Pulling Away

It is sad how the news media distorts everything! I have always said that citizens with excellent qualifications shy away from running for the presidential office of the USA because of that distortion and violation of their privacy; so we are stuck with people who are not fully qualified, regardless of the party they represent, and do not have the experience to lead the country in the right direction. As it is, I don???t believe in any politician as they say one thing to get elected and do the opposite once they are in the White House; however, let???s not forget the saying: ???The lesser of two evils???!

If we remember history of previous administrations in the USA, every time the Republicans are in the White House the economy goes into the red and it is sad to see that most people do not see that, they don???t recall previous Republican administrations and they don???t care, I believe, and vote for the party they belong to, or are plain ignorant. I recall when Regan and Bush Senior were in the White House for 12 years in a row, our economy was in bad shape and yet people kept voting Republican so in a nut shell the people get what they ask for. On the other hand, when the Democrats are in the White House everything tend to go back to normal and our economy recuperates but people do not see that and they go back to the Republican administration. As it is, the Republicans, historically, favor the military build up and also the big corporations neglecting the needs of the working class; so, I would say that we are always better under the Democrat administration than Republican. Probably people, specially the seniors, don???t remember that Ronald Regan took so much money from the Social Security that if the government would pay back what they took the Federal Government would go into bankruptcy but there again all they have to do is raise taxes in order to pay debts which they have incurred with people???s money ... In other words, they steal from the people and never pay back!

I honestly believe that it is time for the government to clean their on back yard and stop giving money away to countries all over the world instead of looking up after our own people; as it is, our seniors don???t even have money to eat and get the medical care they deserve.

There is also the subject of ???Fighting Foreign Wars??? for fanaticism as we did in Viet Nam, Korea, Iraq, and many other wars which all they have accomplished is death, destruction, and drive our economy into disaster such is the present Bush administration. So, what is the lesson which our politicians never learn? ... Our people first and then combat famine instead of governments which do not meet the democratic ideals and never will. Let???s not forget the sayings: ???Live and let live???, ???To each its own???, and ???The road to peace is the respect for the rights of others???.

Spread the wealth how.? Look at his past. Obama in this video, addressing his work with ACORN litigation against the banks and relating to the Community Reinvestment Act and the failure of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, as they relate to the current real estate and financial crisis, states that, and I quote:

"Subprime lending started out as a good idea, helping Americans buy homes who previously could not afford to. Financial institutions created new financial instruments that could securitize these loans, slice them into finer and finer risk categories, and spread them out among investors and around the country, as well as around the world. In theory, this should have allowed mortgage lending to be less risky, and more diversified."

"The original idea was a good one, which was, lets see if we can distribute risk more broadly, and make it easier to provide loans to people who otherwise might not be able to get one."

Listen for yourself. You cannot dispute the mans on words recorded live:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lr1M1T2Y314&feature=related


Obama in this second video is campaigning at a convention of Acorn and I believe two other ???Community Activist's organizations. Ask if he will be their ally if he becomes President, Obama says, quote:

"Yes, but let me say that before I even get inaugurated, during the transition we are going to be calling all of you in to help us shape the agenda."

See and hear it for yourself. Obama promised that Acorn and other groups like it will setting his agenda if elected:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vJcVgJhNaU
Below is a link to C-SPAN video clips of the Congressional hearings at roughly the time McCains attempt at S.190. to fix Fannie and Freddie. See for yourself who said what.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MGT_cSi7Rs
See also
http://www.newsweek.com/id/164732 from this web site. (oops!) stating that Freddie Mac was spending tax payer money to target Republicans in 2005 who were trying to regulate Fannie and Freddies fraud. Democrats were not targeted, as the were all in the tank with Fannie and Freddie to kill the regulations. Hear that, the article admits that Republicans were trying to regulate Freddie and Fannie, and Democrats were trying to stop it from happening as a means to facilitate the Community Reinvestment Act.

See also: http://www.newsweek.com/id/164972
Stating that Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act wasn't what caused the meltdown, and noting that "economists on both sides of the political spectrum have suggested that the act has probably made the crisis less severe than it might otherwise have been."

Well, there's nothing very mavericky going on here. Please move one, nothing to see....just more MSM elitist propa-mc-ganda.

What happened, a backlash. many people have come to realize that the people promoting this hate, fear, anti American baloney are the same people responsible for the mess they are in. That will not stick .
people begin to think why is this guy super rich and I am just getting by. and my community is going down the tubes. A little research shows them that it is not the liberals but the super rich corporate, no nations problem while pushing the fear pro

Combining the cold economic clouds above us mixed with all that GOP HOT AIR, and you get one helluva democratic Obma -Biden tornado racing across our great nation tunign all those red states purple to blue! We need more of McCain & Palin hot air to feed this democratic whirlwind!!! YIPPEE! Grab Dorothy n Toto!

PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE TO BE HELD SUNDAY AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

The Free and Equal Elections Coalition (FREE) and the Columbia Political Union are pleased to announce that a Presidential debate will be held this coming Sunday, October 19th, 2008, on the campus of Columbia University.

ALL SIX of the Presidential candidates who appear on enough state ballots to acquire the 270 Electoral Votes needed to become President are invited. They are as follows (listed in alphabetical order by affiliation):

Constitution Party Candidate: Chuck Baldwin
Democratic Party Candidate: Barack Obama
Green Party Candidate: Cynthia McKinney
Independent Candidate: Ralph Nader
Libertarian Party Candidate: Bob Barr
Republican Party Can John McCain

The Columbia Political Union will present the debate from 8:00pm to 10:00pm in the Altschul Auditorium, located at 417 International Affairs Building. The debate will be moderated by Pacifica Radio's Amy Goodman, the host of "Democracy Now!". CSPAN will cover the debate, and live radio broadcasts are expected.

"The Columbia Political Union is committed to energizing political discourse on Columbia's campus," said Allon Brann, Columbia Political Union Publisher. "As a non-partisan organization, we work to provide students with opportunities to encounter and engage with political ideas across a wide ideological spectrum, and on a wide range of issues."

"It is with these goals in mind that we have organized this Presidential Debate: to give all candidates-- either within or outside of the political "mainstream"-- the opportunity to speak directly to students about their goals on the issues they deem critical for this country."

"We have invited all eligible candidates, and it is our sincere hope that all will participate, to ensure the substance and rigor of the dialogue which we believe is crucial at this time."

Certified letters officially inviting each candidate have been sent to the respective campaigns.

The Free and Equal Elections Coalition and the Columbia Political Union await the response from the candidates. All candidates' supporters are encouraged to contact the Presidential campaigns and urge them to attend.

The Columbia Political Union seeks to enhance involvement in the political process, domestic and international, and draw every member of the campus community into an ongoing discussion of political ideas.

FREE is a coalition of political parties, independent citizens and civic organizations formed to promote free and equal elections in the United States.

http://www.freeandequal.org/events.php?id=7

by Ralph Nader
October 10. 2008
Rolling the Dice on Derivatives - The Nader Page

The derivatives markets of today have become a high stakes casino of unimaginable magnitude. Wall Street???s bets have gone bad, and now the whole financial system is in peril. In a best-case scenario, it appears, the taxpayers will be required to rescue the system from itself. This is why Warren Buffett labeled derivatives ???weapons of financial mass destruction.???

Amazingly, there seems to be some lingering sense that current-day derivatives properly perform an insurance function.

Case in point: Alan Greenspan, the former Federal Reserve Chairman. Greenspan says the world is facing ???the type of wrenching financial crisis that comes along only once in a century,??? but, reports the New York Times, ???his faith in derivatives remains unshaken.??? Greenspan believes that the problem is not with derivatives, but that the people using them got greedy, according to the Times.

This is quite a view. Is it a surprise to Alan Greenspan that the people on Wall Street ??? said to be ruled only by the opposing instincts of greed and fear ??? ???got greedy????


http://dandelionsalad.wordpress.com/2008/10/12/rolling-the-dice-on-derivatives-by-ralph-nader/

www.votenader.org

Palin speaking now on CNN is calling for the Obama campaign to release all of its "communications" with ACORN. This is the same Sarah Palin who tried to scuttle the Alaska legislature's investigation into her abuse of power as governor. Transparency is as transparency does, I guess.

Since they're claiming questionable associations, can we get all of the McCain campaign's communications with, say, Pastor Hagee? Pastor Parsley? Heck, at this point, the McCain campaign won't even divulge its financial arrangement with campaign manager Rick Davis' lobbying firm.

I think we could come up with quite a list of "communications" the McCain camp has had that the public deserves to see.

The Obama campaign should embrace the McCain campaign's newfound transparency and run hard with it.

--David Kurtz

The good News is after the election we will all see how accurate these Newsweek polls really were, or how skewed they were. This will resolve the perception that NBC/NEWSWEEK is a Liberal leaning Media outlet.

Lest you labor under the mistaken belief that all black people favor Obama....



http://www.atlah.org/broadcast/ndnr09-03-08.html

Baby I'll be there to take your hand,
Baby I'll be there to share the land
That they'll be giving away, when we all live together.

So, in the exchange with "Joe the plumber" we find out that Obama really is as radical as his early political acquaintances, and is into the failed economic policy of wealth redistribution. Yahoo, back to the 70's we go! So now we know that an Obama presidency really would be as if it were Carter's lost second term after all.