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Jobs: Obama Administration Announces Selection of Navajo Gallup Water Supply Project and 13 Others to be Expedited Through Permitting/Review Process

October 12, 2011 by Democracy for N...

Yesterday, the Obama Administration announced the selection of 14 infrastructure projects around the country that will be expedited through permitting and environmental review processes. The administration says it's an important next step in its efforts to improve the efficiency of federal reviews needed to help job-creating infrastructure projects move as quickly as possible from the drawing board to completion. 

One of the 14 selected for expedition is the Navajo Gallup Water Supply Project, which will build two water treatment plants and deliver water through approximately 280 miles of pipeline, 24 pumping plants and numerous water regulation and storage facilities bringing a clean and sustainable water supply to the Navajo Nation in northwestern New Mexico. The Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation will work to improve coordination between Federal and non-federal entities and to expedite land acquisition through the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Land Management.

Congressman Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico’s Third District applauded the move by the Obama Administration.

Jeff Sessions and Richard Shelby Won't Even Talk About Jobs Bill

October 12, 2011 by Left in Alabama

"Where are the jobs?" is just a campaign slogan to Republicans.  They run a mile from any actual jobs legislation.  Harry Reid is rightly calling them out for putting politics before the good of the nation:

JOBS Not a GOP Value

October 11, 2011 by Left in Alabama

The GOP presidential field will have another debate tonight.  I wonder if they'll talk about the nation's number one concern -- lack of jobs.  Not likely, because creating JOBS is not a Republican priority.  That's what's wrong with the GOP, in a nutshell ... they're obsessed with a bunch of silly stuff that has zip to do with the real problems real people are facing everyday in their real lives.

For instance, at the right wing Values Voters Summit last weekend, they asked "Which issue is the most important in determining your choice of candidate to support?"

American Dream Movement Protest At Alabama State Capitol Tues. & Wed.

October 11, 2011 by Left in Alabama

Over 300,000 people have signed the contract for the American Dream ...

We, the American people, promise to defend and advance a simple ideal: liberty and justice . . . for all. Americans who are willing to work hard and play by the rules should be able to find a decent job, get a good home in a strong community, retire with dignity, and give their kids a better life. Every one of us – rich, poor, or in-between, regardless of skin color or birthplace, no matter their sexual orientation or gender – has the right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That is our covenant, our compact, our contract with one another. It is a promise we can fulfill – but only by working together.

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Occupy Wall Street Explained In One Graph

October 10, 2011 by Left in Alabama

Is it any wonder the 99% are mad as hell?  I look at this graph from Benjamin Landy's An "Occupy Wall Street" Primer and am astounded it took so long.

In the graph on the left, it is difficult to discern any appreciable increase in real income for all but the top 15 percent of taxpayers since 1979. But while middle class wages have remained stagnant for the last 40 years, top incomes have skyrocketed, more than tripling in the same period.