Studios dig in their heels against strikers writers

I wasn't planning on posting anything today, but I came across this article on the Hollywood Writers Strike and was angered enough to post it. The studio's are clearly in it for the long hall, and simply believe they can hold out longer than the writers. This piece from the article pretty much sums up the unfair, anti-union bargaining position of the industry.

Friday night, the guild said producers were holding to their $250 offer and demanding that writers give up on proposals including unionization of animation and reality and, "most crucially, any proposal that uses distributor's gross as a basis for residuals." Earlier Friday, in a letter sent to its members and released publicly, the guild said that "highly placed executives" have told some writers that the companies are preparing to abruptly end the talks by accusing the guild of an unwillingness to bargain.

Did the CIA orchestrate a cover-up in the assassination of President John F. Kennedy?

This will probably be a recurring topic on the MarxistGopher report, as I have become interested/obsessed with the assassination of JFK.

This article was just published 2 weeks ago claims that Gerald Ford knew of a CIA cover-up in the assassination.

Another recent development has been the publishing of a book by former Secret Service agent Abraham Bolden. Bolden was the first African American to serve on the White House detail, and not only warned about the lax behavior of secret service agent but claims that an assassination attempt on Kennedy was foiled in Chicago weeks before his assassination in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963. In an interview with a local Chicago TV station Bolden spoke of the reported plot and the lack of investigation by the Chicago Police and FBI.

Right-wing radical and Kennedy denouncer Thomas Vallee, had arranged to be off work for JFK's visit, Vallee, an expert marksman, was arrested with an M1 rifle, a handgun and 3,000 rounds of ammo. But then there was the phone call to federal agents from a motel manager concerning what was she saw in a room rented by two Cuban nationals. "Had seen lying on the bed several automatic rifles with telescopic sights, with an outline of the route that President Kennedy was supposed to take in Chicago that would bring him past that building," said former Secret Service agent Abraham Bolden. Chicagoan Bolden, now 72, was a young agent in 1963. After a few years as an Illinois state trooper, Bolden had joined he Secret Service and was invited by President Kennedy onto the prestigious White House detail - the first black agent ever assigned to protect a president. Bolden recalled how agents bungled surveillance of those two suspected Cuban hitmen. They disappeared and were never even identified. "No one was sent to the room to fingerprint it or get an I.D. The case was lost and that was the end of it," Bolden said. On November 2, the president was about to leave the White House for Chicago, and Bolden says a Cuban murder squad here was unaccounted for. "The morning of the game, the special agent in charge of the Chicago office called the White House and recommended the president cancel his trip to Chicago," Bolden said. News reports stated that Kennedy didn't show because he was ill or because of a diplomatic crisis. Official investigations of JFK never determined why the president canceled Chicago November 2. But in his first interview in 44 years, former agent Bolden said JFK stayed away because of an imminent threat.

The Ideological Cuddle

I'm famous! A bud of mine just wrote a review of my 2007 Festivus CD Mix on his LeftSpot blog.

I feel guilty now, having not updated the MarxistGopher Report in over a year! So I'm going to try to start writing again. I mean, it's not like I have too much going on. Expect a post next week faithful readers!