Displaying 2,731 To 2,760 Of 3,237 Comments LIVE BLOG: GOP Debate in Las Vegas OUR NEXT PRESIDENT…..WHAT DOES THIS SAY? Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney says the government should let the foreclosure process run its course, so the housing market can reach its bottom. Romney made those statements in a video interview recorded by the Las Vegas Review Journal this week. The state of Nevada — Las Vegas in particular — has been hit hard by the foreclosure crisis. When asked how he’d fix housing, Romney told the Las Vegas paper, he would let the foreclosure process go forward to clean up the process. “Let it run its course and hit the bottom,” he said. “Allow investors to buy homes, put renters in them, fix them up and turn them around.” » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On October 18, 2011 @ 6:47 pm Foreign Aid is less than ONE PERCENT…and it is key leverage in diplomatic negotiations. But we can spend trillions on bombs. Madness. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On October 18, 2011 @ 6:29 pm Paul’s Pentagon budget is the kind of thing he says that makes sense to me, as does his attitude toward the Fed, the super corporations, but as to social policy, environmental policy and other domestic issues….out to lunch. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On October 18, 2011 @ 6:27 pm There is much more that I do not agree with than I do,,,,,but tonight he is lesser of the evils on that stage…..so my rhetoric gets ahead of my real convictions. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On October 18, 2011 @ 6:25 pm Just a matter of some comparisons…..he is less looney and less deceitful than the rest. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On October 18, 2011 @ 6:24 pm Please…tongue in cheek! » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On October 18, 2011 @ 6:23 pm OK…if Obama can’t be president, I am willing to consider Paul…..he keeps saying things I agree with. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On October 18, 2011 @ 6:06 pm Will they get to Romney? Today, he said let the mortgages fail, foreclose, let the investors buy up the property, rent it and then later sell it. OH MY GOD……sell all of those folks down the river….. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On October 18, 2011 @ 6:03 pm All failures are the fault of our Federal Governments…… All, if any, successes are a result of state independence… Typical TeaPublican talking point.. It’s the same thing every single election cycle… These debates are pointless... » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On October 18, 2011 @ 6:01 pm No…it is a reference to a lawn contractor who hired illegals who worked on Romney property. The question: did Romeny know. No clear evidence either way. A year later, the same contractor had rehired others. The question unasked: how did the illegal get hired. E verify does that. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On October 18, 2011 @ 5:50 pm Perry scored some points in early jabs, but now he has run out of gas. The audience booed him. After considerable reflection, meditation and consideration…. IT IS CLEAR. Perry is REALLY PRETTY DUMB. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On October 18, 2011 @ 5:48 pm while we’re watching the circus Bank of America is, right now, shifting derivatives in its Merrill Lynch investment banking unit to its depository arm, which has access to the Federal discount window and IS protected by the FDIC thus, backstopping $75 Trillion Of Bank Of America’s Derivatives Trades. heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeello America wake up! » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On October 18, 2011 @ 5:33 pm Gingrich starts off as he will continue and as he will end. Nasty, » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On October 18, 2011 @ 5:22 pm Introducing PeeWee Herman Bachman making sense: Prepare for the coming of the Apocalyse. She is showing here IRS background. Cain: Just denies and refers…..clearly he does not know the ins and outs of his own plan. He claims no one but him understands. Not smart. Santorum making sense: The 2nd horseman of the apocalypse rides in. Speaks up for family allowances. Perry: Uses his governorship experience to say it is not going to fly. Sales taxes at the state level will have a national tax added to them. No one is going to buy them. Paul: Like he always does….names a reality. A regressive tax that will raise more money but from the wrong people. Romney: As a governor....the people do not want an added tax no matter if its Apples or Oranges….tax reduction overall is what is need, but his analysis is that middle income folks see higher taxes with 9-9-9. So Nein, Nein, Nein. Gingrich: The plan is a very hard sell….One more person who wants to give him credit for bringing up an interesting idea, but the plan is NOT simple. It is very complex. Narrow focuses cuts are the key. FINAL SCORE: 7-1 Hello Peewee Herman. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On October 18, 2011 @ 5:20 pm Meant to say “thank you for the insight the articles provide.” » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On October 24, 2011 @ 10:03 pm I have now read each of these. I cannot say I have come to a conclusion yet. There is a strong case being argued. I have not come to my own conclusion. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On October 24, 2011 @ 10:02 pm I have read each of the comments here several times. There is more than a little truth to the narrative you present. What underlies it is something I am not certain of. I am taking all of this under advisement and thank you for your contribution to my thinking. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On October 24, 2011 @ 9:59 pm I thank you for this. Much to consider. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On October 24, 2011 @ 9:56 pm MARION or anyone with any Marion Insights YOU WROTE: MY REPLY: Read other article where Arainna equals Drudge and find your argument unconvincing. Your profile tells me nothing. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On October 23, 2011 @ 2:23 pm The One Percent: Who Are They? What Do They Do? How Much Do They Have? Ad Lib…left a long comment for you re. MSM and 99/OWS movement. Forgot to put your name in the header. It’s right above this comment. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On October 18, 2011 @ 8:14 am An interesting thread at Democratic Underground: It captures a good bit of your sentiment. I think that three things drive MSM coverage: a) Economy. Both how to save and how to make money. These factors determine how MSM interact with events, persons and movements. I continue to note that while the 99 Percenter/Occupy Movement seems to have a lot of energy of its own welling up from anger, and it is fueled by social media, BUT my concern remains that without central leadership, then the MSM gets to choose who they designate as the spokespersons for the movement. Their choices reflect their own prejudices. I saw an organizer on Morning Joe on MSNBC today and was struck with how bright she was and how completely unaware/unrealistic re. the political process. The TP, which I believe was initially a authentic response to the wide and wild swinging of the right wing (in media and organizations) against Health Care Reform. The participants were wrong from Day One about almost everything. They broke into public attention because of their raids on Town Halls. It was at that point that Freedom Works and Fox took on sponsorship and virtual control of the movement. From then it was all packaged neatly, promoted carefully and used time limited high-profile events with eye-catching photo-video ops….including those folks dressed in 1776 regalia, and sporting holstered guns. Once they were implanted, the GOP began to mouth “their” truths as those of the American People. Of course, the truths were actually from the corporate sponsors of both the GOP and the Right Wings various movements and public voices (Fox, Washington Times, World Net Daily, Rush etc.) I am 61 and was part of both the Civil Rights and Anti-War Movement. Unity of message, inspired leadership, alliance with the decision makers was very effective in one and lacking in the other. And the results demonstrated this. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On October 18, 2011 @ 8:13 am Quite so….the globalist culture certainly works against patriotism. But, I would point out this is not new. Even in the 1930’s and 40’s, the very rich were part of an international culture (largely focused on the U.S. and Europe). Even more to the point, they belonged to a very elite nation within the nation in the U.S. What FDR did, in their own den at the Chamber, was to call them on this. And they flinched. However, they also fought back and created a tidal wave of GOP Congressman that threatened to destroy the new deal. WWII stopped that but at what price? » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On October 17, 2011 @ 7:52 pm Ad Lib Left you a note over at Help! re. your long answer last night Much appreciated. Now to this comment…. I found your response intriguing. I think I generally agree with your perspective. The OWS movement does not fit the narrow (and getting narrower) paradigms in which the MSM works…therefore it is not real….when it becomes real they work to get it to fit…when it doesn’t they ignore it…and it gets more and more real. The problem is they may not be able to change their paradigm. Today, several of the big MSM voices seem to be in hyperdrive trying to make up for lost time this weekend past. Is it possible that their problem is one of weekend staffing? Your response was so intriguing I asked my friend, the producer to look at it, and here is his response. “I ask your patience. I would like to pass this around to several other ‘decision makers’ seeking their reaction. I find it strikingly honest and generally true. I wonder if my colleagues will agree. We need the OWS movement to hit us as hard as it seems to be hitting the political structure.” So Ad Lib……you may have struck a very major chord. More later? » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On October 17, 2011 @ 7:04 pm Ditto your thinking. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On October 16, 2011 @ 5:47 pm Obama represents a change in the world order and the GOP will do whatever it must to restore that order- lie, steal Why…their base. They have narrowed their appeal across the last 20 years to a group for whom the idea of a bright, capable, affable, family man who is black is a nightmare. The TP is simply the shock troops for an entire segment of the population who want Obama out no matter what. For them O is the world turned upside down. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On October 16, 2011 @ 5:46 pm I agree with your point of view re. how long folks will endure oppression without responding…but the issue always comes down to how effective the response. Social media have changed the nature of the response. But even this can be blunted. On Friday evening I looked forward to being with you and others hwho were at Occupy events at least in spirit via the news coverage. I was at home most of the day. But without the live feeds from OWS and several of those at events, I would have thought that not much was happening. I knew that was not so. CNN had minimum coverage (a slot every hour). MSNBC was doing its Prison Weekend stuff, it’s how they pay their bills. NBC had a 10 minute slot on its nightly news at 5:30. HP, Salon, Daily Beast, all ran small stories during the day. Alternet and Raw Story did quite a bit. But the live media mass media was missing. I called a friend who is a producer for local and regional news in NYC on Saturday evening. Here is what he said. 1) The novelty is wearing off. I have posted this in several places and gotten some very interesting responses. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On October 16, 2011 @ 5:33 pm Em….. You left this comment for me from a post which I can no longer find. It reads: “Hi Murph! This is good and explains some of the reasons why the MSM gives the movement short shrift. But he didn’t mention the lack of violence. Yesterday, when a few bad apples caused all the damage in Rome, it was the lead on CNN. There were pictures of smashed windows and burning cars with black smoke rising and people running for most of the day…just the kind of “news” that the American audience likes! Dumb it down and rev up the carnage! Get your popcorn ready! I watched the coverage of the MLK memorial dedication this morning and thought back to the days of the civil rights marches. Many were not given much TV coverage until the police turned on the fire hoses and loosed the dogs on the protesters. Then the people got interested. What a sad state of affairs! While I fault the MSM for their corporate agenda, we must not forget the appetites of the American people…sex, violence and bubblegum for the mind! Do we really think that the average person is going to watch endless loops of people calmly walking down the streets with their signs and chants? Not when they can change the channel and see brainless millionaire women spending vast amounts of money for designer purses, the violence of the wrestling ring, and the humiliation of contestants on talent shows. This is one of my pet peeves! Grrrrr!” My Response: Hearst captured all that you are saying here 100 years ago…IF IT BLEEDS, IT LEADS…that’s what sells papers.” » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On October 16, 2011 @ 2:46 pm You left a comment for me last night…I can’t find it at OT so…answer here. “This one really gets me; “4) The crowd is not providing the “stories” they are looking for…………..” What is wrong with media when they expect events and people to conform to the “stories,” they are looking for? WTF? The people ARE the story. What a bunch douche bags! The media today is so driven by economics that news must be neat, orderly, entertaining and easily packaged. Shrinking news room staffs tell the tale. If not for the internet so much would be missed which is why it must remain free. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On October 16, 2011 @ 2:42 pm CALL FOR PATRIOTIC CEO’S FROM FDR
“What is required is the restoration of a sense of patriotism among the leaders of our great businesses and industry. This patriotism takes the form of considering the good of the nation in the making of decisions that affect employment, investment, the health of the national economy, the life of our cities and the countryside, and the happiness of our people. In doing this, the leaders of our nation’s great manufacturing and commercial centers must be willing to put their own interests second to those of their less well off neighbors.”
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Address to the Chamber of Commerce National Congress, March 1937. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On October 16, 2011 @ 1:56 pm Herman Cain’s “999” Attacks the 99% I wrote my first post on 9-9-9-9 saying much the same thing as you just did. Now everyone is talking about it. One of the key roles played by the wee-journalists on blogs like this one is to ferret out the deeper truths as you did in your root story that kicked off this thread. Now everyone is talking….good, but what if investigation was front loaded? By the way, Kudos to Bloomberg for crunching those numbers months back. » Posted By MurphTheSurf3 On October 13, 2011 @ 12:35 pmComments Posted By MurphTheSurf3
Snarky,
and Meaningless.
Federal Income Tax with a National Sales Tax: One of Cain’s 9’s.
Gang on and gang up on Cain- The Koch Brothers Candidate
HERMANN IS NEUTERED.
“Arianna Huffington, I would say, has ratfucking down to an art.”
You will need to explain your comment. You provide illustrations/examples RF behavior for the others you point a finger at but for Arianna? Don’t see it.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103×631504
b) Ideology. Orientation to a party, policy set or political philosophy.
c) Technology. Mass production vs. micro production.
2) There are no central events (speakers, symbolic actions) around which media can gather.
3) The lack of a clear agenda haunts the movement.
4) The crowd is not providing the “stories” they are looking for; and there is an element of real antagonism which seems geared at provoking the police.
5) Lacking identifiable leadership there is no one to speak for the group or to its members. All of this is dissipating coverage. Does this sound plausible to you? I am very angry at the lack of coverage but I am trying to figure out what is going on? Or is this corporate buddies hanging together?
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