[mpen-dayton] FW: "Carter, Reagan and 401(k)?" & "Piles of Dirty Secrets Behind a Model ‘Clean Coal’ Project & "Black Lives Matter is Not a Hate Group" & "Thailand Christian School"

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·         FW: Carter, Reagan and 401(k)

·         FW: Piles of Dirty Secrets Behind a Model 'Clean Coal' Project

·         FW: Black Lives Matter is Not a Hate Group

·         FW: Congress wants to sell public land. Sign the petition to stop them.

·         FW: Sign the petitions: "Ban the use of toxic atrazine"  &  "Ban bee-killing pesticides immediately"  & "Oppose the Ryan tax cuts for the rich"

·         FW: Thailand Christian School --- Wesley International School (Munsup's Note: Career Opportunities)

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From: albert baca
Subject: Carter, Reagan and 401(k)

Read this before you start.  It is very short:
Reagan, Carter, 401k's, what actually happened?

401(K)S HAVE FAILED AMERICAN WORKERS

Biological fact: Every living thing ages.   All of us will get old if we don't die young first.

This is a must read for all rugged individuals who firmly believe that every man should fend for himself.   No entitlements, period.   No unions.   No pensions – and that includes military pensions; and while we are at it, No Social Security, No Medicare and No Medicaid.   BE RUGGED.   After all, isn't America exceptional?   We fend for ourselves.   We are not pansies.   It DOES NOT take a village.

http://www.epi.org/publication/retirement-in-america/

Retirement Inequality Chart book

THE STATE OF AMERICAN RETIREMENT:
HOW 401(K)S HAVE FAILED MOST AMERICAN WORKERS

By Monique Morrissey | March 3, 2016

It is a long read.   Here is the conclusion:

CONCLUSION

The trends exhibited in these figures paint a picture of increasingly inadequate savings and retirement income for successive generations of Americans—and growing disparities by income, race, ethnicity, education, and marital status.   Women, who by some measures are narrowing gaps with men, remain much more vulnerable in retirement due to lower lifetime earnings and longer life expectancies.

Decades after the number of active participants in 401(k)-style plans edged out those in traditional pensions, 401(k)s are not delivering substantial income in retirement, and that income is not equally shared.

Retirement security has also been affected by changes in Social Security, notably the gradual increase in the normal retirement age and other benefit cuts implemented in 1983; by broader income and wealth trends, such as growing earnings inequality and the collapse of the stock and housing bubbles; and by other factors, such as trends in out-of-pocket medical costs.   A description of these broader trends is outside the scope of this chart book.  However, we can assume that as the value of employer-based retirement plans is declining and retirement savings are growing more unequal, retirement security is declining and growing more unequal, since there is little evidence of countervailing trends.

The shift from pensions to account-type savings plans has been a disaster for lower-income, black, Hispanic, non-college-educated, and single workers, who together add up to a majority of the American population.   But even among upper-income white college-educated married couples, many do not have adequate retirement savings or benefits.   The evidence presented in this chart book—that the retirement system does not work for most workers—underscores the importance of preserving and expanding Social Security, defending defined-benefit pensions for workers who have them, and seeking new solutions for those who do not.

UNQUOTE

Old Al

P.S. Of course nothing I send would be complete without me talking about that gawd awful St. Ronnie, man god of the right and some DINOs:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1980
https://consortiumnews.com/2010/062410.html

The above link to the following article is archived but is easy to find.

THE CIA/LIKUD SINKING OF JIMMY CARTER

By Robert Parry (A Special Report) | June 24, 2010

As the Official Story of the 1980 October Surprise case crumbles – with new revelations that key evidence was hidden from investigators of a congressional task force and that internal doubts were suppressed – history must finally confront the troubling impression that remains: that disgruntled elements of the CIA and Israel's Likud hardliners teamed up to remove a U.S. president from office.

Old Al - I never have cared for Bibi.

Old Al – Most people think Andrew Johnson was the worst president ever.   At one time I thought that too - but he wasn't.    Read this:
       https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600/presidents/andrewjohnson

The worst president ever was either St. Ronnie or his disciple, the Shrub.   But you have to consider Harding and Silent Cal as primary candidates.   But not Hoover.   Like Carter, who paid the price for Nixon and Kissinger stupidity – Hoover paid the price for Harding and Coolidge stupidity.

Something else:  Carter and Hoover studied engineering in college; Hoover more so than Carter.   Most presidents have studied law after completing their undergraduate studies.  I still maintain that the best undergraduate degree for anybody going into law school is a social science undergraduate degree. (history, economics, political science, anthropology, sociology.)

Something else you didn't know, which directly ties in with the 1954 SCOTUS case of Brown v. Board of Education and what was going on in Georgia at that time because of that decision.

https://www.nps.gov/nr/travel/presidents/jimmy_carter_nhs.html

Carter attended the Plains High School from first grade through his graduation in 1941.   He quoted Miss Julia Coleman, one of his teachers and an intellectual and cultural inspiration to him, in his presidential inaugural address.  After graduation, he attended Georgia Southwestern College and Georgia Tech University briefly before receiving an appointment to the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis.   He came home to marry Rosalynn Smith on July 7, 1946 in the Plains United Methodist Church.   He served in the Navy for seven years following his graduation from the Naval Academy, resigning his commission in 1953 to take over the family peanut business after his father died.   His income of $200 that first year was so low that he qualified to move into a low-income housing project in Plains.   He and Rosalynn lived there for a year but soon turned the Golden Peanut Company into a successful production and processing business.

Following his father's example, Jimmy Carter became involved in civic, church, and fraternal affairs, but refused to join the local segregationist White Citizens' Council.   A lifelong Democrat, Carter entered the political arena in 1962.   After a strenuous contest, he won a seat in the State senate and held it for two terms.   He showed special interest in education and election reform.   Carter abandoned plans to run for the United States House of Representatives to seek the governorship in 1966. 

Although he failed on his first attempt, he succeeded four years later.   During his term as governor, he reorganized the State government, worked for conservation, and attracted national attention as a moderate on civil rights.

 

 

From: Mark Klinedinst
Subject: Piles of Dirty Secrets Behind a Model 'Clean Coal' Project

A recent New York Times article "Piles of Dirty Secrets Behind a Model 'Clean Coal' Project" (http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/05/science/kemper-coal-mississippi.html ) shows how a big utility, the Southern Company, pushes ahead with a boondoggle and makes some of the poorest people in the country pay for it, even if it never works! Billions over budget and connected to major Republican operatives like former Republican National chair Haley Barbour, the experimental plant continues to ask for more money. The article has extensive documentation and discusses the viability of "clean coal." Below are some links (Facebook, Twitter, etc), please help spread the word to stop this from taking money out of poor peoples' pockets!

Here is The Kemper Coal Files Timeline (with hundreds of pages of documents, including recorded calls, and 70 pages of explanatory annotations): https://www.thehistoryproject.com/projects/embed-view/2914#

Here is the The Kemper Coal Files Facebook Page where people can receive updates as we add documents:https://www.facebook.com/TheKemperCoalFiles/

Here is The Kemper Coal Files Twitter Page where people can receive updates as we add document:https://twitter.com/kempercoalfiles

Here is a Primer on "Clean Coal":http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/07/01/science/what-is-clean-coal.html

 

 

From: Richard Cohen; President, Southern Poverty Law Center, FIGHTING HATE // TEACHING TOLERANCE // SEEKING JUSTICE
Subject: Black Lives Matter is Not a Hate Group

Each year, we compile and publish a census of domestic hate groups. Our list, which is cited extensively by journalists, academics and government officials alike, provides an important barometer – not the only one, of course – to help us understand the state of hate and extremism in America.

In recent weeks, we've received a number of requests to name Black Lives Matter a hate group, particularly in the wake of the murders of eight police officers in Dallas and Baton Rouge.

Numerous conservative commentators have joined the chorus. There is even a Change.org petition calling for the hate group label.

In our view, these critics fundamentally misunderstand the nature of hate groups and the BLM movement.

Read my full statement originally published at Time.com.

 

 

From: Michael Langenmayr; Daily Kos
Subject: Congress wants to sell public land. Sign the petition to stop them.

Our most treasured public lands and wild places could soon go up for sale.

Sign the petition to your elected officials: Support the protection and preservation of our public lands!

National forests, seashores, wildlife refuges, and recreation areas are all at risk of being sold to the highest bidder. The truth is, a majority in the U.S. Senate has already voted to allow the sale or giveaway of our federal lands, other than national parks and monuments.

These lands constitute much of what's left of the nation's natural and historical heritage — lands that protect our drinking water, provide wildlife habitat, and offer people the chance to connect with nature through camping, hiking, fishing, and more.

And in the first two months of this year alone, several members of the U.S. House of Representatives put forth three bills that would allow states to take control of federal lands — including up to 2 million acres of national forests — and auction it off for mining, clear-cut logging, drilling and road construction, with no regard for environmental protection.

We can't sit by and let our lands be destroyed.

Sign the petition now!

 

 

From: Josh Nelson & Murshed Zaheed; CREDO Action
Subject: FW: Sign the petitions: "Ban the use of toxic atrazine"  &  "Ban bee-killing pesticides immediately"  & "Oppose the Ryan tax cuts for the rich"

Tell the EPA: Ban the use of toxic atrazine
Tell the EPA: "Ban the use of the herbicide atrazine in the United States."

Pesticides are killing bees and the U.S. government knows it
The petition to the Environmental Protection Agency reads:
"Toxic neonicotinoid pesticides are killing off honeybee populations at an alarming rate. Ban the use of neonicotinoids immediately to prevent further widespread bee colony collapse."

Tell Democratic leaders: Oppose the Ryan tax cuts for the rich
Petition to Senate and House Democratic leaders:
"Hold the line against Speaker Paul Ryan's radical new tax plan, and oppose any proposals that would cut taxes on the rich or tax-dodging multinational corporations."

 

 

From: Seeyong Lee
Subject: Thailand Christian School --- Wesley International School

 

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