Friday, September 30, 2011
Boston Fed told to avoid engaging the protesters
This is a note sent out to people in the Boston Fed building recently upon news of #OccupyBoston.
Full Story here: http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2011/09/matt-stoller-boston-fed-avoid-engaging-with-any-demonstrators.html
Good afternoon.Apparently, the encampment is peaceful, but it’s best to avoid engaging with the demonstrators. Better safe than sorry
You may notice various demonstrations in the financial district this afternoon. Most notably, beginning this evening and extending indefinitely, the “Occupy Wall Street / Occupy Boston” movement plans a peaceful demonstration and encampment on Dewey Square. You may have seen media reports about this, and as you may know, a few other cities are seeing similar demonstrations in their financial districts.
Our Law Enforcement Unit is attuned to the situation and as always is in close contact with city and law enforcement officials. We will closely monitor the evolving situation throughout the weekend and beyond.
For your safety, we suggest you exercise caution, and avoid engaging with any demonstrators. Use of the Summer Street entrance and South Station tunnel may be helpful in limiting any inconvenience to you.
Full Story here: http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2011/09/matt-stoller-boston-fed-avoid-engaging-with-any-demonstrators.html
AFL-CIO Richard Trumpka supports Occupy Wall Street
"I think it's a tactic and a valid tactic to call attention to a problem. Wall Street is out of control. We have three imbalances in this country -- the imbalance between imports and exports, the imbalance between employer power and working power, and the imbalance between the real economy and the financial economy. We need to bring back balance to the financial economy, and calling attention to it and peacefully protesting is a very legitimate way of doing it."
Hailing the power of street protests to shift the dialogue, Trumka said, "I think being in the streets and calling attention to issues is sometimes the only recourse you have because, God only knows, you can go to the Hill, and you can talk to a lot of people and see nothing ever happen..."
Full Story Here: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/09/30/1021633/-AFL-CIOs-Pres-Trumka-speaks-out-on-Occupy-Wall-Street?via=blog_1
Hailing the power of street protests to shift the dialogue, Trumka said, "I think being in the streets and calling attention to issues is sometimes the only recourse you have because, God only knows, you can go to the Hill, and you can talk to a lot of people and see nothing ever happen..."
Full Story Here: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/09/30/1021633/-AFL-CIOs-Pres-Trumka-speaks-out-on-Occupy-Wall-Street?via=blog_1
Some Wisdom From Stephen Colbert
"Folks, billionaires are just salt-of-the-earth people, in that they own salt mines and much of the earth and also some people."
The Republican Dream Of Meaningful Employment
From Conservative commentator Ben Stein
"....here is an interesting note: there are high levels of unemployment but the employers I talk to say there are severe labor shortages of skilled labor at every level from carpenters and plumbers to CEO's of biotech companies. And, as noted before, in my small circle of friends, anyone who has good work skills and a decent personality can get a job. I am not talking about the national scene. Just my little world. The chronic complainers and the malcontents and the unrealistic are the ones who cannot find work they want. The people who really want to work can get work. It might not be great work, but it's work."
Story here: http://mediamatters.org/blog/201008270042
Sen. DeMint: "A Lot" Of Unemployed Americans Don't Want To Work -- Sept. 6. 2011
"It is fundamentally wrong to give people money for 99 weeks for doing nothing," -- Newt Gingrich 9/22/11
, "Here's the thing that bugs a lot of people; it certainly bugs me. It seems like the 99ers in particular are holding out for the right jobs. You guys talk about your advanced degrees and you can't take that kind of job or this kind of job. So it's incumbent upon the public to pay for you to sit at home until the right job comes along." -- Fox news about long turn unemployed
The Republican dream for workers
"....here is an interesting note: there are high levels of unemployment but the employers I talk to say there are severe labor shortages of skilled labor at every level from carpenters and plumbers to CEO's of biotech companies. And, as noted before, in my small circle of friends, anyone who has good work skills and a decent personality can get a job. I am not talking about the national scene. Just my little world. The chronic complainers and the malcontents and the unrealistic are the ones who cannot find work they want. The people who really want to work can get work. It might not be great work, but it's work."
Story here: http://mediamatters.org/blog/201008270042
Sen. DeMint: "A Lot" Of Unemployed Americans Don't Want To Work -- Sept. 6. 2011
"It is fundamentally wrong to give people money for 99 weeks for doing nothing," -- Newt Gingrich 9/22/11
, "Here's the thing that bugs a lot of people; it certainly bugs me. It seems like the 99ers in particular are holding out for the right jobs. You guys talk about your advanced degrees and you can't take that kind of job or this kind of job. So it's incumbent upon the public to pay for you to sit at home until the right job comes along." -- Fox news about long turn unemployed
The Republican dream for workers
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Occupy Boston put out press release to kick off the occupation
To the Press: For Immediate Release
UPDATED RELEASE (4:12)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contacts: OccupyBos@gmail.com
“OCCUPY WALL STREET INSPIRES PROTESTS IN BOSTON”
Friday, September 30th, Concerned Citizens Gather for the Kick-off of
Occupy Boston
The conversation that began on Wall Street on September 17 has swept
northward to Boston, and inspired a powerful national movement.
Joining with nearly 100 actions in cities from Los Angeles to Dallas,
Chicago, and Washington D.C., concerned citizens have come to speak
out for a more just society.
Occupy Boston will gather at Dewey Square in Downtown Boston on Friday, September 30 at 6 p.m., to begin an ongoing protest, discuss the state of the union and offer specific changes in government to affect a positive social shift.
This action in Boston began with a group of over 200 people who assembled on The Common Tuesday evening to voice their support for the movement. Paul Harris of the Guardian covered the meeting, saying,“[..] the people behind Occupy Boston showed a strong dose of media savvy and organisational skill on [Tuesday] night, as they drew a committed crowd of volunteers to their cause: to occupy a slice of
the city.”
The impetus for Occupy Boston is to challenge the status quo of an
economic system that subverts our government and social fabric. The
top 1% owns 50% of the nation’s wealth – and more importantly uses
this wealth to undermine the founding principles of America’s
democracy.
The movement invites everyone who feels the current system is broken
to join us in a discussion about how we might reform business and
government, and restore the promise of America. Through the direct
democratic process of general assembly, Occupy Boston is working
define and solve the problems we face as a nation. 100% of the
population deserve alternatives to: an opaque and exclusive
government, a Wall Street without conscience, and a state struggling
to guarentee basic human rights.
We will persist in this action until we are joined by policy-makers,
business leaders, the citizens of our Republic in building a just and
inclusive community. We are the bottom 99% of America. We are speaking
up.
For more information about Occupy Boston visit http://occupyboston.com.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contacts: OccupyBos@gmail.com
“OCCUPY WALL STREET INSPIRES PROTESTS IN BOSTON”
Friday, September 30th, Concerned Citizens Gather for the Kick-off of
Occupy Boston
The conversation that began on Wall Street on September 17 has swept
northward to Boston, and inspired a powerful national movement.
Joining with nearly 100 actions in cities from Los Angeles to Dallas,
Chicago, and Washington D.C., concerned citizens have come to speak
out for a more just society.
Occupy Boston will gather at Dewey Square in Downtown Boston on Friday, September 30 at 6 p.m., to begin an ongoing protest, discuss the state of the union and offer specific changes in government to affect a positive social shift.
This action in Boston began with a group of over 200 people who assembled on The Common Tuesday evening to voice their support for the movement. Paul Harris of the Guardian covered the meeting, saying,“[..] the people behind Occupy Boston showed a strong dose of media savvy and organisational skill on [Tuesday] night, as they drew a committed crowd of volunteers to their cause: to occupy a slice of
the city.”
The impetus for Occupy Boston is to challenge the status quo of an
economic system that subverts our government and social fabric. The
top 1% owns 50% of the nation’s wealth – and more importantly uses
this wealth to undermine the founding principles of America’s
democracy.
The movement invites everyone who feels the current system is broken
to join us in a discussion about how we might reform business and
government, and restore the promise of America. Through the direct
democratic process of general assembly, Occupy Boston is working
define and solve the problems we face as a nation. 100% of the
population deserve alternatives to: an opaque and exclusive
government, a Wall Street without conscience, and a state struggling
to guarentee basic human rights.
We will persist in this action until we are joined by policy-makers,
business leaders, the citizens of our Republic in building a just and
inclusive community. We are the bottom 99% of America. We are speaking
up.
For more information about Occupy Boston visit http://occupyboston.com.
Boston's housing crisis spawns a grassroots revolution - News Features
Boston's housing crisis spawns a grassroots revolution - News Feature
The Boston Phoenix launches into the Boston housing crisis.
The Boston Phoenix launches into the Boston housing crisis.
A look back at the first occupy Wall Street. This was occupy Washington
The first occupy Wall Street
Occupy Wall Street growing rapidly
Occupy Wall Street growing rapidly
Wall Street gets a huge allies, the pilots, getting hard to imply that they are a bunch of dirty hippies.
Wall Street gets a huge allies, the pilots, getting hard to imply that they are a bunch of dirty hippies.
Delonte West Needs A Job So He Goes To Work For Regency Furniture During the NBA lockout
Last Year's employment
Delonte Needs a job
First Day of Work This Year
Some big unions are backing occupy Wall Street
A Massive Union Just Voted To Side With The Wall Street Protesters
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A member of TWU Local 100 told a reporter that they would join the protest Friday at 4PM.
Here's more about them from their website:
The TWU has four main divisions: Railroad; Gaming; Airline; Transit; and Utility, University and Service. The Union has 114 autonomous locals representing over 200,000 members and retirees in 22 states around the country.
Occupy Wall Street has been picking up some decent support from unions in the past few days. Yesterday we reported that the Teamsters Union declared their support for protestors, and we also found out that the United Pilots Union had members at the protest demonstrating in uniform.Today we learned the Industrial Workers of the World put a message of support on their website as well.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/a-massive-union-just-voted-to-side-with-the-wall-street-protesters-2011-9#ixzz1ZNa8zlwQ
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Scott Walker Finds Antidote to Recall – Make the Recall Process More Difficult | FDL News Desk
Scott Walker Finds Antidote to Recall – Make the Recall Process More Difficult FDL News Desk
This current version of Scott Walker is against the recall.
This current version of Scott Walker is against the recall.
This Scott Walker who was for recall. It's a good thing these two barely talk.
Postal workers and allies rally across the country to save the Postal Service
Postal workers and allies rally across the country to save the Postal Service
A little piece about postal rallies around the country.
A little piece about postal rallies around the country.
The Real Cause of the Postal Crisis: Ed Breaks It Down On MSNBC
The Real Cause of the Postal Crisis: Ed Breaks It Down On MSNBC
A good analysis of the real crisis of the post office. You basically have congress throwing American out of work and making stuff up.
A good analysis of the real crisis of the post office. You basically have congress throwing American out of work and making stuff up.
From Firedoglake why the media and power elite loathe Wall Street
Over the past ten days, hundreds of people have occupied Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan in New York as part of Occupy Wall Street. Citizens have faced down a city that has fortified Wall Street with blockades so corporate criminals responsible for the economic collapse in 2008 can avoid confrontations with angry, passionate Americans.
Citizens have camped out and held daily marches in the face of a massive police presence, which has sometimes been very intimidating as individuals have been arbitrarily picked off and arrested. And last weekend, the police corralled them into an area near Union Square and proceeded to make a number of violent arrests; eighty to one hundred were arrested on Saturday.
The organizers, who pride themselves in being “leaderless,” have sought to bring together a diverse crowd of various political persuasions. They have rallied behind the slogan, “We are the 99%,” to show they will no longer tolerate the greed and corruption of the top 1% in America. They have rallied against banks that engage in tax dodging while at the same time foreclosing on Americans’ homes and charging exorbitant interest rates on student loans putting young citizens in deep debt. They are rising up against increased unemployment and war against the poor in America. And they have used what is known as the General Assembly process to make decisions, which democratically gives all people present an opportunity to influence the continued organization of Occupy Wall Street.
Traditional media have characterized the plurality of voices and the number of issues the occupation is seeking to challenge as a weakness. Establishment media has been openly condescending. Ginia Bellafante’s report in the New York Times has generated significant attention for her focus on the fact that some “half-naked woman” who looks like Joni Mitchell to her is the leader of this movement of “rightly frustrated young people.” Bellafante accuses the protesters of lacking “cohesion” and “pantomiming progressivism rather than practice it knowledgeably.” NPR reiterated NYT’s focus on the “scattered nature of the movement” in its coverage of the occupation (and tellingly used a photo of a man holding a sign that reads “Satan Controls Wall St”). Local press have treated the occupiers as if they are a tribe or a group of nomads focusing on occupiers’ behavior instead of trying to understand the real reason why people are in the park.
Liberals have shown scorn, too, suggesting the occupation is not a “Main Street production” or that the protesters aren’t dressed properly and should wear suits cause the civil rights movement would not have won if they hadn’t worn decent clothing.
Full Story Here: http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2011/09/27/why-establishment-media-the-power-elite-loathe-occupy-wall-street/
Citizens have camped out and held daily marches in the face of a massive police presence, which has sometimes been very intimidating as individuals have been arbitrarily picked off and arrested. And last weekend, the police corralled them into an area near Union Square and proceeded to make a number of violent arrests; eighty to one hundred were arrested on Saturday.
The organizers, who pride themselves in being “leaderless,” have sought to bring together a diverse crowd of various political persuasions. They have rallied behind the slogan, “We are the 99%,” to show they will no longer tolerate the greed and corruption of the top 1% in America. They have rallied against banks that engage in tax dodging while at the same time foreclosing on Americans’ homes and charging exorbitant interest rates on student loans putting young citizens in deep debt. They are rising up against increased unemployment and war against the poor in America. And they have used what is known as the General Assembly process to make decisions, which democratically gives all people present an opportunity to influence the continued organization of Occupy Wall Street.
Traditional media have characterized the plurality of voices and the number of issues the occupation is seeking to challenge as a weakness. Establishment media has been openly condescending. Ginia Bellafante’s report in the New York Times has generated significant attention for her focus on the fact that some “half-naked woman” who looks like Joni Mitchell to her is the leader of this movement of “rightly frustrated young people.” Bellafante accuses the protesters of lacking “cohesion” and “pantomiming progressivism rather than practice it knowledgeably.” NPR reiterated NYT’s focus on the “scattered nature of the movement” in its coverage of the occupation (and tellingly used a photo of a man holding a sign that reads “Satan Controls Wall St”). Local press have treated the occupiers as if they are a tribe or a group of nomads focusing on occupiers’ behavior instead of trying to understand the real reason why people are in the park.
Liberals have shown scorn, too, suggesting the occupation is not a “Main Street production” or that the protesters aren’t dressed properly and should wear suits cause the civil rights movement would not have won if they hadn’t worn decent clothing.
Full Story Here: http://dissenter.firedoglake.com/2011/09/27/why-establishment-media-the-power-elite-loathe-occupy-wall-street/
According to Talking Points Romney doesn't have a political career. And he's right at least not one he wins very much.
Non-political Mitt refusing to do what "politicians" have done at parades for years
He was asked why he didn’t have a drug policy on his website. He was urged to create a better system for airline security, if he’s elected. And several times today, he was asked about the New York Times opinion piece by billionaire Warren Buffett calling for increased taxes on the wealthy as a way to cut the deficit.
“I disagree with Warren. And I do want to keep the Bush tax cuts in place,” Romney said. “If he’d like to pay more, I’d like him to write a big check. A few billion from Warren would help out, so send it in Warren, and get your friends to do the same, that’d be terrific…I say that kind of tongue in cheek.”
Romney continued to focus on President Obama throughout the day, never mentioning any of his Republican rivals unless prompted. But he subtly appears to be testing out new lines that make the case that his experience in the private sector trumps any experience in government.
“This for me is not about the next step in my political career,” Romney said tonight. “I don’t have a political career. I spent 25 years in business.”
“I don’t care whether I’m popular,” he added. “I don’t care if I get reelected.”
From This Story: http://www.boston.com/Boston/politicalintelligence/2011/08/romney-calls-for-common-ground-hails-tea-party/LOY75w5ClWiDMV2beB5kfO/index.html
New Deal Democrat Jennings Randoph made the case for saving the post office, is anyone still listening?
When I started covering politics, Jennings Randolph was completing his tenure as the grand old man of Capitol Hill. The last sitting member of Congress to have arrived with Franklin Roosevelt in 1933 (as a member of the House), he was still sitting as a senator from West Virginia more than 50 years later. Perhaps as importantly, he had been born only a little more than a century after the Constitution was adopted.
Randolph recognized the connection between the Constitution and the New Deal, seeing in both an element of nation-building that focused on the affirmative role of government and the necessary role of the extension of the federal government that could be found in every hinterland hamlet and urban neighborhood: the post office.
Randolph was the great defender of the postal service that Ben Franklin had established and that the framers of the Constitution had seen fit to recognize as an essential project of the federal endeavor.
Randolph waxed poetic about the post office, respecting the local facility, be it a frame building at a country crossroads or a brick-and-mortar monument at the center of the largest city. It was, he said, more than a purveyor of packages and mail, more than a source of employment, more even than a meeting spot and focal point for community.
The post office, Randolph explained, was the friendly and honorable face of a government that could otherwise seem distant and, at times, ominous.
As a true Jeffersonian Democrat, and a faithful New Dealer, Randolph argued that those who understood the positive role that government could play in the lives and communities of Americans had better make the defense of the post office a high priority.
"When the post office is closed, the flag comes down," he said. "When the human side of government closes its doors, we're all in trouble."
Randolph spoke the faith of the small-"d" democrat with those words -- and, at least in his time, that of the large-"D" Democrat.
But, today, Democrats and Republicans in Washington are entertaining proposals that would, in the words of the American Postal Workers Union, "end the postal service as we know it."
Read Full Story here: http://www.opednews.com/articles/Save-the-Post-Office-Mov-by-John-Nichols-110927-943.html
Randolph recognized the connection between the Constitution and the New Deal, seeing in both an element of nation-building that focused on the affirmative role of government and the necessary role of the extension of the federal government that could be found in every hinterland hamlet and urban neighborhood: the post office.
Randolph was the great defender of the postal service that Ben Franklin had established and that the framers of the Constitution had seen fit to recognize as an essential project of the federal endeavor.
Randolph waxed poetic about the post office, respecting the local facility, be it a frame building at a country crossroads or a brick-and-mortar monument at the center of the largest city. It was, he said, more than a purveyor of packages and mail, more than a source of employment, more even than a meeting spot and focal point for community.
The post office, Randolph explained, was the friendly and honorable face of a government that could otherwise seem distant and, at times, ominous.
As a true Jeffersonian Democrat, and a faithful New Dealer, Randolph argued that those who understood the positive role that government could play in the lives and communities of Americans had better make the defense of the post office a high priority.
"When the post office is closed, the flag comes down," he said. "When the human side of government closes its doors, we're all in trouble."
Randolph spoke the faith of the small-"d" democrat with those words -- and, at least in his time, that of the large-"D" Democrat.
But, today, Democrats and Republicans in Washington are entertaining proposals that would, in the words of the American Postal Workers Union, "end the postal service as we know it."
Read Full Story here: http://www.opednews.com/articles/Save-the-Post-Office-Mov-by-John-Nichols-110927-943.html
Wall Street protests in Boston
Wall Street protests in Boston: BOSTON -- The worries of Wall Street are reaching Boston. Wall Street Protests come home.
On Common Last Night
From Crooks and Liars buying your democracy for just $25 dollars Wisconsin-style
Here's the Wisconsin Right to Life Voter Rewards program:
Full Story: http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/wisconsins-voter-rewards-programs-under-inv
During the recall races, the group had sent an email that described the elections as putting "a pro-family, pro-life state Senate at stake."
It then offered "rewards for volunteers who make an impact over the weekend by educating and encouraging family and friends to vote by absentee ballot."
Those who signed up 15 "pro-life/pro-family voters" by July 5 would get a $25 gift or gas card as a reward. The person signing up the most people in each Senate district would win a $75 gift or gas card.
Full Story: http://crooksandliars.com/karoli/wisconsins-voter-rewards-programs-under-inv
Obviously in this country voting is not as important as taking twenty dollars from an ATM machine. From Salon Diebold machines can be hacked by remote control for $10.50 in parts and eigth grade education
Diebold voting machines can be hacked by remote control
Exclusive: A laboratory shows how an e-voting machine used by a third of all voters can be easily manipulated
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Voting machines used by as many as a quarter of American voters heading to the polls in 2012 can be hacked with just $10.50 in parts and an 8th grade science education, according to computer science and security experts at the Vulnerability Assessment Team at Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois. The experts say the newly developed hack could change voting results while leaving absolutely no trace of the manipulation behind.
"We believe these man-in-the-middle attacks are potentially possible on a wide variety of electronic voting machines," said Roger Johnston, leader of the assessment team "We think we can do similar things on pretty much every electronic voting machine."
Fyll story here: http://www.salon.com/news/politics/elections/2011/09/27/votinghack/index.html
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
Occupy Together | Home
Occupy Together Home
The occupy Wall Street movement is moving to go viral in other American cities. This is link to find one.
The occupy Wall Street movement is moving to go viral in other American cities. This is link to find one.
Michael Moore also appeared at Occupy Wall Street Rally
Postal Workers Outside Michele Bachmann's office
Postal Workers Rally Outside Bachmann’s Office [AUDIO]
Photo by Jim Maurice
Michael Kaehler is the President of the St. Cloud American Postal Workers Union. He says Congress got the Postal Service into it’s financial mess back in 2006, when they required the service to pre-fund their healthcare benefits.
Kaehler says this congressional mandate costs the Postal Service $5 billion a year.
Union workers are asking members of this Congress to support a new bill that would allow the Postal Service to apply its excess retirement payments to meet its financial obligations.
Monday, September 26, 2011
Noam Chomsky adds support to Wall Street protests
Noam Chomsky Announces Solidarity With #occupywallstreet
Posted 2011-09-26 10:57:09 UTC by OccupyWallSt
Anyone with eyes open knows that the gangsterism of Wall Street -- financial institutions generally -- has caused severe damage to the people of the United States (and the world). And should also know that it has been doing so increasingly for over 30 years, as their power in the economy has radically increased, and with it their political power. That has set in motion a vicious cycle that has concentrated immense wealth, and with it political power, in a tiny sector of the population, a fraction of 1%, while the rest increasingly become what is sometimes called "a precariat" --seeking to survive in a precarious existence. They also carry out these ugly activities with almost complete impunity -- not only too big to fail, but also "too big to jail."
The courageous and honorable protests underway in Wall Street should serve to bring this calamity to public attention, and to lead to dedicated efforts to overcome it and set the society on a more healthy course.
Noam Chomsky
The courageous and honorable protests underway in Wall Street should serve to bring this calamity to public attention, and to lead to dedicated efforts to overcome it and set the society on a more healthy course.
Noam Chomsky
From Talking Point Memo some big money back Chris Cristie for President. He'll be the governor from Home Depot, Fox and hedge fund managers.
There’s a lot of buzz around a Chris Christie run this week, thanks mostly to an all-out effort by big money Republicans to recruit him for a run.
So who are these guys? In July, Christie attended a meeting with a “who’s who A-list of successful fundraisers,” as FOX News put it to discuss a possible presidential bid. The group reportedly included several billionaires, including its host, Home Depot co-founder and venture capitalist Kenneth Langone, who appears to be the most enthusiastic driver of the Christie boomlet.
Langone, 76, has emerged over the last two years as one of the loudest critics of President Obama’s Wall St. vs. Main Street rhetoric. At a CNBC Town Hall last year, Obama himself was asked about Langone’s statement that the White House should stop making “people in business feel like we’re villains or criminal.” The President replied that he was “absolute not” vilifying the private sector, noting that he’s cut taxes on businesses repeatedly. Langone isn’t a total hardliner, however: he endorsed raising taxes on the rich during debt ceiling negotiations so long as the revenue was dedicated entirely to helping pay down the deficit.
New York hedge fund billionaire Paul Singer is also named by Politico as one of the leaders of the latest Draft Christie movement. Singer was a major fundraiser for both George W. Bush’s and Rudy Giuliani’s presidential campaigns. He also bankrolled an unsuccessful 2007 effort in California to try to pass a ballot measure ending the winner-takes-all system for California’s electoral votes, which would provide a massive boost to Republican presidential candidates. Like Langone, he has a moderate streak as well: he helped fund efforts to pass New York’s landmark law allowing same sex marriage this year.
Another key Christie backer: FOX News CEO Roger Ailes. According to New York Magazine, Ailes begged him to run before the presidential race got under way and brokered a meeting between Christie and Rush Limbaugh.
Full Story Here: http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/09/the-big-money-behind-the-chris-christie-boomlet.php?ref=fpb
So who are these guys? In July, Christie attended a meeting with a “who’s who A-list of successful fundraisers,” as FOX News put it to discuss a possible presidential bid. The group reportedly included several billionaires, including its host, Home Depot co-founder and venture capitalist Kenneth Langone, who appears to be the most enthusiastic driver of the Christie boomlet.
Langone, 76, has emerged over the last two years as one of the loudest critics of President Obama’s Wall St. vs. Main Street rhetoric. At a CNBC Town Hall last year, Obama himself was asked about Langone’s statement that the White House should stop making “people in business feel like we’re villains or criminal.” The President replied that he was “absolute not” vilifying the private sector, noting that he’s cut taxes on businesses repeatedly. Langone isn’t a total hardliner, however: he endorsed raising taxes on the rich during debt ceiling negotiations so long as the revenue was dedicated entirely to helping pay down the deficit.
Going to have to get him an XXXtra large smock
This animal needs a part time governor to help prop him up
And don't forget the little club newspaper
Full Story Here: http://2012.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/09/the-big-money-behind-the-chris-christie-boomlet.php?ref=fpb
Don't forget he also has these two when they tell him to get his lard butt out here he hops right on a plain to do their bidding
The first black president complains that the African American community needs to stop complaining, press on, because there is work to do
The first African American President said at the Congressional Black Caucus Awards dinner.
The same words could have been used on the president and his lackluster administration.
"I’m going to press on for the sake of all those families who are struggling right now. I don’t have time to feel sorry for myself. I don’t have time to complain. I am going to press on. I expect all of you to march with me and press on. Take off your bedroom slippers, put on your marching shoes. Shake it off. Stop complaining, stop grumbling, stop crying. We are going to press on. We’ve got work to do, CBC."
The same words could have been used on the president and his lackluster administration.
From Truthout: More Abysmal coverage from the New York Times This Time On The Wall Street Protests. Maybe they are just looking for the weapons of mass destruction.
Correcting the Abysmal New York Times Coverage of Occupy Wall Street
by: Allison Kilkenny, The Nation | News Analysis
Over the weekend, my inbox exploded with angry messages from people who had just read this New York Times article(though it reads more like an op-ed) about the Occupy Wall Street protest. Ginia Bellafante gives a devastating account of the event’s attendees, depicting them as scatterbrained, sometimes borderline psychotic transients.
Bellafante, who is not a reporter but a critic for the Times, offered a representation of the protesters that is as muddled as the amalgam of activists' motives she presents in the span of the article. She first claims a Joni Mitchell lookalike named Zuni Tikka is a “default ambassador” of the movement. In one of the following paragraphs, she then describes the protest as “leaderless.” Either the people at Zuccotti Park have official leadership or they don’t (they don’t, by the way). So either Tikka is an official spokesperson who warrants first-paragraph favorability, or Bellafante’s own biases persuaded her to put the kooky girl dancing around in her underwear in the spotlight.
... Bellafante reaches a far, far larger readership, and the ones who dismiss protesters always do because their corporate overlords love depicting protesters as flower-waving, stoned-out-of-their-gourds hippies. If you think those are the only people on your side, why get off the couch at all?
... These are the kinds of massive oppositional forces activists find themselves facing these days: an incredibly oppressive police state and a corporate cash monster bearing down on them from the right. Meanwhile, their union support army is either in retreat or preoccupied fighting other battles on other fronts in Wisconsin or Ohio, or one of the other 48 states where anti-union legislation was introduced this year courtesy of ALEC, a front group that serves as proxy for corporate interests.
Instead of bemoaning the fact that protesters haven’t arrived in matching uniforms with a coherent Powerpoint presentation, these are the issues we should be addressing. Of course the majority of Zuccotti Park occupiers are young, brash, and lost. They’d have to be to do something like this, and risk getting hypothermia for the chance to be ignored and belittled by the media. Young people are always the first ones willing to risk comfort and security for the romantic vision of a better tomorrow.
The more serious aspect of the protest—the “scores of arrests” that occurred over the weekend including the arrests of more than 80 people, several of whom the police first penned and then maced—is offered as an aside in Bellafante’s article (she doesn’t mention the macing at all). By the way, none of the young women in the following video are in their underwear.
Complete Story here: http://www.thenation.com/
For awhile I was a little intimidated going up against the large news gathering divisions of the Ny times, newscorp, GE, Time Warner ... but then I realized they aren't in the news gathering business, they just repeat what they're told, so we really aren't in competition.
Complete Story here: http://www.thenation.com/
For awhile I was a little intimidated going up against the large news gathering divisions of the Ny times, newscorp, GE, Time Warner ... but then I realized they aren't in the news gathering business, they just repeat what they're told, so we really aren't in competition.
Wall Street Sets out To Buy Super committee. Why by 435 when you can buy twelve
From Talking Points Memo
"Wall Street and the big banks are trying to buy their way out of paying their fair share," George Goehl, executive director of National People's Action said in a release. "We know where the money is to rebuild our economy and it's not in the pockets of school children or in Grandma's pension - it's on Wall Street."
"Wall Street and the big banks are trying to buy their way out of paying their fair share," George Goehl, executive director of National People's Action said in a release. "We know where the money is to rebuild our economy and it's not in the pockets of school children or in Grandma's pension - it's on Wall Street."
Other highlights of the report:
Super committee members have received nearly $900,000 from three of the top American banks: JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo.
Super committee members have received nearly $900,000 from three of the top American banks: JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo.
Since 2000, the financial sector has spent more than $4 billion lobbying elected officials.
In August, Public Campaign and National People's Action joined two-dozen watchdog organizations in signing a letter urging the super committee members to give up fundraising and provide complete transparency of their meetings with lobbyists, donors, and corporate CEOs. So far, five members of the committee have announced that they would slow or curtail fundraising, including: Sens. Max Baucus (D-MT), John Kerry (D-MA), Rob Portman (R-OH), as well as Reps. Dave Camp (R-MI) and Fred Upton (R-MI).
Beginning this week, community, faith and labor activists around the country plan to visit the district offices of super committee members while they are at home on recess. The groups will be delivering a petition signed by thousands of concerned citizens calling on the super committee to make Wall Street pay their fair share.
Beginning this week, community, faith and labor activists around the country plan to visit the district offices of super committee members while they are at home on recess. The groups will be delivering a petition signed by thousands of concerned citizens calling on the super committee to make Wall Street pay their fair share.
Full Story Here: http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/09/super-committee-members-raked-in-41-million-from-wall-street.php?ref=fpb
Is this not what this blog is all about?
And the American army is looking more like landless nobles in charge of serfs but don't tell anyone that because they hate us because they hate our freedom.
From In These Time: Mayor Bloomberg seems to be going the added step to protect the billionaires who wrecked the economy
Despite NYPD Efforts, Wall Street Stays Occupied
Those who attend protests that challenge corporate power and unrestrained capitalism in the U.S. and Europe may have become used by now to a police response that is both excessive and untargeted, whether one is an active participant, an observer or merely a passerby. (I myself was among those coralled by the Metropolitan Police in London's Oxford Circus on May Day 2001, and can attest first-hand to the fact that the 3,000 people kept there without access to food, water or toilets for seven hours included at least one pair of bemused and terrified tourists from continental Europe who had a plane to catch and who begged in vain to be let past the line of riot police shields.)
But from all accounts so far, it appears that yesterday the NYPD, presumably under the edict of Commissioner Ray Kelly and Mayor Bloomberg, took the policing of such protests to new and violent levels.
Full Story: http://www.inthesetimes.com/ittlist/entry/12004/despite_nypd_efforts_wall_street_stays_occupied/
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Please keep Mitt Romney in the race he's great for laughs. Harvard grad makes fun of Obama taking advise from the Harvard lounge and not from the battlefield where Romney has never been
From talking points memo
Romney, Harvard Grad With Harvard Advisers, Rips ‘Harvard Faculty Lounge’
According to Op Ed news there has been instances of police arresting reporters and interfering with getting the story out.
Marissa Holmes, a member of the team posting video on the live feed on Livestream, shown in the photo above, was arrested for filming arrests. Here is a short video of that plus a report on the various reasons for the protests.
Most of the police have not been interfering with the protesters, and many have expressed support for the protesters' concerns. However, the media team has reported that a team of police destroyed cameras and laptops being used to broadcast the protest, and it has reported that some police have indicated that they may order the protesters to clear the square after dark or face arrest. Apparently, those statements were made after the mass of arrests in order to intimidate the protesters and to try to break up the protests.
Sources report similar protests are occurring in cities across the United States including Los Angeles and Chicago and the rest of the world. Naturally, the "news" media cartel is continuing to do its best to cover up the protests and the banksters' crimes.
The banksters have committed fraud in loan origination, securitization, servicing, and foreclosure to steal the homes of millions of Americans. See this report by Florida's Attorney General.
Unfortunately, the banksters' looting spree is not over. They are in the process of stealing millions more Americans' homes right now. See how widespread the banksters' looting spree really is at this link.
By the way, the banksters' minions in government are paying the banksters to foreclose. See this report and this report.
Don't think that the banksters will not try to steal your home, too. They have even tried to foreclose on homes with no mortgages. See this report by the Daily Show and subscribe to this news outlet for the latest foreclosure news
Full Story here: http://www.opednews.com/articles/Media-Arrested-at-Wall-Str-by-Mark-Adams-JD-MBA-110925-476.html
Wisconsin try to make recalls more difficults saying they're too expensive, and also probably because they are losing them
GOP Lawmakers Pushing to Make it Tougher to Mount Recall Elections
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Farrow said recalls should be held for a specific reason, such as being found guilty of a misdemeanor carrying a one-year jail sentence or a breach of the Legislature’s code of ethics. Eight other states require misconduct or breach of ethics as a reason to recall.
“This amendment will allow Wisconsinites the opportunity to protect the integrity of our regular election system,” said Farrow, whose district includes part of Brookfield and Sussex. “Furthermore, by requiring that just cause be shown when attempting the recall of an elected official, the amendment will ensure that recall elections remain rare - rather than on a cycle of constant repeat.”
The other current requirements for a recall - obtaining 25 percent of the votes cast in a district during the most recent gubernatorial election and only recalling those who have served at least one year in office - would remain in place.
“My view is that recalls should be reserved for true breaches of trust or misconduct,” Farrow said. “The most recent recalls were being used for political issues. In November (2010), the majority of voters swung control of the Legislature. The minority didn’t like it and they wanted to change that.”
He likened the current recall process as a way for the minority to squelch the voice of the majority of Wisconsin voters.
Farrow and state Reps. Robin Vos (R-Rochester) and Gary Tauchen (R-Bonduel) began circulating the amendment on Tuesday to find co-sponsors. As of Friday, no others have signed on, but state Sen. Alberta Darling expressed interest in the idea, especially the “for cause” requirement
Full Story here: http://shorewood.patch.com/articles/gop-lawmakers-pushing-to-make-it-tougher-to-mount-recalls
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GOP says high costs were unnecessary
State Republican lawmakers have characterized these huge expenditures as a waste of resources. And state Rep. Paul Farrow (R-Pewaukee) was so distressed by the time and money spent that he is proposing a constitutional amendment to reform the recall process.Farrow said recalls should be held for a specific reason, such as being found guilty of a misdemeanor carrying a one-year jail sentence or a breach of the Legislature’s code of ethics. Eight other states require misconduct or breach of ethics as a reason to recall.
“This amendment will allow Wisconsinites the opportunity to protect the integrity of our regular election system,” said Farrow, whose district includes part of Brookfield and Sussex. “Furthermore, by requiring that just cause be shown when attempting the recall of an elected official, the amendment will ensure that recall elections remain rare - rather than on a cycle of constant repeat.”
The other current requirements for a recall - obtaining 25 percent of the votes cast in a district during the most recent gubernatorial election and only recalling those who have served at least one year in office - would remain in place.
“My view is that recalls should be reserved for true breaches of trust or misconduct,” Farrow said. “The most recent recalls were being used for political issues. In November (2010), the majority of voters swung control of the Legislature. The minority didn’t like it and they wanted to change that.”
He likened the current recall process as a way for the minority to squelch the voice of the majority of Wisconsin voters.
Farrow and state Reps. Robin Vos (R-Rochester) and Gary Tauchen (R-Bonduel) began circulating the amendment on Tuesday to find co-sponsors. As of Friday, no others have signed on, but state Sen. Alberta Darling expressed interest in the idea, especially the “for cause” requirement
Full Story here: http://shorewood.patch.com/articles/gop-lawmakers-pushing-to-make-it-tougher-to-mount-recalls
Occupy Wall Street Movement Reports 80 Arrested Today in Protests
Occupy Wall Street Movement Reports 80 Arrested Today in Protests: ABC News’ Olivia Katrandjian reports: At least 80 people were arrested on Wall Street today in the eighth day of protests against corporations, according to the group Occupy Wall St, which reported police used tasers and mace to control the crowd today. The New York...
ABC news found the movement today.
ABC news found the movement today.
A pretty good recap of days events around Wall Street with a form if you want to support it.
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Occupy Wall Street: Day 9 - 200+ Arrested - MSM Finally Wake-up
By Chaz Valenza
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Yesterday between 121 and 200 protesters were arrested when a peaceful march of approximately 2,000 headed to Union Square to spread the word about their occupation for emancipation from a corrupt economic and financial system. The events made news in many national MSM publications.
Daily News: MSM Blinks Coverage in Major National Press by subversionistic
Box Score:
OWS Protesters Arrested: 121 - 200 (?)
Wall Street Banksters Arrested: 0
Full story here: http://www.opednews.com/articles/Occupy-Wall-Street-Day-9-by-Chaz-Valenza-110924-668.html
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Yesterday between 121 and 200 protesters were arrested when a peaceful march of approximately 2,000 headed to Union Square to spread the word about their occupation for emancipation from a corrupt economic and financial system. The events made news in many national MSM publications.
Daily News: MSM Blinks Coverage in Major National Press by subversionistic
Box Score:
OWS Protesters Arrested: 121 - 200 (?)
Wall Street Banksters Arrested: 0
Full story here: http://www.opednews.com/articles/Occupy-Wall-Street-Day-9-by-Chaz-Valenza-110924-668.html
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