In Memory of Carol Ann

Dedicated to Erin Elizabeth and Deanna Carol


Any society that would give up a little liberty for a little security deserves neither and will lose both.

Benjamin Franklin.













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Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Hope, Change Down the Drain






Mid-Term Elections are over marking another election cycle complete. I remember my first vote. I voted for Richard Nixon in 72. The 26th amendment passed July 1, 1971 allowed eighteen year old the right to vote. The Boomer's were beginning their wave of control over the culture in America.



The 26th Amendment to the US Constitution was the Boomer's first mark on America. I had no idea how rare Constitutional Amendments were in the American Government.. In a very few short months my first vote would be nullified by the man I voted for.



Vice President, Spiro T Agnew had already resigned amid charges of bribery as Governor of Maryland. Nixon wounded politically appointed Jerry Ford as his new Vice President



Richard Nixon would also resign in the Watergate Scandal leaving Jerry Ford as President of the United States of America and never received a single vote.



President Ford then gave Nixon an Unconditional Presidential Pardon to Nixon for any future indictments against Nixon.



All this because of my vote? I would be more careful when voting in the future. Like most Americans I couldn't wait to vote President Ford out of the White House.



I voted for a peanut farmer in Georgia to get the undeserving criminal pardoning Ford out of the Oval Office. I would soon regret my second vote as much as the first. At least Carter didn't resign.



I voted optimistically for Ronald Regan twice. Reagan's policies slowly pulled the economy out of recession. The recovery unfortunately was paid in full by the Middle Class in trickle down economics. Foreign Cars were everywhere and telephones, stocks and bonds, savings and loans, airlines, intrastate trucking were all deregulated. All Good for Big Business and bad for the middle class. Union busting was open season under Reagan.



Having been trickled down upon way to long I could see that some Americans were losing their jobs as Corporate America made huge profits under Reagan. The CEO's made thirty times the average salaries of the average American worker in 1981. Thanks to Reagan the Banksters, Auto Czars and Insurance Stealers now claim 500 times the average salary of the American Worker in 2010. Labor unions are powerless today. Deregulation made possible the Silverado Savings Fiasco, Obscene Corporate Profits and the Bank Failure of 2008. Add two wars and Bubba 42's Blue Dress was looking pale in comparison in my voting records.



I voted against Bush 41 and consider this my first good vote. Bush 41 went down in his infamous slogan "Read My Lips No New Taxes" Neal Bush son of Bush 41 was indicted and convicted in The $160 billion dollar taxpayer bailouts of Silverado Savings and Loan Fiasco that was paid in full by the Middle Class in Bush 41's "New Taxes"



I supported Ross Perot in the next election to break the Democrat/ Republican cycles but, Ross dropped out in cold feet. I voted for Slick Willy Clinton as a one term solution to removing Bush 41 from the Oval Office. The Clinton Battle Cry was "It's the Economy Stupid" knocking the wheels off Bush 41's failed platforms of "Family Values". I could see then and now to have Family Values you must first Value Families!



Now I was a seasoned voter having been a witness to the results of my former voting. I learned the pictures of the Guy hanging in all the schools were not great men at all. These American Presidents; some were made great by the office. None made the office great. Some were a disgrace to the office and voting was serious business !!!




To my surprise I would vote again for Slick Willy Clinton. Bubba had the economy clicking and all the trains were on time. First time in fifty years we had a balanced budget and a 3 trillion dollar surplus in the US Treasury.



The Federal reserve Chairmen Alan Greenspan was so concerned about Bubba's economy he stated on National Television that wages were increasing in full employment and he would raise interest rates to slow the economy hedging against the imaginary inflation.



What I heard was people who work for a paycheck would be denied prosperity by making some unemployed. This statement with uncontrolled borders were circumventing the laws of supply and demand in labor markets. It was evident the Federal Government could now control both supply and demand of labor in America. Raising the interest rate to increase unemployment is as despicable as allowing illegal free ranging criminal aliens access to our American jobs. The prospect of working hard to achieve the American Dream was gone.



Because of Bush 41's Silverado Savings Fiasco I voted against George W Bush twice. Without my vote Bush 43 destroyed the economy with another banking fiasco, uncontrolled borders, started the war in Iraq to eliminate imaginary "Weapons of Mass Destruction" and initiated no contractor left behind covert agenda's "No Bid Contracts" to cronies Haliburton and Blackwater. Then former Goldman Sachs CEO Henry Paulson handed over the the Keys of the US Treasury to AIG who would in turn bailout Goldman Sachs and the Dirty Dozen Banksters.

Bush 43 lead us in a big circle landing the economy back in 1999 without a 3 trillion surplus and 13 trillion in debt and two wars raging eight years. The Bush cronies made billions from the circle in the lost decade. Again the American people will pick up the tab. This time without a long gone middle class. There are so many phrases to define Bush 43. From "I'm The Decider" Mission Accomplished" George the Shoe Guy" and "Weapons of Mass Destruction". His legacy is a disgrace to the American People.

I supported President Obama but did not vote for Obama. All said and done, close to election it was revealed his Aunt was living on welfare in Boston and not here legally. This was more than I could accept. I have many regrets of the Obama Administration but winning over Mc Cain is not one of the reasons.

I must admit my support for him was racially motivated. I believed a man with a black father would not bend to the Oligarchy Government. Obama would be a President of the people. Sadly, I was wrong as partisan politics and the Pharaoh's of Wall Street played him like a marionette.

The Obama Employer based Healthcare and Financial Reform Act will mold his legacy in 2012. Obama was given an open checkbook and great opportunity to offer real hope to the middle class. Instead he has been proven more concerned with building a bigger Federal Government limiting freedom of the citizens.

Bush 43 was intent on building Big Business in America. Obama 44 has proven to be intent on building a Bigger Federal Government. The people want neither.

This Mid Term Elections are not a mandate to the newly elected candidates. The newly elected servants are on notice, we will replace you if you support either Big Government or Big Business.

Our elections are only moderately better than selection of the Number One College Football Teams in America. Similar to the Republicans and Democrats we allow news giants UPI and API tell us who is best. We need election reforms that allow for none of the above and no corporate donations across the board.

Friday, October 29, 2010

Ballots for Bailouts.....

In less than a week "We The People" will advance to the the poll booth to exercise our constitutional rights to vote. We are all examining the prospective candidates with intense scrutiny. Again our choices are limited to candidates vetted buy big Oligopoly Corporations.



Voting for anyone is impossible when the selections are dismal at best. Most people cast their vote against a candidate. Voting for the best of the worse is not a Democratic process.
The American people will continue to vote under the illusion of Democracy. Until we can vote against all candidates as "None Of The Above" we may expect things will continue on the same downward spiral.



A person voting for "None Of The Above" is rejecting all candidates. When "None of the Above" receives the most votes all candidates are rejected and may not run again. A new primary is held and new candidates are selected for another election.



Our last election is a good example of voting for the best of the worse. We voted out the people who bailed out the Banks, Insurance and Auto Companies.

We then ushered in the new Obama Administration who continued the same TARP Bailouts and Free Money to the Banksters and Auto Czars. The theft validated by the Bush Administration was made legal in the Obama Financial Reform Act written by Chris Dodd who will not run again because of kickbacks from Countrywide Mortgage. If you will remember he accepted favoritism reduced mortgage interest rate from Countrywide on personal loans

The former administrations logic was the bailouts were necessary to avoid another Great Depression. They not only protected the Banksters, Insurance and Auto Czars from bankruptcy and depression, they also made record profits and obscene bonuses as they were ordained the TARP windfall from the Oligopoly Government. We The People are paying for the theft with homeless in the streets repossession of our cars and foreclosure of our homes with the Second Great Depression. The difference between the the First and Second Depression is in the First Great Depression Wall Streeters jumped out of windows and rooftops to avoid losing money. Money that truly was never theirs and existed only in their minds and paper documents. In the Second Great Depression these people were isolated from losses and instead received huge windfalls courtesy of the Bush Administrations.



The First Great Depression was a result of equal parts of greed and ignorance. While the Second Great Depression was choreographed by The Pharaoh's of Wall Street and Oligarchy politicians who win on the way up and on the way down the economic bubble.

Foreclosure is not a negative for the Banksters as they make more money on foreclosures and then resell in better times. Losses accrued investing money in the stock market is reimbursed under TARP and the Toxic Assets are the absorbed by the TARP and sold to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

We The People take the loss and the Banksters live in the wealth of the American GDP in perpetuity.

The politicians then pass legislation to bolster a complete deflation of the economy. Cash4 Clunkers, 2big2fail and free money to purchase a home are devised to limit the hemorrhaging deflation.

President Obama appeared this week on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and defended his administrations brainchild's Financial Reform and Healtcare Act legislation. The Presidents claim was they produced 90% percent of his original goals. Sadly I agree he did get what he intended. It was the American People who got the 10%.
Heckuva Job Larry Summers, "Heckava Job Brownie"

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Stink Bugs, Bed Bugs and Banksters.

New York is in the news recently. The infamous news is a result of the epidemic of infestations of more low life parasites invading their fair city. Bed Bugs and Stink Bugs are now common place in the Big Apple.
Recognized internationally for their rodent problems the recent news is taken in typical New York style. Accepting the Bed Bugs and Stink Bugs is now added to their list of infestations including Rats, Stock Brokers, Banksters and the Jets.

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Don't Ask . Don't Care

I find it amazing the national discussion can be focused on Gay Marriage, Gay Military Service when 45 million people live in poverty as 22 million free ranging criminal aliens feed from our entitlement programs paid by the taxpayer.

Banksters reward themselves obscene salary and redeem bonuses even as stock values tumble. Sole survivors of the AIG Bailout TARP Act that validates the theft from Mortgage Derivatives and Toxic Junk dumped upon 401-k Retirement Funds, Fanny Mae and Freedie Mac.

Stealing is not new or clever. Stealing requires equal parts of government corruption and dishonest Banksters without ethics, scruples or intelligence to earn money honestly. Americans sleep in the street as Banksters hoard real estate for resale in better times. Returning veterans are confronted with a American Government focused on Don't Ask for a middle class job because we don't care!!

Insurance executives claim huge pay while they deny claims based upon small prints. They stoop to stealing benefits of the soldiers who died to enable the theft of family benefits. And they shamelessly bury our war dead in Arlington National Cemetery in unknown locations.

On election day focus on issues that are important to you. Don't vote for candidates who focus on distraction issue only important to small segments of voters.

Sunday, October 17, 2010

Criminal Immigration

Rather than allowing 22 million free ranging criminal illegal aliens a pathway to citizenship maybe we should just give them California, Arizona and Texas. This is what they really want and they have pretty much destroyed all three anyway. Call it even!!

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

144 Billion Bonus Booty to The Pharoah's of Greed Street

The Pharaoh's of Greed Street are expected to divy up 144 Billion dollars in Bonus Booty in New York city this year.

The 144 billion should not be confused with their salary also extorted at phenomenal amounts. The additional rewards fall from legislation allowing the Bailout Banksters Boys to invest money borrowed from the US Treasury at zero percent interest to be invested in the Wall Street Casino. The Incompetent Crippled Kids of Commerce are increasing their Bonus Booty to divide between America's most needy and greedy ever in history.

If they win they collect huge bonus. If they loose the taxpayers make up the losses in TARP. They also invest all those nickels and dimes from Mom and Pops retirement accounts collected nationwide from contributing Oligarchy Employers. The Great Depression will be viewed as a drop in a barrel compared to the historical events facing America today. Homeland Stupidity should open up a branch office on the floor of DOW JONES.

The announcement marks 2 consecutive years of theft triggered by the Bush TARP money. This no doubt offers some insight into the Dow Jones recent upswing breaking the 11,ooo mark. After the Bonus Booty is collected expect the market to trend downward until next years bonuses come due again. The massive amounts of capital controlled makes it easier to control the Dow Jones than fix a horse race or ballgame.

Conversely, contrasting the governments announcement, they would not be increasing the Social Security cost of living index referred as the COLA.The Bonus Booty for the Banksters must come from others sacrifice. Old people are an easy mark for government.

It also reveals the much heralded Financial Reforms Act did nothing to stop the thefts at the US Treasury. We can expect President Obama to make another round of press conferences where he will shake his finger at the Banksters for legally stealing from the taxpayers again. Oh you just wait!!! Remember the 500 million dollar fines recently settled by Goldman Sachs. Abracadabra and now they divide 144 billion dollars of Bankster Bonus Booty.
Coincidentally it comes only a few days from the Obama Administration humbly begging Congress for an additional 50 billion for building new infrastructure around the country. The begging is for additional money to the still unspent $860 billion Obama has earmarked for waste.
The 50 billion would be divided between tens of thousands of engineers and contractors who would in turn hire millions of construction workers. This would have been a tremendous idea two years ago when we were embroiled in a senseless arguments over health care that nobody wants or afford.The 50 billion could stimulate private sector sales of trucks, heavy equipment and raw materials such as steel and concrete.

Hopefully Americans will employ only American engineers, contractors and workers. And hopefully those people will purchase only American products.Unfortunately history has shown they will not hire or buy American products. Instead we will once again ignore America's needs in favor of raiding other economies around the globe in the name of World Trade.

The 144 billion to the Pharaoh's of Greed Street will vanish to a few thousand and will be invested out of reach of the IRS. Some money will be used to purchase politicians as seed money to insure more Bonus Booty next year.

The realization of all the people who might benefit from 50 billion spent over several years is vastly over shadowed by the obscene 144 billion extorted from the US Treasury by the Banksters.

It appears to me that all roads good and bad lead us back to energy independence. If there is even a slight upturn in the economy it will be followed with a rise in energy costs. Fossil fuels are short in supply and any increase in demands will drive up the costs.

Increased costs in gasoline will impede the Stimulus Act recovery. Spending money on bridges to nowhere and burning fuel to get there is an exercise in futility and predictable waste. Now is the time to make long term investments in projects like Hoover Dam.

Nuclear Power, Wind Farming and Solar Fields to give to our children are paid back for generations. After all they are going to pay for most of what we do today.

Short Term: we need to abolish our current Banking System that allows Banksters to profit from the undeniable hard work of everyday Americans. Increase the COLA to the retired who paid heavily all their lives.

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Have You Noticed

Have you noticed the extraordinary amount of new candidates running for various high level public offices are former CEO's and executives of the very companies who commandeered our economy into a kamikaze collapse?

Former Banksters flaunting their private sector expertise as qualifications to run government. Much like former President and Commander and Thief George Bush who never operated a successful private sector enterprise.

Evidently the money extorted is now being used to buy public office to enable their retirement of leisure. Comforting to know our money didn't go down the drain. It's emerging back into circulation through television commercials. Our sacrifice is not in vain. We now have all these new commercial to watch.

In some Governor races both Republican and Democratic candidates have similar backgrounds. Are they running for office or running from the self inflicted shoot yourself in the foot failed economy? Are they seeking refuge on the public dole? Can they balance a checkbook and calculate their taxes owed? If these thieves are elected we truly deserve the pummeling of the taxpayer.

Can raping the economy become substitute for real commerce? Will making things up in New York replace making things in Detroit or Indianapolis? Does loaning money from the US Treasury at zero percent interest and selling the same people interest accruing T-Bill investments really cancel the TARP debt of Banksters? Or are the people who made things up now offering more delusional concepts with no real solution?

Can imaginary exploits of the Banksters actually run or ruin an economy? How long can we ignore the successes of our past and continue with the present notion "those jobs are not coming back"? Why do we listen to the rhetoric? Is failure our quest? Why do we vote for more failure? Everything that was in America in 1970 is still here and now includes 22 million free ranging criminal aliens feeding upon our entitlements. Does uncontrolled borders offer Boom to Wall Street and Burden to Main Street?

Motivating Presidential quotes are inspiring today. Does anyone remember Ronald Reagan's "Are you Better Off Today"? How far backwards must we travel to go forwards again? Or are we doomed to the current downward spiral?

How can China build new factories when our industrial machine lays dormant shuttered and only a turn key away from operating again?
Who will lead us out of bondage from the Pharaoh's of Wall Street?

Is loaning money to build factories in China better than investing in America? If China will only buy cars made in China why do we buy Chinese poisonous products?


Why is GM using TARP funding to build manufacturing centers in China. We know China buys our debt. Is China earning interest on our debt and receiving new factories for free under TARP. Does, I will loan you the money to give me free factories and foreign aid make any sense?


A very good deal to note; for our so called best and brightest intellectual leaders of our US Treasury Department. Are we narrowly focused on the World Economy G-8 or G-20 and which Americans voted for this focus?


Have you noticed some elected official of government who constantly criticize the Obama $860 billion Stimulus never mention the $800 billion TARP program that perpetuated the wealth and rewarded incompetency to the Pharaoh's of Wall Street.

Both the Obama Stimulus and Bush TARP are give away policies that reward big business first and politician second to form an even stronger Oligarchy Government.

Both subscribe to the identical logic that "It's Good for the People" I personally haven't benefited from either and my suspicion is, I'm not alone. For every dime Congress controls they take their undeserved cuts as donations to election on the flip side.

When will we get fair elections allowing everyone a candidate to endorse "None Of The Above" When a vote for "None Of The Above" receives the most votes the Candidates are all rejected and would trigger vetting process of a new primary Rejected candidates could not be on the ballot again.