Stately Behavior: The Only Recourse for Poor Judgement

States are beginning to realize that they need to draw a hard line between this administration’s poor judgement, its embrace of global corporate fascism, and its misguided progressive ideologies, as the only recourse to protect their citizens. And States will gradually understand that they need to draw an even harder line between what’s left of their own sovereign economies, and the poisoned global economy that the Federal government is bailing out.

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The Deficit President Goes To Maine

I'm sorry, did somebody say oil spill?

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Elizabeth Warren On The Next Real Estate Crisis (VIDEO)

Video: TARP top cop, Liz Warren on the next foreclosure crisis -- Aired July 16, 2010

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Elizabeth Warren Grills Geithner, Criticizes Treasury's Foreclosure Program (PBS News Hour Interview)

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Lies Divide, Truth Unites (Guest Post From Dylan Ratigan)

The good news in America today is that many of the lies from our leaders and media no longer seem to be working. Four out of five people view the current proposed financial reform as ineffectual. Many in Congress who voted for socialism for the rich now look like they will be voted out for continuing those giveaways.

Now the only way those banksters can survive is to pretend that their corporate communism is working even in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary. Most recently, they decided that instead of taxing complicit financial institutions the cost of their "Financial Reform-In-Name-Only," they will instead use what I call the Big Tarp Lie to pander for the vote of Senator Scott Brown and others.

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Audit The Fed Hall Of Shame -- 114 House Members Co-Sponsor HR 1207, Then Vote Against It

Video:  Ron Paul discusses the future of 'Audit the Fed' -- July 1, 2010

Guest post from Sagebrush.  There's more inside.

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Site Housekeeping -- Posting Update

My 99 year-old grandmother passed away yesterday.  I am away from home now and will be attending services today thru Friday, and so posting will be limited.  I will endeavor to check in often on comments and post at least some stories between now and then, but it might be sporadic.

She was born in a small village in Greece in 1910, and was arranged to be married at the age of 15 to my grandfather, whom she had never met prior to his courtship.  He was 25 at the time and had been in the U.S. on his own since he was 13, also having come from a village in Greece.  After the wedding ceremony, they returned together to Gary, Indiana where he had been working in the steel mills.  He died of a heart attack in the mill at the age of 60 in 1960.  Sadly, I never met him.  She was a widow for the next 50 years.

She is survived by 3 children, 6 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren, so far.

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"The Worst President in My Lifetime" -- Howard Davidowitz on Obama (Classic CLIP)

Howard is always a riot.  And this one is a classic.  Even if you still support Obama, give this a listen.  Truth shouldn't hurt, and Davidowitz doesn't just despise Democrats -- his real target is the out-of-control Washington Spending Machine, which counts both sides as committed members.  And for the record, Davidowitz thinks Bush was a disaster.  Countrywide Chris Dodd also gets thrashed.

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KEEPING TRACK: Federal Deficit For 2010 Hits $1 Trillion With 3 Months Left In Budget

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George Carlin On The American Dream (Pass It On)

Truth and profanity warning.  Pass it on if you care.

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George Carlin On Politicians, The Public And Why He Doesn't Vote (VIDEO)

New clip, not published here before.  Runs 3 minutes, not the 4:20 shown.  It's harsh in some spots.  Garbage in, garbage out.  He's wrong about voting.  Awakening the non-voting majority would be helpful, but then people have been saying the same for decades...and nothing.

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DEBT PARTY USA: Ratigan & Rep. Paul Ryan Fix The Deficit (Seriously Must See Video, Transcript)

By the way, the national debt increases by $5 billion per day.  Every day.  Even Sunday.  And holidays, too.  On your birthday, and when you're on vacation.  If you did nothing but drink beer and drive a golf cart for a week, the national debt would expand by $35 billion while you sobered up in jail.

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James Carville On DEMS Strategy To Hold The House: "The Father, The Son & The Holy Ghost" (WATCH)

ABC News video embedding is among the worst around -- small box, no customization, so you might as well watch it at ABC where it's full size.  Carville drops the quote near the end, after the 5-minute mark.  The subtext of the sit-down is a new ABC poll showing a majority of voters think the GOP should run Congress, which obviously makes Stephanopolous extremely uncomfortable.

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I can't stand arrogant party hacks from either side.  This clip has three.  Here's a hint to both parties:

Stop the wars.

Stop the bailouts.

Stop the stimulus.

Cut the deficit.

Win the election.

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Capped!

Video:  BP well is capped -- July 13, 2010

BP has successfully lowered a new containment cap onto its leaking well, the latest of 8 attempts to control the gushing oil since the start of the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico 85 days ago.  However, if Matt Simmons is correct about a massive leak from the sea bed, then the problem is far from over.

• BP Bolts Cap, Pressure Tests Begin, Hopes Rise

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• Oil Guru Matt Simmons Says BP Relief Wells WILL FAIL, Undersea Oil Covers 40% Of Gulf, BP Will Go Bankrupt, & Our Choice Is A 24-Year Leak Vs. The Nuclear Option  >>

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