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Comment by Jack on November 19, 2011 at 2:20pm

Ok, let me explain this election the way that I see it. We currently have two candidates, Mitt Romney and the Anti-Mitt Romney candidate. The Anti-Romney candidate just happens to be divided into seven different people. That is why Romney’s poll numbers have stayed consistent and why everyone else’s poll numbers have fluctuated the way that they have, because the Tea Party is evaluating all of the available candidates and adjusting their votes accordingly. Therefore, if anyone of the other seven candidates were to drop out or even if all six of the other candidates were to drop out the one remaining Anti-Romney candidate (regardless of who that is) would gain most if not all of those votes. So what we would end up with is an Anti-Romney candidate with 50%+ of the vote. Romney only looks good right now because the votes against him are spread too thin. That is what I was trying to explain in my earlier comment.

 

And let’s not fool ourselves. The Republican Establishment is not our friend. They are working against us (along with the Press) with everything that they have. They know that if the Tea Party is given the time to evaluate all of the candidates and be able to come to a more united decision that they will lose control over us, and of this election. They want the candidate who is the farthest left and closest to the center. Last time that was John McCain. This time it’s Mitt Romney and that is exactly who they are trying to give us.

 

Just think about it. Why did they move all of the primaries up? It wasn’t for any other reason but to keep us, The Tea Party, from having the time we need to choose our own candidate. By moving the primaries up they are in effect pushing Romney on us while he is still in the lead. They know that once the other candidates start dropping out that it will become obvious to everyone that he is not the Tea Party’s candidate. As long as they can do that while we are still divided and spread out amongst all of the other candidates then they will get the candidate that they chose.

Comment by Douglas Newberry on November 19, 2011 at 8:23am

The interesting thing about B of A sticking us with the liability for their bills is that the banks do NOT have to get permission to do stuff like this. The FDIC fought against it but the "federal" reserve said it was a good idea.

The BIG banks own this country folks and the only person attacking this BIGGEST of all problems is Ron Paul.

This is just the tip of the iceberg too. I have said on these boards before that I have been in the financial industry for 13 years. Our banking and monetary systems are nothing short of organized crime.

The most disgusting part is that every time a bank makes a "loan" they are NOT loaning their own money, or even their depositors money. They are creating brand new money out of thin air and pretending like they took a risk.

They did NOT take on any risk of any kind... in fact with the creation of MERS the mortgage electronic registration system they in fact broke the chain of title to more than 60 milion mortgages. They ignored property laws that go back hundreds of years and commited a FRAUD with a 5-6 TRILLION dollar price tag.

The big banks created every bit of the current financial crisis and MUST be stopped!

Do some research on this and you will be shocked at what we have fallen for since the creating of our debt-based monetary system. "The Federal Reserve".

Find out the whole truth ny watching films such as "Money as Debt", or "the Money Masters" or "Secrets of Oz" or "The American Dream".

When you finally understand that every dollar ever created was "borrowed" into existence you will be stunned. Even worse is that the money required to pay the interest on these "loans" was NOT created and thus requires ever more loans to be made in order to support previous debt.

This process is flat out criminal and is called debt SLAVERY.

There is not enough money on earth to pay off all the debt! You must wake up to this problem because this is the KEY to all the ills of our society.

WE are all rats running on a never ending treadmill of debt and paying interest to the PRIVATE BANKS!

This is absolutlely a CIVIL RIGHTS issue.

Since it is mathematically IMPOSSIBLE to ever pay off all the debt we are all... each and every one of us SLAVES to the banks and unless we support monetary reform we always will be.

We will continue to work our productive lives away to pay off fictitious loans that the banks PRETEND they are making... Its a SCAM pure and simple.

Now ... after you see what this is all about, there is a great "Monetary reform act" out there... Ask yourself why the media NEVER talks about this... Ask yourself why NO candidate talks about this...

Ask yourself why they continue to make fun of Ron Paul because he is the only one who IS talking about this.

There is NO hope for any kind of financial stability as long as this criminal system is in place. WE will continue to be debt slaves to the 1% (the banking elites) and we will continue to pay the cost of our own enslavement for generations to come as there is no way to ever pay off the debt.

Sorry if I went on a rant here but this is THEE issue folks... everything else... taxes, spending etc... etc is just tinkering with the knobs on a banking machine that OWNS us.

You SHOULD TELL EVERYONE YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS...

Comment by Patricia M. McBride on November 19, 2011 at 6:06am

Juan, posted (not live yet though) at:  http://fctpcommunity.org/profiles/blogs/seeking-alpha-amp-bloomberg...

Comment by Patricia M. McBride on November 18, 2011 at 9:05pm

JUan, your article needs to be posted as a blog and unless you plan to, I can?  Let me know.  People need to read this article and take massive action on it.  The folks that are allowing the law to be broken and these folks need to take responsibility for thier own reckless ness and not stick it to the American people once again.  Perhaps Billie a question to Newt about what he plans to do about this?  They should not be able to shift this mess to an FDIC insured bank so they can stick it to us and should go down as every single bailed out bank should have.  These folks are nuts!

Comment by Patricia M. McBride on November 18, 2011 at 8:51pm

Holly, I had also seen the list of inproprieties commited when he was speaker under the Clinton administration, but we might also consider they balanced the budget as well, got people off welfare, and created conditions condusive to a good economy.  The congress even told Mrs. Clinton, no we can't afford your government health care plan.  It seems the democrats never give up on forcing thier health care plans on the American people.  Please don't lets forget the democrats in congress and Obama forced a health care bill down the throats of the American people even when the majority didn't want it and let them know.  And they did it, of all nights, on Christmas Eve (because the democrats are an unholy bunch).  Mr. Gingrich says he is not the same person he was back then, he is a father and now a grandfather and he wants the same thing for his grands that all the parents and grandparents in the tea party want..............a country that is free with the same opportunity to realize the American dream.  He doesn't want a country where most of the workers support the bunch of useless riff raff in OWS who either won't work or belong to unions and think they should get in pay and benefits twice what the people who are paying for it get.  He doesn't want a country where the supreme federal government that runs your life fromm the time you get out of a bed chosen for you in the morning until you crawl back into every night in the stack and pack apartment smaller than your current dog's dog house.  I understand this is the dream of the democratic party while they live like kings, but no one wants that for their children, so we have to find someone who can beat Obama at the only thing he can do and that is speak ............like Newt said, he would allow him to even bring his teleprompter along since he can't seem to put 2 sentences together without it and the speeches someone smarter than him writes.  We have folks who can do that, and we have several folks who can do that, but who ever we choose must be able to beat him at what he does best (and it sure isn't govern).

 

In case I don't get another chance (and this is off subject), I want to wish each and every one of your a blessed and happy Thanksgiving!

 

Comment by Steve Tikas on November 18, 2011 at 8:46pm

Wow Juan is all I can say about that article.  I don't get emotional about many things but that really got me pissed off.  That is the type of thing that brought about the Tea Party and OWS.  Yes I know the results they seek are far different then ours but that is the type of thing that got both parties started.   I wonder which one of the nominees in our group of candidates would fight against that.  I know at least one and I really think that Mrs. Bachmann would as well.  I really don't think the rest would do anything but maybe do some tough talking at best and wait until people weren't looking and that let it go thru.

Comment by Peggy Hall on November 18, 2011 at 7:28pm

Billie, where do you want us to post the questions we have for Newt?  Thanks.

Comment by Steve Tikas on November 18, 2011 at 7:12pm

Pat I know you would never yell I was just joking.  I understand why you made that point the first time and you are right if someone is saying something it is important to know where they are coming from.  I do agree that Newt is the smartest guy in the room and he would be good, like Mr. Newberry said, to be in a high level cabinet position because he understands Washington better then probably anyone else. 

 

I like Juan and Douglas don't see any other choice but Ron Paul.  If your main concern is our finances I don't think anyone understands how to fix the problems better then Ron Paul or at least he is the only one that is honest about it and proposing real fixes for things. 

 

We can argue about foreign policy all we want if we continue on the economic road we are on no foreign policy or military might is going to matter since we will eventually get to the point were we can't afford to sustain our military.  Our men and women are dedicated but I don't think many of them will do it for free.  Also Ron Paul is very clear on if someone actually attacks us how he will respond and being he actually does what he says I will trust him that he would go after someone that attacks us.

 

Pat I've had a wonderful day other then thinking it was Saturday when I first woke up and then realizing it was only Friday and I had to get up and go to work.  Hope everyone else has had a safe and blessed week to this point.

Comment by Holly Winsman on November 18, 2011 at 7:02pm

In a January 22, 1997, article entitled: “House Reprimands, Penalizes Speaker,”  then-Washington Post reporter John E. Yang wrote:

“The House voted overwhelmingly yesterday to reprimand House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-GA) and order him to pay an unprecedented $300,000 penalty, the first time in the House's 208-year history it has disciplined a speaker for ethical wrongdoing.”

According to Wikipedia.com:   

“Gingrich is the only Speaker of the House to have been disciplined for ethics violations.

“During his term as Speaker, eighty-four ethics charges were filed against him; eighty-three of them were dropped.  The remaining charge concerned a 20-hour college course called ‘Renewing American Civilization’ that Gingrich had taught through a tax-deductible foundation, Kennesaw State College Foundation. Allegations of tax improprieties led to two counts ‘of failure to seek legal advice’ and one count of ‘providing the committee with information which he knew or should have known was inaccurate’ concerning the use of a tax exempt college course for political purposes.  To avoid a full hearing, Gingrich and the House Ethics Subcommittee negotiated a sanctions agreement. Democrats accused Gingrich of violating the agreement, but it was forwarded to the House for approval.  On January 21, 1997, the House voted 395 to 28 to reprimand Gingrich, including a $300,000 ‘cost assessment’ to recoup money spent on the investigation.

“The full committee panel did not agree whether tax law had been violated. In 1999, the IRS cleared the organizations connected with the courses.”

 

 

Comment by Tracy on November 18, 2011 at 6:26pm

@ Doug... The primaries are still a few weeks away and I'm not picking a candidate yet.They ALL have a past and all have faults IMO and I'll keep listening to what each has to say before making a choice.

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