Barack Obama post WH

Former president Barack Obama has made a cool $ 800,000 recently by giving a speech and and interview over the last week or so.  To a group of Wall Street people he spoke and was paid $ 400,000 and gave an interview with Doris Kerns Goodwin for 90 minutes to the group of advertisers.  He was paid another $ 400,000 for that piece of work (nice work if you can get it).  I wonder what extra sexual favors he was obliged to provide for that fee?  

Is it any wonder why many people are now thinking that the democratic party is just another extension of the republican party; you know like republican-lite.  I do think that was what many were considering in November of last year when Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton were the only two choices with a chance of winning to pick from.

Working Conditions

At the local newspaper store in my town the young man-from India-works six days a week and 13.5 hours per day. That is 80 hours a week. and he does not get paid overtime. I do not know what his  weekly pay is but it seems that the law is being violated in this instance.  To my knowledge the National Labor Relations Act (Wagner Act) passed in the 1930's requires an eight hour day and 40 hour week, with overtime being paid for hours over that limit.  How can a company, in this case a Indian owned company, work someone in violation of the law?  Maybe for some reason the law does not apply to foreign owned companies or maybe he is considered management, but if not it seems his employer is violating the law.  I would further guess that he is in this country on a work visa and that is the only way an employer is going to get someone to work those kinds of hours.  An American worker/citizen would have legal recourse if he was that employee.  This is a reason we need reform of our immigration system.  Non-citizens are being abused while native workers are being denied a job.

Update:  Sorry, I noted the wrong labor law from the New Deal days of FDR.  The Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 was the legislation that set maximum hours and time and a half for over time.

Trump and Kim Jong Un

UN Representative Nikki Haley while speaking about the ongoing problems with North Korea and what it would take for Trump to order some kind of military action against the "Hermit Kingdom", she said the following; " What we're dealing with is a leader who is flailing right now, and he's trying to show his citizens he has muscle".  Was she talking about Kim or Trump?  She made her comment on "CBS This Morning".

(Source:  "Haley warns N. Korea about testing ICBM" by the AP.  The Record 4/25/17)

Personal Note: I am now stating my opinions about the news and current issues on one of three blog;

journal griffin.blogspot.com

griffinhistorynotes.blogspot.com

griffopinionnotes.blogspot.com

This is  my first entry on this blog under this new plan.  I hope the NSA/CIA can follow along now that I am not using Facebook for these comments.