Re: List of 70+ US Banks that have been closed, so far, this year 2011 (source, FDIC).

Huh?

 

Ferrous Metals?

 

Bush?

 

Yep,  I think it's "their" fault too.

 

Sort of.

 

(Excuse me while I go an mix one more cocktail over this one.....I need to clear my head)

 

 

 

 

On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 8:04 PM, margareth <mzebarth@sympatico.ca> wrote:

So maybe we should plan to keep our metal coins in a sock under the
bed or something.  I noticed recently that the Canadian penny can now
be picked up with a magnet.  When I was in elementary school , I
learned that only ferrous metals could do that. We even did an
experiment to demonstrate that.  Is the mint now ripping us all off by
using less copper in our coins?  Is the US mint doing the same? These
bankers have shown an incredible amount of irresponsibility... and now
the government is on the hook for to the depositors.And still they say
that they don't want to be regulated.  Which ones belong to the
friends of the Bushes?

On Oct 19, 12:18 pm, excalliber stevens
<excalibur.stevens.bis...@gmail.com> wrote:
> List of 70+ US Banks that have been closed, so far, this year 2011
> (source, FDIC).
> Oh, by the way, this doesn't count the branches of each bank…
>
> Country Bank
> First State Bank
> Blue Ridge Savings Bank, Inc.
> Piedmont Community Bank
> Sun Security Bank
> The RiverBank Wyoming
> First International Bank
> Citizens Bank of Northern California
> Bank of the Commonwealth
> First National Bank of Florida
> CreekSide Bank
> Patriot Bank of Georgia
> First Choice Bank
> First Southern National Bank
> Lydian Private Bank
> Public Savings Bank
> The First National Bank of Olathe
> Bank of Whitman
> Bank of Shorewood
> Integra Bank National Association
> BankMeridian, N.A.
> Virginia Business Bank
> Bank of Choice
> LandMark Bank of Florida
> Southshore Community Bank
> Summit Bank
> First Peoples Bank
> High Trust Bank
> One Georgia Bank
> Signature Bank Windsor
> Colorado Capital Bank
> First Chicago Bank & Trust
> Mountain Heritage Bank Clayton
> First Commercial Bank of Tampa Bay
> McIntosh State Bank
> Atlantic Bank and Trust
> First Heritage Bank
> Summit Bank
> First Georgia Banking Company
> Atlantic Southern Bank
> Coastal Bank
> Community Central Bank
> The Park Avenue Bank
> First Choice Community Bank
> Cortez Community Bank
> Heritage Banking Group
> Rosemount National Bank
> Superior Bank
> Nexity Bank
> New Horizons Bank
> Bartow County Bank
> Nevada Commerce Bank
> Western Springs National Bank and Trust
> The Bank of Commerce
> Legacy Bank
> First National Bank of Davis
> Valley Community Bank St. Charles
> San Luis Trust Bank, FSB
> Charter Oak Bank
> Citizens Bank of Effingham
> Habersham Bank
> Canyon National Bank
> Badger State Bank
> Peoples State Bank
> Sunshine State Community Bank
> Community First Bank Chicago
> North Georgia Bank
> American Trust Bank
> First Community Bank
> FirsTier Bank
> Evergreen State Bank
> The First State Bank
> United Western Bank
> The Bank of Asheville
> CommunitySouth Bank & Trust
> Enterprise Banking Company
> Oglethorpe Bank
> Legacy Bank
> First Commercial Bank of Florida
>
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Re: Supercommittee Is Getting Nowhere

<Grin>! 

 

Exactly Coach!

 

On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 6:13 PM, Coach <coachluc1@gmail.com> wrote:

And this surprises you that the super committee is getting nowhere
fast?

On Oct 19, 8:42 am, MJ <micha...@america.net> wrote:
> Supercommittee Is Getting Nowhere"With just five weeks until its deadline, a secretive Congressional committee seeking ways to cut the federal deficit is far from a consensus, and party leaders may need to step in if they want to ensure agreement, say people involved in the panel's work." (New York Times)So let the automatic cuts in domestic and military spending kick in.Guest ColumnThe Threat Is in the SpendingIgnore the sideshow.Christopher Lingle
> Posted July 06, 2011
> The U.S. government is close to hitting its debt ceiling, and while much is said about protecting the "full faith and credit" of the United States, this is a sideshow since all the government must do to avoid default is to meet interest payments. In all events, the lack of a plan to control government spending poses a much greater threat to America's credit standing than uncertainty over whether the debt limit will be raised.
> The U.S. government has defaulted at least twice before: once in 1933 when it reneged on redemption of gold certificates and in 1971 when it stopped redeeming dollars for gold.
> One certainty is that the outcome of this debate will have a lot to do with the course of the U.S. economy and the global status of the dollar. The bottom line is that a continued increase in America's government debt, aided by a higher debt ceiling, will lead to more quantitative easing (QE). And that the monetary pumping associated with QE will almost certainly lead to a nasty bout of consumer price inflation that will sweep the globe.Overpaying for AssetsCentral bankers use QE as a scheme to prop up deteriorating asset prices by overpaying for them. In the United States an initial round (QE1) pumped in new money to support the prices of so-called toxic assets; this was followed by QE2, which aimed principally to support Treasury bonds.
> While the primary goal of QE was to offset deflation, it also supported an unprecedented spending binge by the U.S. government. Despite claims of independence, the Fed shifted from being "lender of last resort" for the U.S. financial sector to become the "buyer of first resort" for government debt. Fed purchases have amounted to 85 percent of all U.S. government debt sold by the Treasury since QE2 began in November 2010.
> This means that the Federal Reserve monetized about half the federal budget deficit for FY2011 with QE2 and reinvestment returns from asset purchases of QE1.
> While raising the debt ceiling may avert a conventional notion of default on U.S. government debt, it will only work if the Fed steps up when historical buyers for Treasuries shun dollar-based debt.  And that will require more quantitative easing and interest rates kept artificially near zero – which will build more instability into the U.S. economy and beyond.Ignorance or Disregard?Arguments for QE reveal either fundamental misunderstanding or wanton disregard for the impact of monetary policy on the real economy in the United States and elsewhere. It starts with central bankers primarily focusing on how monetary policy impacts price levels, usually measured by consumer price indices (CPIs). If consumer prices rise within a "targeted" range, there is no reason to alter monetary policy.
> Based on low reported rates of increase in consumer prices, the Fed refuses to budge from an unprecedented growth of money and credit with historically low interest rates. Nor is it in a hurry to stop ramping up asset prices  or propping up real estate prices.
> An inflated money supply finds its way into the economy in other ways. These include higher commodity prices, rising bond prices, a weakened currency, or a distortion in production from changes in relative prices.
> Consider the nature of supposedly benign changes in the CPI, which almost certainly understate the impact of excess liquidity from the Fed's expansionary monetary policy. Technological progress and China's depressive effect on product prices should have caused a deflationary trend in consumer prices.  Even a zero rate of increase implies that that they have actually been rising. To be sure, however, the Fed's payment of interest to banks on idle reserves since 2008 has muted CPI increases, no matter how it is measured.Dollar DownAs the Fed purchases Treasury bonds or other such assets, it creates new dollars that tend to undermine the currency's foreign exchange value. Indeed, the dollar is more than 9 percent lower against a broad basket of currencies than it was a year ago, the lowest point since 2008 and down more than 40 percent against the same basket over six years. Federal Reserve data indicate that when adjusted for inflation, the dollar is at its lowest value against major trading partners' currencies since it began fluctuating in January 1973.
> The impact of the glut of global liquidity from QE and artificially cheap credit has also pushed up asset and commodity prices. In April, gold and silver set records due to hedging against a weakening dollar, with the price of gold up by 32 percent in the past year and the silver price more than doubling.
> Other financial assets are bubbling up. After the initial announcement for QE2 of $1.5 trillion of purchases of government debt in August 2010, investors moved towards riskier investments, leading to a rally in corporate bonds. Since then Standard & Poor's 500 stock index gained 28 percent, and prices of generally riskier shares listed on the small-company Russell 2000 Index went up 41 percent. Even subprime mortgage securities are back in demand!
> Given that many polls show that a majority of Americans oppose any increase in the debt limit, it would be a smart political move not to raise it. But more important, it would be a wise economic move to decrease federal spending since it will lead to significant improvement in economic activity by removing the impetus for more QE. And the end of QE will lead to a stronger dollar, an improved balance sheet for the federal government, and less uncertainty about future price increases.http://www.thefreemanonline.org/headline/the-threat-is-in-the-spending/

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Re: The Rise of Ron Paul: the Latest Republican Debate

On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 8:38 PM, margareth <mzebarth@sympatico.ca> wrote:

Could it be that American voters will vote for who ever tells them
what the want to near, and not necessarily the truth.  I know that
these are difficult times. Sometimes it takes hard work, and self
control to make necessary changes in life. The carpetbaggers that were
given free rein during the previous decade seem to be getting off
lightly.  Yet has there been any effort to ensure that they will be
the guests of the taxpayers as an appropriate reward?
If thieves threaten with a gun or a knife... there is a huge outcry
for punishment.  But the sneak, who loots the savings of hardworking
people should be accommodated in the same places. It is interesting
that despite repeatedly proving themselves as dishonest...the congress
remains unwilling to establish regulatory deterrents.
 Oct 19, 2:48 pm, MJ <micha...@america.net> wrote:
> The Rise of Ron Paul: the Latest Republican DebateJacob Heilbrunn
> October 19, 2011
> So much for the famous 11th commandment of the GOPthou shalt not criticize another Republican. The candidates in Las Vegas last night may aspire to become Ronald Reagan, but they flouted his injunction. The sniping that characterized previous debates turned into a full-scale barrage, which was both entertaining and instructive.

> In foreign policy, it was Ron Paul who spurned what has become a stifling orthodoxy among Republicans. Nothing seems to faze Paul; in fact he may revel in being the fellow who gets to blow a loud raspberry at his fellow candidates. He announced that America was an empire with several hundred bases around the world. Why is America helping to subsidize the German social-welfare state, he asked? Why is Israel so dependent on America? Michele Bachmann would have none of it. Israel, she said, is "our greatest ally." No question: Israel is one of America's closest allies. But its greatest? What happened to the special relationship with England? Or ties to Germany, one of the leading industrial powers in the world?

> The only issue on which Paul and the rest of the field seemed to agree was foreign aid, whichlet's face itis the cheapest of cheap shots. The State Department and USAID disburse about $37 billion a year abroad, a paltry sum. Paul's more trenchant point was whether the aid, which has gone to corrupt kleptocracies such as Egypt, is actually effectiveor whether it boomerangs, creating more animosity towards America among local populations who resent our support for homegrown dictators.
> The real fisticuffs came between Mitt Romney and Rick Perry. It's a good thing that Romney is so tall because otherwise you have the feeling that Perry would simply like to slug him. Romney's contempt for Perryand much of the rest of the fieldappears to be quite genuine. Perry was almost visibly and audibly gasping for breath as he tried to come up with passable answers. At one point he literally looked to the heavens, paused, then referred to the 10th amendment. Perry was his usual bellicose self, urging that America "defund" the United Nations, as though that would somehow solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He came across as a bargain-basement version of George W. Bush. And he was, at best, fibbing when he denied to Rick Santorum that he had signed a letter urging Congress to pass TARP in 2008in Perry's construction the letter really just was an innocuous exhortation to Congress to pass economic reform. Uh-huh.

> Speaking of floundering, pizza magnate Herman Cain was all over the place on the issue of whether or not America negotiates with terrorists. Rick Santorum, who came across as seasoned and alert, said he would never do so. Cain opened up a can of worms for himself by announcing what seems like a contradictory policy. As far as it was possible to make out, he seemed to be indicating that: 1) he would announce a policy of never negotiating with terrorists; and 2) he would negotiate with terrorists if necessary to rescue an American soldier.
> Of course, it was a trick question, but Cain's inexperience was painfully apparent. How could he have let himself be trapped into stating that he would release Guantanamo prisoners to free an American hostage? Of course America's greatest ally has just concluded negotiations with some of the worst elements in the Middle East to extricate Sgt. Gilad Shalit from captivity, releasing more than a thousand Palestinians to Hamas. What kind of a precedent does that set? Would America negotiate with al-Qaeda? The truth is that the sainted Ronald Reagan did go down that path with Iran, even if he could never quite admit it to himself. He was negotiating with terrorists. Later on, George W. Bush cut a deal with Libya's Muammar Qaddafi. So much for all the huffing and puffing about never treating with terrorists.
> Once again, Romney was in command. But the most visionary of the candidates acutally appears to be Paul. He sounded like a prophet as he warned that America was living beyond its means, not only at home but also abroad. The debt bubble, he said, would make everything else look like a sideshow. What if Europe goes bellyup? Let's hope he's wrong. Even if he's right, a Pauline conversion may not take place among voters. But it would certainly boost his standing in the GOP.

> The true struggle that may loom in the GOP may not be between Perry and Romney, but between Romney, the establishment candidate, and Paul. Until now, Paul has been shunned and scorned. But the coming year may show whether or not his political program ends up having real legs. Of course Paul himself will never amount to more than a gadfly. But it will be intriguing to see if an older Republican tradition of restraint makes a comeback or whether it is as dead as the dodo bird. With Jon Huntsman, the most measured of the candidates, apparently fading into oblivion, there really is no Republican candidate for the presidency other than Paul arguing for change in American foreign policy.http://nationalinterest.org/node/6034

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Re: Are Americans Getting the Government They Deserve?

Hey Mark! 

 

(You're still an asshole by the way!!)

 

Point.....I agree

 

 

On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 8:12 PM, THE ANNOINTED ONE <markmkahle@gmail.com> wrote:

The fact that someone does not have fire insurance does not entitle
his neighbor to burn down his house.

Agreed, but at the same time I do not want my tax dollars to help him
after the fact either... he is on his own. If it is in one of those
areas where the fire insurance also pays the fire department... I
better not see them putting it out on my nickle.





On Oct 19, 12:17 pm, MJ <micha...@america.net> wrote:
> Are Americans Getting the Government They Deserve?Jim Bovard
> The last line of my previous post -- Americans deserve better -- has sparked a number of skeptical emails and comments. Let me clarify.
> It is a popular saying that people get the government that they deserve. This has rarely been more false than in current times. The fact that most Americans are politically ignorant does not entitle other people to control their lives. The fact that someone does not have fire insurance does not entitle his neighbor to burn down his house. Similarly, the fact that most people are politically negligent does not entitle government to trample their rights. Because individual rights do not come from government, politicians have no right to revoke the rights due merely to people s negligence. And popular ignorance cannot legitimize political absolutism.
> The fact that many half-wits still support Newt Gingrich doesn t mean that I deserve to have my remaining liberties destroyed if that Georgia demagogue somehow captures power.http://jimbovard.com/blog/2011/10/19/are-americans-getting-the-government-they-deserve/

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Re: Newt Gingrich: Will Newt Renounce The Council On Foreign Relations aka; New World Order?

Hey Travis!

 

First, I understand, first hand, why you posted this and why you may even subscribe to this:

 

 

"The main purpose of the Council on Foreign Relations s promoting the disarmament of U.S. sovereignty and ational independence and submergence into an all powerful, one world overnment."

 

After years of study, thoughtful insight and investigation,  (Just as you and PlainOl' Do!)  I deem the CFR as nothing less than a Think Tank, and harmless. 

 

They are just not a part of the illuminati, as much as Willis Carto and others might attempt to portray them!

 

(By the way, I got a call from Donna and Yorie just last week! I stil am there, fighting the good fight! I just choose my battles carefully!)

 

Keith(BackInTampa)

 

 

On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 4:47 PM, plainolamerican <plainolamerican@gmail.com> wrote:

"The main purpose of the Council on Foreign Relations
is promoting the disarmament of U.S. sovereignty and
national independence and submergence into an all powerful, one world
government."
Rear Admiral Chester Ward…former Navy Judge advocate general (4yrs)
and (16yr) CFR member.

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Islam Should Not Be Classified As A Religion

 

http://actjonesboroar.wordpress.com/2011/09/24/islam-should-not-be-classified-as-a-religion/

 

Islam Should Not Be Classified As A Religion

Islam is not a religion, but should be classified as the hybrid religio-socio-political belief system it is, according to Rebecca Bynum, author of the new book, "Allah is Dead: Why Islam is Not a Religion." Bynum addressed the Jonesboro chapter of ACT! For America last Thursday night.
Some may consider the title of the book provocative, but Bynum is not fearful. She is a "velvet brick" in the fight against radical Islam, and says that her faith is what gives her courage. 9-11 was the turning point for her, she noted. At that time she knew little about Islam or the motivations of the terrorists.
Since then, she has become educated about Islam, and has a plan to stop it from infiltrating our culture. In any war – and this is a cultural war – the first step is to identify one's enemy. Bynum has stripped away the veneer of "religion" and names Islam for what it is – an immoral and brutal totalitarian system that seeks to control the smallest details of its adherent's lives.
Muslims will never be convinced of this fact, but we do not have to convince them of anything, according to Bynum. However, non-Muslims do not have to accept the idea that Islam is a religion at face value, she pointed out.
The West can take advantage of the Muslim tendency to fight among themselves, she said. Islam has no concept of the nation-state, and thus is unable to command loyalty from the many different tribes of Muslims.
Bynum notes that we spend billions of dollars and thousands of lives to stop them from engaging in tribal warfare. However, it may be a better strategy to allow them to fight it out themselves without interference. She also pointed out that it would be wise to contain Islam as best as possible. For instance, she said that Muslim immigration to the U.S. should be limited, and Western technology, including medicine and weaponry, should be withheld.
As for energy concerns, Bynum said that "we should have like a Manhattan Project to develop or discover alternative energy."
A lot of the critics of Islam want to limit their criticism to political Islam or Sharia law, but that assumes there is a religious Islam that is ok and this is untrue, Bynum stressed. "We would be fighting a lie with a half-truth," she said of this approach.
The only thing one can say about Islam is that it is a false religion founded by someone who pretended to be a prophet in order to gain control over people, Bynum said.
Asked about the "blasphemy" resolution that the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) is trying to push through the U.N., Bynum said that she would hope that it would have no effect on the First Amendment, though. "We have to maintain our national sovereignty at all costs," she added.
In her book, Bynum talks about Islam being concerned with the material world and the group as opposed to the spiritual and the individual. She noted that while the focus on the collective is reminiscent of communism, the difference is that in communism God is banished; in Islam, Islam itself is a substitute for God.
Prayer is not personal in Islam as it is in Christianity. It is ritualized and stilted. Everyone prays at the same time, in the same direction, saying the same words. Also, Bynum noted, in Islam, God is malevolent and is completely unknowable. In contrast, Christians believe in a loving Father whom we have a personal relationship with.
Additionally, she pointed out that Islam is an immoral, evil religion. It was built on the lie that Mohammed was a prophet as opposed to a man who wanted to control people. Basically, she said, Islam venerates an evil man.
Islam is a complete system of slavery. Bynum pointed out that it enslaves the mind, spirit, and individuality (through face coverings for women). "We can't allow this to happen to our daughters," she concluded.

Amen and Amen.
Until next time,
Burkasrugly

 

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NMA Blog: Your Driver License: Don't Come Home Without It!

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Your Driver License: Don't Come Home Without It! Posted: 18 Oct 2011 08:29 AM PDT By Saul Segan, Attorney at Law (www.saulhsegan.com) There are many pitfalls in holding a driver's license that can cause untold grief and expense, but can be easily overlooked. Here are some tips for staying out of trouble. Anytime you move, even out of state, or out of the country, notify the original state motor vehicle or transportation department that issued your license. To be on the safe side, notify every state where you ever held a valid license. The reason for this is simple: sometimes outstanding tickets are forgotten, or sitting on the books because someone is using your name. Obviously if someone is doing this, it can cause untold trouble. You will never know what's going on with these tickets if the court or Motor Vehicle Department doesn't know where or how to find you. If a ticket is issued, and you never get wind of the accusation or alleged violation, a court hearing may be scheduled, that again you will not know of, and your driving privilege may be suspended in that jurisdiction without your knowing – until, that is, you try to apply for or renew your license in your current state of residence. Even worse, a warrant can be issued for your arrest. This can also affect your ability to obtain car insurance – or rates can climb unless and until the mistake is remedied. So what should you do to regain a license that has lapsed? It might be best to consult a lawyer who is skilled in this specific area. Calling the Department of Transportation in a case of suspension can often result in very bad advice from the governmental agency and instead of remedying the situation, well-meaning, repentant motorists can find themselves with deeper, more complex problems than they would have otherwise. Example: A driver finds that his license has been suspended indefinitely for failing to pay old tickets. Desperate to clear his name, he rushes down to the courts that issued the tickets and pays them. What our driver doesn't realize is that in many situations, by paying, he is pleading guilty on each of the tickets, and many of those citations carry a further suspension. Some states even add several years under a habitual offender provision. But with the help of an attorney, motorists with out-of-state speeding or other moving violations may be able to downgrade the ticket in the jurisdiction where they were stopped and have no points issued in that venue. However, depending on which state issued their license, they may still receive points in their new state of residence. Many states have special provisions for the effects of an out-of-state traffic violation. The lawyer or the motorist himself must check with the home-state motor vehicle department. Even if no points accrue, the driver's insurance company may have its own internal scoring system, and may assess an underwriting penalty in the amount of their premiums. Another trap to avoid is failing to complete a payment plan for fines. Often the convicted motorist finds himself unable to meet that obligation. Defaulting on the payment plan can result in a license suspension in that state or even worse, an arrest warrant. If you set up a payment plan, try to adhere strictly to the plan, but if there is anticipated difficulty in doing so, let the court know both in writing and by phone as soon as possible. Sometimes, the court will make a new plan or allow a delay. Not calling is playing with fire. Commercial driver's licenses (CDL) can create special problems. Under more recently enacted Motor Vehicle Carrier legislation, what happens under your personal license can also affect your CDL record. Quite frequently, lesser offenses which bore little or no consequence are now considered "serious offenses" under CDL license laws. An accumulation of these offenses within a certain time span can result in the commercial driver's disqualification for a sustained period, endangering an entire livelihood. A couple more tips: Many people sell vehicles and forget to return the tags to Motor Vehicles. The plate may be affixed to a vehicle involved in a traffic accident or a criminal offense, and the registered driver finds himself with a lot of explaining to do. Make sure there is a transfer of title and surrender of tags whenever a vehicle transaction takes place. Another dangerous practice is failure to report an accident. If there is personal injury in an unreported accident, suspension or even jail time may result. If you think you hit something, you should investigate. If the neighborhood is unsafe, call the police right away or go to the local police station and advise them. These are just a few of the dangers to a driver's license, and they really have to be guarded against. Minor inconveniences necessary to adhere to each procedure are small prices to pay as opposed to the catastrophic consequences that can befall the unwary motorist. I absolutely don't want that to happen to you or your loved ones. Stay safe. Are You A NMA Member? If not, read about the benefits and then join! Your Driver License: Don't Come Home Without It! Further Reading: 58% Of People Who Fought Traffic Tickets In Washington D.C. Won What To Do If You Lose Your Copy Of A Traffic Ticket Don't Fall For This Old Trick City Of Scottsdale, Arizona Lies To Drivers To Get Their Money The 10 Biggest Injustices Against Motorists In October

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Re: The Rise of Ron Paul: the Latest Republican Debate

Could it be that American voters will vote for who ever tells them
what the want to near, and not necessarily the truth. I know that
these are difficult times. Sometimes it takes hard work, and self
control to make necessary changes in life. The carpetbaggers that were
given free rein during the previous decade seem to be getting off
lightly. Yet has there been any effort to ensure that they will be
the guests of the taxpayers as an appropriate reward?
If thieves threaten with a gun or a knife... there is a huge outcry
for punishment. But the sneak, who loots the savings of hardworking
people should be accommodated in the same places. It is interesting
that despite repeatedly proving themselves as dishonest...the congress
remains unwilling to establish regulatory deterrents.
Oct 19, 2:48 pm, MJ <micha...@america.net> wrote:
> The Rise of Ron Paul: the Latest Republican DebateJacob Heilbrunn
> October 19, 2011
> So much for the famous 11th commandment of the GOPthou shalt not criticize another Republican. The candidates in Las Vegas last night may aspire to become Ronald Reagan, but they flouted his injunction. The sniping that characterized previous debates turned into a full-scale barrage, which was both entertaining and instructive.
> In foreign policy, it was Ron Paul who spurned what has become a stifling orthodoxy among Republicans. Nothing seems to faze Paul; in fact he may revel in being the fellow who gets to blow a loud raspberry at his fellow candidates. He announced that America was an empire with several hundred bases around the world. Why is America helping to subsidize the German social-welfare state, he asked? Why is Israel so dependent on America? Michele Bachmann would have none of it. Israel, she said, is "our greatest ally." No question: Israel is one of America's closest allies. But its greatest? What happened to the special relationship with England? Or ties to Germany, one of the leading industrial powers in the world?
> The only issue on which Paul and the rest of the field seemed to agree was foreign aid, whichlet's face itis the cheapest of cheap shots. The State Department and USAID disburse about $37 billion a year abroad, a paltry sum. Paul's more trenchant point was whether the aid, which has gone to corrupt kleptocracies such as Egypt, is actually effectiveor whether it boomerangs, creating more animosity towards America among local populations who resent our support for homegrown dictators.
> The real fisticuffs came between Mitt Romney and Rick Perry. It's a good thing that Romney is so tall because otherwise you have the feeling that Perry would simply like to slug him. Romney's contempt for Perryand much of the rest of the fieldappears to be quite genuine. Perry was almost visibly and audibly gasping for breath as he tried to come up with passable answers. At one point he literally looked to the heavens, paused, then referred to the 10th amendment. Perry was his usual bellicose self, urging that America "defund" the United Nations, as though that would somehow solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. He came across as a bargain-basement version of George W. Bush. And he was, at best, fibbing when he denied to Rick Santorum that he had signed a letter urging Congress to pass TARP in 2008in Perry's construction the letter really just was an innocuous exhortation to Congress to pass economic reform. Uh-huh.
> Speaking of floundering, pizza magnate Herman Cain was all over the place on the issue of whether or not America negotiates with terrorists. Rick Santorum, who came across as seasoned and alert, said he would never do so. Cain opened up a can of worms for himself by announcing what seems like a contradictory policy. As far as it was possible to make out, he seemed to be indicating that: 1) he would announce a policy of never negotiating with terrorists; and 2) he would negotiate with terrorists if necessary to rescue an American soldier.
> Of course, it was a trick question, but Cain's inexperience was painfully apparent. How could he have let himself be trapped into stating that he would release Guantanamo prisoners to free an American hostage? Of course America's greatest ally has just concluded negotiations with some of the worst elements in the Middle East to extricate Sgt. Gilad Shalit from captivity, releasing more than a thousand Palestinians to Hamas. What kind of a precedent does that set? Would America negotiate with al-Qaeda? The truth is that the sainted Ronald Reagan did go down that path with Iran, even if he could never quite admit it to himself. He was negotiating with terrorists. Later on, George W. Bush cut a deal with Libya's Muammar Qaddafi. So much for all the huffing and puffing about never treating with terrorists.
> Once again, Romney was in command. But the most visionary of the candidates acutally appears to be Paul. He sounded like a prophet as he warned that America was living beyond its means, not only at home but also abroad. The debt bubble, he said, would make everything else look like a sideshow. What if Europe goes bellyup? Let's hope he's wrong. Even if he's right, a Pauline conversion may not take place among voters. But it would certainly boost his standing in the GOP.
> The true struggle that may loom in the GOP may not be between Perry and Romney, but between Romney, the establishment candidate, and Paul. Until now, Paul has been shunned and scorned. But the coming year may show whether or not his political program ends up having real legs. Of course Paul himself will never amount to more than a gadfly. But it will be intriguing to see if an older Republican tradition of restraint makes a comeback or whether it is as dead as the dodo bird. With Jon Huntsman, the most measured of the candidates, apparently fading into oblivion, there really is no Republican candidate for the presidency other than Paul arguing for change in American foreign policy.http://nationalinterest.org/node/6034

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Re: Are Americans Getting the Government They Deserve?

The fact that someone does not have fire insurance does not entitle
his neighbor to burn down his house.

Agreed, but at the same time I do not want my tax dollars to help him
after the fact either... he is on his own. If it is in one of those
areas where the fire insurance also pays the fire department... I
better not see them putting it out on my nickle.

On Oct 19, 12:17 pm, MJ <micha...@america.net> wrote:
> Are Americans Getting the Government They Deserve?Jim Bovard
> The last line of my previous post -- Americans deserve better -- has sparked a number of skeptical emails and comments. Let me clarify.
> It is a popular saying that people get the government that they deserve. This has rarely been more false than in current times. The fact that most Americans are politically ignorant does not entitle other people to control their lives. The fact that someone does not have fire insurance does not entitle his neighbor to burn down his house. Similarly, the fact that most people are politically negligent does not entitle government to trample their rights. Because individual rights do not come from government, politicians have no right to revoke the rights due merely to people s negligence. And popular ignorance cannot legitimize political absolutism.
> The fact that many half-wits still support Newt Gingrich doesn t mean that I deserve to have my remaining liberties destroyed if that Georgia demagogue somehow captures power.http://jimbovard.com/blog/2011/10/19/are-americans-getting-the-government-they-deserve/

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Re: List of 70+ US Banks that have been closed, so far, this year 2011 (source, FDIC).

So maybe we should plan to keep our metal coins in a sock under the
bed or something. I noticed recently that the Canadian penny can now
be picked up with a magnet. When I was in elementary school , I
learned that only ferrous metals could do that. We even did an
experiment to demonstrate that. Is the mint now ripping us all off by
using less copper in our coins? Is the US mint doing the same? These
bankers have shown an incredible amount of irresponsibility... and now
the government is on the hook for to the depositors.And still they say
that they don't want to be regulated. Which ones belong to the
friends of the Bushes?

On Oct 19, 12:18 pm, excalliber stevens
<excalibur.stevens.bis...@gmail.com> wrote:
> List of 70+ US Banks that have been closed, so far, this year 2011
> (source, FDIC).
> Oh, by the way, this doesn't count the branches of each bank…
>
> Country Bank
> First State Bank
> Blue Ridge Savings Bank, Inc.
> Piedmont Community Bank
> Sun Security Bank
> The RiverBank Wyoming
> First International Bank
> Citizens Bank of Northern California
> Bank of the Commonwealth
> First National Bank of Florida
> CreekSide Bank
> Patriot Bank of Georgia
> First Choice Bank
> First Southern National Bank
> Lydian Private Bank
> Public Savings Bank
> The First National Bank of Olathe
> Bank of Whitman
> Bank of Shorewood
> Integra Bank National Association
> BankMeridian, N.A.
> Virginia Business Bank
> Bank of Choice
> LandMark Bank of Florida
> Southshore Community Bank
> Summit Bank
> First Peoples Bank
> High Trust Bank
> One Georgia Bank
> Signature Bank Windsor
> Colorado Capital Bank
> First Chicago Bank & Trust
> Mountain Heritage Bank Clayton
> First Commercial Bank of Tampa Bay
> McIntosh State Bank
> Atlantic Bank and Trust
> First Heritage Bank
> Summit Bank
> First Georgia Banking Company
> Atlantic Southern Bank
> Coastal Bank
> Community Central Bank
> The Park Avenue Bank
> First Choice Community Bank
> Cortez Community Bank
> Heritage Banking Group
> Rosemount National Bank
> Superior Bank
> Nexity Bank
> New Horizons Bank
> Bartow County Bank
> Nevada Commerce Bank
> Western Springs National Bank and Trust
> The Bank of Commerce
> Legacy Bank
> First National Bank of Davis
> Valley Community Bank St. Charles
> San Luis Trust Bank, FSB
> Charter Oak Bank
> Citizens Bank of Effingham
> Habersham Bank
> Canyon National Bank
> Badger State Bank
> Peoples State Bank
> Sunshine State Community Bank
> Community First Bank Chicago
> North Georgia Bank
> American Trust Bank
> First Community Bank
> FirsTier Bank
> Evergreen State Bank
> The First State Bank
> United Western Bank
> The Bank of Asheville
> CommunitySouth Bank & Trust
> Enterprise Banking Company
> Oglethorpe Bank
> Legacy Bank
> First Commercial Bank of Florida
>
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Nevada Sheriff Tony DeMeo Stops Federal Agents: Feds Engaging In Illegal Confiscation Of Cattle And Water Rights Of County Property Owner.

New post on Political Vel Craft Nevada Sheriff Tony DeMeo Stops Federal Agents: Feds Engaging In Illegal Confiscation Of Cattle And Water Rights Of County Property Owner. by Volubrjotr In this 3-part video interview with Tony DeMeo, Sheriff of Nye County, Nevada, he explains that he is a Constitutional Sheriff and that authority for public office holders is derived from the people.  He tells the story about how he used the Constitution as his foundation in the saga of Nye County rancher Wayne Hage's [...] Read more of this post Volubrjotr | October 19, 2011 at 21:49 | Tags: BLM, Bureau of Land Management, nevada, Public Land, sheriff, Tony DeMeo, United State, united states constitution | Categories: barack obama, government, obama, political, politics, soetoro, subversion, treason, video, yes we can | URL: http://wp.me/psXSG-d1u Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://politicalvelcraft.org/2011/10/19/nevada-sheriff-tony-demeo-stops-federal-agents-feds-engaging-in-illegal-confiscation-of-cattle-and-water-rights-of-county-property-owner/

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Oregon Sheriff Gil Gilbertson Gives Federal Agents The Boot: Feds Have No Jurisdiction!

New post on Political Vel Craft Oregon Sheriff Gil Gilbertson Gives Federal Agents The Boot: Feds Have No Jurisdiction! by Volubrjotr In this climate it is utterly unheard of to have any official stand against the federal government. Typically, they stand with them - their hand out for more federal grants - no matter how much the federal government violates the U.S. Constitution and infringes on the public. Thankfully there are those few who take their [...] Read more of this post Volubrjotr | October 19, 2011 at 20:47 | Tags: Articles of Confederation, constitution, Federal government of the United States, Joe Arpaio, Richard Mack, sheriff, state, Tenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, United State, united states constitution | Categories: barack obama, government, obama, political, politics, soetoro, subversion, treason, yes we can | URL: http://wp.me/psXSG-d18 Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe or change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: http://politicalvelcraft.org/2011/10/19/oregon-sheriff-gil-gilbertson-gives-federal-agents-the-boot-feds-have-no-jurisdiction/

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Re: Supercommittee Is Getting Nowhere

And this surprises you that the super committee is getting nowhere
fast?

On Oct 19, 8:42 am, MJ <micha...@america.net> wrote:
> Supercommittee Is Getting Nowhere"With just five weeks until its deadline, a secretive Congressional committee seeking ways to cut the federal deficit is far from a consensus, and party leaders may need to step in if they want to ensure agreement, say people involved in the panel's work." (New York Times)So let the automatic cuts in domestic and military spending kick in.Guest ColumnThe Threat Is in the SpendingIgnore the sideshow.Christopher Lingle
> Posted July 06, 2011
> The U.S. government is close to hitting its debt ceiling, and while much is said about protecting the "full faith and credit" of the United States, this is a sideshow since all the government must do to avoid default is to meet interest payments. In all events, the lack of a plan to control government spending poses a much greater threat to America's credit standing than uncertainty over whether the debt limit will be raised.
> The U.S. government has defaulted at least twice before: once in 1933 when it reneged on redemption of gold certificates and in 1971 when it stopped redeeming dollars for gold.
> One certainty is that the outcome of this debate will have a lot to do with the course of the U.S. economy and the global status of the dollar. The bottom line is that a continued increase in America's government debt, aided by a higher debt ceiling, will lead to more quantitative easing (QE). And that the monetary pumping associated with QE will almost certainly lead to a nasty bout of consumer price inflation that will sweep the globe.Overpaying for AssetsCentral bankers use QE as a scheme to prop up deteriorating asset prices by overpaying for them. In the United States an initial round (QE1) pumped in new money to support the prices of so-called toxic assets; this was followed by QE2, which aimed principally to support Treasury bonds.
> While the primary goal of QE was to offset deflation, it also supported an unprecedented spending binge by the U.S. government. Despite claims of independence, the Fed shifted from being "lender of last resort" for the U.S. financial sector to become the "buyer of first resort" for government debt. Fed purchases have amounted to 85 percent of all U.S. government debt sold by the Treasury since QE2 began in November 2010.
> This means that the Federal Reserve monetized about half the federal budget deficit for FY2011 with QE2 and reinvestment returns from asset purchases of QE1.
> While raising the debt ceiling may avert a conventional notion of default on U.S. government debt, it will only work if the Fed steps up when historical buyers for Treasuries shun dollar-based debt.  And that will require more quantitative easing and interest rates kept artificially near zero – which will build more instability into the U.S. economy and beyond.Ignorance or Disregard?Arguments for QE reveal either fundamental misunderstanding or wanton disregard for the impact of monetary policy on the real economy in the United States and elsewhere. It starts with central bankers primarily focusing on how monetary policy impacts price levels, usually measured by consumer price indices (CPIs). If consumer prices rise within a "targeted" range, there is no reason to alter monetary policy.
> Based on low reported rates of increase in consumer prices, the Fed refuses to budge from an unprecedented growth of money and credit with historically low interest rates. Nor is it in a hurry to stop ramping up asset prices  or propping up real estate prices.
> An inflated money supply finds its way into the economy in other ways. These include higher commodity prices, rising bond prices, a weakened currency, or a distortion in production from changes in relative prices.
> Consider the nature of supposedly benign changes in the CPI, which almost certainly understate the impact of excess liquidity from the Fed's expansionary monetary policy. Technological progress and China's depressive effect on product prices should have caused a deflationary trend in consumer prices.  Even a zero rate of increase implies that that they have actually been rising. To be sure, however, the Fed's payment of interest to banks on idle reserves since 2008 has muted CPI increases, no matter how it is measured.Dollar DownAs the Fed purchases Treasury bonds or other such assets, it creates new dollars that tend to undermine the currency's foreign exchange value. Indeed, the dollar is more than 9 percent lower against a broad basket of currencies than it was a year ago, the lowest point since 2008 and down more than 40 percent against the same basket over six years. Federal Reserve data indicate that when adjusted for inflation, the dollar is at its lowest value against major trading partners' currencies since it began fluctuating in January 1973.
> The impact of the glut of global liquidity from QE and artificially cheap credit has also pushed up asset and commodity prices. In April, gold and silver set records due to hedging against a weakening dollar, with the price of gold up by 32 percent in the past year and the silver price more than doubling.
> Other financial assets are bubbling up. After the initial announcement for QE2 of $1.5 trillion of purchases of government debt in August 2010, investors moved towards riskier investments, leading to a rally in corporate bonds. Since then Standard & Poor's 500 stock index gained 28 percent, and prices of generally riskier shares listed on the small-company Russell 2000 Index went up 41 percent. Even subprime mortgage securities are back in demand!
> Given that many polls show that a majority of Americans oppose any increase in the debt limit, it would be a smart political move not to raise it. But more important, it would be a wise economic move to decrease federal spending since it will lead to significant improvement in economic activity by removing the impetus for more QE. And the end of QE will lead to a stronger dollar, an improved balance sheet for the federal government, and less uncertainty about future price increases.http://www.thefreemanonline.org/headline/the-threat-is-in-the-spending/

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