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Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Jon Stewart Ridicules GOP Mocking Most Of America



From Denny: Jon Stewart hits it out of the ball park yet again.  Here he pulls together copious news clips of the GOP's rallying cry to the American public to "go out into the streets and take back America." Much to their chagrin Americans are doing just that.  It's called Occupy Wall Street protests.

Only problem is that they are the 80 percent of the country the Republicans love to hate:  the middle class, liberals, progressives, labor unions, gays, the unemployed, students who graduated and can't find jobs... you know, most of the country.

One of the clips is especially funny where the GOP tries to sell their tired "class warfare" whine: "It's not nice to pit millionaires against billionaires." That's as crazy as Mitt Romney's recent, "Corporations are people too."

Who ARE these people voted into Congress anyway? We should relabel them from politicians to The Outrageous Who Suck Wall Street Assets.

Can you see it when the news cameras turn off the lights and mikes? Eric Cantor gets on his cell and puts in a call to his Wall Street handlers, "So, now that I've delivered your message have you dropped my $3 million into my account? Oh, good, nice doing business with you in such a timely manner."

Take a look at Jon Stewart's devastating reveal of the GOP Speak Talking Heads selling their stupidity.




Tuesday October 18, 2011

Scorn in the U.S.A.

It must be tough for Republicans to love America so much but hate almost three-quarters of the people living in it.









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Friday, October 14, 2011

Gen. Petraeus: Why No One Wants To Work For Your CIA

U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, the commande...CIA Director Petraeus, Image via Wikipedia

From Denny:  At this point, now one month into his job, the word is that the new director is horrified at the lack of acquiring and keeping good people.  He is shocked that even the children of CIA officers do not - and will not - apply to the agency. In contrast, in the military tradition it is commonplace for generations to serve.

The intelligence community has long known that the children of CIA officers absorb the mindset and understanding of the intelligence world from growing up in it, creating an easier transition to get an employee ready for the environment.

What they did not calculate is how the tension and dangers of the intelligence environment takes its toll upon the family of CIA officers too.  Who wants to spend your childhood as a soft target for assassins only to choose that same career as an adult and then turn around and do it to your children?  Many have discovered what a bad idea that was and counsel their children against joining the agency.

The dangerous political atmosphere of the CIA where your own colleagues are setting you up to take the fall for more than just a career move for them has soured many on the CIA.  There is little team integrity and team loyalty.  Few can trust each other.

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

News Links: Occupy Wall Street Protests 1 - 12 Oct 2011




From Denny:  Occupy Wall Street is finally getting the attention of mainstream media.  Europe, the Middle East and Asia are as fascinated with the protest movement as are Americans.  Wall Street and other Big Business concerns like Fox News have tried to trivialize the anger of America's majority but to no avail.

The protests are growing exponentially as more people from all different walks of life and age groups are lifting up their voices in protest against America's "bought government" and demanding reform from our highest politicians.

Check out how the media's awareness of the movement has evolved from first "why take them seriously" to "OMG! This is the real deal!"  The protest first erupted in New York City in September.  At the time the organizers planned to march for three weeks.  Now that the movement has morphed and evolved, developing a life of its own, organizers threw that plan out of the window, planning to march indefinitely.

News Links for Occupy Wall Street protest:


50 Best: New Occupy Wall Street Protest Signs (12 Oct)

Where Occupy Wall Street succeeds (12 Oct)

Wall Street office cleaners join march for better jobs (12 Oct)

Occupy San Francisco Takes on Wells Fargo (12 Oct)

Most Americans aware of Wall Street protests (12 Oct)

Why Occupy Wall Street isn't about a list of demands (12 Oct)

What should 'Occupy Wall Street' demand? (12 Oct)

Meet the Occupy Wall Street protesters (12 Oct)

NY 'Occupy' protests evolved from magazine appeal (12 Oct)

This video from CBS Sunday Morning features actor Mark Ruffalo, author Michael Lewis and more discussing how the movement has evolved and where it is headed and just how its effectiveness is growing:




Protesters target millionaires' N.Y.C. homes (11 Oct)

Occupy Wall Street "isn't your average protest" (11 Oct)

World intrigued by "Occupy Wall Street" movement (11 Oct)


Occupy Wall Street: Are Their Conclusions Correct? (10 Oct)

Protesters hit Wall Street (10 Oct)

Why 'occupy'? It's personal  (10 Oct)

Dick Gregory says Occupy Wall Street has whiff of 1960s (10 Oct)

NYPD spent $1.9M in overtime on protests (10 Oct)

Feingold on protests: "I'm excited about it" (10 Oct)








CELEBVOCATES: A-LISTERS JOIN THE OCCUPY WALL STREET PROTEST (9 Oct)

UNIONS JOIN OCCUPY WALL STREET (9 Oct)

"Occupy Wall Street" protests spread across U.S. (9 Oct) - video

Wall St. protests: How reform happens (9 Oct)

Glenn Beck: Nation "under assault" by "anti-capitalist extremists" (8 Oct)


Obama, Cantor spar over Occupy Wall Street (7 Oct)

Insight: Occupy Wall St, the start of a new protest era? (7 Oct)



Obama: "Occupy Wall Street" reflects "broad-based frustration" (6 Oct)

How Occupy Wall Street has evolved (6 Oct)

Occupy Wall Street lands on private property (6 Oct)

'Occupy Wall Street': Why It Chose Tumblr (6 Oct)

Biden: The "middle class has been screwed" (6 Oct)

Wall St. protesters fed up with both parties (6 Oct)






NYPD employs corralling to control crowds (5 Oct)

Occupy Wall Street Protests: Where To Find In Your State (4 Oct)

To occupy Wall Street, occupy the internet first (4 Oct)

'Is this Occupy Wall Street thing a big deal?' (4 Oct)

Toon-Off: Occupy Wall Street (4 Oct)



New American Revolution: Protests Rampant Against Wall Street Nationwide (2 Oct)

Hundreds of 'Occupy Wall Street' protesters arrested (1 Oct)




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Monday, October 10, 2011

Occupy Wall Street: Are Their Conclusions Correct?




From Denny:  This new American Revolution, Occupy Wall Street, caught fire across America in less than one month of protests.  OWS is spreading to 25 cities like an oozing peanut butter sandwich overflowing with jam - and is now international too.  There is just something so appealing about this protest movement because of its common ground that cuts across the spectrum of race, gender, lifestyle, generations, education and economic class.

Occupy Wall Street Protests Mantra

Occupy Wall Street protesters have been smart in targeting the lynch pin of American society:  the financial sector.  It is the financial sector that buys the politicians to pass the laws to unleash business to have free rein and never enforce what laws are on the books.

It's the financial sector that buys the police force to intimidate ordinary citizens like those incidents of pepper sprayed women during the protests.  Notice they didn't go after men who could pummel them; they went after women.

Saturday, October 8, 2011

Jon Stewart Interviews Boomerang Author Michael Lewis About Global Big Banks Disaster

English: , author of the best-sellers Moneybal...
English: , author of the best-sellers Moneyball, The New, New Thing, Liar's Poker, and others at a Hudson Union Society event in 2009. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)


From Denny:  This author decided to go on a walkabout.  Actually, Michael Lewis went on a financial disaster tour of several European countries:  Iceland, Ireland, Greece and Germany.

He wanted to view the global financial disaster through the prism of each culture and what a view he got.  (He is also the author of Moneyball that was recently made into a movie.)

In Iceland he discovered that up until seven years ago the only way to make money in Iceland was fishing.  But, seven years ago," the men literally walked off the fishing boats and walked into the banks deciding to become currency traders in a matter of days."

Even their president went around the world crowing about how Icelanders were natural investment bankers.  Yeah?  Where had that talent been hiding for the past 1,000 years?  The country is only the size of Peoria, Illinois with a population of 300,000.

Like typical men they told the women they knew what they were doing and not to question them.  Who needs directions, right?  They took three small Icelandic banks and morphed them into global banks inside five short years.  They amassed $140 billion.  Looked good, right?