tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775739590567135420.post3432513396823443982..comments2023-10-30T06:04:10.708-04:00Comments on eye-on-washington: The Trust Has Been Brokenmuralsignshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07892531198621839798noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775739590567135420.post-29723358791569990092010-09-20T10:23:01.853-04:002010-09-20T10:23:01.853-04:0020 Signs That The Economic Collapse Has Already Be...20 Signs That The Economic Collapse Has Already Begun For One Out Of Every Seven Americans<br /><br /><br />http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/SPECTRE of Deflationnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775739590567135420.post-19700336437327542062010-09-19T12:47:53.784-04:002010-09-19T12:47:53.784-04:00Jerry, we do indeed read many of the same folks, a...Jerry, we do indeed read many of the same folks, and this is over years and not months. What the American People don't know is scary as Hell, and I fear that when the veil is lifted it's gonna turn ugly real fast. <br /><br />I 100% agree with your thoughts regarding real estate, pensions, unemployment, and the various other ills we suffer from. It's why I truly don't know how to come up with workable solutions for our various ills. Everything is inter-connected and oh so damned screwed up. <br /><br />I have always thought that the FED would never risk hyperinflation, as it would destroy the bankers who would receive dollars that are worth less than they are today. However, there is nothing to say that these made whole by American Taxpayers bankers won't take what we have given them and divest themselves of American Dollars for tangible assets that won't take the hit. Nothing says they can't move their headquarters to Kong Kong or 100 other places where prospects are much better. I just don't know how far they are willing to push this, but already farther than I had thought when this began. (As an aside, we have already done some of this with AIG and the currency swaps) <br /><br />Yes we have lived within our means for our entire adult lives. Vivid memories of my grandparents telling Depression tales to us kids, and wanting more for our child. Like you, we are in a much better position than most, but who knows how far we must fall to right this ship. Once again, it's scarier than Hell when thinking of family.<br /><br />Thanks for the future posting regarding "ism". Is there any scenario where you see liberals and conservatives coming together for the sake of our constitution and country? It's our only hope in this one party system we now live in. Maybe it takes the worst to bring out our best, and I sure pray that that is the case for the sake of the young of this country. <br /><br />Take care friend, and much thanks for allowing me to post when it would be quite easy to tell me to take a hike. Your convictions are commendable!SPECTRE of Deflationnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775739590567135420.post-90476836141138093222010-09-18T23:53:34.879-04:002010-09-18T23:53:34.879-04:00Hi Spectre,
Thanks for links. I tend to agree wit...Hi Spectre,<br /><br />Thanks for links. I tend to agree with much of what Karl Denninger writes about, but he tends to be too Libertarian for me. His list of fixes were worth reading and digesting, although there were some I did not agree with. I must say that I respect his passion and knowledge. I believe he is one I can respectfully disagree with when I see a difference in opinion. <br /><br />I read his site daily, as you must, too.<br /><br />I also read Zerohedge daily, as well. I agree with Tyler Durden's views much of the time. I believe his opinions are fair and balanced.<br /><br />His views regarding the hit the banks are about to take regarding real estate is going to be huge, as are pensions and individual nest eggs.<br /><br />I really feel for what hard working Americans are going through after saving decades worth of income.<br /><br />I don't feel sorry for those who reached way out too far in their excessive spending habits.<br /><br />I must assume that you have lived simply and within your means. I have too. I believe in simple living habits.<br /><br />I have not forgotten your question to me about liberalism. I am working on a posting answering your question from my personal point of view, which may differ from other liberal viewpoints.<br /><br />jerrymuralsignshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07892531198621839798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775739590567135420.post-30444036133056611922010-09-18T12:00:16.071-04:002010-09-18T12:00:16.071-04:00Jerry, the first link to Karl D. offers his sugges...Jerry, the first link to Karl D. offers his suggestions for straightening out this debacle. I see very little chance of any of it happening, but there are some answers out there if only we the sheeple would listen. Instead we are a polarized society with various groups having pitchforks at the ready for any group that disagrees with their thesis. The Z1Report paints the ugliest of pictures for our economy per Karl and Zero Hedge.<br /><br /><br />How To Truly Take Back America<br /><br />http://market-ticker.org/cgi-ticker/akcs-www?post=166762<br /><br /><br />Fed Z1: From Bad To Getting Worse<br /><br />http://market-ticker.org/cgi-ticker/akcs-www?post=166869<br /><br /><br />Household Net Worth Plunges By Most Since Q4 2008, As Government Borrowing Surges<br /><br />http://www.lewrockwell.com/spl2/household-net-worth-plunges.htmlSPECTRE of Deflationnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775739590567135420.post-72322220850118042732010-09-16T14:00:26.140-04:002010-09-16T14:00:26.140-04:00Vigilant Guard 2010 Riot Control, Detention Drills...Vigilant Guard 2010 Riot Control, Detention Drills<br /><br />http://publicintelligence.net/vigilant-guard-2010-riot-control-detention-drills/SPECTRE of Collapsenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775739590567135420.post-27144073165139334892010-09-16T10:21:50.667-04:002010-09-16T10:21:50.667-04:00It was Paul Krugman in 2003 who said we needed a h...It was Paul Krugman in 2003 who said we needed a housing bubble, and I have quoted him on this statement at your site previously. Is Paul Krugman a Liberal or a neo-liberal corporatist, as he's asking for more stimulus? Barney,The Fudd,Frank was tickled shitless regarding rising home ownership until it blew up. Is he a Liberal or a neo-liberal corporatist?<br /><br />This new system with degrees of hyphenated liberalisms is making my head hurt already.<br /><br />Let's just say both policial parties are evil. Not degrees of evil with a "but" thrown in at the end which stands for Behold The Underlying Truth. The thought that both are evil, but mine is more evil than yours is bullshit plain and simple. Once you head down that path of evil you are done, and you are willing to do anything to survive. Look at the Nazi Party where many good people said nothing in the beginning. By the end they were all willing to do anything to survive.SPECTRE of Deflationnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775739590567135420.post-51239122997350593242010-09-16T09:46:57.227-04:002010-09-16T09:46:57.227-04:00I don't buy the argument that Liberals can'...I don't buy the argument that Liberals can't be heard because of conservatives and neo-liberal corporatists unless I don't have the right definition for Liberal. I had thought that anyone who consistently voted conservative or liberal could be pegged as such, but I guess not. There are organizations out there that grade for both, so I'm not sure why we can't find any Liberals in any positions of power, but maybe I have been looking at this all wrong. If so, please educate me regarding what I should be looking for if not a voting record over many years.SPECTRE of Deflationnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775739590567135420.post-48349039060543299072010-09-16T08:56:42.578-04:002010-09-16T08:56:42.578-04:00Jerry, I'm not saying we won't survive to ...Jerry, I'm not saying we won't survive to come out the other end of this debacle. We certainly will, and maybe we will be the stronger for it, but getting there will be more painful than most realize or want to recognize. Looking at history, THE 4th Turning, we see BIG WARS, with plenty of pain spread around so that everyone get's at least their share, deserved or not.<br /><br />If you want to see where we are headed, look no further than previous empires. We are nothing special when examining thousands of years of history. Look at Spain, England and France for starters as to what happens when things go to the shitter. Chaos is what you get my friend. We are well past the point of making minor adjustments to our current system. We wrote checks for decades that have no chance of being cashed. Absolute power corrupts absolutley, and boy oh boy have we had some crooks seizing absolute power. Now the piper must be paid.<br /><br /><br /><b>Dangerous Economic Misconceptions</b><br /><br />http://neithercorp.us/npress/?p=748<br /><br /><b>Real World Solutions To Economic Tyranny</b><br /><br />http://neithercorp.us/npress/?p=767SPECTRE of Deflationnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775739590567135420.post-28930084826502899632010-09-16T08:29:27.231-04:002010-09-16T08:29:27.231-04:00Jerry, I follow Rosenberg closely because he's...Jerry, I follow Rosenberg closely because he's been spot on. The FedEx miss this morning just backs up what he's been saying. Laying off 1700 workers is the tell on what's really going on. Also, GE just closed their last incandescent light bulb factory in the US a full 3 years before CFLs must be used. They will now be made in China or some other emerging market, so thank you very much environmentalists for the lay offs. More unintended consequences with policy from our dear leaders. Meanwhile, we the American Taxpayer saved GE's ass with bailout money.<br /><br />Rosenberg: Here Are 13 Signs That We're Actually In A Depression Right Now<br /><br />Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/david-rosenberg-depression-2010-9#wages-and-salaries-still-down-37-from-prior-peak-1#ixzz0zh6NxIrYSPECTRE of Deflationnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775739590567135420.post-17752089716719838382010-09-16T08:26:22.555-04:002010-09-16T08:26:22.555-04:00Hi Spectre,
I read your response to my question a...Hi Spectre,<br /><br />I read your response to my question asking you exactly what it is you want to see happen regarding the economy and our political situation, but you hid behind an excuse. To paraphrase, you seemed to say, "Well, this is how it is going to be; therefore, any plan, or alternative strategy to fix our current peril is immaterial." <br /><br />"...we are past the point of simple policy decisions as solutions that are acceptable to the masses. You can't write checks that can't be cashed forever is the bottom line." This was as close to an answer as you offered. <br /><br />I understand all about how we have been engaged in a Ponzi scheme, and the brick wall crash analogy. I am with ya on that, but the nation will not fall. It will suffer and lose dominance in many ways, but will remain a world player. <br /><br />Greece, Japan, and GB will, and/or have been suffering, yet have remained players.<br /><br />Americans are survivors, thinkers, creative beings, and resourceful. Many will suffer and fall, but the nation will recover.<br /><br />jerrymuralsignshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07892531198621839798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775739590567135420.post-50958090596483282712010-09-15T21:02:11.147-04:002010-09-15T21:02:11.147-04:00Jerry, as promised I will do my best to answer you...Jerry, as promised I will do my best to answer your question regarding what to do, but I won't get into policy as we are past the point of simple or even complex answers without pain for all developed societies.<br /><br />Let me paint a picture for you. A car hits the top of a steep hill at 100 MPH and becomes airborne, and the passenger looks at the driver and asks, "what should we do", and the terrified driver, of course, hasn't a clue. This is of course right before they hit a big nasty tree that got in the way of the car as it traveled through time and space.<br /><br />Now I could go into a thousand points supporting my position, and I think you know me well enough to know I'm not blowing smoke. How do you tell society that all the promises made to them must be broken in order for things to carry on for who knows how long because you lied to them for decades? That's where we find ourselves my friend. It's where all victims of a Ponzi scheme find themselves as the lie winds down to the actual hard truths and reality.<br /><br />Honestly, I will supply as much material as you would like to see, but we are past the point of simple policy decisions as solutions that are acceptable to the masses. You can't write checks that can't be cashed forever is the bottom line.SPECTRE of Deflationnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775739590567135420.post-61795354394359220592010-09-15T16:33:22.458-04:002010-09-15T16:33:22.458-04:00Once again Spectre, you ignore what I say here!
W...Once again Spectre, you ignore what I say here!<br /><br />What liberals in Washington are you speaking about? There are virtually none in this government today.<br /><br />The voice of liberals, and those opposing domestic spying and more, spoke up under LilBoyBush, and do speak up today but are not printed or written about in the mostly conservative media: both print and broadcast.<br /><br />Those in Congress and in the White House are neo-liberal corporatists hoping to protect the elite wealth class, their campaign contributions, and their exist from government consulting contracts.<br /><br />Obama is NOT a liberal, but a corporatist. He has handed over the treasury and the Fed to the corporate elite to take domestic dollars and boost their businesses overseas at the expense of the American worker with the support and votes of the conservative Rs and Ds.<br /><br />You keep harping on where are the liberals. Dude, there are not heard or read except by a few writers and voices.<br /><br />What drowns them out over and over again are the neo-fascist RIght who are totally behind the corporate neo-fascist elite who want austerity for the working classes and more wealth, sucked up from the bottom and the Fed, for themselves.<br /><br />jerrymuralsignshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07892531198621839798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775739590567135420.post-16217756865840822392010-09-15T16:25:31.203-04:002010-09-15T16:25:31.203-04:00Hi Spectre,
I am not trying to offer apologies fo...Hi Spectre,<br /><br />I am not trying to offer apologies for the Obama administration. I have been consistent throughout the life of this blogspot pointing out the ills of the past and present administrations.<br /><br />The Obama administration has its significant flaws, both structurally and philosophically; although, it was presented with 8 million unemployed and a ballooning deficit.<br /><br />To quote the chart you previously posted, Reagan/Bush ballooned the deficit by 30% and Lilboybush ballooned it another 20%. Obama, since in office ballooned it 10%, and, as if this posting, has lowered it by 2.4%, or so.<br /><br />I am not offering any hopefully opinions on the coming weeks or months, but offer these facts as we write.<br /><br />It is clear that creating short term deficits in order to begin to rebuild a viable workforce who could contribute to the GDP, and the sustainability of the nation, is required, while assessing and remediating the long term deficit problems.<br /><br />We are both very opposite in our views, and I realize it, but we both have to view it from a longer term perspective if we are to ever move away from war-creating fossil fuels, and China's grip upon our lives.<br /><br />jerrymuralsignshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07892531198621839798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775739590567135420.post-68656447913356219862010-09-15T12:14:58.147-04:002010-09-15T12:14:58.147-04:00Let me congratulate the Tea Party, and Conservativ...Let me congratulate the Tea Party, and Conservatives in particular for their various victories yesterday and deciding that the RINO Party can give a rat's ass concerning their thoughts. <b>The RINO elites are shitting their pants this morning, and with good reason, as we aren't listening to their bullshit anymore.</b> Jerry, it's about time that Liberals did the same with the Demoncrats. Are they really representing your ideals at this point? Just askin'.SPECTRE of Deflationnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775739590567135420.post-6967218177470721962010-09-15T11:54:56.140-04:002010-09-15T11:54:56.140-04:00Washingtonsblog is on a roll. Additionally, they a...Washingtonsblog is on a roll. Additionally, they are using white vans with X-Ray Machines inside to spy on Amerikans as we ply the highways. All of this happening under a Democratic President, Democratic House and Democratic Senate. Just sayin'. Where exactly are the liberals again Jerry?<br /><br />Tuesday, September 14, 2010<br />Government Using Anti-Terrorism Laws to Crush Dissent<br /> <br /><br /><br /><br />The following quotes all have something in common:<br /><br />"It is not the function of our government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the government from falling into error"<br />– United States Supreme Court decision in American Communications Association v. Douds<br /><br />"To stand in silence when they should be protesting makes cowards out of men."<br />- Abraham Lincoln<br /><br />"Those who give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."<br />- Ben Franklin<br /><br />"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance."<br />- Thomas Jefferson<br /><br />"Dissent is the highest form of patriotism."<br />-Thomas Jefferson<br /><br />"It is from numberless diverse acts of courage and belief that human history is shaped. Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice, he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring, those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance."<br />- Robert F . Kennedy<br /><br />"It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds."<br />- Samuel Adams<br /><br />"Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president or any other public official save exactly to the degree in which he himself stands by the country. It is patriotic to support him insofar as he efficiently serves the country. It is unpatriotic not to oppose him to the exact extent that by inefficiency or otherwise he fails in his duty to stand by the country."<br />– Teddy Roosevelt<br /><br />"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public."<br />– Teddy Roosevelt<br /><br />“The citizen who sees his society’s democratic clothes being worn out and does not cry it out, is not a patriot, but a traitor.”<br />- Mark Twain<br /><br />"Liberty has never come from government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of government. The history of liberty is a history of resistance. The history of liberty is a history of limitations of government power, not the increase of it."<br />- Woodrow Wilson<br /><br />"All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent"<br />- Thomas Jefferson<br /><br /><br />"This country, with its institutions, belongs to the people who inhabit it. Whenever they shall grow weary of the existing government, they can exercise their constitutional right of amending it, or their revolutionary right to dismember or overthrow it."<br />- Abraham Lincoln, First Inaugural<br /><br />"In this point of the case the question is distinctly presented whether the people of the United States are to govern through representatives chosen by their unbiased suffrages or whether the money and power of a great corporation are to be secretly exerted to influence their judgment and control their decisions."<br /><br />- Andrew Jackson<br /><br />"I am more than ever convinced of the dangers to which the free and unbiased exercise of political opinion -- the only sure foundation and safeguard of republican government -- would be exposed by any further increase of the already overgrown influence of corporate authorities."<br />- Martin Van Buren, Eighth President of the United States<br />(SNIP)<br /><br />http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2010/09/government-using-anti-terrorism-laws-to.htmlSPECTRE of Deflationnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775739590567135420.post-29489714903764660462010-09-15T11:38:59.593-04:002010-09-15T11:38:59.593-04:00What does $1 Trillion Dollars look like? Just for ...What does $1 Trillion Dollars look like? Just for fun, as it's funny money anyway which will never be repaid. <br /><br />http://www.pagetutor.com/trillion/index.htmlSPECTRE of Deflationnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775739590567135420.post-56028963354317251422010-09-15T11:34:04.779-04:002010-09-15T11:34:04.779-04:00From Washingtonsblog.com, and I couldn't of sa...From Washingtonsblog.com, and I couldn't of said it better myself and welcome to Amerika:<br /><br />Tuesday, September 14, 2010<br /><b>Silence is the Death of Liberty</b><br /><br /><br />First they tortured a U.S. citizen and gang member ...<br />I remained silent;<br />I wasn't a criminal<br /><br />Then they tortured a U.S. citizen, whistleblower and navy veteran ...<br />I remained silent;<br />I wasn't a whistleblower<br /><br />Then they locked up an attorney for representing accused criminals ...<br />I remained silent;<br />I wasn't a defense attorney<br /><br />Then they arrested a young father walking with his son simply because he told Dick Cheney that he disagreed with his policies ...<br />I remained silent;<br />I've never talked to an important politician<br /><br />Then they said an entertainer should be killed because she questioned the government's version of an important historical event ...<br />I remained silent;<br />I wasn't an entertainer<br /><br />Then they arrested people for demanding that Congress hold the President to the Constitution ...<br />I did not speak out;<br />I've never protested in Washington<br /><br />Then they arrested a man for holding a sign ...<br />I held my tongue;<br />I've never held that kind of sign<br /><br />Then they broke a minister's leg because he wanted to speak at a public event ...<br />I said nothing;<br />I wasn't a religious leader<br /><br />Then they shot a student with a taser gun and arrested him for asking a question of a politician at a public event ...<br />I remained silent;<br />I wasn't a student<br /><br /><br />Then they declared that they could label U.S. citizens as "unlawful enemy combatants" and imprison them indefinitely - and even assassinate them - all without trial ...<br />I remained silent;<br />I assumed I wasn't on a list<br /><br /><br />When they came for me,<br />Everyone was silent;<br />there was no one left to speak out.<br /><br /><br />Inspired by the poem First They Came by Martin Niemöller, which was written about the Nazis.<br /><br />I originally wrote this poem in 2007. I have updated it with the additional verse about assassinations.SPECTRE of Deflationnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775739590567135420.post-23595966147196195412010-09-15T11:07:19.998-04:002010-09-15T11:07:19.998-04:00Jerry, with the consumer representing 70% of GDP, ...Jerry, with the consumer representing 70% of GDP, anyone who tells you it's getting better is a liar! Obama has spent more in 19 months than the period of Washington through Reagan. Keep juicing things until it all blows up. That is the only plan I see. 2.4% of a $1.5 Trillion deficit is pocket change, and what is the margin of error as the govt. numbers are always suspect. Just look at GDP revisions. It's all about bread and circus while they steal the last nickel. You cannot run $1 Trillion + deficits year after year and not expect an explosion somewhere down the road. It will leave those you would protect in a very dire situation, and in fact we are already there. Like other things, just remember that I told ya so long before it happens. From today, to go along with all your good economic news. <br /><br /><br />20 Signs That The American Consumer Is Now Completely Tapped Out<br /><br /><br />Many economists have been mystified that even though the recession is "over", American consumers have not opened their wallets and started spending again like they normally do at the end of a recession. News report after news report has encouraged Americans to grab their credit cards and to head out to the stores and start spending again, but it just is not happening. <br /><br />Click here to see the signs ><br />So why are things different this time? Well, for one thing there is a lot of fear in the air. Poll after poll after poll shows that faith in the economy has collapsed and that large numbers of Americans fear that things are going to get even worse for the economy soon. But for millions of other Americans there is another problem - they couldn't spend more money if they wanted to.<br /><br />The truth is that living on credit for decades has caught up with us as a nation. Americans are absolutely drowning in mortgage debt, car loans, credit card debt and student loan debt. As wages have stagnated, credit has enabled many of us to pursue the American Dream and to live far beyond our means, but that doesn't last forever. Now tens of millions of Americans are completely and totally tapped out. But without the return of the voracious American "consumer" there is not going to be a full economic "recovery".<br /><br />For decades, the American consumer has always returned with a vengeance. Continually expanding debt loads have fueled a level of prosperity that most of humanity only dreams of. But unfortunately, no debt bubble lasts forever. <br /><br />Now the consumer debt bubble in America has started to pop, and many are wondering what is going to fuel the U.S. economy if American consumers are unwilling or unable to do it any longer.<br /><br />http://www.businessinsider.com/20-signs-the-american-consumer-is-completely-and-totally-tapped-out-2010-9#iin-the-first-quarter-of-2010-the-number-of-loans-at-least-three-months-past-due-increased-for-the-16th-quarter-in-a-row-1SPECTRE of Deflationnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775739590567135420.post-2037745448941587032010-09-15T10:39:17.076-04:002010-09-15T10:39:17.076-04:00I always enjoy the Fall by the way. It's hunti...I always enjoy the Fall by the way. It's hunting season in the south, and we will probably throw in some trout fishing as well. Nothing like taking a river boat down a river/stream during Fall with the mountains surrounding you. Quite breathtaking!SPECTRE of Deflationnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775739590567135420.post-59806970093527514112010-09-15T10:11:36.050-04:002010-09-15T10:11:36.050-04:00Jerry, I will answer your question today. You dese...Jerry, I will answer your question today. You deserve an answer although you won't agree with all my points. So be it. Regarding the Perez business, it's funny that those who would take our guns are the very same people who break the law with impunity. Just an observation. I know they would never do anything to take away our God Given Rights because of the virtue that pours forth from these humble servants of the people. As I said before, just like Uncle Joe, Moa and Hitler. END SARCASM!<br /><br />I Haven't read anything on Chattanooga, but I will have to look that up.<br /><br />Concerning the economic numbers, let me share a June article with you regarding the state of our affairs. <br /><br /><b>50 Statistics About The U.S. Economy That Are Almost Too Crazy To Believe</b><br /><br />http://endoftheamericandream.com/archives/50-statistics-about-the-u-s-economy-that-are-almost-too-crazy-to-believeSPECTRE of Deflationnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775739590567135420.post-32981881683114184462010-09-15T09:55:31.597-04:002010-09-15T09:55:31.597-04:00So we can burn the American Flag and the Bible, bu...So we can burn the American Flag and the Bible, but the koran is off limits? Let me use my 1st Amendment Right to tell Justice Breyer to go F#CK himself. His hubris is breathtaking even for a black robed tyrant.<br /><br /><br /><br />http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_1...78-503544.html<br /><br />Stephen Breyer Questions Right to Burn Quran<br /><br />During an appearance on ABC's Good Morning America this morning, Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer addressed the recent controversy over a Florida pastor's plan to hold a Quran-burning rally on the anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, saying he wasn't convinced the First Amendment would protect such an action if the case were brought to the court in the future.<br /><br />"Holmes said it doesn't mean you can shout 'fire' in a crowded theater," Breyer told George Stephanopoulos during the GMA interview, referring to Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., who wrote the opinion in a 1919 Supreme Court decision that addressed Freedom of Speech. "Well, what is it? Why? Because people will be trampled to death. And what is the crowded theater today? What is the being trampled to death?"<br /><br />Breyer, who was on the show to promote his new book, "Making Our Democracy Work: A Judge's View," said that questions about the changing definition of free speech in the internet age will "be answered over time in a series of cases which force people to think carefully."<br />(SNIP)SPECTRE of Deflationnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775739590567135420.post-21029670161744340602010-09-15T09:39:29.477-04:002010-09-15T09:39:29.477-04:00Hi Spectre,
News ---US revenues are up 1.6% and d...Hi Spectre,<br /><br />News ---US revenues are up 1.6% and deficits are down 2.4% in this fiscal year over last year.<br /><br />Regarding Mayor Perez, here is a case where you are saying 2=2=6.<br /><br />Perez, who sat on the Mayors Commission to remove illegal guns from the streets, has been convicted of corruption.<br /><br />I am all in favor of getting this guy off the street, as well! In many cases power breeds corruption.<br /><br />But to think that the second amendment is about to get axed by getting illegal guns out of the hands of gangbangers is extreme. Stolen guns, which are obtained because gun owners did not secure them well enough, or gun dealers "laundered" them to organized crime figures, who then filtered them down to gangbangers, should be taken off the streets.<br /><br />No one is saying to disarm law-abiding gun owners!<br /><br />To say so is a big leap, my friend.<br /><br />Spectre, what is your opinion on Chattanooga, I believe, receiving dollars for the nation's fastest internet service?<br /><br />Also, you never answered my question regarding the the economy. I asked what would like to see happen, and how we would get there?<br /><br />enjoy the coming Autumn season, jerryjerry, of eye on washingtonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775739590567135420.post-9519172221167634812010-09-15T09:09:33.709-04:002010-09-15T09:09:33.709-04:00This has to be one of those, "can't make ...This has to be one of those, "can't make this BS up" moments. These jackasses want to take away our 2nd Amendment rights so that they can steal with impunity, and all of it in the name of protecting the people. Just like Uncle Joe, Moa and Hitler. Enjoy your time in the pokey thieves!! You felons cannot have guns, so you got your wish, but only for your thieving selves.<br /><br /><br />A follow-up: Mayor Eddie Perez (recently mentioned in the blog) was sentenced to three years in prison, and three years probation, of a possible 60 year sentence. Perez was convicted on five of six felony charges. <b>He is one of the rogues gallery of Mayor Bloomberg's Mayors Against Illegal Guns members that have been indicted or convicted of felonies including Sheila Dixon, Kwame Kilpatrick, Gary Becker, Larry Langford, Samuel Rivera, Jerramiah Healy, the late Frank Melton, Will Wynn, and David Della Donna.</b> One can only wonder what the felony conviction rate is for members of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, versus the general population. It is noteworthy that a felony conviction in the U.S. brings with it the loss of the right to own a firearm, for life. So at least these socialist mayors have been successful in getting a few guns out of the hands of criminals--themselves.SPECTRE of Deflationnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775739590567135420.post-54141565170067846632010-09-14T21:47:27.534-04:002010-09-14T21:47:27.534-04:00Jerry, I also remember the Luxury Tax of 1988-1991...Jerry, I also remember the Luxury Tax of 1988-1991(?) It did nothing but destroy American JOBS, as the rich can and did spend their money elsewhere. In the end CONgress couldn't repeal the damn law fast enough as their constituents were being laid off in large numbers and raising Holy Hell. The Rule of unintended consequences strikes again. Pensions both public and private are massively underfunded. This is how all Ponzi Schemes end. <br /><br /><br />QE Adverse Side Effect #1: Corporate Pension Underfunding Hits Record $460 Billion Deficit, A $108 Billion Deterioration IN ONE MONTH<br /><br />US retirees better pray that their Schwab accounts will rise forever and ever, because if they rely on defined benefit pension plans, they are fucked. According to actuarial and consulting firm Miliman, in August 2010, the funded status of the 100 largest defined benefit pension plans sponsored by U.S. companies dropped by $108 billion to a 10-year low of 70.1%. Yes, that's a $100 billion + deterioration in one month! The culprit - Ben Bernanke - financial market performance was poor in August, but the main reason for the decline in funded status was a large decrease in corporate bond interest rates. Who would have thought that pushing all markets so far from equilibrium could possibly have an adverse side effect. Soon, once pension funds like the Illinois TRS and others fold, and tens of millions of people who have diligently saved all their lives only to wake up one day and find they have no money left at all, their anger may finally rise and be rightfully directed at its just source: the corrupt slaveocratic inhabitants of the Marriner Eccles building. Expect to hear much, much more about this worst side effect of the Fed's flawed Keynesian solution to all of life's problems.<br /><br />The assets of corporate pensions relative to their deficits, known as the funded ratio, fell to 70.1 percent in August, also the lowest in at least 10 years, from 75.6 percent the month before, according to the Milliman. Pension plan assets declined $17 billion last month to $1.076 trillion, a loss of 1.12 percent. The median expected monthly return for plans in the index is 0.65 percent for 2010, a yearly return of 8.1 percent.(SNIP) <br /><br /><br />http://www.zerohedge.comSPECTRE of Deflationnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6775739590567135420.post-38980970872474363662010-09-11T14:42:30.241-04:002010-09-11T14:42:30.241-04:00Spectre, liberals don't accept the war, rendit...Spectre, liberals don't accept the war, rendition, spying on Americans, illegal searches and seizures, let alone the assassinations of world leaders.<br /><br />If you insist that Obama is a liberal and the Democrats in government are also all liberals, then the same must go for conservatives being neo-con-fascist Republicans.<br /><br />There are liberal and conservative political points of view. Political parties are Democrats, Republicans and Independents. Within those parties are political points of view, which vary depending upon the specific issues. A Democrat and Republican can view an issue in a liberal or conservative or neo-liberal, or neo-fascist, or socialist points of view.<br /><br />You paint with a very broad brush.<br /><br />Obama is NOT a liberal. Actually, he appears to be an extension of the Bush Boy legacy. He is a conservative Democrat with a neo-liberal agenda.<br /><br />jerrymuralsignshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07892531198621839798noreply@blogger.com