesday, Holder defended the move as a necessary step in a criminal probe of leaks of classified information.
The use of the Espionage Act, to essentially silence whistleblowers within the government—Kiriakou, Drake and others, although Kiriakou went to jail on—pled out on another charge—the FISA Amendment Act, which allows for warrantless wiretapping, the National Defense Authorization Act, which allows for the stripping of American citizens of due process and indefinite detention. And it is one more assault in a long series of assault against freedom of information and freedom of the press.
And I would also, of course, throw in the persecution of Julian Assange at WikiLeaks and Bradley Manning as part of that process all of these measures to essentially shut down the freedom of information, as symptomatic of a reconfiguration of our society into a totalitarian security and surveillance state. One where anyone who challenges the official narrative, who digs out cases of torture, war crimes—which is, of course, what Manning and Assange presented to the American public—is going to be ruthlessly silenced.
Ted Rudow III
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Espionage Act
http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2013/05/22/18737207.php
Espionage Act
by Ted Rudow III, MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Wednesday May 22nd, 2013
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is heading to Capitol Hill , where he’s expected to be grilled over the Justice Department’s decision to secretly seize the work, home and cellphone records used by almost a hundred reporters and editors at the Associated Press. On Tuesday, Holder defended the move as a necessary step in a criminal probe of leaks of classified information.
The use of the Espionage Act, to essentially silence whistleblowers within the government—Kiriakou, Drake and others, although Kiriakou went to jail on—pled out on another charge—the FISA Amendment Act, which allows for warrantless wiretapping, the National Defense Authorization Act, which allows for the stripping of American citizens of due process and indefinite detention. And it is one more assault in a long series of assault against freedom of information and freedom of the press. And I would also, of course, throw in the persecution of Julian Assange at WikiLeaks and Bradley Manning as part of that process as symptomatic of a reconfiguration of our society into a totalitarian security and surveillance state.
One where anyone who challenges the official narrative, who digs out cases of torture, war crimes—which is, of course, what Manning and Assange presented to the American public—is going to be ruthlessly silenced.
Ted Rudow III, MA
Espionage Act
by Ted Rudow III, MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Wednesday May 22nd, 2013
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder is heading to Capitol Hill , where he’s expected to be grilled over the Justice Department’s decision to secretly seize the work, home and cellphone records used by almost a hundred reporters and editors at the Associated Press. On Tuesday, Holder defended the move as a necessary step in a criminal probe of leaks of classified information.
The use of the Espionage Act, to essentially silence whistleblowers within the government—Kiriakou, Drake and others, although Kiriakou went to jail on—pled out on another charge—the FISA Amendment Act, which allows for warrantless wiretapping, the National Defense Authorization Act, which allows for the stripping of American citizens of due process and indefinite detention. And it is one more assault in a long series of assault against freedom of information and freedom of the press. And I would also, of course, throw in the persecution of Julian Assange at WikiLeaks and Bradley Manning as part of that process as symptomatic of a reconfiguration of our society into a totalitarian security and surveillance state.
One where anyone who challenges the official narrative, who digs out cases of torture, war crimes—which is, of course, what Manning and Assange presented to the American public—is going to be ruthlessly silenced.
Ted Rudow III, MA
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Bangladesh's economic, financial and social data read like a recipe for mass misery. Bangladesh has low life expectancy, low adult literacy—and suffers some of the most frequent major natural disasters in the world. Yet, Bangladeshis are reportedly the happiest people on the face of the planet. This is despite having a GDP of just $1,483. Many impoverished Bangladeshis truly do appear to laugh in the face of adversity.
A man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth! True happiness and purpose in life come from loving and helping others in some way, in giving rather than receiving, in sharing rather than hoarding, in making the world a better place, in “being a force of nature instead of a feverish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy,” as one writer put it! That’s what brings on happiness.
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Bangladesh's economic, financial and social data read like a recipe for mass misery. Bangladesh has low life expectancy, low adult literacy—and suffers some of the most frequent major natural disasters in the world. Yet, Bangladeshis are reportedly the happiest people on the face of the planet. This is despite having a GDP of just $1,483. Many impoverished Bangladeshis truly do appear to laugh in the face of adversity.
A man’s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth! True happiness and purpose in life come from loving and helping others in some way, in giving rather than receiving, in sharing rather than hoarding, in making the world a better place, in “being a force of nature instead of a feverish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy,” as one writer put it! That’s what brings on happiness.
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Monday May 13th, 2013
Perhaps the hardest-hit country would be Bangladesh, where thousands of people already die from floods each year. An estimated 12 million people were driven from their homes in Bangladesh and parts of India as the annual monsoons reached their full impact. The rains and flooding in India, Nepal and Bangladesh were blamed for 445 deaths.
And in northern Bangladesh and northeastern and northern India, monsoonal floods have cost millions their homes and dozens their lives since the start of August; the floods are bigger and faster than ever with too little vegetation and soil left in the Himalayan foothills to soak up the rain.
Bangladesh's economic, financial and social data reads like a recipe for mass misery. Bangladesh has low life expectancy, low adult literacy-and suffers some of the most frequent major natural disasters in the world. Yet, Bangladeshis are reportedly the happiest people on the face of the planet
This is despite having a GDP of just $1,483. Many impoverished Bangladeshis truly do appear to laugh in the face of adversity.
A man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth! True happiness and purpose in life come from loving and helping others in some way, in giving rather than receiving, in sharing rather than hoarding, in making the world a better place, in "being a force of nature instead of a feverish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy," as one writer put it! That's what brings on happiness.
Ted Rudow III, MA
Loving and helping others
by Ted Rudow III, MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Monday May 13th, 2013
Perhaps the hardest-hit country would be Bangladesh, where thousands of people already die from floods each year. An estimated 12 million people were driven from their homes in Bangladesh and parts of India as the annual monsoons reached their full impact. The rains and flooding in India, Nepal and Bangladesh were blamed for 445 deaths.
And in northern Bangladesh and northeastern and northern India, monsoonal floods have cost millions their homes and dozens their lives since the start of August; the floods are bigger and faster than ever with too little vegetation and soil left in the Himalayan foothills to soak up the rain.
Bangladesh's economic, financial and social data reads like a recipe for mass misery. Bangladesh has low life expectancy, low adult literacy-and suffers some of the most frequent major natural disasters in the world. Yet, Bangladeshis are reportedly the happiest people on the face of the planet
This is despite having a GDP of just $1,483. Many impoverished Bangladeshis truly do appear to laugh in the face of adversity.
A man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth! True happiness and purpose in life come from loving and helping others in some way, in giving rather than receiving, in sharing rather than hoarding, in making the world a better place, in "being a force of nature instead of a feverish little clod of ailments and grievances complaining that the world will not devote itself to making you happy," as one writer put it! That's what brings on happiness.
Ted Rudow III, MA
Thursday, May 09, 2013
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Yes, there will be many logical, rational, necessary reasons to get your own personal microchip--security reasons, health reasons, economic reasons, you name it. The "need" is becoming more apparent all the time. Soon it will be the in thing to do, and then the customary thing, and eventually the mandatory thing.
Orwellian society a quick journey: The tremendous explosion in surveillance-enabling technologies, including databases, computers, cameras, sensors, wireless networks, implantable microchips, GPS, and biometrics; and the weakening of civil-liberty protections, as government and private surveillance increases and a giant infrastructure tying the technologies together is contemplated.
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Yes, there will be many logical, rational, necessary reasons to get your own personal microchip--security reasons, health reasons, economic reasons, you name it. The "need" is becoming more apparent all the time. Soon it will be the in thing to do, and then the customary thing, and eventually the mandatory thing.
Orwellian society a quick journey: The tremendous explosion in surveillance-enabling technologies, including databases, computers, cameras, sensors, wireless networks, implantable microchips, GPS, and biometrics; and the weakening of civil-liberty protections, as government and private surveillance increases and a giant infrastructure tying the technologies together is contemplated.
Ted Rudow III, MA
Wednesday, May 08, 2013
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Regarding Bangladesh's exploited workers
Dear Editor: The death toll in Bangladesh has topped 600 after an eight-story garment factory building collapsed with thousands of workers inside. Cracks had been found in the building, but workers say the factory owners forced them to go to work anyway.
Protests broke out in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka as angry workers blocked key highways, marched on several factories, and rallied outside the headquarters of Bangladesh's main manufacturers group. The disaster comes exactly five months after a massive fire killed at least 112 garment workers at Bangladesh's Tazreen factory, which made clothing sold by Wal-Mart, among other companies.
Bangladesh now is the second-largest garment exporter in the world, right after China. Chinese garment factories are moving to Bangladesh because of the low wages -- 14 to 24 cents an hour. The workers work 14 hours a day, often seven days a week. Bangladesh is sacrificing all of these young women, who receive starvation wages. There is no right to organize in Bangladesh.
Ted Rudow III,
Palo Alto
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May 8, 2013 8:12 AM GMTUpdated: 05/08/2013 01:12:49 AM PDT
Regarding Bangladesh's exploited workers
Dear Editor: The death toll in Bangladesh has topped 600 after an eight-story garment factory building collapsed with thousands of workers inside. Cracks had been found in the building, but workers say the factory owners forced them to go to work anyway.
Protests broke out in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka as angry workers blocked key highways, marched on several factories, and rallied outside the headquarters of Bangladesh's main manufacturers group. The disaster comes exactly five months after a massive fire killed at least 112 garment workers at Bangladesh's Tazreen factory, which made clothing sold by Wal-Mart, among other companies.
Bangladesh now is the second-largest garment exporter in the world, right after China. Chinese garment factories are moving to Bangladesh because of the low wages -- 14 to 24 cents an hour. The workers work 14 hours a day, often seven days a week. Bangladesh is sacrificing all of these young women, who receive starvation wages. There is no right to organize in Bangladesh.
Ted Rudow III,
Palo Alto
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May 8, 2013 8:12 AM GMTUpdated: 05/08/2013 01:12:49 AM PDT
Regarding Bangladesh's exploited workers
Dear Editor: The death toll in Bangladesh has topped 600 after an eight-story garment factory building collapsed with thousands of workers inside. Cracks had been found in the building, but workers say the factory owners forced them to go to work anyway.
Protests broke out in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka as angry workers blocked key highways, marched on several factories, and rallied outside the headquarters of Bangladesh's main manufacturers group. The disaster comes exactly five months after a massive fire killed at least 112 garment workers at Bangladesh's Tazreen factory, which made clothing sold by Wal-Mart, among other companies.
Bangladesh now is the second-largest garment exporter in the world, right after China. Chinese garment factories are moving to Bangladesh because of the low wages -- 14 to 24 cents an hour. The workers work 14 hours a day, often seven days a week. Bangladesh is sacrificing all of these young women, who receive starvation wages. There is no right to organize in Bangladesh.
Ted Rudow III,
Palo Alto
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Thursday, May 02, 2013
No unions
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No unions
by Ted Rudow III, MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Thursday May 2nd, 2013
The death toll in Bangladesh has topped 200 after an eight-story garment factory building collapsed with thousands of workers inside. More than 1,000 people were injured, and an unknown number of workers are still trapped in the wreckage. Cracks had been found in the building, but workers say the factory owners forced them to go to work anyway.
Protests broke out in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka today as angry workers blocked key highways, marched on several factories, and rallied outside the headquarters of Bangladesh’s main manufacturers group. The disaster comes exactly five months after a massive fire killed at least 112 garment workers at Bangladesh’s Tazreen factory, which made clothing sold by Wal-Mart, among other companies.
Bangladesh now is the second-largest garment exporter in the world, right after China. And as a matter of fact, the Chinese garment factories are moving to Bangladesh because of the low wages, 14 cents an hour up to about 24 cents an hour. The workers are hard-working; they work 14 hours a day. They’ll work often seven days a week. Bangladesh is sacrificing all of these young women, who are just being brutalized, starvation wages. There is no right to organize in Bangladesh.
Ted Rudow III, MA
No unions
by Ted Rudow III, MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Thursday May 2nd, 2013
The death toll in Bangladesh has topped 200 after an eight-story garment factory building collapsed with thousands of workers inside. More than 1,000 people were injured, and an unknown number of workers are still trapped in the wreckage. Cracks had been found in the building, but workers say the factory owners forced them to go to work anyway.
Protests broke out in the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka today as angry workers blocked key highways, marched on several factories, and rallied outside the headquarters of Bangladesh’s main manufacturers group. The disaster comes exactly five months after a massive fire killed at least 112 garment workers at Bangladesh’s Tazreen factory, which made clothing sold by Wal-Mart, among other companies.
Bangladesh now is the second-largest garment exporter in the world, right after China. And as a matter of fact, the Chinese garment factories are moving to Bangladesh because of the low wages, 14 cents an hour up to about 24 cents an hour. The workers are hard-working; they work 14 hours a day. They’ll work often seven days a week. Bangladesh is sacrificing all of these young women, who are just being brutalized, starvation wages. There is no right to organize in Bangladesh.
Ted Rudow III, MA
Bush legacy
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Ted Rudow III, MA, Encina Ave, Palo Alto, CA
So there have been plenty of presidents who slaughtered millions! The Civil War was one of the most horrendous wars. It had the highest casualty rate, considering the population, of any war that the US has ever fought, virtually pitting brother against brother, fathers against sons, just slaughtering each other. The question they need to put to the American public is: “Is that oil really worth American blood and the lives of your boys? Is it worth fighting and dying for just to keep the price of gasoline down so you can go for more joy rides?– Is it worth your boys?” Well, as far as I’m concerned, it’s not worth it!
A great columnist has said that if they’d put the presidents, kings and the politicians into the battlefield, they’d never have any more wars. –Because it’s not the people who make the wars who have to fight them. If the people who actually made the wars and got the world into wars had to themselves personally fight them, there’d never be another war!
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Ted Rudow III, MA, Encina Ave, Palo Alto, CA
So there have been plenty of presidents who slaughtered millions! The Civil War was one of the most horrendous wars. It had the highest casualty rate, considering the population, of any war that the US has ever fought, virtually pitting brother against brother, fathers against sons, just slaughtering each other. The question they need to put to the American public is: “Is that oil really worth American blood and the lives of your boys? Is it worth fighting and dying for just to keep the price of gasoline down so you can go for more joy rides?– Is it worth your boys?” Well, as far as I’m concerned, it’s not worth it!
A great columnist has said that if they’d put the presidents, kings and the politicians into the battlefield, they’d never have any more wars. –Because it’s not the people who make the wars who have to fight them. If the people who actually made the wars and got the world into wars had to themselves personally fight them, there’d never be another war!
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