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Romney May Win The Battle For The GOP Nomination, But Lose The War For The Presidency

January 15, 2012

Baggage, that’s the operative word in the primary race between Gingrich and  Romney.  Both candidates have baggage that in this year of a populist wave from the weary and shrinking middle class will not appeal to the Democrats won over by Reagan in 1980, nor Independents. Ron Paul won’t gain the nomination because of his [...]

Tagged as: 2012 Primary, Jesse Ventura, jon Huntsman, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Obama and General Election, Reformed Liberal, Rick Perry, Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, Rundown of GOP Candiates In 2012 GOP Primary, Rundown of GOP Candidates Chances To Defeat Obama, Third Party

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Occupy Wall Street Proposed Agenda #3: Term Limits Necessary To Rid System Of Career Politicians

November 23, 2011

The idea of citizen legislator is fundamental to our democracy, but has been slowly circumvented since the early 1980′s.  Many worthy candidates have been dissuaded from running because of the emergence of one issue PAC groups.  The result has been a disproportionate amount of true believers, on both the right and left, with the more [...]

Tagged as: Loss of Moderates In Government & Resulting Gridlock, Occupy Wall Street, PAC Groups, Political Movements and necessity to put words into action, proposed agenda for occupy wall street, Reformed Liberal

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Proposed Agenda For Occupy Wall Street #2: Lifetime Ban On Elected Officials & Their Staff From Being Employed As Lobbyists

November 21, 2011

The most notorious lobbyist in recent memory Jack Abramoff who had over 100 congressional representatives and senators in his back pocket and wielded power and influence unchecked for so many years has admitted the only sure fire way to limit lobbyist influence is to limit the career choices of elected officials after leaving office–put simply [...]

Tagged as: cleaning up washington d.c. one wrong at a time, jack abramoff, lifetime ban on elected officials and staff as lobbyists, lobbyists, Obama, Occupy Wall Street Rally, proposed agenda for occupy wall street, tax loopholes and post congressional careers, tax rates favor wealthy

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First Order of Business For Occupy Wall Street: Passage of H.R. 1148 The Stock Act

November 13, 2011

CBS 60 Minutes tonight exposed the insider trading going on within the sacred halls of Congress.  ReporterSteve Kroft exposed the inside information that many elected officials are privy to and act upon for personal financial benefit.  Although not necessarily illegal by congressional act, acting upon information for personal gain represents at the least a conflict [...]

Tagged as: Congressional Insider Trading, H.R. 1148, Occupy Wall Street Agenda, S.E.C., The Stock Act

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Brilliant Cartoon: The March of Tyranny

November 12, 2011

Ben Garrison on the web http://grrrgraphics.wordpress.com/ and http://www.grrrgraphics.com/

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Jobs Report Indicates Stalled Economy

November 4, 2011

In the midst of reports of the rapid decline of the middle class, the October jobs report gives little comfort as the U.S.  economy continues to sputter and stall.  Forget the spin doctors, the 80,000 hiring gains is abysmally less than the 250,000 needed to turn around an economy that has lost 8 million jobs.  [...]

Tagged as: ecolnomy stutters and stalls, GOP, no way to spin lackluster jobs report, Obama, October 2011 jobs report, Reformed Liberal, unemployment at 9%

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How We Got Here–The Making Of An Economic Disaster Series: #2 Housing

October 17, 2011

From the Duluth News Tribune Thursday, May 14 1998 Buying Homes Easier ‘Buying a moderately priced home in the Duluth (MN) area is within the reach of many people who don’t think they make enough money to qualify for a mortgage,  according to local experts.  The Minnesota State Office of the U.S. Department of Housing [...]

Tagged as: Bank of America, BofA, Chain of Blame, Countrywide Financial Corp, derivatives and bundling, Fannie May, How We Got Here: The Making Of An Economic Disaster Series, James "Jim" Johnson, James "Jim" Johnson Fannie May, Obama, Occupy Wall Street protest, Perseus LLC, Perseus LLC & Soros, Reckless Endangerment, Soros, The Making Of An Economic Disaster Series #2 Housing

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A Lonely Nation…

October 11, 2011

“Sitting on a sofa on a Sunday afternoon. Going to the candidate’s debate. Laugh about it, shout about it When you’ve got to choose Every way you look at this you lose. Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio, Our nation turns it’s lonely eyes to you. What’s that you say, Mrs. Robinson. Joltin’ Joe has [...]

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‘Fire, Indict, Fight’

September 20, 2011

James Carville, noted Democratic operative, on CNN last week advised the White House that the time to panic has come and a plan of action is needed. Here is my take on  what Carville suggested as a complete change of direction for the Obama Administration: Firing–a lot of somebodies in order to rid the present [...]

Tagged as: CNN, Fight for Democratic Agenda, Fire White House Advisors, Indict 2008 financial scammers, James Carville, Reformed Liberal, Wall Street, White House Should Panic

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Finally Obama Shows Fire In The Belly! (VIDEO)

September 8, 2011

In the midst of rumors of a possible 9/11 Al Qaeda threat from Pakistan, President Obama asked the Congress tonight to “Pass (his) American Jobs  Act,” as a necessary step to get the economy moving by reforming regulations and hiring incentives  especially for small businesses, and a larger payroll tax cut as a relief measure [...]

Tagged as: Obama Addresses Congress On American Jobs Act, Obama Jobs Plan, Obama Shows Fire In The Belly, Reformed Liberal, The Grauntlet Has Been Thrown Down By Obama, Threat of Al Qaeda as 9/11 Approaches, Video and Transcript of Obama's Address To Congress

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Recovery–The Big Lie!

August 19, 2011

There was never a recovery–at least in the U.S. With 50% of this nation’s companies invested overseas, Wall Street numbers have reflected gains not in the U.S., but in China and elsewhere.  Now with the EU’s southern nations tanking and Germany and France’s unwillingness to ease that situation (they obviously have forgotten the lesson of [...]

Tagged as: Dow, Economic Depression, economic recovery, EU Bank Notes, European Union, Financial Markets roller coaster, France, germany, Market Correction, Wall Street, Wealthy

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