ButAsForMe 

Video

Today’s Court Jester An Example Of Societal Insensitivity

December 30, 2011

When is a joke, not funny?  When it comes at the expense of vulnerable children and adults and perpetuates a prejudicial stereotype.  Comedienne Sarah Silverman crossed that line  for the price of a laugh when recently she opened her act  with what she obviously thought was a clever remark, but was more sardonic and bordered on crude and [...]

Tagged as: comedienne sarah silverman faux pas, entitlement generation, not so funny, societal insensitivity, u.s. demise

Read the full article →

Merry Christmas Begins With ‘ME’

November 29, 2011

Wall Street rallied on Monday coming off a Thanksgiving Week debacle not seen since the Great Depression and the media asks if the increases in retail on Black Friday and Cyber Monday indicate a change in consumer confidence and a upward swing of the U.S. economy that is 70% driven by consumer spending.  Hold on, [...]

Tagged as: Black Friday, Charlie Rose, consumer confidence, consumer spending, cyber monday, David Brooks, frugal fatigue, narcissism and overspending, Wall Street

Read the full article →

Plain Speaking Jesse Ventura Stands With Occupy Wall Street (VIDEO)

October 13, 2011

Joining the Occupy Wall Street in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota this week former Gov. Jesse Ventura (I-MN) quoted John Adams that “The United States would be destroyed not from a force without, but from within when political parties would takeover the government.” Warning that the country has been hijacked by the crooks and conspirators who run [...]

Tagged as: Former Governor lashes out at crooks and conspirators on Wall Street, Hijacking America, Jess Ventura Joins Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Wall Street Goes MidWest, Republicans and Democrats bought off

Read the full article →

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

Read the full article →

On The Brink: Dow Drops 500 (VIDEO)

August 4, 2011

The Dow dropped 500+ points today on the heels of the recent debt ceiling deal struck between the Obama White House and Republican controlled House.  Yesterday, on the PBS News Hour, David King, lecturer Harvard and Beverly Gage , Presidential Historian, Yale, suggest that this  recent crisis is another example of increased polarization since 1970 [...]

Tagged as: Beverly Gage Yale, David King Harvard, Dow Falls 500, MarketWatch, Obama Failed Opportunity 2009, pbs, U.S. Crisis of Conscience, U.S. government sustainable?, U.S. Second Civil War?

Read the full article →

Egyptian Student Revolutionists See Obama ‘Good On Words, Poor On Action’! (VIDEOS)

May 23, 2011

With the military still in control of the government Mubarak anti-democracy policies remain intact.  Increase calls for reform seemingly remain unheard by the provisional government, and despite President Obama’s recent “Arab Spring’ speech, U.S. Foreign Policy is still playing catch-up.  See the entire interview by CNN’s Fareek Zakaria for GPS of four student leaders who participated in the [...]

Tagged as: CNN, Egypt, Egypt Military, Energy, Fareek Zakaria, Mubarak, Obama's Arab Spring Speech, Saudi Arabia, U.S. Foreign Policy

Read the full article →

The Donald Opines On China, The Economy, Outsourcing and Charlie Sheen (Video Part 1 & 2)

March 28, 2011

David Letterman interviewed Donald Trump on Late Night this past month and viewers got a good look at a possible GOP Candidate for President.  Click Here To See Part 1 of Interview→         ←Click  HereTo See Part 2 of Interview  

Tagged as: 2012 Republican Candidates for President, Charlie Sheen, David Letterman, Donald Trump, Late Night, NAFTA, outsourcing, unemployment

Read the full article →

Obama In Quandary, Refers to Libya as ‘Turd Sandwich’ (VIDEO)

March 27, 2011

Panelist and NBC White House correspondent Savannah Guthrie on Meet The Press earlier today reported that President Obama in a meeting called the military action in Libya a “turd sandwich,’ indicative of Obama’s ambivalence on employing U.S. force in Libya.  Watch the entire video here→

Tagged as: arab spring, bdob woodwar, civil war in libya, gadhafi, gates, Hillary Clinton, libya, no fly zone, obama's reluctance in middle east, savannah guthrie, ted koppel, tom ricks, u.s intervention, U.S. Foreign Policy, u.s. foreign policy in middle east

Read the full article →

German-New York Stock Exchange Takeover (VIDEO)

March 24, 2011

The very symbol of American capitalism — the New York Stock Exchange — is being taken over by a German company. Foreign entities want a piece of America. More specifically, foreign entities are refusing to stand idle while we collapse the dollar. In their view, it is more responsible to buy tangible American assets with the dollars they [...]

Tagged as: Europeans To Control U.S. Investments?, German Take Over of Wall Street, New York Stock Exchange Takeover, Portugal Faces Insolvency

Read the full article →

Japan’s Radiation Could Hit U.S. (VIDEO)

March 14, 2011

I’m glad I’m not on the West Coast! If the nuclear situation in Japan stops right now; we may have a category ’4′ nuclear event. However; If it continues, we may have a serious accident. The next 24 hours will tell us if a meltdown of large scale will happen. If a large meltdown does occur, [...]

Tagged as: Category 4 Nuclear Event, Exposure to Radiation from Japan's Meltdown, Global Impact of Japan's Nuclear Meltdown, Japan's Nuclear Plants, Japan's Radiation, Jet Stream and Radiation, West Coast Facing Possible Radiation From Japan

Read the full article →

The Sins Of The Father…

February 28, 2011

One of the highlight events in last night’s Oscars was the awarding of the best documentary to Inside Job based on the 2008 economic meltdown.  The film’s director, Charles Ferguson, did a reality check for the country in his acceptance speech when he pointed out that: “…three years after a horrific financial crisis caused by [...]

Tagged as: 2008 economic meltdown, 2011 best videos, 2011 Oscars, Academy Awards, Best Documentary 2011, Charles Ferguson, corporate greed, Inside Job, Matt Damon, TARP, Wall Street

Read the full article →

← Previous Entries