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9.19.2008

 

Challenging Welch

Progressive Thomas Hermann of Barre wanted a gotcha moment this morning when he informed the media he planned to go to U.S. Rep. Peter Welch's office on Main Street and demand to know where in two bills is there any restriction on funds that were approved for the war in Iraq.

Hermann served in Iraq, but opposes the war. He's challenging Welch because he says the Democratic incumbent failed to live up to his promise of fight against the war on every front. Currently, Hermann's focus is on statements Welch has made about his voting record -- that he has never voted for funding for the war without strings attached, such as a timeline for the withdrawal of troops. Hermann says that's not true and he points to votes on two measures.

One was a bill that bounced back and forth between the House and Senate, changing during that process. Carolyn Dwyer, Welch's campaign manager, said there were conditions in the original House version, but the bill was gutted in the Senate. When the revised bill came back to the House, Welch voted against it.

Hermann challenges Welch's on a budget measure, too. Dwyer said that bill was to keep government operating for six weeks while the budget was completed. No one should see that is a litmus test for Welch's antiwar efforts, she said. Hermann disagreed, saying he would have voted against the funding bill even if it meant he was voting against funding for lots of worthwhile programs.

Hermann never got his chance to go to Welch's office. Dwyer attended his news conference and said she was the one who would respond, not the congressional staff.

Look for Hermann to raise this issue with Welch when they meet in a debate. Look for Welch to be armed and ready to defend his record.

-- Nancy Remsen

Comments:
How nice - a leftist ambulance chaser like Welch is seen as "too conservative" by another crack pot transplant. Only in Vermont.
 
Funny. The GOP is so bankrupt that they can't field a candidate of their own.
 
What's the use? The state is now dominated by far-left parasites that just want something for free. The majority of moderate/conservatives long ago left the state and the rest seem to have just given up. The sorry state of affairs in present-day Vermont should serve as a warning to other states as to what happens when the producers disappear and that's left are the leftist drones. Not a pretty sight.
 
Bubba - If you are right. How does Dubie and Douglas get elected and re-elected?

Oh, and please don't go to the "they are moderates" BS.

Douglas just said he likes Sarah Palin, that she is an environmentalist and a lot of Vermonters would identify with her. That would seem, given Palins record, that not even Jim Douglas thinks Vermont is a bunch looney liberals. And Dubie is a raging anti-abortin right wind zealot.

So again Bubba, if you are so right how do these two men continue to get elected?
 
Because at the last minute, even the leftist suddenly realize that THEY have to have SOMEBODY to pay their bills, so balancing off a left-wing legislature with two moderates makes sense to even them, even if they hate it!
 
Welch is the Republican nominee! The GOP nominated him and now they are trashing him?

What a bunch of bafoons!

Ha!
 
bubba said...

"How nice - a leftist ambulance chaser like Welch is seen as "too conservative" by another crack pot transplant. Only in Vermont."

I hate to keep confusin' ya with the facts, bubbakis, but Welch has the same hometown as your beloved doogie the dimmer.

Get your ignorant anonymous ass a brain transplant.

Always a pleasure.
 
Wow. Sarah Palin's little Downs baby sure grew up fast. He has his own daily feed into the GMD blog. It's right at the top. He does really well.
 
$900 billion to bailout Wall Street?

Isn't that SOCIALISM??

Let's take $500 billion and put it directly into building better bridges and roads ... or sending kids to college, so that they have the ability to develop the next wave of technology.
 
Yeah. The GOP faithful fall into lock step support when it comes to government bailouts for Wall Street greed. Sickening. Soemone should start reintroducing the Keating 5 scandal as an example of McCain's stewardship.
 
What is sickening is when Chris Dodds, Obama, Clinton and Kerry all collect thousands for campaign contributions and look the other way when stuff hits the fan and try to blame Bush. McCain and Bush tried unsuccessfully to put controls in place and the Dems refused.
McCain was exonerated on the Keating scandal but you refuse to read "the rest of the story."
 
Of course the dims are the biggest champions of Fanny Mae and Freddy Mac, which is a cash cow of donations for Obama, Chris Dodd and Kerry. Frank Raines also advises Barack. It is laughable for the corrupt dims to criticize McCain when he was one of the few Senators to warn us about those two disasters. Also, just who was it that whined about the "poor" not getting low-interest home loans, EVEN IF THEY COULDN'T PAY THEM BACK? (i.e., see Bernie Sanders and Pat Leahy for the answer)We know what happened there, don't we? Oh yes, another thing - after years of railing against us becoming energy independent and drilling for our OWN oil, Bernie and Pat now want taxpayers to pay for Vermonter's oil bills! Think how much more oil we'd have NOW if Clinton and the dims hadn't vetoed drilling in 1998!
 
Bloomberg--
Now that the collapse has occurred, the roadblock built by Senate Democrats in 2005 is unforgivable. Many who opposed the bill doubtlessly did so for honorable reasons. Fannie and Freddie provided mounds of materials defending their practices. Perhaps some found their propaganda convincing.

But we now know that many of the senators who protected Fannie and Freddie, including Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Christopher Dodd, have received mind-boggling levels of financial support from them over the years.

Throughout his political career, Obama has gotten more than $125,000 in campaign contributions from employees and political action committees of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, second only to Dodd, the Senate Banking Committee chairman, who received more than $165,000.

Clinton, the 12th-ranked recipient of Fannie and Freddie PAC and employee contributions, has received more than $75,000 from the two enterprises and their employees. The private profit found its way back to the senators who killed the fix.
 
So what's the answer? Throw $900 Billion at Wall Street and hope the problems go away?

Continue with deregulation?

I don't think the Bush/McCain plan is working so well.
 
More tax breaks for the richest 1 percent! That's the answer. It'll trickle down. Trust the GOP.
 
Some of the richest 1% should be in jail- Raines, Johnson and Gorelic who ripped off the taxpayers at Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac. NOTE- Bush & McCain tried to fix this 2 years ago and it was stopped by Obama & Co
So we should trust the Dems??? I don't think so!
 
Bush tried to fix what??

He's been in office for 8 years.

He's had a GOP congress for 6 of them.

Why couldn't he fix it?
 
NEK said...

"What is sickening is when Chris Dodds, Obama, Clinton and Kerry all collect thousands for campaign contributions and look the other way when stuff hits the fan and try to blame Bush. McCain and Bush tried unsuccessfully to put controls in place and the Dems refused. McCain was exonerated on the Keating scandal but you refuse to read "the rest of the story."

"Story", is always the operative term when your ignorant anonymous ass is tellin' the tale, nekkie boy.

Truth be told, "fairy tale" would more accurately describe your delusional dreck, nekkie boy.

Just how did Dodds, Obama, Clinton and Kerry manage to set the terms, nekkie boy, wnen clueless, corrupt, incompetent, gop-scum controlled Congress for the 12-year period from 1/95-1/07 and clueless, corrupt gop scum controlled all three branches of the Federal Government from 1/01-1/07 when shrub and his gop-scum rubber-stamp Congress managed to squander a record Federal Budget Surplus, fall asleep at the switch, ignore evidence, refuse to cut short an already record setting Presidential vacation, allow the 9/11/01 attacks only to turn around and politicize those attacks to lie us into a disastrous, costly, unnecessary and unjustifiable war in Iraq while continually botching efforts to capture or kill bin laden and al qaeda who planned, financed and perpetrated the 9/11/01 attacks while continually lying about bogus Iraqi WMD and non-existent Saddam attacks to 9/11.

Under shrub, we had already run up more national debt than his 42 predecessors combined before last week's collapse and the latest Bush Recession has all but become the first Bush and the latest Gop Depression.

There are no policies that have been implemented since the Dems regained control of Congress from shrub's corrupt, clueless and incompetent gop-slime rubber-stamp who allowed this situation to happen.

Any Dem efforts to reign in the anything goes, casino crony capitalism of Wall Street and the Banking Sector passed the House only to be filibustered in the Senate or vetoed by the illegitimate trash currently squatting in the White House.

No sale, nekkie boy. As with the Stock Market Crash of '29, and the Great Depression those policies resulted in, this situation is solely the product of clueless, corrupt and incompetent gop-trash pols and policies that have us where we are today and your ignorant anonymous ass remains caseless, clueless, ignorant trash with bupkis.

Always a pleasure.
 
All three are liberal dimocrats. Raines and Johnson are Obama advisers and Gorelic is a former Clinton official who's claim to fame was that she weakened intelligent gathering under Clinton so that agencies like the FBi could not swap info on terrorist threats with other agencies! And then she was rewarded with a spot on the Sept 11 panel! I notice that the liberal pinheads don't seem to mind when dimocrats rip off the taxpayer like these three!
 
All three are liberal dimocrats. Raines and Johnson are Obama advisers and Gorelic is a former Clinton official who's claim to fame was that she weakened intelligent gathering under Clinton so that agencies like the FBi could not swap info on terrorist threats with other agencies! And then she was rewarded with a spot on the Sept 11 panel! I notice that the liberal pinheads don't seem to mind when dimocrats rip off the taxpayer like these three!
 
NEK has left a new comment on the post "Challenging Welch":

Bloomberg--

"Now that the collapse has occurred, the roadblock built by Senate Democrats in 2005 is unforgivable..."

Gee, I hate to keep confusin' your ignorant anonymous ass with the facts, nekkie boy, but incompetent gop-slime controlled the White House, Congress and the Federal Courts in 2005 and the Dems were in no position to block anything incompetent, gop trash wanted unless incompetent gop trash let them block it.

Federal Legislation begins in the House and dimwitted-denny hastert, the former, unlamented, incompetent-trash, gop-slime Speaker of the House never let anything come to the floor for a vote unless there was enough gop-scum votes to ensure its passage in the House.

In other words, under Hastert's "leadership", the Dems had no say in the matter, and, once again, your ignorant anonymous ass is without a case or a clue.

Therefore, not only is your latest clueless-cretin claim a damned lie and a complete and utter fabrication, it is an ignorant anonymous trash impossibility.

Even now, any Dem efforts to remedy incompetent gop-trash policies and the disasters they've wrought are filibustered in the Senate or vetoed by the illegitimate trash currently squatting in the White House.

Once again, you have no case, no clue and no earthly reason to justify your continued existence and waste of oxygen and precious natural resources.

Given the fact that even Hitler and many of his followers had the decency to put themselves out of the world's misery, it's long past time for you, bubbakis and the ignorant anonymous gop-trash community to take a gun and a single bullet, retire in privacy to the next room and do the decent, honorable thing for the first and only time in your life and put yourself out of the world's misery.

Nothing in this life can possibly become you and the ignorant anonymous gop-trash community like the leaving of it.

Best of luck in the next life.

Disappear.
 
bubba has left a new comment on the post "Challenging Welch":

"All three are liberal dimocrats. Raines and Johnson are Obama advisers and Gorelic is a former Clinton official who's claim to fame was that she weakened intelligent gathering under Clinton so that agencies like the FBi could not swap info on terrorist threats with other agencies!"

Then I'm sure your ignorant anonymous ass will be only too happy to provide us with copious amounts of evidence to substantiate your latest psychotic-slop spew, bubbakis.

Gee, bupkis from bubbakis. Surprise. Surprise.

Take it where the climate suits your sheet, gomer.

Disappear.
 
You really are a meathead Coop-I didn't write the article, it was Bloomberg but you can call them what you wish- it just shows your ignorance.
 
NEK said...

"You really are a meathead Coop-I didn't write the article, it was Bloomberg but you can call them what you wish- it just shows your ignorance."

No, it shows yours, nekkie boy.

All your ignorant ass has done is type Bloomberg and spew some of your psychotic slop.

There's no date. There's no byline. There's just your customarily-clueless, brain-dead bupkis.

Is it your ignorant anonymous ass's clueless-cretin contention that the gops did not control Congress, the White House and the Federal Courts in 2005, nekkie boy,
because, unless Bloomberg has gone into the fascist fiction business with the lunatic-fringe likes of you, you're either not citing this alleged Bloomberg article in its entirety and you're lying your ignorant anonymous ass off, or you're just lyin' your ignorant anonymous ass off and makin' slop up, nekwit.

There is no Door Number Three and it's not just because the ignorant anonymous gop-trash community can't count that high, nekwit.

If your ignorant anonymous ass is gonna continue to rely on lies, you're gonna have to get a hell of a lot better at it real fast, little fraudulent fella, because you're dumb, you're scum and ya got bupkis.

Now be a good little coalition of the clueless community organizer and take that gun and that bullet into the next room, reflect in private upon the error of your ignorant anonymous trash ways, do the right thing for the first time in your ignorant anonymous trash life, set a good example for your clueless-cretin community and put yourself out of the world's misery.

Disappear.
 
Wow. Sarah Palin's little Downs baby sure grew up fast. He has his own daily feed into the GMD blog. It's right at the top. He does really well.

Too Funny!
 
The Coopster screams:

"All your ignorant ass has done is type Bloomberg and spew some of your psychotic slop."


Ahhhhhhhhhhh, Coop?

Go to this site and check mid way down the page:

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aSKSoiNbnQY0

Yer welcome Coop. Always happy to help the simple minded find their way out of the way of others.

Now go play in the street pal.
 
Nice try, iggy slop.

Feel free to have your ignorant anonymous ass point it out:

------------------------

NEK said...
Bloomberg--
Now that the collapse has occurred, the roadblock built by Senate Democrats in 2005 is unforgivable. Many who opposed the bill doubtlessly did so for honorable reasons. Fannie and Freddie provided mounds of materials defending their practices. Perhaps some found their propaganda convincing.

But we now know that many of the senators who protected Fannie and Freddie, including Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and Christopher Dodd, have received mind-boggling levels of financial support from them over the years.

Throughout his political career, Obama has gotten more than $125,000 in campaign contributions from employees and political action committees of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, second only to Dodd, the Senate Banking Committee chairman, who received more than $165,000.

Clinton, the 12th-ranked recipient of Fannie and Freddie PAC and employee contributions, has received more than $75,000 from the two enterprises and their employees. The private profit found its way back to the senators who killed the fix.

10:54 AM, September 22, 2008

--------------------

Again, I hate to keep confusin' your ignorant anonymous ass with the facts, little fraudulent/wife-threatenin' fella, but none of that was in the nekwit post to which I was responding as your ignorant anonymous ass can plainly see and none of it addresses the central fact that corrupt, clueless, incompetent-trash gops controlled Congress in 2005 and the Dems were in no position to block anything shrub and the gops wanted, so he doen't know what the hell he's talkin' about and your ignorant anonymous ass needs to do a better job of keepin' your lies straight, little factually-challenged/lyin'-slime fella.

Moreover, if I was nekkie boy as your ignorant anonymous ass was idiotically claimin' last night, I'd know what I included in the articles I cited, little fella.

Again, little delusional-dreck dealin' douche bag, if you're gonna lie your ignorant ass off 24/7 like ya do at the TA, you're gonna have to do a better job of keepin' them straight.

Otherwise, ya make the ignorant anonymous trash community look even worse than they already do and ya come off lookin' like an even dumber schmuck than ya already are.

Clearly, your ignorant anonymous ass ain't up to the task which leaves 30 lengths behind nekkie boy and 31 behind bubbakis in the inaugural ignorant anonymous trash community scumathon sweepstakes, so ya best stick to postin' my name and address and threatenin' my wife.

In other words, somethin' your ignorant anonymous ass can both substantiate, spell and can't fook up so easily, little delusional-dreck dealin' douche bag fella.

Always a pleasure.
 
I would say jw has trouble coming to grip with facts. Truly a 100% certifiable psychopath, obviously in the final stages of Tourettes Syndrome, an affliction common to extreme liberals.
 
bubba said...
"I would say jw has trouble coming to grip with facts...."

And I would say your ignorant anonymous ass couldn't find a fact with both hands and a road map if it was velcroed to your sorry psychotic slop spewin' butt, bubbakis.

The difference is that I would be right and you'd be you in a circle with nekkie boy and the rest of the ignorant anonymous trash community wankin' all over yourselves as is your clueless-cretin custom.

Today alone, the DOW lost 373 points and the price of oil jumped an unprecedented $25/barrel in one day before settling in at $120/barrel for the first time since 8/21.

Those are what we in the real world call facts, bubbakis. Your ignorant anonymous ass, on the other hand, simply spews psychotic gop-slop with no basis in fact or relationship to reality.

Say goodnight, greasy.
 
jw tells us in his latest hissy fit:

"Today alone, the DOW lost 373 points and the price of oil jumped an unprecedented $25/barrel in one day before settling in at $120/barrel for the first time since 8/21."

Learn to read Coop. October CONTRACTS closed at $120.92.

http://www.oilmarketer.co.uk/2008/09/22/wti-october-contracts-close-at-12092-per-barrel/

The New York MARKET closed at $108.91.

http://www.nymex.com/index.aspx


Maybe if you would close your mouth and open your eyes you'd be able to grasp it.

No danger of that happening with a waste of life like you.
 
jw, instead of whining about the price of foreign oil, why don't you write one of your flowery letters to your best pals, Bernie, Pat and Peter and ask them why we can't drill for our OWN oil? And I don't mean voting for a phony bill like the dimo one last week that cleverly would allow drilling in California.....but NOT in the area we get 90% of the crude! I get a little sick of Vermonters whining about this winter's fuel oil prices and then seeing them vote for the three Stooges over and over! Wake up!!!
 
From the first day Bernie went to Washington he has been begging for heating assistance. Now he has Pat & Peter in his chorus. How can you feel sorry for Vermonters who are disillusioned with the idea that some type of alternative fuel will come along and save the day? It has been 20 years and NOTHING in sight to replace oil/wood/gas as heat. If you are waiting for Global warming, good luck! As long as we continue to send $700 billion (ring a bell- the cost of bailout)out of the country to buy our fuel, we will continue to lose jobs and continue to beg for heating assistance.
Wake up Vermonters- get rid of these yo-yo's in Washington and that includes Obama- you will not be able to afford anything and your begging for help will just begin. Of course the liberal Dem love the begging- it gives them a superiority complex.
 
bubba said...

"jw, instead of whining about the price of foreign oil, why don't you write one of your flowery letters to your best pals, Bernie, Pat and Peter and ask them why we can't drill for our OWN oil?"

Because I prefer to deal with the facts and the issue before us, bubbakis, and they sure as hell ain't doin' your ignorant anonymous ass any favors.

Then again, they never do.

As in the case of the Stock Market Crash of '29 and the great Depression that followed it, this mess is solely the product of clueless, corrupt, incompetent gop-trash policies from top to bottom.

Always a pleasure.
 
NEK said...

"From the first day Bernie went to Washington he has been begging for heating assistance. Now he has Pat & Peter in his chorus..."

That must be why Bernie and Vermont's Congressional Delegation are so unpopular and Welch faces such formidable gop-slime opposition in his reelection efforts, nekkie boy.

Nice try. You're dumb, you're scum and ya got bupkis, nekwit.

Disappear.
 
It sure is sad to have these three stooges representing Vermonters. We continue to send $900 billion to foreign countries for oil and they use our money to buy US companies. These 3 think that is just fine- how idiotic. Let's get your priorities straight!
 
NEK ...

"It sure is sad to have these three stooges representing Vermonters."

That's because we elect and reelect them, nekkie boy.

"We continue to send $900 billion to foreign countries for oil and they use our money to buy US companies. These 3 think that is just fine- how idiotic. Let's get your priorities straight!"

Again, I hate to keep confusin' ya with the facts, nekkie boy, but they don't support shrub's plan as presented any more than I do, nekkie boy.

So, once again, ya need to get your facts and your priorities straight or take it where the climate suits your sheet.

Always a pleasure.
 
Vermont's three stooges have aided and abetted the criminals at Fanny Mae and Freddy Mac thru their willingness to stand by and not criticize either of these dimocrat organizations. The left screamed bloody murder for years because unqualified borrowers were denied loans. So now we have a bunch of losers that never should have been given loans plus a bunch of pals and insiders of both parties that have gotten rich like Goralik, Raines, and Johnson. As long as Bernie, Pat and Peter get their millions in bribes, they just look the other way! Do you think any of these three will suffer like ordinary citizens?
 
bubba...

"Vermont's three stooges have aided and abetted the criminals at Fanny Mae and Freddy Mac thru their willingness to stand by and not criticize either of these dimocrat organizations."

Then stuff a sock in it and go make a "citizen's" arrest, bubbakis. See how far your ignorant anonymous ass gets with your psychotic slop.

Maybe ya can have doogie replace 'em with you, nekwit and a nameless-nitwit to be named later.

Shrub's still President. He's still got his own private injustice department and he still can't bust a Dem and make it stick, schmuck.

It's an election year. Shrub cares about his legacy. If he could take down a Dem, he'd do it. He would've done it in '06 if he could.

He can't. He can only shield rovesputin and cheney and pardon everybody on his way out the door.

"The left screamed bloody murder for years because unqualified borrowers were denied loans."

We did, eh? Then I'm sure your ignorant anonymous ass will have no problems provin' it, little fella.

Cough up your evidence.

Gee, bupkis from bubbakis. What are the odds.

"So now we have a bunch of losers that never should have been given loans plus a bunch of pals and insiders of both parties that have gotten rich like Goralik, Raines, and Johnson."

Ah, so AIG, Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch were all run by illegal aliens who couldn't speak English and didn't have a pot to piss in, eh, bubbakis.

Prove it, schmuck.

"As long as Bernie, Pat and Peter get their millions in bribes, they just look the other way!.."

As always, your ignorant anonymous ass is short on evidence and long on bupkis, bubbakis.

"Do you think any of these three will suffer like ordinary citizens?"

Ya mean like shrub, rummy cheney, rove, wolfie, scooter and king henry, little fella.

Get yourself a case and a clue and some new talking points, schmuck.

Say goodnight, greasy.
 
Amazing. The first ever global depression will go down in history horribly misunderstood. What a pathetic bunch of ignorant fools we have become. Consumer junkie credit card morons. Say that reminds me.

Don’t believe one optimistic word from any public figure about the economy or humanity in general. They are all part of the problem. Its like a game of Monopoly. In America, the richest 1% now hold ALMOST 1/2 OF ALL UNITED STATES WEALTH. Unlike ‘lesser’ estimates, this includes all stocks, bonds, cash, offshore accounts, and material assets held by America’s richest 1%. Even that filthy pig Oprah acknowledged that it was at about 50% in 2006. Naturally, she put her own ‘humanitarian’ spin on it. Calling attention to her own ‘good will’. WHAT A DISGUSTING HYPOCRITE SLOB. THE RICHEST ONE PERCENT HAVE LITERALLY MADE WORLD PROSPERITY ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE. Don’t fall for any of their ‘humanitarian’ CRAP. ITS A SHAM. THESE PEOPLE ARE CAUSING THE SAME PROBLEMS THEY PRETEND TO CARE ABOUT. Ask any professor of economics. Money does not grow on trees. The government can’t just print up more on a whim. At any given time, there is a relative limit to the wealth within ANY economy of ANY size. So when too much wealth accumulates at the top, the middle class slip further into debt and the lower class further into poverty. A similar rule applies worldwide. The world’s richest 1% now own over 40% of ALL WORLD WEALTH. This is EVEN AFTER you account for all of this ‘good will’ ‘humanitarian’ BS from celebrities and executives. ITS A SHAM. As they get richer and richer, less wealth is left circulating beneath them. This is the single greatest underlying cause for the current US recession. The middle class can no longer afford to sustain their share of the economy. Their wealth has been gradually transfered to the richest 1%. One way or another, we suffer because of their incredible greed. We are talking about TRILLIONS of dollars which have been transfered FROM US TO THEM. All over a period of about 27 years. Thats Reaganomics for you. The wealth does not ‘trickle down’ as we were told it would. It just accumulates at the top. Shrinking the middle class and expanding the lower class. Causing a domino effect of socio-economic problems. But the rich will never stop. They just keep getting richer. Leaving even less of the pie for the other 99% of us to share. At the same time, they throw back a few tax deductible crumbs and call themselves ‘humanitarians’. Cashing in on the PR and getting even richer the following year. IT CAN’T WORK THIS WAY. Their bogus efforts to make the world a better place can not possibly succeed. Any 'humanitarian' progress made in one area will be lost in another. EVERY SINGLE TIME. IT ABSOLUTELY CAN NOT WORK THIS WAY. This is going to end just like a game of Monopoly. The current US recession will drag on for years and lead into the worst US depression of all time. The richest 1% will live like royalty while the rest of us fight over jobs, food, and gasoline. So don’t fall for any of this PR CRAP from Hollywood, Pro Sports, and Wall Street PIGS. ITS A SHAM. Remember: They are filthy rich EVEN AFTER their tax deductible contributions. Greedy pigs. Now, we are headed for the worst economic and cultural crisis of all time. Crime, poverty, and suicide will skyrocket. SEND A “THANK YOU” NOTE TO YOUR FAVORITE MILLIONAIRE. ITS THEIR FAULT. I’m not discounting other factors like China, sub-prime, or gas prices. But all of those factors combined still pale in comparison to that HUGE transfer of wealth to the rich. Anyway, those other factors are all related and further aggrivated because of GREED. If it weren’t for the OBSCENE distribution of wealth within our country, there never would have been such a market for sub-prime to begin with. IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE OBSCENE, UNREASONABLE, AND UNJUST DISTRIBUTION OF UNITED STATES WEALTH, THERE NEVER WOULD HAVE BEEN SUCH A MARKET FOR SUB-PRIME AND THERE NEVER WOULD HAVE BEEN A COLLAPSE IN THE HOUSING MARKET. Sub-prime did not cause the problem. It only accelerated the outcome. Which by the way, was another trick whipped up by greedy bankers and executives. IT MAKES THEM RICHER. The credit industry has been ENDORSED by people like Oprah Winfrey, Ellen DeGenerous, Dr Phil, and many other celebrities. IT MAKES THEM RICHER. In fact, they specifically endorsed Countrywide by name. The same Countrywide widely responsible for predatory adjustable rate sub-prime lending and the accelerated collapse of the housing market. ENDORSED BY OPRAH WINFREY, ELLEN DEGENEROUS, AND DR PHIL. Now, there are commercial ties between nearly every industry and every public figure. IT MAKES THEM RICHER. It also drives up the cost for nearly every product and service on the market. So don’t fall for their ‘good will’ BS. ITS A LIE. If you fall for it, then you’re a fool. If you see any real difference between the moral character of a celebrity, politician, attorney, or executive, then you’re a fool. No offense fellow citizens. But we have been mislead by nearly every public figure. We still are. Even now, they claim to be 'hurting' right along with the rest of us. As if gas prices actually effect the lifestyle of a millionaire. ITS A LIE. IN 2007, THE RICHEST 1% INCREASED THEIR AVERAGE BOTTOM LINE WEALTH AGAIN. On average, they are now worth over $4,000,000 each. Thats an all time high. As a group, they are now worth well over $17,000,000,000,000. THATS WELL OVER SEVENTEEN TRILLION DOLLARS. Another all time high. Which by the way, is much more than the entire middle and lower classes combined. Also more than enough to pay off our national debt, fund the Iraq war for twenty years, repair our infrastructure, and bail out the US housing market. Still think that our biggest problem is China? Think again. Its the 1% club. That means every big name celebrity, athlete, executive, entrepreneur, developer, banker, and lottery winner. Along with many attorneys, doctors, politicians, and bankers. If they are rich, then they are part of the problem. Their incredible wealth was not 'created', 'generated', grown in their back yard, or printed up on their command. It was transfered FROM US TO THEM. Directly and indirectly. Its become near impossible to spend a dollar without making some greedy pig even richer. Don't be fooled by the occasional loss of a millionaire's fortune. Overall, they just keep getting richer. They absolutely will not stop. Still, they have the nerve to pretend as if they care about ordinary people. ITS A LIE. NOTHING BUT CALCULATED PR CRAP. WAKE UP PEOPLE. THEIR GOAL IS TO WIN THE GAME. The 1% club will always say or do whatever it takes to get as rich as possible. Without the slightest regard for anything or anyone but themselves. Reaganomics. Their idea. Loans from China. Their idea. NAFTA. Their idea. Outsourcing. Their idea. Sub-prime. Their idea. High energy prices. Their idea. Oil 'futures'. Their idea. Obscene health care charges. Their idea. The commercial lobbyist. Their idea. The multi-million dollar lawsuit. Their idea. The multi-million dollar endorsement deal. Their idea. $200 cell phone bills. Their idea. $200 basketball shoes. Their idea. $30 late fees. Their idea. $30 NSF fees. Their idea. $20 DVDs. Their idea. Subliminal advertising. Their idea. Brainwash plots on TV. Their idea. Vioxx, and Celebrex. Their idea. Excessive medical testing. Their idea. The MASSIVE campaign to turn every American into a brainwashed, credit card, pharmaceutical, medical testing, love-sick, celebrity junkie. Their idea. All of the above drive up the cost of living, shrink the middle class, concentrate the world’s wealth and resources, create a dominoe effect of socio-economic problems, and wreak havok on society. All of which have been CREATED AND ENDORSED by celebrities, athletes, executives, entrepreneurs, attorneys, and politicians. IT MAKES THEM RICHER. So don’t fall for any of their ‘good will’ ‘humanitarian’ BS. ITS A SHAM. NOTHING BUT TAX DEDUCTIBLE PR CRAP. In many cases, the 'charitable' contribution is almost entirely offset. Not to mention the opportunity to plug their name, image, product, and 'good will' all at once. IT MAKES THEM RICHER. These filthy pigs even have the nerve to throw a fit and spin up a misleading defense with regard to 'federal tax revenue'. ITS A SHAM. THEY SCREWED UP THE EQUATION TO BEGIN WITH. If the middle and lower classes had a greater share of the pie, they could easily cover a greater share of the federal tax revenue. They are held down in many ways because of greed. Wages remain stagnant for millions because the executives, celebrities, athletes, attorneys, and entrepreneurs, are paid millions. They over-sell, over-charge, under-pay, outsource, cut jobs, and benefits to increase their bottom line. As their profits rise, so do the stock values. Which are owned primarily by the richest 5%. As more United States wealth rises to the top, the middle and lower classes inevitably suffer. This reduces the potential tax reveue drawn from those brackets. At the same time, it wreaks havok on middle and lower class communities and increases the need for financial aid. Not to mention the spike in crime because of it. There is a dominoe effect to consider. IT CAN'T WORK THIS WAY. But our leaders refuse to acknowledge this. Instead they come up with one trick after another to milk the system and screw the majority. These decisions are heavily influensed by the 1% club. Every year, billions of federal tax dollars are diverted behind the scenes back to the rich and their respective industries. Loans from China have been necessary to compensate in part, for the red ink and multi-trillion dollar transfer of wealth to the rich. At the same time, the feds have been pushing more financial burden onto the states who push them lower onto the cities. Again, the hardship is felt more by the majority and less by the 1% club. The rich prefer to live in exclusive areas or upper class communities. They get the best of everything. Reliable city services, new schools, freshly paved roads, upscale parks, ect. The middle and lower class communities get little or nothing without a local tax increase. Which, they usually can't afford. So the red ink flows followed by service cuts and lay-offs. All because of the OBSCENE distribution of bottom line wealth in this country. Anyway, when you account for all federal, state, and local taxes, the middle class actually pay about the same rate as the rich. The devil is in the details. So when people forgive the rich for their incredible greed and then praise them for paying a greater share of the FEDERAL income taxes, its like nails on a chalk board. I can not accept any theory that our economy would suffer in any way with a more reasonable distribution of wealth. Afterall, it was more reasonable 30 years ago. Before Reaganomics came along. Before GREED became such an epidemic. Before we had an army of over-paid executives, bankers, celebrities, athletes, attorneys, doctors, investors, entrepreneurs, developers, and sold-out politicians to kiss their asses. As a nation, we were in much better shape. Strong middle class, free and clear assets, lower crime rate, more widespread prosperity, stable job market, lower deficit, ect. Our economy as a whole was much more stable and prosperous for the majority. WITHOUT LOANS FROM CHINA. Now, we have a more obscene distribution of bottom line wealth than ever before. We have a sold-out government, crumbling infrastructure, energy crisis, home forclosure epidemic, credit crunch, weak US dollar, 13 figure national deficit, and 12 figure annual shortfall. The cost of living is higher than ever before. Most people can't even afford basic health care. ALL BECAUSE OF GREED. I really don't blame the 2nd -5th percentiles in general. No economy could ever function without some reasonable scale of personal wealth and income. But it can't be allowed to run wild like a mad dog. ALBERT EINSTEIN TRIED TO MAKE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND. UNBRIDLED CAPITALISM ABSOLUTELY CAN NOT WORK. TOP HEAVY ECONOMIES ALWAYS COLLAPSE. Bottom line: The richest 1% will soon tank the largest economy in the world. It will be like nothing we’ve ever seen before. The American dream will be shattered. and thats just the beginning. Greed will eventually tank every major economy in the world. Causing millions to suffer and die. Oprah, Angelina, Brad, Bono, and Bill are not part of the solution. They are part of the problem. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A MULTI-MILLIONAIRE HUMANITARIAN. EXTREME WEALTH MAKES WORLD PROSPERITY ABSOLUTELY IMPOSSIBLE. WITHOUT WORLD PROSPERITY, THERE WILL NEVER BE WORLD PEACE OR ANYTHING EVEN CLOSE. GREED KILLS. IT WILL BE OUR DOWNFALL. Of course, the rich will throw a fit and call me a madman.. Of course, they will jump to small minded conclusions about 'jealousy', 'envy', or 'socialism'. Of course, their ignorant fans will do the same. You have to expect that. But I speak the truth. If you don’t believe me, then copy this entry and run it by any professor of economics or socio-economics. Then tell a friend. Call the local radio station. Re-post this entry or put it in your own words. Be one of the first to predict the worst economic and cultural crisis of all time and explain its cause. WE ARE IN BIG TROUBLE.


So what can we do about it? Well, not much. Unfortunately, we are stuck on a runaway train. The problem has gone unchecked for too many years. The US/global depression is comming thanks to the 1% club. It would take a massive effort by the vast majority to prevent it. Along with a voluntary sacrifice by the rich. THATS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. But if you believe in miracles, then spend your money as wisely as possible. Especially in middle and lower class communities. Check the Fortune 500 list and limit your support of high profit/low labor industries (Hollywood, pro sports, energy, credit, pharmaceutical, cable, satelite, internet advertising, cell phone, high fashion, jewelry, ect.). Cancel all but one credit card for emergencies only. If you need a cell phone, then do your homework and find the best deal on a local pre-pay. If you want home internet access, then use the least expensive provider, and share accounts whenever possible. If you need to search, then use the less popular search engines. They usually produce the same results anyway. Don't click on any internet ad. If you need the product or service, then look up the phone number or address and contact that business directly. Don't pay to see any blockbuster movie. Instead, wait a few months and rent the DVD from a local store or buy it USED. If you want to see a big name game or event, then watch it in a local bar, club, or at home on network TV. Don't buy any high end official merchendise and don't support the high end sponsors. If its endorsed by a big name celebrity, then don't buy it. If you can afford a new car, then make an exception for GM, Ford, and Dodge. If they don't increase their market share soon, then a lot more people are going to get screwed out of their pensions and/or benefits. Of course, you must know by now to avoid those big trucks and SUVs unless you truly need one for its intended purpose. Don't be ashamed to buy a foreign car if you prefer it. Afterall, those with the most fuel efficient vehicles consume a lot less foreign oil. Which accounts for a pretty big chunk of our trade deficit. Anyway, the global economy is worth supporting to some extent. Its the obscene profit margins, trade deficits, and BS from OPEC that get us into trouble. Otherwise, the global economy would be a good thing for everyone. Just keep in mind that the big 3 are struggling and they do produce a few smaller reliable cars. Don't frequent any high end department store or any business in a newly developed upper class community. By doing so, you make developers richer and draw support away from industrial areas and away from the middle class communities. Instead, support the local retailer and the less popular shopping centers. Especially in lower or middle class communities. If you can afford to buy a home, then do so. But go smaller and less expensive. Don't get yourself in too deep and don't buy into the newly developed condos or gated communities. Instead, find a modest home in a building or neighborhood at least 20 years old. If you live in one of the poorer states, then try to support its economy first and foremost. Be on the lookout for commercial brainwash plots on TV. They are written into nearly every scene of nearly every show. Most cater to network sponsors and parent companies. Especially commercial health care. Big business is fine on occasion depending on the profit margins and profit sharing. Do your homework. If you want to support any legitimate charity, then do so directly. Never support any celebrity foundation. They spend most of their funding on PR campaigns, travel, and high end accomodations for themselves. Instead, go to Charitywatch.org and look up a top rated charity to support your favorite cause. In general, support the little guy as much as possible and the big guy as little as possible. Do your part to reverse the transfer of wealth away from the rich and back to the middle and lower classes. Unfortunately, there is no perfect answer. Jobs will be lost either way. Innocent children will starve and die either way. But we need to support the largest group of workers with the most reasonable profit margins. We also need to support LEGITIMATE charities (Check that list at Charitywatch.org). This is our only chance to limit the severity and/or duration of the comming US/global depression. In the meantime, don't listen to Bernanke, Paulson, Bartiromo, Orman, Dobbs, Kramer, OReiley, or any other public figure with regard to the economy. They are all plenty smart but I swear to you that they will lie right through their rotten teeth. IT MAKES THEM RICHER. These people work for big business. The 'experts' they cite also work for big business. They are all motivated by their desire to accumulate more wealth. THEY WILL LIE RIGHT THROUGH THEIR ROTTEN TEETH. So don't fall for their tricks. Instead, look at the big picture. The economic problems we face have been mounting for well over 20 years. All of them caused or aggrivated by a constant transfer of wealth from poorer to richer. Soon, it will cause the first ever GLOBAL DEPRESION. Its not brain surgery. Its simple math. Like I said, you are welcome to run this by any professor of economics or socio-economics. If thats not good enough, then look up what Einstein had to say about greed, extreme wealth, and its horrible concequences. I speak the truth. GREED KILLS. IT WILL BE OUR DOWNFALL.

Its already underway. A massive campaign to divert our attention. Trump, Buffet, OReiley, Dobbs, Pickens, Norris, and several other well known filthy rich public figures have been running their mouths about the economy. Finally admitting a hint of severity after almost 2 years of denial. They even have the nerve to acknowledge the possibility of a US/global depression. Still, they refuse to acknowledge the single greatest underlying cause. Remember: Our national debt was way up BEFORE sub-prime. Consumer debt was way up BEFORE sub-prime. The cost of living was up BEFORE sub-prime. Wall Street profits were obscene BEFORE sub-prime. The middle class were loosing free and clear assets BEFORE sub-prime. Our infrastructure was in bad shape BEFORE sub-prime. Loans from China were taken out BEFORE sub-prime. The dollar was loosing value BEFORE sub-prime. So don't let these cowardly filthy rich public figures divert your attention or limit your range of thought. THE CURRENT ECONOMIC CRISIS WAS NOT CAUSED BY A SINGLE POLICY OR PROCEDURE. IT WAS CAUSED PRIMARILY BY A MASSIVE TRANSFER OF WEALTH FROM POOR TO RICH. OTHERWISE, THERE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SUCH A MARKET FOR SUB-PRIME AND THERE WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A GLOBAL CREDIT CRUNCH. MONEY DOES NOT GROW ON TREES AND IT DOES NOT FLOAT AWAY. IT ONLY TRANSFERS FROM ONE PARTY TO ANOTHER. ALBERT EINSTEIN TRIED TO MAKE PEOPLE UNDERSTAND. GREED KILLS. IT WILL BE OUR DOWNFALL.

A word for those who respond with the usual 'I know more than you. Look how smart, knowledgable, and articulate I am' crap. Let me say this in advance. I don't claim to be an expert in this field. But I did go on record with these predictions long before any public figure uttered the word 'recession'. If you search long enough, you will find my early postings from '05' and '06'. Including the first draft of this rant. Since then, I've gone on record against people like Greenspan, Bernanke, and Paulson. So far, my predictions have been accurate. Like I said. This is not brain surgery. For the mostpart, its simple math. When you concentrate the world's wealth, you also concentrate its capital and shrink the middle class along with the potential market for every major industry. Homes go unsold. Bills go unpaid. Banks fail. More products go unsold. Jobs are lost. More banks fail. and so on. and so on. It happened 80 years ago. It will happen again. This time on a global scale. Throughout the cycle, the rich will tighten their grip. Concentrating the world's wealth and resources even further and ensuring the collapse of every major economy worldwide. Think it can't happen? Think again. GREED KILLS. IT WILL BE OUR DOWNFALL.

Another thing. I don't want credit for any of this. Otherwise, I would have given my full name a long time ago. As far as I'm concerned, you can put this rant in your own words and take credit for all of it. I don't care. Just spread the word. Otherwise, the greatest injustice of all time will go down in history unchecked.

By the way. The bailout won't work. IT WON'T WORK. The plan fails to address the fundamental problem. The middle class don't need more credit. They need a reasonable share of the economic pie. They also need a lower cost of living and a chance to catch their breath. Most of all, they need to wake up and see the truth. GREED KILLS. IT WILL BE OUR DOWNFALL.
 
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