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The unemployment you speak of has been caused by the actions of the Obama government that have done everything to stifle any business growth at all. The country is nervous and to blame this on the Republicans is a cop out. As far as the banking, the Obama administration is peppered with Goldman Sachs alumni that are there protecting their interests. The stimulus money was a bomb with the only new jobs being short term mainly census workers. We have a nation that is becoming dependent on government handouts which takes away the incentive to work. Now over 50% of the population do not pay any income taxes at all. Now is that fair? All the Obama government can do is spend money we do not have and printing dollars that are not going to be worth the paper they are printed on!
While I am very much against racism in any form, I believe that Brigitte Gabriel is a strong advocate against the Islamic radicals because of what happened to her and her people in Lebanon when the Israelis were politically forced to abandon them when they had to leave South Lebanon. The Hezbollah and Syria abused and killed many of her family and friends and tortured her. She escaped and was welcomed by Israel and later this country. I don't think, as an Arab and a Catholic, she is a racist. I believe she genuinely believes that she and all of us are threatened. I would like to know where the racist tag came from or is it an automatic hatred of Israel and it's supporters reaction. Because you believe that someone is out to get you doesn't automatically mean you are paranoid or a racist. Were the blacks racist because they believed many of the whites were trying to kill them. I don't think so. That doesn't mean all whites were racists either or blacks who were tortured and deprived of civil rights. The attack on the US was not a myth. The Jews and Christians in the middle east are a minority, not the other way around. It is the Arabs who have abandoned their own people.
Okay- just sent in what I could to Salems Childrens Village- http://www.salemchildrensvillage.org/
Namaste-
Maybe Ben Stein is just jealous of people with personalities. After all, he doesn't have one.
From Alan Grayson's latest fund raising e-mail:
"I'll give $100 to first Rep. who punches smary [sic] idiot Alan Grayson in nose."
That incitement to violence was tweeted yesterday, by Dan Gainor. Who is Dan Gainor? The Vice President of the Media Research Center (MRC). MRC is a right-wing Washington slur tank that glorifies Big Business in its "Business and Media Institute." It is a $6 million lie factory, blessed by Newt Gingrich, Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter.
And in case you missed the point, Gainor later tweeted, "I'd love to see the video."
re:#14: The mob uses "Mugsy's Rules of Order". The irony is now they've gone legit and occupy the board room instead of the pool room. And they pay few taxes. And launder billions in drug money.
Hi all . . . I’m back from my first vacation in almost twenty (20) years:
File under “Thank you , Ben Nelson”: http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/07/early-signs-point-to-tough-landscape-for-elizabeth-warren.php?ref=fpa
Breitbart, the scandal he IS: http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/07/breitbart_i_did_not_edit_this_thing.php
Corporate strangling information flow: http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/FCC-1424-Million-Without-Broadband-109473
There was NEVER an apology to the Iranian Government or any victim of that downing. Remember, George H.W. Bush (as VP, of course) said "I will never apologize for the United States — I don't care what the facts are... I'm not an apologize-for-America kind of guy." There was a settlement, a rather pitiful one, but there has never been any sort of apology to the victims onboard that airliner, the airline or to Iran for that incident.
I've always wondered what the world might be like IF the United States had taken responsibility for that incident.
Unemployment insurance is a pre-paid vacation for freeloaders.
RONALD REAGAN, Sacramento Bee, Apr. 28, 1966
More RR wizdumb here:
http://www.notable-quotes.com/r/reagan_ronald.html
@Maxrot & Harry Ashburn: The Mob is better organized and more honest.
The problem with very many politicians is that they have fine tuned their campaigns. They know how to win an election and no other skills are required.
I found the quote in a bunch of places, and it apparently happened before he was president.
http://quotes.dictionary.com/Unemployment_insurance_is_a_prepaid_vacatio...
“Unemployment insurance is a pre-paid vacation for freeloaders.”
Ronald Reagan (b. 1911), U.S. Republican politician, president. Sacramento Bee (April 28, 1966).
During the debates on defunding ACORN someone suggested that any federal contractor who commits fraud or crimes be defunded. Then someone realized that Blackwater, who had to pay a $50 million plus fine, would be defunded.
ACORN did not commit a crime - their contract required them to report any violations of voter registration. They found the culprits and reported as directed. ACORN received less money in a several year funding than Blackwater had to pay as a fine in one year.
re:#9: "Roberts Rules of Order"?
What's the difference between private organizations and the mob?
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Excellent interview! thx so much for having Hans-Josef Fell on today! We just had him join in a briefing here in Sacramento. State Senators Darrell Steinberg and Fran Pavley are open, as well as Assembly persons Nancy Skinner, and some others that are trying to push through REESA- from the FIT Coalition.
SAN FRANCISCO— The FIT Coalition cited UC Berkeley findings this week that a Robust Feed-in Tariff (FIT) would be essential in order to realise California State Renewable Portfolio Standards. The model assumes the passage of the FIT Coalition’s Renewable Energy and Economic Stimulus Act (REESA). A version of the REESA FIT has been introduced in the the California State Legislature as AB1106 sponsored by Assembly Members Fuentes and Ruskin.
REESA legislation calls for enacting a FIT for renewable energy projects up to 20-megawatts (MW) in size and delivering an incremental 2% of California’s delivered energy from renewables every year through 2020.
http://wwww.examiner.com/x-50672-SF-Solar-Energy-Examiner~y2010m7d10-FIT-Coalition-cites-UC-Berkeley-findings-Robust-Feedin-Tariff-essential-to-realize-clean-economy
I think the non-rich neo-cons operate on denial. They deny a lot, including denying any responsibility for their fellow man. It's just a lot easier that way, as the ulcer grows. I prefer to differentiate between conservatives (fiscal conservatives) and neo-cons. I think the rich conservates are just voting in their own self interest.
Why don't conservatives ever ask where the money will come from when they give enormous tax breaks to the super wealthy or to wage unnecessary war?
What is the reason that conservatives are so against the concept of climate change? Why oh why? Is it because "tree huggers" are worried about the planet and they don't want to be associated with them? Or is it all financial--we shouldn't have to pay one cent for anything other than war?
Let's have 'Clear Eyes' about Mr. Ben Stein. He is a TV producer who hires himself for ads and then sits and moans with a blank/pained expression.(period). His moaning monotone delivery is hardly worth minimum wage and clearly a sign of "unpleasant personality" ... Takes one to know one I guess.
Unemployment with continued lack of health/dental care has made millions of us poor. In that sense we may have a 'poor' personality (desperate/depressed) and 'poor' work habits (will work like dog for food/shelter or just to get some income).
The history of my life is a roller-coaster affair that took a real dive over the last decade of Bush-whacking. There is only so much a person of conscience can stand - watching the so-called patriotic right commit the crimes for which their fathers hung the Nazis: starting and pursuing wars of aggression and the occupation of other countries (with oil), kidnapping people into interminable, illegal imprisonment (both US citizens and citizens any country). The disaffection gets worse seeing the corporate media support the neo-con aggression like vapid cheerleaders. There was never any problem with US aggression for soulless shills like Mr. Stein as long as they are rich and getting richer. The attitude displayed by Mr. Stein is sociopathic - as a whining winner he blames the victim and attacks the loser.
re: #1;'cause we're the only ones who know
Probably, when many get that the dream of a house with a white picket fence is just a pipe dream, they just throw their hands up.
I bought my first home working at minimum wage...in the 60's .(And a new imported sportscar the same year...an MG Midget).
Now....what's the point? There is no reachable carrot.
There's a reason why there is no real 9/11 investigation. Getting complete information about the improbable destruction of skyscrapers and the deaths of thousands of people and all of the strange coincidences surrounding the event is not nearly as important as going into the sordid details of a democratic president's affair. That is what needs to be thoroughly investigated.
Here's a quote for you:
“You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.”
—Woodrow Wilson
Fox, GOP, et al, are trying like crazy to divide us on racial lines, because they are terrified that we will divide instead on class lines. There are a lot more people making less than $250K/year than $250K and up, but it's that privileged minority that sets the tone of our debates!