Unemployment, Economy Forcing Savers To Give Up $5 Billion A Year

The siphoning of our wealth, the middle class and the poor, won't stop until it's all sucked up. What's going to happen when the savings are gone and there are no other alternatives. It started with the raising of gas prices. Precisely when Bush allowed the gas gouging laws, the ones President Clinton put in place, were allowed to expire. I literally watched gas prices rise $0.20 within one hour of them expiring and it never stopped rising since until we, here in NC, hit almost $5.00/gallon. Then the price of everything else followed. I was just surprised it took as long as it did.
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Income Gap Widens: Census Finds Record Gap Between Rich And Poor

Send a personal message to all your government representatives via fax through this site to let them know you want them to "End the Bush Tax cuts Now". It doesn't make any sense giving the people who need tax breaks the least during a time when the Country needs the help the most.



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Gillespie: Conservative Donors Want Anonymity Out Of Fear Of Government Retribution

Sounds like paranoia to me. Isn't that the beginning of some form of dementia? And these are the people that want to rule our Country? If comments like these don't scare people into voting against Republicans then we have no hope!
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Karl Rove Plans Republican Comeback For 2010 Elections

If Republicans are mistaking "lack of enthusiasm" for a general lack of understanding they are sadly mistaken. Most people might be displeased with the way things are going and some people just had too high of an expectation of what was going to happen after Nov. 2008 but our memories aren't that short. Karl Rove is lining up the same cast of characters to try and steal the show but we know how that episode will end. Legitimate people of the Tea Party movement need to wise up and realize that even if the people you are backing win the Republicans are just going to run roughshod over them and push through their agenda anyway. This article proves that Republicans are just trying to manipulate you. Republicans have been proven time and time again to lie, cheat, and steal to get what they want. They say it proudly, "whatever it takes" and they mean it. This Country is not in a position to allow the Republicans to win even one seat much less one part of Congress. We don't stand a chance of getting back to the great Country we once were or even thought we were if the Republicans make any gains. I think they are underestimating the reasonable amount of people in this Country and I hope my fellow citizens prove me right.
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Americans Don't Eat Enough Vegetables, Despite Obesity, Health Concerns

This is priceless! you have people commenting on your post telling you how your brother and two nephews should eat when they have done nothing but post their own comments about how the Government is telling them how to eat, which it is not. Let's be generous and call it advice. Either way they know not what they speak. There is an excellent article at Snopes.com on how eating fruit on an empty stomach is fine. It sounds like a good ritual to me and healthy from what I could find. Tell your brother to keep up the good work.



http://www.snopes.com/food/warnings/fruit.asp
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Americans Don't Eat Enough Vegetables, Despite Obesity, Health Concerns

It's not an attack, it's an observation. The Government hasn't done anything accept try to educate people. You are taking the use of initiatives and guidelines as the Government telling you how to eat. The only "Laws" against foods are typically on the State and local level. You shouldn't take education as an attack against you. I can go out and buy whatever garbage I wish to put in my body but thanks to the Government I now have the knowledge of what is in the food if I don't want to eat the garbage. If it was up to the "Free Market" they wouldn't tell me jack if they thought it would cut into there bottom line. And yes, I believe there is a link between certain people being paranoid and Alzheimer's.
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Americans Don't Eat Enough Vegetables, Despite Obesity, Health Concerns

You are absolutely correct. I've been out of work for two and one half years and have no income for the last six months. My father-in-law supports me and my wife and loves being able to do it. I am truly grateful for him and try to go with the minimum and not put too much stress on him. We, especially me, have put on some extra weight because it is cheaper to buy the boxed foods than the right foods. I've been trying lately to get more of the right foods and easily notice it cost more and it doesn't go as far. I wish I had an answer and maybe going through these comments may give me some better ideas but either way something has to be done.
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Citi Boosts Executive Pay

I am a woodworker and cabinet builder by trade. I learned and taught myself by working for family shops and businesses in the beginning. As I learned more I got paid more. Made sense to me so I worked hard and became one of the best builders in the area and made a good name for myself. After working in two different family shops for about fifteen years I went to work at a local boat company who was shortly taken over by Brunswick. Gone were the days of working hard and showing you are worth more money. You had to be somebody's buddy who was in upper management to get any kind of decent yearly raise above a quarter. My supervisor was dumb as a rock and I had more experience being a supervisor from my previous job but because he was best friends with the plant manager he made almost twice what I made. Everybody who worked there knew how the politics worked but if you wanted to have a job you didn't question it. It's a small town and not many jobs and that was then. When the layoffs started happening in 2008 they were letting excellent workers go and keeping their friends who didn't do anything but stand around talking for the majority of the day. But I guess the people who got laid off were "an enemy of America" so it's okay. Your post was probably the worst post I've seen, ever!
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Margaret Witt, Air Force Major Discharged Under 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' Ordered Reinstated

I'm glad you liked the video. I can't watch it without bawling like a baby. She was one of those special dogs that once somebody met her they picked up on. As if she was an "old soul" or something. I'm glad Lady was at least able to live out her finale years with some dignity and peace with you!



I may wind up having to see if Dixie's owner will let me take her. I wanted Max to have a little more time alone before finding him another companion but he enjoys Dixie's visits. She gets a little rough sometimes but he loves it when she nibbles his neck like she is chewing fleas. Typical male. I'm not sure if she is abused but I know she is neglected. When she is scratching at my door at 10:00pm means he doesn't have a clue where she is. She is thin as a rail. Not quite to the point of bones showing but close. And she acts like she is always starving so I'm always giving her something to eat. I hate having to put her out and forcing her to go home but she's not mine, Yet! Thanks for the link, that is a good site. You should check out this video, http://www.lifewithdogs.tv/2010/06/just-a-dog/, My wife is always ripping my heart out with all of these types of sites but the video "Just A Dog" is excellent and to the point.
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Christine O'Donnell Will Stop America From Sexing Each Other (VIDEO)

Thanks! I like that! I never even thought about being "The Horseman". I may have to steal that one from you. I was born in Delaware and live in N.C. and this woman freaks me out! I hope my state doesn't disappoint me.

I can't remember if I told you about losing my baby girl Brandy in May but if not I'll give a link to her story. If you read the diary, it probably tells the story of her the best. Anyway, My other dog, Max, has been lonely since losing her and for the last few weeks a neighborhood dog has been coming to see him a couple of times a week for the last three or so weeks. Now she comes once in the morning and once in the evening. She is a Pit Bull/Lab mix and has the sweetest personality. She is a little high strung and I believe she gets neglected at home which is probably why she comes over. Unfortunately, her owner is moving in about a month so she won't be around much longer. Here is a link to some pics of her and him.

http://picasaweb.google.com/gws1968/MaxSGirlfriend?feat=directlink

Brandy's page which also has a link to Max's page:

http://www.dogster.com/dogs/972473

I hope you like it.

Tea Party Script Written In Washington (VIDEO)

And Vice President Biden hit the nail on the head when he called them "The Republican Tea Party". I don't understand everybody getting upset about it! I thought it was obvious.
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GOP 'Pledge For America' Director Lobbied For AIG, Exxon, Pfizer, Chamber

How much savings could Americans get in purchasing if lobbying were to be made illeagl and all of those Corporations could put that money back into their companies? Probably none because they would just pocket it but lobbying should be illegal none the less.
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Biden's 'Republican Tea Party' Remarks Prompt Negative Reactions On Capitol Hill

If the shoe fits, wear it!
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Senate GOP Blocks Consideration Of DADT Repeal

Sen. George Voinovich of Ohio:

"At this point there is no reason to rush to judgment for political expediency until we hear from our military leaders as to whether they think it is a good idea to change this policy. I will carefully study this determination when it is completed."

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DADT has been deemed Unconstitutional and is Unconstitutional. The Senate is not doing their job that they took an oath to do which is to uphold the Constitution. Mostly Republicans but also some Democrats. The Republicans and the Tea Party which is one in the same want to invoke "Our Forefathers" when trying to indoctrinate everyone to think like they do but I believe "Our Forefathers" would cry in shame to see what their country that they fought with blood and tears to build has become. In some ways they would beam with pride but in others, albeit with some extended education, would mourn. It is sad. It is not the military's job to make a report to decide what part of the Constitution they will abide by.
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Ines Sainz, Azteca Reporter, Harassed By Jets? NFL Investigating

I expect it had more to do with who she was reporting for than who she was. How dare Mexico send some to report to the "Brown people" what is going on in "our locker room". Women have been reporting in the NFL for decades without any major incidences and now , all of the sudden, in this recent era of "Us vs Them" and the "Immigrants need to go back to their own country" this happens. I don't think it's a coincidence.
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