BECK AND PALIN ARE FOULING SACRED AIR

AP IMPACT: US wasted billions in rebuilding Iraq GO.READ

This is an interesting story.  Many of us knew that this waste, graft, corruption, nepotism, and just plain thievery from the U.S. Treasury was/has been going on.  In FACT, I bet you all eleven dollars that stealing billions of dollars was part of the Cheney/Rumsfeld/NEOCON plan from the very beginning - even perhaps from BEFORE 9-11 - as they had been LOOKING for a war for some time before the "terrorist attack".  Wars make a lot of money for those in position to capitalise on the circumstance - which they largely create...

So, to my way of thinking, the upshot here is - IS IT WASTE IF THE CREATORS OF THE SITUATION HAULED THOSE BILLIONS OF DOLLARS HOME IN TRUCKS, HELICOPTERS, YACHTS AND WHATEVER?  I mean, the winners always win, and us commoners never do.  Dontcha think?

ANYHOW, that there is my 2 cents worth, now GO READ the story...

Be A Fred - Very A Fred by Mr. Fish

Waiting for Mr. Obama

Published: August 28, 2010 New York Times:

"If President Obama has a big economic initiative up his sleeve, as he hinted recently, now would be a good time to let the rest of us in on it. News on Friday confirmed that the economy was far weaker in the second quarter than originally believed, growing at 1.6 percent versus an initial reading of 2.4 percent. Grim reports on housing sales indicate that the slowdown has continued. In a normal recession, housing would lead the way up from the depths. Today, it appears to be leading the way back down.

Which brings us back to Mr. Obama. The fiscal stimulus of 2009, coupled with low interest rates and other Federal Reserve interventions, kept the recession from being much worse. But it has not been enough to revive hiring, without which a real recovery is impossible. In the meantime and even more ominously, economic policy making has all but ground to a halt.
Congress is gridlocked. For nearly two months, Republicans blocked an extension of unemployment benefits, a basic recovery measure. They are still holding up a bill to spur more lending to small businesses.
In a much-anticipated speech on Friday, Ben Bernanke, the Federal Reserve chairman, reiterated his vow to do more to boost the economy if conditions worsened. He did not seem particularly convinced that anything the Fed could do would be enough.
The question then is whether Mr. Obama will lead. He cannot force Congress to act, but he could pre-empt Republicans’ diatribes — on the deficit, on small business, on taxes — with tough truths and a big mission that would tie together the strategies and the sacrifices that will be needed to put the economy right.
First, he needs to keep driving home that he is committed to addressing the deficit, and that he will call for widespread sacrifice to do so — starting with letting the Bush tax cuts for the richest Americans expire at year end. Mr. Obama must tell Americans that claims from Republican leaders that the country can both cut taxes and tackle the deficit are absurd and cynical.
Next, he needs to explain why too much sacrifice, too soon, especially from the middle class, would do more harm than good while the economy is weak. More government support is needed until conditions improve.
Mr. Obama also needs to inspire Americans who have been ground down by the economic crisis and Washington’s small-bore sniping. He needs to rally the nation around a big idea — a project that is worth sacrificing for, worth paying for, worth working for. One that lets them know that there is more ahead than just a return to a status quo of lopsided growth in which corporate profits surge while jobs and incomes lag.
That mission could be the “21st century infrastructure,” that Mr. Obama mentioned on a multi-city trip this month, “not just roads and bridges, but faster Internet access and high-speed rail.” It could be energy independence, with high-tech green jobs and a real chance for addressing global warming. Either of the above would make sense, economically and politically.
Mr. Obama and his economic team had clearly hoped for an economic rebound in time for the midterm elections. They are not going to get it. The economic damage they inherited was too deep, and the economic stimulus they pushed through Congress, for all of the fight, was too small. Standing back is not doing the country or his party any good. We believe Americans are ready for hard truths and big ideas."

Do this many people REALLY watch FUX news and the huckster Glenn Beck?

unfuckingbelievable!

http://video.ap.org/?f=NCAGW&pid=vYhZoBSLO4UCn_pbYzNiyYfSlwSnT_XL

SOME NEWS:

• Treasury Makes Shocking Admission: The Treasury Dept.'s mortgage relief program isn't just failing, it's actively funneling money from homeowners to bankers, and Treasury likes it that way. 
• Former FEMA head: Gov’t didn’t tell all on Katrina:  Former FEMA chief Brown concedes Washington didn't tell full story of Katrina's devastationThe billionaire brothers who are waging a war against Obama 
• The billionaire brothers who are waging a war against Obama:  kingpins of climate science denial
• Great outfit at the beach for sale: This is a sweet place we are selling.  When you see the new pictures you are going to wonder how you ever missed living on a dead end street 3 blocks from the beach.
   

Republicans and the 'Largest Tax Hike Ever' Lie

The Fox Business channel is counting down to the Largest Tax Hike ever:

They lie - FOX NEWS AND REPUBLICANS ARE LIARS AND THIEVES. IT IS THAT SIMPLE. ANY PRESIDENT OR OTHER ELECTED OFFICIAL WHO EVEN ATTEMPTS TO WORK WITH THESE SCUMBAG DIRTBALLS SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO THE BACK ROOM AND CONVINCED OTHERWISE!

LINK TO DEREK THOMPSON STORY IN THE ATLANTIC HERE

THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO BUILD THE MOSQUE 2 BLOCKS FROM G.Z. - W.T.C.

WHILE THE TEA PARTY SCREAMS FEAR, THE REPUBLICANS SCREAM CORPORATE WELFARE, THE DEMOCRATS DEAL WITH THEIR TESTICULAR CHALLENGE, WE DISCUSS A PROJECT BY SOME NEW YORK MUSLIMS AS IF ANYTHING AT ALL REALLY DEPENDED UPON IT WHILE INDICATORS ABOUND THAT OUR PLANET IS CHANGING TOWARD BEING TOTALLY INHABITABLE BY ANY HUMANS ANYWHERE....

VIA

DEAR TEA PARTY PATRIOTS AND OTHER TOOLS OF THE RIGHT:

YOUR WHOLE MOVEMENT IS A FRAUD - YOU ARE BEING USED BY AWFUL HORRIBLE BILLIONAIRES:

 

Americans For Prosperity founder David Koch, with a net worth of about $17 billion, is the richest man in New York City, owning the Fifth Avenue apartment once occupied by Jackie O, a home in the Hamptons, an Aspen retreat, and the Villa Del Sarmiento in Palm Beach.

 

"Wine sipping, arugula eating, elites"?

 

http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/?p=7119

 

From original story about the Koch brothers building the new right:

 

http://thinkprogress.org/2010/08/23/david-charles-koch/

"I didn't really had a good answer, as so often -- is me."  Tea Party convention address, March 5, 2010

IS THIS REALLY G W T F BUSH'S SISTER? 

REPUBLICANS RIGHT WING AND WINGNUTS TEA PARTY PROMOTING FEAR OF MUSLIMS IS PURE BULLSHIT AND THEY SHOULD KNOW IT AND BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES!

The republican party (reply here) and it's minions on the extreme right (mainstream for republicans these days) are spreading hate of the Muslim religion and lies about all Muslims being terrorists.  The horrible lies and hate these people are spreading is of the most vile and hurtful I have ever witnessed, and it is ALL OVER television and newspapers.

When this SAME RIGHT WING REPUBLICAN PARTY with GEORGE WTF BUSH AND CHENEY at the helm invaded IRAQ, WHICH HAD DONE NOT A GODDAMNED THING TO US it was one of the MOST BLATANT TERRORIST ATTACKS EVER.  They killed hundreds of thousands of innocents and RUINED an operating, modern infrastructure for their own reasons - FOR A LIE.  In that case, "CHRISTIANS" WERE THE TERRORISTS!

THEY HAVE NEVER BEEN PROSECUTED FOR THIS HORROR WREAKED UPON MUSLIMS, which has lead DIRECTLY to the lying and hysteria being promoted NOW BY TEA PARTIES AND REPUBLICANS.

AT THIS TIME I AM ASHAMED AND SORRY TO ADMIT THAT I AM AN AMERICAN.

I gave my country 6 years of military service  and have been a registered voter for 45 years, and have tried to be a good citizen.

More and more, it seems as if this whole society is based on nothing more than a lot of lies which do no more than enable rich and wealthy to have their way, and to hell with us ordinary citizens.

I will continue to be a member of the PROGRESSIVE THINKING COMMUNITY - at least until my nice little home here at the beach sells and I can get my raggedy 60-some-odd year old butt and my wife and cat moved to NEW ZEALAND.

amen, over and out blah blah

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"ground zero mosque"?? No - not at all. Check out these "ground zero strip clubs" which must be ok with Cariboo Barbie, Glenn Beck and that crew of nitwits:

Here is the abandoned buildings they want to convert to a cultural center for the neighborhood, no different than the old concept of a local YMCA or something like that with restaurants, swim pool, church, and much more:

Pretty threatening thing to refurbish an old retail space over two blocks from the World Trade Center, eh?

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Of course Mizz "half a governor" Palin and the rest of her loony bin cousins are just fine with various horse betting parlors and these strip clubs.

I have wished for a leader here in America who had the sense to stand up and LOUDLY PROCLAIM support for tolerance, intelligence,  civil rights, and who would ACTUALLY help regular Americans deal with the incredible weight of corporate oppression in America, but evidently that is not to be...shame.

As you can see, the proposed community center is over in a completely different neighborhood from the site of the destroyed WTC. ALSO, it is only some 800 odd feet closer than ANOTHER mosque. In New York City, there are millions and millions of Muslims, millions and millions of Christians, millions and millions of Jews, and millions of other religeous stripes. Sara Palin or any other whack job really has NO BUSINESS BUTTING INTO NEW YORK CITY BUILDING CODES. WTF, THEY GOT NOTHING BETTER TO DO?

Yakma Nation Blocks Hawaiian Trash Shipment

IN UNITED STATES, CRIMINALS TO GATHER EVIDENCE TO HELP CONVICT THEMSELVES (BP)?

"Key evidence on one of the world's worst oil spills could soon be in the hands of the leading suspects as BP and partner contractors are set to start salvaging the wreckage of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig.

The US government is leading what could become a criminal investigation into the disaster. But it does not have the technical expertise to gather evidence some 5,000 feet (1,500 meters) below the surface of the Gulf of Mexico..."

GO.READ


While it is TRUE that this is a gigantic salvage operation, to say that the United States Navy, NOAA, and other seafaring branches can not manage or find someone who could put together a salvage job like this?  Did anyone even try?   I BEG YOUR FUCKING PARDON!  We would probably hire nearly all the exact same people that BEEPEE, TRANSOCEAN, and the rest will be hiring, the only DIFFERENCE being that the interests of the AMERICAN PUBLIC and UNITED STATES PROSECUTOR would be covered.  I NEVER HEARD SUCH BULLSHIT AS 'US GOVERNMENT DOES NOT HAVE THE EXPERTISE' to salvage this rig.  THIS IS AMERICA.  IF WE DO NOT HAVE IT, WE FUCKING INVENT IT!

The very IDEA of enabling BEEPEE and the other oil bigs to continue lying to us is preposterous.

Heroes in the Senate? I am watching for them. HERE is Anthony Weiner of New York in hero mode trying to get healthcare for first responders to the World Trade Center destruction:

The party of NO defeated this important bill to help the heroes of that day!

According to a bill summary, the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act of 2009 would provide:

(1) medical monitoring and treatment benefits to eligible emergency responders and recovery and cleanup workers who responded to the World Trade Center terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001; and
(2) initial health evaluation, monitoring, and treatment benefits to residents and other building occupants and area workers who were directly impacted and adversely affected by such attacks. Requires the WTC program administrator to:
(1) implement a quality assurance program;
(2) establish the WTC Health Program Scientific/Technical Advisory Committee;
(3) establish the WTC Responders Steering Committee and the WTC Community Program Steering Committee;
(4) provide for education and outreach on services under the WTC program;
(5) provide for the uniform collection of data related to WTC-related health conditions;
(6) conduct research on physical and mental health conditions that may be related to the September 11 terrorist attacks; and
(7) extend and expand arrangements with the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to provide for the World Trade Center Health Registry. Authorizes the administrator to make grants to the Department to address mental health needs relating to the terrorist attacks.Amends the Air Transportation Safety and System Stabilization Act to:
(1) make individuals eligible for compensation under the September 11 Victim Compensation Fund of 2001 for harm as a result of debris removal; and
(2) extend the deadline for making a claim for compensation.

You may recall the criminal GWTF Bush EPA claiming that the air was fine and dandy to breathe after that horrendous collapse that put TONS of asbestos and many other toxics into the air of New York City as fine dust...