Merry Christmas to ALL! Christmas News Video Clips

From Denny:  Wishing you and yours a wonderful holiday season.  Hope you enjoyed a tasty feast and stuffed yourselves silly.  Just wait until the New Year for those calorie regrets.  Enjoy your day and thank you for all your support this year! :)

Thought I'd put up a few cool Christmas video news clips of people who live the Christmas spirit of goodwill and giving to others.

Cleveland Mayor Spanks Big Banks On Abandoned Foreclosures

Image by SEIU International via Flickr

From Denny:  A crooked Congress and a delusional President continue to ignore the millions of foreclosed homes at their peril. America's Winter Revolution is about to erupt like a super volcano before the New Year has a chance to arrive.

Yes, Americans are that fed up at inequality, unemployment, under employment, unfairness, a police state mentality against peaceful protests and double standards for the law.

Mayors across the country are equally desperate about how to deal with the huge inventory of abandoned foreclosed homes getting vandalized.  The foreclosure scavenger thieves are quite sophisticated.  They check out the evictions of the foreclosed homes at the sheriff's department online and arrive the same afternoon to rip apart the house like a demolition team.

Aluminum and vinyl siding is ripped off since it goes for $1 a pound.  The same is true for electrical wiring, appliances and even the kitchen sink.  They take the plumbing, the furnace, all metal like copper and the light fixtures.  The houses are like a sad portrait of a hurricane disaster zone except this one is man made - and Big Bank made, if truth be told.

Political Cartoon, Video: Obama And His Fellow Election Pundits

Image by jamesomalley via Flickr

From Denny:   As the 2012 election gears up to wear out the American public this month and for the next year nonstop, I thought I'd remind my fellow media guys - and now President Obama - just how bad they often look when giving their opinions, especially of their own accomplishments.  It really is the season of having to endure more delusional smug political propaganda from both sides of the aisle.

Tis the season of the cartoonish political pundit, spouting off silly opinions that rarely ever come true but sure makes for funny entertainment.  This pastel drawing is a classic of mine.  It was drawn when George Bush 43 began his campaign for president back in 1998.

The Repbulicans tout how they are gods we the voters are supposed to bow down and worship.  You see, they keep their message pretty simple:  Worship me; get nothing and like it.

The Democratic hacks of Axelrod and Plouffe are now pushing Obama to get out there and look absolutely ridiculous with his latest claim to fame.  Get this, on an interview for "60 Minutes" President Obama claimed to be "the fourth best president" of America.  He ranks himself up there with Abraham Lincoln and Lyndon Johnson and Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

“I would put our legislative and foreign policy accomplishments in our first two years against any president — with the possible exceptions of Johnson, F.D.R., and Lincoln — just in terms of what we’ve gotten done in modern history,” Obama told CBS’s Steve Kroft.

Come on, don't get me started on the list of weak policies of asking the Big Banks and Wall Street to please police themselves as to their greedy practices and outright corruption while the Obama camp takes their campaign money in truck loads.  

Then there are the Big Business lapdogs known as Congress, the White House, the FTC, the SEC and the Attorney General.  Read that as none of these guys have prosecuted the crooks.  The Obama White House specializes in slaps on the wrist, federal employees watching porn on the job and only small civil penalty fines, absolutely zero criminal prosecution.  

Worse, Obama actually thinks a $25 billion settlement with the mortgage companies is a big deal.  What that amounts to is a pittance for the wronged homeowners who only receive a mere $1500 for their suffering.  A small claims court would award more than that insult.  

It's a good thing that the judge refused the settlement, saying the corruption stinks so badly it must be addressed instead of swept under the rug.  Put on your Big Boy Pants, Big Banks, you were so cheap with the people you wronged that now it's time for you to go straight to jail.

Election pundits have this bad habit of acting like they are listening.  The reality is they are only listening for opportunities to advance their agendas or their candidate.  They don't listen to the voters.  Lots of show like the expensive shirts and fancy ties but an empty head for real solutions to real problems.  Yes, election pundits are just a bunch of hot air escaping up into the ozone like a big bad space fart.

Click on the election pundit cartoon and it will take you to my flickr page where you can get the embed code for your blog or website to share it.  Spread the love.  :)  Get revenge on all the annoying political ads we are about to get barraged with, along with endless political interviews we don't want to see.






Here's just the short clip of his claim to fame:







Here's the full unedited interview that was only available online. Go to this link if embedded video does not show:

Interview  with  President  Obama:  The  full  transcript

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Official First Family White House Portrait for 2011: The Obamas

From Denny:  Here is the new Obama family portrait for 2011 for all those of you who have been searching for it by the thousands.  It was taken after attendance at Sunday church services.  The daughters sure are growing up fast - and beautiful!


Great portrait.  From a photographer's point of view I sure am glad this was a professional photographer who shot it.  How many times do you see folks place that background holly wreath like it's growing out of the president's head?  I've seen way too many wedding, birthday and graduation photos with that composition issue.  :)

Photo:  President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama, and their daughters, Malia, left, and Sasha, right, sit for a family portrait in the Oval Office, Dec. 11, 2011. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)


Here's the official family portrait from 23 Oct 2009.  It was taken in the Green Room by Annie Leibovitz.:









* * * Check out these great photos of Obama and family from 2010:

Obama Family Photos and New Michelle Obama Portrait Unveiled

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Where Is The Middle Class in America? Half Living Low Income Or Poor

From  Denny:  Where is the middle class in America?  Half of Americans are now scraping by on low income or downright poverty, according to the latest census data.  That's 146 million doing without because of high unemployment, costs that have risen fast, stayed high and suppressed wages.

Mayors of 29 cities say they cannot meet the needs for emergency food assistance, food stamps, and are turning away 25 percent of applicants.  There are already 46 million people on food stamps, a former middle class that never asked for any help until now. Federal and states' programs are frayed at the edges.

And the Republicans claim the Democrats are screaming "class warfare"?  These figures don't lie.  Just where did the GOP expect the unemployed to go?  How do they expect people to eat?