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september
{COVER P 6
Democrats take Republicans to Court
in Lawsuit
{local P 3 - 4
Three Stores Shut Down in Syracuse
for Code Violations
Missouri law school dean to lead
Syracuse Univ.
Syracuse GOP can keep mayor line in
election
Syracuse Firefghters Stand Up for Fire
Station 7
Syracuse Behavioral Healthcare Host
Recovery Walk/Run
{State P 4 - 5
Weiner, Spitzer political comebacks fall
fat
{feature P 7
Nation pauses on 9/11 to pay tribute to
victims
{national P 8
Households Headed by Single-Black
Men Increased in 2012
{OPINIONS/EDITORIAL P 8-11
Obamas Rhetoric Exacerbates Global
Tensions

By Dr. Wilmer J. Leon III
Why a Farm Bill Extension Wont Work
By Tom Vilsack
Yes, $15 an Hour

By William Spriggs
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10, 17 and 24
Job Resource Assistance Drop-in
Time: 1:00-3:00 pm
Locaton: Central Library -447 South
Salina St.
Receive help with online job
searching, resumes, creatng
profles and more. No appointment
necessary.Space is limited and
available on a frst come, frst
seated basis.
Call 315.435.1900 with any
questons.
10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25 and 26
English for Speakers of Other
Languages - ESOL Classes
Time: 12:30 pm
Locaton: White Branch Library -
763 Buternut St.
These free English language classes
will teach grammar, vocabulary,
reading and writng so that non-
natve speakers will learn to more
clearly and efectvely communicate
in everyday situatons. Register at
the Refugee Assistance Program
(Bobs School), 501 Park St., or
call 435-4984.
10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25 and 26
GED Classes
Time: 9:00 am
Locaton: White Branch Library -
763 Buternut St.
Catch these free study sessions
designed to help those who are
interested in obtaining their
General Equivalency Diploma,
the equivalent of a high school
diploma. Registraton is required.
Contact the Family Welcome Center
at Grant Middle School, 240 Grant
Blvd., Room 356 or call 435-6376 to
get started on your new future.
11, 18 and 25
FOR TEENS & ADULTS: GED Classes
Time: 10:00 am
Locaton: Hazard Branch Library -
1620 W. Genesee St.
Hazard Library and The Newland
Center have partnered to provide
GED instructon at the library.If you
would like assistance preparing for
the GED exam, come to Hazard any
Wednesday, 10:00 am.
12, 19 and 26
Free One-on-One Basic Computer
Classes
Time: 1:00-2:00 pm
Locaton: Central Library -447 South
Salina St.
Covers basic topics concerning the
Internet and Microsof Ofce. Held
in the Pass Computer Lab on Level
4. Call 315.435.1900 to register
or for more details.Thursdays, by
Appointment Only
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The STRATHMORE PARKS RUN 2013
Time: 11.00am
Locaton: Onondaga Park
The STRATHMORE PARKS RUN is a
4 mile run/walk sponsored by the
Greater Strathmore Neighborhood
Associaton and supported by the
Jim Dwyer, Jr. Memorial Fund.
Scenic course begins in Onondaga
Park, goes through some of
Syracuses historic Strathmore
neighborhood. Constructon at the
Woodland Reservoir means there
will be some course changes this
year. Reservoir is OUT, of-road
running through Elmwood Park is
IN. It will be fun. Race fnishes back
in Onondaga Park.
Prizes will be awarded at each
Syrathon race and and at series end
(just register at the Syrathon table
at each race).
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50th anniversary of the 16th
Street Baptst Church bombing
Birmingham, AL
Time: 4:00-6:30 pm
Locaton: Grant Auditorium,
Syracuse University College of Law,
The Cold Case Justce Initatve
is sponsoring a program to
commemorate the 50th anniversary
of the 16th Street Baptst Church
bombing Birmingham, AL. The
program is free and open to the
public. Parking is free at Irving
Garage, SU campus.
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Legends of Jazz Series:Dianne
Reeves
Time: 7:00PM
Locaton: Storer Auditorium at
Onondaga Community College.
This seasons Jazz Series opens
with Grammy award winning and
nominated artsts Dianne Reeves.
She is among the worlds top jazz
vocalists and a three
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October
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7th Annual Bravest vs. Finest
basketball game
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Locaton: Insttute of Technology
(Central Tech), 258 East Adams
Street.
The friendly competton pits
players from the Syracuse Police
Department (the Bravest) against
players from the Syracuse Fire
Department (the Finest). Basketball
isnt the way they make their living,
but these amateurs fght hard to
come out on top. Join us for this
suspense flled contest, and root
for the team of your choice.
Price of admission is $2. Money
raised through the game will help
the Conservancy buy fags for the
Sheridan First Responders Park in
Eastwood, and to help with SPC
rent and operatng expenses.
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By Delani Weaver
Three more corner stores were closed
in the second round of a citywide
crackdown in Syracuse Thursday. The
three stores shut down were among
six that are being focused on in this
latest sweep of inspectons.
1st North Market on Kirkpatrick Street,
was closed due to failing to have a
Certfcate of Occupancy.
South Avenue Market on South
Avenue, was closed and cited for
improper electrical cabling, overuse of
extension cords, and open wiring with
no protectons. Additonally, they had
open sewer drains, unsupported gas
piping, and improper ventng of gas-
fred equipment into the building.
Brothers Fine Foods on Dudley Avenue,
was closed and cited due to improperly
connected electrical service, plumbing
violatons which deal with improperly
draining of food waste and water, and
problems ventng the hot water heater
back into the building.
The Stop-N-Save on Midland Avenue,
Syracuse Upstate on Merriman Avenue
and Valley Superete at 614 Valley
Drive were additonally inspected.
We are contnuing to ensure they are
abiding by critcal health and safety
laws to protect the public, said Mayor
Stephanie A. Miner. Many of these
corner stores have become blighted
havens for ill actvity on our streets
and I have put the full resources and
eforts of a variety of city agencies
to address this problem head on.
This is just our second round and we
intend to contnue this efort in our
neighborhoods.
Three Stores Shut Down in
Syracuse for Code Violations
Missouri law school
dean to lead Syracuse Univ.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) The dean of
the School of Law at Washington
University in St. Louis has been named
chancellor of Syracuse University.
The university announces Thursday
that Kent D. Syverud (SIHV-uh-
rood) was selected as Syracuses
12th chancellor and president in a
unanimous vote Wednesday afernoon
by the colleges board of trustees.
Hell succeed Nancy Cantor, who
will become chancellor of Rutgers
Universitys Newark, N.J., campus on
Jan. 1. Syverud will start as Syracuse
chancellor on Jan. 2014.
The 56-year-old natve of Irondequoit,
near Rochester, was dean of Vanderbilt
University Law School from 1997 to
2005 and was clerk for U.S. Supreme
Court Justce Sandra Day OConnor.
Hes currently a trustee of the
Deepwater Horizon oil spill trust.
Syverud will lead a private university
with an enrollment of more than
21,000 students.
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SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) A judge has
ruled that Syracuse Republicans can
have a ballot line for mayor in the
general electon.
The Post-Standard of Syracuse reports
(htp://bit.ly/1d66sLz ) that state
Supreme Court Justce Hugh A. Gilbert
on Wednesday rejected a Democratc
challenge to the line on technical
grounds. The merits of the case were
never argued.
Democrats in a lawsuit claimed that
the Onondaga County Republican
Commitee was improperly stretching
the deadline for choosing a candidate
for the Nov. 5 electon. The party has
used the names of two candidates
who do not really intend to run against
Mayor Stephanie Miner.
Miner won the Democratc Primary
Tuesday over two challengers.
Syracuse GOP can keep mayor line in election
Syracuse Firefighters Stand Up for Fire Station 7
Syracuse Firefghters say that Syracuse
Mayor Stephanie Miner has put city
residents safety in jeopardy with her
decision to shut down Fire Staton 7
back in May. Firefghters stood outside
of the fre staton in protest of Miners
decision.
The frehouse, located on East Fayete
Street, was set to be closed in Miners
2013-2014 Syracuse budget in order
to avoid the cost of over $1 million to
keep it open.
The Syracuse Firefghter Union was
atendance to express their feelings of
oppositon. They said response tmes
to emergencies has been hurt by the
closing and by the statons frefghters
being relocated to other statons.
Syracuse Firefghter Union member
Paul Motondo said, Stafng levels
are at an all-tme low, which creates
more injuries, more on the job injuries
and makes all of us less safe. From
a frefghters perspectve to the
citzens.
Last year, the fre house responded
to six thousand emergency calls on
the citys east side. The decision to
close the staton was rushed and
closed at the wrong tme, according to
frefghters.
The closing of this partcular frehouse
and Engine Company 6, that was
prior to Syracuse University being in
session. Syracuse University is now in
session with nearly 40,000 students,
Motondo explained. Its another city
out there and this is the company that
responded directly to them for any fre
alarm, EMS run, auto-accident and
anything that may be needed up on
that hill.
Syracuse Behavioral Healthcare Host Recovery Walk/Run
The 4th Annual Recovery Walk/Run,
hosted by the Syracuse Behavioral
Healthcare (SBH) was held Thursday at
Longbranch Park in Liverpool. Over 400
people were in atendance including
Syracuse residents, community
and government partners and local
supporters.
This event, sponsored by twenty local
businesses, allowed all people from
the Central New York area to come
together and celebrate their successful
recovery from various behavioral
health issues, raise awareness and
educate people about treatment
optons.
Substance use disorders afect people
from every walk of life and we welcome
anyone who is interested in coming
together to celebrate recovery,
said SBH President and CEO Jeremy
Klemanski. There are a lot of people
frustrated by the negatve impact of
substance use disorders and mental
health in our community. This event
gives them an opportunity to connect
with people who are doing something
about that.
Syracuse Behavioral Healthcare
provides care for people living with
substance use disorders and an
Outpatent Mental Health Clinic and
has helped more than 5,800 people on
their journey of recover.
September is also Natonal Recovery
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PUZZLES
Across
1. Legal eagle org.
4. Small amount
7. Dance steps
10. Name
11. Babies food collectors
12. Scarf material
13. ___ Robinson - song from The
Graduate
14. Celtc language
15. Coyote ___ movie
16. Concept of self
17. Much
18. Pager alarm
19. Negatve alternatve
20. Slippery road hazard
21. Lady Macbeth, e.g.
22. Protest
24. Get in shape
25. Piano keys
27. Britsh general in America
29. Con
32. Youths
33. Mushroom
34. Helpful connectons
36. Poet Pound
37. Wear down
38. Horror writer
39. Caty remark
40. Bowlers
41. Sports contest
42. Oriental belts
43. Im working ___! (2 words)
44. Formerly
45. ___ a chance
46. George Washingtons dream
47. Biblically yours
Down
1. Billboard designers
2. Porridge made of rolled oats
3. Soak up
4. African wind
5. They deliver babies
6. Puts to work
7. Bird common in cites
8. Cause of hereditary variaton
9. Internet phone company
11. Have faith in
12. Secretly (2 words)
23. Puzzles
24. A ____ in a teapot
26. Inactvity
27. Park feature
28. Clever
30. Game with a piece of wood
31. ___ already!
32. Goes with iced tea
35. Former Indian soldier
37. Holier-than-__
COMMUNITY EVENTS
Drs. Alvin and Eric Holmes
Mr. Cedric Bolton
Mr. Jay Jackson Mr. Keith Alford
Mr. Melvin Williams Mr. Willie White
Assemblyman Samuel Roberts
and Ms. Washington
Kenny Hill & Harold Askia
Shirley Pits Syracuse Postal Worker Union
9th annual Men Who Cook and Wine Tasting Benefit Fundraiser
Saturday September 7th 2013
syracuse celebrates labor day
Photos by LaVergne Harden
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COVER
Syracuses Stephanie Miner, Rochesters Warren are
winners in upstate NY mayoral primaries
NEW YORK Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner was
a big winner in upstate mayoral primaries, fending
of her challengers Tuesday in her frst faceof with
voters since making waves with pointed policy
critques aimed at a fellow Democrat, Gov. Andrew
Cuomo.
Miner became a high-profle spokeswoman for the
fnancial pressures facing cites this year when she
called Cuomos proposals to help localites insufcient
and described his proposal to tame pension costs as
an accountng gimmick. The sharp critcism against
the most powerful person in Albany was notable not
only for coming from a fellow Democrat, but also
from the co-chairwoman of the state party.
Miner said she wanted Cuomo to start a conversaton
about the ballooning fnancial burdens on cites.
That didnt happen. Instead, administraton ofcials
said that if Miner couldnt fx Syracuses problems,
she could request a state control board to take over
its fnances.
I would not do anything diferently, Miner said
earlier. Its an important issue that needs to be
addressed.
It apparently worked. The 43-year-old former labor
lawyer, elected to her frst term in 2009, defeated
City Councilor Pat Hogan and businessman Alfonso
Davis.
Miners comments also raised her profle beyond
Syracuse, but there were stll hints of a chilly
relatonship with the governor. Cuomo had said he
would not be endorsing Miner in the primary.
It was unclear who would run on the Republican line,
which is the subject of a lawsuit fled by Democrats.
In other upstate mayoral races:
Rochester City Council President Lovely Warren
won the Democratc primary, upsetng Mayor
Thomas Richards bid for a frst full term.
Warren wants to become the frst female mayor of
Rochester and was considered the underdog going
into Tuesdays primary. A lawyer, she serves as chief
of staf for state Assemblyman David Gant.
Republicans did not feld a candidate in the heavily
Democratc city.
Bufalo Mayor Byron Brown won the Democratc
primary over politcal novice Bernie Tolbert as Brown
seeks a third term.
Brown, frst elected to the ofce in 2005, campaigned
on progress the long-sufering city has made during
his tenure, from new development along the
waterfront to a higher credit ratng. Going into the
primary, he had broad politcal support from local
party ofcials in a city dominated by Democrats.
Tolbert, a former head of the FBIs Bufalo feld ofce,
had argued he would do a beter job addressing
crime and educatonal issues.
Albanys Democratc treasurer, Kathy Sheehan,
defeated former councilman Corey Ellis in the
primary. Sheehan, a former corporate lawyer who
became treasurer in 2010, is hoping to become
Albanys frst female mayor. She will face Republican
candidate Jessie Calhoun in the Nov. 5 general
electon.
In Binghamton, Richard David, a former deputy
mayor and on leave as public afairs ofcer at
Broome Community College, defeated two other
Republicans running in the party primary to succeed
outgoing Binghamton Democratc Mayor Mat Ryan.
City Council President Teri Rennia is the Democratc
candidate.
The general electon is Nov. 5.
Stephanie Miner a winner
in mayoral primaries
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FEATURE
COLLEEN LONG and JIM FITZGERALD
NEW YORK (AP) - As bells tolled
solemnly, Americans marked the
12th anniversary of the Sept. 11
terrorist atacks on Wednesday with
the reading of the names, moments
of silence and serene music that have
become traditon.
At a morning ceremony on the 2-year-
old memorial plaza at the site of the
World Trade Center, relatves recited
the names of the nearly 3,000 people
who died when hijacked jets crashed
into the twin towers and the Pentagon
and near Shanksville, Pa., as well as the
1993 trade center bombing victms
names.
In Washington, President Barak
Obama, joined by frst lady Michelle
Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and
wife Jill Biden, and members of the
White House staf, walked out to the
South Lawn at 8:46 a.m. - the moment
the frst plane struck the south tower
in New York. Another jetliner struck
the Pentagon at 9:37 a.m.
It is an honor to be with you here
again to remember the tragedy of
12 Septembers ago, to honor the
greatness of all who responded and
to stand with those who stll grieve
and to provide them some measure
of comfort once more, Obama said.
Together we pause and we give
humble thanks as families and as a
naton.
A moment of silence was also held at
the U.S. Capitol.
At the site in lower Manhatan, friends
and families silently held up photos of
the deceased. Others wept.
Twelve years is like 15 minutes,
said Clyde Frazier, whose son Clyde
died in the atack and whose remains
were never found. Time stands stll
because you love your child, you love
your son. ... Nothing changes except
hes not here. It takes a toll on your
body. You stll look like you, but inside,
youre a real wreck.
Bells tolled to mark the second plane
hitng the second tower and the
moments when the towers fell. Near
the memorial plaza, police barricades
were blocking access to the site, even
as life around the World Trade Center
looked like any other morning, with
workers rushing to their jobs and
constructon cranes looming over the
area.
As tme passes and our family grows,
our children remind us of you, Angilic
Casalduc said of her mother, Vivian
Casalduc. We miss you.
The anniversary arrived amid changes
at the Flight 93 Natonal Memorial
in Shanksville, where constructon
started Tuesday on a new visitor
center. On Wednesday, the families
of the passengers and crew aboard
United Flight 93 recalled their loved
ones as heroes for their unselfsh and
quick actons. The plane was hijacked
with the likely goal of crashing it
into the White House or Capitol, but
passengers tried to overwhelm the
atackers and the plane crashed into a
feld. All aboard died.
In a period of 22 minutes, our loved
ones made history, said Gordon Felt,
president of the Families of Flight
93, whose brother, Edward, was a
passenger.
In New York, loved ones milled around
the memorial site, making rubbings of
names, putng fowers by the names
of victms and weeping, arm-in-arm.
Former Gov. George Pataki, New
Jersey Gov. Chris Christe and others
were in atendance. Contnuing a
decision made last year, no politcians
will speak, including Mayor Michael
Bloomberg, who was watching the
ceremony for his fnal tme in ofce.
Over his years as mayor and chairman
of the Natonal Sept. 11 Memorial &
Museum, Bloomberg has sometmes
tangled with victms relatves, religious
leaders and other elected ofcials over
an event steeped in symbolism and
emoton. But his administraton has
largely succeeded at its goal of keeping
the commemoraton centered on the
atacks victms and their families
and relatvely free of politcal image-
making.
Memorial organizers expect to
take primary responsibility for the
ceremony next year and say they plan
to contnue concentratng the event
on victms loved ones, even as the
forthcoming museum creates a new,
broader framework for remembering
9/11.
Douglas Hamate, whose 31-year-old
cousin Robert Horohoe worked for
Cantor Fitzgerald and died on 9/11,
said the day should become a natonal
holiday.
The kids today, they know when the
next iPhones coming out, and they
know when the next Justn Bieber
concert is, but they dont know
enough about 9/11. So lets change
that, please, he said, to applause
from the crowd.
Around the world, thousands of
volunteers have pledged to do good
deeds, honoring an anniversary that
was designated a Natonal Day of
Service and Remembrance in 2009.
By next years anniversary, the museum
is expected to be open beneath the
memorial plaza. While the memorial
honors those killed, the museum is
intended to present a broader picture
of 9/11, including the experiences of
survivors and frst responders.
As things evolve in the future, the
focus on the remembrance is going to
stay sacrosanct, memorial President
Joe Daniels said.
The organizers expect they will always
keep the focus on the families on the
anniversary, Daniels said. That focus
was clear as relatves gathered on
the tree-laden plaza, where a smaller
crowd was gathering Wednesday -
only friends and family of the victms
were allowed.
Denise Matuza, who lost her husband
on Sept. 11, said people ask her why
she stll comes to the service with her
three sons.
It doesnt make us feel good to stay
home, she said. Her husband called
afer the towers were struck. He said
a plane hit the building, they were
fnding their way out, hed be home in
a litle while. I just waited and waited,
she said.
A few days later I found an email he
had sent that they couldnt get out.
Nation pauses on 9/11 to pay tribute to victims
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Households Headed by
Single-Black Men Increased in 2012
By Frederick H. Lowe
(TriceEdneyWire.com) - The number of
single-black men heading households
increased in 2012, compared to 2011,
according to the U.S. Census Bureau,
but the number is stll much smaller
than homes headed by single-black
women.
Last year, 566,000 households were
headed by single-black men, a 9.7
percent increase compared to the
511,000 households headed by single-
black men in 2011, according to the
U.S. Census Bureaus Families and
Living Arrangements.
The number of households headed by
single-black men in 2011, however,
was a drop compared to 2010, when
555,000 households were headed by
single-black men. The number in 2010,
however, is a major increase from 2009
when 466,000 households headed by
single black fathers, according to the
Census Bureau.
The number of households headed by
single-black men, however, is small
compared to households headed by
single-black women.
In 2012, 3.782 million single black
women headed homes, a 2.8 percent
increase compared to 3.676 million
households headed by single black
women in 2011, according to the
Census.
The growth in black fathers heading
households is ofen overlooked,
deliberately in some cases, because
of claims--some justfed, others
unchallengedthat black men dont
care about their children.
The Pew Research Social Change
and Demographic Changes reported
last July as did the Economic Policy
Insttute reported nearly a year earlier
that there has been a rise in homes
headed by single fathers.
In its study ttled, The Rise of Single
Fathers, Pew reported that in 2011
15 percent of single fathers were
black. Twenty-eight percent of single
mothers are African-American.
The artcle, which is subttled, A
Ninefold Increase [in single fathers]
Since 1960, reported that in 1960,
there were fewer than 300,000
households headed by single men
and that the number increased to 2.6
million in 2011.
Television recognized the growth of
single fathers by broadcastng popular
situaton comedies like Bachelor
Father and My Three Sons. In both
cases the single men headed the
households, sometmes with the help
of a housekeeper or an elderly relatve.
The growth in the number of single
households headed by single women
has been more dramatc, according
to Pew Research. In 1960, 1.9 million
households were headed by single
women but by 2011, the number
increased to 8.6 million.
Dr. Algernon Austn of the Economic
Policy Insttute, published a study
in September 2012, which reported
that in 2011, there were 5.7 million
black families with children under 18
years old, and 8.5 percent, or 486,000
families of those families, were headed
by single-black men.
The Census Bureau has since revised
the 486,000 fgure upward to 511,000.
Dr. Austn, who is director of the
Program on Race, Ethnicity and the
Economy, also noted the poverty rate
for families headed by single-black
fathers has declined since 2010 while
the poverty rates for households
headed by single-white and Asian men
increased.
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The views expressed on our opinion pages are those of the author and do not
necessarily represent the position or viewpoint of MRMG or CNY Vision
(TriceEdneyWire.
com) - We have
been very clear to
the Assad regime,
but also to other
players on the
ground, that a
red line for us is
we start seeing
a whole bunch
of chemical
weapons moving
around or
being utlizedThat would change
my calculus. That would change my
equaton. - President Obama August
20, 2012.
It is now generally accepted as fact
that on August 21, 2013 a nerve agent,
probably sarin gas, was used on the
Syrian civilian populaton. According
to Dr. Bart Janssens, from Doctors
Without Borders, [The] reported
symptoms of the patents, in additon
to the epidemiological patern of the
events characterized by the massive
infux of patents in a short period of
tme, the origin of the patents, and
the contaminaton of medical and
frst aid workers strongly indicate
mass exposure to a neurotoxic agent
convulsions, excess saliva, pinpoint
pupils, blurred vision and respiratory
distress
What is not known is who is responsible
for the chemical atack. The United
States has placed the blame on the
Assad regime. President Obama
stated, the United States (has)
presented a powerful case that the
Syrian government was responsible
for this atack on its own people.
Our intelligence shows the Assad
regime and its forces preparing to use
chemical weapons, launching rockets
in the highly populated suburbs of
Damascus, and acknowledging that a
chemical weapons atack took place.
Other credible sources believe that the
case against the Assad regime is not as
former CIA director George Tenet said
about WMDs in Iraq, a slam dunk.
According to the Times of Israel, The
intelligence linking Syrian President
Bashar Assad or his inner circle to an
alleged chemical weapons atack that
killed at least 100 people is no slam
dunk, with questons remaining about
who actually controls some of Syrias
chemical weapons stores and doubts
about whether Assad himself ordered
the strike, US intelligence ofcials say.
There are confictng perceptons
of reality and requisite acton or
response. President Obama claims
that chemical weapons have been
used; the US claims that it has evidence
that the Assad regime used them; ergo
military interventon (airstrikes) must
be the response by the Internatonal
Community. Other countries such as
Germany, Russia, China, and Britain
agree that chemical weapons have
been used but dont agree that the US
evidence that Assad used them is
as conclusive as the US claims. Also,
other countries dont agree that even
if Assad used chemical weapons a
military response is the best response.
A military response could actually
exacerbate the situaton not make it
beter.
President Obama has stated a number
of tmes that the world is aghast
at the use of chemical weapons. He
called the Syrian atack a challenge to
the world. He is also claiming that he
did not set the red-line. In Sweden
he stated, I didnt set a red line,
the world set a red lineThe world
set a red line when governments
representng 98 percent of world
populaton said the use of chemical
weapons are abhorrent.
First queston, when did the American
government, when did President
Obama become the spokesperson for
the world? Second queston, if the
world is so aghast at this atack why is
most of the world against American
interventon into the Syrian Civil War?
Is it possible that the world does not
equate their interests with American
interests?
It is important to understand that the
Syrian rebels are not a monolith.
There are a number of factors, some
politcal, religious, and cultural that are
motvatng diferent groups to engage
in war. Also, within those factors are
various actors that have diferent
if not confictng motvatons. It is
possible that defectors from the Assad
regime have given access to chemical
stockpiles to certain rebel forces. It is
possible that al Qaeda afliated forces
have used chemical weapons with
the hope of drawing the US into the
confict. With US interventon in the
confict it becomes an easier recruitng
tool for al Qaeda afliated forces.
These are just a few examples of why
the world is not so quick to cast their
lots with US acton.
One of the factors driving President
Obama is the fact that he has backed
himself into a corner with his own
irresponsible rhetoric. He never
should have used the term red line
to begin with. Just as the adage is
Dont pull a gun on a person unless
you are prepared to use it there is
also an adage in diplomatc circles,
Dont draw a line in the sand unless
you are prepared to take acton if it is
crossed.
Now that President Obama has
injected the red-line into the Syrian
Civil War; if he fails to act; what does
that say about his red-line with
Iran? The Israeli newspaper, Haaretz,
has laid this out very clearly, A
president cannot commit his naton
to a red line if he is also commited
to securing congressional approval
before responding to the crossing of
that red line. What if Congress denies
approval? Must the president stll keep
his red line commitment? If he does
not, what does this say about other
red line commitments, such as that
made regarding Irans eforts to secure
nuclear weapons?
It was also irresponsible for President
Obama to say, I have decided that
the United States should take military
acton against Syrian regime targets
But having made my decision as
Commander-in-Chief based on what I
am convinced is our natonal security
interests Ive made a second decision:
I will seek authorizaton for the use
of force from the American peoples
representatves in Congress. Thats
not a decision thats inconsistent
mutering and doublespeak.
The Syrian Civil War is a perilous
situaton. This is not the tme for
inconsistent and dangerous rhetoric.
President Obama contnues to talk in
the world context but the longer
this plays out the more it looks like
hes going to have to go it alone. He
has indicated that he is prepared to do
that. The problem is he will go it alone
at our expense.
Dr. Wilmer Leon is the Producer/ Host
of the Sirius/XM Satellite radio channel
110 call-in talk radio program Inside
the Issues with Leon Go to www.
wilmerleon.com or email:wjl3us@
yahoo.com. www.twiter.com/
drwleon and Dr. Leons Prescripton at
Facebook.com
Obamas Rhetoric Exacerbates Global Tensions
dr. WiLMer J.
Leon iii
Why a Farm Bill Extension Wont Work
In just a few
days, Congress
will come back to
Washington, D.C.
and Rural America
is countng on
passage of a
comprehensi ve,
multyear Food,
Farm and Jobs
Bill as soon as
possible.
In January,
Congress extended some of the 2008
Farm Bill programs for nine months.
This didnt include important disaster
assistance programs for farmers and
ranchers. On September 30, many of
these programs will expire, leaving
producers and rural communites
without a wide variety of Farm Bill
programs.
While Congress has already extended
these programs once, another
extension of current law isnt common
sense and it wont solve this challenge.
An extension wont provide the
certainty that has for so long been a
cornerstone of the Farm Bill. It would
deny farmers and ranchers the ability
to plan their operaton around a
predictable, long-term farm safety
net. For rural communites, it would
provide litle certainty with regard to
economic development programs. It
would set no long-term standards for
conservaton or renewable energy
programs.
And failure to pass a comprehensive
Food, Farm and Jobs Bill would do
nothing to solve the Brazil coton trade
dispute. Lef unresolved, this situaton
threatens producers and small
businesses in America with hundreds
of millions of dollars annually in tarif
penaltes against U.S. agriculture
products and other American-made
goods.
All of this uncertainty would diminish
the positve impacts that Farm Bill
programs have in rural America.
Another extension would not
accomplish the many important goals
that would be achieved through
passage of a comprehensive, long-
term bill. In many respects, it would
simply reward failure on the part of
Congress.
However, Congress has the opportunity
to tackle this challenge and get a
comprehensive bill done for rural
America. A mult-year Food, Farm and
Jobs Bill would lend the certainty and
predictability that producers and rural
communites deserve. It would put
our farmers and ranchers in a positon
to contnue a period of strong growth
and growing exports, while providing
a leg up for rural communites and
working families.
Rural America is countng on Congress
to get their job done as soon as
possible on a new Food, Farm and Jobs
Bill not another extension.
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On Aug. 29,
across the
c o u n t r y ,
thousands of
workers in low-
paying jobs stood
up to demand
$15 an hour.
Most were at fast-
food restaurants.
There are many
people who
support the need
for these workers to be paid more.
They understand the unfairness of
multnatonal corporatons proftng
on the wages of low-wage work. And,
this past Monday on Labor Day, they
probably refected on the value of
work and honoring the people who
literally built this country.
To many people it is almost obscene
that the CEO of McDonalds, for
instance, gets a compensaton
package worth $13.8 million a year; a
giant raise from his 2011 pay of $4.1
million, a pay level that equals 915 full-
tme, full-year minimum wage workers
at McDonalds. If pay truly refected
the productvity of workers, then
presumably if 915 McDonalds workers
went on strike, he would be able to fll
in and do their work.
Stll, understanding that the price of
the hamburger was probably much
more afected by giving the CEO a $9
million raise than the meager demands
of the people serving them their food,
many people scratched their heads at
the noton the workers wages could
be set at $15 an hour; a level they now
equate with more skilled workers.
This refects the breakdown in our
natons understanding of the value of
work and the productvity of Americas
workers. So, it is important to give an
understanding of $15 an hour and why
it is necessary for us to embrace this
movement.
The day before the strike, Aug. 28,
the naton paused to recall the 50th
anniversary of the March for Jobs
and Freedom in Washington. It was
a big celebraton that masked the
divisions of the country at that tme
and surrounded the movement to
gain dignity for Americans held in the
shadows from the light of Americas
middle-class freedoms. We will, no
doubt, see smaller notce given to the
bombing that followed weeks later in
the Rev. Fred Shutleworths church in
Birmingham that killed four litle girls.
Nor should we should forget the fnal
endgame of Dr. Martn Luther King Jr.s
journey for justce fve years afer the
march, when he was assassinated in
Memphis contnuing his struggle for
dignity and freedom for sanitaton
workers.
In 1966, in line with the demands of
the March for Jobs and Freedom, the
minimum wage was increased and its
coverage extended to include certain
state and local government employees;
those who worked in hospitals,
nursing homes and schools. It did not
include sanitaton workers. But, it did
boost the minimum wage to $1.60 an
hour in 1968. The Center for Economic
Research and Policy has compared
that minimum wage to changes in
wages, prices and productvity to put
it in context. Adjustng for infaton,
today that would be $10.52 an hour.
In 1968, 40 percent of the sanitaton
workers in Memphis qualifed for
welfare payments because their wages
were too low to pull their families out
of poverty. Refectng on that, Dr. King
was moved to give the ultmate Labor
Day sentment:
If you will judge anything here in this
struggle, youre commanding that this
city will respect the dignity of labor.
So ofen we overlook the worth and
signifcance of those who are not in
professional jobs, or those who are
not in the so-called big jobs. But let
me say to you tonight, that whenever
you are engaged in work that serves
humanity, and is for the building of
humanity, it has dignity, and it has
worth. One day our society must come
to see this. One day our society will
come to respect the sanitaton worker
if it is to survive....
You are doing another thing. You are
reminding, not only Memphis, but
the naton that it is a crime for people
to live in this rich naton and receive
starvaton wages....
Do you know that most of the poor
people in our country are working
every day? They are making wages so
low that they cannot begin to functon
in the mainstream of the economic life
of our naton. These are facts which
must be seen. And it is criminal to have
people working on a full-tme basis
and a full-tme job getng part-tme
income.
We have, as a naton, moved a long
distance from those words. Instead, we
have come to accept low wages, and
there are many who argue that if we
are concerned with the poor, then we
should simply subsidize low wages; in
short, put working people on welfare
as was the case in Memphis in 1968.
They want to ignore Dr. King and undo
the success of that strike. A strike that
pulled together the labor movement,
the NAACP, Dr. Kings Southern
Christan Leadership Conference and
the Memphis black community; much
as the coming AFL-CIO Conventon in
Los Angeles will bring together todays
allies of decent work.
But subsidizing low wages is inefcient.
It actually subsidizes what low-wage
companies produce. When employers
pay wages too low to support workers,
it is society that then must pay for the
Supplemental Nutriton Assistance
Program so the workers can eat, and
housing assistance so they have a
roof over their heads, child care block
grants so someone can watch over
their children, Medicaid so they have
access to health care and grant them
tax relief with Earned Income Tax
Credits to prevent the government
from further impoverishing them. That
means we are subsidizing many billion-
dollar multnatonal corporatons; a
weird form of corporate welfare.
General subsidies are inefcient,
because it means we will artfcially
lower the price of those goods, making
them cheap to rich and poor alike. It
lacks targetng. Further, it can lead to
favoring low-wage industries that may
not produce outcomes society values
so high. Many people believe that the
American diet of faty fast foods has
made us a naton that is obese and is
contributng to new projectons that
our children will lead shorter - not
longer - lives. If there are goods we
think would be priced too high for
segments of the economy if workers
earned decent wages, then the most
efcient thing is to subsidize those
individuals who would be priced out of
the market; as might be the decision
of society with child care or the care of
the elderly, two industries where the
median wage is less than $10 an hour.
It makes far more sense that these huge
corporatons pay wages that refect
the productvity of their workers. Since
the late 1970s, America has gone on
a crooked path. The productvity of
Americas workers has gone up, but
the pay of Americas workers has
gone fat. That diference, between
what Americans can produce and
what Americans earn creates a gaping
problem: if people cant buy what
is being made, then increasing their
productvity can only lead to lower
levels of employment. From 1980 to
2007, the soluton was to let workers
borrow enough money to make up for
that gap, so demand would meet the
rise in productvity and we could keep
employment up.
Obviously, such a scheme falls under
Herb Steins Law, If something cannot
go on forever, it will stop. And in
2008, the noton that household debt
could rise, with incomes staying fat,
to fll the gap came to a stop. Now, we
must return to paying workers for their
productvity to fll the gap between
increased productvity and earnings.
So, reminded of the moral call from
Dr. King, and the basic economics of
ECON 101, we come to the current
situaton. Even if we believed that
low-wage workers have not kept up
with average productvity advances-
note that a McDonalds worker today
produces far more sales per square
foot and hour than a McDonalds
worker in 1968-and we set the
minimum wage to refect only half
the gain in average productvity since
1968, then today the minimum wage
would have to be $15.34 an hour. So
the worker serving you food at that
wage would not themselves need
help with food stamps to buy food.
And, more importantly, we would be
moving back toward paying workers
so they can aford to buy the goods
coming from increased productvity,
rather than getng rid of workers
when productvity goes up for the lack
of buyers.
There should be a related clause
to Steins law that if something is
common sense, eventually it will be
common.
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Yes, $15 an Hour
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