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by Ted Rudow III,MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Saturday Nov 13th, 2010
Wall Street firms are reportedly exploiting a loophole in financial reform legislation to continue the practice known as proprietary trading, in which banks trade financial securities from their own commercial accounts.
Former Federal Reserve Chair Paul Volcker had proposed the curbs to help undo some of the damage of the 1999 repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act, which had ensured the separation of commercial and investment banking.
The “Volcker rule” provision of the Dodd-Frank financial reform limits the extent to which banks can bet with their own capital, banning them from short-term trading of securities for their own accounts. Firms including Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Morgan Stanley are closing or slimming down some of their units in order to comply with the law. But the Volcker rule does not apply to banks’ “principal investments,” or longer-term direct purchases of securities, companies and property assets, the Financial Times said. Such deals drove big profits for banks before the financial crisis, but turned into a main source of losses for Wall Street firms like the now-defunct Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc, the paper said.
JER.5:27-28 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
He sent their request, but sent leanness to their soul.
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American politics, as the midterm elections demonstrated, have descended into the irrational.
On one side stands a corrupt liberal class, bereft of ideas and unable to respond coherently to the collapse of the global economy, the dismantling of our manufacturing sector or the deadly assault on the ecosystem.
On the other side stands a mass of increasingly bitter people whose alienation, desperation and rage fuel emotionally driven and incoherent political agendas.
More than half of those who identified as “mainstream Americans,” in a poll by the Republican-leaning Rasmussen Reports, now view the tea party favorably, while the other half, still grounded in a reality-based world, is passive and apathetic......
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Ted Rudow III,MA says:
November 13, 2010
Well, I think it’s important to look at who the tea party is, what the tea party is. I mean, let’s remember, it’s many different organizations. They wouldn’t be there if it hadn’t been for an enormous amount of money from a few … well, Simon Johnson calls them the “13 bankers.” 13 bankers is the rise of concentrated financial power and the threat it poses to our economic well-being. Over the past three decades, a handful of banks became spectacularly large and profitable and used their power and prestige to reshape the political landscape.
More remarkable the responses of both the Bush and Obama administrations to the crisis, namely bailing out the megabanks on generous terms, without securing any meaningful reform, demonstrate the lasting political power of Wall Street. The largest banks have become more powerful and more emphatically too big to fail with no incentive to change their behavior in the future. This only sets the stage for another financial crisis, another government bailout, and another increase in our national debt economic well-being. The Wall Street world to which Barack Obama said, “I’m the only thing that stands between you and the pitchforks,” turned around, and for all the compromising that Obama did to Wall Street and to the banisters who had brought us the crisis that he inherited when he was elected president, they turned around and poured money into the organizations that we think of as the tea party.
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American politics, as the midterm elections demonstrated, have descended into the irrational.
On one side stands a corrupt liberal class, bereft of ideas and unable to respond coherently to the collapse of the global economy, the dismantling of our manufacturing sector or the deadly assault on the ecosystem.
On the other side stands a mass of increasingly bitter people whose alienation, desperation and rage fuel emotionally driven and incoherent political agendas.
More than half of those who identified as “mainstream Americans,” in a poll by the Republican-leaning Rasmussen Reports, now view the tea party favorably, while the other half, still grounded in a reality-based world, is passive and apathetic......
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Ted Rudow III,MA says:
November 13, 2010
Well, I think it’s important to look at who the tea party is, what the tea party is. I mean, let’s remember, it’s many different organizations. They wouldn’t be there if it hadn’t been for an enormous amount of money from a few … well, Simon Johnson calls them the “13 bankers.” 13 bankers is the rise of concentrated financial power and the threat it poses to our economic well-being. Over the past three decades, a handful of banks became spectacularly large and profitable and used their power and prestige to reshape the political landscape.
More remarkable the responses of both the Bush and Obama administrations to the crisis, namely bailing out the megabanks on generous terms, without securing any meaningful reform, demonstrate the lasting political power of Wall Street. The largest banks have become more powerful and more emphatically too big to fail with no incentive to change their behavior in the future. This only sets the stage for another financial crisis, another government bailout, and another increase in our national debt economic well-being. The Wall Street world to which Barack Obama said, “I’m the only thing that stands between you and the pitchforks,” turned around, and for all the compromising that Obama did to Wall Street and to the banisters who had brought us the crisis that he inherited when he was elected president, they turned around and poured money into the organizations that we think of as the tea party.
Ted Rudow III, MA
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Well, I think it’s important to look at who the tea party is, what the tea party is. I mean, let’s remember, it’s many different organizations. They wouldn’t be there if it hadn’t been for an enormous amount of money from a few … well, Simon Johnson calls them the “13 bankers.” 13 bankers is the rise of concentrated financial power and the threat it poses to our economic well-being. Over the past three decades, a handful of banks became spectacularly large and profitable and used their power and prestige to reshape the political landscape.
More remarkable the responses of both the Bush and Obama administrations to the crisis, namely bailing out the megabanks on generous terms, without securing any meaningful reform, demonstrate the lasting political power of Wall Street. The largest banks have become more powerful and more emphatically too big to fail with no incentive to change their behavior in the future. This only sets the stage for another financial crisis, another government bailout, and another increase in our national debt economic well-being. The Wall Street world to which Barack Obama said, “I’m the only thing that stands between you and the pitchforks,” turned around, and for all the compromising that Obama did to Wall Street and to the banisters who had brought us the crisis that he inherited when he was elected president, they turned around and poured money into the organizations that we think of as the tea party.
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Well, I think it’s important to look at who the tea party is, what the tea party is. I mean, let’s remember, it’s many different organizations. They wouldn’t be there if it hadn’t been for an enormous amount of money from a few … well, Simon Johnson calls them the “13 bankers.” 13 bankers is the rise of concentrated financial power and the threat it poses to our economic well-being. Over the past three decades, a handful of banks became spectacularly large and profitable and used their power and prestige to reshape the political landscape.
More remarkable the responses of both the Bush and Obama administrations to the crisis, namely bailing out the megabanks on generous terms, without securing any meaningful reform, demonstrate the lasting political power of Wall Street. The largest banks have become more powerful and more emphatically too big to fail with no incentive to change their behavior in the future. This only sets the stage for another financial crisis, another government bailout, and another increase in our national debt economic well-being. The Wall Street world to which Barack Obama said, “I’m the only thing that stands between you and the pitchforks,” turned around, and for all the compromising that Obama did to Wall Street and to the banisters who had brought us the crisis that he inherited when he was elected president, they turned around and poured money into the organizations that we think of as the tea party.
Ted Rudow III, MA
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Arnold Schwarzenegger came into the governorship seven years ago on a pledge to end "crazy deficit spending."As he exits in January, however, he will leave behind a budget deficit that's just as bad, and perhaps even worse, than the one he inherited from predecessor Gray Davis. And regardless of what else he may have accomplished, that will leave an indelible stain on his gubernatorial record.The Legislature's budget analyst, Mac Taylor, calculates that the sham budget Schwarzenegger and legislators enacted scarcely a month ago – 100 days late, by the way – is already about $6 billion out of whack, largely because its rosy revenue assumptions and its other gimmicks are collapsing. Furthermore, as the nearly $9 billion per year in temporary taxes that Schwarzenegger and the Legislature imposed last year expire, and as the state's economy continues a slow – at best – recovery from recession, the state is looking at annual shortfalls in the $20 billion range for years to come, Taylor noted.Jerry Brown, the ex- governor who will succeed Schwarzenegger in January, will be fighting budget wars at least through his first four-year term unless he can create a permanent fix – new taxes and/or big spending cuts – early in his new governorship.He'll be fighting them mostly with fellow Democrats, because Proposition 25 gives them the power to pass a budget without Republican votes.Simply put, Democrats now own the budget, and unless they can find a way to raise taxes, or at least retain those soon-to-expire temporary taxes, they'll be the ones who will be cutting money cherished by their political allies, such as public employee unions and welfare and health care recipients.How about just dreaming up more gimmicks like those now backfiring? Capitol politicians have been scraping the bottom of the gimmick barrel, and even the opportunities to make real spending cuts have been shrinking.The new federal health care program, for instance, makes it much more difficult to reduce health programs for the poor. Indeed, the state will be saddled with new costs as the program is fully implemented.Brown has pledged that he would not raise taxes without voter approval. Chances are he couldn't anyway, since tax hikes would take at least some Republican votes in the Legislature. And he also says he wants to explore cost-cutting avenues before considering taxes.However, the sheer size of the deficit, not only now but in the future, probably means that sooner or later – sooner, most likely – Brown and the Legislature will be begging voters for more revenue, no easy thing coming out of the worst recession since the Great Depression. And even were they able to persuade voters to extend the temporary taxes, that would cover less than half the projected deficit. © Copyright The Sacramento Bee. All rights reserved. Share
One of these days they're going to start collecting. And if the Federal Government loans them too much money and doesn't get it back, they could bankrupt the Government! This is why they were so scared to let the city go bankrupt because too many banks would fail that hold bonds and stuff.
Too many businesses would fail, people would fail, just like a row of dominoes, they'd collapse right on down the line including banks in other cities and they'd even have repercussions in Europe if Californian went bankrupt.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger came into the governorship seven years ago on a pledge to end "crazy deficit spending."As he exits in January, however, he will leave behind a budget deficit that's just as bad, and perhaps even worse, than the one he inherited from predecessor Gray Davis. And regardless of what else he may have accomplished, that will leave an indelible stain on his gubernatorial record.The Legislature's budget analyst, Mac Taylor, calculates that the sham budget Schwarzenegger and legislators enacted scarcely a month ago – 100 days late, by the way – is already about $6 billion out of whack, largely because its rosy revenue assumptions and its other gimmicks are collapsing. Furthermore, as the nearly $9 billion per year in temporary taxes that Schwarzenegger and the Legislature imposed last year expire, and as the state's economy continues a slow – at best – recovery from recession, the state is looking at annual shortfalls in the $20 billion range for years to come, Taylor noted.Jerry Brown, the ex- governor who will succeed Schwarzenegger in January, will be fighting budget wars at least through his first four-year term unless he can create a permanent fix – new taxes and/or big spending cuts – early in his new governorship.He'll be fighting them mostly with fellow Democrats, because Proposition 25 gives them the power to pass a budget without Republican votes.Simply put, Democrats now own the budget, and unless they can find a way to raise taxes, or at least retain those soon-to-expire temporary taxes, they'll be the ones who will be cutting money cherished by their political allies, such as public employee unions and welfare and health care recipients.How about just dreaming up more gimmicks like those now backfiring? Capitol politicians have been scraping the bottom of the gimmick barrel, and even the opportunities to make real spending cuts have been shrinking.The new federal health care program, for instance, makes it much more difficult to reduce health programs for the poor. Indeed, the state will be saddled with new costs as the program is fully implemented.Brown has pledged that he would not raise taxes without voter approval. Chances are he couldn't anyway, since tax hikes would take at least some Republican votes in the Legislature. And he also says he wants to explore cost-cutting avenues before considering taxes.However, the sheer size of the deficit, not only now but in the future, probably means that sooner or later – sooner, most likely – Brown and the Legislature will be begging voters for more revenue, no easy thing coming out of the worst recession since the Great Depression. And even were they able to persuade voters to extend the temporary taxes, that would cover less than half the projected deficit. © Copyright The Sacramento Bee. All rights reserved. Share
One of these days they're going to start collecting. And if the Federal Government loans them too much money and doesn't get it back, they could bankrupt the Government! This is why they were so scared to let the city go bankrupt because too many banks would fail that hold bonds and stuff.
Too many businesses would fail, people would fail, just like a row of dominoes, they'd collapse right on down the line including banks in other cities and they'd even have repercussions in Europe if Californian went bankrupt.
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One of these days they're going to start collecting. And if the Federal Government loans them too much money and doesn't get it back, they could bankrupt the Government! This is why they were so scared to let the city go bankrupt because too many banks would fail that hold bonds and stuff.
Too many businesses would fail, people would fail, just like a row of dominoes, they'd collapse right on down the line including banks in other cities and they'd even have repercussions in Europe if Californian went bankrupt
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One of these days they're going to start collecting. And if the Federal Government loans them too much money and doesn't get it back, they could bankrupt the Government! This is why they were so scared to let the city go bankrupt because too many banks would fail that hold bonds and stuff.
Too many businesses would fail, people would fail, just like a row of dominoes, they'd collapse right on down the line including banks in other cities and they'd even have repercussions in Europe if Californian went bankrupt
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Matt Lauer will interview Mr. Bush on a prime-time broadcast Nov. 8, one day before Mr. Bush’s book, “Decision Points,” is released by Crown Publishers. Mr. Lauer will interview Mr. Bush again live on the “Today” show, the country’s highest-rated morning show, on Nov. 10. It is easy to see why he and his cohorts would have done everything in their pernicious power to get their nefarious names and dastardly deeds off the telly and out of the papers for awhile! But now after two years of being out of office, he is still defending his views. Germany's justice minister found herself in hot water for saying that "Bush wants to divert attention from his domestic problems. It's a classic tactic. It's one that Hitler also used." She later denied that she had compared Bush to Hitler, but did say that their methods were similar. German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder was reelected but found himself in the bad graces of the U.S. for his own stance against a U.S. invasion of Iraq. Hitler was an expert at distracting his people's attention from their real problems and his own mistakes by dragging the red herrings of Red Jewry across his hell-bent trail of national destruction, and conjuring foes without to divert their attention from their much more serious affairs within.
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Matt Lauer will interview Mr. Bush on a prime-time broadcast Nov. 8, one day before Mr. Bush’s book, “Decision Points,” is released by Crown Publishers. Mr. Lauer will interview Mr. Bush again live on the “Today” show, the country’s highest-rated morning show, on Nov. 10. It is easy to see why he and his cohorts would have done everything in their pernicious power to get their nefarious names and dastardly deeds off the telly and out of the papers for awhile! But now after two years of being out of office, he is still defending his views. Germany's justice minister found herself in hot water for saying that "Bush wants to divert attention from his domestic problems. It's a classic tactic. It's one that Hitler also used." She later denied that she had compared Bush to Hitler, but did say that their methods were similar. German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder was reelected but found himself in the bad graces of the U.S. for his own stance against a U.S. invasion of Iraq. Hitler was an expert at distracting his people's attention from their real problems and his own mistakes by dragging the red herrings of Red Jewry across his hell-bent trail of national destruction, and conjuring foes without to divert their attention from their much more serious affairs within.
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Matt Lauer will interview Mr. Bush on a prime-time broadcast Nov. 8, one day before Mr. Bush’s book, “Decision Points,” is released by Crown Publishers. Mr. Lauer will interview Mr. Bush again live on the “Today” show, the country’s highest-rated morning show, on Nov. 10. It is easy to see why he and his cohorts would have done everything in their pernicious power to get their nefarious names and dastardly deeds off the telly and out of the papers for awhile! But now after two years of being out of office, he is still defending his views. Germany's justice minister found herself in hot water for saying that "Bush wants to divert attention from his domestic problems. It's a classic tactic. It's one that Hitler also used." She later denied that she had compared Bush to Hitler, but did say that their methods were similar. German chancellor Gerhard Schroeder was reelected but found himself in the bad graces of the U.S. for his own stance against a U.S. invasion of Iraq. Hitler was an expert at distracting his people's attention from their real problems and his own mistakes by dragging the red herrings of Red Jewry across his hell-bent trail of national destruction, and conjuring foes without to divert their attention from their much more serious affairs within.
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Well, I think it’s important to look at who the tea party are, what the tea party is. I mean, let’s remember, it’s many different organizations. They wouldn’t be there if it hadn’t been for an enormous amount of money from a few—well, Simon Johnson calls them the "13 bankers." 13 Bankers is the rise of concentrated financial power and the threat it poses to our economic well-being. Over the past three decades, a handful of banks became spectacularly large and profitable and used their power and prestige to reshape the political landscape.
More remarkable, the responses of both the Bush and Obama administrations to the crisis–bailing out the megabanks on generous terms, without securing any meaningful reform–demonstrate the lasting political power of Wall Street. The largest banks have become more powerful and more emphatically “too big to fail,” with no incentive to change their behavior in the future. This only sets the stage for another financial crisis, another government bailout, and another increase in our national debt economic well-being.
The Wall Street world that Barack Obama told, "I’m the only thing that stands between you and the pitchforks," turned around, and for all the compromising that Barack Obama did to Wall Street and to the banksters who had brought us the crisis that he inherited when he was elected president, they turned around and poured money into the organizations that we think of as the tea party.
Ted Rudow III,MA
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Well, I think it’s important to look at who the tea party are, what the tea party is. I mean, let’s remember, it’s many different organizations. They wouldn’t be there if it hadn’t been for an enormous amount of money from a few—well, Simon Johnson calls them the "13 bankers." 13 Bankers is the rise of concentrated financial power and the threat it poses to our economic well-being. Over the past three decades, a handful of banks became spectacularly large and profitable and used their power and prestige to reshape the political landscape.
More remarkable, the responses of both the Bush and Obama administrations to the crisis–bailing out the megabanks on generous terms, without securing any meaningful reform–demonstrate the lasting political power of Wall Street. The largest banks have become more powerful and more emphatically “too big to fail,” with no incentive to change their behavior in the future. This only sets the stage for another financial crisis, another government bailout, and another increase in our national debt economic well-being.
The Wall Street world that Barack Obama told, "I’m the only thing that stands between you and the pitchforks," turned around, and for all the compromising that Barack Obama did to Wall Street and to the banksters who had brought us the crisis that he inherited when he was elected president, they turned around and poured money into the organizations that we think of as the tea party.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Read more: http://www.sacbee.com/2010/11/05/3160950/firewall.html#ixzz14iZxm5P0
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As the Obama administration rejects a foreclosure moratorium and austerity protests grip Europe, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz backs calls for a foreclosure moratorium and says opponents of a new government stimulus "don't understand basic economics."
One of the first bankers to loan money to the government was a German who became known as Rothschild who started lending to the prince in power in the late 1700s and who soon found himself a part of the national finance business. Rothschild then sent his five sons to the major cities of Italy, Austria, France and England to set up similar banks, which soon became powerful in the same manner, all the while cooperating with each other and not divulging their business secrets to outsiders.
Those same mortgage companies, the banks, are engaged in predatory lending practices. They weren't asking what was the best mortgage for these homeowners; they were asking what was the mortgage that generated most fees for me. The way the mortgage system worked, they could take bad mortgages, sell them off to investment banks that would repackage them and sell them on to other people.
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As the Obama administration rejects a foreclosure moratorium and austerity protests grip Europe, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz backs calls for a foreclosure moratorium and says opponents of a new government stimulus "don't understand basic economics."
One of the first bankers to loan money to the government was a German who became known as Rothschild who started lending to the prince in power in the late 1700s and who soon found himself a part of the national finance business. Rothschild then sent his five sons to the major cities of Italy, Austria, France and England to set up similar banks, which soon became powerful in the same manner, all the while cooperating with each other and not divulging their business secrets to outsiders.
Those same mortgage companies, the banks, are engaged in predatory lending practices. They weren't asking what was the best mortgage for these homeowners; they were asking what was the mortgage that generated most fees for me. The way the mortgage system worked, they could take bad mortgages, sell them off to investment banks that would repackage them and sell them on to other people.
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Well, I think it’s important to look at who the tea party are, what the tea party is. I mean, let’s remember, it’s many different organizations. They wouldn’t be there if it hadn’t been for an enormous amount of money from a few—well, Simon Johnson calls them the "13 bankers." 13 Bankers is the rise of concentrated financial power and the threat it poses to our economic well-being. Over the past three decades, a handful of banks became spectacularly large and profitable and used their power and prestige to reshape the political landscape.
More remarkable, the responses of both the Bush and Obama administrations to the crisis–bailing out the megabanks on generous terms, without securing any meaningful reform–demonstrate the lasting political power of Wall Street. The largest banks have become more powerful and more emphatically “too big to fail,” with no incentive to change their behavior in the future. This only sets the stage for another financial crisis, another government bailout, and another increase in our national debt economic well-being.
The Wall Street world that Barack Obama told, "I’m the only thing that stands between you and the pitchforks," turned around, and for all the compromising that Barack Obama did to Wall Street and to the banksters who had brought us the crisis that he inherited when he was elected president, they turned around and poured money into the organizations that we think of as the tea party. Other the people, as well, but, you know, $75 million from the US Chamber of Commerce, most of it, almost all of it, anonymous money.
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Well, I think it’s important to look at who the tea party are, what the tea party is. I mean, let’s remember, it’s many different organizations. They wouldn’t be there if it hadn’t been for an enormous amount of money from a few—well, Simon Johnson calls them the "13 bankers." 13 Bankers is the rise of concentrated financial power and the threat it poses to our economic well-being. Over the past three decades, a handful of banks became spectacularly large and profitable and used their power and prestige to reshape the political landscape.
More remarkable, the responses of both the Bush and Obama administrations to the crisis–bailing out the megabanks on generous terms, without securing any meaningful reform–demonstrate the lasting political power of Wall Street. The largest banks have become more powerful and more emphatically “too big to fail,” with no incentive to change their behavior in the future. This only sets the stage for another financial crisis, another government bailout, and another increase in our national debt economic well-being.
The Wall Street world that Barack Obama told, "I’m the only thing that stands between you and the pitchforks," turned around, and for all the compromising that Barack Obama did to Wall Street and to the banksters who had brought us the crisis that he inherited when he was elected president, they turned around and poured money into the organizations that we think of as the tea party. Other the people, as well, but, you know, $75 million from the US Chamber of Commerce, most of it, almost all of it, anonymous money.
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ACCORDING to a letter published from a reader named Ted Rudow, numbers compiled by several sources, including Iraq Body Count, more than 100,000 civilians were killed in Iraq over a period of six years, from 2004 to 2009. This seems to be on the low side considering the ferocity of the ‘shock and awe’ aerial bombardment by the US and its allies followed by ground assault by an overwhelming force of tanks and artillery. The casualty figure is certainly very small compared to 3,000,000 civilians killed in nine months by the Pakistani army in Bangladesh in 1971. The Iraq Body Count appears to be a voluntary body formed to track civilian deaths during the war. No such organisation existed in Bangladesh. We also missed an opportunity to tabulate civilian deaths at the hands of Pakistani army at the time of 1973 census. Surely data may have been easily collected from people. This could have been of considerable historical value and helped in the war crimes trial in Bangladesh. A citizen Via e-mail
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The Nov. 2 midterm elections reshaped America’s political map as Democrats lost the supermajority they had won in the 2008 general election.
House Democrats lost 60 seats, ending up with a 185 to 239 seat count while hanging onto a narrow 52 to 46 seat majority in the Senate, according to The New York Times.
In a post-election news conference, President Barack Obama referred to the loss as an electoral “shellacking” for the Democratic Party, but said he remains optimistic to have a reasoned discourse with Republicans in the months to come.
“I do believe there is hope for civility,” he said. “I do believe there’s hope for progress. And that’s because I believe in the resiliency of a nation that’s bounced back from much worse than what we’re going through right now.”
John Boehner, Republican speaker-elect of the U.S. House of Representatives, said the Republican victory reflected the American voters’ desire to “change course.”
“Across the country right now, we are witnessing a repudiation of Washington, a repudiation of Big Government and a repudiation of politicians who refuse to listen to the people,” he said.
Senate majority leader Harry Reid, who won a hotly contested election against tea party-favorite Sharron Angle in Nevada, said the change in the balance of power means that the Democrats will have to find a way to collaborate with both House and Senate Republicans.
“History dictates that we have to work together,” he said. “Gridlock will not do the trick.”
Obama was conciliatory in his remarks, admitting that Tuesday’s election was indicative of the American people’s dissatisfaction with the progress that his administration has made since taking office in 2009.
“Too many Americans haven’t felt that progress yet, and they told us that yesterday,” he said. “And as president, I take responsibility for that.”
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Well, I think it’s important to look at who the tea party are, what the tea party is. I mean, let’s remember, it’s many different organizations. They wouldn’t be there if it hadn’t been for an enormous amount of money from a few—well, Simon Johnson calls them the “13 bankers.”
13 Bankers is the rise of concentrated financial power and the threat it poses to our economic well-being. Over the past three decades, a handful of banks became spectacularly large and profitable and used their power and prestige to reshape the political landscape.
More remarkable, the responses of both the Bush and Obama administrations to the crisis–bailing out the megabanks on generous terms, without securing any meaningful reform–demonstrate the lasting political power of Wall Street. The largest banks have become more powerful and more emphatically “too big to fail,” with no incentive to change their behavior in the future. This only sets the stage for another financial crisis, another government bailout, and another increase in our national debt economic well-being.
The Wall Street world that Barack Obama told, “I’m the only thing that stands between you and the pitchforks,” turned around, and for all the compromising that Barack Obama did to Wall Street and to the banksters who had brought us the crisis that he inherited when he was elected president, they turned around and poured money into the organizations that we think of as the tea party. Other the people, as well, but, you know, $75 million from the US Chamber of Commerce, most of it, almost all of it, anonymous money.
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The Nov. 2 midterm elections reshaped America’s political map as Democrats lost the supermajority they had won in the 2008 general election.
House Democrats lost 60 seats, ending up with a 185 to 239 seat count while hanging onto a narrow 52 to 46 seat majority in the Senate, according to The New York Times.
In a post-election news conference, President Barack Obama referred to the loss as an electoral “shellacking” for the Democratic Party, but said he remains optimistic to have a reasoned discourse with Republicans in the months to come.
“I do believe there is hope for civility,” he said. “I do believe there’s hope for progress. And that’s because I believe in the resiliency of a nation that’s bounced back from much worse than what we’re going through right now.”
John Boehner, Republican speaker-elect of the U.S. House of Representatives, said the Republican victory reflected the American voters’ desire to “change course.”
“Across the country right now, we are witnessing a repudiation of Washington, a repudiation of Big Government and a repudiation of politicians who refuse to listen to the people,” he said.
Senate majority leader Harry Reid, who won a hotly contested election against tea party-favorite Sharron Angle in Nevada, said the change in the balance of power means that the Democrats will have to find a way to collaborate with both House and Senate Republicans.
“History dictates that we have to work together,” he said. “Gridlock will not do the trick.”
Obama was conciliatory in his remarks, admitting that Tuesday’s election was indicative of the American people’s dissatisfaction with the progress that his administration has made since taking office in 2009.
“Too many Americans haven’t felt that progress yet, and they told us that yesterday,” he said. “And as president, I take responsibility for that.”
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Ted Rudow III,MA says:
November 4, 2010
Well, I think it’s important to look at who the tea party are, what the tea party is. I mean, let’s remember, it’s many different organizations. They wouldn’t be there if it hadn’t been for an enormous amount of money from a few—well, Simon Johnson calls them the “13 bankers.”
13 Bankers is the rise of concentrated financial power and the threat it poses to our economic well-being. Over the past three decades, a handful of banks became spectacularly large and profitable and used their power and prestige to reshape the political landscape.
More remarkable, the responses of both the Bush and Obama administrations to the crisis–bailing out the megabanks on generous terms, without securing any meaningful reform–demonstrate the lasting political power of Wall Street. The largest banks have become more powerful and more emphatically “too big to fail,” with no incentive to change their behavior in the future. This only sets the stage for another financial crisis, another government bailout, and another increase in our national debt economic well-being.
The Wall Street world that Barack Obama told, “I’m the only thing that stands between you and the pitchforks,” turned around, and for all the compromising that Barack Obama did to Wall Street and to the banksters who had brought us the crisis that he inherited when he was elected president, they turned around and poured money into the organizations that we think of as the tea party. Other the people, as well, but, you know, $75 million from the US Chamber of Commerce, most of it, almost all of it, anonymous money.
Ted Rudow III,MA
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Thursday Nov 4th, 2010 3:40 PM
Well, I think it’s important to look at who the tea party are, what the tea party is. I mean, let’s remember, it’s many different organizations. They wouldn’t be there if it hadn’t been for an enormous amount of money from a few—well, Simon Johnson calls them the "13 bankers."
13 Bankers is the rise of concentrated financial power and the threat it poses to our economic well-being. Over the past three decades, a handful of banks became spectacularly large and profitable and used their power and prestige to reshape the political landscape.
More remarkable, the responses of both the Bush and Obama administrations to the crisis–bailing out the megabanks on generous terms, without securing any meaningful reform–demonstrate the lasting political power of Wall Street. The largest banks have become more powerful and more emphatically “too big to fail,” with no incentive to change their behavior in the future. This only sets the stage for another financial crisis, another government bailout, and another increase in our national debt economic well-being.
The Wall Street world that Barack Obama told, "I’m the only thing that stands between you and the pitchforks," turned around, and for all the compromising that Barack Obama did to Wall Street and to the banksters who had brought us the crisis that he inherited when he was elected president, they turned around and poured money into the organizations that we think of as the tea party. Other the people, as well, but, you know, $75 million from the US Chamber of Commerce, most of it, almost all of it, anonymous money.
Ted Rudow III,MA
13 Bankersby Ted Rudow III,MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Thursday Nov 4th, 2010 3:40 PM
Well, I think it’s important to look at who the tea party are, what the tea party is. I mean, let’s remember, it’s many different organizations. They wouldn’t be there if it hadn’t been for an enormous amount of money from a few—well, Simon Johnson calls them the "13 bankers."
13 Bankers is the rise of concentrated financial power and the threat it poses to our economic well-being. Over the past three decades, a handful of banks became spectacularly large and profitable and used their power and prestige to reshape the political landscape.
More remarkable, the responses of both the Bush and Obama administrations to the crisis–bailing out the megabanks on generous terms, without securing any meaningful reform–demonstrate the lasting political power of Wall Street. The largest banks have become more powerful and more emphatically “too big to fail,” with no incentive to change their behavior in the future. This only sets the stage for another financial crisis, another government bailout, and another increase in our national debt economic well-being.
The Wall Street world that Barack Obama told, "I’m the only thing that stands between you and the pitchforks," turned around, and for all the compromising that Barack Obama did to Wall Street and to the banksters who had brought us the crisis that he inherited when he was elected president, they turned around and poured money into the organizations that we think of as the tea party. Other the people, as well, but, you know, $75 million from the US Chamber of Commerce, most of it, almost all of it, anonymous money.
Ted Rudow III,MA
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Dear Editor: Civilians have borne the brunt of modern warfare, with 10 civilians dying for every soldier in wars fought since the mid-20th century, compared with nine soldiers killed for every civilian in World War I, according to a 2001 study by the International Committee of the Red Cross.
But it does seem to suggest numbers that are roughly in line with those compiled by several sources, including Iraq Body Count, an organization that tracked civilian deaths using press reports -- a method the Bush administration repeatedly derided as unreliable and producing inflated numbers. In all, the five-year archive lists more than 100,000 dead from 2004 to 2009, though some deaths are reported more than once, and some reports have inconsistent casualty figures.
Iraq Body Count, which did a preliminary analysis of the archive, estimated that it listed 15,000 deaths that had not been previously disclosed anywhere.
You just can't imagine people in this supposedly civilized age actually going to war. Their whole culture is to blame. A culture that says war is all right, that it's legitimate to tear bodies apart and destroy the lives of men, women and children. You just can't imagine civilized people talking calmly about it. War is insanity. They're declaring war in the name of peace.
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Dear Editor: Civilians have borne the brunt of modern warfare, with 10 civilians dying for every soldier in wars fought since the mid-20th century, compared with nine soldiers killed for every civilian in World War I, according to a 2001 study by the International Committee of the Red Cross.
But it does seem to suggest numbers that are roughly in line with those compiled by several sources, including Iraq Body Count, an organization that tracked civilian deaths using press reports -- a method the Bush administration repeatedly derided as unreliable and producing inflated numbers. In all, the five-year archive lists more than 100,000 dead from 2004 to 2009, though some deaths are reported more than once, and some reports have inconsistent casualty figures.
Iraq Body Count, which did a preliminary analysis of the archive, estimated that it listed 15,000 deaths that had not been previously disclosed anywhere.
You just can't imagine people in this supposedly civilized age actually going to war. Their whole culture is to blame. A culture that says war is all right, that it's legitimate to tear bodies apart and destroy the lives of men, women and children. You just can't imagine civilized people talking calmly about it. War is insanity. They're declaring war in the name of peace.
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The voting process is made so difficult that only the most determined manage to be able to use it--usually those with some political log to roll; largely property owners, or again, the rich, as opposed to the poor; longtime resident property owners, as opposed to the shifting, migratory, labour force.
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To buy a election is wrong! Of course, even in our own country,the Senate, so called, is no longer truly representative as it should be, because in the first place, it takes a rich man or woman to be able to run for such an office, and it takes a long-time resident of any state or country to be able to register to vote.
The voting process is made so difficult that only the most determined manage to be able to use it--usually those with some political log to roll; largely property owners, or again, the rich, as opposed to the poor; longtime resident property owners, as opposed to the shifting, migratory, labour force.
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A history professor who specializes in military history at SJSU said that veterans are just normal people but at the same time, combat veterans are a sort of subculture.
“These young people have experienced things that most people will not,” said Jonathan Roth. “The crucible of war, as they call it, changes them. And I don’t think we should focus on them as somehow sick or ill, but I think they’ve earned our respect.”
Roth said that while some veterans need extra help working through post-traumatic stress disorder, others are working through the process of rebuilding and moving on by themselves.
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Ted Rudow III,MA says:
October 31, 2010
Civilians have borne the brunt of modern warfare, with 10 civilians dying for every soldier in wars fought since the mid-20th century, compared with 9 soldiers killed for every civilian in World War I, according to a 2001 study by the International Committee of the Red Cross.
But it does seem to suggest numbers that are roughly in line with those compiled by several sources, including Iraq Body Count, an organisation that tracked civilian deaths using press reports, a method the Bush administration repeatedly derided as unreliable and producing inflated numbers.
In all, the five-year archive lists more than 100,000 dead from 2004 to 2009, though some deaths are reported more than once, and some reports have inconsistent casualty figures. Iraq Body Count, which did a preliminary analysis of the archive, estimated that it listed 15,000 deaths that had not been previously disclosed anywhere.
You just can’t imagine people in this supposedly civilised age actually going to war. Their whole culture is to blame. A culture that says war is all right, that it’s legitimate to tear bodies apart and destroy the lives of men, women and children. You just can’t imagine civilised people talking calmly about it.
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When Army Spc. Jason Lopez first arrived in Afghanistan in 2004, these small tents are where the soldiers slept for weeks. Photo courtesy of Jason Lopez
A history professor who specializes in military history at SJSU said that veterans are just normal people but at the same time, combat veterans are a sort of subculture.
“These young people have experienced things that most people will not,” said Jonathan Roth. “The crucible of war, as they call it, changes them. And I don’t think we should focus on them as somehow sick or ill, but I think they’ve earned our respect.”
Roth said that while some veterans need extra help working through post-traumatic stress disorder, others are working through the process of rebuilding and moving on by themselves.
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Ted Rudow III,MA says:
October 31, 2010
Civilians have borne the brunt of modern warfare, with 10 civilians dying for every soldier in wars fought since the mid-20th century, compared with 9 soldiers killed for every civilian in World War I, according to a 2001 study by the International Committee of the Red Cross.
But it does seem to suggest numbers that are roughly in line with those compiled by several sources, including Iraq Body Count, an organisation that tracked civilian deaths using press reports, a method the Bush administration repeatedly derided as unreliable and producing inflated numbers.
In all, the five-year archive lists more than 100,000 dead from 2004 to 2009, though some deaths are reported more than once, and some reports have inconsistent casualty figures. Iraq Body Count, which did a preliminary analysis of the archive, estimated that it listed 15,000 deaths that had not been previously disclosed anywhere.
You just can’t imagine people in this supposedly civilised age actually going to war. Their whole culture is to blame. A culture that says war is all right, that it’s legitimate to tear bodies apart and destroy the lives of men, women and children. You just can’t imagine civilised people talking calmly about it.
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In all, the five-year archive lists more than 100,000 dead from 2004 to 2009, though some deaths are reported more than once, and some reports have inconsistent casualty figures. Iraq Body Count, which did a preliminary analysis of the archive, estimated that it listed 15,000 deaths that had not been previously disclosed anywhere.
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In all, the five-year archive lists more than 100,000 dead from 2004 to 2009, though some deaths are reported more than once, and some reports have inconsistent casualty figures. Iraq Body Count, which did a preliminary analysis of the archive, estimated that it listed 15,000 deaths that had not been previously disclosed anywhere.
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Civilians have borne the brunt of modern warfare, with 10 civilians dying for every soldier in wars fought since the mid-20th century, compared with 9 soldiers killed for every civilian in World War I, according to a 2001 study by the International Committee of the Red Cross.
But it does seem to suggest numbers that are roughly in line with those compiled by several sources, including Iraq Body Count, an organisation that tracked civilian deaths using press reports, a method the Bush administration repeatedly derided as unreliable and producing inflated numbers.
In all, the five-year archive lists more than 100,000 dead from 2004 to 2009, though some deaths are reported more than once, and some reports have inconsistent casualty figures. Iraq Body Count, which did a preliminary analysis of the archive, estimated that it listed 15,000 deaths that had not been previously disclosed anywhere.
You just can't imagine people in this supposedly civilised age actually going to war. Their whole culture is to blame. A culture that says war is all right, that it's legitimate to tear bodies apart and destroy the lives of men, women and children. You just can't imagine civilised people talking calmly about it.
War is insanity. They're declaring war in the name of peace!
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Civilians have borne the brunt of modern warfare, with 10 civilians dying for every soldier in wars fought since the mid-20th century, compared with 9 soldiers killed for every civilian in World War I, according to a 2001 study by the International Committee of the Red Cross.
But it does seem to suggest numbers that are roughly in line with those compiled by several sources, including Iraq Body Count, an organisation that tracked civilian deaths using press reports, a method the Bush administration repeatedly derided as unreliable and producing inflated numbers.
In all, the five-year archive lists more than 100,000 dead from 2004 to 2009, though some deaths are reported more than once, and some reports have inconsistent casualty figures. Iraq Body Count, which did a preliminary analysis of the archive, estimated that it listed 15,000 deaths that had not been previously disclosed anywhere.
You just can't imagine people in this supposedly civilised age actually going to war. Their whole culture is to blame. A culture that says war is all right, that it's legitimate to tear bodies apart and destroy the lives of men, women and children. You just can't imagine civilised people talking calmly about it.
War is insanity. They're declaring war in the name of peace!
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Civilians have borne the brunt of modern warfare, with 10 civilians dying for every soldier in wars fought since the mid-20th century, compared with nine soldiers killed for every civilian in World War I, according to a 2001 study by the International Committee of the Red Cross. But it does seem to suggest numbers that are roughly in line with those compiled by several sources, including Iraq Body Count, an organization that tracked civilian deaths using press reports, a method the Bush administration repeatedly derided as unreliable and producing inflated numbers.
In all, the five-year archive lists more than 100,000 dead from 2004 to 2009, though some deaths are reported more than once, and some reports have inconsistent casualty figures. Iraq Body Count, which did a preliminary analysis of the archive, estimated that it listed 15,000 deaths that had not been previously disclosed anywhere.
You just can’t imagine people in this supposedly civilized age of intelligent sane people actually going to war. Their whole culture is to blame – a culture that says war is all right, that it’s legitimate to tear bodies apart and destroy the lives of men, women and children! You just can’t imagine civilized people talking calmly about it. War is insanity!
They’re declaring war in the name of peace.
Ted Rudow III, MA
Menlo Park, California, United States
International Herald Tribune and The Daily Star are available every morning in: Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Qatar, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman
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Civilians have borne the brunt of modern warfare, with 10 civilians dying for every soldier in wars fought since the mid-20th century, compared with nine soldiers killed for every civilian in World War I, according to a 2001 study by the International Committee of the Red Cross. But it does seem to suggest numbers that are roughly in line with those compiled by several sources, including Iraq Body Count, an organization that tracked civilian deaths using press reports, a method the Bush administration repeatedly derided as unreliable and producing inflated numbers.
In all, the five-year archive lists more than 100,000 dead from 2004 to 2009, though some deaths are reported more than once, and some reports have inconsistent casualty figures. Iraq Body Count, which did a preliminary analysis of the archive, estimated that it listed 15,000 deaths that had not been previously disclosed anywhere.
You just can’t imagine people in this supposedly civilized age of intelligent sane people actually going to war. Their whole culture is to blame – a culture that says war is all right, that it’s legitimate to tear bodies apart and destroy the lives of men, women and children! You just can’t imagine civilized people talking calmly about it. War is insanity!
They’re declaring war in the name of peace.
Ted Rudow III, MA
Menlo Park, California, United States
International Herald Tribune and The Daily Star are available every morning in: Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Qatar, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Oman
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Many traditions in America have become warped and twisted into Hallmark holidays and Halloween is no exception.
By the time mid-August comes around, Target is getting ready to dedicate a portion of its store to excess amounts of candy, fake spider webs, party decorations and costumes for kids, adults and pets.
One of the most iconic Halloween traditions is the Jack-O-Lantern, and to understand where pumpkin carving got its start, it is important to know where Halloween began.
Samhain (pronounced “sowwen”) means “summer’s end,” and is the ancient Celtic holiday that Halloween is based on.
Many years ago, pagans believed that Oct. 31 to Nov. 1 was the day to honor loved ones who had died, and it was during this time that spirits could come back and visit.
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Ted Rudow III,MA says:
October 28
The true name of Halloween is “Samhain.” This was the Celtic Lord of the Dead! For 3 days from Oct 29-31, the Celtic people, along with their priestly class called Druids, would hold an ancient rite which would mark the beginning and the end of the year.
Usually a week before the rites of Samhain began, the Druid had ordered the people of the Celtic tribe to disperse throughout the countryside and gather thousands of wicker reed.This is a very strong and durable stick. Wicker furniture has been made from it and most of us are familiar with it.
They would then construct a giant human effigy that would stand from 30 to 50 feet, as the Wicker Man. Many cages had been built within it. Each prisoner would be tied to one of the cages. Then the Druids began their idea of fun and games.
Yet, I have seen many Christian churches throughout this nation hold Halloween Parties within the church building. Every single one of these things is directly from the celebration of Samhain. You are simply trying to turn something evil into something good! Isaiah 5:20. We pray this helps you to NOT be a partaker of this “holiday.
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Many traditions in America have become warped and twisted into Hallmark holidays and Halloween is no exception.
By the time mid-August comes around, Target is getting ready to dedicate a portion of its store to excess amounts of candy, fake spider webs, party decorations and costumes for kids, adults and pets.
One of the most iconic Halloween traditions is the Jack-O-Lantern, and to understand where pumpkin carving got its start, it is important to know where Halloween began.
Samhain (pronounced “sowwen”) means “summer’s end,” and is the ancient Celtic holiday that Halloween is based on.
Many years ago, pagans believed that Oct. 31 to Nov. 1 was the day to honor loved ones who had died, and it was during this time that spirits could come back and visit.
One Response to “The history of the Jack-o-lantern”
Ted Rudow III,MA says:
October 28
The true name of Halloween is “Samhain.” This was the Celtic Lord of the Dead! For 3 days from Oct 29-31, the Celtic people, along with their priestly class called Druids, would hold an ancient rite which would mark the beginning and the end of the year.
Usually a week before the rites of Samhain began, the Druid had ordered the people of the Celtic tribe to disperse throughout the countryside and gather thousands of wicker reed.This is a very strong and durable stick. Wicker furniture has been made from it and most of us are familiar with it.
They would then construct a giant human effigy that would stand from 30 to 50 feet, as the Wicker Man. Many cages had been built within it. Each prisoner would be tied to one of the cages. Then the Druids began their idea of fun and games.
Yet, I have seen many Christian churches throughout this nation hold Halloween Parties within the church building. Every single one of these things is directly from the celebration of Samhain. You are simply trying to turn something evil into something good! Isaiah 5:20. We pray this helps you to NOT be a partaker of this “holiday.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Class of 1996
Tuesday, October 26, 2010
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October 20, 2010
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“Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps” is, in theory, a drama centered around the fall of some of the U.S.’s banks in 2008.
The reality is that it’s a love story hidden behind expensive suits, lavish philanthropic events and the fabulous life that is New York.
Directed by Oliver Stone, this movie gives only slight insight to what it may have been like during those hectic days, behind the closed doors of some of the largest financial institutions of the United States.
The movie is a sequel to Stone’s 1987 film “Wall Street,” in which Douglas played Gordon Gekko.
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October 26, 2010
As the Obama administration rejects a foreclosure moratorium and austerity protests grip Europe, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz backs calls for a foreclosure moratorium and says opponents of a new government stimulus “don’t understand basic economics.”
One of the first bankers to loan money to the government was a German who became known as Rothschild who started lending to the prince in power in the late 1700s and who soon found himself a part of the national finance business. Rothschild then sent his five sons to the major cities of Italy, Austria, France and England to set up similar banks, which soon became powerful in the same manner; all the while cooperating with each other and not divulging their business secrets to outsiders.
Those same mortgage companies, the banks, engaged in predatory lending practices. They weren’t asking what was the best mortgage for these homeowners; they were asking what was the mortgage that generated most fees for me. The way the mortgage system worked, they could take bad mortgages, sell them off to investment banks that would repackage them and sell them on to other people.
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October 20, 2010
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“Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps” is, in theory, a drama centered around the fall of some of the U.S.’s banks in 2008.
The reality is that it’s a love story hidden behind expensive suits, lavish philanthropic events and the fabulous life that is New York.
Directed by Oliver Stone, this movie gives only slight insight to what it may have been like during those hectic days, behind the closed doors of some of the largest financial institutions of the United States.
The movie is a sequel to Stone’s 1987 film “Wall Street,” in which Douglas played Gordon Gekko.
One Response to “Oliver Stone’s ‘Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps’ crashes like the stock market”
Ted Rudow III,MA says:
October 26, 2010
As the Obama administration rejects a foreclosure moratorium and austerity protests grip Europe, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz backs calls for a foreclosure moratorium and says opponents of a new government stimulus “don’t understand basic economics.”
One of the first bankers to loan money to the government was a German who became known as Rothschild who started lending to the prince in power in the late 1700s and who soon found himself a part of the national finance business. Rothschild then sent his five sons to the major cities of Italy, Austria, France and England to set up similar banks, which soon became powerful in the same manner; all the while cooperating with each other and not divulging their business secrets to outsiders.
Those same mortgage companies, the banks, engaged in predatory lending practices. They weren’t asking what was the best mortgage for these homeowners; they were asking what was the mortgage that generated most fees for me. The way the mortgage system worked, they could take bad mortgages, sell them off to investment banks that would repackage them and sell them on to other people.
Sunday, October 24, 2010
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Subsequently, as economic history will reveal clearly, the money-makers started lending monstrous amounts of money to nations worldwide, to help them pay for their enormous oil bills. This secret deal with the Saudis and subsequently with OPEC on the sale of oil has been the foundation of the dollar economy from that time on. This monstrous plan created petrodollars worldwide. It can always be exchanged for the real thing, oil; and because everyone needs oil, everyone was forced to use petrodollars, now petrodollars were forced on them. This would suck them deeper into debt and the sinking sands of their monetary system through this secret oil-for-dollar currency deal.
This secret weapon involves the dollar, to subdue and control the world economy, and has been effectively in use ever since 1973. So in conclusion, why didn't the dollar crash?
Because the petrodollar was created in secret in 1973 and executed and enforced in 1974, blamed on the Arabs, but actually the money-makers staged the whole thing!
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Subsequently, as economic history will reveal clearly, the money-makers started lending monstrous amounts of money to nations worldwide, to help them pay for their enormous oil bills. This secret deal with the Saudis and subsequently with OPEC on the sale of oil has been the foundation of the dollar economy from that time on. This monstrous plan created petrodollars worldwide. It can always be exchanged for the real thing, oil; and because everyone needs oil, everyone was forced to use petrodollars, now petrodollars were forced on them. This would suck them deeper into debt and the sinking sands of their monetary system through this secret oil-for-dollar currency deal.
This secret weapon involves the dollar, to subdue and control the world economy, and has been effectively in use ever since 1973. So in conclusion, why didn't the dollar crash?
Because the petrodollar was created in secret in 1973 and executed and enforced in 1974, blamed on the Arabs, but actually the money-makers staged the whole thing!
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Fiscal austerity is the fad of 2010. That fad is fading, but the damage is done.
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Ted Rudow III, MA
Menlo Park, CA
October 22nd, 2010
As the Obama administration rejects a foreclosure moratorium and austerity protests grip Europe, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz backs calls for a foreclosure moratorium and says opponents of a new government stimulus "don’t understand basic economics."
One of the first bankers to loan money to the government was a German who became known as Rothschild who started lending to the prince in power in the late 1700s and who soon found himself a part of the national finance business. Rothschild then sent his five sons to the major cities of Italy, Austria, France and England to set up similar banks, which soon became powerful in the same manner; all the while cooperating with each other and not divulging their business secrets to outsiders.
Those same mortgage companies, the banks, engaged in predatory lending practices. They weren’t asking what was the best mortgage for these homeowners; they were asking what was the mortgage that generated most fees for me. The way the mortgage system worked, they could take bad mortgages, sell them off to investment banks that would repackage them and sell them on to other people.
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Fiscal austerity is the fad of 2010. That fad is fading, but the damage is done.
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Ted Rudow III, MA
Menlo Park, CA
October 22nd, 2010
As the Obama administration rejects a foreclosure moratorium and austerity protests grip Europe, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz backs calls for a foreclosure moratorium and says opponents of a new government stimulus "don’t understand basic economics."
One of the first bankers to loan money to the government was a German who became known as Rothschild who started lending to the prince in power in the late 1700s and who soon found himself a part of the national finance business. Rothschild then sent his five sons to the major cities of Italy, Austria, France and England to set up similar banks, which soon became powerful in the same manner; all the while cooperating with each other and not divulging their business secrets to outsiders.
Those same mortgage companies, the banks, engaged in predatory lending practices. They weren’t asking what was the best mortgage for these homeowners; they were asking what was the mortgage that generated most fees for me. The way the mortgage system worked, they could take bad mortgages, sell them off to investment banks that would repackage them and sell them on to other people.
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Friday, October 22, 2010
Predatory
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Predatoryby Ted Rudow III,MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Friday Oct 22nd, 2010
As the Obama administration rejects a foreclosure moratorium and austerity protests grip Europe, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz backs calls for a foreclosure moratorium and says opponents of a new government stimulus "don’t understand basic economics."
One of the first bankers to loan money to the government was a German who became known as Rothschild who started lending to the prince in power in the late 1700s and who soon found himself a part of the national finance business. Rothschild then sent his five sons to the major cities of Italy, Austria, France and England to set up similar banks, which soon became powerful in the same manner; all the while cooperating with each other and not divulging their business secrets to outsiders.
Those same mortgage companies, the banks, engaged in predatory lending practices. They weren’t asking what was the best mortgage for these homeowners; they were asking what was the mortgage that generated most fees for me. The way the mortgage system worked, they could take bad mortgages, sell them off to investment banks that would repackage them and sell them on to other people.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Predatoryby Ted Rudow III,MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Friday Oct 22nd, 2010
As the Obama administration rejects a foreclosure moratorium and austerity protests grip Europe, Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz backs calls for a foreclosure moratorium and says opponents of a new government stimulus "don’t understand basic economics."
One of the first bankers to loan money to the government was a German who became known as Rothschild who started lending to the prince in power in the late 1700s and who soon found himself a part of the national finance business. Rothschild then sent his five sons to the major cities of Italy, Austria, France and England to set up similar banks, which soon became powerful in the same manner; all the while cooperating with each other and not divulging their business secrets to outsiders.
Those same mortgage companies, the banks, engaged in predatory lending practices. They weren’t asking what was the best mortgage for these homeowners; they were asking what was the mortgage that generated most fees for me. The way the mortgage system worked, they could take bad mortgages, sell them off to investment banks that would repackage them and sell them on to other people.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Wednesday, October 20, 2010
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The moneymakers decided in 1973 to hike the price of oil by 400% and ensure that the sale of oil would be restricted to dollars only and that the monstrous amounts of petrodollars, generated thus by the Arabs, would be reinvested in specific banks in New York and London.
Subsequently, as economic history will reveal clearly, the moneymakers started lending monstrous amounts of money to nations worldwide, to help them pay for their enormous oil bills. This secret deal with the Saudis and subsequently with OPEC on the sale of oil has been the foundation of the dollar economy from that time on. This monstrous plan created petrodollars worldwide and exploded all over the place.
The global extension or global ballooning of the dollar, the petrodollar, backed by oil. It can always be exchanged for the real thing, oil; and because everyone needs oil, everyone was forced to use petrodollars, now petrodollars were forced on them. This would suck them deeper into debt and the sinking sands of their monetary system through this secret oil-for-dollar currency deal.
This secret weapon involves the dollar, to subdue and control the world economy, and has been effectively in use ever since 1973. So in conclusion, why didn’t the dollar crash? Because the petrodollar was created in secret in 1973 and executed and enforced in 1974, blamed on the Arabs, but actually the moneymakers staged the whole thing!
Ted Rudow III,MA
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The moneymakers decided in 1973 to hike the price of oil by 400% and ensure that the sale of oil would be restricted to dollars only and that the monstrous amounts of petrodollars, generated thus by the Arabs, would be reinvested in specific banks in New York and London.
Subsequently, as economic history will reveal clearly, the moneymakers started lending monstrous amounts of money to nations worldwide, to help them pay for their enormous oil bills. This secret deal with the Saudis and subsequently with OPEC on the sale of oil has been the foundation of the dollar economy from that time on. This monstrous plan created petrodollars worldwide and exploded all over the place.
The global extension or global ballooning of the dollar, the petrodollar, backed by oil. It can always be exchanged for the real thing, oil; and because everyone needs oil, everyone was forced to use petrodollars, now petrodollars were forced on them. This would suck them deeper into debt and the sinking sands of their monetary system through this secret oil-for-dollar currency deal.
This secret weapon involves the dollar, to subdue and control the world economy, and has been effectively in use ever since 1973. So in conclusion, why didn’t the dollar crash? Because the petrodollar was created in secret in 1973 and executed and enforced in 1974, blamed on the Arabs, but actually the moneymakers staged the whole thing!
Ted Rudow III,MA
Monday, October 18, 2010
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IF I had been working like mad in 2008 to get Obama elected because of some beauties in his rhetoric and had experienced what I have experienced now, I would not work for the midterm elections. Guantánamo is still there. Rendition is still there. There is the saying that no torture should take place; I haven't seen the mechanism to ensure that that's the case. The withdrawal from Iraq, with 50,000 remaining. Stepping up, escalating the war in Afghanistan. And as we know, whatever withdraws from Iraq essentially goes to Afghanistan instead.
I think it's very contrary to the kind of thing that he was exuding, including the nuclear point. What kind of thing is this, to get rid of old-fashioned weapons with the Russians and then arguing for $180 billion to modernize the nukes—$100 billion for the weapons carriers, $80 billion for new warheads? What kind of nuclear-free world is this? He should have had the decency, when Norway made the mistake of giving him the Nobel Peace Prize, of saying, "I graciously, gratefully decline. I haven't earned it yet. Let's come back when possibly I have earned it." He didn't say that, and dispensed with the prize money in a disgraceful way.
Ted Rudow III, MA
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IF I had been working like mad in 2008 to get Obama elected because of some beauties in his rhetoric and had experienced what I have experienced now, I would not work for the midterm elections. Guantánamo is still there. Rendition is still there. There is the saying that no torture should take place; I haven't seen the mechanism to ensure that that's the case. The withdrawal from Iraq, with 50,000 remaining. Stepping up, escalating the war in Afghanistan. And as we know, whatever withdraws from Iraq essentially goes to Afghanistan instead.
I think it's very contrary to the kind of thing that he was exuding, including the nuclear point. What kind of thing is this, to get rid of old-fashioned weapons with the Russians and then arguing for $180 billion to modernize the nukes—$100 billion for the weapons carriers, $80 billion for new warheads? What kind of nuclear-free world is this? He should have had the decency, when Norway made the mistake of giving him the Nobel Peace Prize, of saying, "I graciously, gratefully decline. I haven't earned it yet. Let's come back when possibly I have earned it." He didn't say that, and dispensed with the prize money in a disgraceful way.
Ted Rudow III, MA
Menlo Park
Saturday, October 16, 2010
“Euro gets above $1.40 amid currency war fears”
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October 8, 2010
Today marks the ninth anniversary of the war in Afghanistan. On October 7, 2001, US bombers began air strikes and submarines launched cruise missiles from the Arabian Sea to start what’s become the longest ongoing war in American history.
The Pentagon called it “Operation Enduring Freedom.” The Western powers have to take on an even more determined foe: hunger.
The price of food has skyrocketed, and many poor Afghans can hardly afford to eat.
Many are out of work and have no money, and those who do have a little money are already spending up to 70 percent of it on food, so there is a lot of malnutrition and hunger.
Six million people, nearly a fifth of the country’s population, receive some sort of food aid, and the ranks of the hungry are growing all the time, to the point that officials are worried that people might rise up and loot the markets.
And the ones who are saying that this is an unwinnable war are absolutely right.
It’s a stalemated war. They can’t win it unless they destroy half the population of the country. So that is what people see.
And then, why are they surprised that people are so hostile to the United States in that part of the world?
Ted Rudow III, MA
Menlo Park, California, United States
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October 8, 2010
Today marks the ninth anniversary of the war in Afghanistan. On October 7, 2001, US bombers began air strikes and submarines launched cruise missiles from the Arabian Sea to start what’s become the longest ongoing war in American history.
The Pentagon called it “Operation Enduring Freedom.” The Western powers have to take on an even more determined foe: hunger.
The price of food has skyrocketed, and many poor Afghans can hardly afford to eat.
Many are out of work and have no money, and those who do have a little money are already spending up to 70 percent of it on food, so there is a lot of malnutrition and hunger.
Six million people, nearly a fifth of the country’s population, receive some sort of food aid, and the ranks of the hungry are growing all the time, to the point that officials are worried that people might rise up and loot the markets.
And the ones who are saying that this is an unwinnable war are absolutely right.
It’s a stalemated war. They can’t win it unless they destroy half the population of the country. So that is what people see.
And then, why are they surprised that people are so hostile to the United States in that part of the world?
Ted Rudow III, MA
Menlo Park, California, United States
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Friday, October 15, 2010
Ballooning
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Ballooning of the dollar
by Ted Rudow III,MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Friday Oct 15th, 2010
The moneymakers decided in 1973 to hike the price of oil by 400% and ensure that the sale of oil would be restricted to dollars only and that the monstrous amounts of petrodollars, generated thus by the Arabs, would be reinvested in specific banks in New York and London.
Subsequently, as economic history will reveal clearly, the moneymakers started lending monstrous amounts of money to nations worldwide, to help them pay for their enormous oil bills. This secret deal with the Saudis and subsequently with OPEC on the sale of oil has been the foundation of the dollar economy from that time on. This monstrous plan created petrodollars worldwide and exploded all over the place.
The global extension or global ballooning of the dollar, the petrodollar, backed by oil. It can always be exchanged for the real thing, oil; and because everyone needs oil, everyone was forced to use petrodollars, now petrodollars were forced on them. This would suck them deeper into debt and the sinking sands of their monetary system through this secret oil-for-dollar currency deal.
This secret weapon involves the dollar, to subdue and control the world economy, and has been effectively in use ever since 1973. So in conclusion, why didn’t the dollar crash? Because the petrodollar was created in secret in 1973 and executed and enforced in 1974, blamed on the Arabs, but actually the moneymakers staged the whole thing!
Ted Rudow III,MA
Ballooning of the dollar
by Ted Rudow III,MA ( Tedr77 [at] aol.com )
Friday Oct 15th, 2010
The moneymakers decided in 1973 to hike the price of oil by 400% and ensure that the sale of oil would be restricted to dollars only and that the monstrous amounts of petrodollars, generated thus by the Arabs, would be reinvested in specific banks in New York and London.
Subsequently, as economic history will reveal clearly, the moneymakers started lending monstrous amounts of money to nations worldwide, to help them pay for their enormous oil bills. This secret deal with the Saudis and subsequently with OPEC on the sale of oil has been the foundation of the dollar economy from that time on. This monstrous plan created petrodollars worldwide and exploded all over the place.
The global extension or global ballooning of the dollar, the petrodollar, backed by oil. It can always be exchanged for the real thing, oil; and because everyone needs oil, everyone was forced to use petrodollars, now petrodollars were forced on them. This would suck them deeper into debt and the sinking sands of their monetary system through this secret oil-for-dollar currency deal.
This secret weapon involves the dollar, to subdue and control the world economy, and has been effectively in use ever since 1973. So in conclusion, why didn’t the dollar crash? Because the petrodollar was created in secret in 1973 and executed and enforced in 1974, blamed on the Arabs, but actually the moneymakers staged the whole thing!
Ted Rudow III,MA
Thursday, October 14, 2010
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Bank of America has joined JPMorgan Chase in suspending foreclosures in 23 states following revelations that employees at several lenders had approved thousands of foreclosure affidavits and other documents without proper vetting. Attorneys general in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois and Ohio have all launched investigations into what appears to be widespread fraud by the nation’s major banks and lenders. It is unknown how many homeowners lost their homes due to foreclosure fraud. Banks are expected to seize a record 1.2 million homes this year, a 12-fold increase since 2005.
Nearly 9 million households now have upside-down mortgages, and for the first time ever, mortgage debt is bigger than the total value of homeowner equity [cash invested] — bigger by $836 billion. The root of the problem is the same as it has been for centuries: credit, which leads to debt that spirals into ever greater debt. Then those who are lenders gamble that they can make even more money by devising new and more lucrative ways for people to go more deeply into debt, while the people themselves gamble on what they consider a sure thing, just what they need to pay off their debts, or set themselves up for retirement, or finance their lifestyles, etc. Credit has become the drug of choice of the modern world, far more widespread than any other.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Menlo Park
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Bank of America has joined JPMorgan Chase in suspending foreclosures in 23 states following revelations that employees at several lenders had approved thousands of foreclosure affidavits and other documents without proper vetting. Attorneys general in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois and Ohio have all launched investigations into what appears to be widespread fraud by the nation’s major banks and lenders. It is unknown how many homeowners lost their homes due to foreclosure fraud. Banks are expected to seize a record 1.2 million homes this year, a 12-fold increase since 2005.
Nearly 9 million households now have upside-down mortgages, and for the first time ever, mortgage debt is bigger than the total value of homeowner equity [cash invested] — bigger by $836 billion. The root of the problem is the same as it has been for centuries: credit, which leads to debt that spirals into ever greater debt. Then those who are lenders gamble that they can make even more money by devising new and more lucrative ways for people to go more deeply into debt, while the people themselves gamble on what they consider a sure thing, just what they need to pay off their debts, or set themselves up for retirement, or finance their lifestyles, etc. Credit has become the drug of choice of the modern world, far more widespread than any other.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Menlo Park
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
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Bank of America has joined JP Morgan Chase in suspending foreclosures in twenty-three states following revelations that employees at several lenders had approved thousands of foreclosure affidavits and other documents without proper vetting. Attorneys general in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois and Ohio have all launched investigations into what appears to be widespread fraud by the nation's major banks and lenders. It is unknown how many homeowners lost their homes due to foreclosure fraud. Banks are expected to seize a record 1.2 million home this year, a twelve-fold increase since 2005.
Nearly 9 million households now have upside-down mortgages, and for the first time ever, mortgage debt is bigger than the total value of homeowner equity [cash invested] --- bigger by $836 billion. The root of the problem is the same as it has been for centuries: credit, which leads to debt that spirals into ever-greater debt. Then those who are lenders gamble that they can make even more money by devising new and more lucrative ways for people to go more deeply into debt, while the people themselves gamble on what they consider a sure thing, just what they need to pay off their debts, or set themselves up for retirement, or finance their lifestyles, etc.
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Ted Rudow III,MA Menlo Park, CA
Bank of America has joined JP Morgan Chase in suspending foreclosures in twenty-three states following revelations that employees at several lenders had approved thousands of foreclosure affidavits and other documents without proper vetting. Attorneys general in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois and Ohio have all launched investigations into what appears to be widespread fraud by the nation's major banks and lenders. It is unknown how many homeowners lost their homes due to foreclosure fraud. Banks are expected to seize a record 1.2 million home this year, a twelve-fold increase since 2005.
Nearly 9 million households now have upside-down mortgages, and for the first time ever, mortgage debt is bigger than the total value of homeowner equity [cash invested] --- bigger by $836 billion. The root of the problem is the same as it has been for centuries: credit, which leads to debt that spirals into ever-greater debt. Then those who are lenders gamble that they can make even more money by devising new and more lucrative ways for people to go more deeply into debt, while the people themselves gamble on what they consider a sure thing, just what they need to pay off their debts, or set themselves up for retirement, or finance their lifestyles, etc.
Credit has become the drug of choice of the modern world, far more widespread than any other.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
San Jose conservative candidates speak at SJSU Student Union
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U.S. Congress candidate Dan Sahagun talks with Richard Lewis, a Santa Cruz political organizer, following an informational event about conservative Silicon Valley candidates Wendesday in the Student Center. Photo by Jack Barnwell
Scott Kirkland’s two kids were part of the reason, among others, why the Republican candidate decided to run for congress, he said.
Kirkland, along with five other local candidates — Frank Jewett, Larry Pegram, Minh Duong and Dan Sahagun, spoke in the Umunhum room of the Student Union on Wednesday afternoon.
Both Kirkland and Jewett are SJSU alumni.
The event was hosted by Campus Liberty Movement and College Republicans.
The movement is a grass-roots organization that introduces ideas to people and educates them on how to vote, working to empower high school and college conservatives, said Elly Varbanets, chairwoman for Campus Liberty Movement.
“We partner with existing campuses to solidify conservative, free-market thinking,” she said.
Each candidate was given several minutes to speak and accept questions from the audience.
Freshman biology major Henna Sayah was on the fence about all of the candidates.
“They were different from what I thought,” she said. “I kind of agree with some of them and definitely disagree with others.”
Senior psychology major Evelyn Shieh said she was frustrated with Dan Sahagun’s disapproval of gay marriage.
Sahagun said he voted yes on Proposition 8 and believes men and women are only allowed to marry because they are able to procreate.
“I saw a fundamental contradiction when he said he supports rights for gays but completely ostracizes them when it comes to marriage,” Shieh said.
Although Sahagun is a naturalized U.S citizen originally from Mexico, he said illegal immigrants should not be made citizens but rather legal citizens who pay taxes.
Sayah and Shieh both said the candidate they could most identify with was Kirkland.
“His policies were interesting,” Shieh said. “He is on the younger side and he seems like he believes more in younger ideals. I can relate more to what he is saying.”
According to Kirkland’s campaign brochure, he opposes bailouts of private industries, supports laws requiring a balanced budget and supports a free-market reform of health care.
Kirkland does not support Proposition 19, but said he is in favor of legal immigration.
“I have friends who have gone through the process,” he said. ”It is unfair to taxpayers to let people come in illegally. We need to protect our borders and put a stop to illegal immigration and the burden that unaccounted people have on our economy.”
If elected, Kirkland said he will work to put forward a two-pronged approach to efficient energy production.
“We need to take advantage of what we already have, drilling and nuclear energy, and offer an incentive to businesses who partake,” he said.
There are two things Kirkland said he would like students to know.
“I am a younger businessman and a parent,” he said. “I have not been tainted by the political system and I am fighting for jobs. I am against current policies that will not help students find jobs after school.”
According to the Campus Liberty Movement website, the organization will be hosting events throughout the campaign and into the rest of the year and are looking for board volunteer
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Ted Rudow III,MA says:
October 10, 2010
It turns out that not quite 20 percent of Americans are tea party supporters. Those who are tend to be white, Republican, male, older than 45 and wealthier than the rest of us. Fifty-seven percent hold a favorable opinion of George W. Bush. And where most Republicans describe themselves as “dissatisfied” with Washington, tea partiers are apt to use a different term.
They say they’re angry. It is a telling word, especially in light of another survey, this one from the University of Washington’s Institute for the Study of Ethnicity, Race & Sexuality. That poll offers strong evidence that, contrary to the denials of tea party enthusiasts, President Barack Obama’s race plays a big role in their outrage.
After all, if the tea partiers were truly only concerned about so-called “tyranny,” they’d have started howling when Bush claimed he need not be bound by laws with which he disagreed.
Ted Rudow III,MA
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Scott Kirkland’s two kids were part of the reason, among others, why the Republican candidate decided to run for congress, he said.
Kirkland, along with five other local candidates — Frank Jewett, Larry Pegram, Minh Duong and Dan Sahagun, spoke in the Umunhum room of the Student Union on Wednesday afternoon.
Both Kirkland and Jewett are SJSU alumni.
The event was hosted by Campus Liberty Movement and College Republicans.
The movement is a grass-roots organization that introduces ideas to people and educates them on how to vote, working to empower high school and college conservatives, said Elly Varbanets, chairwoman for Campus Liberty Movement.
“We partner with existing campuses to solidify conservative, free-market thinking,” she said.
Each candidate was given several minutes to speak and accept questions from the audience.
Freshman biology major Henna Sayah was on the fence about all of the candidates.
“They were different from what I thought,” she said. “I kind of agree with some of them and definitely disagree with others.”
Senior psychology major Evelyn Shieh said she was frustrated with Dan Sahagun’s disapproval of gay marriage.
Sahagun said he voted yes on Proposition 8 and believes men and women are only allowed to marry because they are able to procreate.
“I saw a fundamental contradiction when he said he supports rights for gays but completely ostracizes them when it comes to marriage,” Shieh said.
Although Sahagun is a naturalized U.S citizen originally from Mexico, he said illegal immigrants should not be made citizens but rather legal citizens who pay taxes.
Sayah and Shieh both said the candidate they could most identify with was Kirkland.
“His policies were interesting,” Shieh said. “He is on the younger side and he seems like he believes more in younger ideals. I can relate more to what he is saying.”
According to Kirkland’s campaign brochure, he opposes bailouts of private industries, supports laws requiring a balanced budget and supports a free-market reform of health care.
Kirkland does not support Proposition 19, but said he is in favor of legal immigration.
“I have friends who have gone through the process,” he said. ”It is unfair to taxpayers to let people come in illegally. We need to protect our borders and put a stop to illegal immigration and the burden that unaccounted people have on our economy.”
If elected, Kirkland said he will work to put forward a two-pronged approach to efficient energy production.
“We need to take advantage of what we already have, drilling and nuclear energy, and offer an incentive to businesses who partake,” he said.
There are two things Kirkland said he would like students to know.
“I am a younger businessman and a parent,” he said. “I have not been tainted by the political system and I am fighting for jobs. I am against current policies that will not help students find jobs after school.”
According to the Campus Liberty Movement website, the organization will be hosting events throughout the campaign and into the rest of the year and are looking for board volunteer
One Response to “San Jose conservative candidates speak at SJSU Student Union”
Ted Rudow III,MA says:
October 10, 2010
It turns out that not quite 20 percent of Americans are tea party supporters. Those who are tend to be white, Republican, male, older than 45 and wealthier than the rest of us. Fifty-seven percent hold a favorable opinion of George W. Bush. And where most Republicans describe themselves as “dissatisfied” with Washington, tea partiers are apt to use a different term.
They say they’re angry. It is a telling word, especially in light of another survey, this one from the University of Washington’s Institute for the Study of Ethnicity, Race & Sexuality. That poll offers strong evidence that, contrary to the denials of tea party enthusiasts, President Barack Obama’s race plays a big role in their outrage.
After all, if the tea partiers were truly only concerned about so-called “tyranny,” they’d have started howling when Bush claimed he need not be bound by laws with which he disagreed.
Ted Rudow III,MA
class of 1996
Saturday, October 09, 2010
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Born to pioneer parents in what was then British Palestine, Sharon joined a Jewish paramilitary organization at age 14 and was shot in the abdomen fighting in the 1948 war. After the war, Moshe Dayan recruited Sharon to head a new commando unit to fight Arab attacks against Israel.
In one retaliatory raid against the Jordanian village of Qibya in 1953, Sharon’s forces blew up homes and killed 69 civilians. He insisted that he thought the houses were empty, but the incident earned Israel its first condemnation by the UN Security Council, and it would not be the last time that Sharon would be implicated in a massacre.
To the Palestinians, in the words of Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat, “Sharon spells disaster. He is from the school that says, between settlements and peace agreements, he’ll take settlements. He belongs to the past. Unfortunately, he is making the future for us.”
For now the Palestinians suffer, but they will reign with Him because so many of them are good Christians who love the Lord. It is sad to see the underdog trampled upon and crushed by such wicked and evil men. But we know that the Lord is in control.
Ted Rudow III, MA
Menlo Park, California, United States
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“Sleiman rejects settlement of refugees in any peace deal”
September 29, 2010
Born to pioneer parents in what was then British Palestine, Sharon joined a Jewish paramilitary organization at age 14 and was shot in the abdomen fighting in the 1948 war. After the war, Moshe Dayan recruited Sharon to head a new commando unit to fight Arab attacks against Israel.
In one retaliatory raid against the Jordanian village of Qibya in 1953, Sharon’s forces blew up homes and killed 69 civilians. He insisted that he thought the houses were empty, but the incident earned Israel its first condemnation by the UN Security Council, and it would not be the last time that Sharon would be implicated in a massacre.
To the Palestinians, in the words of Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat, “Sharon spells disaster. He is from the school that says, between settlements and peace agreements, he’ll take settlements. He belongs to the past. Unfortunately, he is making the future for us.”
For now the Palestinians suffer, but they will reign with Him because so many of them are good Christians who love the Lord. It is sad to see the underdog trampled upon and crushed by such wicked and evil men. But we know that the Lord is in control.
Ted Rudow III, MA
Menlo Park, California, United States
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Thursday, October 07, 2010
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Waging Peace: The End of War
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Tuesday, October 5, 7:00 PM
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You've seen the bumper sticker: Wage Peace. Now let's talk about what that really means.
Building on the powerful argument for "waging peace" laid out in his first book, Will War Ever End?, Paul Chappell's new book, The End of War, explains in detail how together we can end the wars between countries, our ongoing war with nature, and the suffering in our hearts.
We will also talk about Chappell's upcoming Peace Leadership Training Workshop, which he will give on Saturday, October 9 at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 505 E. Charelston Road, Palo Alto. Click here for details about the workshop.
Chappell is a 2002 West Point graduate who served in the US Army for seven years, was deployed to Baghdad, and left active duty in November 2009 as a Captain. He currently serves as Peace Leadership Director for the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation and speaks throughout the nation at schools, veterans groups, churches, and other organizations.
Simultaneous live TV broadcast on cable channel 27, Mid-Peninsula area.
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I phone in to the live TV Show and express thank for Paul work and also related to service as I play basketball and the result of it! I returned to college in the Fall of 1971 and began to practice for the up-coming season. I then really began to see the tremendous hatred and violence that sports express. I had become thoroughly disgusted with my hypocritical involvement with basketball.
Meaningful television ... for a change.
Tonight
Waging Peace: The End of War
A conversation with
Paul Chappell
Peace Leadership Program Director, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
Tuesday, October 5, 7:00 PM
Community Media Center
900 San Antonio Road, Palo Alto
Free and open to all. Wheelchair accessible.
You've seen the bumper sticker: Wage Peace. Now let's talk about what that really means.
Building on the powerful argument for "waging peace" laid out in his first book, Will War Ever End?, Paul Chappell's new book, The End of War, explains in detail how together we can end the wars between countries, our ongoing war with nature, and the suffering in our hearts.
We will also talk about Chappell's upcoming Peace Leadership Training Workshop, which he will give on Saturday, October 9 at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 505 E. Charelston Road, Palo Alto. Click here for details about the workshop.
Chappell is a 2002 West Point graduate who served in the US Army for seven years, was deployed to Baghdad, and left active duty in November 2009 as a Captain. He currently serves as Peace Leadership Director for the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation and speaks throughout the nation at schools, veterans groups, churches, and other organizations.
Simultaneous live TV broadcast on cable channel 27, Mid-Peninsula area.
Simultaneous live Internet webcast at the Community Media Center's website: http://www.midpenmedia.org/watch/stream/ (select channel 27)
Cable TV Channel 27 Rebroadcast Schedule: Tuesdays 7:00 PM / Wednesdays 2:00 AM & 10:00 AM
I phone in to the live TV Show and express thank for Paul work and also related to service as I play basketball and the result of it! I returned to college in the Fall of 1971 and began to practice for the up-coming season. I then really began to see the tremendous hatred and violence that sports express. I had become thoroughly disgusted with my hypocritical involvement with basketball.
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Dear Editor: Bank of America has joined JPMorgan Chase in suspending foreclosures in 23 states following revelations that employees at several lenders had approved thousands of foreclosure affidavits and other documents without proper vetting. Attorneys general in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois and Ohio have all launched investigations into what appears to be widespread fraud by the nation's major banks and lenders. It is unknown how many homeowners lost their homes due to foreclosure fraud. Banks are expected to seize a record 1.2 million homes this year, a twelvefold increase since 2005.
Nearly 9 million households now have upside-down mortgages, and for the first time ever, mortgage debt is bigger than the total value of homeowner equity (cash invested) -- bigger by $836 billion. The root of the problem is the same as it has been for centuries: credit, which leads to debt that spirals into ever greater debt.
Then those who are lenders gamble that they can make even more money by devising new and more lucrative ways for people to go more deeply into debt, while the people themselves gamble on what they consider a sure thing, just what they need to pay off their debts or set themselves up for retirement, or finance their lifestyles, etc. Credit has become the drug of choice of the modern world, far more widespread than any other.
Ted Rudow III, MA
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Dear Editor: Bank of America has joined JPMorgan Chase in suspending foreclosures in 23 states following revelations that employees at several lenders had approved thousands of foreclosure affidavits and other documents without proper vetting. Attorneys general in California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois and Ohio have all launched investigations into what appears to be widespread fraud by the nation's major banks and lenders. It is unknown how many homeowners lost their homes due to foreclosure fraud. Banks are expected to seize a record 1.2 million homes this year, a twelvefold increase since 2005.
Nearly 9 million households now have upside-down mortgages, and for the first time ever, mortgage debt is bigger than the total value of homeowner equity (cash invested) -- bigger by $836 billion. The root of the problem is the same as it has been for centuries: credit, which leads to debt that spirals into ever greater debt.
Then those who are lenders gamble that they can make even more money by devising new and more lucrative ways for people to go more deeply into debt, while the people themselves gamble on what they consider a sure thing, just what they need to pay off their debts or set themselves up for retirement, or finance their lifestyles, etc. Credit has become the drug of choice of the modern world, far more widespread than any other.
Ted Rudow III, MA
Tuesday, October 05, 2010
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Nearly 9 million households now have upside-down mortgages. For the first time ever, mortgage debt is bigger than the total value of homeowner equity — bigger by $836 billion. The root of the problem is the same as it has been for centuries. Credit leads to debt that spirals into ever-greater debt.
Lenders then gamble that they can make even more money by devising new and more lucrative ways for people to go deeper into debt. The people themselves gamble on what they consider a sure thing, borrowing what they need to pay off their debts, set themselves up for retirement or finance their lifestyles.
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October 5, 2010
Credit is damaging
Nearly 9 million households now have upside-down mortgages. For the first time ever, mortgage debt is bigger than the total value of homeowner equity — bigger by $836 billion. The root of the problem is the same as it has been for centuries. Credit leads to debt that spirals into ever-greater debt.
Lenders then gamble that they can make even more money by devising new and more lucrative ways for people to go deeper into debt. The people themselves gamble on what they consider a sure thing, borrowing what they need to pay off their debts, set themselves up for retirement or finance their lifestyles.
Credit has become the drug of choice of the modern world, far more widespread than any other.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Menlo Park
Monday, October 04, 2010
Chivalry is dead?
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Chivalry is dead
By Melissa Sabile
Spartan Daily
October 3, 2010
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I was walking out of class the other day when the guy in front of me with a skateboard got to the door before I did.
Seeing that he was going to hold the door open until I got there, I hurried my steps to keep him from waiting too long.
As I walked through the door, I smiled and said thank you.
“Oh, you didn’t have to rush,” he replied. “I would have waited, and you’re welcome.”
He then hopped on his skateboard and went on his way, not giving it a second thought.
After processing what he had said, the wheels in my head started turning.
This guy was simply going about his day, but was courteous enough to hold the door open for me with no expectation of anything in return.
Chivalrous acts, like holding a door open for a girl, seem to be a dying art.
Dictionary.com defines chivalry as the sum of the ideal qualifications of a knight, including courtesy, generosity, valor and dexterity in arms.
Though the men of today certainly don’t have to endure the things knights went though to prove their worth, it wouldn’t kill them to show some of these characteristics on a regular basis.
Sure, maybe “dexterity in arms” doesn’t quite apply in today’s world, but courtesy, generosity and valor most definitely do.
A man shouldn’t defend a woman’s honor because he has to, but because it’s the right thing to do.
More often than not, we rush around life and are completely self-absorbed, never really taking the time to consider what other people need.
I hardly ever see guys my own age making an effort to help a girl out without trying to get something else out of it.
The question that comes to mind is, why are the young men of today acting like this?
It doesn’t seem to be the issue with the generations before us, and the younger kids of today aren’t at that mentality yet, so why is our generation full so full of ill-mannered guys?
Did their parents never teach them about chivalry when they were younger?
Or perhaps they did, and our generation is choosing not to apply these principles because we think they are outdated.
Does it have anything to do with the way pop culture has changed the way we see things today, to where the words “please,” “thank you,” “sir” and “ma’am” are no longer common in everyday conversation?
Maybe it’s something entirely different, but regardless of the reason, it’s a sad thought.
In a perfect world, women would be smart enough not to put themselves in compromising situations to where men would have to defend their honor — yet men would take on the challenge no matter what the circumstances.
But alas, we live in a world where chivalry is dying and no one seems to realize or care.
So think about it sometime — not just men, but women too — because courtesy, generosity and valor are qualities that we all should embrace.
Take some time, slow down and realize what is going on around you, because you never know when one tiny chivalrous act will make someone else’s day.
One Response to “Chivalry is dead”
Ted Rudow III,MA says:
October 4, 2010
Almost everybody needs encouragement. Most people are not really conceited, but feel a certain amount of inferiority complex and tend to get a little discouraged with themselves. Therefore, encouragement is a very important thing.There is much experience and input that the older generation of this day and age has, which the current generations are passing up. Lessons of love, of enduring through hardship, of chivalry and civility are being replaced by barbarism, anarchy, selfishness, and lust instead of love. It’s sad, but the world has to become much worse so that man can realize he can’t make it on his own.
“The whole of heraldry and chivalry,” wrote Emerson, “is in courtesy.” There is no characteristic of human nature that is as exchangeable as courtesy. You give it–it is returned to you–and the other person feels good. In contrast, to treat a person with disregard and discourtesy is to kindle their belligerence and hostility.
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Chivalry is dead
By Melissa Sabile
Spartan Daily
October 3, 2010
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Melissa Sabile's The Real Deal
I was walking out of class the other day when the guy in front of me with a skateboard got to the door before I did.
Seeing that he was going to hold the door open until I got there, I hurried my steps to keep him from waiting too long.
As I walked through the door, I smiled and said thank you.
“Oh, you didn’t have to rush,” he replied. “I would have waited, and you’re welcome.”
He then hopped on his skateboard and went on his way, not giving it a second thought.
After processing what he had said, the wheels in my head started turning.
This guy was simply going about his day, but was courteous enough to hold the door open for me with no expectation of anything in return.
Chivalrous acts, like holding a door open for a girl, seem to be a dying art.
Dictionary.com defines chivalry as the sum of the ideal qualifications of a knight, including courtesy, generosity, valor and dexterity in arms.
Though the men of today certainly don’t have to endure the things knights went though to prove their worth, it wouldn’t kill them to show some of these characteristics on a regular basis.
Sure, maybe “dexterity in arms” doesn’t quite apply in today’s world, but courtesy, generosity and valor most definitely do.
A man shouldn’t defend a woman’s honor because he has to, but because it’s the right thing to do.
More often than not, we rush around life and are completely self-absorbed, never really taking the time to consider what other people need.
I hardly ever see guys my own age making an effort to help a girl out without trying to get something else out of it.
The question that comes to mind is, why are the young men of today acting like this?
It doesn’t seem to be the issue with the generations before us, and the younger kids of today aren’t at that mentality yet, so why is our generation full so full of ill-mannered guys?
Did their parents never teach them about chivalry when they were younger?
Or perhaps they did, and our generation is choosing not to apply these principles because we think they are outdated.
Does it have anything to do with the way pop culture has changed the way we see things today, to where the words “please,” “thank you,” “sir” and “ma’am” are no longer common in everyday conversation?
Maybe it’s something entirely different, but regardless of the reason, it’s a sad thought.
In a perfect world, women would be smart enough not to put themselves in compromising situations to where men would have to defend their honor — yet men would take on the challenge no matter what the circumstances.
But alas, we live in a world where chivalry is dying and no one seems to realize or care.
So think about it sometime — not just men, but women too — because courtesy, generosity and valor are qualities that we all should embrace.
Take some time, slow down and realize what is going on around you, because you never know when one tiny chivalrous act will make someone else’s day.
One Response to “Chivalry is dead”
Ted Rudow III,MA says:
October 4, 2010
Almost everybody needs encouragement. Most people are not really conceited, but feel a certain amount of inferiority complex and tend to get a little discouraged with themselves. Therefore, encouragement is a very important thing.There is much experience and input that the older generation of this day and age has, which the current generations are passing up. Lessons of love, of enduring through hardship, of chivalry and civility are being replaced by barbarism, anarchy, selfishness, and lust instead of love. It’s sad, but the world has to become much worse so that man can realize he can’t make it on his own.
“The whole of heraldry and chivalry,” wrote Emerson, “is in courtesy.” There is no characteristic of human nature that is as exchangeable as courtesy. You give it–it is returned to you–and the other person feels good. In contrast, to treat a person with disregard and discourtesy is to kindle their belligerence and hostility.
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Atherton, the town that I moved to 1962 is one of the wealthiest towns in the United States. It has more police per person than any city or town in the United States. When the "Silver King of the Comstock Lode," James C. Flood (who was an Bohemian), used part of his reported eighteen million dollar fortune to purchase 600 acres off Middlefield Road, built Linden Towers, a 44-room, three story home.
He adorned his 1878 estate house with towers, gables and cupolas and furnished with exotic. The area now known as Lindenwood was developed between 1937-1955, after the death of Flood's son. Some of my neighbors were the Chairman of the board of such companies as Kelly-Moore Paints, Memorex, Transamerican and Ampex.
About block and half from Lindenwood is Oak Grove Ave which is the street where Meg Whitman lives. Neither side is really concerned about the poor and needy as they can afford to be crooked to cheat and to rob and to figure out ways to chisel the government as found herself embroiled deeper in controversy Thursday over whether she and her husband received a government letter.
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Atherton, the town that I moved to 1962 is one of the wealthiest towns in the United States. It has more police per person than any city or town in the United States. When the "Silver King of the Comstock Lode," James C. Flood (who was an Bohemian), used part of his reported eighteen million dollar fortune to purchase 600 acres off Middlefield Road, built Linden Towers, a 44-room, three story home.
He adorned his 1878 estate house with towers, gables and cupolas and furnished with exotic. The area now known as Lindenwood was developed between 1937-1955, after the death of Flood's son. Some of my neighbors were the Chairman of the board of such companies as Kelly-Moore Paints, Memorex, Transamerican and Ampex.
About block and half from Lindenwood is Oak Grove Ave which is the street where Meg Whitman lives. Neither side is really concerned about the poor and needy as they can afford to be crooked to cheat and to rob and to figure out ways to chisel the government as found herself embroiled deeper in controversy Thursday over whether she and her husband received a government letter.
Ted Rudow III,MA
No Nobel
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No Nobel
If had been working like mad in If I had been working like mad in
2008 to get Obama elected, because of m 2008 to get Obama elected, because of some beauties in his rhetoric, and had some beauties in his rhetoric, and had n experienced what I have experienced experienced what have experienced now, I would not work for the now, would not work for the midterm elections. Practically speaking, midterm elections. Practically speaking, c l k everything. Guant?namo is still there. everything. Guant?namo is still there. n Rendition is still there. There is the Rendition is still there. There is the saying that no torture should take saying that no torture should take place; I haven't seen the mechanism place; haven't seen the mechanism to ensure that that's the case. The to ensure that that's the case. The withdrawal from Iraq, with 50,000 withdrawal from Iraq, with 50,000 remaining. Stepping up, escalating remaining. Stepping up, escalating the war in Afghanistan. And as we the war in Afghanistan. And s we r know, whatever withdraws from Iraq know, whatever withdraws from Iraq essentially goes to Afghanistan instead. essentially goes to Afghanistan instead. n I think it's very contrary to the think it's very contrary to the kind of thing that he was exuding, kind of thing that he was exuding, as including the nuclear point. What including the nuclear point. What kind of thing is this, to get rid of oldkind of thing is this, to get rid of oldfashioned weapons with the Russians fashioned weapons with the Russians as p n and then arguing for $180 billion to and then arguing for $180 billion to n modernize the nukes--$100 billion for modernize the nukes--$100 billion for the weapons carriers, $80 billion for the weapons carriers, $80 billion for
new warheads? What kind of nuclear new warheads? What kind of nuclear free world is this? He should have free world is this? He should have had the decency, when Norway made had the decency, when Norway made the mistake of giving him the Nobel k the mistake of giving him the Nobel Peace Prize, of saying, "I graciously, Peace Prize, of saying, "I graciously, gratefully decline. haven't earned it gratefully decline. I haven't earned it yet. Let's come back when possibly yet. Let's come back when possibly I have earned it. He didn't say that, and have earned it." He didn't say that, and dispensed with the prize money in dispensed with the prize money in a disgraceful way. disgraceful way. TED RUDOW III,MA MENLO PARK
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No Nobel
If had been working like mad in If I had been working like mad in
2008 to get Obama elected, because of m 2008 to get Obama elected, because of some beauties in his rhetoric, and had some beauties in his rhetoric, and had n experienced what I have experienced experienced what have experienced now, I would not work for the now, would not work for the midterm elections. Practically speaking, midterm elections. Practically speaking, c l k everything. Guant?namo is still there. everything. Guant?namo is still there. n Rendition is still there. There is the Rendition is still there. There is the saying that no torture should take saying that no torture should take place; I haven't seen the mechanism place; haven't seen the mechanism to ensure that that's the case. The to ensure that that's the case. The withdrawal from Iraq, with 50,000 withdrawal from Iraq, with 50,000 remaining. Stepping up, escalating remaining. Stepping up, escalating the war in Afghanistan. And as we the war in Afghanistan. And s we r know, whatever withdraws from Iraq know, whatever withdraws from Iraq essentially goes to Afghanistan instead. essentially goes to Afghanistan instead. n I think it's very contrary to the think it's very contrary to the kind of thing that he was exuding, kind of thing that he was exuding, as including the nuclear point. What including the nuclear point. What kind of thing is this, to get rid of oldkind of thing is this, to get rid of oldfashioned weapons with the Russians fashioned weapons with the Russians as p n and then arguing for $180 billion to and then arguing for $180 billion to n modernize the nukes--$100 billion for modernize the nukes--$100 billion for the weapons carriers, $80 billion for the weapons carriers, $80 billion for
new warheads? What kind of nuclear new warheads? What kind of nuclear free world is this? He should have free world is this? He should have had the decency, when Norway made had the decency, when Norway made the mistake of giving him the Nobel k the mistake of giving him the Nobel Peace Prize, of saying, "I graciously, Peace Prize, of saying, "I graciously, gratefully decline. haven't earned it gratefully decline. I haven't earned it yet. Let's come back when possibly yet. Let's come back when possibly I have earned it. He didn't say that, and have earned it." He didn't say that, and dispensed with the prize money in dispensed with the prize money in a disgraceful way. disgraceful way. TED RUDOW III,MA MENLO PARK
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010
America’s lack of morals and conscience are leading us astray
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America’s lack of morals and conscience are leading us astray
By Tyler Do
Spartan Daily
September 26, 2010
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Tyler Peter Do, staff writer
Is our society experiencing a downturn in the possession of moral values? Following last Friday’s hit-and-run incident in Pennsylvania, I would have to say yes.
Hell yes, to be exact.
The hit-and-run incident resulted in a fatal collision that killed a two-year-old boy and seriously injured his mother while they were on the sidewalk.
Though our society has made advances in education, medicine and technology, people are starting to lose their sense of morality because of selfishness and the “virtue” of self-righteousness.
I find it disgusting and appalling that some unidentified jackass driving a luxury silver-colored Mercedes-Benz, who is still at large, hit a woman and child and did not even bother to help.
But I guess that would defeat the meaning of a hit-and-run.
However, even if he wanted to run, he could’ve at least dropped them off at hospital for some medical attention first or called an ambulance before riding into the midnight hour. After that, he could have gone home and cleaned the evidence off his car with some water and Dawn or Clorox.
The fact is, people in today’s fast-paced society don’t have the sympathy and sense of altruism we would like them to have to help others.
We’re too busy fusing into the egocentric nature that has been seeded and cultivated by the LiLo(s) (Lindsay Lohans) and Britney Spears (BS) of popular culture.
How can you care for others when you’re too busy focusing on getting the next iPhone, a pair of Christian Louboutins, or some virgin Indian Remy weave?
Kathy Janik, expert author and columnist said, “Undoubtedly yes, America is losing its moral values. The proof is by watching the ever-increasing numbers of laws that are being created to force people to toe the line. If people were living morally, we would not need any more laws at all.
“Laws are ignorant people’s solutions to a morality problem. The solution is not to pass more laws. The solution is to remind each other why we need to live with a high set of moral standards. We must remind each other or else we forget.”
She is absolutely right. Why are we establishing new laws to fine and incarcerate people for their misdeeds when we should be proactively nipping these issues in the bud by teaching people not to be so self-involved and careless in the first place.
Parents, teachers and social administrators should start educating their pupils on the craft of “being kind” in addition to how to score high on the STAR Test(s) or SATs.
If so, we’d probably have drastic drops in bullying issues, suicides, hit-and-runs, eating disorders and an entire melting pot of social issues.
For example, my friend from high school, who came from a pretty wealthy background, hit a man on the way home from a late-night party after her curfew. She hit a pedestrian and guess what? Her parents paid the man off and brought her a new car to help alleviate the trauma she experienced.
Gosh, talk about lack of parental control and discipline. This explains the poor service some parents pay to society with poor parenting skills.
If I did such a heinous act, my parents would probably lock me in a cage and only let me out when it’s time for school or for meals, showers and restroom breaks.
Actually, they might only just let me leave for school.
It’s unfortunate to hear that a two-year-old boy and his mother had to be the wake-up call for people in society to be aware that we need to discipline our kids or do something to pop them free from their “me bubble.” The world doesn’t revolve around them, so get over it.
Next time a demoralizing event like this happens, parents should sit down and think “Did I spank my child enough?”
While their parents meditate on that, kids should be thinking, “Did my parents teach me the proper ethics, or did they just give me a new Nintendo Wii to avoid real parenting when something bad happened?”
According to a new Gallup Poll from the Christian Post, more Americans believe moral values in the United States are getting worse. The annual poll found that “76 percent of Americans said moral values in the country are getting worse, up five percent from last year.”
One Response to “America’s lack of morals and conscience are leading us astray”
Ted Rudow III,MA says:
September 29, 2010
As Jesus said, “By this shall all men know that ye are My disciples, if ye have love one to another.” True Christianity is a religion of love, of laying down your life for your neighbor—and considering all men your neighbors!
True Christians love God with all their heart and soul and might, and their neighbors as themselves. They don’t just sit around and talk about it, or merely hear a sermon about it in church on Sunday, but they put love into action somehow—sharing the love of Jesus with others by witnessing, feeding the hungry, visiting the sick, ministering to the widows and orphans and old folks, giving hope to the prisoners, bringing relief to those affected by disaster, and on and on the list goes!
That’s real Christianity, and though real Christians may be unknown to the world, they’re very well known in Heaven. They may seem poor to worldly folks, yet they make many rich. They may seem to have nothing, yet they possess all things!
Are you a real Christian? You are if you’ve put your love into action somehow today! Be a real Christian, a true subversive, a follower of the greatest rebel of all—Jesus.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Class of 1996
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By Tyler Do
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September 26, 2010
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Tyler Peter Do, staff writer
Is our society experiencing a downturn in the possession of moral values? Following last Friday’s hit-and-run incident in Pennsylvania, I would have to say yes.
Hell yes, to be exact.
The hit-and-run incident resulted in a fatal collision that killed a two-year-old boy and seriously injured his mother while they were on the sidewalk.
Though our society has made advances in education, medicine and technology, people are starting to lose their sense of morality because of selfishness and the “virtue” of self-righteousness.
I find it disgusting and appalling that some unidentified jackass driving a luxury silver-colored Mercedes-Benz, who is still at large, hit a woman and child and did not even bother to help.
But I guess that would defeat the meaning of a hit-and-run.
However, even if he wanted to run, he could’ve at least dropped them off at hospital for some medical attention first or called an ambulance before riding into the midnight hour. After that, he could have gone home and cleaned the evidence off his car with some water and Dawn or Clorox.
The fact is, people in today’s fast-paced society don’t have the sympathy and sense of altruism we would like them to have to help others.
We’re too busy fusing into the egocentric nature that has been seeded and cultivated by the LiLo(s) (Lindsay Lohans) and Britney Spears (BS) of popular culture.
How can you care for others when you’re too busy focusing on getting the next iPhone, a pair of Christian Louboutins, or some virgin Indian Remy weave?
Kathy Janik, expert author and columnist said, “Undoubtedly yes, America is losing its moral values. The proof is by watching the ever-increasing numbers of laws that are being created to force people to toe the line. If people were living morally, we would not need any more laws at all.
“Laws are ignorant people’s solutions to a morality problem. The solution is not to pass more laws. The solution is to remind each other why we need to live with a high set of moral standards. We must remind each other or else we forget.”
She is absolutely right. Why are we establishing new laws to fine and incarcerate people for their misdeeds when we should be proactively nipping these issues in the bud by teaching people not to be so self-involved and careless in the first place.
Parents, teachers and social administrators should start educating their pupils on the craft of “being kind” in addition to how to score high on the STAR Test(s) or SATs.
If so, we’d probably have drastic drops in bullying issues, suicides, hit-and-runs, eating disorders and an entire melting pot of social issues.
For example, my friend from high school, who came from a pretty wealthy background, hit a man on the way home from a late-night party after her curfew. She hit a pedestrian and guess what? Her parents paid the man off and brought her a new car to help alleviate the trauma she experienced.
Gosh, talk about lack of parental control and discipline. This explains the poor service some parents pay to society with poor parenting skills.
If I did such a heinous act, my parents would probably lock me in a cage and only let me out when it’s time for school or for meals, showers and restroom breaks.
Actually, they might only just let me leave for school.
It’s unfortunate to hear that a two-year-old boy and his mother had to be the wake-up call for people in society to be aware that we need to discipline our kids or do something to pop them free from their “me bubble.” The world doesn’t revolve around them, so get over it.
Next time a demoralizing event like this happens, parents should sit down and think “Did I spank my child enough?”
While their parents meditate on that, kids should be thinking, “Did my parents teach me the proper ethics, or did they just give me a new Nintendo Wii to avoid real parenting when something bad happened?”
According to a new Gallup Poll from the Christian Post, more Americans believe moral values in the United States are getting worse. The annual poll found that “76 percent of Americans said moral values in the country are getting worse, up five percent from last year.”
One Response to “America’s lack of morals and conscience are leading us astray”
Ted Rudow III,MA says:
September 29, 2010
As Jesus said, “By this shall all men know that ye are My disciples, if ye have love one to another.” True Christianity is a religion of love, of laying down your life for your neighbor—and considering all men your neighbors!
True Christians love God with all their heart and soul and might, and their neighbors as themselves. They don’t just sit around and talk about it, or merely hear a sermon about it in church on Sunday, but they put love into action somehow—sharing the love of Jesus with others by witnessing, feeding the hungry, visiting the sick, ministering to the widows and orphans and old folks, giving hope to the prisoners, bringing relief to those affected by disaster, and on and on the list goes!
That’s real Christianity, and though real Christians may be unknown to the world, they’re very well known in Heaven. They may seem poor to worldly folks, yet they make many rich. They may seem to have nothing, yet they possess all things!
Are you a real Christian? You are if you’ve put your love into action somehow today! Be a real Christian, a true subversive, a follower of the greatest rebel of all—Jesus.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Class of 1996
Tuesday, September 28, 2010
Republican Goals
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With control of the House, the Republicans will make its goals include a permanent extension of all the Bush-era tax cuts, repeal of the newly enacted health care law, a cap on discretionary federal spending and an end to government control of the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
They too must be won over and convinced to overextend themselves little by little. It is a gradual process of boom, then downturn, then bigger boom, then another downturn. And there is a rebound, for there are still people to be convinced that things will keep going up—indeed, must keep going up.
And one day, when and his people have prepared accordingly, the downturn will become a recession, the recession will become a depression, and the depression will become the Crash. It is the same thing that happened in 2008. They will never learn!
"And your country is an example, in which the one percent of the Americans, you know, are doing better and better and better, and the 99 percent is going down, in all sorts of manifestations. People living in their cars now and sleeping in their cars, you know, parked in front of the house that used to be their house—thousands of people. Millions of people, you know, have lost everything. But the speculators that brought about the whole mess, oh, they are fantastically well off. No problem. No problem."--Chilean economist Manfred Max-Neef.
Ted Rudow III,MA
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With control of the House, the Republicans will make its goals include a permanent extension of all the Bush-era tax cuts, repeal of the newly enacted health care law, a cap on discretionary federal spending and an end to government control of the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
They too must be won over and convinced to overextend themselves little by little. It is a gradual process of boom, then downturn, then bigger boom, then another downturn. And there is a rebound, for there are still people to be convinced that things will keep going up—indeed, must keep going up.
And one day, when and his people have prepared accordingly, the downturn will become a recession, the recession will become a depression, and the depression will become the Crash. It is the same thing that happened in 2008. They will never learn!
"And your country is an example, in which the one percent of the Americans, you know, are doing better and better and better, and the 99 percent is going down, in all sorts of manifestations. People living in their cars now and sleeping in their cars, you know, parked in front of the house that used to be their house—thousands of people. Millions of people, you know, have lost everything. But the speculators that brought about the whole mess, oh, they are fantastically well off. No problem. No problem."--Chilean economist Manfred Max-Neef.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Exactly how does this work?
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September 21, 2010
Tony Blair’s memoirs will read like a “love letter” to George W. Bush. The autobiography will praise the former US president, with whom Blair launched the controversial invasion of Iraq in 2003, as “highly intelligent” and “visionary.” In Blair’s case, I would have asked him that question, and I’d have pressed him on it. I’d have asked him whether God had ever restrained him. I find it very strange that we elect a politician who then claims to serve a higher deity who guides him: “I did what I believe is right.”
Well, will you tell us, please, how that relates to the Christian ethic? Do you believe in war first and negotiation afterward? Exactly how does this work?
Ted Rudow III, MA
Menlo Park, California, United States
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“World leaders seek new way to reach Millennium goals”
September 21, 2010
Tony Blair’s memoirs will read like a “love letter” to George W. Bush. The autobiography will praise the former US president, with whom Blair launched the controversial invasion of Iraq in 2003, as “highly intelligent” and “visionary.” In Blair’s case, I would have asked him that question, and I’d have pressed him on it. I’d have asked him whether God had ever restrained him. I find it very strange that we elect a politician who then claims to serve a higher deity who guides him: “I did what I believe is right.”
Well, will you tell us, please, how that relates to the Christian ethic? Do you believe in war first and negotiation afterward? Exactly how does this work?
Ted Rudow III, MA
Menlo Park, California, United States
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Wednesday, September 22, 2010
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If I had been working like mad in 2008 to get Barack Obama elected, I would not work for the midterm elections. Guantánamo is still here. Rendition is still here. There is the saying that no torture should take place; I haven't seen the mechanism to ensure that that's the case. The withdrawal from Iraq has left some 50,000 remaining. We have stepped up and escalated the war in Afghanistan.
I think all of this is very contrary to the kind of thing that Obama was exuding during his campaign, including the nuclear point. What kind of thing is this, to get rid of old-fashioned weapons with the Russians and then argue for $180 billion to modernize the nukes—$100 billion for the weapons carriers, $80 billion for new warheads? What kind of nuclear-free world is this? He should have had the decency, when Norway made the mistake of giving him the Nobel Peace Prize, of saying, "I graciously, gratefully decline. I haven't earned it yet. Let's come back when possibly I have earned it." He didn't say that, and dispensed with the prize money in a disgraceful way.
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If I had been working like mad in 2008 to get Barack Obama elected, I would not work for the midterm elections. Guantánamo is still here. Rendition is still here. There is the saying that no torture should take place; I haven't seen the mechanism to ensure that that's the case. The withdrawal from Iraq has left some 50,000 remaining. We have stepped up and escalated the war in Afghanistan.
I think all of this is very contrary to the kind of thing that Obama was exuding during his campaign, including the nuclear point. What kind of thing is this, to get rid of old-fashioned weapons with the Russians and then argue for $180 billion to modernize the nukes—$100 billion for the weapons carriers, $80 billion for new warheads? What kind of nuclear-free world is this? He should have had the decency, when Norway made the mistake of giving him the Nobel Peace Prize, of saying, "I graciously, gratefully decline. I haven't earned it yet. Let's come back when possibly I have earned it." He didn't say that, and dispensed with the prize money in a disgraceful way.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Menlo Park
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The cuts enacted by President Bush are set to expire at the end of this year. Republicans, led by House Minority Leader John Boehner, have called for extending the $700 billion in tax breaks for the rich. There are two crucial issues which are not being discussed, one of which is how much thoes tax cuts costs us. Basically, all the income taxes that everyone in America paid in January and February of this year only went to cover interest on the money borrowed for the Bush tax cuts over the last decade. Just interest on those tax cuts.
The second issue not being discussed is that this top tax rate, the two President Obama wants to have go back to the Clinton-era level, they cut in at a quarter-million dollars and about $400,000 of taxable income. In fact, we have a large number of people in this country now who are making multimillion-dollar annual incomes, and we are not talking about a higher tax rate on them. We are actually starting at a very low level.
The highest-paid workers in the history of the world, hedge fund managers, at least 25 of whom made a billion dollars last year, pay a current tax rate of zero, but the news media keeps saying 15 percent. They pay the 15 percent, when they cash out, which could be decades from now. None of that is on the table.
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The cuts enacted by President Bush are set to expire at the end of this year. Republicans, led by House Minority Leader John Boehner, have called for extending the $700 billion in tax breaks for the rich. There are two crucial issues which are not being discussed, one of which is how much thoes tax cuts costs us. Basically, all the income taxes that everyone in America paid in January and February of this year only went to cover interest on the money borrowed for the Bush tax cuts over the last decade. Just interest on those tax cuts.
The second issue not being discussed is that this top tax rate, the two President Obama wants to have go back to the Clinton-era level, they cut in at a quarter-million dollars and about $400,000 of taxable income. In fact, we have a large number of people in this country now who are making multimillion-dollar annual incomes, and we are not talking about a higher tax rate on them. We are actually starting at a very low level.
The highest-paid workers in the history of the world, hedge fund managers, at least 25 of whom made a billion dollars last year, pay a current tax rate of zero, but the news media keeps saying 15 percent. They pay the 15 percent, when they cash out, which could be decades from now. None of that is on the table.
Ted Rudow III,MA
Menlo Park
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