Click here to view this media Even though Sarah Palin still hasn’t declared that she’s going to enter the 2012 GOP primary race, that didn’t stop Sean Hannity from giving her the opportunity to throw a few flames at President Obama when she showed up at the Iowa State Fair this weekend. Apparently Palin is terribly upset with the level of government spending and our debt like the rest of them in her party and rather than assign blame where it belongs, which is with those Bush tax cuts, Republicans signing off on the Medicare Part D prescription drug giveaway that wasn’t paid for, our illegal invasions of a couple of countries that were never a threat to us, and just the horrible state of our economy that is a result of conservative policies over the last thirty or forty years, who did Palin blame for our problems? You guessed it. Liberals. I hate to break it to you Sarah, but “socialism” and wanting to take care of the least among us is not the problem with what’s wrong with our society. A race to the bottom on wages, not doing anything about our horrid trade laws, corporate welfare, and allowing these too big to fail institutions on Wall Street and our banking system to continue without being broken up and regulated properly are our problems. Just calling government spending and borrowing a problem without looking at just what areas in specific are making things for Americans worse and not better is just repeating nonsensical talking points and something Palin and her ilk are very good at. I hope things are finally getting to a point where there are a good deal of Americans are just tuning this nonsense out if they are even watching this propaganda on Fox to begin with. I’ll just say in my own personal experience and conversations with co-workers on how things are going right now and with what needs to change, no one I’ve spoken to cares about our debt. What they do care about are fair wages, our trade laws, getting Americans back to work, their kids finding a job, retaining our social safety nets, and the huge inequity between those at the top and those on the lower rung of our economy right now and how you raise those wages. We may not be able to do much about the Fox-bots who watch this stuff and take it seriously, but I think there is a great deal all of us can do with just talking to our neighbors and our friends and our families with calling these lies out and with having genuine conversations about what is needed to fix our ailing economy. I wouldn’t doubt if it Palin is trying to set herself up as Rick Perry’s running mate if he gets the nomination. I think she’s too lazy to actually do the hard work it takes to become the nominee herself. God help all of us if that ticket would actually win. It would be George W. Bush on steroids and then we would actually be having a real conversation about the demise of America. That is if our Republican House of Representatives and their allies, the Republican governors across the country don’t beat them to it first with destroying what’s left of our economy.
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ABC News’ Arlette Saenz (@arlettesaenz) reports: Rick Perry’s campaign released its first web video, entitled “Rick Perry: Time To Get America Working Again.” The video is entirely centered around the need for more jobs and touts the governor’s experience and… Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Note Discovery Date : 13/08/2011 22:46 Number of articles : 2
Continue reading …Another casualty of the recession could be your favorite deodorant: As consumers flock toward store brands and stores in turn look to downsize, the result is the death of some of America’s best-known consumer products, the Minneapolis Star-Tribune reports. “As we shrink the size of stores, a number of products…
Continue reading …It may help that the Very Serious NY Times is pointing out that not every Republican thinks refusing to raise taxes is the best plan to help the economy: WASHINGTON — The boasts of Congressional Republicans about their cost-cutting victories are ringing hollow to some well-known economists, financial analysts and corporate leaders, including some Republicans, who are expressing increasing alarm over Washington’s new austerity. Among those calling for a mix of cuts and revenues are onetime standard-bearers of Republican economic philosophy like Martin Feldstein, an adviser to President Ronald Reagan, and Henry M. Paulson Jr., Treasury secretary to President George W. Bush, underscoring the deepening divide between party establishment figures and the Tea Party-inspired Republicans in Congress and running for the White House. “I think the U.S. has every chance of having a good year next year, but the politicians are doing their damnedest to prevent it from happening — the Republicans are — and the Democrats to my eternal bafflement have not stood their ground ,” Ian C. Shepherdson, chief United States economist for High Frequency Economics, a research firm, said in an interview. As for the longer term, Ethan Harris, co-head of global economics research at Bank of America, wrote this week that “Given the scale of the debt problem, a credible plan requires both revenue enhancement measures and entitlement reform. Washington’s recent debt deal did not include either.”
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Click here to view this media It’s not everyday you see a would-be Republican nominee for the highest office in the land find inspiration in the music from a children’s cartoon and tell America about it. Ok, well Herman Cain didn’t exactly do that, saying instead he was quoting “a poet”. No Matter. I was so impressed I had to have a little fun with this surreal image. Via NYMag : One of the weirdest moments of last night’s Republican debate probably slipped completely under the radar for most viewers. This moment occurred in Herman Cain’s closing statement, when the former pizza-chain CEO recited a favorite inspirational quote: “A poet once said, ‘life can be a challenge, life can seem impossible, but it’s never easy when there’s so much on the line.’” Nothing strange about that on the surface, until you Google the quote and you realize that these words of wisdom were uttered not by a poet, but by disco queen Donna Summer in her song “The Power of One.” Even more bizarre, this isn’t even one of Summer’s classic hits — she recorded it just over a decade ago as the theme song for Pokémon: The Movie 2000 . enlarge
Continue reading …Stephen Colbert’s First Super PAC Commercial Endorses Rick ‘Parry’ (VIDEO)
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UPDATE: Colbert is now airing a second commercial. Watch it below! The very first commercial for Stephen Colbert’s Super PAC aired Wednesday night in Iowa, revealing just how seriously the comedian is taking his newfound power. The ad, of which Colbert showed a five-second preview on Tuesday night’s show, does not endorse Rick Perry as Colbert suggested it might. Instead, it asks Iowans to write in a candidate when they vote in the Ames straw poll on Auguest 13: Rick Parry. Why vote “Parry,” you ask? If Colbert’s subliminal (and not so subliminal) messages thought the ad don’t convince you, just listen to his inarguable explanation: “That’s Parry with an ‘A’ for America — with an ‘A’ for Iowa.” WATCH: The first commercial WATCH: The second commercial
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Click here to view this media It may not be clear which candidate won the Republican presidential candidate in Iowa Thursday, but Fox News host Chris Wallace might be the obvious loser. Wallace found himself being booed by a crowd that didn’t appreciate the relatively tough questions he posed to Newt Gingrich. “Speaker Gingrich, one of the ways we judge a candidate is the campaign they run,” Wallace explained. “In June, your entire staff resigned along with your staff here in Iowa. They said you were undisciplined in campaigning and fundraising. Last report you were a million dollars in debt. How do you respond to people who say that your campaign has been a mess so far?” “I wish you would put aside the gotcha questions,” Gingrich shot back as the audience booed Wallace. “I would love to see the rest of tonight’s debate asking us what we would do to lead an America whose president has failed to lead, instead of playing Mickey Mouse games.”
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In America today, even men and women returning from war can’t expect their families to be exempt from the foreclosure crisis. On the same day that soldier Aaron Collette returned from a tour of duty in Iraq to his father Tim’s home in Bend, Oregon, that very house was bought back at auction due to foreclosure, local news KTVZ reports. According to ThinkProgess, a campaign by Senator Jeff Merkely (D-OR ) had delayed the foreclosure proceedings. But still, despite promising to work with the Collettes, JPMorgan Chase eventually went through with reportedly repurchasing the home. Aaron and his dad are no different from the millions of people who have been foreclosed upon due to a crisis that has seen also affected numbers of military personnel. “Average Joe, nobody special — even my situation isn’t special,” Collette’s father told local news KTVZ, despite his son’s status as an active-duty member of the military. Under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, active-duty soldiers are protected against foreclosure unless it is court-ordered, but Collette’s case would seem to imply that a parent’s foreclosure is not covered. Collette’s case if far from the first military-related foreclosure controversy. The Justice Department recently agreed to a $22 million settlement with a unit of Bank of America and Saxon Mortgage Services, a division of Morgan Stanley, to provide relief for more than 170 active-duty service members who were victims of improper foreclosure proceedings. Likewise, JPMorgan Chase will pay $27 million in reparations for overcharging around 6,000 active-duty military personnel on their mortgages, according to Businessweek. While Aaron will be returning to Iraq after his two-week leave, his father Tim, who could no longer afford mortgage payments after his construction business failed during the recession, will be facing an eviction notice soon. His lawyers are determined to fight the foreclosure. And for Aaron, that’s additional stress that he doesn’t need. “To have to worry about if he is going to be in a house when I come home,” Collete told KTVZ, “it’s just always worried me.”
Continue reading …In America today, even men and women returning from war can’t expect their families to be exempt from the foreclosure crisis. On the same day that soldier Aaron Collette returned from a tour of duty in Iraq to his father Tim’s home in Bend, Oregon, that very house was bought back at auction due to foreclosure, local news KTVZ reports. According to ThinkProgess, a campaign by Senator Jeff Merkely (D-OR ) had delayed the foreclosure proceedings. But still, despite promising to work with the Collettes, JPMorgan Chase eventually went through with reportedly repurchasing the home. Aaron and his dad are no different from the millions of people who have been foreclosed upon due to a crisis that has seen also affected numbers of military personnel. “Average Joe, nobody special — even my situation isn’t special,” Collette’s father told local news KTVZ, despite his son’s status as an active-duty member of the military. Under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, active-duty soldiers are protected against foreclosure unless it is court-ordered, but Collette’s case would seem to imply that a parent’s foreclosure is not covered. Collette’s case if far from the first military-related foreclosure controversy. The Justice Department recently agreed to a $22 million settlement with a unit of Bank of America and Saxon Mortgage Services, a division of Morgan Stanley, to provide relief for more than 170 active-duty service members who were victims of improper foreclosure proceedings. Likewise, JPMorgan Chase will pay $27 million in reparations for overcharging around 6,000 active-duty military personnel on their mortgages, according to Businessweek. While Aaron will be returning to Iraq after his two-week leave, his father Tim, who could no longer afford mortgage payments after his construction business failed during the recession, will be facing an eviction notice soon. His lawyers are determined to fight the foreclosure. And for Aaron, that’s additional stress that he doesn’t need. “To have to worry about if he is going to be in a house when I come home,” Collete told KTVZ, “it’s just always worried me.”
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