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Daniel Issa is about to head up a 'Witch hunt' against Obama. Issa as the incoming Republican Chairman of the House Oversight Committee vows to get President Obama. He even calls Obama one of the most corrupt presidents. Already cocked and loaded with subpoena power and some 208 'hearings' scheduled to investigate Stimulus Corruption, BP, Obama's Czars,Issa, vows to get President Obama. He even calls Obama one of the most corrupt presidents, So, Issa will spend his time ignoring the crooks on Wall Street and the-on going wars which have spent trillions. Richard Nixon, as a member of the House Un-American Activities Committee, received national attention for his hostile questioning of Alger Hiss. In 1950 he was elected to the Senate following a bitter campaign in which he unfairly portrayed his opponent as a communist sympathizer; the epithet "Tricky Dick" dates from this period. They wouldn't listen to us about Nixon and his perfidy, but now he is exposed and deposed!

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Daniel Issa is about to head up a 'Witch hunt' against Obama. Issa as the incoming Republican Chairman of the House Oversight Committee vows to get President Obama. He even calls Obama one of the most corrupt presidents. Already cocked and loaded with subpoena power and some 208 'hearings' scheduled to investigate Stimulus Corruption, BP, Obama's Czars,Issa, vows to get President Obama. He even calls Obama one of the most corrupt presidents, So, Issa will spend his time ignoring the crooks on Wall Street and the-on going wars which have spent trillions. Richard Nixon, as a member of the House Un-American Activities Committee, received national attention for his hostile questioning of Alger Hiss. In 1950 he was elected to the Senate following a bitter campaign in which he unfairly portrayed his opponent as a communist sympathizer; the epithet "Tricky Dick" dates from this period. They wouldn't listen to us about Nixon and his perfidy, but now he is exposed and deposed!


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January 27, 2011

What do the heads of Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Microsoft, Motorola, General Electric, Boeing and the Carlyle Group have in common? They were all at the White House for the state dinner with President Hu Jintao.
Earlier, the White House announced $45 billion in new trade deals with China, including a $19 billion deal with Boeing and a package with GE expected to generate more than $2 billion in U.S. exports.
Over the last nine years, the United States has lost about 2.5 million jobs due to growing trade.

Ted Rudow III, MA
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Sunday, January 30, 2011

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Sunday Jan 30th, 2011
The world to pay attention to its troubles and the plight of the poor when the poor finally rebel. They can't say, "Let them eat cake!" when they're storming the Bastille!
Those poor Arabs with their righteous cause in fighting for their lands that have been stolen from them! The Turks surrendered, the French surrendered, the British surrendered, the Germans have surrendered, and the Americans have pretty much surrendered …, but it looks like the Arabs are not going to surrender this time!--At least, not yet!
They could never have made their rebel under a more favourable world climate than at the present moment. I mean the Arabs had to take some action. They had to put the pressure on, or nobody would even listen! Otherwise, most of the would couldn't care less! It's very interesting, very exciting to see what's going to happen, but very sad for the poor kids that have to suffer the brunt of it in the front lines, be they Arabs or Jews! War is hell, no matter how you look at it!--And it's always the youth who suffer most! But it does bring decisions, and it does make changes, and it does precipitate crises.
America's in trouble no mater which way she stand! But the Arabs are the rising star the up-and-coming.
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Allow the poor to survive!

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Ted Rudow III , PO Box 296, Menlo Park,CA
It's been one year since the Haitian earthquake. Haitians are in a terrible state, living in abject poverty, filth and sewage.

It's hard for poor nations to get a break from the rich ones. While the rich may offer foreign aid with one hand, the actions of the other hand more than negate that aid! So they've helped the poor to avoid starvation, but done nothing to help them with their long-term problem of producing their own food. Not only that, but the IMF and other international lenders are often willing to provide loans to these poor countries to help their peoplebut part of the price is that these countries have to lower their import barriers and “liberalize” their economy. And the effect is usually that cheaper foreign food and goods (from the U.S. and other wealthy countries) flood into the poor country, meaning its own agriculture and industry has a very hard time getting off the ground. So the poor survive on the “aid” of the rich, but just barely, while rich Western politicians make speeches about how much they're trying to help the poor, but how little effect it seems to have and how their aid is wasted.

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China hurting free market

What do the heads of Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Microsoft, Motorola, General Electric, Boeing and the Carlyle Group have in common? They were all at the White House for the state dinner with President Hu Jintao. Earlier, the White House announced $45 billion in new trade deals with China, including a $19 billion deal with Boeing and a package with GE expected to generate more than $2 billion in U.S. exports.

Over the last nine years, the United States has lost about 2.5 million jobs due to growing trade deficits with China, more than a half-million jobs in the last year alone. We’ve lost jobs in every state. We’ve lost jobs in every congressional district in the country.

The problem is that the Chinese are violating many standards of the World Trade Organization — especially currency manipulation. China has spent almost $800 billion in the last year alone manipulating its currency. That makes its products about 40 percent cheaper than they would be on the open market and acts like a tax on U.S. exports to China and everywhere else in the world.

Ted Rudow III, MA





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I refer to the Tucson, Arizona, shooting recently where six people died, including a 9-year-old child, and a U.S. congresswoman, Gabrielle Giffords, seriously wounded. All this is very sad.
They say that the religionists were the ones who supported Hitler the most in Germany, the Fundamentalists, Evangelicals, Pentecostals, so-called most “holy” and Spirit-filled Christians. Most of the churches were said to be behind it, especially the Fundamentalists and Evangelicals who are supposed to really know Jesus. They seem to always manage to get on the wrong side and the worst side when it comes to war and all over the matter of religion! As long as the leader says he’s for religion they will fight for him and die for him and kill anybody in the name of Christ and religion. Who are those behind the attack in the U.S.?

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Nursing homes cost five times as much per IHSS client. The number of skilled-nursing-centre beds has dwindled through the years as IHSS’ success has grown at helping the elderly continue living independently. 

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Included in Gov. Jerry Brown’s $3 billion in health and welfare spending cuts is a plan to end the adult day-care program. Many people use the service as a way to remain in their homes, rather than moving into far more costly nursing homes.


Nursing homes can cost as much as five times as much as In-Home Supportive Services. The number of skilled-nursing-center beds has dwindled through the years as IHSS’s success has grown at helping the elderly continue living independently.





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Friday, January 21, 2011

What do the heads of Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Microsoft, Motorola, General Electric, Boeing and the Carlyle Group have in common?

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The United States has lost about two-and-a-half million jobsby Ted Rudow III,MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Friday Jan 21st, 2011


What do the heads of Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase, Microsoft, Motorola, General Electric, Boeing and the Carlyle Group have in common? They all attended last night’s State Dinner with President Hu Jintao.
Earlier the White House announced $45 billion in new trade deals with China, including a $19 billion deal with Boeing and a package with GE expected to generate more $2 billion in U.S. exports.

Over the last nine years, the United States has lost about two-and-a-half million jobs due to growing trade deficits with China, more than a half-million jobs in the last year alone. We’ve lost jobs in every state. We’ve lost jobs in every congressional district in the country

The problem is that they are violating many, many standards of the World Trade Organization, the IMF, that they agreed to when they joined the WTO in 2001. For example, currency manipulation. China has spent almost $800 billion in the last year alone manipulating its currency. That makes its products about 40 percent cheaper than they would be on the open product and acts like a tax on U.S. exports to China and everywhere else in the world.
Ted Rudow III,MA

Thursday, January 20, 2011

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Dear Editor,There is an unfortunate and embarrassing tendency in some corners of American politics for the slogans of the civil rights movement to be employed in service of almost any political goal. This is usually done by those who still don’t really understand the legal and moral basis of the movement, and their rationale is that “everyone thinks those slogans stand for irrefutable moral truths, so if we say that those slogans support our position, people will feel obliged to agree with us.”A truly surprising and disgusting example of this sophistry was witnessed by all those who were present at the town hall meeting regarding ROTC last Tuesday. Incomprehensibly, the terms “separate but equal” and “busing” were used as part of an argument for ROTC’s return. It was also suggested that military-connected people are a “minority” and that the University should provide them with a “safe space on campus.” So as to avoid casting aspersions on all students who argued in support of ROTC, I should point out that a number of pro-ROTC students were shaking their heads in confusion and embarrassment while these arguments were being made.The heart of the matter, if it even needs clarification, is that joining ROTC is an occupational decision. “Military-connectedness” is qualitatively different to “race, color, national or ethnic origin, sex, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, [or] gender identity” (quoting from Stanford’s nondiscrimination policy) in the same way that “Google-connectedness” (i.e., being a former, current or future Google employee) is qualitatively different. The U.S. military is an employer. You may think it is the greatest employer on the face of the earth or you may think it is repugnant, but neither viewpoint is necessarily relevant to the question at hand: whether Stanford University, as an institution, should treat the U.S. military any differently from the way it treats other employers.In effect, what those supporting ROTC’s return are arguing for is positive discrimination (in other words, “affirmative action”) on the basis of undergraduate students’ occupational decisions. When asked why all non-military employers located a similar distance from campus should not also be provided with on-campus facilities, the only way to defend ROTC’s return is to argue that Stanford should differentiate between military service and other types of employment in a way that defines military service as necessarily superior.The argument that Stanford’s undergraduate students currently have convenient access to every possible occupational opportunity other than the U.S. military, and that ROTC should be brought back to campus in order to rectify this “inequality,” has an obvious flaw: Stanford’s students do not have convenient access to anything close to every occupational opportunity, and it would be impossible for the University to make it so. As the majority of the 1969 Ad Hoc Committee on ROTC recognized, Stanford cannot be all things to all people and, as a result, the provision of facilities in support of one group of students’ occupational decisions would constitute an institutional preference for that occupation above all others.Sam Windley LL.M. ‘11President, Stanford Says No to War







Ted Rudow III,MA says:
January 20, 2011 at 1:08 pm
In “1984,” the state remained perpetually at war against a vague and ever-changing enemy. The war took place largely in the abstract, but it served as a convenient vehicle to fuel hatred, nurture fear and justify the regime’s autocratic practices. Before every war, there’s a long period of mental conditioning and psychological preparation. You never saw how self-righteous nations can get just before a war. So righteous and so convinced that they are right and the other fellow’s the criminal, the devil who needs to be conquered.
To say these things is practically heresy today, because of the years of propaganda!–All the propaganda they crammed down your throat when you were in school. Nations and people are terrified of terrorism, and many are quite willing to give up all sorts of freedoms — many of the very freedoms we are supposedly “fighting for” — to avoid it. In time of war the first casualty is truth. Sometimes fiction is just as strange as truth.
“Statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception.”
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Alan Greenspan, renewed a warning on Saturday about the sizzling housing market, saying home prices may fall, slowing consumer spending, a chief ingredient for the economy's good health. A day earlier, he cautioned the public against thinking the value of homes and other investments will only go higher. If house prices fell suddenly or if interest rates rose quickly, it could clobber homeowners and lenders. Rising prices have helped make many people feel wealthier and thus more inclined to spend."
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Monday, January 17, 2011

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Not only is the United States robbing the poor countries who can no longer sell their goods to the U.S., but they are robbing their own public, who can no longer buy cheap foreign products. The U.S. refuses to help the poor countries by buying their cheap products, insisting on protecting their own rich wages and industries.
It’s just plain greed and selfishness. If governments were to worry more about feeding their people or feeding the other poor and needy of the world instead of arming themselves or fighting their neighbors, then there wouldn’t see nearly so many undernourished people.

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Adult day care keeps costs down

Included in Gov. Jerry Brown's $3 billion in health and welfare spending cuts is a plan to end the adult day care program. Many people use the service as a way to remain in their homes, rather than moving into far more costly nursing homes.

Nursing homes cost five times as much per In-Home Supportive Service (IHSS) client. The number of skilled-nursing-center beds has dwindled through the years as IHSS' success has grown at helping the elderly continue living independently.

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Saturday, January 15, 2011

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Saturday Jan 15th, 2011


He had a dream and oh, what a dream it was. A dream of equality, a dream of unity, a dream of solidarity. What a fight, what a battle, as the brothers and sisters lifted their arms, hands raised and clasped together to show their strength and unity and oneness.
What a fight, as we marched and protested and sang our songs of triumph and spoke our words of courage. What a fight, as we lifted high the banner of equality -- equal rights for all men and women, regardless of color. What a fight, as we suffered humiliation and setbacks, degradation and injustice.


But I ask you, has that dream been realized? Has that dream come true in your life? Has that dream been fulfilled? Or have our ideals and our aspirations fallen by the wayside? Where is the unity, the brotherhood, the oneness of heart and spirit? Where is the fighting spirit and the willingness to sacrifice and work hard, to lift up your brothers and sisters and make for them a better life? Look around you and see if his dream and your dream, our dream, has become a reality.


He now knows that this equality, this oneness of the races, this love between the brethren, this better world, this dream that we all sought so desperately, cannot be found only through the path. That this dream can only become a reality through love, the supernatural Love of God. This is what brings unity. This is what brings equality. This is what brings mutual respect. This is what makes a man willing to look past the color of the skin and see the heart and spirit, to see each man, woman and child as a creation of God.
Ted Rudow III,MA

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Much debate has been raised over the controversial Sarah Palin cross-hairs map featuring what clearly resembles gun sights over various congressional districts throughout America held by Democrats. SarahPAC, the Sarah Palin political action committee, used the cross-hairs map to target seats during the 2010 elections. Palin sent her condolences about the victims of the tragic shooting in Arizona, but the damage is done.

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I refer to the Tucson, Arizona, shooting on Saturday where six people died, including a nine-year-old child, and a US congresswoman, Gabrielle Giffords, seriously wounded. All this is very sad.

They say that the religionists were the ones who supported Hitler the most in Germany, the Fundamentalists, Evangelicals, Pentecostals, so-called most 'holy' and Spirit-filled Christians. Most of the churches were said to be behind it, especially the Fundamentalists and Evangelicals who are supposed to really know Jesus.

They seem to always manage to get on the wrong side and the worst side when it comes to war and all over the matter of religion! As long as the leader says he's for religion they will fight for him and die for him and kill anybody in the name of Christ and religion.

Who are those behind Saturday's attack in the USA?

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New census figures released recently show state revenues declined by nearly 31 percent in 2009, a $1.1 trillion loss. Underperforming investments by state pension funds and declining tax revenues were cited as the primary causes for the falling revenues.

Nicholas Johnson, director of the State Fiscal Project at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, told the Washington Post that next year will mark “the most difficult budget year for states ever.” A recent study by the group found that 40 states have projected budget gaps totaling $113 billion for next year. Forty-six states have raised taxes and made deep cuts to close a combined budget gap of $130 billion.

And the Republicans are now trying to spoil life for unions by taking away their right to bargain. They are also trying to push through several measures that would make it harder for unions to collect dues money to be used in politics or just to run the unions generally.

Unions are very alarmed right now about what’s going on.

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Updated: 01/06/2011 11:58:55 PM PST






Unions alarmed

Dear Editor: New census figures released Wednesday show state revenues declined by nearly 31 percent in 2009. Underperforming investments by state pension funds and declining tax revenues were cited as the primary causes for the falling revenues.

Nicholas Johnson, director of the State Fiscal Project at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, told The Washington Post that next year will mark "the most difficult budget year for states ever." A recent study by the group found that 40 states have projected budget gaps totaling $113 billion for next year. Forty-six states have raised taxes and made deep cuts to close a combined budget gap of $130 billion.

And the Republicans are now trying to spoil life for unions by taking away their right to bargain. They're also trying to push through several measures that would make it harder for unions to collect dues to be used in politics or just to run the unions. Unions are very alarmed right now about what's going on.

Ted Rudow III,MA

Palo Alto

Thursday, January 06, 2011

Alarmed

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2011/01/06/18668439.php
Alarmed
by Ted Rudow III,MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Thursday Jan 6th, 2011
New census figures released Wednesday show state revenues declined by nearly 31 percent in 2009, a $1.1 trillion loss. Underperforming investments by state pension funds and declining tax revenues were cited as the primary causes for the falling revenues.

Nicholas Johnson, director of the State Fiscal Project at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, told the Washington Post that next year will mark, quote, "the most difficult budget year for states ever." A recent study by the group found that 40 states have projected budget gaps totaling $113 billion for next year. Forty-six states have raised taxes and made deep cuts to close a combined budget gap of $130 billion.
And the Republicans are now trying to spoil life for unions by taking away their right to bargain. They’re also pushing through several—trying to push through several measures that would make it harder for unions to collect dues money to be used in politics or just to run the unions generally. Unions are very alarmed right now about what’s going on.
“When the Nazis came for the Communists, I didn't speak up, because I was not a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak up because I was not a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, and I was a Protestant, so I didn't speak up. Then they came for me ... and by that time, there was no one left to stand up for me.” German Minister Martin Niemoller
Ted Rudow III,MA

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Daniel Issa is about to head up a 'Witch hunt' against Obama. Issa as the incoming Republican Chairman of the House Oversight Committee vows to get President Obama. He even calls Obama one of the most corrupt presidents. Already cocked and loaded with subpoena power and some 208 'hearings' scheduled to investigate Stimulus Corruption, BP, Obama's Czars,Issa, vows to get President Obama. He even calls Obama one of the most corrupt presidents, So, Issa will spend his time ignoring the crooks on Wall Street and the-on going wars which have spent trillions. Richard Nixon, as a member of the House Un-American Activities Committee, received national attention for his hostile questioning of Alger Hiss. In 1950 he was elected to the Senate following a bitter campaign in which he unfairly portrayed his opponent as a communist sympathizer; the epithet "Tricky Dick" dates from this period. They wouldn't listen to us about Nixon and his perfidy, but now he is exposed and deposed!
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