Displaying 61 To 90 Of 4,429 Comments New Jersey GOP candidate – “Women should be ‘whores’ in the bedroom” New Jersey state senate candidate Phil Mitsch knows just what America needs to get his awful state back on track: tax reductions, something called “mandatory mortgage loan modifications on at risk residential properties,” and a more pronounced Madonna-whore complex. “Women, you increase your odds of keeping your men by being faithful, a lady in the living room and a whore in the bedroom,” he recently tweeted. » Posted By javaz On October 21, 2011 @ 8:40 am Obama: GOP needs to explain “For the second time in two weeks, every single Republican in the United States Senate has chosen to obstruct a bill that would create jobs and get our economy going again. That’s unacceptable,” he said. “We must do what’s right for the country and pass the common-sense proposals in the American Jobs Act.” Every Senate Republican, he said, voted to block a bill that would help middle-class families and keep hundreds of thousands of firefighters on the job, police officers on the streets, and teachers in the classroom. “Those Americans deserve an explanation as to why they don’t deserve those jobs – and every American deserves an explanation as to why Republicans refuse to step up to the plate and do what’s necessary to create jobs and grow the economy right now,” he continued. Republican candidates’ tax plan may fall flat – For a flat tax to gain further traction, political economists and tax experts said it probably would need to exempt earnings up to a certain level. Cain’s plan provides no such exemption. As a result, the Tax Policy Center estimates the poorest 20 percent of Americans would see their after-tax incomes decline by one fifth, while the richest 0.1 percent who earn $2.5 million and above would get a $1.4 million tax break. But the more earnings that are exempted, the higher the flat tax levy would be. And if mortgage interest or family deductions were also allowed, the rate could easily rise to 25 percent or more by some estimates — a higher level than the average middle class family currently pays. The attraction of a simple plan can quickly lose support once people realize the impact on their household finances, said Howard Gleckman, a tax expert at the Urban Institute. A flat tax can shift economic incentives. If capital gains are not taxed, it favors capital over consumption, no bad thing in the longer term for an economy that needs to save more. But raising taxes on consumption to compensate for lower income tax revenues again hits the lowest-income groups who spend about 98 percent of their income and have little left over for savings. For an economy suffering from lack of demand, this could hurt growth in the short term. http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/10/21/republican-candidates-tax-plans-may-fall-flat/ Washington Post finds holes in Rubio’s life story – [A] review of documents — including naturalization papers and other official records — reveals that Rubio’s dramatic account of his family saga embellishes the facts. The documents show that Rubio’s parents came to the United States and were admitted for permanent residence more than 2½ years before Castro’s forces overthrew the Cuban government and took power on New Year’s Day 1959. The Republicans keep making it clearer every single day who they are working for – The Rich and Corporations Yet the Teapublicans continue to support paying more taxes while the rich pay less for one reason, imho – because it angers Democrats, liberals and progressives. I never quite understood the meaning of cognitive dissonance, but by watching the Teapublicans and their supporters, the meaning is crystal clear. These people have no shame in their ruthlessness to get their way, and yet they proclaim that they are Christian. The group that I am extremely angry with are religious organizations and churches. Whenever something bad happens, certain religious leaders blame ‘the gays’ or ‘socialism’ and paint them as heathens in bringing down our country, yet no one ever asks if perhaps God is punishing us because of how poorly we treat those less fortunate. Oh well, on a lighter note – Harold Camping has vanished! http://news.yahoo.com/radio-prophet-gone-airwaves-judgment-day-eve-011922225.html » Posted By javaz On October 21, 2011 @ 6:08 am Cain has a secret concerning his 9-9-9 Plan to help the poor, but he’s not telling anyone what it is – http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2011/10/20/348655/cain-999-secret-poor/ Sigh. » Posted By javaz On October 20, 2011 @ 7:04 am A Radical Economic Solution – Stop Paying Banks For Credit Card Debt I’m sorry if this is OT, AdLib, but I’ve got a question that maybe you or Sue or anyone can help me with. Years ago, in the mid-70’s, I wanted to buy a used mobile home. When applying for the $8,000 loan, I happened to have a meager charge on a credit card of ten dollars that I planned on paying off when I received the bill. The loan officer at the bank informed me that I did not qualify for the $8,000 loan because I had over-reached my credit by $10.00! Due to time restraints for the purchase of the mobile home, my father co-signed and then it was no problem. So, my question is – Wasn’t there a time whereby a person needed collateral to obtain a loan or a co-signer that guaranteed that the bank or lender would be able to collect? How can lenders of student loans hand out loans to young kids who aren’t employed and have no means to repay the loans? Same with mortgages – I remember reading that all people had to do was show a library card and they were given a mortgage! When did this change? It seems to me that good business sense would require lenders to make sure that those they are lending to can repay their loans. What am I missing? » Posted By javaz On October 21, 2011 @ 11:16 am What about employers using credit ratings against applicants? Wouldn’t that be a problem? » Posted By javaz On October 20, 2011 @ 6:27 pm #OccupyLasVegas: The Winner of Last Night’s Republican Debate? Here’s a major problem that led to the OWS movement – The Federal Reserve Bank of New York claimed in a published report Wednesday that student loan debt in the U.S. has now surpassed $1 trillion, for the first time ever exceeding the total amount of credit card debt held by Americans. Due to the rising cost of education across the board, students are being forced to borrow almost twice as much as they were just 10 years ago, the College Board told USA Today. That’s what led to a spike in student loan amounts and drove 2010′s total loans to more than $100 billion, another new record, accounting for roughly $4,963 for every full time undergrad student. What’s worse, Americans are increasingly defaulting on their student loans, with failures to pay going from 6.7 percent in 2007 to 8.8 percent in 2009. An added bonus: most defaults came from students at private, for-profit schools, which have grown by more than one-third over the last 10 years. The growth in student lending may be the next major market bubble to burst, according to a recent report by Moody’s Analytics (PDF). If that happens, it could cause even greater instability in the markets, as many of the major players propped up by the taxpayers after the crash of 2008 have traded in derivative schemes backed by student loan debt — all of which could become toxic assets if the default rate increases too rapidly. http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/10/19/new-york-fed-student-loan-debt-now-over-1-trillion/ I don’t understand all the problems with student loans per se, but do know that it never used to be this way. How can these kids be expected to re-pay their loans as interest keeps compiling at such exorbitant rates? Have the speculators once again bundled the student loans, as they did with the mortgages, and sell them to unsuspecting banks around the world? I don’t understand much of this, but seems to me that there should be regulation against derivatives or bundling of loans. And perhaps people should think twice before enrolling at over-priced private, for-profit schools. » Posted By javaz On October 19, 2011 @ 1:17 pm Not sure if it’s appropriate to place this here, but regarding immigration and specifically the accusations flung at Romney by Perry during last night’s “debate” – Remember when Governor Perry signed (?) immigration legislation that exempted maids and landscapers? Texas is weighing several immigration proposals modeled on Arizona’s strict (and controversial) law, but one in particular is drawing nationwide “jest and jeers.” A bill from state Rep. Debbie Riddle (R) would fine or jail anyone who employs undocumented immigrants — unless it’s to clean the house, mow the lawn, or do other work “performed exclusively or primarily at a single-family residence.” Riddle aide Jon English says exempting maids and nannies is a “clumsy” way to keep from “stifling the economic engine” in Texas. So, is that a nod to reality, or a wink to the wealthy? I am unable to find whether or not Perry signed the bill. Excellent compilation again, Cher. Of particular interest is the SCOTUS. Never before that I can remember have the Corporatist Republicans and Blue Dogs and SCOTUS been so “honest” about who they favor and work for, and they are not working for the average American. I think that’s part of OWS, too. » Posted By javaz On October 19, 2011 @ 5:46 am LIVE BLOG: GOP Debate in Las Vegas These Republicans are heartless. I do not understand how religious organizations and churches can support Republicans since they are the opposite of Christianity. Shame on them all. » Posted By javaz On October 18, 2011 @ 7:00 pm Awful difficult to get renters when people are un/under-employed. » Posted By javaz On October 18, 2011 @ 6:52 pm Or for the working class, the unemployed, people without health care, and the poor. They pretty much hate the majority of Americans. » Posted By javaz On October 18, 2011 @ 6:50 pm TRUE. http://www.realchange.org/romney.htm http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2007/nov/28/mitt-romney/hired-help-haunts-romney/ » Posted By javaz On October 18, 2011 @ 5:48 pm Oh! I thought that AZ and Las Vegas were the same time right now. Perry actually said that he’d “bump plans with you, brother?” Wow. » Posted By javaz On October 18, 2011 @ 5:38 pm Cain will say that women must be forced to carry babies to full-term even in cases of rape and incest. Cain will not be able to explain his 9-9-9 plan, but will state that the working class and poor will accept paying more in taxes under his plan so that the rich can pay less. Romney and all the rest will declare that life begins at conception. Perry will try to fade into the background. » Posted By javaz On October 18, 2011 @ 5:36 pm Jinx! LOL » Posted By javaz On October 18, 2011 @ 5:32 pm For the drinking game – Electric Fence The crowd will applaud and cheer when Cain says that he wants to electrocute Mexicans. I think that Occupy Wall Street will be mentioned and Mittens will say that he empathizes with the 99% and then he’ll say something about his 1,574 page Job Plan and how it’s imperative to speed up foreclosures before the holidays. Perry will say something about nothing. Bachmann and Ron Paul will accuse PBO of divisiveness and causing the peasants to revolt. Newt will mention his running credit account at Tiffany’s. Huntsman will say something that sounds sane. » Posted By javaz On October 18, 2011 @ 5:28 pm Speaking of Mitt Romney – Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney argued Monday that the U.S. housing market would be better off if more American families were renters instead of homeowners. “One is, don’t try and stop the foreclosure process,” the candidate told the Las Vegas Review-Journal in response to a question about what he would do to encourage housing. “Let it run its course and hit the bottom, allow investors to buy up homes, put renters in them, fix the homes up, and let it turn around and come back up.” “The Obama administration has slow-walked the foreclosure processes that have long existed and as a result we still have a foreclosure overhang,” Romney added. Democrats see an opening in Mitt Romney’s comments that the government needs to let the foreclosure crisis hit “the bottom” rather than intervening. In a call with reporters, DNC communications director Brad Woodhouse slammed Romney’s remarks and used them to highlight Romney’s vast personal wealth. “Talking yesterday in an editorial board meeting in the state with the nation’s highest foreclosure rate [Nevada], Romney said we should just let the foreclosure crisis that has devastated so many families run its course,” Woodhouse said. “It is irresponsible, but not surprising…coming from someone who made a fortune firing workers and sending their jobs overseas. What else can we expect from someone who thinks corporations are people?” » Posted By javaz On October 18, 2011 @ 4:01 pm Actually, I vividly remember the protests of the ’60s! Quite the memory since I just turned 29 last month! » Posted By javaz On October 16, 2011 @ 3:32 pm Excellent photos, Cher. I think if the movement continues to grow that more and more people will join in the protests. And the more the elitists and naysayers disparage the protesters and the politicians keep pushing tax cuts for the rich on the backs of the poor and working class, the movement will blossom and bloom. This feels like the beginning of something big and it’s all very exciting. Thank goodness that something is finally happening! There is hope. » Posted By javaz On October 16, 2011 @ 3:19 pm The One Percent: Who Are They? What Do They Do? How Much Do They Have? After the Great Depression and when FDR was elected president, the corporations actually worked with FDR in helping to restore the economy. This time, the corporations are working against recovery. Good article, MTS, and thank you for all the informative links. http://www.fdrheritage.org/new_deal.htm » Posted By javaz On October 16, 2011 @ 7:00 am Occupy Los Angeles on The International Day of Action Nice rant, Cher! And I agree with you, especially in that it’s going to take time for things to change. I sort of have a theory and am probably wrong but I think it’ll be the corporations that bring about the change. I believe that corporations rule the world with globalization. The rich will never be hurt, but the corporations will be as we as a nation continue a downward spiral when it comes to wages. Corporations need to sell stuff and Americans have always been the largest group of consumers in the world. The more Americans lose their jobs and take cuts in pay, means that more and more and more Americans will only be able to afford the bare necessities. Corporations will see a drop in sales and profits, and then they will eventually realize that they must pay people more so that they can sell their products. Henry Ford understood it, and he was a real SOB, but he understood that he had to pay his workers a good wage so that they could buy his cars. When it comes to the Radical Religious Right, I can’t worry too much about them as they are actually a minority that’s very vocal and the politicians love pandering to them. And corporations have no loyalty to any religion, except the Almighty Dollar. I seriously doubt that the Religious Right will ever be successful in banning birth control as the pharmaceutical companies would never stand for that. I try to ignore a lot that’s going on and thinking too deeply about any of it, because I can’t control it, or change it and it’s depressing. I do take comfort in reading history, because really, we’re not going through anything that hasn’t happened before and people have always overcome and overcome much worse. That’s my 2 cents, and know it’s simplified, but I don’t know how else to explain it! » Posted By javaz On October 20, 2011 @ 7:11 pm Very nice videos and pictures. » Posted By javaz On October 16, 2011 @ 3:13 pm Weekend Music Thread – Guilty Pleasures Sonny and Cher – I Got You Babe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_VKuivXAYs And the original Jersey Boys: Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6h0Od2F1wk (jeepers, guess I’m pretty old!) » Posted By javaz On October 15, 2011 @ 10:24 am Dee Dee Sharp – Mashed Potato Time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQBKpV9emKc Little Eva – The Loco-Motion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt9cnNRCdsk&feature=related Del Shannon – Runaway https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TLLcvWeiKw&feature=related I think that I’m the only person who actually likes this song! LOL: Nancy Sinatra – These Boots Are Made For Walking https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRkovnss7sg&feature=related And this song is still one of my absolute favorites! Dion and The Belmonts – Runaround Sue
» Posted By javaz On October 15, 2011 @ 9:57 am These are some of my guilty pleasures – Newbeats – Bread and Butter https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4I3c6u2lf_A The Chordettes – Lollipop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-DuC0tE7V4 Melanie – Brand New Key
» Posted By javaz On October 15, 2011 @ 9:45 am Herman Cain’s “999” Attacks the 99% Cain doesn’t stand a chance and he knows it. » Posted By javaz On October 21, 2011 @ 1:13 pm Cain compares SSI to slavery It took our nation nearly 250 years to end slavery and live up to the self-evident truth that all men are created equal. It should not take us another 250 years to cease the involuntary negative return most working people receive from Social Security, or the involuntary servitude imposed by the oppressive income tax code. In another column entitled “Separate Water Fountains,” Cain said the Social Security system “by its very nature discriminates against black men and women.” With their “unconscionable” refusal to implement private accounts, Democratic “so-called black leaders” want to see “the next generation of Blacks remain in economic slavery on the Democratic plantation“: It is now evident that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 did not apply to the Social Security system. Due to the rising retirement age, differences in life expectancy between Blacks and Whites, and mandatory payroll tax deductions, the system by its very nature discriminates against black men and women.[…] Perhaps most unconscionable is the opposition to personal retirement accounts by the NAACP, the Congressional Black Caucus, and many of our nation’s so-called black leaders. Personal retirement accounts would provide future generations of Blacks the retirement security their parents and grandparents never had. Instead, black Democratic leaders are willing to see the next generation of Blacks remain in economic slavery on the Democratic plantation, so long as they can deny any Republican a perceived political victory. Also, Cain is now touting the 9-0-9 plan instead of the 9-9-9 plan Herman Cain came to Detroit on Friday to defend his signature tax plan against the attacks its suffered from all sides since he rose to frontrunner status in the GOP presidential primary. And he did it by publicly dropping one of his 9s for the poorest Americans. Cain’s vision for a 9% corporate income tax, 9% personal income tax and 9% sales tax helped skyrocket him to the top of the GOP presidential field after Rick Perry stumbled over his immigration past. But as the frontrunner spotlight has shown on Cain and his plan, flaws have begun to emerge. His fellow Republican candidates jumped all over the plan at Tuesday night’s debate in Las Vegas, attacking Cain for raising taxes on some (as he admits his plan will do) and opening up a new potentially exploitable revenue stream to the federal government by way of that 9% sales tax. In Detroit Cain said, as he’s said before, that the people who are hating on 9-9-9 just don’t understand it. “I know that you’ve heard a lot of disinformation about 9-9-9,” Cain said. “Don’t believe it. Look it up for yourself.” Cain said fears of the government abusing that new sales tax by raising it ever higher ignore one thing: Cain himself. “One of the reasons they aren’t going to turn 9-9-9 into something else anytime soon,” Cain said, “[is] Number one, I’m going to be president. And I’m not going to sign it.” As for the raising taxes on poorer Americans, Cain said those at or below the poverty line were never going to live with the 9-9-9 plan. All along, he said, the plan doesn’t include income taxes for poorest Americans. “If you are at or below the poverty level, you’re plan isn’t 9-9-9,” Cain said. “It’s 9-0-9. Say Amen, y’all.” » Posted By javaz On October 21, 2011 @ 10:00 am Warren Buffett would pay ZERO income tax under Cain’s 9-9-9 plan. If the “9-9-9” tax plan promoted by Herman Cain, a leading Republican presidential candidate, had been the law of the land last year, Warren Buffett would very likely have paid no income taxes, according to an analysis prepared for Yahoo News and The Lookout by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. At most, Buffett would have paid taxes on just 1 percent of his income. » Posted By javaz On October 14, 2011 @ 5:39 pm The GOP Debate Part ?? Live Blog I think that Occupy Wall Street will be mentioned and Mittens will say that he empathizes with the 99% and then he’ll say something about his 1,574 page Job Plan. Perry will say something about nothing. Bachmann and Ron Paul will accuse PBO of divisiveness and causing the peasants to revolt. Newt will mention his running credit account at Tiffany’s. Huntsman will say something that sounds sane. Cain will mention electrocuting Mexicans and the crowd will erupt into applause and cheers. Electric Fence for the drinking game! » Posted By javaz On October 18, 2011 @ 5:23 pm LIVE BLOG: GOP Debate Tonight on Bloomberg TV Drill, baby, drill and eliminate all regulations! » Posted By javaz On October 11, 2011 @ 5:59 pm What’s used food? » Posted By javaz On October 11, 2011 @ 5:50 pmComments Posted By javaz
That’s it.
They are like children with the “neener, neener, neener” even though GOP policies hurt them, too.
Where is the outrage from the Catholic Church and LDS, amid other Christian churches, at supporting the GOP which wishes to hurt the poorer among us to help the rich.
My disillusionment with religion grows daily.
The GOP has hijacked Christianity and twisted it so that it’s become anti-Christ’s teachings.
And today is supposed to be “Judgment Day” (again)!
I needed an $8,000 loan and went to my bank and applied for a loan.
When did banks and mortgage institutions begin handing out mortgages and loans to people who could not afford to pay them?
And doesn’t this make the lending institutions culpable for giving out loans and mortgages to people who they know can’t afford them?
From my understanding, so many of these kids will never be able to pay off their loans, even if they’re lucky enough to find jobs.
I understand that if a kid files for bankruptcy, that the student loan is not included, meaning that the debt is never erased.
Is that true?
How can they garnish wages when so many of the kids can’t find jobs?
Are we on the cusp of debtors’ prison?
If I recall correctly, SCOTUS has changed their tune over the years when people protest certain decisions made by the court.
It’s unusual, but it does seem that SCOTUS under Roberts is pro-corporate as are the Republicans.
That average Americans are not being heard by the Corporatist electorate.
The longer OWS continues, and the more Americans that join in the movement, sooner or later our Corporatist leaders will get the message.
How they proclaim that they are Christians is the height of hypocrisy.
The debate has started?
LOL
Corporations have no sense of patriotism, as their only loyalty is profits.
True people of faith are not fooled by them, but rather abhor them, in my most humble opinion.
There’s too much money in it.
All I can do is vote.
It’s all so exciting to see so many people and so many young people getting involved.
It gives me hope.
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