Category Archives: ~ my 2cents …

mashup Monday &some News …


As the lame duck session begins today the things that stand out most for me is the hypocrisy the overt nonsense and the lies offered up by the Republican Tea Party for the last twenty months. Unfortunately, the lies continue even after the Midterm elections with the sole goal to ruin President Obama by using Americans as their pawns and throwing us all under the bus.

The Party of No will keep stalling, blocking and saying No to the START treaty, the Disclose Act, unemployment, the Dream Act, Food Safety and other legislation but want and have been threatening progress unless and until the Republican Tea Party is given the Bush giveaways for the rich. The lies that the Republicans were able to sell and get some left of center to buy is about to unravel and the truth finally know by hopefully all Americans.

The notion that the top 2% is the group that creates and or hires the middle class let alone the idea that should be the reason to make sure the Bush giveaways are permanent is just a joke. If this is true, we should all ask where are the jobs that should have saved us all before the first 750 thousand suddenly lost their jobs even before President Obama was really in office. I do not understand how anyone believes that lie.

Other News …

**Feds open criminal investigation into WikiLeaks disclosures

**Former neighbor shocked over arrest of teen bomber

**Seoul warns that N.Korea will face severe consequences if another military attack on southern border

**Rep.Maxine Waters demands conclusion to ethics case

**Steele gets another challenger for RNC chair

**High court to review AZ election finance law

**JohnBolton is considering a run for office  in 2012 against President Obama

CSPAN

Former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN) , American Action Network, CEO Former Sen. Norm Coleman (R-MN) , American Action Network, CEO
Sunday
Interviews on Increasing Government Transparency Interviews on Increasing Government Transparency
Saturday

tempest Tuesday …&some News


The President will be handing out the Medal of Freedom to Rep. John Lewis -we support this action and love John Lewis with all the things he has done for the rest of us so that we might be able to move forward, have access and achieve great things in our own lives as well as our children and their children in the future. Congratulations to Rep. John Lewis.

Day 3 of snow has the 206 gripped in panic closed schools and more snow on the way. The snow that fell yesterday has turned into a sheet of ice and in some parts of the 206; more snowfall is on top of that. The roads definitely look okay –they are not so stay home if you can because folks are clogging stalling and blocking the work that the people, who snow plow, dump salt, and or dirt. The ice is the problem currently causing a whole lot of accidents so again be safe than sorry and call in or ride the bus which is also causing delays what with all the SUV’s thinking they have this and obviously they do not or the number of cars trucks and SUV’s parked on streets would be a lot less. Stay home and let the good people do their jobs so people can begin to drive again. !

How odd it was to be watching the late night shows when all of a sudden breaking news that N.Korea opens fire with several rounds of fire on S.Korea and while there has been frayed contentious relations between these two the idea that a war ..An actual war could or would break out seems very strange and disturbing to say the least. The background story is that S.Korea usually holds drills at this time of year, they let N.Korea know a head of time but instead of dealing with this N.Korea decided on pre-emptive strikes against S.Korea and is by far not only violent in that several S.Koreans were injured at least 2 of their troops was killed.

The last thing for today

“Never doubt that a small Group of thoughtful, committed citizens change the World. Indeed, it’s the only thing that ever has.”

The 2008 Machine needs to get started now for the 2012 campaign -the base needs to hear from you!!  Latinos, Women, Gays, the young ,our elders and with only 4.7% Blacks voting for the mid-term elections we need to go deep -rural as well, and last -Progressives need to be rubbed the right way to get their votes

Other News …

Rep.Ortiz concedes House race in TX

Plouffe to WH, Axelrod may exit sooner

Battle over who speaks for Tea Party movement

Jawbone not Holloway’s

S.Korea leader calls for enormous retaliation against NKorea

FCC updating 911 for the texting generation

11 arrested in terrorism probe, Belgian officials say

Wesley Snipes says no to being arrested by the IRS

Winter blows in fast and hard in the NWest and could complicate Thanksgiving travel

CSPAN …

American Association for Budget and Program Analysis 2010 Fall Symposium American Association for Budget and Program Analysis 2010 Fall Symposium
Today
White House Briefing with Press Secretary Robert Gibbs White House Briefing with Press Secretary Robert Gibbs
Monday
American Constitution Society Discussion on Arizona Immigrant Workers Law American Constitution Society Discussion on Arizona Immigrant Workers Law
Monday
NGA News Conference NGA News Conference
Saturday

Weekend rant -up &some News


On Saturday we saw President Obama in action who is definitely good for America in general and his determination to get the START treaty taken care of and revitalize our relationship/alliances with other NATO countries is something we should all be proud. This man is doing the work of the people and America unlike the Republican Tea Party who put Party, Profits and the Bush tax givaways before the People of American.

Yesterday, the weather here was giving off definitely vibes of a sharp drop in the temperature and a possibility of snow and while the skies were white and the temperature did, drop the rain trumped the snow but we have a whole weekend to deal with and apparently, some parts of our city did get some snow. This morning it is very crisp and the sky is blue –rain is on the way and a whole lot of sports here such as the UW Huskies are in Maui for the first time playing BB in an EA 3-day tourney -awesome and the Seahawks play the Saints on Sunday.

To say that the media is not the same conglomerate it use to be is stating the obvious and putting it mildly. When it is clear that reporters are giving out bad info and not correcting it even after someone from the Military actually comes on to be interviewed, makes a correction or i guess tries to make sure the public understands what is actually happening. I just do not understand why the cable heads cannot make the correction instead of fueling the inaccuracy of it all. Is it such a bad thing to either just correct it move on and or say they information has been interpreted several different ways and they think instead of telling the public that the Obama Admin has made changes to the draw down in Afghanistan. It is a very telling process and yet another issue we all need to be aware of and question each and every time we watch what seems to me the unfair and i guess unbalanced news coming from cable unless we see and hear it from the President himself or anyone else for that matter. That old saying about hearing a comment from the horses mouth is the only way to get the truth is to hear it from the person themselves, not that folks don’t know that already but the reality is that folks have chosen not to and that is sad.

While i am definitely happy about the Senate passing HR 4783, the Black and Native American farmers settlement despite folks like Sen.Coburn’s efforts to block it. There are still many more  Republican hurdles for the settlement to jump before any money can be handed out.  According to an interview with Boyd the next hurdle to be conquered will happen after Thanksgiving in the House of Representatives. If HR4783 passes it could then take up to a year to be interviewed, maybe court cases, signed and or disbursed to the many farmers who have been waiting for decades. The 50 or 70 thousand per farmer sounds great at first thought but it does not seem enough to pick up where a farmer left off and those who died waiting for this overdue settlement hopefully are looking down upon the others with at least a smile.

Other News …

Wesley Snipes has yet to turn himself in

Judge halts Murkowski cerification

China Reins in Bank Reserve rules

DMX arrested in AZ

the Show -Teen Mom- has one of theirs charged with domestic violence

The Senate confirms President Obama’s budget chief

Gases delay the rescue for 29 at N.Zealand mine

President Obama tells GOP to stop holding up START treaty

TGIF …&some News


The weather is bad but it’s autumn right…so the goal today is to get through the day, cozy up with a hottie or a hot beverage such as cocoa or whatever is your preferred drink, sit back watch tv, movies use wii when you get a chance.

President Obama is on the road getting the Peoples business done.

I am without a doubt tired of the BS coming from the right of center politicians, “the White media” and those folks in the military who seem to want us to stay longer in a War waged by the last guy and is being used against our President on a daily basis.  The other News of military action is coming from the new Republican Congress stating we need to go to war with the cartel on the borders currently affected which seems like another open ended war. It just seems like the focus should be on the unemployed, jobs and our economy but hey that’s just my opinion. I will continue to call Boehner, McConnell, Cantor as well as Kyl to stop stalling the START treaty with the sole promise to ruin our President is offensive and un-American. Those folks that voted for the RTP which will put them in charge of the 112th House should be ashamed of themselves because nothing good is coming if anything for the next 2yrs.

I am biased but it just seems like no matter what President Obama does it just is not good enough and it would be great if people would remember where we were before he was sworn into office and what happened weeks after he took office -this chaos was not his but knowing it was there he still said yes i will try to get America back on track. People need to be reminded we got hit with a recession like no other since the great depression and while the Democratic Party has been trying to do the right thing unlike Republicans in Congress have decided that a Black man in the office of President is not acceptable among other things this notion is beyond offensive. It use to be funny but the midterm elections were very upsetting to think folks stayed home or decided to vote for Republicans which will become clearer as the weeks and months go by that they voted against his or her best interest and for a lack of a better comment crazy. I ask myself what are people afraid of almost on a daily basis then I turn on cable and hear the sky is falling rhetoric that they push on viewers who unfortunately are buying into the noise. Though we all might feel we need to get Wall Street out of the White House and it is understandable but given what happened in our  journey into what could have been a depression, who better to actually get us out of the ditch sooner rather than later. If you watch and listen the fix was and still is complicated and probably continues to be in flux. Progress is not something to be afraid of and while folks have bought into the BS coming from the various right of center cable stations owned by the big Corporate entities giving money to Republicans we have this incredible chance to move our entire broken down system into the 21st Century make sure all our people have health care, equal rights, FairPay and lives worth living. The ugly fact is …given what we have all heard or seen on radio or cable the Republican Tea Party is only interested in getting those Bush tax cuts permanently without having paid for them when the house of Bush signed off of them in 2001/2003 though that part of it just does not get airtime -they were like the 2wars he waged were put into action without paying yet Republicans  have decided to enforce paygo which should be used for the upper 2% Bush giveaways, even one of the architects of the two Bush tax cuts stated that those tax cuts were not good and though folks making millions and or billions want to believe otherwise there is an expiration date that should be kept. Americans have experienced a very contentious 20 + months watching the moves by the democrats to get us back on track while Republican continue to stall, block and say No whenever possible with what seems like ridiculous reasons and the agenda which was laid out long ago by —– with his comments about finding President Obama’s waterloo —at any cost.  The cost apparently is the FairPay Act for women, DADT, the Dream Act as well as the START treaty and now after the midterm elections put more Republicans not only on the floor of Congress but there are quite a few Republican Governors the problem some of us left of center feel that people are misreading the elections in fact this was a midterm usually treated unfortunately as the no bid deal election and yes the gotv was good yet the numbers of African Americans were low, unfortunately women, lgbt decided to vote for Republicans and reports are that Latinos actually saved quite a few of our Democratic candidates. It goes without saying hopefully that the White House and leaders in Congress will acknowledge and act for their base now to pass legislation that will change our lives for the better. I have yet to accept this President leaned too far left when the whole idea is to do things that will help not just America but Americans, it also lends itself to what will happen in the future for the 2012 elections. I say move left and get things done because there is nothing to lose but much to gain if those moves make an incredible positive impact on the lives of Americans.

Other News …

Wesley Snipes order to surrender in tax case

TSA faces legal challenges

Democrats are fighting each other while quite a few are disrespecting President Obama with comments

Federal Judge pleads guilty to 2 drug charges

Bernanke fights back at Fed critics

Israel and US struggle over settlement pact

Settlement for Black and Native American farmers today

Most 9/11 first responders settle about 500 turned the offer on the law suit

Obama states NATO Leaders back him on the START treaty

CSPAN

Freshmen House Members Class Photo Freshmen House Members Class Photo
Today
Pres. Obama Remarks on GM Pres. Obama Remarks on GM
Thursday
House Republican Caucus Leadership Elections House Republican Caucus Leadership Elections
Thursday
Defense Department Press Briefing Defense Department Press Briefing
Thursday
House Financial Services Cmte. Hearing on Mortage Servicing Issues House Financial Services Cmte. Hearing on Mortage Servicing Issues
Thursday
Senate Armed Services Cmte. Hearing on Military Nominations Senate Armed Services Cmte. Hearing on Military Nominations
Thursday
British House of Commons Liaison Cmte. Questions to the Prime Minister British House of Commons Liaison Cmte. Questions to the Prime Minister
Thursday
Pres. Obama Remarks on START Treaty Pres. Obama Remarks on START Treaty
Thursday
Senate Commerce Subcmte. Hearing on Retransmission Consent and the Public Interest Senate Commerce Subcmte. Hearing on Retransmission Consent and the Public Interest
Wednesday
Pres. Obama Awards Nat'l Medals of Science, Technology & Innovation Pres. Obama Awards Nat’l Medals of Science, Technology & Innovation
Wednesday

trippi Tuesday …& some News


The President will be giving out the Medal of Honor today, which is such a proud moment to be an American in a time when we use to have two wars now only one as well as the first person of colour as our President giving you chills. It is a very special day to be alive and see all the wonder things President Obama has been able to accomplish with or without the help of, I guess Americans who call themselves Republicans. The weather here sucked last night and early this morning though it has calmed down finally it is just the beginning of autumn, which will move into winter sometime soon.

I posted a letter to Americans from Leader Harry Reid and apparently, it upset someone so much that they responded. While I am glad to get responses to the various articles posted, this one seems a bit dramatic. It is obvious the person is very right of center and it confirms how personal feelings create gridlock. Unfortunately, this same attitude will continue to happen on the floor of Congress as personal feelings get in the way of doing the peoples business. As Republican members of Congress show lack of compromise so do their constituents and while that may be normal up to a point in our own private lives, this behavior cannot continue on for too long as we all know the quicker folks work together the sooner Americans will be able to move into the 21st Century. Anyway, below is the response to the open letter to Americans from Harry Reid.

A desperate lie by a desperate piece of filth. It’s laughable in the extreme. The truth is that Americans did not vote the Liberal filth out of office for the sake of working with their remnants.

They and their supporters, the domestic enemies of America, can sit down and shut up or things will go harshly for them sooner than it might otherwise.

Other News …

Rep. Rangel is convicted by House panel on ethics violations on 11 of 13 counts -non-legal action

Cholera outbreak sparks riots in Haiti

Republican leaders suddenly decide to vote against earmarks -pushed by tea party members

Tina Fey is censored by PBS -on Palin comments





CSPAN …

Senate Democratic and Republican Leadership Election Press Conferences Senate Democratic and Republican Leadership Election Press Conferences
Today
George W. Bush Presidential Center Groundbreaking Ceremony George W. Bush Presidential Center Groundbreaking Ceremony
Today
Wall Street Journal CEO Council 2010 Annual Meeting Wall Street Journal CEO Council 2010 Annual Meeting
Today
British P.M. David Cameron Speech at Lord Mayor's Banquet British P.M. David Cameron Speech at Lord Mayor’s Banquet
Monday
State Department Press Briefing State Department Press Briefing
Monday
House Ethics Inquiry Hearing on Conduct of Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY) House Ethics Inquiry Hearing on Conduct of Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY)
Monday
Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Meeting with GOP Senators-Elect Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Meeting with GOP Senators-Elect
Monday
British House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing on Afghanistan British House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing on Afghanistan
Monday