Remember when Virg Bernero -- the Mayor of Lansing, MI -- gave FoxNews an ear-beating back in February?  His comments about working people ripping up their contracts while bonuses get dolled out like candy on Wall Street are even more relevant today.  Well, his office just sent around a Thank You e-mail for all the people that sent him a kudos when he ripped FauxNews in half.  We need more people to get fired up in public, so we'll all stop taking this colossal theft by the ruling class lying down.

Thought you'd all enjoy this:

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Mayor <vbernero@lansingmi.gov>
Date: Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 3:27 PM
Subject: Thank You for Your Support

Dear Friend,

Thank you for your encouraging note of support for my efforts to speak out on behalf of the U.S. auto industry and working people across this country.

We are certainly on the same page with regard to the contributions and importance of the American automotive industry and the vital role they have played in creating our nation's middle class.  I cannot sit idly by and watch as America's industrial might collapses under the weight of grossly unfair trade agreements.  I must speak out.

I know there is plenty of blame being directed at unions and at corporate management, some of it perhaps deserved, but the greatest assault on the American standard of living has come from the exporting of American jobs through so-called Free Trade Agreements that create an unfair playing field between American companies and their foreign competitors.

Over the last several decades, industry after industry in this country has been decimated as the unholy alliance of Washington and Wall Street has conspired to sell the American worker down the river with bad trade agreements that are badly enforced.

The Chinese government cannot be blamed for putting the Chinese people first.  The Korean government cannot be blamed for putting Korean people first.  Likewise with our friends in Japan.  But my question is: who is looking out for the American people, the AMERICAN WORKER?

It's obvious to me that we, the American people, are in need of a Second American Revolution, a peaceful but powerful revolution to reclaim The American Dream.  We will have to fight for the American way of life that our parents and grandparents worked so hard to provide for us.

I will be in touch soon with more specifics and a call to action, if you are interested.  I also invite you to learn more about fair trade by visiting my Facebook page and reading my CNN.com commentary at the links below:

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Virg-Bernero/23362628189

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/09/am.bernero.trade.reform/

Thanks so much.  Keep the faith.

Virg Bernero
Mayor of Lansing

Office of Mayor Virg Bernero
City of Lansing
City Hall - 9th Floor
124 W. Michigan Avenue
Lansing, MI  48933-1694
517:  483-4141/Phone
517:  483-6066/Fax
517:  483-4479/TDD
mayor@lanisngmi.gov
www.lansingmi.gov
"Believe in Lansing"

 

Give 'em hell Mayor!  Other Mayors should follow your example!