Troy Davis UPDATE

http://www.amnestyusa.org/troydavis

The U.S. Supreme Court stayed the execution for Troy Davis, originally scheduled for Tuesday evening, until Monday September 29. The court will decide on Monday whether or not to hear Davis' appeal. Last week in the face of overwhelming public outcry the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles shockingly refused to grant clemency.

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[79goldmaster1]

@PrisonerNumber9653 I totally agree about decent wages. It's bad when you're considered lucky to get a job at Wal-Mart or McDonalds. In the town where I reside, there are many empty industrial buildings where people used to work. It's sad that these buildings housed many decent paying jobs. Now they're just another reminder of an economy that's turning into a cesspool of entitlement junkies.

[79goldmaster1]

@PrisonerNumber9653 John Edwards didn't need to be in politics. He is just another lawyer screwing everyone he can...and a power hungry one at that!

[PrisonerNumber9653]

@79goldmaster1 Reagan's vicious attacks on the poor are still a part of the national vernacular, this horsecrap of "welfare mothers driving new cars" is still everywhere.

It's a shame John Edwards turned out to be such a lowlife in real life, he was the only candidate taking poverty seriously from either party in decades. He'd have made a good president if not for his damn zipper problem.

[PrisonerNumber9653]

@79goldmaster1 No, the ideal work situation is when all people are paid a decent wage and can also have a life away from work. We have people out of work, and companies are paying less and less as a result, robbing from workers more and more and exploiting their desperation to maximize profits. There's nothing ideal about it at all.

The people on a garbage truck deserve good benefits and decent pay as much as anyone else, we should ALL have those things.

[79goldmaster1]

@PrisonerNumber9653 The ideal work situation is when companies have to compete with each other paying more and more for the best workers. And plentiful jobs create a demand for that. Now, a company can expect to pay people less because of the abundance of persons out of work. Like I said earlier..I'd be more than happy to work on a garbage truck for good benefits, decent pay and nice retirement plan.

[79goldmaster1]

@PrisonerNumber9653 You're right.....A member of Congress to be on food stamps would probably need about 80 children to qualify. And with John Edwards around...who knows? Seriously , I think Reagan would have ended almost all entitlement programs had he the chance. He even got the income tax put on unemployment insurance. That was a real slap in the face for laid off workers.

[79goldmaster1]

@PrisonerNumber9653 President Obama stood firm for the working class with unemployment extensions. That will probably get him my vote in 2012.

[PrisonerNumber9653]

@79goldmaster1 We have to struggle ONLY because we've been fooled into thinking if we struggle enough we can be better off, while we know from the past this won't happen.

The problem is "We'll get better jobs if the economy is 'booming'" is used to excuse the whole rich-get-richer thing, Reagan LIED with his trickle down bullshit. CONSUMERS WITH SPENDING POWER create jobs, not wealthy people. Fewer poor people will make the economy boom.

[PrisonerNumber9653]

@79goldmaster1 Well, I'm getting a little weary of Obama's sell-outs, he inspired people with the idea of change then turned out to be not much different from the guys before him. Reagan inspired nothing but nausea with me, I knew long before most people outside of Cali every heard of him how awful his agenda was. The politicians don't have to live in poverty to understand it, Bernie Sanders being a perfect example. We'll never get a congress member who's on food stamps, unfortunately.