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'Twas The Night Before The Elections

'Twas the night before elections 
And all through the town 
Tempers were flaring 
Emotions all up and down! 

I, in my bathrobe 
With a cat in my lap 
Had cut off the TV 
Tired of political crap. 

When all of a sudden 
There arose such a noise 
I peered out of my window 
Saw Obama and his boys 

They had come for my wallet 
They wanted my pay 
To give to the others 
Who had not worked a day! 

He snatched up my money 
And quick as a wink 
Jumped back on his bandwagon 
As I gagged from the stink 

He then rallied his henchmen 
Who were pulling his cart 
I could tell they were out 
To tear my country apart! 

" On Fannie, on Freddie, 
On Biden and Ayers! 
On Acorn, On Pelosi" 
He screamed at the pairs! 

They took off for his cause 
And as he flew out of sight 
I heard him laugh at the nation 
Who wouldn't stand up and fight! 

So I leave you to think 
On this one final note- 
IF YOU DONT WANT SOCIALISM 
GET OUT AND VOTE!!!!

I only have a few rules on my blogs; no name calling and no slandering with unsubstantiated remarks the opinions of others.  Do this and I will immediately delete you.  Honest opinions (and say that they are), and facts are welcomed here.

Blog Topic:  Shot In The Fannie....Mae

* Fannie Mae is a Government Sponsored Entity regulated by Congress
* Fannie Mae buys mortgages from other companies
* It is backed by the taxpayers for all losses, but keeps all profits
* President Clinton loosens Home Loan requirements
* Banks being making thousands of bad loans, 0 down, no documentation, for 120% (1998-2008)
* Executives at Fannie receive huge bonuses if loan targets are met
* Franklin Raines and Jamie Garelick from the Clinton Administration are appointed to run Fannie Mae
*President Bush proposes a new oversight committee to clean up Fannie Mae, but Democrats derail the effort

Representive Melvyn Watt, (D-NC) Committee on Financial Institutions & Consumer Credit stated, "I don't see much other than weakening the bargaining power poorer families to get affordable housing."

* Raines earns $100 million in bonuses
* Garelick earns $75 million in bonuses
* In 2004, Enron collapses, congress investigates, executives Skilling & Lay go to jail, for fraudulent bookkeeping
* Congress responds with the Sorbanes-Oxley Act, more heavy regulation of corporations

* An OMB investigation finds massive fraudulent bookkeeping at Fannie Mae
* False numbers triggered executive bonuses every year
* Congress holds no hearings, no one goes to jail, or is punished-WHY NOT?

* Fannie Mae gives millions to Democratic causes, examples: Jesse Jackson & ACORN

FANNIE MAE PAYS MILLIONS TO 354 CONGRESSMEN AND SENATORS, FROM BOTH PARTIES....WHO GOT THE MOST MONEY?

#1-Sen. Christopher Dodd, (D-CT) Chairman of the Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs Committee
#2-Sen. Barack Obama, (D-IL) Federal Financial Management Committee
#3-Sen. Chuck Schumer, (D=NY) Chairman of the Finance Committee
#4-Representative Barney Frank-(D-MA) Chairman of the House Financial Services Committee

* Raines and top execs are forced to resign from Fannie Mae,   but, they do not go to jail, there is no media "perp. walk", they KEEP all of their bonuses,  and they finally pay $31.4 million in civil fines.  (Look back up at what they received in  bonuses)

LONG & SHORT OF IT:
* Raines is now an advisor to the Obama Campaign, WHICH wants the govt. to take over more of the economy.

Sources:
Congressional Record, 05/25/06
Hannity & Colmes, Fox News, 09/16/08 and 09/17/08
Herald Tribune, 04/18/08
New York Times, 09/13/03
www.govtrack.com, 09/17/08

Writer:  Prof. Dennis Jantz, 2008

My View:

If you want to "spread the wealth around" (O'Bama) and continue to support those that leech on society, VOTE for this man!


I stand behind individualism, creating your own wealth through hard work and enterprise, and a government that serves the WILL of the people.

ER, AW, AH, ER..PROLONGED...there was not one subject that he didn't deflect the actual question and jump off to another idea.  Blame BUSH, blame everyone else.  I've said it before, but again I'll digress, I'm neither Republican or Democrat, but folks O'Bama is scarey.

O'Bama looks more attractive on stage; he's young.  What everyone forgets is that McCain's hands and upper body were horribly wounded as a POW.

Everyone McCain was not my first choice, but I'll vote with our military...McCain.  They don't want any part of O'Bama, and I can say this because my daughter is a Lt. in the Navy, and she is in charge of Hospital Administration.  She asks other military what their thoughts are, and the man/woman  of our military forces-they know that O'Bama doesn't support them.  Their vote is for McCain..

It's pretty obvious that Texas will go McCain, my question to any that read this is, "how do we reach out and convince others?"

I know for certain that Military isn't responding to polls-they don't have time.  But, I want to save America...how do we do that?

O'Bama scares the poop out of me!  And FormerGOP, and Strumpet, I just don't want your comments, unless in true debate form..  If name calling starts or stupid comments, I will delete.  SO much for freedom of speech.  You add anything that is meaningful, your comments will stay,

Well folks, it appears that the "Bail-Out / Rescue" has passed.  I am just heart sick at that development.  What a blatant slap in the face for the American people.

Washington is just out of CONTROL!  Don't know about the rest of you, but those that voted yes for this monstrosity will never get a vote for office from me.

Well, those doubters, she held her own.  I must admit her winks sorta annoyed me, but her overall demeanor was engrossing.  She has one very real advantage-her inexperience.  She can't be called down for past votes, she can't be called down for gaffes, she can't be called down for flip-flopping.

It was obvious to me that Biden just wasn't sure what she was going to say, and I loved it.  I'm ready to see the entire political scene replaced with people like Palin.

While, we all have our opinions, and I've seen some play-ground behavior out here in blog land; I bet if push-came-to-shove, we'd all agree that none of us are happy with where we are now, and would love to see real change.  No more promises.  Show me by your actions what you will do.  Back up your promises.  Only new, fresh, "inexperienced" only in being a non-politico, will this country have a true voice.  Let's take our country back folks.  If the vote by the Senate didn't send you a message; I'll say it-we are being ignored.

The only reason I can see that the Senate passed this ridiculous bill was that they were hoping that Congress would make it go away.

If not, they just sold America down the tubes!

i am personally furious!

Have y'all read what they tacked onto this Bill?  It's rape!

Send The Common Sense Fix to your Representatives and Senators and tell them how you expect them to vote, and that if they put this nation in $700 billion of debt, that you will vote them out. It's their job to listen to us! (Whichever presidential candidate or political party that champions this plan from their leadership down will likely become the next president. That is because this plan fixes the crisis while going along with the wishes of the vast majority of Americans.)

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Send a link to this page to everyone in your address book and tell them to urgently follow these 3 steps TODAY. The more people we have supporting this and contacting their elected leaders, the more likely we can turn our economy around!

Friday, September 26, 2008

Nice work — if you can get fired from it.

That's just what one Alan H. Fishman might have thought when he woke up Friday morning.

Fishman was the new chief executive officer for Washingon Mutual — WaMu — the nation's largest savings and loan, which was taken over Thursday night by federal bank regulators and quickly dumped in a fire sale to JPMorgan Chase for the Wal-Mart-like price of $1.9 billion.

But don't cry for Fishman, who reportedly was sky-high — literally — last night, on a flight from New York to Seattle, when WaMu collapsed. Even though he's only been on the job for less than three weeks, he's bailing out with parachute worth close to $20 million, according to an executive compensation analysis conducted for the New York Times by James F. Reda Associates.

That's right, $20 million for 17 days on the job ... and his company failed.

Fishman, who formerly was chairman of Meridian Capital Group, apparently was much coveted by WaMu, which was counting on him to lead the failing thrift out of mortgage troubles that pushed the bank to a $3.3 billion second-quarter loss.

According to filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, WaMu threw a $7.5 million bonus at Fishman when it hired him on Sept. 8, and guaranteed him an immediate cash severence of $11.6 million — both of which he gets to keep.

He also was eligible for annual bonuses of up to 365 percent of his annual base pay — set at $1 million — to go with millions of shares of company stock.

Fishman does lose out on a big bonus that would have kicked in had he remained on the job through 2009.

Documents show WaMu was going to pay their new boss $8 million to simply not screw up and get fired — all negotiated as the Seattle-based banking giant's loses climbed to an estimated $20 billion

Well, at least newest picture of Hinojosa (sp?) isn't smiling in most recent picture, but still NO excuse for his oversight!  I will stand on my position and my anger...what's up with him staying , or the accounting group, and anyone that had a hand in this mess.

Leads to my next statement; if truly only teachers that are non-spanish speaking are let go, I personally will rebel-rouse and if no one follows, I'll be at every City Hall meeting.  I've never done this before, but I am just finally that MAD!  I don't think I'm a loner in these feelings, especially those of us from here.  I see a huge amount of incensed folks here; let's figure out how to make that viable.

National Crisis:  let the bastards sink.  My solution; take the funds you want to allocate to cover mistakes by so-called "experts" /Big Business, and apply them to covering the real population that will be affected by AIG's failure.  They have lists of customers that have Life Insurance Policies with them, and companies that have Ppofit Sharing plans set up.  Negotiate with other, viable, insurance companies on the Life Insurance policies, and just flat pay-out the pension funds, with absolutely NO penalties!  The American population has suffered enough at the hands of BIG Business in the back-rooms with Government/Politicians.  You want to be re-elected; approach this problem with Americans in mind.  NO ONE that created this mess should be rewarded.  I don't care what their contracts say; they violated public trustand all ethics, that should be enough reason to send them backing with nothing; better take them to court and make sure that they can never do this again.  Ever!  Jail them or send them to the poor-house!

Lastly, Dallasites and surrounding...please make the effort to email or call the Dallas City Council and ask them why they have cow-towed to La Raza.  Make them aware that it is their core base that actually contributes to their campaigns, and still can make a difference.  If they want votes, they are going about it the entire wrong way. We may not have welfare babies, anchor babies, and a centralized voice, BUT we are still the majority, and don't discount us.

I'm just saying....

There is a very simple way to assist those remaining on our coast and those who evacuted.  Tom Thumb, Kroger, and Albertson's are part of a food drive for the North Texas Food Bank.

At Tom Thumb they have made it very easy; they already have sacked groceries, priced from $13 to $16 that you can purchase.  Not sure how the other two are doing it, but probably something along the same line.

It's a way to help those who truly need our assistance.

Facts:

I am under 45 years old,

I love the outdoors,

I hunt,

I am a Republican reformer,

I have taken on the Republican Party establishment,

I have many children,

I have a spot on the national ticket as vice president with less than two years in the governor's office.

Think you know who this is?

Wrong.

I am Teddy Roosevelt in 1900.

i just hope everyone watched their speeches.  Rudy totally knocked it out-of-the ballpark and Sarah kicked arse!

Rudy is equal to Bama's presentation acumen in every way (except McCain/Palin can back up what they say ) in every way and Sarah is just very committed.  She spoke from her heart and that was extremely apparent.

Those who don't agree/like/choose these , (just my opinion), you need to rethink-quickly.

Truthfully, the is the first time that I have ever committed to any party/platform, but I'm there!

Okay, Char-where are you? LMBO.

Hockey Mom versus Pitbull-lipstick, only difference!  u gotta love that comparason!

I wish I could take credit for writing this, but I can't.  I received it from a friend of mine.  I found it extremely interesting.

ISSUE JOHN McCAIN BARAK OBAMA Favors new drilling offshore US Yes No Will appoint judges who interpret the law not make it Yes No
Served in the US Armed Forces Yes No Amount of time served in the US Senate 22 YEARS 173 DAYS Will institute a socialized national health care plan No Yes Supports abortion throughout the pregnancy No Yes Would pull troops out of Iraq immediately No Yes Supports gun ownership rights Yes No Supports homosexual marriage No Yes Proposed programs will mean a huge tax increase No Yes Voted against making English the official language No Yes Voted to give Social Security benefits to illegals No Yes CAPITAL GAINS TAX MCCAIN 0% on home sales up to $500,000 per home (couples). McCain does not propose any change in existing home sales income tax. OBAMA 28% on profit from ALL home sales. (How does this affect you? If you sell your home and make a profit, you will pay 28% of your gain on taxes. If you are heading toward retirement and would like to down-size your home or move into a retirement community, 28% of the money you make from your home will go to taxes. This proposal will adversely affect the elderly who are counting on the income from their homes as part of their retirement income.) DIVIDEND TAX< /span> MCCAIN 15% (no change) OBAMA 39.6% - (How will this affect you? If you have any money invested in stock market, IRA, mutual funds, college funds, life insurance, retirement accounts, or anything that pays or reinvests dividends, you will now be paying nearly 40% of the money earned on taxes if Obama becomes president. The experts predict that 'Higher tax rates on dividends and capital gains would crash the stock market, yet do absolutely nothing to cut the deficit.') INCOME TAX MCCAIN 
(no changes) Single making 30K - tax $4,500
Single making 50K - tax $12,500
Single making 75K - tax $18,750
Married making 60K- tax $9,000
Married making 75K - tax $18,750
Married making 125K - tax $31,250 OBAMA (reversion to pre-Bush tax cuts) Single making 30K - tax $8,400
Single making 50K - tax $14,000
Single making 75K - tax $23,250
Married making 60K - tax $16,800
Married making 75K - tax $21,000
Married making 125K - tax $38,750
Under Obama, your taxes could almost double! INHERITANCE TAX MCCAIN - 0% (No change, Bush repealed this tax) OBAMA Restore the inheritance tax 
Many families have lost businesses, farms, ranches, and homes that have been in their families for generations because they could not afford the inheritance tax. Those wi lling their assets to loved ones will only lose them to these taxes. NEW TAXES PROPOSED BY OBAMA New government taxes proposed on homes that are more than 2400 square feet. New gasoline taxes (as if gas weren't high enough already) New taxes on natural resources consumption (heating gas, water, electricity) New taxes on retirement accounts, and last but not least....New taxes to pay for socialized medicine so we can receive the same level of medical care as other third-world countries!!!        

Personally speaking I think she is a wonderful choice.  I just finished reading her bio and she seems "no-nonsense" and very ethical.

Anyone think that she will be the answer for the remaining disgruntled Hilary Pink Ladies?