by Denis Campbell
The rhetoric of fear made its way into the election as still President Bush (for 111 more days) put on his serious face, stared into the camera and lied to bail out his Wall Street pals just like he did for his oil buds 6-years earlier. They need us to buy into this [...]
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Economic Bailout for Dummies
Posted on 25 September 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: 111 more days, 1930’s style Depression, Al Qaeda’s in The Financial System, Alamo, Archbishop of Canterbury, assets (mortgages), AutoNation, AutoNation to re-sell at 60-70% of what he paid, barely escaped alive, Be Afraid, because… he said so, Blockbuster business model, Blockbuster Video, buy the auto fleet from a manufacturer, Capitol Hill, CBS Evening News, CEO pay accountability, commission when the loan is re-sold, Congress and the public aren’t fully buying it, Congress needs to do more than symbolically go after CE, Dick Armey, Dick Cheney, dire threats, do this bailout our way, earn back the purchase price++, Gibson of ABC News, government buys the bad debt paper, he felt betrayed because Cheney came privately to him a, if there was an asset you could re-sell and re-use over, Katie Couric, lied to bail out his Wall Street pals, love for Rachel Maddow to have two minutes with her, made money three ways on the single automotive asset, make a huge profit, McCain, National Rent a Car, no choice but to rally the party, political capital in tatters, politicians and Joe Six Pack can easily see, Ponzi scheme disguised as reform, printed in the annual report, pro-regulation, re-packaged them as securities (sub prime paper), re-sell the asset at a discount, reform has to impact these speculative traders and thei, rent videos earning much more then the purchase price, renting the autos to customers, renting videotapes and DVD’s through his creation, Sarah Palin, scared into the Iraq War, seize/sell their ill-gotten assets, shame on you for this un-Christian like behaviour, slinked out scowling more than usual, sold them (making huge commissions), still President Bush, they make money on the transaction, they need to frog-march those responsible to jail, tip of this iceberg, to cow his Republican cohorts into accepting the bailou, Today Show, top traders at Lehman earned more than the CEO, top traders robbing from the poor to give to themselves, tried to pin Sarah down, volume discount, Wall Street, Wayne Huizenga, we hold the bag, “Charlie”
Is Sarah Palin Racist? “Well, She Ended Our Conversation When She Learned I Was Black”
Posted on 17 September 2008 by Charley James | Comments (0) | Tags: 28-year old Royal and a small group of other musicians, Alaskans Speak: Palin Is “Racist, America's Hot Musician, Charley James, DC Youth Orchestra Program, debuted at the 2004 New York Jazz Festival, did not say anything about being married or being pregn, Duke Ellington Orchestra for 10 years, especially when on the road, failed pick-up come back to Royal’s mind some 18 years, First American Festival of Youth Orchestras, Five Guys Named Moe, followed the conventions but never connected Sarah Pali, from 1989 to 1999, Gregory Charles Royal, he claims she knew it, he was making progress with Sarah Heath, he waved them off. she saw them and got weird, he’s willing to be quoted by name, his musician friends approached, hot, how did this long-ago, I don't mean any harm, I Don’t Do Black Guys, I said ‘I'm Black’, I saw photos and learned her family name, in an instant of learning he was actually black, is fairly light skinned while his buddies were much dar, it was merely an extension of what appears to be her li, It’s a Hardbop Life, nominated for two Tony awards, now-Sarah Palin uttered the immortal words, on-stage musician, original article, Percy Heath, Picking up women is a regular activity for most musicia, played in Anchorage, Roscoe Bowie's Message Band and Show, Royal admits he was hitting on her, Royal has Native American blood in his ancestry, Royal says Sarah told him which is exactly what she mea, Sarah Heath, Sarah Palin, Sarah’s Own Words, Sexist, she fits in naturally with the racist right wingnuts th, she fumbled for words and fled into the streets ‘lest s, she got real confused and the conversation ended rather, she mentioned going to school in Hawaii, she played the flute, She quickly let me know that Heath was her name too, she said that while she wasn’t much into jazz, she seemed eager to make the beast with two backs with, she thought Greg Royal was white, She told me her name was Sarah, Slide Hampton and His World of Trombones, starred on Broadway, the first play featuring an entire cast of jazz musicia, there was no physical resemblance and the last name was, toured with Al Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, touring Alaska, unlike her running mate who says whatever he needs to s, vindictive and mean, voice trailed off as if not knowing what to say next, watching an MSNBC story, Well, you aren't really black, young jazz trombonist, youngest member of the Howard University Jazz Ensemble, you’re like…
This article appears simultaneously in LA Progressive and The Progressive Curmudgeon
(Ed. Vindication comes in many forms. Our Charley James agains shows why legwork beats sit-on-your-tail punditry every time!)
by Charley James
Long before Gregory Charles Royal became a judge on America’s Hot Musician, a talent competition airing in 200 US television markets, he was a hot, young [...]
The Election Rigging Story, Why Here, Why Now?
Posted on 14 September 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (1) | Tags: 50-hours of time, 500 words, a joy, alive and well in Tucson, Arizona, AUDIT AZ, bigger than Wasilla, broke the “So Sambo beat the bitch” story that ran worl, challenges facing us, Charley James, Charley much recently maligned former Business Week pro, Citizen Mickey and his small band to thank, committed citizens can change the world Indeed it is th, correctly counted vs. some computer hacking thief, Dani was Mayor, decided by your vote, Dorret Groot Wassink, EF Hutton telly commercials, election rigging, ensure this election is a test between two candidates, FOX News uses the slogan “Fair and Balanced” like a bir, good old-fashioned leg work, I was the ever grateful student, journalism has been reduced to 2 opposing quotes front, Laurel MD, Margaret Mead, Michael Duniho, Mickey, more faith in her on any ticket, National Security Agency, no such agency, NSA, passionate local activism, pattern of racism and cronyism, people listen, Pima County, real news instead of the noise passing for news, Reporters are lazy, Sarah Palin, thoughtful writers, Tucson, UK and most of the US, when EF Hutton talks, without a shred of truth
As a journalist the story intrigued, as a citizen it outraged.
For seven years Michael Duniho, a quiet, determined and dignified man had been sending quarterly or so e-mails, quietly seething about the conduct of elections in his new home of Tucson (Pima County), Arizona. Though I never have, Michael, (we all call him Mickey) has [...]
Fair and Balanced
Posted on 11 September 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: fight back, McCain, obama, Sarah Palin, smears
Finally, an intelligent, fight-back e-mail against the hundreds of smears…
-If you’re a conservative and you’re selected for a job over more qualified candidates, you’re a ‘game changer.’
-Black teen pregnancies? A ‘crisis’ in black America.
-White teen pregnancies? A ‘blessed event.’
-If you grow up in Hawaii you’re ‘exotic.’
-Grow up in Alaska eating mooseburgers, you’re the quintessential ‘American [...]
There is No More Line
Posted on 11 September 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: adolescent locker room, ANYTHING to keep the press away from poor Sarah, beyond despicable, campaign trail, Davis, encouraging teaching so they know what constitutes good, fake moral outrage, if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, McCain, McCain’s abysmal record, Norfolk, obama, obliterated it with an ad so stupid and crazy they all, Palin, remark sexist, Sarah Palin, supported a bill to protect children from paedophiles, Swift Boat moment, term as old as the hills, the grossest line and then make it into a Dukakis death, the media’s main focus instead of McCain, There is No More Line, ubiquitous, uttered in 2007 and 2008 three times, Vice Presidential candidate, We get what we deserve, Willie Horton, “you can put lipstick on a pig and it’s still a pig”
McCain, Palin, Davis and Co. obliterated it with an ad so stupid and crazy they all need to be committed. Senator Obama supported a bill to protect children from paedophiles by encouraging teaching them so they know what constitutes good (safe) and bad touching from adults. This is what the sick Republican SPIN machine spun [...]
Rachel’s Third Night
Posted on 11 September 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: 1st night jitters, Air America radio, campaign loaded with hypocrisy, Countdown’s Keith Olbermann, go toe-to-toe, gravitas, Hardball’s Chris Matthews, help her settle in, hyperbole, hysteria, insightful, intimidation, Just Enough, Keith Olbermann, McCain, modus operandi, Ms Information, MSNBC, never lost her cool, off the ceiling, Palin’s pastor, Pat Buchanan, revenge, rising star, Sarah Palin, sharing your excellent Obama NBC interview scoop, she would easily eviscerate them, sheer stupidity of what I have just seen and heard here, Talk Me Down, talking points, tenacity to do what Tim Russert made look effortless, The Rachel Maddow Show
The Rachel Maddow Show moved into the MSNBC sandbox playground Monday night and, as usual, was a breath of fresh air sandwiched between the two toughest lefties Countdown’s Keith Olbermann and Hardball’s Chris Matthews.
Rachel has been a hit on Air America Radio bringing gravitas and style to the otherwise ranting progressives (of which I am [...]
Is Sarah Palin About to Become Mrs. John Zaccaro?
Posted on 10 September 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: $17, 000+, 18-months to pick a real running mate, 1984, 312 days worth of meal and housing per diems, base went wild, Blair, Chinese water torture, Conservative leader David Cameron, day-12 of the “when will she talk to the press” watch, Democratic Senator Joe Lieberman, drip of scandal, earmarks, general feeling of entitlement, Geraldine Ferraro, Homeland Security, just keep breathing, Lib Dems Sir Menzies Campbell, live vetting process, McCain, MP expenses, Mrs. John Zaccaro, MSM questions, obama, off-the-cuff gaffe about Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, outrageous lies, political napalm, polls rebounded dramatically, President Reagan, Prime Minister Brown, pro-choice, real estate developer husband, reams of documents, rightt wing blogs trying hardest to protect her, Sarah Palin, scurrilous and ridiculous, Sex Education for 5-year olds, show her incredibly poor judgment, spinning badly out of control, Stump speech embellishments, tied to indicted Alaska Senator Ted Stevens, to stay at home, Tom Ridge former Pennsylvania Governor, trooper-gate, up yours to the party, Walter Mondale, won re-election in a landslide, worse than Dan Quayle
In 1984, Geraldine Ferraro was chosen by Democratic Presidential candidate Walter Mondale. The base went wild, polls rebounded dramatically and then when “our Geraldine” became Mrs. John Zaccaro, her real estate developer husband and the press focussed in on his “interesting” business dealings, President Reagan won re-election in a landslide.
Now, Sarah Palin whose high pitched [...]
They’re All Bloody Swing States!
Posted on 09 September 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: 22 months, cannot have both candidates together on the road for th, Chuck Todd, CNN, colorado, cool new toy from Microsoft, decision '08, demanding access, easy to classify the races as urban vs. rural, eighteen state strategy, election is a dead heat, electoral map, fairly well grounded prognosticator, Florida, GOP stronghold states, hot-spots, lo-tech dry erase white board, master of polls, Michigan, Missouri, Montana, moved decidedly Democratic, MSM, NBC political director, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Carolina, obama, Ohio, Pennsylvania, rivals Anderson Cooper, Sarah Palin, South Carolina, survives the scrutiny and arrogance of her own party, Swing States, Tim Russert, too close to call, Virginia, white vs. black, Wisconsin
Tim Russert and his lo-tech dry erase white board will not be with us this election night. Chuck Todd, NBC political director, master of polls and fairly well grounded prognosticator has a cool new toy from MSNBC’s partners at Microsoft. It rivals the cool touch screen Anderson Cooper plays with over at CNN.
The problem, [...]
When Did God Become America’s Concierge?
Posted on 09 September 2008 by Charley James | Comments (0) | Tags: Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, baseball, God, God to get herpipeline proposal, Johnny Bench, religion, Sarah Palin, US Politics, Vice President, Wasilla
by Charley James
Major league baseball has generated more great stories than any other sport about the delightfully odd assortment of characters that played the game across the past 175 or so years.
Watching a video yesterday of Sarah Palin in her Wasilla church beseeching God to get her pipeline proposal approved reminded me one such story, [...]
Palin Bills Alaska for 312 Nights Spent in her Own Home
Posted on 09 September 2008 by Denis Campbell | Comments (0) | Tags: 312 nights per diem, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin
From the Newswires:
Alaska released thousands of pages of documents today about Gov. Sarah Palin. Gov. Palin billed taxpayers for 312 nights spent in her own home during her first 19 months in office, charging a “per diem” allowance intended to cover meals and incidental expenses while traveling on state business.
The governor also has charged the state [...]
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