WFPman Tumbles

Kill the corporation.

On the evil that corporations do, mass consumerism and the labor movement.

The worst corporations to work for if you want to join a union


Have a Merr- Miserable Bah humbug

Well we have a Scrooge of the Year in in Rob Walton of Wal-Mart so it’s only fitting that we get another end of the year labor item courtesy of the International Labor Rights Forum. They recently put out a list of the worst corporations to work for if you want to join a union (PDF). I believe they’ve compiled this list in previous years and some of the same companies often get listed year after year, mainly because they’ve never improved.  The Scrooge’s in this year’s report are Dole, Hershey’s, Philippine Airlines and Wal-Mart (obviously).

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Why don’t conservatives like electric cars?

Hood Open

Seriously, do they want us wedded to fossil fuels forever? How is that a good thing? They will run out one day you know whether you like it or not. Even the oil companies you so love are looking towards the future and developing new energy sources. I thought they’d be all about the free-market and support businesses like car manufacturers leaping into a new frontier? How does lying about the cost of a Chevy Volt, made by an American car maker help the United States?

This is exactly what James Hohman, the assistant director of fiscal policy at the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, did recently. You may have seen the headlines: “Each Chevy Volt Costs Taxpayers $250,000.” “Are Volts for dolts? It’s starting to look that way.” “Report: Every Chevy Volt has over $250,000 in government subsidies.” When we first saw this story, we looked it over and figured the math was so skewed that no one would dare repeat it. But then everyone did, so we now think it makes sense to throw some cold water on the whole issue.

It’s truly a shame. Maybe they hate making the President look good because he bailed out GM and they are now doing well?

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The US House is full of online torrent pirates

in da house...

I have in my hand a list of….well, I won’t go all McCarthy here, but the United States House of Representatives has been very naughty.

In total we found more than 800 IP-addresses assigned to the U.S. House of Representatives from where content has been shared on BitTorrent. After a closer inspection it quickly became clear the House isn’t just using it for legitimate downloads either, quite the opposite.

As the website Torrent Freak says “they pirate a lot.” This leads me to wonder whether the RIAA or the MPAA will attempt to sue the House.

What strikes me is how brazen some of the people who work on Capitol Hill can be in downloading stuff on work time. Check out this item below tracked at the website Youhavedownloaded.

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I don’t think people are mad at somebody who invented a product or founded a company. It’s that people see that Wall Street is not productive. Their wealth and their riches, they do not come through any normal means — they come through cheating and gambling and ripping us off, which I think troubles us in a different kind of way.

—Stephen Lerner

For example, manufacturer Warrick sold an albuterol drug from 1995 to 2003, all the while reporting a list price that was nearly seven-times the actual sales price. The State’s trial in 2010 found that Warrick had cost Massachusetts $4,563,328, and had made 28 false statements in violation of the state’s False Claims Act. After treble damages, 12 percent interest, and legal fees, a $24 million settlement looked like a good deal to Warwick’s new owner, Merck.

Dec. 25 is just another ordinary work day for me.” — Noam Chomsky, atheist, author, liberal political activist.

The first time I came to New York was just before the millennium celebrations. I was introduced to the wonderful Jewish tradition of going to a Chinese restaurant and then seeing a film. I did that in 1999 and I’ve been doing it ever since.

—I love it!

(Source: The New York Times)

I can’t ever forgive, ever,” she said. “North Korea took away the best years of my life. I suffered because of Kim Jong Il. He had absolute power over so many people. But even he couldn’t fight off death. “And now that he’s gone, I can let go of my anger. I feel like I’ve been set free.

“Any President Mr. Romney? Really?” (by DemRapidResponse)

House Republicans say they don’t dispute the need for a payroll tax cut. What they are holding out for is to ring concessions from Democrats on issues that have nothing to do with the payroll tax cut — issues where the parties fundamentally disagree. A one year deal is not the issue…

—President Obama on GOP Conservative Scoundrels

(Source: Washington Post)