Would a marriage between a libertarian and a socialist work?
Not likely.
But Vermont Socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders has an amendment prepared for the finance reform bill debate...he wants to have the Federal Reserve audited.
This proposal began in the House, with libertarian Ron Paul, and actually passed in Dec.
The Federal Reserve's money movements are opaque, rather than transparent.
JFK was a radical in many ways..too bad we lost him too early.
He issued Executive Order 11110, which allowed the Treasury to issue its' own currency, without going through the Federal Reserve.
Under this order,there were $4.3 billion US notes backed by silver certificates issued.
In short, the Federal Reserve could have been eliminated.
Dallas stopped that from happening.
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Andrew Cuomo,Rick Lazio and Wall Street
(Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. called AG Andrew Cuomo the “prince of darkness” during a TV interview.
Cuomo is the subject of an Esquire profile.)
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Pedro is spinning gossamer..and will be tangled into a unbreakable web .
Actually, Rick Lazio, the expected GOP governor candidate, is really the prince of darkness.
Wayne Barrett,Village Voice, looked into Lazio’s public papers that he (Lazio) donated to this alma mater, Vassar.
The papers include those from his House years, and his years on Wall Street.
Lazio served the interests of Wall Street in the House, and through the revolving door rubric, got wealthy going to Wall Street.
Professor Bill Black, on Moyers Reports last night, called the Wall Streeters criminals and if a ceo on the street has 3 strikes, s(he) should be given life.
See Barrett at http://www.villagevoice.com/2010-04-13/news/rick-lazio-s-fingerprints-are-all-over-the-recent-economic-collapse/
Cuomo is the subject of an Esquire profile.)
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Pedro is spinning gossamer..and will be tangled into a unbreakable web .
Actually, Rick Lazio, the expected GOP governor candidate, is really the prince of darkness.
Wayne Barrett,Village Voice, looked into Lazio’s public papers that he (Lazio) donated to this alma mater, Vassar.
The papers include those from his House years, and his years on Wall Street.
Lazio served the interests of Wall Street in the House, and through the revolving door rubric, got wealthy going to Wall Street.
Professor Bill Black, on Moyers Reports last night, called the Wall Streeters criminals and if a ceo on the street has 3 strikes, s(he) should be given life.
See Barrett at http://www.villagevoice.com/2010-04-13/news/rick-lazio-s-fingerprints-are-all-over-the-recent-economic-collapse/
Obama and Goldman Sachs
(Obama’s tone was not that of a sword-wielding avenger—he doesn’t do fire and brimstone—but of a stern parent explaining to party-hearty teenagers why their driving privileges are being curtailed.)
Post's Eugene Robinson on Obama's Wall Street speech.
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(The story of the financial debacle will end the way it began, with the super-hustlers from Goldman Sachs at the center of the action and profiting wildly. Never in U.S. history has one company wielded such destructive power over our political economy, irrespective of whether a Republican or a Democrat happened to be president...)
Robert Scheer,Truthdig
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In 2008, the top three contributors to Obama were 1)University of California;2)Goldman Sachs; and 3)Harvard.
But it is GS that has the highest presence in the White House.
Sen. Branch Lincoln (Ark), in a tough reelection fight, wants to prevent GS from dealing in derivatives. In short, it would make GS a regular commerical bank.
The GS people in the White House oppose Lincoln's move.
Lincoln should be supported in her effort.
Post's Eugene Robinson on Obama's Wall Street speech.
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(The story of the financial debacle will end the way it began, with the super-hustlers from Goldman Sachs at the center of the action and profiting wildly. Never in U.S. history has one company wielded such destructive power over our political economy, irrespective of whether a Republican or a Democrat happened to be president...)
Robert Scheer,Truthdig
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In 2008, the top three contributors to Obama were 1)University of California;2)Goldman Sachs; and 3)Harvard.
But it is GS that has the highest presence in the White House.
Sen. Branch Lincoln (Ark), in a tough reelection fight, wants to prevent GS from dealing in derivatives. In short, it would make GS a regular commerical bank.
The GS people in the White House oppose Lincoln's move.
Lincoln should be supported in her effort.
Friday, April 23, 2010
Sen. Espada and the power addiction
The good Sen. Espada is spinning….spinning legal gossamer.
How does Espada’s coup shaniganians help Cuomo?
Is Espada for real, asking the AG for his personal (AG’s) cell phone and email records.
Did the AG use his cell phone to call senators to encourage a coup?
This is silly season.
The coups did show Espada’s drive for power…an obsession if you will.
The added perquistes that came with majority leader allowed him to put many of the Soundview relatives on the Senate payroll.
It’s likely that many of these relatives are no-shows in the Senate.
Espada’s health clinics should be put into receiverships…so that the Bronx residents can continue health care.
Espada should resign, and get help for his power addiction.
Can power be an addiction? Yes, it can provide a high.
As the good Senator resigns, and drives back to a luxurious mansion in Westchester County., he can stop at a Motel 6, and order sushi.
As Tom Boddett says, the Motel 6 will leave a light on for him.
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How does Espada’s coup shaniganians help Cuomo?
Is Espada for real, asking the AG for his personal (AG’s) cell phone and email records.
Did the AG use his cell phone to call senators to encourage a coup?
This is silly season.
The coups did show Espada’s drive for power…an obsession if you will.
The added perquistes that came with majority leader allowed him to put many of the Soundview relatives on the Senate payroll.
It’s likely that many of these relatives are no-shows in the Senate.
Espada’s health clinics should be put into receiverships…so that the Bronx residents can continue health care.
Espada should resign, and get help for his power addiction.
Can power be an addiction? Yes, it can provide a high.
As the good Senator resigns, and drives back to a luxurious mansion in Westchester County., he can stop at a Motel 6, and order sushi.
As Tom Boddett says, the Motel 6 will leave a light on for him.
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OBAMA ZOMBIES
As a traditional liberal and progressive,I believe it is always good to pay attention to what the rightwingnuts are up to.
Jason Mattera is one to watch and read.
In his tirade, Obama Zombies, he argues that Obama captured the independent millenials in 2008 because of the social network tech. revolution…i.e face book.
He wants the rightwing to “shake ,rattle and roll the Obama zombies”.
He wants them to do what “their liberal lobotomies have prevented them from doing and thinking..”
He wants them to take out their IPod earplugs, and go back to basics, fiscal sanity, get a job,make money and be happy.and use the Twitter technology to reverse the Obama brainwashing.
Mattera is correct that Obama captured the 18-29 millenials in 2008; and many of them are now disaffected.
But his remedies are flawed.
Obama and the White House need to become more progressive and liberal..more transforming in action, as well as rhetoric.
Jason Mattera is one to watch and read.
In his tirade, Obama Zombies, he argues that Obama captured the independent millenials in 2008 because of the social network tech. revolution…i.e face book.
He wants the rightwing to “shake ,rattle and roll the Obama zombies”.
He wants them to do what “their liberal lobotomies have prevented them from doing and thinking..”
He wants them to take out their IPod earplugs, and go back to basics, fiscal sanity, get a job,make money and be happy.and use the Twitter technology to reverse the Obama brainwashing.
Mattera is correct that Obama captured the 18-29 millenials in 2008; and many of them are now disaffected.
But his remedies are flawed.
Obama and the White House need to become more progressive and liberal..more transforming in action, as well as rhetoric.
The SEC and porn
(During his Cooper Union speech, President Obama urged Wall Street to “join us, instead of fighting us” on reform efforts)
Reports today say that the SEC IG investigated at least 33 employees during the early period of the Great Recession.
Several highly paid staffers, including at least one lawyer, spent most of their work hours viewing net porn.
The lawyer was so addicted that he burned the porn on cds and dvds,and stored them in boxes all around his office.
The SEC is the civil watchdog of Wall Street.
The porn these SEC employees should have been watching was the Wall Street credit default swaps;the sub-prime mortages wrapped into packages and sold to hedge fund betters; and the funny financial fangdangles that swept Wall Street.
The IG’s findings suggest the SEC has long ago been captured by the financial industry.
Reports today say that the SEC IG investigated at least 33 employees during the early period of the Great Recession.
Several highly paid staffers, including at least one lawyer, spent most of their work hours viewing net porn.
The lawyer was so addicted that he burned the porn on cds and dvds,and stored them in boxes all around his office.
The SEC is the civil watchdog of Wall Street.
The porn these SEC employees should have been watching was the Wall Street credit default swaps;the sub-prime mortages wrapped into packages and sold to hedge fund betters; and the funny financial fangdangles that swept Wall Street.
The IG’s findings suggest the SEC has long ago been captured by the financial industry.
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Earth Day and stuff
Earth Day and our stuff
“You accululate all the Stuff. And it takes over the house. You need a second house-one for the Stuff and one to live in…”
George Carlin, Stuff
Youtube.com/watch ?v=mvg N5gCulac
I got no respect. One time, my immature wife came home, and I was taking a bath. She came in and sunk my rubber boats..”
Rodney Dangerfield
Chelsea Handler pleading with her father, at 8 yrs. old, for a Cabbage Patch doll:
“Dad, there are thousands of types of Patch dolls. I don’t want a blonde or anyone with brown eyes. Green eyes. They have ones with two dimples, but I just want one dimple. The ones with two dimples look too fake, and the ones without dimples look like Chucky. This is a very precise assignment. Please do not screw this up. Under no circumstances are you to come home with a redhead..”
Chelsea Handler, Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang, p.28
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On this Earth Day, it is important to focus on Stuff…all the Stuff we have, and all we really don’t need.
Annie Leonard’s video The Story of Stuff has been seen by millions. Her companion book of the same name is a good read.
Her position is strait forward: “Our obsession with stuff is trashing the planet, our communities, and our health. We need a new vision for change..”
We, in the US, have 5% of the world’s population, but use 30% of the world’s resources; and produce 30% of its’ waste.
We have too much stuff; and too much of it is toxic.
Just take water, as one example.
By 2025, 2/3rds of us in the US will face a water scarcity.
As we morph from a grey stuff consumer to a green environmentalist, think about showers vs. baths.
A typical 8 minute shower uses 17 gallons of water. A bath uses 45 gallons.
Take a shower, shorten it 5 minutes; use a low-flow showerhead; and turn off the water while you soap your body. Then run the shower.
Now John Stossell, and the libertarians, will say…”I will take a bath if I want to. And an 8-min. shower. I have a constitutional right.”
No, John. You take the rubber boats in your bath and put them where John Denver’s sun will never shine.
“You accululate all the Stuff. And it takes over the house. You need a second house-one for the Stuff and one to live in…”
George Carlin, Stuff
Youtube.com/watch ?v=mvg N5gCulac
I got no respect. One time, my immature wife came home, and I was taking a bath. She came in and sunk my rubber boats..”
Rodney Dangerfield
Chelsea Handler pleading with her father, at 8 yrs. old, for a Cabbage Patch doll:
“Dad, there are thousands of types of Patch dolls. I don’t want a blonde or anyone with brown eyes. Green eyes. They have ones with two dimples, but I just want one dimple. The ones with two dimples look too fake, and the ones without dimples look like Chucky. This is a very precise assignment. Please do not screw this up. Under no circumstances are you to come home with a redhead..”
Chelsea Handler, Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang, p.28
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On this Earth Day, it is important to focus on Stuff…all the Stuff we have, and all we really don’t need.
Annie Leonard’s video The Story of Stuff has been seen by millions. Her companion book of the same name is a good read.
Her position is strait forward: “Our obsession with stuff is trashing the planet, our communities, and our health. We need a new vision for change..”
We, in the US, have 5% of the world’s population, but use 30% of the world’s resources; and produce 30% of its’ waste.
We have too much stuff; and too much of it is toxic.
Just take water, as one example.
By 2025, 2/3rds of us in the US will face a water scarcity.
As we morph from a grey stuff consumer to a green environmentalist, think about showers vs. baths.
A typical 8 minute shower uses 17 gallons of water. A bath uses 45 gallons.
Take a shower, shorten it 5 minutes; use a low-flow showerhead; and turn off the water while you soap your body. Then run the shower.
Now John Stossell, and the libertarians, will say…”I will take a bath if I want to. And an 8-min. shower. I have a constitutional right.”
No, John. You take the rubber boats in your bath and put them where John Denver’s sun will never shine.
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