Friday, July 3, 2009

BEWARE: GOLDMAN SACHS GETTING READY TO RIP YOU OFF AGAIN



While a lot of the focus has been centered around Cap & Trade and the need to reform our energy policies and clean up our environment, Goldman Sachs the worlds largest & most powerful investment bank is quietly laying the groundwork for the next swindling of trillions of dollars from unsuspecting investors. As I will try to point out in this article, Cap & Trade is not about saving our planet or changing our energy policy in an attempt to lead us toward energy independence. The players who have been pushing for this bill to pass have their eyes set on what could be a windfall of trillions of dollars for those who will be investing heavily in the stock of these emerging energy markets. Al Gore, Nancy Pelosi and a host of her cronies from Congress and the Senate, are foaming at the mouth for millions of dollars that will come their way once this Bill is passed by Congress and the Senate.
For anyone who may still be on the fence about whether Cap & Trade is a good idea and how it will impact them in the future, I suggest that you do yourself and your family a big favor and take a few minutes to read what in my opinion could turn out to be the biggest warning to Americans since Paul Revere announced, “The British are coming”.
The piece tilted “The Great American Bubble Machine” by Matt Taibi and published in the latest issue of Rolling Stone magazine, chronicles the history of the 5 biggest market bubbles and how Goldman Sachs essentially orchestrated each and every one of them and how it is now getting ready to do it again using Cap & Trade as their vehicle. As we get ready to celebrate the 4th of July and 233 years of Independence, this may be the last year as we know it that we get to enjoy such freedoms. Once Goldman Sachs wraps its tentacles around this newly created Carbon-credit market, it will once again take a huge chunk of out of the wealth created by many honest, hardworking and unsuspecting individuals and hand it over as pure profit to rich individuals.

WHAT IS THE CON GAME?

With all of Goldman Sachs unprecedented power & reach, they still need to have key people infiltrate the government ranks on a local, state & federal level in order to rewrite the rules which allows them to suck in huge amounts money from unsuspecting investors in the lower and middle classes. It has been a tried and tested formula that has rewarded this behemoth, trillions of dollars since it was first founded in 1869.The scheme is simple enough. At some point during an emerging speculative bubble, Goldman Sachs positions itself for huge payoffs by selling investments they know are shit. When the bubble finally bursts, they begin the process again while millions of mainstreeters are left penniless and broke. They then spin the ensuing financial crisis in their favor by lending back to us some of the millions they swindled at high interest rates and somehow portray themselves as do gooders and “men above greed’.

WHO ARE THE PLAYERS?

As I pointed out, in order to make this work you need major players infiltrating the ranks of government. No one player has served their role better than former Goldman CEO & former George Bush Treasury Secretary, Henry Paulson.
Henry Paulson was the engineer of one of the worst pieces of legislation ever, TARP. At best a suspicious & self-serving plan that would eventually siphon trillions of taxpayer dollars to some of his Wall St. buddies.
First on that list of buddies was Robert Rubin. Currently one of Obama admin’s economic strategist, a former Treasury Sec. under Clinton administration, former Goldman Sachs alum & former Chairman of Citigroup. Robert Rubin no doubt played a major role in ensuring that Citigroup got a 300 billion taxpayer bailout from his dear friend Henry Paulson. There was John Thain, former CEO of Merrill Lynch and another former Goldman Sachs Banker, who received a multi-billion dollar payout from Henry Paulson to aid Bank of America bailout his sorry ass company, Merrill Lynch.
Goldman Sachs has positioned players as heads of both the Canadian & Italian national banks, the World Bank & the head of the New York Stock Exchange. The list of influential ex Goldman Sachs employees in key positions is endless and it is not by accident that they succeeded in doing this.

BUYING INFLUENCE:

Goldman Sachs and its employees paid the sum of $981,000 to the campaign of the man that currently sits in the White House, Barack Obama. A major proponent of Cap & Trade who has the wind at his back and a fillibuster proof Senate vote. So when Barack Obama stands in front of his teleprompter to condemn Wall street greed and extol the virtues of a cleaner planet and energy independence, do not take him at his word. He is being disingenuous. So are the many of Democrats currently sitting in the Senate & Congress that received over $4.4 million dollars in campaign funds last year. This is the type of frontal assault that may manage to strong arm into existence Cap & Trade. It has always been about the money. It has always been about buying influence and lobbying and no one has been able to excel at it more than Goldman Sachs. Gone are the Henry Paulsons’ and Neel Kashkari’s and in are the new class of Goldman alumn that will take their place. Already positioned and occupying key government jobs, they will be ushering in a new wave of commodities bubble. And with big brother keeping a closer eye on the manipulation of prices, it is the very same government that will mandate higher prices for these carbon credits. So it is a win win situation for Goldman Sachs. The government will create the bubble and Goldman will be there waiting to cash-in when the bubble bursts.

Goldman Sachs knew long ago that at some point climate issues were going to become front and certain and so it began their lobbying efforts to try and get in on the ground floor of this by pumping over 3.5 million dollars to the cause. So it stands to reason that Mark Patterson on of the lobbyists is now Chief of Staff for the Treasury Secretary. They have invested in wind power, solar power and renewable diesel. They own a 10% stake in the Chicago Climate Exchange where the Carbon Credits will be traded. As Henry Paulson sated, “we’re not making any of these investments to lose money”.

THE 5 BIGGEST BUBBLES THAT GOLDMAN HAS CAUSED :

1. The Great Depression – Goldman Sachs made millions utilizing Commercial Paper or short IOU’s to small-time vendors in downtown Manhatan.These Investment Trusts basically took the money from small & larger investors & invested in a mix of Wall Street Securities. A lot of these investors who were regular guys, were made to feel like big players even though they may have invested as little as $10 dollars. These securities and amounts were often kept hidden from the public to give little guy a sense of power. These Trusts were as history points out, a major cause in the Great Crash of 1929.
2. TECH STOCKS: - The basic scam in the Internet Age was pretty simple. Anyone with a half-assed idea for a new start-up dot com company, had the potential to be taken public via IPO’s , which were talked up and sold to unsuspecting investors for megamillions. Goldman was able to facilitate this by once again changing the rules of the game to make the deals look better than they actually were. Goldman Sachs was in essence pumping up these shit Tech Stocks and telling their analysts that Anybullshitcompany.com was worth hundreds a share.Only insiders at Goldman new the real price of these stocks which was in reality a lot lower than what they were trading for.
3. THE HOUSING CRASH : In the housing bubble disaster, Goldman Sachs once again took advantage of loose underwriting standards. For decades, those in the mortgage industry insisted that buyers have the the ability to come up with at least a 10% downpayment or more, have a steady job, good credit and a valid Social Security number and verifiable first & last name. That shit all changed beginning in 2000 when Bill Clinton, Barney Frank, ACORN and a host of Liberal activists insisted that more people have the opportunity to own a home. That meant that any part-time hamburger flipper or ex-criminal with nothing but a pack of cigarettes and a $20 bill in their pocket could potentially be eligible to apply for a mortgage and own a home. Once again, Goldman was able to create investment vehicles and packaged these shit filled mortgages, and eventually sell them them to unwary insurance companies and pension funds. This flooded the market with Toxic debt that in years past would have never been allowed. The banks knowing how likely these mortgages were to fail, wrote them anyway because they knew they could get rid of them by selling them to Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac. With the help of Barney Frank and his minions, the government bought billions of bad assets and as you know, the rest is history.
4. The OIL & GASOLINE BUBBLE: With the Presidential campaigns in full mode and an economy in shambles, Wall street was bearing the brunt and being made the scapegoat for many of the ills the average Joe was experiencing, Wall street greed and decades of corruption scandals had left many investors leery and suspicious about investing in any form of that felt like a paper investment. In the midsts of all of this, Goldman Sachs was discreetly setting up it’s tent to once again swoop down and pick up the pieces that would be left behind by the aftermath of the oil and commodities market. With a declining dollar, a credit crunch a housing market left in shambles many investors began throwing their dollars into the commodities market. For many the choice was oil futures. As the price of a single barrel of oil skyrocketed from around $60 in mid 2007 to a high of $147 in the summer of 2008, once again, Goldman Sachs would be the beneficiary of billions of dollars in profits. They did this by persuading pension funds and a host of institutional investors to throw their money into oil futures and agreeing to to buy at a cetain price on a fixed date.Couple this with the fact that Goldman Sachs was rooting for an increase in the price of oil and predicting that the price of a barrel of oil would spike to over $200 a barrel in the not too distant future and you can clearly see the cause and effect . The Presidential candidates jumped on this opportunity to put blame on those owning gas guzzling vehicles as the primary cause of the spike in gas prices when in fact it wasn’t the consumption of of real oil that was driving up the prices- it was all the trading in paper oil that was causing the spike in price. When the oil bubble finally burst in 2008 and the price went from a high of $147 to $33 dollars a barrel, once again it was the little guy and pensioners who had invested in this load of shit that got hammered. The after shocks of this bubble had world wide repercussions including the forcing of 100 million people into hunger as a result of soaring food prices that were driven by the commodities bubble.
5. THE BAILOUTS: With no new money to feed upon, Goldman Sachs set it’s sights on the one remaining unguarded pool of capital; tax-payer money. It began with Henry Paulson making the calculated decision to let the only remaining competitor to Goldman Sachs; Lehman Bros; go under without any intervention.
That move was followed by a granting AIG $85 billion in Bailout money. With that money in hand, AIG then repaid $13 billion it owed to Goldman. In essence, this saved Goldman’s ass form all of the bad bets made in the past year. Immediately thereafter, Henry Paulson announced his $700 billion dollar bailout of the financial industry. The plan was then placed in the hands of Neel Kashkari, a Goldman banker to administer. In a move that went under the radar, Goldman immediately changed it’s status from an investment bank to a bank-holding company in order to gain access to billions in TARP funds and a host of other publicly backed funding. The most notable being lending from the discount window of the Federal Reserve. Under a new series of bailout programs, the Fed will have guaranteed at least $8.7 trillion dollars – and thanks to an obscure law allowing the Fed to block most congressional audits, both the amounts and the recipients of the monies remain almost entirely secret. Once all of the bailouts were in place and the dust had settled, Goldman Sachs was back at it again concocting the next scheme to clean up any remaining loose change. It pushed forward the calendar it uses to report it’s earnings, essentially wiping a $1.3 billion 4th quarter 2008 loss off the books. It then announced a somewhat suspicious first quarter of 2009 profit of $1.8 billion dollars which included a chunk of taxpayer money that was funneled to it via the AIG bailout. After all was said and done, Goldman Sachs got away with paying the effective tax rate of 1% on the $2 billion profit it made in 2008. That works out to fourteen million dollars or one third of the $42.9 salary to paid to CEO Lloyd Blankfein.
If that wasn’t bad enough, it then paid out an incredible $4.7 billion in bonuses and salaries, an 18% increase over last year. If this does not raise any questions, then nothing will.

This begs the question, why hasn’t the government allowed Goldman Sachs to fall under any circumstance? Not one word was said from anyone for given the scale and nature of this abuse. It goes to show to show how much influence money can buy. Goldman has been able to play the game and survive while millions have been put in the poor house. There is no reason to doubt that they will pull off one more heist before all is said and done and the carbon market will be their meal ticket.
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Sunday, June 21, 2009

Illegal Immigration: Eating away at the fabric of America.


Yesterday, President Barack Obama addressed a group of Hispanics at the Esperanza National Hispanic Prayer Breakfast and Conference to renew talks about Immigration Reform, but stopped short of giving a definitive timetable to get it done.
While the argument on how to best fix the problem seems to be the biggest obstacle, there is no doubt that the problem has played a major role in the economic downturn, increase in crime and prison overpopulation that many states are facing today in particular California, Arizona and other border states.
I want to point out the story that for the most part goes under reported or ignored by the Lame Street Media. We all have heard of the stories and have been constantly bombarded with reports of an individual illegal alien that has done what most legal immigrants do: work hard and succeed. However, what they intentionally leave out are the negative aspects of illegal immigration. I feel that it is crucial that Americans become more aware of the negative impact of illegal aliens on your daily lives that you might not be aware of.
One of the biggest impacts of illegal immigration has been on our economy and the massive social costs to our society. Some reports conducted on the dollar cost to American taxpayers, have the total at over half a Trillon dollars annually with no end in sight. The National Academy of Sciences estimated that each immigrant will result in a $100,000 net annual cost to taxpayers.
Some of the other strains on our economy include the following:
· The loss of over $190 million annually per year for uncompensated health care from illegal immigrants
· Housing of 19% of Federal inmate population .
· Millions of High School Drop outs causing unsustainable increases in Education Spending & welfare costs.
· 12% of 10 million or so Los Angeles County residents are illegal immigrants which tap the system for billions in Social Services each year.
· 30% of public health care patients in the US are immigrants. No doubt adding to increase in Health insurance premiums.
The impact of this massive drain on our economy is potentially catastrophic and as Los Angeles County Supervisor Mike Antonovich said "illegal immigration tears at the moral and economic fabric of the country." One point to remember also is that once illegal immigrants become citizens they can bring family members into the country, straining education and health care budgets even more. Granting Amnesty to the more than 12 million or more illegal immigrants in this country amounts to nothing more than the largest expansion of the welfare system in over 30 years. And if this isn’t enough, the Commissioner of the U.S. Social Security Administration (Jo Anne Barnhart) and her Mexican counterpart concluded the U.S.-Mexican Totalization Agreement would allow illegal aliens working in the U.S. to qualify for Social Security benefits with as few as six coverage credits, as opposed to the 40 now required of American workers. Estimates of the SSA are that by 2050 only 300,000 Mexican workers in the U.S. would be in the system at a cost projection of $650 million annually.
Steven Camarota notes in a Judicial Watch Special Report,
New Fronts in the Immigration Battle:
"All the research suggests that the reason illegal aliens create large fiscal [deficits] for the country is not their legal status, but rather their educational attainment. Sixty percent of illegals are thought not to have even a high school education, another twenty percent, a high school education only. All the research suggests that people with relatively little education make relatively little money in the modern American economy ...[As] a consequence, they tend to pay relatively little in taxes, even if they are legal and on the books.
At the same time, [these individuals] tend to use a fair amount in public services, reflecting their lower incomes. I estimate illegals pay about $16 billion a year to the Federal Government in taxes ... the difference between what they pay in taxes and use in services is about $10 billion. So right now the net drain on the Federal Government alone from illegal families is about $10 billion. If we began to legalize [these individuals] and they began to pay taxes and use services like legal immigrants with the same level of education, the net fiscal drain would roughly triple to nearly $30 billion."
In any case, when you add up all the direct and indirect costs it would not surprise me if the amount exceeded $100 billion, per year. If the data for the costs of crime is correct, and the traffic accidents participation turns out to be as great as some indicators point to, then the number could easily exceed $200 billion. Using the $200 billion figure and 300,000,000 million people in the US, that would be $667 for every person in the United States. However only 136,000,000 file taxes, and of those about 44,000,000 pay no taxes leaving about 92,000,000 actual taxpayers. For them, illegal immigration could be costing each taxpayer about $2,174 each. In states with high percentages orconcentrations of illegal aliens the amount is even higher.At $2,174, that amount would buy a head of $5.96 per head of lettuce every day of the year. What could you do with an extra $2,174? So much for a "victimless crime."
However, regardless of the economic costs, how can you put a cost on the Americans being molested, raped, killed, and murdered by illegal aliens?

WHY COME TO THE UNITED STATES?


One can understand why Mexicans, the largest component of illegal aliens, come to the U.S. In Mexico, they are typically paid only $5.00 per day or less for their labor. When wages for Mexican workers rise, the peso is conveniently devalued to keep Mexico competitive with foreign countries like China and India. The owners of Mexican businesses often keep their money in dollars in American banks and escape the devaluation of their currency. Between that and the thoroughly incompetent government, the common people are forever doomed to poverty. Without a revolution in Mexico, America is their only hope. Unfortunately, the results of revolutions in countries to our south generally are not good.
At this point it is worth noting that Mexico is not a resource-poor country. Mile for mile, it has natural resources that are among the richest in the world and it is a net exporter of oil. It is, however, a corrupt country which is one of the main reasons why there are so many poor people wanting to flee to the USA for economic opportunities. However, just being poor or wanting to come here is not a valid reason to violate the national sovereignty of the United States. If so, most of the world would be here. While we already devote considerable resources to our resident poor, the USA does not have the resources for all the world's poor.An article in the San Francisco Chronicle stated that Mexicans living in the U.S. send between $6 and $8 billion back to their families every year, making them the third-biggest legitimate force in the Mexican economy, after oil and tourism. Additionally, US taxpayers pay for all the direct and indirect costs of "housing" the Mexican illegal aliens. In essence, it's an unofficial form of foreign aide. Mexico isn't about to control its borders, since Mexicans fleeing their country for work in the U.S. send plenty of money back to their own country.
Should Americans be asked to dole out more of their tax dollars to support illegal immigration? Should America shut it’s borders. Should other countries contribute and provide aid to support those coming across our borders illegally?


SOLUTIONS TO THINK ABOUT


A real temporary worker program should be used as a helpful tool for improving the legal means by which foreigners can fill important niches in the national workforce. A program is necessary that does not exacerbate illegal entry, and should include enforcement of the temporary nature of the program.
Immigration reform will require a sustained, incremental effort to secure the border, improvements in the legal worker programs, and support for economic development in Latin America. Internal enforcement is the only mechanism that can discourage illegal immigration and persuade future migrants and employers to use the available legal avenues. This will not be feasible without methodical enforcement that brings legitimacy back to U.S. immigration law, a quota that meets employer needs, and a fast-track system for applications.
Improved border security should be a priority and will definitely help stem the flow until either border fence is constructed or the Mexican government takes more responsibility for illegal immigration on their end. It is critical to ensure that the Border Patrol receives the resources it needs for training and recruiting. President Obama's initial actions on border security are largely consistent with those of President Bush. The challenges for Obama will come when the economy improves and the industries that hire large numbers of illegal immigrants increase the incentives for illegal immigrants to cross the border
Congress established the VWP to strengthen America's relationship with key allies around the globe. Recent reforms have made the program a better tool for thwarting terrorist and criminal travel as well as for combating violations of U.S. immigration laws. Congress should transfer permanent waiver authority to DHS and decouple VWP from the biometric air-exit mandate.
Ultimately, the US will no doubt bear the brunt of this exodus from Mexico into and across our borders. We have to take strong measures and put more of the burden on Mexico to alleviate this problem. They have to do a better job of uplifting their economy by creating more jobs and educating their populace. At this pace, the potential for another 25-30 million illegal immigrants coming onto this country will undoubtedly have a negative and catastrophic impact on our way of life which may be irreversible.
Again, you will not hear about any of this from the Lame Street Media. Anyone that is a law abiding citizen of this country and plays by the rules, should be aware of the many that are not and sucking the blood out of this great country of ours.



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Sunday, June 7, 2009

A Tribute To Our Fallen Heroes


I want to acknowledge and remind all of us of the heroism and courage that our brave men & woman have demonstrated throughout the history of this great nation of ours.
I want to thank them for all of the greatness and achievements that this nation has accomplished if not for their acts of bravery. Lincoln's letter to the Bixby family in Nov of 1864 summarizes the grieve and loss many of our fallen heroes have evoked over the years.
I dedicate this to all of the mothers & fathers & their sons that died gloriously on the field of battle.
"I feel how weak and fruitless must be any word of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save.
I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride that must be yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom."
Yours, very sincerely and respectfully,

Abraham Lincoln.
Reagan's 40th Anniversary D-Day Speech at Point Du Hoc, Normany, France

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Thursday, May 28, 2009

Introducing your next Supreme Court Justice: Sonia "Chainsaw" Sotomayor




As compelling & improbable a story that of Sonia Sotomayor’s may seem, it may not be enough to fend off what is likely to be an extended and intense scrutinization of her beliefs and judicial style from Conservatives and Democrats alike.
As was expected, President Barrack Obama elected to go with the frontrunner as his choice to replace retiring Justice Souter. On the surface, the Obama administration and many of her supporters are going to try and sell her as someone who overcame tremendous adversity as a Latin woman raised alone by her mom in the South Bronx. They are going to sell her as the most experienced amongst all of the current sitting Judges, they are going to sell you on her intellect, her empathy and background.
If you are of Puerto Rican heritage, this is a proud moment. Sonia Sotomayor may become the first Latin woman to sit on the highest court in the land. But this nomination should not be about one group of people or a culture. This is not about rich or poor nor black or white, well to do or weak. This nominee should be about being able to rule based on the law of the land. It should not be about being fair & empathetic to the needs of certain groups or classes.
With this pick, Obama has in essence chosen someone who in his own words, should show empathy. In other words, Obama is expecting this nominee to be an activist judge who will help move along his left leaning agenda. And with Sonia Sotomayor’s pick, he will definitely not be disappointed. And with a Democratic majority in the Senate &, barring any major setback during confirmation hearings, she will be appointed. Yes, even if she owes back taxes...
In essence, with this pick, the Obama administration is also daring the Republican Party to go ahead and discredit Sonia Sotomayor. They are daring the Republicans to risk losing more of the Latino & woman vote by going against and demonizing Sonia Sotomayor.With this pick, the Obama administration will also temporarily soothe the hurt feelings of the Immigration Reform wing of the party who have taken a back seat to HealthCare & the Economic recovery. The Democrats know that this is a slam dunk. Yet despite all the praises that she has been given by the administration and colleagues, there are many who have expressed concerns about her temperament & intellect.
Jeffrey Rosen, editor of the New Republic expresses these concerns in his column:

“They expressed questions about her temperament, her judicial craftsmanship, and most of all, her ability to provide an intellectual counterweight to the conservative justices, as well as a clear liberal alternative. “
The most consistent concern was that Sotomayor, although an able lawyer was "not that smart and kind of a bully on the bench," as one former Second Circuit clerk for another judge put it. "She has an inflated opinion of herself, and is domineering during oral arguments, but her questions aren't penetrating and don't get to the heart of the issue." (During one argument, an elderly judicial colleague is said to have leaned over and said, "Will you please stop talking and let them talk?") Second Circuit judge Jose Cabranes, who would later become her colleague, put this point more charitably in a
1995 interview with The New York Times: "She is not intimidated or overwhelmed by the eminence or power or prestige of any party, or indeed of the media."

But none of these flaws matter. What matters is her predisposition to being an activist judge and being empathetic to those who in her eyes are underprivileged, poor, of color, and disadvantaged in other ways. She has gone on record as saying that she believes that a wise Latina woman might make better judicial decisions than a white man. A troubling statement to many Conservatives that say that this goes against the idea of Color blind justice. Some have called this reverse racism. She is sure to get grilled on this and other comments where she has openly stated that the Court of Appeals is where policy is made….
No doubt, she will have to explain many of these opinions and comments. The American people need to be assured that Sonia Sotomayor will rule & judge based on the Constitution and not in some political or activist fashion. Conservatives and Democrats alike must ask probing questions and get satisfactory explanations and guarantees that she will indeed follow and interpret the law of the land and not the law of Obama.. This is a very critical appointment and one that will be a lifetime appointment. It is imperative that now more than ever our elected leaders in Congress & the Senate perform due diligence and in their questioning of Sonia Sotomayor. The mainstream media as usual, will not do their homework on this nomination and once again fail to educate and inform the public . It is therefore up to each and everyone one of us to call our representatives in Washington and insist that they ensure that this Supreme Court nominee goes under oath and promise to interpret the Constitution and avoid any semblance of activism. This is not a time to be intimidated by Liberals or a fawning media of consequences that the grilling of the first Latin woman nominated to the Supreme Court will bring about in the Hispanic community. This is a time to stand up & challenge this nominee on her moral values, beliefs, judging style and personal agenda. I don't want to hear from Al Sharpton, Chuck Schumer, La Raza, Telemundo, Jesse Jackson or any one peddling racial discrimination. Ms. Sotomayor should be held to the same level of scrutiny that previous nominees have endured. This nomination should not be rubber-stamped and in my opinion should be questioned to the highest level.

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Sunday, May 17, 2009

Beware of Lame Street Media


Let’s face it, you are going to find many people amongst those that voted for Obama that are going to believe everything reported by the Lame street media. These outlets, in particular NBC, MSNBC, CBS ABC, Newsweek, Time and a host of others, are taking advantage of this and have in a lot of instances been derelict in reporting and educating the American people. After all, shouldn’t it be their job to report the news? Shouldn’t it be their job to keep the electorate and all citizens well informed about the goings on with our government leaders and to ask probing questions when necessary?
I cannot recall another time in our history when the media has been in the tank for an administration and have been so blatant about it. They have gone out of their way to give more passes to this Presidency than Peyton Manning throwing 15 yard outs to Plaxico Burris. It is akin to a 16 year old high school girl with an infatuation with the nerdiest guy in the school. No matter how many of her friends point out all the flaws the poor guy has, she will make the case that he is Mr. Right
The shame of it all is that most Americans who tune in are being misled and misguided by these media imposters. Everyone from Keith “My greatest claim to fame was that my mother was hit in the head by a throw from Derek Jeter” Olberman to Rachel “The Tea bagger” Maddow and Chris “I hate Woman” Matthews is in the tank and obviously covering and putting a positive spin on every goof & gaffe that comes out of the mouth of Nancy Pelosi, Joe ‘Plugs” Biden or anyone else in Obama land.
Take the host of MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olberman, who stood silently as his guest Jeanine Garafolo called everyone who attended Tea Parties on April 15th a racist. Not a word from little Keith about her choice of words or facts to support her claim.
These actions and attitudes expressed by the Left Leaning Lame Media are just part of a Major cover-up and propagandist campaign to enable and put a positive spin on Obama Care & Cap & Trade. Two of the costliest proposals to an already massive budget that has many economists and members of Congress scratching their heads to try and understand how can it be possible to ask Americans once again to fund something that may not benefit them. While these massive spending proposals will ensure that many Americans remain below the poverty line, it will also guarantee that at least one giant corporation cashes in with Billions of dollars worth of government contracts.
Well, you may ask yourself, why would MSNBC or NBC care about who winds up with your tax dollars? The reason is simple. MSNBC & NBC are owned by General Electric. General Electric is salivating and foaming at the mouth at the potential windfall that will be created if Obama Care & Global Warming legislation passes. General Electric is looking to get in on the Solar and Wind power markets if and when Cap & Trade is passed. They will also stand to benefit from the automation of medical records once Obama care is passed. They have invested heavily in these technologies and are ready to cash in. So it is no surprise that when hosts on any one of CNBC ‘s Financial shows criticize Obama’s agenda, they are quickly excoriated or scolded by top brass at NBC. Jeffrey Imelt being the Tony Soprano of GE delivering the fish heads. It is unscrupulous, corrupt and in my opinion as big a cover-up as Watergate.
Therefore, what are we as honest and hard working Americans supposed to do while the biggest transfer of wealth and heist of American tax dollars is taking place right before our eyes?
If you care about this country and the future it holds for your kids and grandkids & if you prefer to keep more of your hard earned money instead of having it go towards lining the pockets of people like Al Gore and all his Global Warming cronies – then get on the phone and contact your state representatives and Senators and let them know that you want clear answers about Health care reform & Cap & Trade before it is passed.
You should not place all your trust on the Lame street media when looking to cull probing information on these initiatives. It is up to every one of us to hold the media and our government responsible for providing accurate and unbiased information.
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