Links Which May Be of Interest to You
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Important videos which may be of interest
- The Story of Mouseland.
- When big business evades its tax obligation, it is working people and small business that carries the burden.
- When multi-national corporations infiltrate congress and state legislatures, the only ones left to shoulder the burden are you and me. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/12/opinion/12fri1.html
- While the economy in the “western world” falls apart, big business opportunities abounds in China. While we continue to bleed jobs and opportunity for small business and entrepreneurial spirit, for working and middle class Americans, multi-nationals find an unfettered opportunity to gain even more wealth and power at the expense of yet another population of working people. Please see link: http://www.mckinsey.com/mgi/mginews/China_urban_rich_reward.asp
- Requesting the Maine Citizen Trade Policy more information about impact of international trade on local, state and regional laws. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tpDPBm16cg
From the Trade Observatory: Water Will Become the Oil of the 21st Century? - Why Louisiana’s ecosystems should sue BP, Published in the Houma Today newspaper, Lafourche Parish, Louisiana July 15, 2010
A younger Kiefer Sutherland showing the NDP’s Mouseland campaign. Remember the story of the white cats replacing the black cats?
The Story of Mouseland is a story by Tommy Douglas, grandfather of actor Kiefer Sutherland and leader of the Co-operative Common Federation, which is now the New Democratic Party of Canada.
The purpose of the story is to combat the ineffective government during the depression. For those familiar with Canada’s history the black cats are suppose to represent the Bennett government and the white cats representing the King Government.
The goal of the video is two show that there should be more than 2 parties in a real democracy. Also that the people in government should be just like the average person and looking out for each other instead of the ‘high class’.
In the video/story the mice would vote for the Black (Conservative) cats and they would find out how hard life was with them in power. So then they went back to vote and instead chose the white cats (Liberals) who made things even worse. This rotation of power keeps happening until one mouse suggests that mice (representing the average person) should run their government and not the cats (who represent the high class). However this mouse was arrested for making the suggestion. The video/story finishes off by saying that you can lock up a person, but not an idea (Excerpt from Digital Journal).
