Thursday, November 4, 2010

Angry Voters Choose Government Gridlock, Investigations and Shutdown

Angry Voters Choose Government Gridlock, Investigations and Shutdown

-by Bob Cesa

There are a variety of explanations for the frustratingly backwards
outcome of yesterday's election.

Clearly Americans were dissatisfied with the objective reality that
the Obama administration and the congressional Democrats actually made
things better by cutting the deficit by an historic $122 billion;
creating upwards of three million new jobs; ending the war in Iraq;
passing the largest middle class tax cut in history; and rescuing the
economy from the brink of collapse. Not good enough, obviously.

Or did voters simply not know about these accomplishments? That's
entirely possible given the Democratic Party's uncanny penchant for
running away from its successes, while also fumbling very basic
add-water-and-serve marketing chores. (And, by the way, adding to the
party's failures to ballyhoo its accomplishments, the progressive
movement was systematically out-hustled, out-gunned and outmaneuvered
for much of the last two years.)

Of course there's also the Flailing Rage Factor, which I tend to favor
as a reason for yesterday's outcome more than ignorance or lack of
Democratic marketing chops. For two years now, Americans have been
incited by fakery and horror stories to the point of being pumped up
into a 'roid raging mob chanting shallow platitudes and bumper sticker
zingers -- incoherently attacking Speaker Pelosi's face, and bent out
of shape by the fact that there's not a doddering old white guy
stumbling through the West Wing spinning grandfatherly yarns about
American mornings and saintly cowboys.

Ultimately, what Americans voted for yesterday was divided government,
which admittedly isn't new in American politics. We typically like the
idea of two sides, Congress and the White House, locking horns and
ultimately compromising on the important matters of the day.

Unfortunately, this is a "pre-01/20/09" mindset. It's a mass delusion
based on antiquated political attitudes.

The era when Republicans would, at least reluctantly, compromise with
a Democratic president is long gone.

What voters unknowingly asked for yesterday was gridlock: immovable,
unprecedented, insufferable gridlock of the worst kind, and at the
worst time imaginable.

The Republicans have no intention of handing the president any
successes. They'll never in a million years compromise with this White
House, or the Senate Democrats for that matter, because any move in
that direction will bring down the loud, screechy tweet wrath of Sarah
Palin and the Tea Party who will neither accept nor support anyone who
appears to be leaning in the direction of the Obama agenda.

How do I know this? There's two years of precedent, naturally -- and
the Republicans weren't even the majority party in the House during
that time. They voted against anything and everything that came down
the line, regardless of how politically awful it looked (health care
for 9/11 workers, bonuses for the troops, etc.). Now imagine what
they're going to accomplishment in the name of "Hell No You Can't!"
now that they enjoy a decent majority in the House and a narrow
minority in the Senate.

Now that they're in control of appropriations and all House
legislation, they'll only take up business the president would never
in a million years sign into law, because as soon as he signs a bill,
any bill, it becomes a win for the White House. A victory, however
minor, that the president would be able to campaign on in 2012.
Consequently, the Republican Party and its Tea Party base will only
deliver far-right crap on a stick, with deceptive names and
semi-hidden, unacceptable amendments that will make the legislation
instant veto fodder.

So it's difficult to imagine a scenario whereby anything gets done
from January 2011 through, at least, January 2013.

Strike that.

Yesterday's election launched America headlong across the zero barrier
of the Darrell Issa Decade. Welcome, my friends, to the suck that
never ends. Let the cartoons begin!

Brace yourself for a wide variety of investigations designed to slowly
fester into an all out impeachment necrosis. The Republicans will
absolutely investigate ACORN, those two Black Panther guys in
Philadelphia, birth certificates, Joe Sestak's (unpaid) job offer, the
oil spill response, the tax records of anyone even remotely associated
with the White House and, for good measure, I'll go out on a McCarthy
limb and predict another congressional witch hunt for commies, with
maybe even a bonus witch hunt for Muslim evildoers, in the Obama
government.

The cable news media will enjoy this thoroughly. And by "enjoy" I mean
"inject it into its bloodstream like black tar heroin laced with
permanent orgasms." And we can all rest assured knowing that, with a
few obvious exceptions (Maddow, Olbermann), the coverage will be
framed with advantage Issa.

Oh, and did I mention the inevitable government shutdown? Just wait
until the House attempts to de-fund health-care reform in the next
budget and, predictably, the president refuses to sign it. The
government will shut down and all of those
anti-government-health-care, anti-socialism retirees stop receiving
their Social Security checks and Medicare reimbursement checks. And
why? Who knows. They'll tell you something about "freedom" and
"slavery" and trail off when they begin to slowly realize that they
can't pay the bills that month because they elected a Congress that
would rather torment the president than actually accomplish the
business of governing.

See, unlike the Democratic Party -- and the pre-Bush-era Republican
Party for that matter -- the modern Republican Party, driven by the
contradictory memes of the Tea Party movement, doesn't require or seek
legislative success to thrive as long as there's fear, inchoate rage
and a mega-funded media apparatus (Fox News and talk radio) to spread
the nonsense far and wide. So why bother digging into the ugly
business of compromise with the other side? There's no need. The total
lack of legislative accomplishment can simply be masked over with loud
noises and sloganeering aimed at blaming, you know, the black guy.

Again, how do I know? The strategy paid off bigtime yesterday.

One final thought: I wonder if this will help to ameliorate a slow
growth economy. Don't bet on it.

More:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bob-cesca/angry-voters-choose-gover_b_778652.html
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Obama to bypass Congress to push the "Global Warming" Scheme

That commie muzzie traitor will do anything to destroy this country.


Obama to bypass Congress to push the "Global Warming" Scheme

Remember...this is the guy who said...

Since the Republicans will take control over the House of Representatives in January 2011, Obama knows his progressive scheme to make him and his friends billions through cap-and-trade will be defeated. So instead of going through Congress, Obama said he will "be looking for other means to address this problem."

The AP reports:

Environmental groups and industry seem headed for another battle over regulation of greenhouse gases, as President Barack Obama said he will look for ways to control global warming pollution other than Congress placing a ceiling on it.

"Cap-and-trade was just one way of skinning the cat; it was not the only way," Obama said at a news conference Wednesday, a day after Democrats lost control of the House. "I'm going to be looking for other means to address this problem."

Legislation putting a limit on heat-trapping greenhouse gases and then allowing companies to buy and sell pollution permits under that ceiling narrowly passed the House in 2009 as a centerpiece of Obama's domestic agenda, but it stalled in the Senate.

Republicans dubbed the bill "cap-and-tax" because it would raise energy prices. They then used it as a club in the midterm elections against Democrats who voted for it. Thirty of the bill's supporters were among some 50 House Democrats whom voters turned out of office Tuesday.

"It's doubtful that you could get the votes to pass that through the House this year or next year or the year after," Obama said Wednesday.

The new battle over global warming in Congress will target the Environmental Protection Agency, which is poised to regulate greenhouse gases for the first time, after the Supreme Court ruled in 2007 that it could treat heat-trapping gases as pollutants.

John Engler, a former Michigan governor who leads the National Association of Manufacturers, said he expects a Republican-controlled House to take a "fresh look that will get at a lot of questions" dealing with the EPA's role in regulating greenhouse gas emissions.

Environmentalists, meanwhile, urged Obama to hold his ground.

"While there will be attacks on (EPA's) authority, it is important that there not be any surrender on EPA's ability to do the job," said Trip Van Noppen, president of Earthjustice.

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Let the Subpeona Party Commence!




Let the Subpeona Party Commence!

doctorbulldog | 4 November, 2010 at 11:41 am | Categories: politics | URL: http://wp.me/p1NPg-6GB

For me at least, this will be quite entertaining to watch as Our Dark Overlord and his cronies slowly twist in the political winds:

GOP likely to urge Obama officials not to shred documents
By Jordy Yager and Bob Cusack - The Hill

Republicans are likely to urge the Obama administration not to shred documents as they transition to the House majority.

Before the election, GOP officials on Capitol Hill privately discussed the issue but refrained from publicly tackling it, not wanting to assume what would happen on Election Day. Now that Republicans will control the House, the shredding matter will move front and center.

No one is accusing the Obama administration of destroying documents, but Republicans are expected to try to ensure that all records — on a range of issues — are kept intact.

Darrell West, a political scientist and director of governance studies at the Brookings Institution, said Republicans likely will formally ask the administration not to shred or delete any relevant documents that could be requested in a congressional probe.

"That'll happen right away, because they want to make sure that the documentary record is preserved so that they have something to investigate," said West.

Armed with the House majority, Republicans next year will enjoy subpoena power — something they have not had in four years.

Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), poised to become chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, worked closely with the media in the 111th Congress.

Earlier this year, when it was pointed out by a reporter that he didn't have subpoena power, Issa responded, "I have you." Issa then singled out other reporters in the hallway, saying, "I have him, and her, and him."

John Wonderlich, the policy director for the Sunlight Foundation — a nonpartisan group that promotes government transparency — said Republican-led investigations may be initiated more slowly than expected, because the party doesn't want to be seen as too aggressive.

"[Asking for the retention of documents] is the sort of thing that wouldn't surprise me at all, but as an opening volley that could be seen as really aggressive," said Wonderlich. "And immediately, both sides are going to be posturing to look like the reasonable ones with the open hand. So it's not like it's going to be open season right away."

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34 warships sent from US for Obama visit




34 warships sent from US for Obama visit

Coconuts are being removed from trees and 34 US warships will be with Obama when he visits Mumbai, India. Smile taxpayers, you are footing this trip which is estimated to cost $200 million per day. It's a 4 days trip and it will only costs us taxpayers $800 million.

NDTV.com reports:

New Delhi:  The White House will, of course, stay in Washington but the heart of the famous building will move to India when President Barack Obama lands in Mumbai on Saturday.

Communications set-up, nuclear button, a fleet of limousines and majority of the White House staff will be in India accompanying the President on this three-day visit that will cover Mumbai and Delhi.

He will also be protected by a fleet of 34 warships, including an aircraft carrier, which will patrol the sea lanes off the Mumbai coast during his two-day stay there beginning Saturday. The measure has been taken as Mumbai attack in 2008 took place from the sea.

Arrangements have been put in place for emergency evacuation, if needed.

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Re: Harry Reid Promises to Vote on the Dream Act in a Lame Duck session of Congress

What is an 'illegal'?
----------------------------------

In the context of US Immigration, anyone who either came here, or has
continued to stay here, in violation of Immigration Law. Same as any
other country.

Pretty straight forward stuff

On Nov 4, 11:40 am, MJ <micha...@america.net> wrote:
> What is an 'illegal'?
>
> At 05:42 PM 11/2/2010, you wrote:
>
> >How about the fact that many illegals who work, are working "under
> >the table?"  The ones who have a phony SSN are identity thieves?
> >How about the fact that identity thieves create chaos in the lives
> >of the real person?
>
> So you are upset that EVERYONE does not correctly pay homage to
> Government and abide by their socialism?
>
> >How about the fact that they barely, if they do, speak English, let
> >alone be able to read and write a term paper?
>
> What has English to do with anything?  All sorts of people came to
> America speaking all sorts of languages -- many NEVER speaking or
> communicating in any other.
>
> >How about the fact that we pay taxes to provide our own children an education?
>
> So it is about socialism again?  Forcing everyone's neighbors to
> indoctri.. -- sorry -- educate other people's children?
>
> >How about the fact that illegals pay little in taxes - sales tax
> >because they are forced to - and have already gotten education,
> >health care, food stamps, police and fire protection, subsidized housing, etc?
>
> So it is about socialism again.  According to those fair [sic] taxers
> (and others doing the same study) about 23% of EVERY purchase is due
> to taxation .
> Shouldn't government education, government health care, government
> food stamps, socialized fire service and crime historians and
> socialized housing be abolished for EVERYONE?
>
> >How about the fact that for every illegal sitting in a college
> >class, there are fewer chairs that are supposed to be for available
> >for people who are entitled to apply for that chair?
>
> More socialism?  Why shouldn't Person A be free to contract with
> whomever they choose?
>
> >How about the fact that Americans deserve the chance for an American
> >education?
>
> How is it that Americans LACK this 'chance'?
>
> >How about the fact that illegals aren't supposed to be here at all?
>
> Here is that Constitution
> thingy:http://www.constitution.org/cons/constitu.txt exactly WHERE
> is it you imagine the Feds were provided the authority to extend or
> withhold permission to enter or exit any of the Sovereign States?
>
> >How about the fact that illegals are ... illegal?
>
> Not according to that Law of the Land.
>
> >How about the fact that some illegals, from all over the world -
> >Russian, China, South American, Europe, etc. are a threat to our nation?
>
> <scratches head>  What kind of a threat and why the collectivism?
>
> >How about the fact that we are urged to report suspicious objects
> >but not suspicious people?
>
> Stupidity?
>
> Regard$,
> --MJ
>
> When the legend becomes fact, print the legend. -- Maxwell Scott

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FW: [] Fw: [] Bar Stool Economics

THIS is why a 'welfare state' will not work.
 

Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2010 19:33:12 -0700
From:


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From: 
 
 
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From:
 

..A simpfied explanation of how the economy works !

Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and
the bill for all ten comes to $100 and If they paid
their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go something
like this:

The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.
The fifth would pay $1.
The sixth would pay $3.
The seventh would pay $7.
The eighth would pay $12.
The ninth would pay $18.
The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59.)

So, that's what they decided to do.

The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed
quite happy with the arrangement, until one day, the
owner threw them a curve. "Since you are all such good
customers," he said, "I'm going to reduce the cost of
your daily beer by $20." so drinks for the ten now cost
just $80.

The group still wanted to pay their bill the way
we pay our taxes so the first four men were unaffected...They
would still drink for free...But what about the other
six men - the paying customers? How could they divide
the $20 windfall so that everyone would get his 'fair
share?'...They realized that $20 divided by six is
$3.33...But if they subtracted that from everybody's
share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would each
end up being paid to drink his beer..So, the bar owner
suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man's
bill by roughly the same amount, and he proceeded to
work out the amounts each should pay.

And so:
The fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing -
(100% savings).-
The sixth now paid $2 instead of $3 (33%savings).-
The seventh now paid $5 instead of $7 (28%savings).-
The eighth now paid $9 instead of $12 (25% savings). -
The ninth now paid $14 instead of $18 (22% savings).-
The tenth now paid $49 instead of $59 (16% savings).-

Each of the six was better off than before...And
the first four continued to drink for free...-

But once outside the restaurant, the men began to
compare their savings.

"I only got a dollar out of the $20,"declared the
sixth man. He pointed to the tenth man," but he got
$10!" "Yeah, that's right," exclaimed the fifth man.
"I only saved a dollar, too. It's unfair that he got
ten times more than I!" "That's true!!" shouted the
seventh man. "Why should he get $10 back when I got
only two? The wealthy get all the breaks!" -

"Wait a minute," yelled the first four men in unison.
"We didn't get anything at all. The system exploits the poor!" -

The nine men surrounded the tenth and beat him up.

The next night the tenth man didn't show up for drinks,
so the nine sat down and had beers without him. But
when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something
important. They didn't have enough money between all
of them for even half of the bill!

And that, ladies and gentlemen, journalists and college
professors, is how our tax system works. The people
who pay the highest taxes get the most benefit from
a tax reduction. Tax them too much, attack them for
being wealthy, and they just may not show up anymore.

In fact, they might start drinking overseas where the
atmosphere is somewhat friendlier.

David R. Kamerschen, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics
University of Georgia

For those who understand, no explanation is needed.
For those who do not understand, no explanation is possible.

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    Re: Thank you from Senator Russ Feingold

    class act.

    On Nov 4, 1:46 pm, Tommy News <tommysn...@gmail.com> wrote:
    > From: "Russ Feingold, U.S. Senator" <campa...@russfeingold.org>
    >
    > Subject: Thank you
    >
    > Friends,
    >
    > Thank you. Thank you for your support over the years.
    > Representing Wisconsin in the Senate has been the greatest honor of my
    > life and together we accomplished many great things. No one has ever
    > had such a strong foundation of support as I have.  You gave me
    > my
    > backbone.
    >
    > In the words of Bob Dylan:  "But my heart is not weary.
    > It's light and free.  I've got nothing but affection for those
    > who have sailed with me."
    >
    > Forward!
    >
    > Thank you,
    >
    > Russ
    >
    > P.S. You can view my Election night remarks here.http://campaign.russfeingold.org/site/R?i=2cznI8-o_Aa9JXEF7vSnlw..
    >
    > Authorized and paid for by the Feingold Senate Committee | Daniel D.
    > Hannula, Superior, WI, Treasurer
    >
    > --
    > Together, we can change the world, one mind at a time.
    > Have a great day,
    > Tommy

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    Re: Might Is Right

    Certainly you can't mean the same Patriot Act passed by the Senate
    98-1 (the 1 just got canned) and reinstated by a democrat congress
    TWICE, 89-10.

    The one with warrantless wiretaps that Obama voted fto EXPAND, and is
    now ramping up the yin yang.

    I mean, no way democrats would support such a thing so
    OVERWHELMINGLY. Must be another one

    On Nov 4, 12:18 pm, MJ <micha...@america.net> wrote:
    > Might Is RightBy Paul Craig RobertsNovember 03, 2010 "Information Clearing House"-- In mylast column, Who Has The Crystal Ball, I questioned the existence of "the liberal media," and I remarked that it would be interesting to know the manufacturer of the full body scanners and the company's relationship to the US and Israeli governments.
    > Conservative readers wrote to me saying that, as I had not mentioned National Public Radio, I had hidden "the liberal media" under the table. Another reader, well informed on the subject, told me about the full body scanner company and its relationship to the US and Israeli governments.
    > Let's begin with the latter.
    > The full body scanners are manufactured by Rapiscan Systems, a firm represented by the Chertoff Group. The Chertoff Group is Michael Chertoff, a dual Israeli/US citizen appointed Secretary of Homeland Security in 2005 by Puppet President George W. Bush. The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) used Obama's economic stimulus, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, to purchase 150 Rapiscan machines. Much larger purchases are in the works.
    > Chertoff has been a federal judge on the US Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and a federal prosecutor who convicted and destroyed the Arthur Andersen accounting firm, apparently illegally as the conviction was overturned by the US Supreme Court. But, of  course, the firm and the careers of its employees were already destroyed by Chertoff.
    > Chertoff was also appointed Assistant Attorney General of the Department of Justice by George W. Bush. Chertoff supervised the 9/11 investigation or non-investigation.
    > Chertoff is also the co-author of the USA PATRIOT Act, a piece of fascist legislation that destroys American civil liberties.
    > Today Chertoff is using his government credentials to push full body scanners into American airports. A rights group, FlyersRights.org, has criticized Chertoff for abusing "the trust the public has placed in him as a former public servant to privately gain from the sale of full-body scanners."http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2010/01/02/group_slams_chertoff_on_scanner_promotion/ 
    > Chertoff's mother, Livia, was an El Al Airlines hostess and according to some a Mossad agent (see, for example,http://www.bollyn.com/michael-chertoffs-childhood-in-israel  ).
    > Now let's have a look at National Public Radio. Once upon a time NPR was an alternative voice. That voice was discarded during the Bush administration when Republican fundraiser Gay Hart Gaines was appointed by Dubya as vice chair for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Cheryl Feldman Halpern was appointed chair of the Corporation by Dubya, and Elizabeth Sembler was appointed by Dubya to the board of the corporation.
    > These women are certainly not liberals. Gaines is affiliated with right-wing and neoconservative organizations, such as the American Enterprise Institute, the Heritage Foundation and the National Review Institute. According to Common Cause, Gaines was "an ardent fundraiser for Newt Gingrich." http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Gay_Hart_Gaines 
    > Halpern is a Republican donor and a critic of NPR. Halpern has accused NPR of anti-Israel bias and said that public broadcasting journalists should be penalized for biased programs. Biased programs are those that don't fit Republican and AIPAC agendas. Halpern accompanied President George W. Bush to Jerusalem for the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Israeli state in May 2008. Halpern is a board member of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, a spin-off organization from AIPAC tasked with focusing primarily on influencing the US executive branch while AIPAC focuses on Congress. At her confirmation hearing, Halpern expressed her opinion that Public Broadcasting System's Bill Moyers was not objective and regretted that as chair of the corporation she lacked the authority to "remove physically somebody who had engaged in editorialization of the news."http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/14/AR2005071402099.html 
    > Sembler is director of Jewish Studies at the Jewish Day School in Clearwater, Florida. Her husband is CEO of the Sembler Company, a shopping center development firm.
    > The Corporation for Public Broadcasting board distributes federal funds to noncommercial radio and TV stations. It became clear to NPR that their funding was in question, and NPR deserted truth for money.
    > The Republican takeover was completed by an infusion of corporate money into NPR. Today the station has as many advertisements for corporate donors as a commercial station. It still pretends to be financed by listeners, but NPR is now part of the corporate media and sounds like the voice of Israel.
    > On November 2, NPR's news broadcast showed its new colors. Reporting on the 40-year sentence handed to Omar Khadr by a Gestapo military tribunal for "war crimes," NPR provided commentary from a widow of a US soldier killed in the firefight that captured the wounded 15-year old Khadr and by a retired US military officer. NPR did not provide any commentary by legal experts who have shown the "trial" to be a travesty of law.
    > Khadr was captured in wounded condition following a four-hour firefight in the Afghan village of Ayub Kheyl, which came under US attack. He was accused of throwing a hand grenade that fatally wounded a US soldier. It is impossible to know who threw a grenade during a firefight. Moreover, the use of lethal force in military encounters does not constitute a war crime.
    > Khadr was held for seven years in Guantanamo where he was tortured into confession. At his trial, his confession became a plea bargain.
    > What Khadr's trial was about is establishing that "enemy combatants" who resist US aggression are war criminals. The assumption is that only "terrorists" resist American invasion of their countries.
    > None of this information was revealed by the NPR report. Instead America's "alternative voice" was thoroughly neoconservative. NPR presented its listeners with the self-righteous celebration of the US soldier's widow, who, the Guardian reported (Nov. 2) "pumped her fist and cheered 'yes.' The widow said that now, finally, that justice was done she could get on with her life. NPR followed up with a retired US military officer, who said that Khadr's sentence was equivalent to freeing a murderer.
    > Khadr's prosecutor, Jeffrey Groharing, declared that Khadr's sentence "will send a message to Al-Qaeda and others whose aims and goals are to kill and cause chaos around the world." The irony in this assertion escaped the tamed NPR. The deaths that can be attributed to Al Qaeda are tiny in number compared to the deaths inflicted by gratuitous US and Israeli naked aggression against Muslims in Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine, Lebanon, Pakistan, Yeman, and Somalia. Groharing declared the 15-year old Khadr to have been "an accomplished terrorist" who committed the offense of resisting American aggression.
    > Now, really, what kind of idiot would interpret NPR's report as "the liberal media."
    > What message did Khadr's sentence send? To insouciant Americans only that finally a terrorist got his comeuppance despite the liberal media. To the rest of the world the message is: the US is a morally bankrupt, self-righteous country that believes that might is right. The American claim to world leadership is discredited.Paul Craig Roberts was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Reagan administration. He is coauthor of The Tyranny of Good Intentions.http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26740.htm

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    Thank you from Senator Russ Feingold

    From: "Russ Feingold, U.S. Senator" <campaign@russfeingold.org>

    Subject: Thank you


    Friends,

    Thank you. Thank you for your support over the years.
    Representing Wisconsin in the Senate has been the greatest honor of my
    life and together we accomplished many great things. No one has ever
    had such a strong foundation of support as I have. You gave me
    my
    backbone.

    In the words of Bob Dylan: "But my heart is not weary.
    It's light and free. I've got nothing but affection for those
    who have sailed with me."

    Forward!

    Thank you,

    Russ

    P.S. You can view my Election night remarks here.
    http://campaign.russfeingold.org/site/R?i=2cznI8-o_Aa9JXEF7vSnlw..

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    Re: Don’t Save Social Security

    I'm down with the repeal, so long as I can get my money back. 35
    years worth, I'll forgive the interest. I'm that kinda guy

    On Nov 4, 12:45 pm, MJ <micha...@america.net> wrote:
    > Don t Save Social Securityby Jacob G. Hornberger
    > Thursday, November 4, 2010
    > There s a website entitledSave Our Social Security. It issues the following scary, sinister, and ominous warning:
    > Powerful forces are gathering. They have prestige and wealth but they want more, and they want to take it from you. Their plan is to trick you into believing that Social Security is going broke. They say that the only cure is for you to give up what you ve earned after years of hard work. They disguise their greed as concern: concern for the nation, concern for the future, concern for you. Don t be fooled. They care only for themselves. They have plenty but they want more and if it makes you poor, too bad. These liars could do honest work but tricking you into surrendering your future is easier. Will Social Security be there when you need it? Not unless you fight for it.
    > All that is ridiculous!
    > For one thing, Social Security can always be there. After all, won t there always be young people who are working to make a living? Isn t that where the money comes from?
    > So what s the problem? All that people in their 60s and above have to do is have the government take more money from young people and redistribute it to the seniors. How can a system go broke when it depends entirely on taking money from working people?
    > Oh, you say that the money collected from young people might not be enough to fund the retirement lifestyle that the elderly would like to have? Well, then just impose higher taxes on young people. Just take more of their income from them.
    > What s the problem?
    > Oh, you say that the number of young people just isn t large enough to fund the senior s preferred retirement lifestyle? Then, just collect a bigger portion of their income. If necessary, go all the way up 95 percent taxes on their income.
    > What s the problem?
    > Oh, you say that working people might not like going home with only 5 percent of their income? Who cares what they don t like? They re just being greedy and hateful. They only care for themselves. They have plenty and they just want more. Yeah, your children, and their friends, and their generations are just a bunch of no-good liars who are trying to trick you into surrendering your nice Social Security payments.
    > All too many Americans simply do not wish to see the reality of Social Security. They ve lived all their lives under myths, illusions, and delusions, mostly self-imposed. And many of them get furious when you confront them with reality. It s easier to continue living under the myths, illusions, and delusions.
    > Reality: There is no Social Security fund. There never has been a fund. There never will be a fund. From the very beginning, Social Security has been just another socialistic welfare program, no different from food stamps or agricultural subsidies.
    > Reality: The government is not like a private business. It does not create wealth. It is also not a fountain of wealth. It does not have its own money. The only way it gets its money is by taking it away from people in the private sector.
    > Reality: Social Security is a straight, out-and-out, socialistic program. It s not a coincidence that the Social Security administration has a bust of Otto von Bismarckon its website. He was known as the Iron Chancellor of Germany. He got the idea of Social Security from German socialists and then introduced it into Germany s paternalistic, welfare-state way of life.
    > Reality: Social Security program is one of major factors that are heading America toward bankruptcy.
    > Reality: Young people are already having a terribly difficult time starting out in life, including buying a home and raising a family. Why in the world would any senior citizen desire to make life more difficult for young people, including their children and grandchildren and their friends by continuing to impose an enormous Social Security tax burden on them?
    > Seniors have the opportunity to do the right thing before they pass from this life. They have the opportunity to call for the repeal, not the saving, of Social Security. Many seniors don t need the money anyway. Some will have to continue working, which isn t necessarily a bad thing. In fact, imagine the economic prosperity and job creation that would result from ending the enormous Social Security tax burden. Others will have to depend on their children or others for help.
    > What s wrong with all that? Have Americans lost all their faith in the workings of a free society?
    > America s experiment with socialism (as well as its experiment with military empire) has failed. America s senior citizens should do the right thing and demand the repeal, not the reform, of Social Security. Repealing Social Security, the crown jewel of America s welfare state, would help lead America out of its statist morass and put our nation back on the road of economic liberty, free markets, prosperity, sound money, voluntary charity, and a constitutionally limited-government republic.http://www.fff.org/blog/jghblog2010-11-04.asp

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    Re: No Glenn....you're weird!

    Can't stand him either, but I'm pretty sure he can pee standing up.

    On Nov 4, 1:24 pm, Stephen Stink <not4ud...@yahoo.com> wrote:
    > Friday, October 29, 2010
    >
    > Eleutrophobia part 2
    >
    >         I was more scared than a Libertarian trespassing on a private beach
    > with a pack of guard dogs chasing him.  Well, not really scared.  I
    > know insanity and I know it well; my brother and sister had it.
    >         Back in the early 70's, I had a friendship with the "neighborhood
    > nut."  I did a couple of favors for him and he trusted me implicitly
    > from then on.  That is, until 1974 when he went off the deep end.  He
    > was a chain smoker and claimed he was a blood relative of Jesus
    > Christ. I knew that something was wrong with him, but couldn't
    > identify what it was.  One moment, he would be talking maniacally, and
    > then he'd go into a trance and be totally incommunicado the next.  It
    > was quite strange.  When he was talkative, he'd lecture me on
    > international conspiracies.  Mentally ill victims have a symptom
    > called Graphorrhea.  They are compelled into writing symbols, shapes,
    > charts, and words simultaneously while engaging in discussion.  They
    > believe that the world thinks like they do and by recording or
    > illustrating their points, those they are trying to impress can more
    > easily understand what they are saying.  This guy would get a pad of
    > blank paper and, while lecturing me, would draw on a blank page and
    > then show it to me.  (I was so glad he didn't use a chalkboard!)  He
    > would also enter into his President Nixon obsession.  Like many of my
    > contemporaries of the time, he hated Nixon.  But his hatred was
    > unhealthy.  He claimed that Nixon and the CIA were out to kill him!
    > Then, he would assume a character like that of a villain from the
    > "Batman" comics. Villains like "The Joker" or "The Riddler."  He
    > displayed this goofy, sarcastic demeanor so that, at the end of every
    > sentence, he would emit a feigned laugh.  He would say shit like,
    > "Nixon poo thinks he knows me!  Ha!  Yeah!  As if this room isn't
    > bugged!  Ha!  The government would never spy on its citizens.  Ha!
    > Nixon follows the law like a good boy!  Sure he does! Ha!"  He'd pace
    > around the room while eating something and then rant between gulps.  I
    > could never figure out why those with mental illness like to eat in
    > front of people.
    >         He liked to keep journals on strangers.  He thought that most
    > strangers were working for Nixon.  He kept one on the mailman.  If
    > anything about his mail appeared irregular, he'd be convinced that the
    > mailman had actually opened all of it and read its contents.  He
    > thought he would outsmart the CIA by addressing letters to himself and
    > then mailing them.  Well, in 1974 he accused me of being an agent of
    > Nixon!  Shortly thereafter, he was institutionalized and I never saw
    > him again.  Later, I talked to his mother and she told me he was
    > diagnosed with Paranoid Schizophrenia.  At the time, I didn't know
    > what meant.  Then, when members of my own family were afflicted with
    > the disease, I started doing research on mental illness.  Eventually,
    > I discovered that many celebrities had this illness.  Actresses like
    > Frances Farmer and Margot Kidder, among many others, suffered from
    > this disease.
    >         I've found that most mentally ill people are poverty stricken.
    > During the Reagan administration, thousands of mental patients were
    > pushed out into the street due to the closure of many government-run
    > hospitals as a result of cuts to tax-funded programs.   Schizophrenics
    > are high functioning people that often remain a part of society.  Some
    > are very creative and become rich and famous.  For some, this is a
    > fate worse than death in that they self-medicate by using drugs and
    > alcohol.  Others turn to religion.
    >         For some reason, many U.S. Americans view wealth as a direct result
    > of intelligence and God's blessings—regardless of the wealthy
    > individual's mental state.  They are then astonished when, on one
    > fateful day, a Schizophrenic has a psychotic episode and either kills
    > others and/or himself.  If the afflicted one is lucky, the police will
    > get to him/her before they do either.
    >         Often, I watch Glenn Beck on the Fox News channel.  At first, I
    > thought his was just a crummy act.  He has admitted on television that
    > he has Attention Deficit Disorder (A.D.D.).  This is a common brain
    > disorder that can be managed by drugs.  The more I watch his show, the
    > more I'm convinced that his is no act.  His behavior reminds me of the
    > symptoms my friend mentioned above had.  When Beck is in a low mood,
    > he gets histrionic and religious.  While in that state, he reminds me
    > of a Catholic giving a confession, however, his humility seems so
    > insincere.  When he gets manic, he acts like the villain, "The
    > Joker."  When he gets visibly paranoid, he starts to rant about George
    > Soros.  I know that defaming George Soros is part of the Right wing's
    > talking points, but Glenn acts like this old Holocaust survivor is out
    > to get him.  He refers to Soros as "The Spooky Dude."
    >         A lot of religious and political leaders have had mental illness--
    > from Adolph Hitler to The Reverend Jim Jones.  I think Glenn Beck
    > might be suffering from Bipolar Disorder, of which A.D.D. can be a
    > byproduct.  If Beck were to read this piece I've written, he might
    > think George Soros planted it!  Mental illness is no laughing matter.
    > If Beck is putting on an act, then shame on him for mocking mentally
    > ill people!
    >
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    Re: *? 2 ALL: DEMS LIKELY TO RETAIN SENATE, GOP TO OVERTAKE HOUSE - WHAT ARE YOUR COMMENTS?

    Maybe you shouldn't suffer mind numbing defeats after a census. Don't
    blame me pal. The dems blew it. HUGE.

    And the senate is a GIMME in 2012. You're outgunned 2.3 to 1. Be
    afraid;.

    On Nov 4, 11:48 am, MJ <micha...@america.net> wrote:
    > So the Republican wing of the Party Machine gets to gerrymander
    > districts in order to provide MORE Republican Socialists instead of
    > Democrat Socialists?
    > How -- exactly -- is this a Good Thing?
    >
    > Regard$,
    > --MJ
    >
    > We find two great gangs of political speculators, who alternately
    > take possession of the state power and exploit it by the most corrupt
    > ends -- the nation is powerless against these two great cartels of
    > politicians who are ostensibly its servants, but in reality dominate
    > and plunder it. -- Friedrich Engels
    >
    > At 10:01 AM 11/3/2010, you wrote:
    >
    >
    >
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    Re: 2010 Mid-Terms: Only 29% Consent to be Governed by the 112th US Congress

    90 million Americans voted in the 2010 mid-term congressional
    elections. 220 million didn't.
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    You're not so good at math are ya. That would, in fact, be every man
    woman and child in the country.

    Bigger turnout than in 06 when the dems won. You negating that
    election too?

    I didn't think so.

    All too easy.

    On Nov 4, 12:05 pm, MJ <micha...@america.net> wrote:
    > It has become rather apparent that you have no interest beyond
    > spewing nonsensical fallacy while continuing to remove all doubt
    > anyone may have had.
    >
    > That the US Government restricts who may vote is hardly relevant
    > since it will RULE everyone.  Additionally, the author notes that 54%
    > of those who have obtained the Government's permission TO vote
    > said NONE OF THE ABOVE.
    >
    > Hair wafting yet again.
    >
    > Regard$,
    > --MJ
    >
    > Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance
    > and conscientious stupidity.   -- Martin Luther King, Jr
    >
    > At 11:22 AM 11/4/2010, you wrote:
    >
    >
    >
    > >90 million Americans voted in the 2010 mid-term congressional
    > >elections. 220 million didn't.
    > >-----------------------------------------------------
    >
    > >Newsflash - We do not allow every man, woman and child to vote.  Duh!
    >
    > >Turnout was MUCH higher Tuesday than in the 06 midterms, when the dems
    > >won.  Where was this idiot Knapp then?
    >
    > >Its a rhetorical question.  We know
    >
    > >On Nov 4, 11:09 am, MJ <micha...@america.net> wrote:
    > > > "A majority of those who could have voted
    > > refused to. A supermajority either chose not to
    > > vote or weren't allowed to vote," says Knapp.
    > > "Yet for the next two years, that politician
    > > will claim to 'represent,' and to possess
    > > legitimate authority to rule, all of them."2010
    > > Mid-Terms: Only 29% Consent to be Governed by
    > > the 112th US Congress90 million Americans voted
    > > in the 2010 mid-term congressional elections.
    > > 220 million didn't. So much for the consent of
    > > the governed.FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEPRLog (Press
    > > Release)­Nov 04, 2010­ According to the
    > > Associated Press, 90 million Americans -- only
    > > 42% of registered voters -- pulled the lever
    > > for a congressional candidate on Tuesday.
    > > That's just a hair under 29% of the US population of 310.6 million.
    > > > "So much for the consent of the governed,"
    > > says Thomas L. Knapp of the X2012 Project
    > > (http://x2012.us). "In a typical district, the
    > > next US Representative was chosen by, at most,
    > > one out of four or five registered voters and
    > > less than one in six of his or her alleged constituents."
    > > > "A majority of those who could have voted
    > > refused to. A supermajority either chose not to
    > > vote or weren't allowed to vote," says Knapp.
    > > "Yet for the next two years, that politician
    > > will claim to 'represent,' and to possess
    > > legitimate authority to rule, all of them."
    > > > The X2012 Project aims to put the lie to
    > > those claims. Launched as the polls closed on
    > > Tuesday evening, X2012 is a "branding campaign"
    > > which allows non-voters to dispute the
    > > conventional wisdom that their abstention is
    > > rooted in apathy or that it constitutes
    > > implicit consent to the existing system of
    > > government. By the time 2012 rolls around, the
    > > project hopes to have millions of non-voters on the record as non-consenting.
    > > > A July Rasmussen poll found that only 23% of
    > > Americans believe the US government functions
    > > with "the consent of the governed" -- the
    > > criterion of legitimacy set forth by America's
    > > founders in the Declaration of Independence.
    > > > "Thomas Jefferson didn't say 'a majority of
    > > the governed,'" says Knapp. "Even a significant
    > > minority of dissenters calls the legitimacy of
    > > a government into question. Some estimates say
    > > that fewer than one third of Americans
    > > supported the Revolution at its beginning.
    > > We've got a better case against John Boehner,
    > > Harry Reid and Barack Obama than Tom Paine had against George III."
    > > > # # #
    > > > The mission of The 2012 Project is to provide
    > > a popular/identifiable brand for, facilitate
    > > media coverage of, and support grassroots
    > > activism toward, a boycott of the 2012 US general election.http://bit.ly/ahdbqn
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