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Feb 2006 Posts
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02 01 06 posts
| Posted 2/25/06 9:47 PM |
| If one checks thee ranks of the The F.O.G. Elite you will find Diebold. Remember that Walden W.
O'Dell is the CEO at diebold and he has guaranteed victory for the RNC / Cato/Heritage Walden W.
O'Dell is a George Walker Bush Ranger !! |
| Posted 2/25/06 9:26 PM |
| Looks like the The F.O.G. Elite's $ DOLLARS $ speak loud and clear. The RNC / Cato/Heritage Alliance is pulling out all the stops in California to assure a victory. Democracy is soon to become a joke in the United States of America DEFCON where are you the people need you. |
| Posted 2/24/06 9:05 AM |
| "I approach the situation from the stand point of let the buyer beware. "
This is where the games may begin. The CO can fix the color if the package is sealed the customer will have to wait to till he/she gets home to smell the meat. Then if the customer has the time to go back to the store and return the meat. If the meat is not to be used for a few days it may not be opened for awhile. These folks figure that most people will say " I should have used it sooner " and toss it. Just push the sell by out a few days and re-rap !! The color is still good. And toss it in a display with new meat. The rip offs are all ready doing this . now the color stays good longer to facilitate the rip off. |
| Posted 2/23/06 10:24 PM |
| That is the problem when you deal with honest people . There are ways to mis-use this packaging system to move bad meat for some to cheat . The researchers were not thinking about this but as we all know there are those who will see opportunity to make the illicit $ DOLLARS $. |
| Posted 2/23/06 10:07 PM |
| Remember the minimum Wage stuck at $5.15 / hr.? the CPI has been doing this
BlS CPI
 $5.15 in 1997 dollars is equal to $6.27 in 2005 dollars |
| Posted 2/23/06 10:00 PM |
| Read the report, click the link. This was before the RNC / Cato/Heritage did this
Census Bureau Poverty Data 1959 to 2004
Now by age group
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| Posted 2/23/06 9:30 PM |
| The problem is the position of the RNC / Cato/Heritage Alliance. The RNC / Cato/Heritage Alliance is in the process of trying to destroy the AMERICAN middle class. The recent Health savings accounts, the recent RNC SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION reform plans The recent attempt to eliminate the home mortgage interest deduction. The frozen minimum wage . All these policy efforts are aimed at the middle class and SENIORS . IF THE RNC DOES NOT WANT OPPOSITION THEY SHOULD STOP TRYING TO DESTROY PEOPLES WAY OF LIFE BY FORCEING THEM INTO POVERTY TO LINE THE POCKETS OF THE The F.O.G. Elite |
| Posted 2/23/06 9:18 PM |
| This sounds like the RNC " WORK FARE PROGRAM " just enough money to run for a few years and participation limits designed to " MOVE"EM ON DOWN THE ROAD " and dump them. |
| Posted 2/23/06 9:00 PM |
| These people are the lucky ones the former middle class . The poor are spread all over the southern United States of America. The poor are going to be disappeared into the shadows and skid rows of AMERICA. To make way for Theme Park New Orleans. |
| Posted 2/23/06 8:19 PM |
| Be happy but there is still reason for concern . The meat packing industry is going to use this CO packaging system at the wholesale level " halves " " wholes " and " quarters ". The potential for miss use is tremendous
There are other ways to get around the "smell" factor if the look can be maintained. Looks like we need a bacteria scanner. Remember when you hit the ER it costs $100.00 to take your name!!! |
| Posted 2/23/06 2:39 PM |
| People out here are speaking out and I hope the loons in Sacramento hold these peoples feet to the fire and make them produce a functional voting system. |
| Posted 2/23/06 2:16 PM |
| I have found meat that has spoiled BEFORE THE SPOILAGE DATE . If these people were honest they would be working on a combo of gas used to extend the " beauty" linked with extending unspoiled shelf life and temperature sensitive packaging ( if held at too high a temp for too long it turn black or red ) To keep the so called honest people on the straight and narrow. |
| Posted 2/23/06 1:56 PM |
| There is one small logistics problem. If one is stuck in California with no money how does one move to New Orleans with enough money to rent an apartment even as sec 8 . Then instantly find a job that must be a wide open job market. |
| Posted 2/23/06 12:41 PM |
| Most people of average intelligence can look at a wall and see that if there are breaks that you can see through. The are segments that have sunk down $ feet and others are leaning at odd angles this wall may have problems. When peoples back yards flood at high tide with water flowing through the levee . There may be a problem handling a cat 3 direct hit. This wall may need repairs any half wit should see that and so did the local "Levee boards or commissions". These local " leftie lunatics " joined with the dummies at LSU the lefties at NOLA and tried to get the George Walker Bush Administration to help and BUSH told them that they were nuts and " every body likes what we are doing".
Well now it is time to pay the piper… Over 1300 paid with their lives and over 500,000 paid with their homes. Now the rest of the United States of America will pay with their $ DOLLARS $ wow BUSH really knows how to save money (1) (2)(3)(4)(5)(6). |
| Posted 2/23/06 12:14 PM |
| There is only one message that will ever be sent from the F.O.G. ( FRIENDS OF GEORGE ) that is that the The F.O.G. Elite will take care of their own with $ DOLLARS $ . The $ DOLLARS $ is the " GOD " the all mighty that which is valued above all else. This is how the RNC circles their wagons and unite behind a friend. |
| Posted 2/23/06 11:35 AM |
| Just keep listening to George Walker Bush
 The price paid over 1300 dead , Over 2,000 missing 500,000 homeless and nearly $100 BILLION wasted
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worry endangered
| Posted 2/23/06 5:53 AM |
| I look at Dibold and say this these people are lying scum.
If a digital data processing system has an record recording error rate of 10% it is un useable junk. No amount of SPIN can change the facts. If the computer you used to enter your post to me had such an error rate you would have smashed it to pieces. If these slime bags can't come up with a system that can record votes as entered and secure them from tampering toss the garbage out !!!!
There is no way such a system can be certified as useable with a 10% error rate. Any one who does certify such a system is an idiot or bought and paid for . |
| Posted 2/23/06 4:26 AM |
| "It isn't just Santorums kids who have to pay, it is our grandchildren too and that really frosts my pumpkin."
You seam to think like most AMERICANS and the " OLD RNC " Newt said it best
" " Their debt numbers actually understate the problem because they fail to account for 4 additional powerful factors:
1. The taxpayers' burden in paying interest on the debt;
2. The cost of higher interest rates caused by federal government's borrowing;
3. The imminent financial crisis in Medicare;
4. The soon to be retiring Baby boomers and their effect on the Social Security Trust Fund.
Fact: Every Citizen will have to pay a lot in taxes for interest on the debt. " "
HON. NEWT GINGRICH
in the House of Representatives
FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 1995
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| Posted 2/23/06 3:03 AM |
A celebration of Mrs. King's life is in effect a anti RNC rant in any for you make it. Martin Luther King and his wife Coretta Scot King dedicated their lives to concepts and social policies juxtaposed to those of the RNC / Cato/Heritage Alliance.
" "But Coretta knew, and we know," Lowery continued, "That there are weapons of misdirection right down here," he said,
nodding his head toward the row of presidents past and present. "For war, billions more, but no more for the poor!" The crowd again cheered wildly. "
the above statement is a core belief and priority of the RNC / Cato/Heritage Alliance many black folks have felt it and many more know it as fact. To the RNC / Cato/Heritage Alliance the F.O.G. ( FRIENDS OF GEORGE ) and the super wealthy of the The F.O.G. Elite are priority " ONE ". |
| Posted 2/23/06 1:44 AM |
| Looks like this move to CO is a beauty move only. Here is a link to known processes to retard product spoilage. There is no need for the added risk noted below.
Some food scientists who approve of other forms of modified atmosphere packaging as a way of extending a product's life say this form of it can be unsafe. Michael Doyle, director of the Center for Food Safety at the University of Georgia, says one study found that when meat in modified packages that included carbon monoxide was stored at 10 degrees above the proper temperature, salmonella grew more easily. |
| Posted 2/22/06 3:17 PM |
| Just think if your computer had the same failure rate as the Dibold voting machines it would fail 8,000 to 10,000 times per second (10%). These Dibold systems are The F.O.G. Elite approved and guaranteed to deliver CA to the RNC . P S The CEO of Dibold is a member of the The F.O.G. Elite . |
| Posted 2/22/06 3:11 PM |
| Click n SELA |
| Posted 2/22/06 2:21 PM |
| Why is this just coming to light now ? the conditions you describe are scary how would any body know? If somebody started "re-stamping the spoilage dates" I guess a person could make a little money. When did the FDA approve this ? The Japanese already think we are a bunch of nuts ( a month after their " mad cow " ban was lifted on our beef their inspectors found " spinal cord and CNS tissue mixed in with other meat) apparently their inspectors actually look at the meat and test it. |
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| Posted 2/22/06 1:11 PM |
| Looks like the The F.O.G. Elite is rallying around a "Good Guy ".
NOTED WITH INTEREST
GOP Achievers Want to Compile $5 Million for Libby Defense
From the Washington Post
Wednesday, February 22, 2006; Page A13
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/21/AR2006022101850.html?referrer= email&referrer=email&referrer=email
A Who's Who of Republican heavy hitters and Bush administration supporters are lending their names to help raise $5 million for the defense of Vice President Cheney's former top aide in his criminal trial.
Led by Florida real estate magnate and former ambassador Mel Sembler, the group seeking to help I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby avoid jail time includes 26 notable names, many of whom could also be described as "Friends of George and Dick."
Sembler, a longtime party fundraiser, backed Cheney as a presidential candidate in 1996 until he dropped out of the race, and described himself as vindicated and thrilled when George W. Bush chose Cheney as a running mate in 2000.
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| Posted 2/22/06 12:37 PM |
| A "supplemental " is a modification to a budget that was already enacted into law. The Democrats and the Republicans were fighting over the proposed cuts by BUSH. The cuts were attached to a bill I can't remember which one I didn't see it in the" write offs" |
| Posted 2/22/06 12:10 PM |
The flood walls that failed were the new flood walls of the unfinished levees that the Army Corps of Engineers Had just finished building. Some of them had sunk almost 4 Feet since 1996.
A little history the first levee project was started 1 year after New Orleans was founded. There has been levee construction on a continuous basis ever since!!!!
The levees that failed were new construction that was part of a unfinished 1996 project . |
| Posted 2/22/06 11:04 AM |
Your policy states ITEM 1 Watch what you say
"You may not transmit via the AARP discussion boards any information, data, text, files, links, software, chat, communication or other materials ("Content") that is considered to be unlawful, harmful, threatening, abusive, harassing, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, hateful, racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable. In such cases of member abuse, the AARP Community Manager reserves the right to remove the content and/or restrict or revoke that AARP member's community privileges"
Why pretend to allow free speech if you hold people to the rules stated in ITEM 1. Why not simplify the waste of space with the following
This is an honest statement and it says the same thing as ITEM 1.
A simple analysis of ITEM 1 yields
In the listing of banned content all types of forbidden communication are well defined except for the last element of the list.
This last item is so broad and far reaching that any thing a moderator does not like personally can be censored under these rules and negates all previous content definitions that preceded this item. This one item is the totality of the censorship rules on the AARP boards. |
| Posted 2/22/06 6:14 AM |
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| Posted 2/22/06 2:10 AM |
| There was a 2001 supplemental passed by congress to help save money or the up coming tax cut. Drats can't find which bill it was attached to |
| Posted 2/21/06 11:51 PM |
| Remember the George Walker Bush tour to sell the budget cuts necessary to finance the 2001 Tax Cut (1) ? BUSH hit the Republican governors conference and then the mayors conference ?? and BUSH began cutting SELA funding. |
| Posted 2/21/06 10:33 PM |
| There is a ' gas washing process " that keeps the bacteria count down. May be the two processes could be mixed ? |
| Posted 2/21/06 10:10 PM |
The PAC Man Rick Santorum The new " Ethics Czar " ??
 She should be scared... very scared she just found out how much " Rick " is going to bill her !
http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewPrint&articleId=11174
"To test whether Santorum may have gotten a favor, the Prospect called Philadelphia Trust to inquire about obtaining an individual mortgage, and reached a bank employee who identified herself as Barbara Todd. "We don't have, per se, mortgages only -- we're an investment company," she explained. Asked further about whether the bank makes loans, she said: "We do, once you're a client on the investment side of the business."
"Not to the general public, only to investment clients?"
"Correct."
A spokeswoman for the Santorum campaign, Virginia Davis, responded by e-mail to a series of written questions about the loan without fully answering them. "Senator Santorum and his wife, who is an attorney and a nurse, applied for the [Philadelphia Trust] mortgage using the standard application process that Americans must go through when applying for a mortgage and received a market-driven rate for their second home in the Washington, D.C., area to house them and their six children when the Senate is in session," she wrote."
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| Posted 2/21/06 8:23 PM |
| These Judges must have the DEA flipping from top to bottom. Up net is " Partial birth abortions " must check out the latest ruling on water ways an d wet land policies ( another BUSH favor from the past ,,, must find my notes on the prior rulings.
these folks are rich!!!!! |
| Posted 2/21/06 7:42 PM |
| How is it that a person dieing of cancer is prohibited from " legally " obtaining marijuana to offset the side effects of "chemo" and a " church " ? is permitted to use illegal hallucinogens. Will peyote be legalized ? Will the era of the magic mushroom return ?
KCET is running a piece on scouts as I type this, The News Hour is on. |
| Posted 2/21/06 7:36 PM |
| Don't worry that plant will be shut down by the end of the month. |
| Posted 2/21/06 7:19 PM |
| Talk is cheap but true R&D coasts real money and needs real people to do the work. This is just a sign of the " disconnect " between George Walker Bush and those generating the BUSH administration's fiscal policy.
It is simple somebody forgot to tell the folks at the Cato/Heritage / OMB that BUSH was going to drop by that plant on a " photo op " talking head tour. |
| Posted 2/21/06 7:18 PM |
| This is A Conservative Supreme Court Or A Bunch Of Drugies " Don't bogart That Joint My Friend…."
Court Allows Church's Hallucinogenic Tea
By GINA HOLLAND
Associated Press Writer
Feb 21, 9:13 PM EST
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SCOTUS_RELIGIOUS_TEA?SITE=7219&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT &CTIME=2006-02-21-10-12-42
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A small branch of a South American religious sect may use hallucinogenic tea as part of a ritual intended to connect with God, a unanimous Supreme Court ruled Tuesday.
In its first religious freedom decision under Chief Justice John Roberts, the court said the government cannot hinder religious practices without proof of a "compelling" need to do so.
"This is a very important decision for minority religious freedom in this country," said lawyer John Boyd, who represents about 130 U.S. members of O Centro Espirita Beneficiente Uniao do Vegetal who live in New Mexico, California and Colorado.
The tea, which contains an illegal drug known as DMT, is considered sacred to members of the sect, which has a blend of Christian beliefs and South American traditions. Members believe they can understand God only by drinking the tea, which is consumed twice a month at four-hour ceremonies.
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| Posted 2/21/06 10:50 AM |
Do you think some body would question " South Central LA " going for the Republicans 2 to 1 ?? |
| Posted 2/21/06 9:12 AM |
| Most George Walker Bush supporters can fill in the blanks by now and make the PRESIDENT say what ever they want him to say. That way they are never disappointed. What was said is of no consequence or importance. |
| Posted 2/21/06 8:38 AM |
The truth is always simple what should one expect from Mrs. King's friends after BUSH tried to destroy the very organization that Mrs. King and her husband worked so hard to create ( NAACP ).!! |
| Posted 2/21/06 8:29 AM |
| George Walker Bush refused to give any help to L. A. and SELA . George Walker Bush over 4 years prevented the ongoing construction of the NO levees and refused to fund any repairs is that to difficult to understand no money…no repairs or new construction. |
| Posted 2/21/06 1:00 AM |
| George Walker Bush"s 2006 funding request had to change since the very problems that BUSH had ignored now had to be fixed along with $60 to $80 BILLION in New Orleans rebuilding costs. |
| Posted 2/20/06 11:57 PM |
| BUSH cut SELA funding in 2001.
BUSH cut SELA funding in 2002
BUSH cut SELA funding in 2003
BUSH cut SELA funding in 2004
BUSH cut SELA funding in 2005
BUSH cut SELA funding in 2006
Get the point !
These problems were old news to LSU , Scientific American, Army corps of Engineers ( The people whose yards were flooding at high tide…levee leaks ). They all were complaining and asking for help. They got the RNC / Cato/Heritage response.
1000 + dead 500,000 People homeless The economy of L. A. is a mess and thousands are facing the prospect of becoming permanent refugees in AMERICA . |
| Posted 2/20/06 11:38 PM |
The situation is simple….SELA was starved for building funds ( their levee system was only 80% complete ) and the sections that had been finished were sinking into the bog they were built on. Since George Walker Bush started cutting funding in 2001 and was warned that a cat 4+ hurricane was one of " The Big Ones " by FEMA. BUSH wa s warned and knew full well of the problems in New Orleans and he kept cutting funding. That is Negligence Negligent Homicide . |
| Posted 2/20/06 11:00 PM |
Holding camps are nothing new " GOOGLE REX84 " |
| Posted 2/20/06 10:33 PM |
| To place this article in perspective " GOOGLE " " REX 84 "
These same people say they could not evacuate New Orleans ( LOL )
George Walker Bush did just what he wanted to do " NOTHING " just as BUSH neglected the repair of the New Orleans levee system (1) (2)(3)(4)(5)(6).
One must also remember our government may be preparing for a major nuclear " INCIDENT ". |
| Posted 2/20/06 9:10 AM |
Here are some of the offers to help that were turned down or ignored
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| Posted 2/20/06 8:36 AM |
| You Said BTW...FEMA is not a first responder. Local and State agencies are. Fema acts based on information from the Locals, which in the begining was that the brunt of Katrina did not hit N.O.
BTW BUSH declared a state of federal emergency a day before Katrina hit. Therefore this subset of E.O.'s applied to New Orleans.
> Executive Orders associated with FEMA that would suspend the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. These Executive Orders have been on record for nearly 30 years and could be enacted by the stroke of a Presidential pen
A full listing of EO's are at
http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/index.html
From:
http://www.mindfully.org/Reform/2004/FEMA-Concentration-Camps3sep04.htm
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10990
allows the government to take over all modes of transportation and control of highways and seaports.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10995
allows the government to seize and control the communication media.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10997
allows the government to take over all electrical power, gas, petroleum, fuels and minerals.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10998
allows the government to seize all means of transportation, including personal cars, trucks or vehicles of any kind and total control over all highways, seaports, and waterways.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10999
allows the government to take over all food resources and farms.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11000
allows the government to mobilize civilians into work brigades under government supervision.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11001
allows the government to take over all health, education and welfare functions.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11002
designates the Postmaster General to operate a national registration of all persons.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11003
allows the government to take over all airports and aircraft, including commercial aircraft.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11004
allows the Housing and Finance Authority to relocate communities, build new housing with public funds, designate areas to be abandoned, and establish new locations for populations.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11005
allows the government to take over railroads, inland waterways and public storage facilities.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11051
specifies the responsibility of the Office of Emergency Planning and gives authorization to put all Executive Orders into effect in times of increased international tensions and economic or financial crisis.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11310
grants authority to the Department of Justice to enforce the plans set out in Executive Orders, to institute industrial support, to establish judicial and legislative liaison, to control all aliens, to operate penal and correctional institutions, and to advise and assist the President.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11049
assigns emergency preparedness function to federal departments and agencies, consolidating 21 operative Executive Orders issued over a fifteen year period.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11921
allows the Federal Emergency Preparedness Agency to develop plans to establish control over the mechanisms of production and distribution, of energy sources, wages, salaries, credit and the flow of money in U.S. financial institution in any undefined national emergency. It also provides that when a state of emergency is declared by the President, Congress cannot review the action for six months. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has broad powers in every aspect of the nation. General Frank Salzedo, chief of FEMA's Civil Security Division stated in a 1983 conference that he saw FEMA's role as a "new frontier in the protection of individual and governmental leaders from assassination, and of civil and military installations from sabotage and/or attack, as well as prevention of dissident groups from gaining access to U.S. opinion, or a global audience in times of crisis." FEMA's powers were consolidated by President Carter to incorporate the...
National Security Act of 1947
allows for the strategic relocation of industries, services, government and other essential economic activities, and to rationalize the requirements for manpower, resources and production facilities.
1950 Defense Production Act
gives the President sweeping powers over all aspects of the economy.
Act of August 29, 1916
authorizes the Secretary of the Army, in time of war, to take possession of any transportation system for transporting troops, material, or any other purpose related to the emergency.
International Emergency Economic Powers Act
enables the President to seize the property of a foreign country or national. These powers were transferred to FEMA in a sweeping consolidation in 1979. |
| Posted 2/20/06 7:52 AM |
Please Read The Reports
Then understand that for the last 4 years LSU the local levee boards have been begging Congress and the White house to repair the levee system in New Orleans. The George Walker Bush administration ignored them , despite the fact that a cat 4+ hurricane hitting New Orleans was one of the "BIG 3 " disasters that could befall the U. S. in the S. T. A. given BUSH by FEMA in 2001. This info would not stop George Walker Bush from repeatedly cutting funding to SELA . After the initial FEMA warning via an S.T. A. The BUSH administration proceeded to cut funding. This action is Criminal Negligence that resulted in the deaths of thousands of AMERICANS . All be it poor AMERICANS but still AMERICANS. For any Officer in the Armed Services this would be grounds for a Negligent Homicide complaint. But George Walker Bush is above the law. |
| Posted 2/19/06 12:22 PM |
Most of what I hav encountered has been gross incompetence CBO work product is not copy protected DAAAHH. |
| Posted 2/19/06 12:06 PM |
| No mater how you SPIN it you can't blame the " unions " for AMERICA ills. The minimum wage worker has lost $44.80 / week in spending $ DOLLARS $ since 1997. That is $5.15 / hr. in 1997 is equal to $6.27 / hr. in 2005. The unions wages have been flat compared to all others.
The AMERICAN middle class is loosing ground and AMERICA is loosing CUSTOMERS.
Most marketing types understand what happens when your customer base starts to shrink. |
| Posted 2/19/06 11:38 AM |
Executive Orders associated with FEMA that would suspend the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. These Executive Orders have been on record for nearly 30 years and could be enacted by the stroke of a Presidential pen
A full listing of EO's are at
http://www.archives.gov/federal-register/executive-orders/index.html
From:
http://www.mindfully.org/Reform/2004/FEMA-Concentration-Camps3sep04.htm
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10990
allows the government to take over all modes of transportation and control of highways and seaports.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10995
allows the government to seize and control the communication media.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10997
allows the government to take over all electrical power, gas, petroleum, fuels and minerals.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10998
allows the government to seize all means of transportation, including personal cars, trucks or vehicles of any kind and total control over all highways, seaports, and waterways.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 10999
allows the government to take over all food resources and farms.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11000
allows the government to mobilize civilians into work brigades under government supervision.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11001
allows the government to take over all health, education and welfare functions.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11002
designates the Postmaster General to operate a national registration of all persons.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11003
allows the government to take over all airports and aircraft, including commercial aircraft.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11004
allows the Housing and Finance Authority to relocate communities, build new housing with public funds, designate areas to be abandoned, and establish new locations for populations.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11005
allows the government to take over railroads, inland waterways and public storage facilities.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11051
specifies the responsibility of the Office of Emergency Planning and gives authorization to put all Executive Orders into effect in times of increased international tensions and economic or financial crisis.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11310
grants authority to the Department of Justice to enforce the plans set out in Executive Orders, to institute industrial support, to establish judicial and legislative liaison, to control all aliens, to operate penal and correctional institutions, and to advise and assist the President.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11049
assigns emergency preparedness function to federal departments and agencies, consolidating 21 operative Executive Orders issued over a fifteen year period.
EXECUTIVE ORDER 11921
allows the Federal Emergency Preparedness Agency to develop plans to establish control over the mechanisms of production and distribution, of energy sources, wages, salaries, credit and the flow of money in U.S. financial institution in any undefined national emergency. It also provides that when a state of emergency is declared by the President, Congress cannot review the action for six months. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has broad powers in every aspect of the nation. General Frank Salzedo, chief of FEMA's Civil Security Division stated in a 1983 conference that he saw FEMA's role as a "new frontier in the protection of individual and governmental leaders from assassination, and of civil and military installations from sabotage and/or attack, as well as prevention of dissident groups from gaining access to U.S. opinion, or a global audience in times of crisis." FEMA's powers were consolidated by President Carter to incorporate the...
National Security Act of 1947
allows for the strategic relocation of industries, services, government and other essential economic activities, and to rationalize the requirements for manpower, resources and production facilities.
1950 Defense Production Act
gives the President sweeping powers over all aspects of the economy.
Act of August 29, 1916
authorizes the Secretary of the Army, in time of war, to take possession of any transportation system for transporting troops, material, or any other purpose related to the emergency.
International Emergency Economic Powers Act
enables the President to seize the property of a foreign country or national. These powers were transferred to FEMA in a sweeping consolidation in 1979.
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| Posted 2/19/06 11:24 AM |
| George Walker Bush declared a state of federal emergency in L. A. . If you know anything about a federal state of emergency at all is that people like Blanco and Nagin are NOBODIES they take orders from the federal Government ( the feds are in control ) you know " preemptive jurisdiction " |
| Posted 2/19/06 9:32 AM |
Understand this the Congressional Investigation was nothing more than an distraction put on so people would not connect George Walker Bush to the levee failures in New Orleans. The genesis of the levee failures can be traced to the George Walker Bush administration cutting SELA funding in 2001 and every year after that. With no money there was no construction or repairs. With no ongoing maintenance the known problems were never fixed and worsened with time.
George Walker Bush's neglect (1) (2)(3)(4)(5)(6) has reaped the whirl wind for the residents of New Orleans
The L. A. took a hard hit in their economy
Please Read The Reports
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| Posted 2/19/06 8:25 AM |
| You Said Millions of public employees and their unions, like AFL-CIO, SEIU,CTA, have learned America is theirs for the taking..no one can stop them...high pay, perks, pensions, early retirement, very little work....life can be good...
BLS WAGES 1997 to 2004
 Yes look at the runaway wages of the The F.O.G. Elite the minimum wage is stuck at $5.15/hr.,, since 1997
1.1 MILLION AMERICANS fell below the poverty line in 2004
Census Bureau Poverty Data 1959 to 2004
Now by age group
We will soon catch Mexico in our race to have the most children living in poverty of all developed wealthy nations.
 Data from IDEAS at repec@repec.org
Full report at http://www.unicef-icdc.org/publications/pdf/repcard6e.pdf
Yes this is all the fault of those nasty labor unions that demand a living wage for their workers as moron CEO's bankrupt corporation after corporation and always get paid millions for their stupidity and failures. |
| Posted 2/18/06 10:01 PM |
The Ganja Must Be Fine There Man,,,,He is Hallucinating !!!
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| Posted 2/18/06 9:57 PM |
| He is just an AMERICAN with an opinion !!
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| Posted 2/18/06 9:52 PM |
Try a little PROSAC |
| Posted 2/18/06 9:41 PM |
This is most likely what has set the SADISTIC NE-CON EVANGELICAL ACTIVISTS off . Sen. Clinton is doing a good job of raising money. She is also a front runner for the Democratic 2008 PRESIDENTIAL nomination race.
Clinton takes lead in dash for cas
http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ny-ushill184631988feb18,0,5641972.story?coll=ny-nationalnews-print
BY GLENN THRUSH
NEWSDAY WASHINGTON BUREAU
February 18, 2006
WASHINGTON - Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton is raising, spending and hoarding cash at a far faster pace than any other senator up for re-election this year - doubling fundraising runner-up Jim Talent (R-Mo.), according to a new report by a Washington watchdog.
Since 2001, the New York Democrat has owned the top of the charts in all three major campaign finance benchmarks: She's raked in the most cash - $33.2 million to Talent's $15.8 million; spent the most at $16.3 million and leads the pack with $17.1 million cash on hand, reports the nonprofit Center for Responsive Politics.
Hillary Clinton Looks Like a 2008 Candidate
From ABC NEWS
http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/Politics/story?id=1610566&page=1"
Feb. 18, 2006 — Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., simultaneously one of the most revered and reviled people in the country, is the subject of perhaps the most burning question in politics: Will she run for president?
There are more than 20 people, Republicans and Democrats, laying the groundwork for a possible presidential run in 2008. Some of them are open about it.
Clinton, however, insists she hasn't made up her mind, but she's sure acting like a presidential candidate. This month, Clinton, who's up for re-election in New York in nine months, will be campaigning — in Florida.
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| Posted 2/18/06 9:02 AM |
| How much do you think it will cost HHS to handle 22 MILLION additional welfare applicants in one year ! |
| Posted 2/18/06 8:39 AM |
| You Said: The Initial SS-OASI benefit is based off wages subjected to the SS-OASI tax. Using the estate tax to fund SS-OASI benefits will increase the defecit. What do you propose we cut? Do you support cutting Medicare or the Rx drub program to be able to use the estate tax or do you think the defecit is not a problem?
Try a little fiscal sanity and reverse the 2001 Tax Cut (1) . Funding this fools errand has already cost us the mess in New Orleans, 1.1 MILLION falling into poverty in 2004 , a run away National Debit, China stuck with a huge position in U. S. Treasury Bonds and a case of the cold feet because the RNC / Cato/Heritage debt generator in Delay's House Conference of scandal keeps churning away at a record pace. It only took 4 years to reach the employment level of 2000. Can any body say BOONDOGGLE |
| Posted 2/18/06 7:55 AM |
| The explanation is very simple to the RNC every thing boils down to $ DOLLARS $. All else is subordinated to the race for the all mighty $ DOLLARS $. This sale is the will of the The F.O.G. Elite therefore George Walker Bush bows to the $ DOLLARS $. |
| Posted 2/17/06 10:39 PM |
This is THE WORD Time To WORD UP
For the Billionth time: Federal employees paid MORE into their retirement system than EVERYONE else paid into SS. As a result, Federal retirees get MORE from their retirement plan than everyone else who paid less into SS. Also, their plan allows them to retire at a younger age than SS. That's the contract signed by the Government to its workers.
There is no free lunch kids and destroying the SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION will not produce a free lunch for the F.O.G. ( FRIENDS OF GEORGE ) or the The F.O.G. Elite .
If you folks and your RNC / Cato/Heritage friends succeed in bring the SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION down 50 MILLION people will hit the poverty line and the U. S. will be forced into a deep recession.
The SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION is a safety net for every body who works and pays FICA. Why not save some more money ( like federal employees do ) and obtain higher returns in addition to your SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION benefit. Try 401k KEHOG IRA and leave the SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION alone. INVEST LIKE A PRO NOT " A CHUMP "
Some on these boards don't think teachers don't need pensions can't stand to see CALPERS make money. Some think ALL fed employees are GS-15's with nothing to do. Still others think $5.15 / hr. is a living wage and there is no poverty in the U. S. what a strange lot. |
| Posted 2/17/06 6:34 PM |
| Try and sell that O-pile to Goldman- Sakes it won't fly here!!!
There is as you describe no such thing as " FREE MONEY ". Money flows in large loops through our economy . Remember the grade school depiction of capitalism. There are no "space aliens " to inject free money into our economy. All money comes from some one else via me or you by way of the federal government as we all are part of this world economy. This may be a little hard to grasp so I will simplify every penny you earn via what ever method comes from some one else as spent or taxed earnings which are a result of some one else's earnings. In effect we are all connected via this capitalist economy. |
| Posted 2/17/06 5:47 PM |
| If U. S. Treasury Bonds are worthless (in your opinion ) then why do u stay in the U. S. ? You must consider this country a pile of garbage not worth your time or investment dollars.
FYI The U. S. Treasury Bond is the worlds safest investment bar none. I prefer to let people vote with their $ DOLLARS $ . This is how George Walker Bush voted. Do what BUSH does not what BUSH says to do !!!
The RNC / Cato/Heritage talking points are a little lame. |
| Posted 2/16/06 9:43 PM |
| this is how SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION Trust money is invested
(d) Investments
It shall be the duty of the Managing Trustee to invest such portion of the Trust Funds as is not, in his judgment, required to meet current withdrawals. Such investments may be made only in interest-bearing obligations of the United States or in obligations guaranteed as to both principal and interest by the United States. For such purpose such obligations may be acquired
From TITLE 42 CHAPTER 7 SUBCHAPTER II § 401
Looks like a real asset to me and the rest of the world |
| Posted 2/16/06 8:55 PM |
A bit of PROSAC the HOST. |
| Posted 2/16/06 9:42 AM |
Swann sat out on most election days
By Mario F. Cattabiani
Inquirer Staff Writer
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/13882739.htm
When Lynn Swann votes for himself in the May Republican primary, it will be a rare springtime trip to the polls.
Despite once saying that the right to vote should never be taken for granted, Swann missed 20 of the state's 36 elections in the last 18 years - including 13 of his party's primaries, records show.
In that period, Swann missed elections for governor, U.S. senator and president, while also skipping a chance to vote on a dozen statewide referendums, including a 1989 question on property-tax reform - now a centerpiece of his campaign.
Sounds Like A True RNC / Cato/Heritage Operative. |
| Posted 2/16/06 9:09 AM |
| The big question is why the levees fell. If the levees had been topped and stayed in position there would have been a real mess to clean up but but the pumping stations would have been able to handle the task in a day or two.
The reason the levees fell was they were not maintained. They were not maintained because there was no money for maintenance. The reason there was no money for maintenance was the George Walker Bush administration had cut SELA funding and the federal maintenance budget by 80% in 4 years. What was George Walker Bush thinking ??? |
| Posted 2/16/06 8:47 AM |
| That's good to hear ….I wish my eye sight was perfect . Now a bit from the report….
Please Read The Two Reports
From the Minority Report
" E. Success of Overall Evacuations
We agree with the majority finding that "evacuations of general populations went
relatively well in all three states." We also agree that Louisiana's overall
evacuation of the "general population was very successful" and "went smoothly."
We disagree, however, with the suggestion that Louisiana state and local officials
were responsible for "the failure of complete evacuations," and that this failure
"led to deaths, thousands of dangerous rescues, and horrible conditions for those
who remained." We do not believe 100% evacuation should be the standard
operating assumption for disaster planning.
Louisiana state and local officials exceeded all expectations in executing their
general evacuations. The majority report finds that more than a million people
evacuated from southeastern Louisiana. Governor Blanco testified that of the 1.3
million people living in southeastern Louisiana, only 100,000 people, including
first responders, remained in the area when Katrina made landfall.24 In other
words, more than 90% of the population evacuated. This was a significant
accomplishment.
In testimony before the Select Committee, former FEMA Director Michael
Brown criticized Louisiana officials for evacuation failures. But he offered his
conclusion without first examining the facts. He said he was not sure how many
people actually evacuated, and that he had not yet "had time to sit down and really
look at those kinds of numbers." Yet, he said he "would have hoped for 80
percent."25 In fact, Louisiana surpassed this goal.
We are not saying that evacuations cannot be improved. The majority report
recognizes that even under mandatory evacuations, 10% to 25% of residents will
refuse to leave, and authorities cannot forcibly remove these residents from their
homes. We believe emergency planners should examine additional ways to
encourage all residents to evacuate in such circumstances.
We also agree that evacuation of the special needs population was insufficient,
and that evacuation of the city after it had flooded was chaotic and not well
planned. We add that state and local officials should have better anticipated the
basic needs of residents who evacuated to shelters of last resort. For example,
they should have realized that flooding and power outages could have caused
plumbing failures at the Superdome, and they should have pre-positioned portable
toilets in advance. Nevertheless, we believe that these findings should be accompanied by clear recognition that the evacuation of the general population
exceeded all predictions.
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| Posted 2/16/06 7:36 AM |
| Is that why George Walker Bush cut SELA funding by 80% over 4 years ??
The locals in New Orleans were begging the BUSH administration for funding but the White House Laughed them off as a bunch of nuts (1)(2). Sorry that's Wrong |
| Posted 2/16/06 7:11 AM |
| I have heard some of the " Sadom " tapes. I can say I heard nothing new or unexpected. As I have said many times before if Sadom could have purchased " yellow cake " he would have bought it ASAP . With respect to WMD " only the good Lord knows what left the country in the days before the war" . |
| Posted 2/16/06 6:04 AM |
| Most of the people that were stuck in New Orleans were poor and did not have cars to leave the city in.
The real question is why did the levees fall down. The " Over topping " was expected but why did a large number fall down! |
| Posted 2/16/06 5:45 AM |
Name The States Hit By A Storm The Size Of This
 This was at the "cat 4 level |
| Posted 2/16/06 3:16 AM |
Looks Like A Cover Up To Me
From The Minority Report
II. FAILURE OF THE SELECT COMMITTEE TO EXAMINE WHITE HOUSE ACTIONS
As discussed in part I, the Select Committee has made many valuable findings
about what went wrong with the response to Hurricane Katrina. Overall, the
majority report is a comprehensive, detailed recitation of the problems that
occurred. It is also a condemnation of the nation's progress in responding to
catastrophic events since 9/11. We concur with the report's overarching
conclusion that the response to Hurricane Katrina was "a national failure, an
abdication of the most solemn obligation to provide for the common welfare."
We also agree that Hurricane Katrina was "a failure of leadership."
Yet the findings of the majority report are nearly all phrased in the passive tense.
The report catalogues what went wrong, but it rarely assesses how these failures
occurred, why they were not corrected sooner, or who in particular was
responsible. The majority report describes generic "institutional" failures, general
"communications problems," and vague "bureaucratic inertia." With a few
exceptions, however, the report fails to explain the causes of the failures or to
hold anyone accountable.
The single biggest flaw in the Select Committee's investigation is its failure to
obtain key information from the White House. The evidence received by the
Select Committee revealed that the White House played a major role in
orchestrating the response to Hurricane Katrina, but the Select Committee did not
determine the extent to which White House officials were responsible for faults in
the federal response. The White House, in effect, was shielded from meaningful
scrutiny.
There are four basic questions about the role of the White House that the
Committee's investigation identified but did not resolve:
(1) How did White House officials, including Chief of Staff Andrew Card, respond to dozens of urgent warnings and requests for assistance from former FEMA Director Michael Brown?
(2) Why were top White House officials missing in action or unaware of
key facts in the crucial days before and after the hurricane hit?
(3) Why did President Bush and other top Administration officials insist on asserting that the levees held until the day after the hurricane struck when in fact they failed almost immediately?
(4) Why did the top ranking homeland security official in the
White House Situation Room leave his post on the evening Hurricane Katrina
struck feeling "satisfied" that the federal response was well in hand?
These unresolved questions go to the heart of the federal response, but the Select
Committee did not answer them. We discuss each in turn below.
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| Posted 2/16/06 12:46 AM |
This Is Called Misdirection
You must go in search of that of which is not spoken of openly in the
" Majority Report " .
Are the Republicans trying to protect George Walker Bush from shouldering the blame for his intentional neglect(1) (2)(3)(4)(5)(6) (7) of the SELA project which began in 2001?
From " ADDITIONAL VIEWS OF REPS. MELANCON AND JEFFERSON
available at http://www.melancon.house.gov/SupportingFiles/documents/Minority_Views_FINALnoattach.pdf
G. Cause of Levee Failures
The breach of the levees in New Orleans was the single most significant event
affecting the course of the Hurricane's aftermath, but the Select Committee did
not seek to determine why the levees failed, who was responsible, or how to
ensure that new levee systems will protect the region in the future.
If the levees had not failed, New Orleans still would have suffered severe storm damage, but the flooding that devastated the city most likely would not have been so widespread. Moreover, even if there had been some flooding due to storm
surge or overtopping, evacuees who had taken shelter at the Superdome or other
shelters of last resort may have been able to return to their homes after waters
receded, rather than having to leave the city entirely.
At the outset of the Select Committee's investigation, Chairman Davis and Rep.
Melancon sent letters to multiple federal agencies requesting documents "relating
to the construction, maintenance, or capacity to withstand a hurricane or flooding
of the 17 st Street, London Canal, or Industrial Canal levees and storm walls."33 The Select Committee received some responsive documents from the Army Corps of Engineers. Despite a request from the minority, however, staff did not conduct interviews with the Army Corps of Engineers personnel most knowledgeable about these issues.
The Select Committee's report does not resolve critical questions about levee
failures, noting instead that "the ultimate cause of the levee failures is under
investigation and results to be determined." It may be that the Select Committee
believed it could not resolve the complex engineering and liability questions in
the short timeframe established by the House for its review. It also may be that
the Select Committee felt it was more appropriate to leave these issues to the
various other entities currently examining them. But the Select Committee never
held a hearing on what these other organizations are learning or what they have
concluded to date.
Questions about why the levees failed are important not only to establish accountability, but to help determine how to rebuild them. The reconstruction
process will not be effective unless residents and businesses are confident that
they will be protected from catastrophic flooding. Until Congress addresses this
critical failure in a comprehensive and detailed manner, the rebuilding effort will
be impeded. |
| Posted 2/16/06 12:21 AM |
So George Walker Bush Found Out What Many Black People Think Of His Economic And Social Policies ! Too Bad.
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| Posted 2/15/06 10:33 PM |
What Will The RNC Do To Protect George Walker Bush From Facing The Blame For His Actions
Are the Republicans trying to protect George Walker Bush from shouldering the blame for his intentional neglect(1) (2)(3)(4)(5)(6) (7) of the SELA project which began in 2001?
From " ADDITIONAL VIEWS OF REPS. MELANCON AND JEFFERSON
available at http://www.melancon.house.gov/SupportingFiles/documents/Minority_Views_FINALnoattach.pdf
G. Cause of Levee Failures
The breach of the levees in New Orleans was the single most significant event
affecting the course of the Hurricane's aftermath, but the Select Committee did
not seek to determine why the levees failed, who was responsible, or how to
ensure that new levee systems will protect the region in the future.
If the levees had not failed, New Orleans still would have suffered severe storm damage, but the flooding that devastated the city most likely would not have been so widespread. Moreover, even if there had been some flooding due to storm
surge or overtopping, evacuees who had taken shelter at the Superdome or other
shelters of last resort may have been able to return to their homes after waters
receded, rather than having to leave the city entirely.
At the outset of the Select Committee's investigation, Chairman Davis and Rep.
Melancon sent letters to multiple federal agencies requesting documents "relating
to the construction, maintenance, or capacity to withstand a hurricane or flooding
of the 17 st Street, London Canal, or Industrial Canal levees and storm walls."33 The Select Committee received some responsive documents from the Army Corps of Engineers. Despite a request from the minority, however, staff did not conduct interviews with the Army Corps of Engineers personnel most knowledgeable about these issues.
The Select Committee's report does not resolve critical questions about levee
failures, noting instead that "the ultimate cause of the levee failures is under
investigation and results to be determined." It may be that the Select Committee
believed it could not resolve the complex engineering and liability questions in
the short timeframe established by the House for its review. It also may be that
the Select Committee felt it was more appropriate to leave these issues to the
various other entities currently examining them. But the Select Committee never
held a hearing on what these other organizations are learning or what they have
concluded to date.
Questions about why the levees failed are important not only to establish accountability, but to help determine how to rebuild them. The reconstruction
process will not be effective unless residents and businesses are confident that
they will be protected from catastrophic flooding. Until Congress addresses this
critical failure in a comprehensive and detailed manner, the rebuilding effort will
be impeded. |
| Posted 2/15/06 11:12 AM |
| One must understand trying to support a position that is based in fear and nebulous statements of half truths and distortions as fact is very difficult and frustrating. In effect the tenants of Lenin. as defined and distributed in the Cato/Heritage training manual the Lenin-Plan.pdf. Will lead to severely twisted logic and many double binds. |
| Posted 2/15/06 9:22 AM |
May be posting to this board is his job ??? |
| Posted 2/15/06 12:59 AM |
| Interesting concept to start retirement savings at birth . I to have such a plan. www.intlisec.com
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| Posted 2/14/06 5:42 AM |
| Hopefully some thing can be done about te RNC lock on our government real soon starting with the congressional elections. |
| Posted 2/14/06 5:04 AM |
| If one wants to learn the tactics of the RNC / Cato/Heritage alliance please read the source document that started the " Revolution " in the RNC , The Lenin-Plan.pdf . Also study the man Lenin. . |
| Posted 2/14/06 4:41 AM |
| When the RNC of today is evaluated in a historical perspective along side the 3 rd Reich certain totalitarian similarities will arise. These similarities will be at the surface structure only. " In some ways they are all the same " Hitler , Stalin and Lenin. and the RNC Lenin's neo- progeny . May I suggest reading the Lenin-Plan.pdf this is the RNC approved document on RNC strategy and tactics. The Lenin-Plan.pdf is the basis for the CIA leak The smearing of Mrs. Plame. The Jack Abramoff indictment / K Street Project mess. The theft of the 2004 election. The 2001 Tax Cut (1) and the neglect of the New Orleans levee system ( SELA ). Katrina was no accident or out of control natural disaster. D, Hastert and Delay were out to solidify their hold on the US House of Representatives via " POOR REMOVAL "(2)(3)(4)(6)(7).
The plan is real and the goal is absolute power.
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Hastert
| Posted 2/14/06 2:09 AM |
| You Said The real problem with Social Security solvency today is the way its finances are buried in other government expenditures and accountability. Until and unless that is changed we have not really addressed the issue.
Wrong
To asses the SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION Trust status go to www.ssa.govthere you will find info on the Social Security system. If you are confused as to how the SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION Trust is invested the law as to what securities ( U. S. Treasury Bonds) can be purchased.
Also some history may be applicable in this situation.
THE INITIAL TEN YEAR PERIOD WAS TO BE THE RAMP UP TO A PRE-FUNDED SYSTEM.
 Note the flat spot at the beginning of the program!
CLICK CHART and scroll down about one inch !
What we see today as the SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION is the result of " DUMMIES " tampering with FDR's Origonal SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION Plan. |
| Posted 2/13/06 10:05 AM |
| Mr. Swan Saidthat the Democratic Party has let them down over and over again.
Dear Mr. Swan :
This is my " litmus test " for any candidate.
- This the wage growth history since 1997 for several selected groups of workers .
BLS WAGES 1997 to 2004
The minimum wage has been stuck at $5.15 since 1997. The minimum wage worker has lost $44.80 per week in buying power to inflation since 1997
Mr. Swan do you support increasing the minimum wage ?
- This depicts the increase in poverty in AMERICA
Census Bureau Poverty Data 1959 to 2004
Now by age group
Mr. Swan how would you rectify this situation in your state.
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| Posted 2/13/06 9:47 AM |
| What is the pattern @ 25 yds ? About 2 ft and expanding ? |
| Posted 2/13/06 9:25 AM |
| Ahmadinejad you better look out here comes Dick " THE FINGER " Cheney !! |
| Posted 2/13/06 8:57 AM |
| You are talking about .1 sec shot or don't shoot . Once you start the swing on target you must jump" plus a few degrees then squeeze one off " I'l bet when Cheney jumped plus the birds tajectory and Harry's position aligned.. hit him. One rule is to keep both eyes open to increase our field of view. I wonder if Cheney is a one eye wonder ? |
| Posted 2/13/06 7:35 AM |
| Just think it only took 24hrs to leak the story to the media . Cheney must be living like the invisible man. There were no reporters on the ranch the local. news paper had no idea Cheney was in town . Cheney the Stealth V. P. , I wonder what it is like to be declared an un- disclosed location and to recede from the universe of normal humans. These are strange times we live in thanks to Osama. Remember the old question where is the Vice PRESIDENT ? They waited to move Cheney before they released the news of the accident. Most likely for security reasons. If V.P. Cheney was " leading a bird as has been reported his reflexes could be getting a little slow. There is another reason or possibility Cheney may have been standing on a down slop say the north side of bump in the field trying to lead a bird from front to back when Harry was coming up the south side of the bump This would produce the worst of all worlds |
| Posted 2/12/06 9:18 PM |
Six Gun Cheney Does it
" if it moves SHOOT IT"
Cheney Accidentally Shoots Fellow Hunter
Feb 12 5:22 PM US/Eastern
Email this story
By NEDRA PICKLER
Associated Press Writer
http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/02/12/D8FNRALG0.html
WASHINGTON
bf8b1bb19ab7@news.ap.org Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and wounded a companion during a weekend quail hunting trip in Texas, spraying the fellow hunter in the face and chest with shotgun pellets.
Harry Whittington, a millionaire attorney from Austin, was "alert and doing fine" in a Corpus Christi hospital Sunday after he was shot by Cheney on a ranch in south Texas, said Katharine Armstrong, the property's owner. |
| Posted 2/12/06 10:29 AM |
| Move to html .. That text edit will drive you out of your mind!!!!
Whitney's html parser is very stable and consistent. |
| Posted 2/12/06 9:38 AM |
| You Said Your charts do not show how the union pay scale is linked to the minimum wage. That by itself is the most inflationary character of raising the minimum wage.
Wrong
BLS WAGES 1997 to 2004
Note blue collar wages have been flat
Here is the CPI for the same period
Where is the big jump in the CPI in 97' when the minimum wage was increased ?
Note the inflation calculator at BLS says that $5.15 in 1997 dollars is equal to $6.27 in 2005 dollars. The minimum wage worker has lost $44.80 / wk since 1997. I know that Mrs. King would not support such a unfair assault on the poorest AMERICANS as the wages of all other groups increases. |
| Posted 2/12/06 8:15 AM |
Please The Vulture is Integral Part of The Earths Eco-System
The honorable Vulture is nothing like the hideous perversion of the lobbying process called the K Street Project . This attempt to prevent all opposition access to the government is a totalitarian take over move of historic proportions. They were forcing lobbying firms to hire only RNC operatives and eliminate Democrats and give money to the RNC . This was not business as usual for the lobbying firms. The K Street Project was a new one party lobbying system. |
| Posted 2/11/06 10:16 PM |
| Many people don't get the total disconnect of the RNC / Cato/Heritage Alliance when it comes to Civil Rights .
One must understand that to a SADISTIC NE-CON EVANGELICAL ACTIVISTS a AMERICAN is not entitled to " EAT " . There is no right to LIFE for an AMERICAN . If you don't have money too bad. Go out and find a job ! If you are homeless too bad it's not my problem . Move it on down the road don't sit here. A fetus has rights but a AMERICAN does not . Once you drop from the womb you are on your own and the United States of America has no duty to help you LIVE that's your business not ours.
This is the position of the Cato/Heritage / RNC Alliance.
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| Posted 2/11/06 10:00 PM |
| Privatization is an " O – pile and the Chilians have found this out first hand. Privatization is just more PORK for the F.O.G. ( FRIENDS OF GEORGE ) . The The F.O.G. Elite will make money on your investments no mater what happens to your personal account. The Cato/Heritage / RNC alliance wants your money stuck in the market To support the lavish life styles of the The F.O.G. Elite . |
| Posted 2/11/06 9:38 PM |
Web Exclusive| Nation
First Photo of Bush and Abramoff
White House had initially said there was no record of disgraced lobbyist at 2001 meeting
By ADAM ZAGORIN AND MATTHEW COOPER/WASHINGTON
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Related: When George Met Jack
TIME Cover: The Man Who Bought Washington
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1158908,00.html
Posted Saturday, Feb. 11, 2006
Just how close was the relationship between the White House and disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff? The Bush Administration again faced questions about those ties after an e-mail Abramoff sent a journalist friend surfaced last week in which Abramoff wrote that he had met President Bush almost a dozen times over the past five years, and even received an invitation to the President's Crawford, Texas ranch along with other large political donors. Bush "has one of the best memories of any politician I have ever met," Abramoff mused in the e-mail last month, adding that, He "saw me in almost a dozen settings, and joked with me about a bunch of things, including details of my kids." The White House, however, has continued to assert that the President had no recollection of ever meeting Abramoff. When TIME reported in January that it had viewed unpublished photographs of Abramoff with Bush, aides responded that the pictures meant nothing since the President is photographed with thousands of supporters and White House visitors every year….
…This meeting, however, was a relatively small gathering attended by some two dozen people, including Garza and another Indian tribal leader who was Abramoff's client. At least two tribes, the Coushatta of Louisiana and the Mississippi Band of Choctaw, contributed $25,000 each to the anti-tax group Americans for Tax Reform, which is headed by Grover Norquist, a well-known conservative ally of the White House. Garza, who is also known by his Indian name, Makateonenodua.com, meaning "black buffalo," is under federal indictment for allegedly embezzling more than $300,000 from his tribe.
Talking about the photo, Abramoff has told friends, "I was standing right next to the window and after the picture was taken, the President came over and shook hands with me, and we chatted and joked." A photograph of that scene as described by Abramoff was shown to TIME two weeks ago. Abramoff's lawyers have said that their client has long had photographs of himself with Bush, but that he has no intention of releasing any of them. Abramoff would not comment on the matter.
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| Posted 2/11/06 12:39 PM |
| Of course take a look at this AARP DESTRUCTION . The Cato/Heritage has thrown down the "Gauntlet" BOTH AARP and the SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION are on the block !! |
| Posted 2/11/06 12:25 PM |
| Thanks , I am proud of the way George Walker Bush was treated . Absolute civility they let BUSH have his photo op and say his piece in peace.
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| Posted 2/11/06 9:57 AM |
| You said Here is the way I see it: Minimum Wage: The earning power of a higher hourly rate is dimished because it is inflationary. The cost of everything goes up;
Cite some correlative data or research.
You said Tax Cuts: You show a graph that shows the reduced tax revenue of a tax cut as a cost per person. This is only a partial picture. The other half of this story is that there is extra money in the hands of the people which greases the wheels of the economy, generating more jobs
False
Bush jobs performance
 Four years of waiting for the tax cut to kick in??
In those 4 years the poverty rate has gone up!!
Census Bureau Poverty Data 1959 to 2004
Now by age group
1.1 MILLION Americans fell into poverty in 2004
You said The results of this benefit can be found in last year's economic growth, which also is reducing the deficit.
What benefit the budget deficit is up and the National Debit is sky rocketing
National Debit by President
 This rate of growth is unheard of
George Walker Bush's presence at Mrs. King's funeral was well tolerated ( no " BOOS " or " Heckling of his speech " ) . Remember George Walker Bush has refused to address the NAACP on several occasions. The BUSH administration has started a IRS investigation of the speeches made at NAACP functions ( with an drive to relieve the NAACP of it's tax exempt status for political activities ) while the George Walker Bush administration and Cato/Heritage devine policy and campaign strategy with the RNC . No one has ever mentioned pulling Cato/Heritage's Tax exempt status. I would say that George Walker Bush was well treated.
When you try to destroy some one don't cry about them not liking you it looks dumb.
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| Posted 2/11/06 7:49 AM |
| Ahmadinejad has some strange kind of death wish for tha Iranian people. First his government starts a nuclear weapons program that may be able to make 2 or 3 moderate yield bombs then they start threatening Brittan Spain and the U. S.. Now this …..
Ahmadinejad: Israel 'will be removed'
http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/breakingnews.php?id=78985
Tehran (dpa) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Saturday that the Palestinians and "other nations" will eventually remove Israel from the region.
Addressing a mass demonstration in Tehran - one of many organized throughout Iran to commemorate the 27th anniversary of the Islamic revolution - he once again questioned the Holocaust "fairy tale".
"We ask the West to remove what they created sixty years ago and if they do not listen to our recommendations, then the Palestinian nation and other nations will eventually do this for them," Ahmadinejad said in a ceremony marking the 27th anniversary of the Islamic revolution.
"Do the removal of Israel before it is too late and save yourself from the fury of regional nations," the ultra-conservative president said. He once again called the Holocaust a "fairy tale" and said Europeans have become hostages of "Zionists" in Israel.
He also accused Europeans for not allowing "neutral scholars" to investigate in Europe and make a scientific report on "the truth about the fairy tale of Holocaust."
… can a person work any harder at getting his own country wiped from the face of the earth???? |
| Posted 2/10/06 10:11 PM |
| Our deficits are of the charts and the National Debit is going to jump off the chart soon this has to stop!!!
National Debit by President
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| Posted 2/10/06 7:53 PM |
Simple Don't Vote for Republicans . |
| Posted 2/10/06 7:49 PM |
| It's simple are you proposing to destroy the SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION to create a giant welfare program for 50 MILLION seniors. |
| Posted 2/9/06 9:59 PM |
Would you pay $100,000.00 for a $4,000.00 car?
And Force Your Grand Children to Pay The 40 year mortgage ? |
| Posted 2/9/06 9:03 PM |
| This is supposed to prop up George Walker Bush's lis of successes
BLS WAGES 1997 to 2004
Where does $5.50 /hr fit in ?
Census Bureau Poverty Data 1959 to 2004
1.1Million AMERICANSfell below the poverty line that year.
Now by age group
Thank God we stopped SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION privatetization ! 64 an older is at 9.8 % and falling !!
George Walker Bush is giving the gift that is never welcome to our grand children,
Cost of the BUSH tax cuts per person
From the Children's Defense Fund
 This is fiscal conservatism ?
They were just telling the truth some times it hurts.
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| Posted 2/9/06 8:46 AM |
After George Walker Bush's Katrina performance the RNC may as well forget about the " BLACK VOTE ". BUSH's 2001 tax cut was the beginning of the end for poor folks in New Orleans. At this point in time there almost 150,000 people in hotels who are about to be evicted by FEMA. These people will not forget the way they were treated . George Walker Bush intentionally neglected SELA (2) (3)(4)(5)(6)(7) (8) in order to fund his tax cuts and PORK for the The F.O.G. Elite. There is a body of evidence that the BUSH administration was looking forward to redistrict the Democrats out of L.A. politics by removing the poor from New Orleans()()()()()
| Posted 2/9/06 10:04 AM |
I WAS WRITING A POST BUT I TRIED TO CHECK THE LINKS I WAS POSTING AND FOUND ONE HAD BEEN PULLED FROM THE DIRECTORY THAT IT ONCE OCCUPIEDhttp://www.ndu.edu/library/docs/crs/crs_rs22238_06sep05.pdf THIS DOC HAS DISAPPEARED (rs22238_06sep05.pdf) was in the directory http://www.ndu.edu/library/docs/crs/ now it is gone ???? |
I WAS WRITING A POST BUT I TRIED TO CHECK THE LINKS I WAS POSTING AND FOUND ONE HAD BEEN PULLED FROM THE DIRECTORY THAT IT ONCE OCCUPIEDhttp://www.ndu.edu/library/docs/crs/crs_rs22238_06sep05.pdf THIS DOC HAS DISAPPEARED (rs22238_06sep05.pdf) was in the directory http://www.ndu.edu/library/docs/crs/ now it is gone ???? |
| Posted 2/8/06 9:14 PM |
| The let's destroy the SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION lobby Has been in operation since 1935. These people have failed miserably and in my opion they will be beaten back again. Only a true SADISTIC NE-CON EVANGELICAL ACTIVISTS would commit 50 MILLION AMERICANS to poverty.by destroyuing the SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION. Remember H. J. Res 32 passed by the US House of Representatives ???? |
| Posted 2/8/06 8:27 PM |
| You Said:'m not sure what you mean the SS OASI trust fund must be kept in the black? The SS OASI only "grows" as long as there is a surplus of FICA taxes. After 2018 there will not be a surplus of FICA taxes. The SS OASI "Trust Fund" will not go in the red. The Trust Fund IOUs will run out in about 2042 providing SS OASI welfare checks are not reduced during the 2018 to 2042 period or reduced before 2018.
So, to speak of Black or RED of the SS OASI Trust Fund does not have any meaning.
If the FICA salary cap is raised to $150K until 2034 and an evaluation of the situation is made by the SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION actuaries on a year by year basis until 2034 this should give our grand children a break ( no massive debit passed on future generations of AMERICANS ).
A small tax increase ca be added on a temporary basis if needed. One must remember Why Pay $5 TRILLION to $20 TRILLION dollars to fix a $4 TRILLION PROJECTED problem. Can you say BOONDOGGLE !! |
| Posted 2/8/06 1:33 PM |
If the Iranians want to start a war with the United States of America or the FSU the Iranians should be made aware that both have a rather large collection of nuclear weapons.
http://www.fas.org/nuke/control/salt2/intro.htm
A major breakthrough occurred at the Vladivostok meeting in November 1974, between President Ford and General Secretary Brezhnev. At this meeting, the sides agreed to a basic framework for the SALT II agreement. Basic elements of the Aide-Memoire, which recorded this agreement, included:
-- 2,400 equal aggregate limit on strategic nuclear delivery vehicles (ICBMs, SLBMs, and heavy bombers) of the sides;
-- 1,320 equal aggregate limit on MIRV systems;
-- ban on construction of new land-based ICBM launchers;
-- limits on deployment of new types of strategic offensive arms; and
-- important elements of the Interim Agreement (e.g., relating to verification) would be incorporated in the new agreement.
In addition, the Aide-Memoire stated that the duration of the new agreement would be through 1985. |
| Posted 2/8/06 12:27 PM |
| The dummies in the Iranian government have proven to the world that they are not smart enough to manage a nuclear weapons stock pile they need the " cash only treatment of the SDN list with a central banking cut off, BRING CASH. |
| Posted 2/8/06 12:16 PM |
Grow up Get a Life Do You Think Mrs. King Would Ever Vote For George Walker Bush and Support The RNC ??? |
| Posted 2/8/06 12:02 PM |
| SADISTIC NE-CON EVANGELICAL ACTIVISTS must learn that " You reap What You Sow" and what " Goes Around Comes Around".
STOP CRYING
IF YOU CAN'T STAND THE HEAT GET OUT OF THE KITCHEN
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| Posted 2/8/06 11:26 AM |
| If common sense prevails and the SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION Trust is kept in the BLACK and GROWING until 2034 we will have a chance to see FDR's vision of retirees living like human beings and being productive Consumers.
We Need More Customers With More Money
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| Posted 2/8/06 11:09 AM |
| Look cut the RNC / Cato/Heritage talking points. Learn some history READ
THE INITIAL TEN YEAR PERIOD WAS TO BE THE RAMP UP TO A PRE-FUNDED SYSTEM.
CLICK CHART and scroll down about one inch ! and read |
| Posted 2/8/06 10:38 AM |
| You Said:http://www.intlisec.com/
May I ask who created the above* site where you get all your information?
How many people help maintain the site?
What are your goals?
I find it very difficult to understand your intentions. Is the above* site for private plans?
The answer is simple
- Me…. Click the indicated links
- 1 Me
- To prevent the RNC / Cato/Heritage Alliance from Pillaging my SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION benefit and dumping 40 to 50 MILLION people into the street to live like a pack of wild dogs and loading up the up coming generations with TRILLIONS in new debit. This senseless debit will destroy the United States of America .
- I have submitted my Private Plan extension to the SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION benefit to the " Ways and Means " and the Senate Finance Committees.
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| Posted 2/8/06 10:20 AM |
Sorry but God made Republican I didn't!!!
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| Posted 2/8/06 9:48 AM |
| The admin costs are beter tha most mutual funds. That is not the point the point is the benefits to retirees com from the retirees. Is this too difficult.
WHERE THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION DOLLAR COMES FROM
WHERE THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION DOLLAR GOES
The in and the out. Very simple |
| Posted 2/8/06 8:46 AM |
John A. Boehner (R-Ohio) sounds like a real nice guy. Keep them poor and hungry and they will do anything.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/07/AR2006020701913.html
Buca di Beppo and another restaurant chain, Parasole Restaurant Holdings Inc., also hired Milne to lobby on the minimum wage and tax credits for tips, issues directly under the Education and the Workforce Committee's purview.
The restaurant industry has long fought minimum-wage increases, seeking instead to augment restaurant wages with tips that become more valuable if they can avoid taxation. Despite numerous attempts by Democrats and some pro-labor Republicans, the minimum wage has not been raised since 1997, when it was lifted from $4.75 to $5.15. Since then, inflation has eroded its value to near-record lows.
Let's see where $5.50 / hr. fits in
BLS WAGES 1997 to 2004
Can you fit in $5.50 / hr. on this chart?
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John A. Boehner (R-Ohio)
| Posted 2/8/06 4:12 AM |
| Here is another George Walker Bush success story. ( What can happen when you are not part of the The F.O.G. Elite . Being a member of the F.O.G. ( FRIENDS OF GEORGE ) may have helped.
Running into dead ends trying to stay off the street
02/06/06
By Linda Strowbridge
http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?pnpID=805&NewsID=694858&CategoryID=5768&show=localnews&om=1
Employed, articulate and college-educated, Arlene Weiss was on the brink of being homeless.
Logically, she says, she never should have landed in this predicament.
The 44-year-old had put herself through the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, earning one bachelor's degree in English and a second in communications.
She landed steady, full-time jobs managing medical billing and augmented her earnings with freelance writing assignments and part-time telemarketing jobs.
But as a young adult, Weiss became a primary source of care and financial support for her widowed, disabled mother. At one point, she become a full-time caregiver.
Twice, she was laid off due to corporate downsizing.
Twice, she had to file for bankruptcy.
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| Posted 2/8/06 3:30 AM |
| Delay's House Conference of scandal and their L.A. redistricting plans are moving along as thousands of Katrina victims are tossed out of hotels. After the initial George Walker Bush administration's neglect(1) (2)(3)(4)(5)(6) (7) which set up this horrific situation. The Katrina victims must face the disappearing sweep of Delay's redistricting machine(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16). There are some 500,000 to 900,000 displaced Katrina victims. That number includes 10's of thousands of families. Remember GOP Family Values ?
Thousands of Katrina Victims Evicted
RUKMINI CALLIMACHI
Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS - Hauling everything he owned in a plastic garbage bag, Darryl Travis walked out of the chandeliered lobby of the Crowne Plaza, joining the exodus of Hurricane Katrina refugees evicted from their hotel rooms across the country Tuesday.
The occupants of more than 4,500 government-paid hotel rooms were ordered to turn in their keys Tuesday, as the Federal Emergency Management Agency began cutting off money to pay for their stays.
Head E'm up!!,,, and MOVE E'M OUT!!!! |
RNC
| Posted 2/8/06 12:56 AM |
There is an old saying
What Goes Around ,,,
,,, Comes Around !!!!
As a Democrat my worst night mare is in 10 to 15 years some stupid Democrats may try to recreate Delay's House Conference of scandal and the K Street Project . If any should even dream of such a thing I want him / her to quake with fear and remember what happened to Delay's House Conference of scandal . I want thoughts of " PerPs" walks to federal prison to pervade their very being with the realization that the DOJ " Will Never Stop " and "Will Never Forget ".
Head E'm up!!,,, and MOVE E'M OUT!!!! |
| Posted 2/7/06 11:27 PM |
| Boehner is just another member of Delay's House Conference of scandal
Boehner Rents Apartment Owned by Lobbyist in D.C.
By Thomas B. Edsall and Jonathan Weisman
Washington Post Staff Writers
Wednesday, February 8, 2006; Page A03
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/07/AR2006020701913.html
Rep. John A. Boehner (R-Ohio), who was elected House majority leader last week, is renting his Capitol Hill apartment from a veteran lobbyist whose clients have direct stakes in legislation Boehner has co-written and that he has overseen as chairman of the Education and the Workforce Committee.
The relationship between Boehner, John D. Milne and Milne's wife, Debra R. Anderson, underscores how intertwined senior lawmakers have become with the lobbyists paid to influence legislation. Boehner's primary residence is in West Chester, Ohio, but for $1,600 a month, he rents a two-bedroom basement apartment near the House office buildings on Capitol Hill owned by Milne, Boehner spokesman Don Seymour said yesterday. Boehner's monthly rent appears to be similar to other rentals of two-bedroom English basement apartments close to the House side of the Capitol in Southeast, based on a review of apartment listings.
S.O.S.D.P. |
| Posted 2/7/06 3:21 PM |
| I apologize for the hosts and their inconsistent actions, some of these don't understand copy rite law ( some think CBO work product is copy protected ) and some have an agenda of their own. Such is the human condition. |
| Posted 2/7/06 3:08 PM |
| Sorry I typed , pdf . Should have been . pdf |
| Posted 2/7/06 2:21 PM |
| Sorry for the over the top inside the beltway hyperbole.
an entitlement program is funded by a direct U. S. budget allocation ( a line item in the budget ). The SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION is funded by working AMERICANS only via payroll deduction as a percentage of gross pay. If you need more info on how the SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION operates read SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION a Primer |
| Posted 2/7/06 2:10 PM |
| Working people pay into the SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION Trust. Then they receive a benefit from the SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION at retirement. If you wish to learn how the SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION operates read the 2005 SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION Condition Report. |
| Posted 2/7/06 1:38 PM |
| This is where the SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION $ DOLLARS $ come from. A fact is a fact.
Where the SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION Dollar Comes From
 Note the segment marked " tax revenue "
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| Posted 2/7/06 11:48 AM |
Sen, H. Clinton
Sen. B. Obama
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| Posted 2/7/06 7:07 AM |
| If you are concerned about the " Debit LOAD " passed on to future generations you will be interested in SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION Trust fixes. This document lists a number of fixes for the PROJECTED short fall that cost a lot less than $5 to $20 TRILLION of the RNC approved SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION Reform plans. |
| Posted 2/7/06 6:53 AM |
| They are just U. S. Treasury BONDS. If you want in on the pay out go to U. S. Treasury Direct and open an account I suggest the TIPS ( interest rates are rising ). |
| Posted 2/7/06 6:16 AM |
POOR SPINNING BILL
Where the SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION Dollar Comes From
Note the segment marked " tax revenue "
SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION is not a Federally funded entitlement. |
| Posted 2/7/06 5:05 AM |
FYI
NUMBER AND PERCENT OF INCOME FROM OASI
 Looks like FICA / SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION works
Those that paid in received benefits that are the " safety net that is adding to anny other savings that they had put away. Remember that there are over 47 million on some form of a SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION program.
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| Posted 2/7/06 4:49 AM |
| The George Walker Bush administration is fast becoming a gang of " convicted felons ". Please don't encourage them to turn the United States of America into a " DEAD BEAT DEBTOR " !! We cant afford run away inflation and 15% to 20% interest on our U. S. Treasury BONDS. |
| Posted 2/7/06 4:30 AM |
| Read the law all the SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION does is buy U. S. Treasury Debit instruments ( Treasury BONDS ).
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| Posted 2/7/06 3:59 AM |
| The urrent SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION system is not what FDR had intended , a little history.
The first ten years the FICA tax was to be collected and increased to form a " PRE- FUNDED " retirement system. A few wackot Democrats and some loony Republicans banded together to try and destroy the SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION. Despite their efforts the SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION lived.
THE INITIAL TEN YEAR PERIOD WAS TO BE THE RAMP UP TO A PRE-FUNDED SYSTEM.
CLICK CHART and scroll down about one inch ! |
| Posted 2/7/06 3:30 AM |
| The " Tooth fairy " didn't do it
NUMBER AND PERCENT OF INCOME FROM OASI
Looks like FICA / SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION works
Those that paid in received benefits that are the " safety net that is adding to anny other savings that they had put away. Remember that there are over 47 million on some form of a SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION program.
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| Posted 2/6/06 10:10 PM |
| You Said
AARP's position on restricting Medicare funded nursing home care is a prime example. Why should someone with a home or personal property worth over $500,000 be subsidized for nursing home care? That is preposterous. Are my grandchildren supposed to pay the rest of their lives so you can set your kids up with a huge inheritance? No! If you have the resources, pay your own way. Otherwise, you are one of the ones who is placing that $156,000 burden on future generations.
Lets talk reality
From the Children's Defense Fund
This was a waste just PORK for the The F.O.G. Elite . A easy pay day for sure at the expense of the middle class tax payer who is expected to give up his home interest deduction to pay for a tax break for the top 5% ????
The minimum wage remains at $5.50 / hr. , all the while the number of AMERICAS living in poverty is and has been on the rise since BUSH took office
Census Bureau Poverty Data 1959 to 2004
Now by age group
Now the BUSH administration is after MEDICARE. What is going to be the next poverty program eliminated to pay the way of the mental incompetent wealthy of the The F.O.G. Elite . May be the Delay's House Conference of scandal will " audit all earned income tax credit returns " to assure compliance.
Talk about whining and crying about having to pay 15% to 25% in taxes on their annual income. These are true SADISTIC NE-CON EVANGELICAL ACTIVISTS the $ DOLLARS $ is all hail the $ DOLLARS $ and do any thing to get more |
| Posted 2/6/06 6:33 PM |
| The Iranians don't get it if " Monty " and Patton hadn't stopped the " Desert Fox " Hitler would have built Auschwitz South.
If anybody is dumb enough to believe that people like Ayatollah Rolla Homane would bow to Hitler you are not in the real world.
Some Still Don't Believe
Iran to publish Holocaust cartoons
From: Agence France-Presse
From correspondents in Tehran
February 07, 2006
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,18066746-1702,00.html?from=rss
IRAN'S largest selling newspaper announced today it was holding a contest on cartoons of the Holocaust in response to the publishing in European papers of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed.
"It will be an international cartoon contest about the Holocaust," said Farid Mortazavi, the graphics editor for Hamshahri newspaper - which is published by Teheran's conservative municipality.
He said the plan was to turn the tables on the assertion that newspapers can print offensive material in the name of freedom of expression.
"The Western papers printed these sacrilegious cartoons on the pretext of freedom of expression, so let's see if they mean what they say and also print these Holocaust cartoons," he said.
Iran's fiercely anti-Israeli regime is supportive of so-called Holocaust revisionist historians, who maintain the systematic slaughter by the Nazis of mainland Europe's Jews as well as other groups during World War II has been either invented or exaggerated.
Muslims or Neo – Nazis ???
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| Posted 2/6/06 10:25 AM |
| Stop thinking of the RNC as a normal political party. One cannot consider George Walker Bush as the primary source of ideas Ken Mehlman does not dictate direction. While Karl Rove is a major player he is not the center. The "MAN" is Lenin. . Lenin. via the Lenin-Plan.pdf has and is the driving force behind Republican tactcs and counter measures. When dealing with the RNC one must expect that which the PARTY the Communist Party of Lenin. would throw at you in an attempt to destroy you. The pre-emptive attacks on Sen. Clinton have been going on AARP's boards and others for the last month + . Sen. Clinton is the RNC's worst night mare as a Democratic Presidential candidate. Sen. Clinton has struck fear in the leadership of the RNC with her Health care proposal during PRESIDENT Clinton's first term. Sen. Clinton took the best from the best of the Republican Senators with ease and grace using logic and reason ( the tools of a well trained Lawyer and jurist ) to debunk all the " Bull " and deceptions thrown her way in open hearings on the hill. Sen. Clinton's performance was a devastating blow to the egos of the " silver backs " the RNC's best of the best at that time. Sen, Clinton was herding them with her fly swatter ( the truth ) and they remember the pain that she inflected upon them in those horrific days. Mindless drivel was annihilated with Sen. Clinton's logic and reason.
Intellectual light weights like Sen. Santorum don't stand a chance . Get ready for every smear and " swift boat loony group " the RNC can buy to start throwing every thing and any thing that can be tossed at Sen. Clinton in search of the perfect " smear ". |
| Posted 2/5/06 6:17 PM |
| "As far as his personal life or sexual orientation, I make no judgement as long as he is not a hypocrite.
As a liberal I allow for freedom of choice or biological predisposition on the topic of sexual orientation. As a Christian I am obliged, but willingly and in full accord, not to judge the gender choice of those whose shoes I do not walk in. "
The RNC position on " Gay Bashing " is well known since the 2004 Presidential election " How did BUSH solidify the SADISTIC NE-CON EVANGELICAL ACTIVISTS behind the RNC ?? George Walker Bush created an issue and in a well designed an most exquisitely timed manner demagogued the issue during the second debate. Remember 'NAME CALLING " from the "Masters of Deceit" This is the Leninest influance of the Lenin-Plan.pdf at work . As " leftie liberals " we have problems doing such things.
The entirety of the RNC's position on " family Values " is based in hypocrisy. |
| Posted 2/5/06 11:20 AM |
| Just found something interesting on the PFA This answers the question WHO IS FUNDING THE SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION PRIVATIZATION PUSH. I call this sneaky and slick!! |
| Posted 2/5/06 10:57 AM |
| I just saw Ken Mehlman on THIS WEEK sounds like a a really well trained SPINNER I wonder if he may become another RNC time bomb |
| Posted 2/5/06 10:20 AM |
Since the Gulf war Saddam has broken every rule set for him by the U. N. . Saddam has gassed Shiites in the south Kurds in the north committed mass murders shot down AMERICAN air craft and shot at air craft.
Why make up things to accuse Saddam of ??? What is wrong with these people in the
BUSH Administration |
| Posted 2/4/06 10:18 PM |
Then I am to understand you might support a ban on sub- minimum wage pay ? I would and do. No undocumented workers . Everybody pays taxes.
The problem you speak of is a an AMERICAN problem . It is called MAX PROFIT ON THE LABOR OF ILLEGALS. |
| Posted 2/3/06 7:27 PM |
What The FICA Tax has produced
From 1960 to 2005 the senior poverty rate has dropped to 9.8%
91% of seniors receive OASI benefits
 Note the survivors and children
One may also want to see how " the regressive FICA tax " repays those who paid into the program.
NUMBER AND PERCENT OF INCOME FROM OASI
Looks like FICA / SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION works
Looks like SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION / FICA is Working as Intended.
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| Posted 2/3/06 10:26 AM |
Here is some data on mass layoffs in 2005 from the BLS
Mass layoffs in 2005
The Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS) program collects reports on mass layoff actions that result in workers being separated from their jobs. Monthly mass layoff numbers are from establishments which have at least 50 initial claims for unemployment insurance (UI) filed against them during a 5-week period. Extended mass layoff numbers (issued quarterly) are from a subset of such establishments--where private sector nonfarm employers indicate that 50 or more workers were separated from their jobs for at least 31 days
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| Posted 2/3/06 8:07 AM |
Cite it if you want me to accept it as fact.
There are a lot of poor blacks and poor Hispanics and also an ever increasing number of newly poor whites from the middle class ( laid off workers ) forced down the pay scale. If you have data to the contrary cite it. |
| Posted 2/3/06 7:32 AM |
| Would you trust the Columbian mafia to select a special prosecutor to investigate themselves??? |
| Posted 2/3/06 7:04 AM |
| What is George Walker Bush babbling about ???? If they are that stupid there is nothing that he can do to help Iran. Just think we won't need the Yucca flats site any more. Just ship the waste to Iran and dump it there won't be any body to complain. The FSU can cut up all those old subs and dump them in Iran,,,,problem solved!!! |
| Posted 2/3/06 6:54 AM |
Looks like Hamas is ready to feed themselves . The Palestinians don't need to be part of the world banking system. What do they need Visa and Master Cards for. |
| Posted 2/3/06 6:36 AM |
Look out for Hep A, German measles Whooping Cough AIDS Herpes Chlamydia Syphilis ,,,ect.
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| Posted 2/3/06 5:31 AM |
| What we are seeing the perversion of the last of the three great religions of the world. The question is this, who will rule Islam ? The word as written or the word as twisted by the likes of Osama. As the killing continue car bombs kidnapping only evil wins every body else looses. |
| Posted 2/3/06 4:39 AM |
| I always thought that murder ( sawing some ones head off on the evening news ) is offensive to a lot of people around the world .
This is the image being presented to the world by the likes of Osama, Ahmadinejad and Hamas. This is what a growing number Muslims are saying about themselves in the name of Islam. This is unfortunate but that is what their actions say. The Catholic church learned as much during the Inquisition. Evil is as evil does ??? |
| Posted 2/3/06 12:29 AM |
Next time your world is washed away and you are looking death in the face ask Ahmadinejad, Osama or Hamas for help remember the EU,
U. S. and the rest of the evil satins are " persona non grata". |
Ahmadinejad
| Posted 2/2/06 11:50 PM |
| Still trying to sell the RNC / Cato/Heritage Alliance SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION Reform plans via the double babble specified by Mrs. Pryce. The most formidable problem you will encounter is that most people don't want to pay $100,000.00 for a $4,000.00 car with a 40 year mortgage. |
| Posted 2/2/06 11:21 PM |
Yes I can understand how life for the purveyors of the " JIHAD" can be rough but stop whining
YOU FOLKS STARTED THIS !!
Get a Grip and Get a Life !
Do what you want in Iran or where ever but don't bring it here You don't control this country or the people in it. |
| Posted 2/2/06 11:06 PM |
If You Can't Stand The Heat ,,,
Get Out of The Kitchen !!
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| Posted 2/2/06 6:23 PM |
| TAKE CARE THE AGENCY BONDS ARE VERY ILL LIQUID!! YOU DON'T GET SOMETHING FOR NOTHING!!!! |
| Posted 2/2/06 6:17 PM |
FANNIMAE and SALYMAE ARE NOT THE SAME AS U. S. Treasury BONDS !!!! |
| Posted 2/2/06 4:40 PM |
This is how the SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION Trust fund is invested.
- (d) Investments
It shall be the duty of the Managing Trustee to invest such portion of the Trust Funds as is not, in his judgment, required to meet current withdrawals. Such investments may be made only in interest-bearing obligations of the United States or in obligations guaranteed as to both principal and interest by the United States. For such purpose such obligations may be acquired |
| Posted 2/2/06 4:40 PM |
| Remember that is just salary ( lunch money ).. |
| Posted 2/2/06 4:40 PM |
| Looks like the " now you see it now you don't game has begon in the White House.
Fitzgerald admits White House may have destroyed some emails potentially relevant to CIA leak case
RAW STORY
Published: February 1, 2006
http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Fitzgerald_admits_White_House_may_have_0201.html
RAW STORY has acquired a letter from CIA leak Special Prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald to Vice President Dick Cheney's former Chief of Staff, I. Lewis Libby, who was indicted for allegedly obstructing justice and other charges for his role in the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame.
In the letter, Fitzgerald admits that he has been told some emails from the President and Vice President's offices have been deleted, though he cautions that "no pertinent evidence has been destroyed."
"In an abundance of caution," he writes, "we advise you that we have learned that not all email of the Office of the Vice President and the Executive Office of the President for certain time periods in 2003 was preserved through the normal achiving process on the White House computer system."
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RNC
| Posted 2/2/06 4:40 PM |
| This is the character of the Projected SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION Trust short fall
 SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION THREE OUT COME CHART
These are Projections only,,, of future economic occurrences.
if one notes outcome II is the Intermediate outcome which has been pushed by the RNC / Cato/Heritage Alliance as the only out come. The truth lies somewhere between I and II .
Given the fact that the SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION Trust draw down can be characterized by
Note that the draw down inflects at 2034 . With the yearly short fall decreasing after 2034 through out the 75 year valuation period. This inflection portends the death of the BOOMERS ( approximately half gone at 2034 ) . Also note that the SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION Trust has not been fully depleted at this time ( 2041 is the date of SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION Trust depletion ). Solution ,, keep SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION Trust in the black and growing until 2034.
From this observation it is apparent that only an idiot would commit the United States of America to amassing $5 TRILLION to $20 TRILLION in new debit to be paid off by future generations of AMERICANS no mater what happens. That course of action is sheer STUPIDITY . |
| Posted 2/2/06 4:40 PM |
| If one compares the CPI
Bls cpi
To the increase in wages
BLS WAGES 1997 to 2004
Note the flat line of the middle class both white collar and blue collar.
I WILL LET YOU FIT IN THE MINIMUM WAGE FOLKS |
| Posted 2/2/06 4:40 PM |
Cite it Please |
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