tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-173940490303025576.post8759682577598513200..comments2023-10-21T05:55:59.422-04:00Comments on BarackObama666: Right ON - MoveOn.org: Barack Obama Needs to RespondPubliushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16915351885679876346noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-173940490303025576.post-14188398531644936832010-02-17T23:10:22.788-05:002010-02-17T23:10:22.788-05:00"Conversely, those at the bottom of the econo..."Conversely, those at the bottom of the economic system with no political power are experiencing something as bad as the Great Depression, with no end in sight."<br /><br />This thread and all the comments left by all the "Anonymous" readers have all been very relevant and good.<br /><br />However, I must disagree with the last statement in the last comment which I have quoted above.<br /><br />While those at the bottom and the middle are hardest hit and going through a Depression, they ARE NOT powerless. That belief is what allows those at the top - "the elite" to continue to rape, pillage and plunder. Our voting power is stronger then their money and political influence.<br /><br />If all those that are affected and sick and tired of the devastation to our freedom and our economic freedom STAND TOGETHER, WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE.<br /><br />More on this in today's Post.Larry Rubinoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00994883281506478553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-173940490303025576.post-25219390739057617972010-02-17T21:17:53.708-05:002010-02-17T21:17:53.708-05:00Ten times worse unemployment in the lowest class t...Ten times worse unemployment in the lowest class than in the highest class! Truly amazing and disheartening, don’t you think? And you can also infer that in some hard hit geographical areas the poorest people and people of color are being even more adversely impacted. And don’t think for a minute that things have really improved in 2010.<br /><br />The report summed up the situation: “A true labor market depression faced those in the bottom…of the income distribution; a deep labor market recession prevailed among those in the middle of the distribution, and close to a full employment environment prevailed at the top.” People at the top remain winners no matter how bad the whole economy. Why? The wealthy Upper Class controls so much of the political system and benefit from countless government policies. They may lose something in an economic meltdown but not enough to suffer significantly.<br /><br />Conversely, those at the bottom of the economic system with no political power are experiencing something as bad as the Great Depression, with no end in sight.<br /><br /><br />http://www.marketoracle.co.uk/Article17315.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-173940490303025576.post-41630460328568031892010-02-17T16:40:06.823-05:002010-02-17T16:40:06.823-05:00Yes, fighting a foreclosure is a must for everyone...Yes, fighting a foreclosure is a must for everyone. Most foreclosures are illegal as the plaintiff does not have "Standing" - the right to foreclosure. You may have heard about the "Produce the Note" defense which has received a lot of publicity but it goes beyond that.<br /><br />The Plaintiff must be forced to PROVE that they own the note and therefore have the right to foreclose. In most cases they cannot.<br /><br />There are a handful of judges around the country that adhere to this law and rule against the "bankster" banks in foreclosing.<br /><br />For more information go to www.TheForeclosureDetonator.wordpress.com. There will be some interesting info and links. This is my site as well.<br /><br />Keep up the fight. The law is the law for everyone and should be dispensed equitably.<br /><br />Good luck and keep fighting.<br />Larry, EditorLarry Rubinoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00994883281506478553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-173940490303025576.post-27419083097852616982010-02-17T16:32:19.424-05:002010-02-17T16:32:19.424-05:00I too have been a victim of ALS. They are vultures...I too have been a victim of ALS. They are vultures and I really hope that they learn their lesson one day. I really don’t want vengence for them pushing me and my family (3 kids and hubby) out of our home. I want justice. I am TERRIFIED that they will continue to do all the wrong things and me or my kids will come home one day and not be able to get in our home and all of our belongings will be gone. I SCARES ME TO DEATH! I have been reassured by the lawyers that I am working with (housing preservation in MN) that they can’t do that. But they have done so many other things that they “could not do” and so far have been able to get away with it. I have spent nearly 2 years fighting this battle and am still not finished with the fight. Possibly they are running just under the radar and can keep getting away with this brutal treatment of people. At this point, I am waiting to see if the lawyers get anywhere. I have also filed a complaint with the US Dept of Treasury and they are checking into it. Other than these things, I don’t know what else to do other than hope like crazy me and my family aren’t living in a hotel in the next few months.<br /><br />http://themortgageinsider.net/mortgage-reviews/aurora-loan-services-review.html/comment-page-18/#commentsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-173940490303025576.post-58862155524430265022010-02-17T13:17:40.210-05:002010-02-17T13:17:40.210-05:00I thought HAMP was to help you through difficult s...I thought HAMP was to help you through difficult situation not create an impossible one?<br />no answers...just<br />fees, fees, and more fees<br /><br />Hope Stops with AURORA LOAN SERVICES?<br /><br />Here is a lady who has started a class action suit please get in touch with her. We are having all the same problems. http://www.auroraloanvictims.com/<br /><br /><br />Read the comments.....they string you along as they take your payments:<br /><br /><br />http://www.afscanhelp.com/companies/mortgage-companies/aurora-loan-services.cfmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-173940490303025576.post-58648078848132365292010-02-17T11:57:22.981-05:002010-02-17T11:57:22.981-05:00MORTGAGES
New wave of foreclosures by end of 2010...MORTGAGES<br /><br />New wave of foreclosures by end of 2010 is feared<br />About 4 million U.S. homeowners are 90 days or more delinquent on their loans or in foreclosure proceedings, Moody's Economy.com says. A federal loan modification program is helping a relative few.<br /><br />A report last week by Moody's Investors Service called the Obama administration modification program's effect "underwhelming." But administration officials said the program was on track to reduce payments for 3 million to 4 million homeowners through 2012.<br /><br /><br /><br />At the outset, banks didn't screen borrowers before giving them trial modifications, she said. "Then at the end they don't give very clear answers why they're not getting permanent modifications. . . . There's very little transparency."<br /><br /><br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/ylr7n4zAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-173940490303025576.post-80973877906521307442010-02-17T10:51:42.536-05:002010-02-17T10:51:42.536-05:00And the oligarchies laugh
Volcker Rule looks mor...And the oligarchies laugh<br /><br /><br />Volcker Rule looks more like hype than future law<br />The much-hyped Volcker Rule proposal is failing fast in the US Congress.<br /><br />By James Pethokoukis<br />Published: 2:07PM GMT 15 Feb 2010<br />Paul Volcker probably isn't that surprised. The former Federal Reserve chairman joked he was "just a photo op", even after President Barack Obama's public embrace of his proposal to limit bank proprietary trading. The problem is that legislators are no longer interested in sweeping reform<br /><br /><br />Obama is so owned.<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/y8nqqslAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-173940490303025576.post-89182289367277713082010-02-17T07:27:52.309-05:002010-02-17T07:27:52.309-05:00Say goodbye to social safety net.
Alan Simpson: ...Say goodbye to social safety net.<br /><br /><br />Alan Simpson: A Man Who Intensely Wants to Cut Social Security<br /><br />It is not good news that President Obama picked former Senator Alan Simpson as one of the co-chairs of his deficit commission. Simpson is not just your run of the mill Republican. He is an extreme foe of Social Security. <br />One anecdote from his days as a senator should give a flavor of his hatred for the program. Back then, the preferred method for cutting Social Security among the Washington elite was to claim that the consumer price index (CPI) overstated the true rate of inflation. This matters for Social Security because the annual cost of living adjustment (COLA) is based on the CPI. If the CPI was overstating the true rate of inflation, the DC elite argued that we were overcompensating Social Security beneficiaries. <br /><br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/yc6bz8dAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-173940490303025576.post-42337495524870085872010-02-16T18:21:17.781-05:002010-02-16T18:21:17.781-05:00It looks to me like Obama doesn't like the che...It looks to me like Obama doesn't like the cheap seats(ie.public $) as much as the box seats( bankers $)...its all about the $ not the change!<br /><br />Could Bankers Turn the Tables on Obama in 2012?<br /><br />But there are growing signs Wall Street is now balking at helping Obama and according to both people who raise money for the president and the former Obama backers in the financial business, the situation is far worse than Wall Street throwing a few bucks to Congressional Republicans as the president approval rating starts to dip, as the raw numbers in the Times story pointed out.<br /><br />Jamie Dimon apparently still likes Obama -- he's an unofficial adviser on finance related measures that has been widely reported, but associates tell me the "relationship" is wearing thin, particularly after the president -- sensing falling poll numbers and a public outraged by Wall Street bonuses just a year after being bailed out by the government -- endorsed a bank tax and then some reform measures advocated by his economic adviser, Paul Volcker, designed to prevent big banks like Dimon's from engaging in risky bond trades.<br /><br />People who know Lloyd Blankfein now go to great lengths to point out that Blankfein was never really that infatuated with Obama -- he supported Hillary Clinton for president -- and that it was his No. 2, Goldman president Gary Cohn, who helped raise all that money for Obama. Yet, most telling is the story I received from a senior banking executive who was one of the first people on Wall Street to back Obama over Hillary Clinton back in 2007. He told me he's so tired of Obama's policies that demonize the rich that he even urged friends to give money to Republican Scott Brown, who won Teddy Kennedy's seat and has become the margin of victory in the Republican attempts to defeat health care legislation.<br /><br />http://www.huffingtonpost.com/charles-gasparino/could-bankers-turn-the-ta_b_462594.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-173940490303025576.post-16851573689964660532010-02-16T15:36:59.588-05:002010-02-16T15:36:59.588-05:00Yeah he can keep smiling but this is what we are c...Yeah he can keep smiling but this is what we are confronted with....are you next?<br /><br />The problems of the American economy are too great to be reached by traditional policies. Large numbers of middle class American jobs have been moved offshore: manufacturing, industrial and professional service jobs. When the jobs are moved offshore, consumer incomes and U.S. GDP go with them. So many jobs have been moved abroad that there has been no growth in U.S. real incomes in the 21st century, except for the incomes of the super rich who collect multi-million dollar bonuses for moving U.S. jobs offshore.<br /><br />Without growth in consumer incomes, the economy can go nowhere. Washington policymakers substituted debt growth for income growth. Instead of growing richer, consumers grew more indebted. Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan accomplished this with his low interest rate policy, which drove up housing prices, producing home equity that consumers could tap and spend by refinancing their homes.<br /><br />Unable to maintain their accustomed living standards with income alone, Americans spent their equity in their homes and ran up credit card debts, maxing out credit cards in anticipation that rising asset prices would cover the debts. When the bubble burst, the debts strangled consumer demand, and the economy died.<br /><br /><br />"Thank you for your continued truthful commentary on the 'New Economy.' My husband and I could be its poster children. Nine years ago when we married, we were both working good paying, secure jobs in the semiconductor manufacturing sector. Our combined income topped $100,000 a year. We were living the dream. Then the nightmare began. I lost my job in the great tech bubble of 2003, and decided to leave the labor force to care for our infant son. Fine, we tightened the belt. Then we started getting squeezed. Expenses rose, we downsized, yet my husband's job stagnated. After several years of no pay raises, he finally lost his job a year and a half ago. But he didn't just lose a job, he lost a career. The semiconductor industry is virtually gone here in Arizona. Three months later, my husband, with a technical degree and 20-plus years of solid work experience, received one job offer for an entry level corrections officer. He had to take it, at an almost 40 percent reduction in pay. Bankruptcy followed when our savings were depleted. We lost our house, a car, and any assets we had left. His salary last year, less than $40,000, to support a family of four. A year and a half later, we are still struggling to get by. I can't find a job that would cover the cost of daycare. We are stuck. Every jump in gas and food prices hits us hard. Without help from my family, we wouldn't have made it. So, I could tell you just how that 'New Economy' has worked for us, but I'd really rather not use that kind of language."<br /><br />http://www.vdare.com/roberts/100215_america.htmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-173940490303025576.post-29599370391017026342010-02-16T14:57:35.710-05:002010-02-16T14:57:35.710-05:00I thought Jamie Dimon was a good friend of the Pre...I thought Jamie Dimon was a good friend of the President's...maybe too good? Do these guys have mirrors in their homes? What do they see? I know what I see...<br /><br />Geithner's Lies<br /><br />At a time when even relatively good mortgage portfolios were getting clobbered to the tune of 30% or more, Geithner had the gall to suggest that JPMorgan taking the first $1 billion loss in a $30 billion portfolio was a risk mitigant. The idea is ludicrous and Geithner knew it at the time.<br /><br />Moreover, professionally managed garbage is still garbage so that is no mitigating factor either. Here is the pertinent quote from the article "It [Maiden Lane] was the scrapings off the slaughterhouse floor. It started with the things that were not good enough to get securitised."<br /><br />Clearly the goal was not to protect taxpayers, but rather to protect JPMorgan from losses it would have had taking unsecuritized garbage on its books at full value. Instead the trash was passed to the Fed.<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/yzrqcopAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-173940490303025576.post-68231368713214197342010-02-16T14:39:51.246-05:002010-02-16T14:39:51.246-05:00MoveON can't go on to another candidate. We h...MoveON can't go on to another candidate. We have our President for 3 more years like it or not.<br /><br />I to believed in "change" and still do. We need to change the way business is done. The only way to do so now is to hold Obama's feet to the fire and to let our Congressmen and women know what WE want.<br /><br />The people must take back control and remind all of our politicians that they work for the people of this nation not the corporations. Of course the Supreme Court has pretty much re written our Constitution with their most recent ruling. <br /><br />We can't "move on" - we must stay focused and demand our rights and stop paying the banksters. They are taking control of all of us. I don't want to see the day when ze GS comes knocking on our doors. <br /><br />And yes, I agree that he smiles and talks and says nothing. That's the problem and we must let him know that is NOT acceptable!<br /><br />They - including Obama - have forgotten who they work for even though he made it clear in his State of the Union speech which also said nothing.Larry Rubinoffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00994883281506478553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-173940490303025576.post-20834097445879407522010-02-16T13:23:51.286-05:002010-02-16T13:23:51.286-05:00I think move on should move on to another candidat...I think move on should move on to another candidate....we have been duped...he smiles, he talks but he says nothing...even Max is frustrated and he originally believed in change!<br /><br />Max Keiser Goes Mad On US Toilet Paper Deals<br /><br />http://tinyurl.com/yhok3emAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com