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Muckraker Bankers Day

rick@vicicon.com (Muckraker) — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 18:39:00 GMT

The Muckraker

Muckraking; Origin of the term, Theodore Roosevelt, “... you may recall the description of the Man with the Muck-rake, the man who could look no way but downward with the muck-rake in his hands; Who was offered a celestial crown for his muck-rake, but who would neither look up nor regard the crown he was offered, but continued to rake to himself the filth of the floor.”

BANKERS DAY

Problem; Named after our country, Bank of America, this institution holds no responsible action due to its shareholders or our citizens. As shareholders, the Board of Directors and upper management should have at least disclosed the fact that underwriting standards of their bank, Fannie Mae, Freddie MAC and Countrywide Mortgage were in terrible danger of causing the biggest financial failure of our retirement accounts and endanger everything valuable to our futures.

Instead they continued the process of over lending to a portion of our society that can not & could not repay their loans. Meanwhile the average interest rate in Detroit was lower than Sacramento. A statistical impossibility by lending and accounting standards. This only goes to show that our banking community was in fact being used as a social welfare program.

At the head of the assassination of our economy, A of E Groups, are people running for re-election. Barney Frank, Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and many others. Most of which are now saying WHAT EVER IT TAKES to be re-elected.

The best investment most people make is their home. Lenders will tell you the MONSTER in their mortgage is the interest rate. Not the rate of interest but the time spent to pay the loan off. A 30 mortgage at 5% interest for a loan of $300,000 has a total payment of 360 months and $579,768 in total payments. The same loan for 15 years has a total payment of $427,029.

Now that our value in homes has been stripped, we find out the values of every financial retirement account has been impacted and our future looks bleak at best.

Enron officers were put in jail over a multi billion dollar fraud, our bankers and government are asking for more bailout funding AND RE-ELECTION. Meanwhile stock analysts promote the share values of every bank “Too big to FAIL”.

Fail being the operative word, if we fail and elect to support any of these A of E Groups we deserve what we ask for. But should we ask for something that supports our country and our future then we can win back our future?

Solution; The Federal Reserve sells cheap funds to large banks; they in turn charge us more for the use of these funds. Then these people and others destroyed our economy. So let’s send a few to jail, refuse to allow incumbents to gamble with our futures by not reelecting them, and allow the Federal Reserve to lend us all money to refinance our homes at 1% interest for 30 years.

If there are 160 million homes in the US and the average payment were $1,000 each from a 5% interest, then the new payment amount would be $599 per month. Taking the $401 in savings times 100 million homes, then that would put $40,100,000,000 a month back into our economy, which we control, and it would all be taxable. The markets would come back, the Bush tax cuts could be made permanent and we all save our homes and gain back equity.

The political out cry would be the banks and the Federal Reserve would suffer. That inflation would run out of control. Everything is now out of control, bankers should suffer and we need to take control of our own futures and homes.

The Fed should carry the cost of servicing these loans and be thankful for being allowed to maintain the role of servicing our banking community. If they don’t like this agreement then their position would go to the lowest bidder. They are a private corporation after all and should our businesses have failed so drastically our holdings would have been adjusted and opened to taking new bidders.

I believe it is time to close the door on the money holders and their strong hold on our life. Let us put this money back on the streets and in our hands again and recapture our economy. The Federal Reserve was established to protect our banks from financial meltdown, so they charged interest for that rainy day, no other reason. However when that rainy day came we got left with the tab. Where did 80 years of interest payments to the Federal Reserve go, foreign loans? Double dipping, TARP, Stimulus and interest? Sounds like a triple to me!

How would the health of our economy be if the $40 Billion/month that currently goes to banks went back into our small businesses instead? Sounds like my kind of wealth distribution…

Muckraker; Greek To Me

rick@vicicon.com (Muckraker) — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:26:00 GMT

Muckraking; Origin of the term, Theodore Roosevelt, “... you may recall the description of the Man with the Muck-rake, the man who could look no way but downward with the muck-rake in his hands; Who was offered a celestial crown for his muck-rake, but who would neither look up nor regard the crown he was offered, but continued to rake to himself the filth of the floor.”

In Memory of Ida Tarbell; (November 5, 1857 – January 6, 1944)

DAY 6

Problem; The First Amendment of our Constitution giving us the freedom of speech and religion is now the best example of how the Democrat machine uses our rights (God given rights) against We the People. By granting the right to build a mosque next to the 9/11 travesty of American deaths they have pointed the racist finger at those that oppose this travesty. The polls show that 70+% agree the Muslim religion has the right to build the center, 70+%% also agree that it is wrong and out of compassion should be dropped in memory of our 9/11 dead at the hands of Muslims. This is only a Christian response I would guess. Obama, use your racist cards in your own church, lying in the White House.

If in fact this is NOT a political tool of a quick granting of the new mosque’s rights, then how do you explain ongoing delays and setbacks for St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church at the site of the 9/11 attack. This church was destroyed next to the twin towers and as of August NO ONE PERSON from the majority New York Democrat Party has yet to stand and sanction the REBUILDING of a Greek Orthodox Church and or the needed permit to re-build.

Come on!!!!!!!!!!!! I am disgusted and yet would still turn the other cheek if our President stood in front of the new mosque and condemned Islam for the murdering, insensitive religion it appears to be by its actions and the words of its founding Imam. This would demonstrate a conviction for what is right.

At the same time I request that the Boy President stand at the ribbon cutting of the permitted Greek Orthodox Church site with praise and humility.

More Reading:

http://www.hellenicnews.com/readnews.html?newsid=12388&lang=US

http://www.stnicholasnyc.com/

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/19/nyregion/19church.html

Solution; Again it is simple, vote these folks out of office, if you’re a Republican send this to every Democrat friend you have and others like yourself. If you are a Democrat, see a doctor and complain about my freedom of speech. Maybe there is a drug for your sensitivities.

How about a call to arms, stand in front of these people and wave your arms while screaming

WAKE UP!

Is it the heat? Or something in the water? John McCain and the voters of Arizona

kneathammer@yahoo.com (SierraConservative) — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 02:52:00 GMT

The old saying that all politics are local certainly seems true in the case of John McCain, a notorious RINO incumbent who has again obfuscated his true colors and seduced the voters of Arizona with his recent primary victory over J.D. Hayworth.

John McCain, backed by a 21 million dollar war chest (possibly with RNC funds? to keep conservative elements at bay?) viciously attacked J.D. Hayworth as a “late-night infomercial huckster” in a series of devastating ads. Senator McCain apparently had no problem conveniently forgetting McCain-Feingold campaign finance reform when it comes to his own political survival. Sadly, Senator McCain muted his aggressiveness to the then Senator from the State of Illinois in the 2008 Presidential Election while reserving it for challengers from his own party.

Unfortunately, Mr. Hayworth, a talk-radio host and former six-term congressman from Scottsdale could not tap into the organic conservative voter angst in Arizona that recently toppled Republican Bob Bennett of Utah. J.D. could only raise 2.1 million for his campaign. Too bad. Mr. Hayworth is a true conservative that deserved better from the voters of Arizona and would have been an effective conservative stalwart in the Senate had he prevailed in the general election.

While I respect Senator McCains military service, even that no longer gains traction with me. My father served this nation honorably for 30 years in the United State Navy, serving during World War II, Korea and Vietnam he witnessed firsthand the horrors of war. My older brother joined the United States Army in 1967, went Special Forces and by age 18, was serving in the 101st. Airborne. Wounded by 19 years of age, decorated with the Bronze and Silver Stars for heroism and the Purple Heart for his wounds, returning to a country deeply divided by the war, he (among thousands of other returning young men and women) were, at times treated shabbily by the American public. The saying “ we support our troops, but not the war” had yet to become part of the daily political lexicon. Neither my father or brother ever used their military service to gain advantage in their civilian lives. Indeed, they seldom spoke of their war time experiences and only in the briefest of passages and in private settings. So Senator McCain, in the interest of the millions of others that have served this country faithfully, please refrain from capitalizing on your military service as you campaign in the upcoming general election.

Senator McCain revels in his self branded moniker as “a maverick.” Websters Dictionary defines a maverick as “ an independent individual who does not go along with a group or party.” That would be fine in a situation of life or death, where groupthink or situational panic eclipses rational thought. Think Donner Party.

However, Senator McCain has demonstrated a history of not merely being a “maverick”, but rather of an individual that has devolved into self-serving, political schizophrenia. The darling of the Republican moderate establishment, he is antagonistic to conservative elements within the Republican party and sneers at conservative and independent voices outside of well defined party lines. Often joining hands with the most liberal of Democrats (Kennedy-McCain immigration reform) in the interest of “ compromise” Senator McCain acts in manner consistent with one who hears distant, internal voices of his own making while lashing out at those who question his motives having elected him to office.

Senator McCains win is particularly puzzling given the recent events regarding illegal immigration in his home state. Arizona Governor Jan Brewer, showing more political testosterone than many of her male Republican colleagues in Congress, bravely tackled the incendiary issue of illegal immigration. Her approval ratings and overwhelming support for SB1070 reflects the anxiety the average Arizonan feels regarding this issue and a necessary state level cure to a problem the federal government has chosen to ignore. Senator McCains’ record on illegal immigration is well known: willful ignorance, reluctant acknowledgment, then finally, when forced to confront the issue attempts to foist a “comprehensive” bill onto the country in the dark of night, without public debate and when illuminated by public concern, angrily denounces any that opposes him as racist, bigoted and small minded.

We saw much of the same tactics and language by Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid and other Democrat leaders during the national healthcare debate. Not surprising.

During the primary, Senator McCain ran to the center on illegal immigration. Much of his narrative reflect common sense, conservative approach mainly that border security must come before any legislative fix to the complex issue of immigration in toto.

Hopefully the threat that Mr. Hayworth posed will resonate with Senator McCain for some time, that he will remember his stance on illegal immigration that brought him victory in the primary and he can shed the label of “maverick.” for the sake of the nation.

Drug Money in Washington DC or A New Angle From Drug Use

rick@vicicon.com (Muckraker) — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 20:29:00 GMT

Drug lobby showers money on its hero: Harry Reid

Ask Harry Reid: Who do you really work for? The people of Nevada or the special interests in DC?

Join Sharron Angle. Send a message to Harry Reid. Tell him to serve Nevadans, not the drug companies.

Harry Reid's cushy relationship with Washington DC insiders and the big drug companies is highlighted in the Washington Examiner.

From the Washington Examiner:

No scalp would be as treasured by Republicans this fall as that of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid. And no incumbent is receiving as much air support from the drug industry as is Reid, who championed a health care bill that pads drug company profits.

The drug lobby has begun a pro-Reid TV blitz in his home state of Nevada. One ad praises Reid for saving jobs and for understanding that "good jobs with good benefits [mean] a better future." The narrator then instructs viewers to "call Harry Reid today; tell him to keep fighting for Nevada families."

But "Nevada families" didn't pay for the ad. The drug lobby did. And while the TV spot makes only passing reference to the health care bill passed in March, there's no doubt this ad buy -- and the rest of the drug industry's generosity toward Harry Reid -- is a big thank you for the corporate-welfare "reform" bill that Reid shepherded through the Senate.

66 Days Troops Voting Rights

rick@vicicon.com (Muckraker) — Sat, 28 Aug 2010 18:47:00 GMT

Muckraking; Origin of the term, Theodore Roosevelt, “... you may recall the description of the Man with the Muck-rake, the man who could look no way but downward with the muck-rake in his hands; Who was offered a celestial crown for his muck-rake, but who would neither look up nor regard the crown he was offered, but continued to rake to himself the filth of the floor.”

In Memory of Ida Tarbell; (November 5, 1857 – January 6, 1944) was an American teacher, author and journalist. She was known as one of the leading "muckrakers" of the progressive era, work known in modern times as "investigative journalism". She wrote many notable magazine series and biographies.

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66 DAYS

Problem; It's just 66 days until the mid-term election, and as Republicans hope to change the balance of power in Washington, there is still a serious threat to the voting rights of some of our troops in harm's way.

This issue was supposed to have been settled. The MOVE (Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment) Act, which was signed into law 10 months ago, was enacted to ensure that the troops serving overseas have 45 days to get in their absentee ballots. The thinking was that it would take that long to receive the proper forms in a warzone and return them to be counted. There is a loophole, however; a state can apply for a waiver if it can prove a specific "undue hardship" in enforcing it.

Before the act was in place, analysis by the federal Election Assistance Commission, estimated overseas and absentee military voting rates for the 2006 midterm elections was a pathetic 5.5 percent. In 2008, about 17,000 servicemen and women were denied the right to vote.

M. Eric Eversole, the executive director of the Military Voter Protection (MVP) Project and former litigation attorney in the Justice Department's Voting Section, wants to know why military voters are being involuntarily disenfranchised. He and J. Christian Adams accused the Justice Department of encouraging states to use waivers to bypass the MOVE Act.

The accusations prompted Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas) to write a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder, demanding answers and requesting specific information about how the agency was going to enforce the MOVE Act provision.

Yet the Obama administration refuses to release the waiver requests filed by a dozen (blue) states and territories claiming an inability to meet the legal deadline. Eversole and 17 members of Congress led by Rep. Robert E. Latta (R-Ohio), sought this information through formal requests. By Eversole's count, nearly one-third of the states have failed to implement one or more of the key provisions of the MOVE Act, with at least 11 states having not yet implemented the 45-day deadline for mailing absentee ballots, and at least five states having not implemented the electronic-delivery requirement under the MOVE Act.

Blue State Response Example; Most of the states that requested waivers did so because of time pressures. For example, Rhode Island's Secretary of State A Ralph Mollis said the date of their primary prohibits The Ocean State from having mail ballots ready 45 days before an election. Maryland and Wisconsin gave similar reasons.

Solution; A count of treason be brought on those people responsible for waiving the right to vote for our troops being put in harm’s way for our freedom. Vote their elected leaders out of office.

The True Face of Progressivism

kneathammer@yahoo.com (SierraConservative) — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 21:59:00 GMT

This is the first of articles identifying the nature of the progressive movement, it's methodology, goals, and tactics.
I will not detail the rise of the progressive movement, but rather the nature of the forces arrayed against conservatives and America at large in contemporary politics.

Part 1:

Progressivism is the idealized pursuit of a ideological, socialized utopia where the process is more important than outcome or results. It is the PROCESS that becomes the standard by which perceived inequalities, economic disparities, racial and gender chasms are measured and attempted to be rectified. Progressives view any status quo other than the one they impose to be inherently unfair. While progressives argue for change based on the above, seldom are they ever held to objectives standards of results. Outcome often is not discussed except in the most vague form. Shrouded in platitudes, exempt from objective standards of review and comparison, measured by those sympathetic of the outcome, employing flexible metrics confident of manipulating the facts to dovetail easily with the equation indifferent to what the actual calculus reveals. Process is never ending, relentless, durable. As such, progressives view their role in the political landscape to be an elevated, enlightened, constant march to the perfect. Once a given social ill is "cured" another by either design or accident evolves and the process is renewed. Progressives employ a number of tools to this end. Institutions are created in the dimmest corners of government, academia, and opaque bureaucracies. Safely marinating from casual observations, funded by convoluted channels of influence, these become instruments of change working in the background of everyday Amerce. DO NOT underestimate the dedication, motivation, funding and relentlessness of the progressive, their umbrella organizations or the most animated of efforts.

Coming up...race and gender

The Muckraker Day 4 Saddam Hussein & BIOB

rick@vicicon.com (Muckraker) — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 13:22:00 GMT

Muckraking; Origin of the term, Theodore Roosevelt, “... you may recall the description of the Man with the Muck-rake, the man who could look no way but downward with the muck-rake in his hands; Who was offered a celestial crown for his muck-rake, but who would neither look up nor regard the crown he was offered, but continued to rake to himself the filth of the floor.”

In Memory of Ida Tarbell; (November 5, 1857 – January 6, 1944) was an American teacher, author and journalist. She was known as one of the leading "muckrakers" of the progressive era, work known in modern times as "investigative journalism". She wrote many notable magazine series and biographies.

This new section of Anger/Action is Brewing is dedicated to a path of simple solutions to complex problems that are available to We the People. These actions are taken from the history of the “Progressive Era” of the early 1900’s.

DAY 4

Problem; B.I.O.B. (Blame it on Bush), as a continuation of a theme to label the Republican Party as the party of “Bad” it is important for this Administration and the Democrats to hide their actions of the past as a Bush problem.

Example; Saddam Hussein’s and Pre-Bush Democrat Headlines;

In 1963, the Kennedy administration backed a coup against the government of Iraq headed by General Abdel Karim Kassem, who five years earlier had deposed the Western-allied Iraqi monarchy. The C.I.A. helped the new Baath Party government in ridding the country of suspected leftists and communists. In a Baathist bloodbath, the government used lists of suspected communists and other leftists provided by the C.I.A., to systematically murder untold numbers of Iraq's educated elite—killings in which Saddam Hussein, later Iraq's dictator, is said to have participated. The victims included hundreds of doctors, teachers, technicians, lawyers and other professionals as well as military and political figures

"The risks that the leader of a rogue state can use biological or chemical weapons on us or our allies is the greatest security risk we face," Madeline Albright said in 1997.

During that same meeting National Security Adviser Sandy Berger also spoke about how to make Saddam Hussein comply with United Nations weapons inspectors:

Berger won strong applause when he insisted Washington is still hoping for a peaceful way to persuade Saddam to give United Nations inspectors free access to suspected weapons sites. But Berger re-used a warning delivered Tuesday by President Bill Clinton: "The only answer to aggression and outlaw behavior is firmness. . . He (Saddam) will rebuild his arsenal of weapons of mass destruction and some day, some way, I am certain he will use that arsenal again, as he has 10 times since 1983."

"One way or the other, we are determined to deny Iraq the capacity to develop weapons of mass

destruction and the missiles to deliver them. That is our bottom line."

President Clinton, Feb. 4, 1998.

"If Saddam rejects peace and we have to use force, our purpose is clear. We want to seriously

diminish the threat posed by Iraq's weapons of mass destruction program."

President Clinton, Feb. 17, 1998.

"Iraq is a long way from [here], but what happens there matters a great deal here. For the risks

that the leaders of a rogue state will use nuclear, chemical or biological weapons against us or

our allies is the greatest security threat we face."

Madeline Albright, Feb 18, 1998.

“We urge you, after consulting with Congress, and consistent with the U.S. Constitution and

laws, to take necessary actions (including, if appropriate, air and missile strikes on suspect Iraqi

sites) to respond effectively to the threat posed by Iraq's refusal to end its weapons of mass

destruction programs."

Letter to President Clinton, signed by Sens. Carl Levin, Tom Daschle, John Kerry, and others

Oct. 9, 1998.

"Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction

technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the

weapons inspection process."

Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D, CA), Dec. 16, 1998.

"Hussein has ... chosen to spend his money on building weapons of mass destruction and palaces

for his cronies."

Madeline Albright, Clinton Secretary of State, Nov. 10, 1999.

More Reading; Jimmy Carter, hide your head in shame

http://www.iranian.com/Opinion/2004/September/War/index.html

Example; Saddam Hussein’s and Post 2000 Election-Bush Headlines;

"There is no doubt that Saddam Hussein has reinvigorated his weapons programs. Reports

indicate that biological, chemical and nuclear programs continue apace and may be back to

pre-Gulf War status. In addition, Saddam continues to redefine delivery systems and is doubtless

using the cover of a licit missile program to develop longer-range missiles that will threaten the

United States and our allies."

Letter to President Bush, Signed by Sen. Bob Graham (D, FL,) and others, Dec, 5, 2001.

"We begin with the common belief that Saddam Hussein is a tyrant and a threat to the peace and

stability of the region. He has ignored the mandate of the United Nations and is building weapons

of mass destruction and the means of delivering them."

Sen. Carl Levin (d, MI), Sept. 19, 2002.

"We know that he has stored secret supplies of biological and chemical weapons throughout his

country."

Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002.

"Iraq's search for weapons of mass destruction has proven impossible to deter and we should

assume that it will continue for as long as Saddam is in power."

Al Gore, Sept. 23, 2002.

"We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seizing and developing weapons of mass destruction."

Sen. Ted Kennedy (D, MA), Sept. 27, 2002.

"There is unmistakable evidence that Saddam Hussein is working aggressively to develop nuclear

weapons and will likely have nuclear weapons within the next five years . We also should

remember we have always underestimated the progress Saddam has made in development of

weapons of mass destruction."

Sen. Jay Rockerfeller (D, WV), Oct 10, 2002,

"He has systematically violated, over the course of the past 11 years, every significant UN

resolution that has demanded that he disarm and destroy his chemical and biological weapons,

and any nuclear capacity. This he has refused to do."

Rep. Henry Waxman (D, CA), Oct. 10, 2002.

"In the four years since the inspectors left, intelligence reports show that Saddam Hussein has

worked to rebuild his chemical and biological weapons stock, his missile delivery capability, and

his nuclear program. He has also given aid, comfort, and sanctuary to terrorists, including

al Qaeda members. It is clear, however, that if left unchecked, Saddam Hussein will continue to

increase his capacity to wage biological and chemical warfare, and will keep trying to develop

nuclear weapons."

Sen. Hillary Clinton (D, NY), Oct 10, 2002

"We are in possession of what I think to be compelling evidence that Saddam Hussein has, and

has had for a number of years, a developing capacity for the production and storage of weapons

of mass destruction. "Without question, we need to disarm Saddam Hussein. He is a brutal,

murderous dictator, leading an oppressive regime ... He presents a particularly grievous threat

because he is so consistently prone to miscalculation. And now he has continued deceit and his

consistent grasp for weapons of mass destruction ... So the threat of Saddam Hussein with

weapons of mass destruction is real ...

Sen. John F. Kerry (D, MA), Jan. 23. 2003.

Solution; If Bush lied then so did these folks, Carter enlisted Saddam to fight Iran after they embarrassed Jimmy the Genius with the hostage situation. I wonder if Jimmy sold/gave some of the weaponry known as weapons of mass destruction to Saddam? The solution is simple, don’t vote for these people that rewrite history……….OR………liars.

Muckraker Day 3 FELONS AND THE WHITE HOUSE

rick@vicicon.com (Muckraker) — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 02:30:00 GMT

Muckraking; Origin of the term, Theodore Roosevelt, “... you may recall the description of the Man with the Muck-rake, the man who could look no way but downward with the muck-rake in his hands; Who was offered a celestial crown for his muck-rake, but who would neither look up nor regard the crown he was offered, but continued to rake to himself the filth of the floor.”

In Memory of Ida Tarbell; (November 5, 1857 – January 6, 1944) was an American teacher, author and journalist. She was known as one of the leading "muckrakers" of the progressive era, work known in modern times as "investigative journalism". She wrote many notable magazine series and biographies.

This new section of Anger/Action is Brewing is dedicated to a path of simple solutions to complex problems that are available to We the People. These actions are taken from the history of the “Progressive Era” of the early 1900’s.

DAY 3

Problem; FELONS AND THE WHITE HOUSE

“Associations are important. They provide a significant insight into character. They are particularly relevant in relation to a potential president as new, unknown, opaque and self-contained as Obama. With the economy overshadowing everything, it may be too late politically to be raising this issue. But that does not make it, as conventional wisdom holds, in any way illegitimate.”

OBAMA;

Hassan Nemazee, a fundraiser for President Barack Obama http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=21070001&sid=a8w3j0T3Xbrc

Bill Ayers a personal friend of our President;

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/ayers-dohrn-helped-organize-flotilla-group-95435639.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Ayers

Antoin "Tony" Rezko, the Chicago real estate developer who helped launch Barack Obama on his political career,

http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D93O5C180&show_article=1

Leslie Macko;

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,598262,00.html

Nameless Many;

http://libertypundits.net/article/the-obama-felon-club-wear-your-obama-t-shirt-in-your-mug-shot/

Rober Creamer; Democrat activist

http://www.sodahead.com/united-states/meet-rober-creamer-democrat-activist-convicted-felon-obama-vip/blog-212701/?page=3

Carter & Obama; the Logan Act

http://redblueamerica.com/blog/2008-07-25/obama-criminal-obama-who-committed-a-felony-4043

Solution; Vote every time with the values you wish to support and become informed.

The Muckraker Day 2.5

rick@vicicon.com (Muckraker) — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:13:00 GMT

Muckraking; Origin of the term, Theodore Roosevelt, “... you may recall the description of the Man with the Muck-rake, the man who could look no way but downward with the muck-rake in his hands; Who was offered a celestial crown for his muck-rake, but who would neither look up nor regard the crown he was offered, but continued to rake to himself the filth of the floor.”

In Memory of Ida Tarbell; (November 5, 1857 – January 6, 1944) was an American teacher, author and journalist. She was known as one of the leading "muckrakers" of the progressive era, work known in modern times as "investigative journalism". She wrote many notable magazine series and biographies.

This new section of Anger/Action is Brewing is dedicated to a path of simple solutions to complex problems that are available to We the People. These actions are taken from the history of the “Progressive Era” of the early 1900’s.

DAY 2.5

Problem; Creating a Homeland Security Special Enforcement Division may give too much power to the Federal Government. This Special Division was suggested in other Days of The Muckraker.

General Discussion; I suggest that every Sheriff from every county in the country appoint a State Representative to be on the Board at Home Land Security Special Enforcement Division to address Home Land security, propaganda, ethics and whistle blower law violation issues, reporting to Congress and their findings be published in every newspaper and aired as a public service on all TV and radio stations.

One vote from San Francisco County, California, one vote from Pershing County, Nevada.

Solution; Just as every State gets two Senators, regardless of population, under this proposal every State would receive one Board position on the Homeland Security Special Enforcement Division. Each county across the Nation would vote on the representative through their chief law enforcement officer, the elected Sheriff.

Rural American values would be well represented and the recognition that homeland security includes a watchdog agency on issues such as Congressional ethics, blatant public lying by public officials and agency failure to enforce public laws. We can’t afford Capitol Hill securing their own ethics charges, whistleblower charges and protection of the whistleblowers.

This board should be called to meetings within the county of the representative chosen and meetings held through electronic medias as to not subject the board to Washington DC standards (or lack there of). A voice from home sort of speak taking our security to broader demographic values.

The investigative needs of this Division of HLS would be substantial. A different stimulus of sorts.

The Muckraker Day 2 Media Ownership

rick@vicicon.com (Muckraker) — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:22:00 GMT

Muckraking; Origin of the term, Theodore Roosevelt, “...you may recall the description of the Man with the Muck-rake, the man who could look no way but downward with the muck-rake in his hands; Who was offered a celestial crown for his muck-rake, but who would neither look up nor regard the crown he was offered, but continued to rake to himself the filth of the floor.”

In Memory of Ida Tarbell; (November 5, 1857 – January 6, 1944) was an American teacher,author and journalist.She was known as one of the leading "muckrakers"of the progressive era, work known in modern times as"investigative journalism". She wrote many notable magazine series and biographies.

This new section of Anger/Action is Brewing is dedicated to a path of simple solutions to complex problems that are available to We the People. These actions are taken from the history of the “Progressive Era” of the early 1900's..

DAY 2

Problem; The media’s major Television news programs have a very heavy impact upon the distribution of information to the voting public. The shinning star apparent is NBC. This news agency seems to be just an extension of the Obama Camp textbook. Many agree the programming of this “News Agency” is actually propaganda. Regardless of the proof of this feeling can this Republic afford slanted journalism? Should we be a little more careful with news media ownership?

If we take a look at who owns NBC and a possible motive for this slant: GE owns NBC, NBC reports the news with total editorial control. GE has many environmental issues subject to the actions of the Federal EPA.

General Discussion; The environmental,thus financial concerns of GE potentially makes their news company apolitically advantageous aid for members of the Washington Club. If they“correctly” report the news they have friends in all the right areas.

http://www.cleanupge.org/gemisdeeds.html

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Environmental record

GE has a history of large-scale air and water pollution. Based on year 2000 data,^[24]researchers at the Political Economy Research Institute listed the corporation as the fourth-largest corporate producer of air pollution in the United States,with more than 4.4 million pounds per year (2,000 Tonnes) of toxic chemicals released into the air.^[25]GE has also been implicated in the creation of toxic waste.According to EPA documents, only the United States Government, Honeywell,and Chevron Corporation are responsible for producing more Superfund toxic waste sites.^[26]

In 1983, New York State Attorney General Robert Abrams filed suit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York to compel GE to pay for the cleanup of what was claimed to be more than 100,000 tons of chemicals dumped (legally, at the time) from their plant in Waterford.^[27]In 1999, the company agreed to pay a $250 million settlement in connection with claims it polluted the Housatonic River and other sites with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and other hazardous substances.^[28]

From approximately 1947 to 1977, GE discharged as much as 1.3 million pounds of PCBs from its capacitor manufacturing plants at the Hudson Falls and Fort Edward facilities into the Hudson River.^[29]Spending millions over many years, GE fought a media and political battle to avoid cleaning up the river: GE attacked the Superfund law in court, and launched an extensive media campaign to refute the benefits of cleaning up the river, claiming that dredging the river would actually stir up PCBs.^[30]In 2002, GE was ordered to clean up a 40-mile (64 km) stretch of the Hudson River it had contaminated.^[31]

In 2003, acting on concerns that the plan proposed by GE did not "provide for adequate protection of public health and the environment," the United States Environmental Protection Agency issued a unilateral administrative order for the company to "address cleanup at the GE site" in Rome, Georgia, also contaminated with PCBs.

Solution; Make an FCC ruling that companies with a highly profiled need to receive Government contracts, rulings and such not be able to own and control by any financial sense a major media concern. That in fact should a member of the White House’s insider be quoted in support of the mass murder Moa tse tung as a philosopher;

http://dailyradar.com/beltwayblips/video/glenn-beck-video-of-anita-dunn-mao-tse-tung-favorite/

and the News Agency doesn’t ask the President to explain this comment and his position on the quote, then maybe they can’t own NBC News.

These charges would be reported to a Homeland Security Special Enforcement Division with newly elected officials. Elected by, We the People not appointed by the“Washington Club”.

Solution 2; If you are a GE shareholder, contact an attorney and ask if there isn’t a minority shareholder lawsuit for the loss in NBC market share losses due to the lack of balanced reporting. By not doing so, NBC’s value is tremendously diminished thus lowering your share value and dividends. It has been reported that their market share is truly hampered by these actions.

The Muckraker

rick@vicicon.com (Muckraker) — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 21:13:00 GMT

Muckraking; Origin of the term, Theodore Roosevelt, “...you may recall the description of the Man with the Muck-rake, the man who could look no way but downward with the muck-rake in his hands; Who was offered a celestial crown for his muck-rake, but who would neither look up nor regard the crown he was offered, but continued to rake to himself the filth of the floor.”

In Memory of Ida Tarbell; (November 5, 1857 – January 6, 1944) was an American teacher,author and journalist.She was known as one of the leading "muckrakers"of the progressive era; work known in modern times as"investigative journalism". She wrote many notable magazine series and biographies.

This new section of Anger/Action is Brewing is dedicated to a path of simple solutions to complex problems that are available to We the People. The sections are taken from the history of the “Progressive Era” of the early’s.

DAY 1

Problem; With the current ethical fiber of our leaders we have a problem with these elected officials obeying the laws of our land and should they get caught breaking them suffer the same penalties we would face.

General Discussion; Washington DC is a club of people under the ether of pure power. Once elected to office the new candidate elected rises to a position that in many cases, is very hard to maintain an ethical posture. If we were to ask the Newbie if this were correct I would assume they would have to put on their political hat and answer something like “No I maintain my dedication to the people” not admitting this is the first of many lies to come. As this is a learned response and so are all the rest of the Tricks of the Trade, known as the actions of a soon to be professional politician.

If the laws of the land were to translate to these people, many ills would be corrected. The best example we believe would be illegal aliens, those people that break the law on a daily basis. If Washington enforced the law rather than ignored it for the minority votes we would have fewer criminals on our streets. The politician that aids these criminals by not acting on current laws would simply be charged. Evidence by his/her aids or staffers would receive this reward.

If the laws of the land were to translate to these people and enforced there would be more bad politicians jailed and expelled in a rapid manor. Another example would be Franklin Raines the past director for Fannie Mae, who admitted to“Cooking the books” for his bonus schedule. Fannie Maeengaged in "extensive financial fraud" over six years by doctoring earnings so executives could collect hundreds of millions of dollars in bonuses, federal officials said in a report that portrayed a company determined to play by its own rules. These actions cost our economy Trillions of dollars.Raines was fined and put on the Obama election team as a financial advisor.

Solution; A Whistleblower Law which simply states that any person that brings to light illegal actions (not traffic, or minor laws) while in office by a Government Employee in an elected position or Department Leadership role shall be paid $10 Million tax free. As a conviction occurs the penalty doubles, pensions are lost and in the case of jail no good time is allowed.

These crimes would be reported to a Homeland Security Special Enforcement Division with newly elected officials. Elected by we the people not appointed by the“Club”.

The first response by our leaders will be that this would stop “Good People” from running for office. I put to you that this answer is the problem. If we spent 5 years under this law the “Good People” would surely thin out.

Anger has become Action

info@angerisbrewing.com (Action is Brewing) — Sun, 09 May 2010 09:23:00 GMT

Get Angry, Take Action!

Our goal has always been to unite displaced fiscal conservatives through a focus on fiscal responsibility, accountability, and transparency. Unfortunately the general disgust over the state of the GOP in Washoe and Clark Counties, the state of Nevada, and fiscal frivolities in the form of unfunded mandates from Carson City and Washington, DC, created the (dare I say it) Anger from taxpaying individuals, families, and small businesses.

Anger is only one of two human emotions that lead directly into Action, and we are certainly not afraid to stand up for ourselves and the Constitution of the United States of America.

Anger is what got us off our couches, what caused us to turn our back on talkers and unite with workers, what caused us to educate ourselves and arm ourselves with information on legislation and candidates so that we can make responsible decisions at the polls in June and again in November. Anger was useful, now it's time for Action.

Anger is Brewing is a non-profit 501(c)(4), but we have transitioned all of our electronic media to reflect Action instead of Anger, soon we will do new corporate filings to officially change our group from Anger is Brewing to Action is Brewing.

Please visit us on the web at www.actionisbrewing.com, email us at info@actionisbrewing.com with question/comment/suggestions, blog with us at blog.actionisbrewing.com, or follow us on facebook at Action is Brewing.

We are united, we are strong, and we are geared up for Action
We are all in this together!
Debbie Landis
Anger is Brewing / Action is brewing
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