A Rallying Cry for Democratic Populism

Free trade is not free. It costs us plenty, while the corporate officers of multinationals make more money in one month that many ordinary Americans will see in a lifetime. What could anyone possibly do that would be worth the kind of money they make?

Give me the name of one oil executive's son or daughter who is serving in Iraq. Just one.

When the bottom line is all company execs. think about, their's is a sociopathic institution and shoud be treated as such.

One of these days the American worker is going to wake up and the people, who have created this mess, will pay, big time.

I only hope I live to see the day.

A Rallying Cry for Democratic Populism:

What would happen if the opposition party actually chose to oppose the one in power? Not just on the margins, but by rejecting outright the majority party's fundamental beliefs on trade and tax policy?

Sen. Byron L. Dorgan (D-N.D.) urges Democrats to take on Republicans in just that way in his new book, 'Take This Job and Ship It: How Corporate Greed and Brain Dead Politics Are Selling Out America.' He makes a politically compelling -- if economically questionable -- case.

Dorgan, a master of partisan rhetoric, puts his debating skills to good use in spinning out anecdotes that make free trade and corporate tax breaks seem cruel to the average citizen. He clearly hopes to instruct fellow Democrats how to ride a populist wave if one were ever to form.