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The American workforce lost almost 600,000 jobs in January 2009 alone. Reports have said this is the biggest job loss since 1974. Yet the people responsible for this fiasco are continuing to collect fat paychecks and BONUSES into the BILLIONS of dollars. The worse part is that many of these “titans of industry” were able to get those BILLIONS from the taxpayer bailout. And to add insult to injury, some of the companies who received bailout money, Bank of America to name one, spent millions of dollars hosting Super Bowl parties. And Wells Fargo had planned a huge “company party” to Las Vegas only cancelling it when news of the event went public. These clowns just don’t get it! Brother, can you spare a Billion?
After hearing reports that many of the executives who received taxpayer dollars were given billions in salary and bonuses, President Obama stated that there will be a cap on the amount of money executives can make. And unbelievably, the uproar has been harsh and swift. WTF!!
You can bet the people making the most noise didn’t vote for President Obama. Because only a fool, an idiot, or a REPUBLICAN, would have a problem with putting a cap on the salaries executives who receive taxpayer dollars should make. Is President Obama putting a cap on the salaries of all executives???? NO! He is putting a cap on those industries that get taxpayer dollars. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE! If you are asking for a governmental handout, you OBVIOUSLY DON’T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING! Only a fool and a sucker doesn’t see, or want to see, the difference. Taking money from taxpayers isn’t capitalism. You are not a capitalist if you get money from the government. And you shouldn’t get billions of dollars in salary from the taxpayers either. SEE HOW THAT WORKS!!!!!!
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President Elect Barack Obama, still sounds good doesn’t it, who isn’t even in office yet, is the victim of more Republican nastiness. I guess the Republican party is still smarting from the OLD SCHOOL ASS KICKING they took this last election. Not only did they lose the presidency, but their loss of both houses is also complete.
Chip Saltsman, who is running for the presidency of the Republican party, sent out a Christmas CD titled, “We Hate the USA” that has a song on it named “Barack the Magic Negro.” In the song, with music from the Peter, Paul, and Mary’s 1960′s hit, “Puff the Magic Dragon“, it states that Barack isn’t really “Black“, and that the only reason white people voted for him is because of the guilt they feel for how African Americans were and are treated in this country. (The War, the Economy, a crumbling financial structure that many Republicans helped create, maintain, and profit from, had nothing to do with it ). The song says that in comparison to Louis Farakkhan, Al Sharpton and Snoop Dogg, Barack isn’t really Black or Black enough. As if the Republican party can ever say who is Black enough. They are claiming that the idea for the song came from a Los Angeles Times article so that gives them permisssion to create this nonsense.
The real reason the Republican party is trying to compare Barack to Farakkhan, Sharpton, and Snoop unfavorably, is because the later don’t inspire FEAR in the Republican Party’s HEARTS like Barack does. All Sharpton does is make speeches and run around looking for a camera to put his process in front of. And while I like Snoop, he is, and never will be the equal to Obama. Farakkhan’s influence is no longer what it was. What SCARES the Republican party the most is that Barack has come out of NO WHERE to become the President of the United States. He has inspired hope not only in this country, but in the world as a whole. None of those guys have EVER done that. EVER! PERIOD!! Continue reading “Barack the Magic Negro” »
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Let me get this straight. An industry that is as old as damn near the Industrial Revolution is now asking for a bailout. And the CEO’s of General Motors, Chrysler, and Ford came to ask Congress for the money on THREE SEPARATE PRIVATE JETS no less! Does anyone see something wrong with this picture? Because I’m still walking!
I remember a time when “Buying American” essentially meant you were buying an American made car. And Ford and General Motors were the car makers to buy from. Cadillacs, Impalas, Mustangs, and a litany of Ford trucks cruised our highways and byways. Since there was no competition from foreign cars, these car manufacturers had a captive audience. You either bought one of their cars or you walked or used public transportation. And the bigger the car the better!
Slowly but surely, foreign cars began to come onto our shores. With Toyota, Datsun/Nissan, and Honda manufacturing cars that were economical, better made, and not as expensive, the American car began to slip in the minds of the very people Ford, Chrysler, and General Motors needed to keep … Americans! How many people remember when Ford meant “Found on Road Daily?” Or remember the Pinto and the memo that allegedly came from the higher ups at Ford who said that paying out money in lawsuits would be cheaper than fixing an obvious and fatal design flaw? By the mid 80′s, the American people stopped thinking, and rightfully so, that supporting an industry that didn’t care about them or that produced whatever they wanted whether we liked it or not, should end. Why would I pay for a car that is poorly made, guzzles gas, breaks down every other day, and costs more than a better produced foreign car? I wouldn’t and didn’t!
By the time the American manufactures realized we weren’t going to buy “just anything”, it was too late. Our pocketbooks and wallets dictated what kind of a car we would purchase. While owning a Cadillac is still a “status thing” owning a Lexus, built by Toyota no less, succeeded in putting a major dent in the definition of “status.” Most people don’t even know that the Lexus is made by Toyota because the name “Toyota” is not on the car. We see “Lexus” and that is all we need to know. They were given billions of dollars in subsidies, local, state, and federal tax relief, and were able to lobby the government when they wanted or needed something.
In 1989, documentary maker Michael Moore foretold this current auto industry meltdown in his movie “Roger and Me.” In the movie, Moore showed just how cold and callous the deeds of General Motors and his attempts to get an interview with CEO Roger Smith. The loss of more than 30,000 jobs and the ensuing housing crash dealt a death kneel to the city of Flint, Michigan, from which it still hasn’t recovered.
The CEO’s of these companies made obscene amounts of money and stock options and will walk away with millions more in Golden Parachutes. That industries who made BILLIONS and BILLIONS of dollars over the last 30 years or more are now asking to be bailed out by the government is appalling at best and atrocious at worse. Yet the only people who seem to be suffering are the average American. We are losing our jobs, our houses, and our way of life while these “fat cats” keep getting fatter at our expense. Where is the bailout for all those people taken in by the mortgage industry? Where is the forgiveness of our consumer debt? And the only jobs that are hiring are debt collectors!
But the government has to bail them out. What would happen to the millions and millions of Ford, GM, and Chrysler cars currently on the road? Would you buy a car from a company that is “going out of business?” It looks like the American government has now gotten into the Insurance business, the Mortgage business, Wall Street, the Banking business, and will now get into the Auto business.
Can you say SOCIALISM? I know you can!
But wait a minute. I’m still walking?
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He owes us damnit and I’m going to get what’s mine. Barack Obama has yet to be inaugurated into the office of the Presidency and he is already being bombarded with people saying that he “owes them” because of their support and they “plan on collecting.”
The special interest groups all are jockeying to be the first ones to “get theirs.” The Abortion rights people and the Catholic church are saying that even though they voted for Obama, it doesn’t mean they agree with his stand on abortion. The mayors of many cities are calling for Obama to send economic and work related aid to them. Black folks want him to “take care of us” and Hispanics want to make sure they “aren’t forgotten.” Women want prominent cabinet positions go to women. Lesbians and gays want him to stand up for our rights to marry and get equal treatment under the law. The young folks, those bright eyed and bushy tailed youngsters who for maybe the first time felt compelled to get involved in the political process, want to see a light at the end of the tunnel. Old people want to know that their retirement funds and pensions will be there when they need it. Homeowners want to save their homes. The unemployed want jobs. Business owners want to stay in business and be able to support their families. Unions want to know they still have a place in the new American economy. Other countries want to make sure that the “bomb first, ask questions later” policies of the previous administration is over. Have I left anyone out? I’m sure I have. Barack is being set up to fail.
Barack is coming into a job in a country whose economy is on the brink of a depression. Thousands of jobs are seemingly being lost every day. And it’s not just the mortgage industry that is losing jobs. DHL is planning on cutting over 9500 jobs in America. Sun Microsystems is planning on cutting 6000 jobs. Morgan Stanley is planning on cutting 10% of it’s work force. That would mean another 4400 jobs that will be lost. Yahoo announced that they will be cutting another 1500 jobs and that is in addition to the 1000 that were cut earlier this year. An economic report said there were over 127,000 jobs lost in the month of October alone. In a nation of over 305 billion people, 127,000 jobs doesn’t sound like a lot. But the job cutting has been going on for the last 15 months. And since the jobs are spread out over all industries, no one is being spared. Even Las Vegas, the city that was described as being “recession proof” announced today that profits are 5.1% lower from just a year ago. Continue reading “Back up off of Obama!” »
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As I said in an earlier post, this year’s election is probably the biggest election in modern history. Projections are that this election will have the largest voter turnout ever. With the Democrats seeking to take over the White House and control both houses and Republicans seeking to hold onto the White House and maybe gain some seats in both houses, the political future of this country is up for grabs. With so much at stake, is it really a surprise that Republican supporters are pulling out all of the stops, including breaking federal laws, to win?
There have been numerous reports coming from many areas of this country stating that someone Republicans supporters have passed out flyers in minority areas that are meant to scare, confuse, and discourage us from voting. Many of these flyers state that if you have warrants out for your arrest or unpaid parking tickets, you will be arrested if you go to the polls. Calls have been made to voters who are registered as Democrats saying that “Republicans vote on Tuesday and Democrats vote on Wednesday.” Text messages are being sent to cell phones stating that voters can “phone in” their votes. People are being told that if they don’t have any identification, they won’t be allowed to vote. For Latino voters, they are being told that their citizenship papers can be revoked, they can and will be arrested and deported. These are blatant lies and are federal crimes.
The 1965 Federal Voters Right Act, an extension of the 15th Amendment of the Constitution, states that no one can be denied the right to vote based on their race or color. It also states that voting literature must be in the languages of the people in that precinct.The subsequent extensions of the Act in 1970, 1975, and 1984, also make it a crime to intimidate or mislead voters. This is EXACTLY what Republican supporters are attempting to do. They are attempting to intimidate, misled, scare, and surpress Democratic and by extension, Black and Latino voters, from voting. And let’s not forget that in the 2004 election, we had “hanging chads“, voting machines that were said to have been “hacked“, and excessive lines that discouraged people from voting. Or more inportantly, polling places that closed even though people were still waiting in line to vote.
For a country that claims to be ”for the people and by the people”, it seems like only certain people, Republicans, think they should be the only people to decide how this country is ran and who should run it. The CIA could take lessons from the Republican Party because the Republicans have no shame in getting what they want. And that includes breaking federal laws.