I told you long ago that Obama was W II (the third and now fourth term of George W Bush policies). Very little has changed, except that Americans (especially black ones) think that his color makes him some sort of Messiah. I have said many times that he is whiter than I am, meaning that he is acting black, but serving the interests of whitesJews. And only the uninformed can really argue that point, as Luke points out in one of his latest videos:
Luke Rudkowski hits the streets of NYC to find out where Obama supporters really stand on his policies. Now he did this in an underhanded way where the policies where presented to be Romney’s, but this was only done to get an honest opinion. The reactions when the truth was uncovered varied but they were very telling to say the least.
Of course Luke won’t tell you about the Jewish connection, but the point is that every one of those he interviewed show their total ignorance when it comes to Obama’s policies. The Obama Brand has done a great job of lying people into believing a load of bullshit that simply perpetuates the Empire and direction towards American financial serfdom.
After his “win” in this past sElection, he now work to implement the final austerity goals that Steve Lendman (quoting Bill Black) lays out as “forced-fed austerity“:
Force-fed austerity assures the worst of hard times. It’s responsible for what Black calls “the four horsemen of the economic apocalypse:”
- economic decline;
- job cuts and greater unemployment;
- increased deficits and debt; and
- destruction of safety net protections.
They want your retirement. They want your healthcare. They want your Social Security. They want your property. They want your savings.
They want to control it all.
And when I say “Wall Street”, I mean what Lendman, nor Black will say out loud… Jews and their parasitic lackeys.
The goal is to take this country down to third world status, where the very rich prosper and the poor barely sustain a miserable existence the best we can. Enough pain felt, for long enough, and us poor ole rednecks will beg them to bring the work back, at slave wage levels, just to feed out kids and care for our sickly old folks, since SSI is going to be privatized (continuing W’s wet dream).
Bill Black explains it very well in his Real News interview:
Bill Black: A group of Democrats called “The Third Way” are working with President Obama towards the “grand betrayal” on social security
The “unholy grail of Wall Street” is the privatization of the SSI safety net, which so many idiots believe is a good thing. But how can it be good? When has anything that they privatized end up being the best solution? It only steals from you by costing you far more, introducing middle men who scam you and install systems that force horrendous requirements to sustain their profit motives (think privatized prisons or military).
SSI is a very well run institution with little overhead. Any supposed shortfalls are simply because the damned government has stolen the money with no intention of giving it back. But the dumb ass republican sycophants believe the hog wash that the government tells them… believing that it is unsustainable, without ever asking their favorite reTHUGlican Congressman/Senator where the money went to begin with.
And don’t think that demoRATs aren’t complicit… they work together for the same goal, for they serve the same Wall Street Jews and sycophants:
Combined ["the four horsemen of the economic apocalypse"] assures third world status. Black said Obama prioritizes it. We’re forewarned but does it matter? Few Americans understand what’s coming.
Grand bargain betrayal is planned. It’s come in stages like boiling a frog. It doesn’t know it’s dinner until too late.
Social America is on the chopping block for elimination. It’s been happening incrementally for decades. Democrats are in league with Republicans. Their agenda assures intolerable pain and suffering for ordinary people.
These criminals are about to make life in America very hard for the poor. SSI is to be butchered, Medicare and Medicaid to be butchered, Food Stamps to be butchered… They are at the cusp of major changes to your already weakened quality of life. Both “parties” are complicit. Dumb Americans are complicit.
You are about to go the way of Greece, but here in America, we don’t even have a clue, even though we have already experienced huge losses in money and quality of life. And the accelerated changes are coming very soon. Mr Lendman writes:
From now through yearend, four major issues must be resolved:
(1) extending the 2% payroll tax deduction another year. In fact, it’s a stealth drain of hundreds of billions of dollars from Social Security’s Trust Fund reserves.
Revenue already lost irreparably weakened its ability to pay future benefits. Lose more and the entire program may be lost. Privatization assures it.
Obama fully concurs on driving a stake through the heart of Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and public pensions. He’s no progressive. He’s a corporatist hardliner. He never would have become president otherwise. Populists needn’t apply.
(2) extending expiring unemployment benefits for millions of laid off workers.
(3) another one-year Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT) fix.
(4) delaying the 29% cut in doctors fees for serving Medicare patients.
Expect Republicans to drive a hard bargain like they always do. Democrats pretend they care. In fact, they’ve already sold out. Obama’s reelection hinged on it.
He talks tough, then caves at the 11th hour. He did repeatedly throughout his first term. Both parties are in lockstep on defending privilege.
People needs don’t matter. It’s part of a longstanding plan to third worldize America. Safety net protection is someone else’s problem.
On November 6, Bill Black discussed what’s coming. His article headlined “Wall Street Urges Obama to Commit the Great Betrayal,” saying:
Top domestic policy is eroding safety net protections en route to eliminating them altogether.
“Only a Democrat can make it politically safe for Republicans who hate the safety net to unravel it (a process that would occur over a number of years) by legitimizing the claim that (it) must be cut.”
Obama was hand-picked to do it. “Wall Street’s unholy grail (is) privatizing Social Security.”
Doing so will let financial predators “charge tens of billions of dollars in fees annually and the banks that administered the privatized program would be systemically dangerous institutions (SDIs) because the consequences of allowing bank failures to cause tens of millions of Americans to lose their retirement savings would require either that all such deposits be federally insured or that the failing banks be bailed out by the federal government.”
“Privatization, therefore, is a convenient fiction. The banks’ profits will be privatized. Any catastrophic losses will be borne by the public.”
The Big Lie claims no acceptable alternative exists. Safety net cuts must be imposed. Obama’s sharpened knife is a dagger at the heart of what matters most to ordinary people. Their welfare, security and futures are up for grabs. They’re being destroyed in plain sight.
h/t The Real News & Steve Lendman’s Blog
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I have warned you multiple times about Paulsterity. I told you that it didn’t matter whether or not it was Ron Paul or Paul Ryan’s plan, or whether or not the liar-in-chief, Obama, wins another term, Austerity is coming. I have warned you that it doesn’t matter which of the two complicit duopolistic parties win, the end result will be hurting poor folks at the expense of the rich getting richer (why do you think they give all this money to the elections in the first place: because they “love America”?).
Morons.

Image found at http://contemporarycondition.blogspot.com/2012/03/science-and-ethics-of-austerity-lessons.html
They give all that money because they want something in return. They want to control the money (and control it right into their own pockets). They will do so by attacking the social network while NOW is the time to keep their greedy fingers off of it. Now, the worst financial situation this country has ever found herself in is a result of privatization which simply makes those who can afford to buy even richer at your expense.
I mentioned a friend’s unwavering dedication to Romney and the Republicans, mainly because he thinks Obama is a communist and Romney is a Capitalist (indicating that he would be better than Obama). I insisted that on the issues that matter, disregarding the propaganda of Rush Limbaugh (he did use him as an example), they are the same, and that they are both bad for this country.
In a passing comment about Romney vs Obama, I wrote:
As for preferring Romney over Obama… one is just as evil as the other. Both are corrupt, as are both parties. Both serve Israel’s interests (Romney will probably be much worse than Obama, as a matter of fact).
To me, my concern isn’t about which person or party wins, for we all lose with either one.
He countered:
Sorry B’Man, can’t agree with much of what you say below. Your belief that Romney and Obama are the same is simply wrong, and I’m very sad that you think this way. Obama is a communist, plain and simple, and his communist roots and education are plain for all to see. Romney is a successful capitalist and a decent man. Are saying communism is morally equal to capitalism? If so, you couldn’t be more wrong and I would hardly know where to start in convincing you otherwise. How about this: Do you want this country to look like Cuba, Russia, or China?
You see, he immediately went for at least one of the Seventeen Techniques For Truth Suppression.
I had to explain, again, that the system is corrupt (I used the word “evil”) and had to bring out my tired old motto:
My motto is “Ne’er an R or D Again”.
The two party paradigm has grabbed you. I am sorry that you don’t understand what I’m saying. You have lived much longer than I and surely have experienced the ping pong effect. One election year is the lesser of two evils. The next election year, it is the other lesser of two evils. I assume you understand evil. Evil is evil. Period.
The debates are controlled by those two parties. Big Money controls both parties. It is obvious simply by following where they put their money in each election cycle (Opensecrets.org).
Obama is evil. Romney is evil. The system is evil.
And this is the mindset that keeps us in bondage to Big Money. An undying allegiance to one of the two dominating evil parties. A lack of discernment, both politically and spiritually. A trust in one’s favorite “lesser of two evils” and the total abandonment of sanity and/or clear thinking. A purposeful dedication to an evil, corrupt system that is blatantly obvious to any open-minded, sane person.
DCDave sent me a link this morning to The Activist Post (I have been a long time subscriber to their site and must have forgotten this comparison of the two evil, lying characters running for POTUS. They write that there are “40 Points That Prove That Barack Obama and Mitt Romney Are Essentially The Same Candidate‘:
1. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney both supported TARP.
2. Mitt Romney supported Barack Obama’s “economic stimulus” packages.
3. Mitt Romney says that Barack Obama’s bailout of the auto industry was actually his idea.
4. Neither candidate supports immediately balancing the federal budget.
5. They both believe in big government and they both have a track record of being big spenders while in office.
6. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney both fully support the Federal Reserve.
7. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney are both on record as saying that the president should not question the “independence” of the Federal Reserve.
8. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney have both said that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke did a good job during the last financial crisis.
9. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney both felt that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke deserved to be renominated to a second term.
10. Both candidates oppose a full audit of the Federal Reserve.
11. Both candidates are on record as saying that U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has done a good job.
12. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney have both been big promoters of universal health care.
13. Mitt Romney was the one who developed the plan that Obamacare was later based upon.
14. Wall Street absolutely showers both candidates with campaign contributions.
15. Neither candidate wants to eliminate the income tax or the IRS.
16. Both candidates want to keep personal income tax rates at the exact same levels for the vast majority of Americans.
17. Both candidates are “open” to the idea of imposing a Value Added Tax on the American people.
18. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney both believe that the TSA is doing a great job.
19. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney both supported the NDAA.
20. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney both supported the renewal of the USA PATRIOT Act.
21. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney both believe that the federal government should be able to indefinitely detain American citizens that are considered to be terrorists.
22. Both candidates believe that American citizens suspected of being terrorists can be killed by the president without a trial.
23. Barack Obama has not closed Guantanamo Bay like he promised to do, and Mitt Romney actually wants to double the number of prisoners held there.
24. Both candidates support the practice of “extraordinary rendition”.
25. They both support the job-killing “free trade” agenda of the global elite.
26. They both accuse each other of shipping jobs out of the country and both of them are right.
27. Both candidates are extremely soft on illegal immigration.
28. Neither candidate has any military experience. This is the first time that this has happened in a U.S. election since 1944.
29. Both candidates earned a degree from Harvard University.
30. They both believe in the theory of man-made global warming.
31. Mitt Romney has said that he will support a “cap and trade” carbon tax scheme (like the one Barack Obama wants) as long as the entire globe goes along with it.
32. Both candidates have a very long record of supporting strict gun control measures.
33. Both candidates have been pro-abortion most of their careers. Mitt Romney’s “conversion” to the pro-life cause has been questioned by many. In fact, Mitt Romney has made millions on Bain Capital’s investment in a company called “Stericycle” that incinerates aborted babies collected from family planning clinics.34. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney both believe that the Boy Scout ban on openly gay troop leaders is wrong.
35. They both believe that a “two state solution” will bring lasting peace between the Palestinians and Israel.
36. Both candidates have a history of nominating extremely liberal judges.
37. Like Barack Obama, Mitt Romney also plans to add “signing statements” to bills when he signs them into law.
38. They both have a horrible record when it comes to job creation.
39. Both candidates believe that the president has the power to take the country to war without getting the approval of the U.S. Congress.
40. Both candidates plan to continue running up more government debt even though the U.S. government is already 16 trillion dollars in debt.
I am not saying that I agree with every point (for instance, I don’t see number 12 being correct… neither want “universal healthcare”, what they want is to privatize the system and continue feeding the beast that is draining the system, Health Insurance… NOT the same thing. Nor is ObamaCare “universal healthcare”… #13). But, by and large, most are an accurate comparison.
It truly boils down to Big Money and austerity measures to keep afloat the very ones that have wrecked our economy, at YOUR and my (and our children for generations to come) expense. They truly desire to create a third world country where the few ultra-rich dominate the millions of us poor folk.
A vote for Romney is a vote for Paulsterity (Paul Ryan’s Plan).
A vote for Obama is also Paulsterity (or the Great Bargain).
The insanity (or stupid allegiance, whatever) to continuing the support of either “Party” or the bought and paid for candidates that the bogus media has brainwashed you with, is not only horrific for me and my family, but it is equally bad for your family. Its time you get your heads out of your butts and see what’s going on.
One could simply not vote (and if enough were to stay away, in protest, perhaps it would send a message). But there is another way, if enough people got on board, and that is to vote for ANYONE else that is unassociated with an R or D (reTHUGlican or demoRAT).

A poster promoting the virtues of austerity. But who really benefits? Photo: Flickr Creative Commons
There are some third party or independent candidates running, personally, I am voting for Merlin Miller (will write him in, if he is not on the ballot). At least he is not afraid to call out the best reason we are falling apart as a country.
At least then, we would easily be able to see the obvious election manipulation that will permeate the corrupt voting machines as Dr Paul Craig Roberts highlights in today’s post at his site.
You will finally recognize that next year, when they cut your Social Security, Food Stamps, Medicare/Medicaid… when you see the poor people begin to starve and/or get sick and die because you didn’t have the sense or discernment to see what is obviously coming… when you will be the one that suffers burdens to take care of your elderly mother, because they are taking away the safety net that all of us poor rednecks have piad for all of our lives… when they complete the cycle of theft, by taking your savings because there is no interest paid on the meager money you do have left… when the final condition will be them taking your home because you cannot afford the taxes…
THEN and only then will the brain-dead, political sycophantic fools FINALLY realize that dumb ole redneck, B’Man, warned you to the best of his ability.
But then it will be too late.
Morons.
h/t DCDave, The Real News, Paul Craig Roberts, and Activist Post
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“Everything being equal, unless we stop it, what will happen is there will be a ‘grand bargain’ after the election in which the White House and some Democrats will sit down with Republicans, they will move to a chained CPI.”
~ Sen Bernie Sanders
If you read here, you realize that the “fix” is in. No matter if its Romney or Obama, austerity comes. Obama’s normal tendency is to lie with abandon, slick smile and all, and then do exactly what he says he will not do. Truly psychopathic, if there ever was one.
He is now eluding to Paulsterity (The Paul Ryan Plan to cut “entitlements”, while boosting military and killing budgets), as if he will NOT cut those benefits.
And sadly, like the woman in this video (I believe she is acting), the country believes that Obama is looking out for her. He isn’t. Stop fooling yourself.
I have a friend who is dependent upon Social Security to make ends meet. I know MANY older people who might not be alive if it weren’t for SSI benefits and Medicare. I certainly know more than a few children that would go hungry every day, if it weren’t for the measly amount in Food Stamps that they get.
What is about to happen right after the election is going to be devastating for many of us, including old folks and poor kids. But if you think you are immune because you happen to work for one of the corporations that thrive from screwing the others in this country (Big Meds, Big Insurance, Big Military, Big Prison, Big Food, or Big Government… just to name a few), I can assure you that your time is coming.
And, if I may, you Obama Maniacs are seriously deluded to believe a single word that man utters.
Obama’s entire method of governing depends on duplicity, deception, and dissembling. At the same time, he is not entirely secretive about his preference for brutal cuts, and does signal from time to time more or less what he intends to do. But many Americans, stupefied by spectator sports and “reality” television, are too estranged from reality to understand what is happening.
If you had any sense (and a scrotum), you would speak up and do something. Maybe not because you have any semblance of compassion for others, or any feigned attempt at morality or Christ-like values, but because you are slowly realizing that what you are seeing in Europe is but a couple months away from happening here and soon, your privileged kids will see how hard it is (a life lesson hard-learned, no doubt) to carry on with the lie that is American politics.
I’ve been trying my best to grab you by the shirt collar and figuratively shake some sense into you. I suppose it will take the loss of that cushy job and the pain of seeing your own parents and children suffer before you realize how selfish and stupid you have been.
Worse, tho, are the black folk I know that cling to some Savior image of Obama. Many now admit that they voted for him cause he’s black (like the lady in the video). And when addressed (like Joe Cortina did), they obviously don’t know what a total and complete liar he is, they believe him to be the opposite of what he truly is.
It was time to set the hook and reel in the catch. I responded: ” And I’ll bet you have a respect for the lives of children and might even be a Christian”. She smiled and proudly stated that she was indeed a follower of the Lord and that babies’ lives were sacred to her. I purposely look puzzled and asked her: “Ma-am – it is not my business of course but I am now curious – as to why you voted for Obama – I mean what was the most important reason?”
She looked pensive for a moment then smiled again and said: “I guess to be honest – it was he be a black man”.
NOW I ‘set the hook and dropped the bomb. Ma-am – I’m confused – you said you loved the lord and little babies – did you know that Mr. Obama not ONLY voted against a bill to save children but sponsored a law that any child who survived one of those horrible partial birth abortions – was to be killed anyway” – which was of course 100% true.Her face changed from a smile to a look of puzzlement and almost fear. I quickly added : OH my God – you didn’t know that? Certainly as an a responsible adult you must have taken time to find out WHO he REALLY was and WHAT he REALLY stands for – didn’t you? -I asked almost pleadingly.
No, apparently, just the fact that he is black is enough. It doesn’t matter that he lies and murders with abandon.
h/t don lucas for the video
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We have two noggins today:
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I have been writing about a “Not-for-profit” healthcare system (a single payer system) for years. I have shown many countries that have such systems. I have shown that they live longer, have a better quality of life, don’t go bankrupt over medical issues, have fewer dead babies, and actually see the doctors more, but are much more healthy, while spending a fraction per individual than Americans do. How can we be so stupid? How can we NOT want what these other countries (we are somewhere around Number 45 in healthcare in the world… we were once Number 2 or 3) have for their citizens?
My guess is that the answer is that most of us are too stupid to understand what I am writing about. You fall for the two party lies. You fall for the MSM’s lies. You actually like and want corporations dominating you and your life. In other words, as much as Dr. Robert S. Dotson seems to indicate that the problem is the 545 elected congress maniacs, in all actuality the problem is us. Until the current system collapses (and it will, just how long it will take is the question) his recommendations are pertinent:
In a perfect world, it is my opinion that we should have some form of single payer healthcare system and divorce ourselves from corporate medicine. In my opinion, this will not happen without the complete collapse of the present system. Since that is unlikely to occur before more seasons of national election fraud are imposed on us, a few “in-the-meantime” suggestions follow:
Avoid contact with the existing health care system as far as possible. Yes, emergencies arise that require the help of physicians, but by and large one can learn to care for one’s own minor issues. Though it is flawed, the internet has been an information leveler for the masses and permits each person to be his or her own physician to a large degree. Take advantage of it! Educate yourself about your own body and learn to fuel and maintain it as you would an expensive auto or a pet poodle. One does not need a medical degree to:
1. avoid excessive use of tobacco or alcohol or, for that matter, caffeine;
2. avoid poisons like fluoride, aspartame, high fructose corn syrup, and addictive drugs (legal or illicit);
3. avoid unnecessary and potentially lethal imaging studies (TSA’s radiation pornbooths, excessive mammography, repetitive CT scans – exposure to all significantly increases cancer risk);
4. avoid excessive cell phone use and exposure to other forms of EMR pollution where possible (the NSA is recording everything you say and text anyway);
5. avoid daily fast food use and abuse (remember: pink slime and silicone) ;
6. avoid untested GM foods (do you really want to become “Roundup Ready?”):
7. avoid most vaccinations and pharmaceutical agents promoted by the establishment;
8. avoid risky behaviors (and, we do not need a bunch of Nanny State bureaucrats to define and police these);
9. exercise moderately;
10. get plenty of sleep;
11. drink plenty of good quality water (buy a decent water filter to remove fluoride, chloride, and heavy metals);
12. wear protective gear at work and play where appropriate (helmets, eye-shields, knee and elbow pads, etc.):
13. seek out locally-grown, whole, organic foods and support your local food producers;
14. take appropriate nutritional supplements (multi-vitamins, Vitamin C, Vitamin D3);
15. switch off the TV and the mainstream media it represents;
16. educate yourself while you can;And, lastly…
17. QUESTION AUTHORITY!
We, if we had any sense, whatsoever, would have learned the truth and done away with both faux parties and took the bull by the horns to eliminate the health insurance stranglehold over us (and those corrupt politicians who made it possible that these companies take you for everything you have). And maybe the answer is to address it at the state level, like Maryland seems to be doing.
The following series of videos presents one of the better descriptions of how a single payer system would work, how it would be paid for and how much money would be saved, how it would serve far better healthcare, longer lives, better quality of life, fewer dead babies (and an improvement in every other metric I can think of):
Also, the entire series with transcripts can be seen at the RealNews Network.
Of course, you might want to save 25% over what you pay right now?
Naaa.
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I have been following the Video Rebel since the inception of the blog. They do some very good work, altho they also fell for the ‘Ron Paul for God’ meme floating around the blogosphere. I called him out on the Ron Paul Plan To Restore America, suggesting that Paul’s stump rhetoric does not match his written plan. Maybe he doesn’t like the word PaulTard. I dunno.
Like most all the other “alternative” sites, this went over like a lead balloon (it amazes me how emotionally invested these people get in their favorite candidate of the two parties). No matter how much people like Video Rebel and others suggest Paul is “Independent”, Paul’s own words betray such a trust and makes these people look like lemmings unable to think thru another two-party dog and pony mindmuck.
Nevertheless, VR has written two blog posts recently that grabbed my attention. I try to comment, but he has banned me from his blog (ole B’Man must be really scary, a total dickhead, or I say shit that goes against their ideology, causing these stalwart defenders of liberty and freedom to squash any liberty or freedom for me to share with them). That is very telling. In the two posts, VR has a solution for the financial woes and in my estimation, they look as if they could work (nothing being done now is correcting any of the problems) and so I commend him for his ideas and presentation.
For instance, an interest free money… taking the trillions stolen by bankers back… debt cancellation… abolish income taxes…. etc (many very good ideas)…
However, like most Socialist Hunters (kinda like a Vampire Hunter), VR takes the same tact that my TN Senator takes and that is to continue the Health Insurance Companies’ stranglehold over healthcare. They think they offer a solution (well, I am giving VR the benefit of the doubt, cause Alexander doesn’t give a shit about anything except protecting the health insurance companies). In Alexander’s latest Newsletter he says:
The Supreme Court may have failed to declare the entire health-care law unconstitutional, but it is still an historic mistake that expanded a health-care system we already knew we couldn’t afford. Congress should repeal the law and then proceed step by step to reduce the cost of health care so more Americans can afford to buy insurance.
Health Insurance does not equal Health Care. No matter how twisted the thought is in the minds of all these people, health insurance is NOT health care. To continue to allow these entities to siphon off their 35% off the top and add ZERO value to do it, is stupid. But its not that they just don’t add value, they detract from the overall care. It shows that some people (like VR) are not thinking this through. But then again, look at the comment policy I have here compared to how many people treat me over the Paul issue on their blogs. There is openness and then there is a close-mindedness among many of these people, especially when it comes to their favorite Demublican politician.
His failure is that he doesn’t identify WHY prices are so high and wants to allow the very entities that cause it to still dictate pricing and acceptance/denial. Just like his using someone from within the two corrupt parties as a lamppost to guide us out of our woes, VR also wants to use the very same criminally corrupt insurance agencies to continue their scheme.
You can read Part1 and Part 2 of Video Rebel’s essay at the links below:
Working John, Working Joe
When I was a young man (as all good tales begin)
I was taught to hold out my hand
And for my pay I worked an honest day
And took what pittance I could win
Now I’m a working John and I’m a working Joe
And I’m doing what I know
For God and the Economy
Big brother watches over me
And the state protects and feeds me
And my conscience never leaves me
And I’m loyal to the unions
Who protect me at all levelsAnd as I grew, the winds of fortune blew
And the bank smiled down upon me
And mortgaged to the hilt I threw
The breeze of caution behind me
Now I’m a working John and I’m a working Joe
And I’m good at what I know
And God and the Economy
Have blessed me with equality
Now I’m equal to the best of you
And better than the rest of you
Who would criticise my success
In times of national unrestNow I own my horseless carriage
In it’s central-heated garage
And I commute eighty miles a day —
Up at seven to make it pay
I direct ten limited companies
With seeming consummate expertise
Two ulcers and a heart disease
A trembling feeling in both knees —
I’m a working John and I’m a working Joe
BTW, VR, I won’t ban you from commenting here. You see, here, I am looking for dialogue (and not necessarily someone to agree).
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By Jocelyn Chao
March 7, 2007 | ISSUE 43•10
As a concerned citizen, I must voice my adamant disapproval of the “universal health care” proposals we’ve been hearing so much about. I don’t have any gripes with expanding and improving health coverage, per se. It’s the “universal” part that irks me. Providing health care for all would completely undermine the whole idea of health care. If every last one of the 40 million uninsured bozos in this country is going to get access to the vast, virtually unnavigable system of medical care we chosen few now enjoy, then I no longer even want it.
When hospital administrators see me flash my Blue Cross card, it means something. It tells the world, “Hey, look at me: I pay increasingly high monthly premiums, submit to annual exams, and claim any health-related expenditures over seven percent of my yearly income on my taxes, and you can’t.” But when this bill passes, they’ll be handing out insurance cards willy-nilly, and nobody will be able to tell the difference between someone who’s had health coverage for 20 years and someone whose boss was compelled by law to provide it to all full-time employees.
Then again, maybe they’ll offer some sort of special Platinum Plus medical card. But I can’t count on that.
Health care is all about exclusivity, pure and simple. It’s for a group of like-minded people bonded by the dream of only having to contribute a portion of their weekly wages to ensure unfettered access to a number of licensed health care professionals. If we change all that, health care will be about as elite as a public restroom, open to any yokel who waltzes into an emergency room and can legally establish California residency.
Mark my words, this will completely destroy the allure of filling out all the necessary-but-time-consuming paperwork, choosing one primary care physician attached to one specific plan, and becoming eligible for prescription medications at a reduced rate.
The only reason this is even being considered is because a majority of voters want it. Well, of course they do—they don’t have it! But you don’t see 33rd Degree Freemasons letting any old average citizen into their inner sanctum just because he’s curious. And you won’t catch me sharing my God-given right to affordable lifesaving medical procedures with every bum who’s got a jones for another hepatitis vaccination. It’s undignified.
After all, how do I know I’ve made it in this world if I’m not able to enjoy something others can’t?
Lack of access to health care is the seventh leading cause of death in the country, and that says something. It doesn’t get much more elite than being part of a club other people are literally dying to get into. So what incentive would there be if everyone were guaranteed equal health care, regardless of income, age, or employment status? Who would be left to proudly tell their grandchildren about the glory days of PPOs? That is a future I’d rather not imagine, thank you very much.
So why the constant desire to guarantee basic yearly screenings and vital operations for all, thus creating some kind of ridiculous, unrealistic safety net? How will people fully appreciate the excellence of the American health care system without the constant threat of it being yanked away at any moment?
If middle-class children are given government-subsidized medical coverage from the beginning, they won’t have anything to look forward to when they get older. Though my offspring will never have to worry about desperately trying to scrape together the money for a hospital visit, it doesn’t mean we should do away with the millions of other uninsured Americans who show them how privileged they are to have it in the first place.
That’s just a simple matter of respect.
I urge all citizens of good sense to reject any universal health care plan that gets put forward. It’s time to stand up for what’s right, and protect our most respectable institutions. If we don’t do it now, what will they tell us next—that everyone deserves a free public education and “the right” to a fair trial?![]()
h/t The Onion
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Watching my site stats over the past day, I wondered why all the sudden I was getting a huge amount of hits on this old post, “Flilf – Not Flilf“. Then I read that ass-kisser lost his recent election attempt to Kaptur, after the party he loves so much instigated a redistricting.
I call him ass-kisser because of this.
Back in 2008, I wanted him as POTUS because he was one of the few anti-war candidates who also was a proponent for Single Payer, Medicare For All Health Care (the only sane system we could have implemented, were it not for the fact that Health Insurance owns Congress and Obama). He was one of the few that seemed to stand up to the Liar-in-Chief. He even wanted to impeach Bush/Cheney (I now see this as political maneuvering to gain anti-war votes, knowing it would be impossible, but at least he tried). He wanted an end to the Federal Reserve. In so many ways, he was the demoRAT Ron Paul, except he seemed to have a heart.
I wrote about him here many times and campaigned for him, as well. I went so far as to suggest he and Ron Paul (another wolf in sheep’s clothing who has fooled many like-minded individuals to myself with his stump rhetoric) run together as POTUS VicePOTUS.
This blog’s search stats tell me that people are searching for Elizabeth, not Dennis (I know they don’t care about Huckabee), so that in itself is telling.
Poor Dennis. You deserve what you get, you wimp. Now join me and the rest of the poor folks without a job.
At least I still call ‘em as I see ‘em.
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Dr. Russ Roberts- “I want my Country Back”
h/t BoilingFrogsPost
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Conduct an immediate, independent investigation of 911 (all facets leading up to and after the event). Any and all conspirators and their operatives should be summarily executed upon any finding of guilt (for this would be obvious treason). Any person or organization found to have lied, misrepresented, or hid facts revolving what happened on that fateful day should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law (members of the 911 Commission, Zelikow, Bush Admin officials, etc)
“Think Tanks” and other Elitist organizations with obvious blood lust as their mantra should be dismantled and those people held to scrutiny of truth by the American public. No think tank (nor its Zionist operatives,) should be allowed to organize and write battle plans for any military endeavor. No organization or persons should be allowed to blatantly lie about rationale to invade innocent lands and those who did should be prosecuted and held responsible for those lies.
End the “War on Drugs” immediately
End The Empire immediately
End all of wars – Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya… and all proxy wars, coup attempts, and assassinations
Eliminate all off shore military (Empire) bases and bring each and every military personnel home
Eliminate all over-seas money (especially to Israel)
Allow all “Too-Big-To-Fail” banks/corporations to fail like the rest of us when we over-extend or bet away our security.
Abolish Corporate person-hood.
Never vote for a Republican or Democrat (nor any defectors from these parties when we clean house)
Re-balance the power structure of the US Government (Executive power has been increased to dictatorial levels, but to the demise of the congressional power. There should be no presidential “signing statements”. )
Enact campaign finance laws taking corporate money out of elections (heavily scrutinize and hold accountable donations sent to congress people who cater to the whims of that industry: ie; Marsha Blackburn’s heavy telecom money influences her votes regarding legislature that affects them).
Have Term Limits and use a proportional voting system (shorten Senator terms to 4 years and increase Congressional seats to 4)
Minimize congressional pay, retirement and medical benefits (none of these millionaires have done anything to deserve these huge benefits and payouts for the rest of their lives). This should be an honor to serve and no enriching, lifelong career move.
Disallow wives and family members from active participation in congressional matters (example: Max Baucus’ wife). Obvious conflict of interest.
Disallow insider trading of Congressmen (the Congress has 50 times more millionaires than regular citizens, per capita). These people can get inside information and buy/sell stocks. For you or I, this is illegal. For them, its enriching.
Stop the revolving doors of industry/government. Want to know why regulators don’t regulate? Their next employer (the one they are supposed to watch) won’t like it. Look no further than this devil to see why there needs to be no revolving doors (he is responsible for the Patriot Act, much of the Homeland Security apparatus, and untold other secret initiatives AND is an Israeli dual citizen… see next point).
Do not allow dual citizenship personnel to be in our government (there is but one allegiance to as an elected official in America and that is to AMERICA, not Israel, nor any OTHER country). Frankly, as opposed to the Senators who don’t even question such things, I don’t trust anyone who shows allegiance to two different masters. For such devotees can only hate one and love the other or be devoted to one and despise the other (Matt 6:24). They certainly cannot be trusted. Period.
Stop all foreign campaign finance and strongarming by lobbying groups whose allegiance is to another country (AIPAC, as an example). What a Zionist wants for America is NOT what is BEST for America, but is BEST for Israel and their world take-over agenda.
Mandatory disclosure of ALL personal information when running for elected office with exclusion and/or prosecution for those who refuse (never allow a dead beat draft dodger or Kenyan with a Connecticut birth certificate… having never actually lived in Connecticut… become leaders of this country).
Audit the FED… hold the thieves accountable… Close the Fed… enact a viable financial system where the government issues currency backed by precious metals (never allow a fiat currency in this country again)
Eliminate the IRS.
Eliminate personal and corporate income tax.
Eliminate the estate (death) tax.
Abolish Obama Care… implement Single Payer, Not-For-Profit healthcare. (Get the middle man insurance companies out of it.)
Immediately reduce Federal spending by 25%, minimum
Eliminate hundreds of unnecessary Federal agencies, including the FDA, Education, Dept of Agriculture, etc (not to mention all the pork and hidden payouts found deep inside bills)
Abolish the Department of Homeland Security and its entire apparatus (especially the TSA)
Repeal the Patriot Act
Prosecute, imprison or execute the ones (including George W Bush) who are responsible for torture to be conducted in our names. Prosecute and imprison any and all presidents who do not hold these murderers accountable, including Barack Obama. Obama, himself, should be held accountable for the murder of American citizens without a trial.
Balance the Budget
Secure our borders, pursue a sane immigration policy
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Credit rating agency S&P downgrades US debt from AAA, first debt downgrade in US history ! The United States of America is now rated AA+ with negative outlook by Standard & Poor’s.
The Hurt is only beginning. What we have witnessed in the past 4 years means absolutely nothing. You can expect everything form bread to gas to sky rocket. I hope you have been paying attention and have your shit together, for now the shit is about to hit the proverbial fan.
I saw this coming. I tweeted earlier today, Dateline August 8 2011 ..#wallstreet opens with a bang. bada bing, and before that I said Beating the #economy with a dead cat, something sure does stink., and still in between those tweets I said Gambling with your taxes, #wallstreet crash 2011…we have nothing to loose, it’s your #money #Suckers .., and to end it all I said, Gotta go now, have #bodies to hide and more #suckers to #swindle. A fellow could get used to this kind of work. #politicians
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We were supposed to take BuelahGirl to the doctor for a check-up related to a busted ear drum which was the result of ear tubes being placed in her ear canals as a means of minimizing ear infections and related sickness. Of course, at the time she had that surgery, I had a good job and good insurance (but was still out several thousands of dollars). Such is the idea of “good insurance” in America.
Since, however, I was laid off (along with the other sales people) from the company, even tho it was my efforts that was keeping them afloat and subsequently, they have made money off of my endeavors, without me being compensated, nor paid the money that I had on the books (in others words, they used me and kept the money I made them). Such is a “good job” in America.
After being ripped off, we used all of our savings and cashed out what little retirement I had accumulated and have been barely getting by on the meager unemployment compensation. But, we were able to qualify my daughter for TennCare, which is supposed to be a life saver for people put into my predicament. The problem is that almost all the doctors we were using refuse to accept Tenncare and now we find ourselves searching for a doctor that will, even though it was the previous doctor’s operation that CAUSED this problem in the first place. Again, such is “good healthcare” in America.
But let me show you what good healthcare actually is by pointing to the world’s Number 1 country… those stinky under-armed French.
The World Health Organization (WHO) ranks the French health care system as the best in the world. The U.S. system ranks 37th. The complex details of the procedures used to determine these rankings are available on the WHO website. The WHO has hundreds of rankings on health related topics as specific as beer consumption by country. The U.S. fails to distinguish itself favorably in any of them.
Read all of that Rag Blog article to get a taste for how poorly we add up to France and then come here and tell me how we are Number 1. But let me share a quick synopsis:
- France spends $3,300 per capita, while we pay $6,400.
- Infant mortality in France is 3.9 per 1,000 live births, we are 7.0 per 1,000.
- Deaths from respiratory disease in France is 31.2 per 100,000, we are 61.5 per 100,000.
- Deaths preventable with good healthcare (amenable mortality) in France is number 1 of 19 industrialized countries, we are last.
- 65% of the French are satisfied with their healthcare, but only 40% in America are happy (and I would bet it is far lower than that).
- The French have Universal coverage, yet we have 15.4% that are not covered at all (and twice that many are UNDERinsured).
- French insurance companies MUST offer “guaranteed renewability”, so you can’t be dropped due to illness. Here, let me laugh.
- Doctors are paid far less in France, but have no student loans to pay back as we have.
- French doctors are mandated to provide preventative care, here, as my doctor recently told me, she only practices AFTER one is sick.
- French people can go to any doctor they like, even specialists (without referral) and experience no long waits. But here, I have the exact opposite experience.
- France, like us, has new mandatory “Co-Pays”, but a doctor’s visit is roughly $1.42 out of the individual’s pocket… $.71 for a prescription… and a whopping $24/day for a hospital stay. what did you pay in co-pays lately?
- Because the French take care of their citizens so well, especially early on, they live longer and have far better lives.
Yes, those filthy French are horrible, aren’t they? They pay far less than us, but have far superior health and lives. Unlike us and our crazy-assed Ayn Rand wannabes who make policy decisions based simply upon self and as much money as can possibly be made, they actually care for each other over there and are willing to help those (the poor) who can’t afford it by taxes and guaranteeing universal healthcare for everyone. Here, in the Greatest Nation In The World (trademark), however, we are so stupid to realize that our system is nothing more than a corrupt money gobbling system intent on as much profit from every avenue they can find a penny to squeeze it from.
And we continue to fall from our self-perceived perch of grandiosity.
We are truly the stupidest people on the face of the planet for allowing it.
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You Obama Maniacs fought hard to get ObamaCare implemented and the entire time I kept telling you that it was a sham. I fought hard for Single Payer, Universal HealthCare for All and many of you called me a Socialist (not even knowing what the word meant), even tho I showed you time and time again how that type of system is far superior and much cheaper to implement.
The only real justifiable complaint would be that many people would lose their jobs in the middle-man ripoff known as health insurance, but even that fear is not totally encompassing, because those very administrators and employees of Health Insurance would still be needed to carry out similar jobs from the Single Payer entity created.
The biggest issue is removing the profit driven, Corporate control of these leeches and implement a sane and socially responsible system that covers each and every American.
But, B’Man, “ObamaCare will take us where you want us to go!”
You fools!
What has anything associated with Obama done that is beneficial to the American public?
Case in point, the very health insurance rip-offs that fought so hard to get this atrocity passed, lining the pockets of many Congresspeople, including my own from Tennessee, are now fighting to take advantage of the loopholes they made possible.
10 Health Insurance Companies Get ObamaCare Waivers — for Their Own Employees
Read it to find out what I’m saying (I don’t necessarily agree with every point this website projects, but when it comes to following the money, it shows how easy it was for the insurance companies to thwart the very idea of the Sheople’s law).
Actually, there are 733 wavers issued already. Ad there will be many more.
All you sycophantic idiots who “hoped” that “change” would come are instrumental in this thievery (altho I doubt you got the nads to man up and admit it). I still find ObamaManiacs defending the Corptocracy with every breath, so this will be no different.
But I have a track record of calling this stuff right. And any sane person simply needs to go back and look at the one issue that both “sides” fought against tooth and nail for you to get the real picture. Both fought against Single Payer. Both protected health insurance and Big Meds.
That should be enough for anyone to understand, but sadly it won’t be.
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I am lost and forgotten in this hell where countless Americans exist!! My Unemployment runs out very soon… and also while you read this, know that they only cleared me for $16.00 per month for Food Stamps! Now let me bitch about the new healthcare for Pre-Existing folks. What I feared the most about this bill came true! I knew they all talked about healthcare for everyone– no one turned away or denied. BUT what they never ever said was ’ affordable to the poor”. I contacted the state about the pre-existing Ins. Oh, I can get it– but the premium is 600 per month!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Suck, things suck badly! WTF! People need jobs!!!!!!
http://www.comcast.net/articles/news-national/20100712/US.Jobless.Aid.Analysis/
WASHINGTON — Keeping unemployment benefits flowing for millions of workers whose jobs were eaten by the recession should have been a slam dunk in an election year.
But until this month, Senate Democrats have been unable to bring themselves to pass a simple bill that just does it. Instead they’ve demanded a series of unrelated and often controversial tax and spending add-ons that have enabled Republicans to mount successful filibusters.
Now that the legislation has been shorn of all the extras, the bill could win final passage soon. It can’t come soon enough for more than 2 million people whose checks have been cut off in a five-month impasse in which there’s plenty of blame to go around:
_ Democrats and their leaders made several decisions that in retrospect look like miscalculations, like pulling the rug out from under a bipartisan measure launched back in February and loading a subsequent bill with $24 billion for governors — guaranteeing that most Republicans would vote against it.
_ Republican moderates voted one way in March to help the bill pass but changed their minds just weeks later, having gotten religion from GOP leaders and tea partiers on the budget deficit.
Little remembered amid the ongoing partisanship and recrimination is that jobless benefits also got sideswiped by President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul.
To reduce the health care bill’s impact on the deficit, Democrats decided to close almost $30 billion in tax loopholes. Until the final health care push, those revenues had been designated to cover the cost of extending other popular family and business tax breaks as part of a broad bipartisan jobless benefits package.
Besides the jobless aid, the measure contained a payroll tax holiday for businesses, tax breaks for business, health insurance subsidies and help for doctors facing a cut in their Medicaid payments. It had support from across the political spectrum, from Obama to conservative Senate Republicans.
Some liberals, however, balked at the deal, which was cut principally by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus, D-Mont., and the committee’s senior Republican, Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa. The liberals didn’t like that their “jobs agenda” seemed hijacked by business lobbyists, who won items like research and development tax credits and some arcane measures such as tax breaks for NASCAR tracks. With unemployment hovering just under 10 percent, they also thought it was too light on subsidies for preserving and creating jobs.
So Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid blew up the agreement, instead advancing a pared-back jobs bill excusing businesses from having to pay the employer share of Social Security taxes this year on any new workers they hire. Economists were dubious it would produce many jobs. Meanwhile, unemployment aid would wait for later legislation.
“We could have had this bill passed in three days and … Reid decided to scuttle it,” Grassley complained. “Baucus read about it in the paper.”
The delays meant that Congress had to pass a short-term extension of jobless benefits at the end of February. Reid and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., worked out a deal for a quick vote to avoid an interruption in benefits.
But another Kentucky Republican, Sen. Jim Bunning, single-handedly held up the bill for days, demanding that government spending elsewhere be cut to pay for the jobless benefits rather than add to the federal debt. Bunning folded on March 2. But his fight resonated with tea partiers and millions of other voters worried about year after year of trillion-dollar deficits.
In the meantime, Reid resurrected the longer-term jobless aid package. He mixed in familiar elements like extending expired tax breaks and added a $24 billion package of aid to cash-starved state governments so they could avoid layoffs of tens of thousands of public employees — a key part of last year’s economic stimulus bill.
The result was a bill adding almost $100 billion to the deficit. That meant that GOP support would be limited. But it still passed in March with support from several Republicans, including key moderate Sens. Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins of Maine and George Voinovich of Ohio.
That was the bill’s high point. The political sands soon began to shift.
Another short-term unemployment insurance extension — needed to buy time for negotiations on the bigger bill — came at the end of March. It would be the last. Beginning in June, hundreds of thousands of workers unemployed for more than six months started losing the weekly checks.
More Republicans picked up on Bunning’s position and demanded cuts in other programs, including Obama’s $862 billion stimulus bill passed a year earlier, to pay for the extension.
It was a message the party felt increasingly comfortable with after losing the health care fight, especially as the European debt crisis roiled the markets and the U.S. government’s debt topped $13 trillion. Republicans stressed that with the unemployment rate still near double digits, jobless benefits averaging $300 a week should be extended — but that they should be paid for.
“You never know in politics when that magic moment comes when things really begin to change, but I believe that it has occurred now,” GOP Whip Jon Kyl of Arizona told reporters March 26. “I think you’ll see a much greater commitment now to fiscal responsibility.”
The short-term jobless aid extension passed, but it took until late May for their House and Senate negotiators to agree on a longer-term jobless aid package featuring new business tax increases but still racking up $115 billion in new government debt over the next decade.
This time, conservative House Democrats recoiled. House leaders were forced to sharply pare the measure back, eliminating new aid for state governments as well as a longer-term fix for doctors threatened with a 21 percent cut in Medicare payments.
The House passed the bill on May 28, returning the measure to the Senate, where debate consumed the Senate’s entire June schedule. Democrats still wanted to help governors with their payrolls but ultimately acceded to cutting it by one-third and paying for it partly with cuts from last year’s stimulus bill. Even that measure failed just before Congress recessed for the July 4 holiday.
Reid is now resigned to a stand-alone six-month extension of unemployment benefits at a cost of $33 billion. Aides say he will try to pass it when West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin names a successor to fill the seat of Democratic Sen. Robert C. Byrd, who died two weeks ago. Those who lost benefits will get them retroactively.
Democrats also maintain hopes of passing a $16 billion aid package for governors aimed at preserving the jobs of tens of thousands of state workers through the election. They intend to pay for it in part by cutting food stamp benefits.
http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/
These are the figures for U.S. Trade per Country….
Call me crazy– but first : I don’t believe ‘all’ the figures
and secondly I just keep thinking ‘ what exactly did we trade for that couldn’t of been produced here?”
And why the hell do we trade with our enemies???? To win their hearts and minds…? How about winning your own citizens hearts and minds so they can get back to work, make a liveable wage, stay healthy… and pay into their own systems .