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The last few years of Mary Jo Welch's life have been utter hell.
Three years ago, while working as a dispatch driver at the Brandon Sun, Welch frequently found herself "laying in people's front lawns" after falling down. The falls were related to the debilitating pain she had been experiencing in her hips.
"I was terrified of going up steps because I was so scared that I would fall down," Welch said.
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"All of a sudden I went and picked up a pan of chicken and I couldn't move," Welch said. "I just started to cry."
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Less than a week after visiting the clinic in Brandon, Welch was on a gurney being prepped for a laminectomy — an operation that requires a portion of the vertebral bone be removed — to have the cyst removed at the Winnipeg Health Sciences Centre.
Today, a little more than a year after going under the knife, Welch is struggling again — this time financially.
The 49-year-old collects $730 a month in disability from the government, but with rent consuming $636 of that, and bills and expenses over and above that, it leaves nothing for daily essentials.
"I have begged and borrowed from everyone I know," Welch said, her voice trembling and her eyes filling with tears. "It feels really, really lousy. I don't have any place to go for money any more and I need a job."
This month, she has resorted to selling some of her possessions in order to pay the bills.
"The only money I have is coming in from selling things," Welch said. "I've been going through my house trying to find things to sell."
The financial strain has also burdened her physically and emotionally.
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"I'm just thankful for everything that I have," Welch said. "There are days when you don't want to be here and fight this hard, but you have to keep going."
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I did see it!! That was totally cool...and what kind of sling was she using?!
the kitchen..someday, someday maybe I'll have one like that!
Originally Posted by jeca
I missed it but what's a 'normal sterotypical AP family" look like. do you mean when they make them seem all hippyish?
Originally Posted by MommytoMJM
and did you catch that she said she had to wake up 3 times one night to nurse?!?!? YRAH!!!
Originally Posted by Juliacat
I post with her on another AP message board. She's cool.
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Oh my gosh, that was me. Yup, I'm the cloth-diapering, sling-using, placenta-keeping mom from that show AND a motheringdotcommune member. I'm glad that all of your comments were positive and no one mentioned the fighting! But bear in mind that we had only five weeks to do all that work and in that time we also redecorated four bedrooms and a playroom that they didn't even show on TV.
They shot 200 hours of footage and the only fight we had in those stressful weeks was this 15 minute fight we had less than 24 hours before the final showing to Doug was the whole show (it was less than 24 hours before they showed up and the appliances were still in the living room, the staircase wasn't done, they put in my contract that I had to sew curtains and I hadn't even started -- basically we had 100 hours worth of work to do and 22 hours to do them in. And yes, my husband did wake up late and spent two hours buying curtain rods and donuts -- I was so mad but he had stayed up until 4 am painting but I was up all night nursing and I still woke up early and started working. Anyway, we got over it and are still happily married.) Plus during the fight they were hiding in other rooms secretly filming us -- you can tell that the lighting is very grainy because they were like in a totally different room. We had microphones on the whole time and we would always forget about them -- I can't tell you how many times DH and I peed with the microphone on and got laughed at later.) And it was the same fifteen minute fight they showed over and over and over again and made it look like we were fighting all the time. I was still mad at him the next day too as you could probably tell. But really, we're fine now.
Regarding the sidecar crib, we did take out the Arms Reach co-sleeper from the other side of the bed to look more "normal" to mainstream parents. Back then, Seth slept in the Arms Reach on one side and Asa slept in the side car on the other. Nnow the three kids sleep with me on a twin bed with DH in a guest room while we're remodeling the master bedroom. Our house is a renovation nightmare.
And yup, its an New Native sling -- the best for passing newborns back and forth between husband and wife.
As an AP mom, I'm embarassed about the pacifiers and the baby swing, but at the time we did what we had to do.
Originally Posted by AngelBee
You know what.....For the first two months of ds2 life, pacifiers were a life saver! And all of my babies LOVE to swing.
I don't think that makes me less AP.....they are being allowed to do what they are comfy with......even if it is not generally considered AP practice.
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Quote: Funny, but the entire time we saw you my dh and I both felt like we had seen you or met you before. We still can't place you. Ever spend any time in New England?
I lived in Hartford, CT for several years.
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Remember the spring football primer?
Well, spring's over. Let's see how I did.
Spring's top 10 teams
How I had it back on May 1:
1. Armwood; 2. Plant; 3. East Lake; 4. Countryside; 5. Lakewood; 6. Pasco; 7. Hillsborough; 8. Gaither; 9. Tampa Bay Tech; 10. Jesuit
How I would rank them now:
1. Plant: Yep, I'm swapping the Panthers and the Hawks. For now. The more I read and hear, the more I like the Panthers. The offense can be spectacular. Offensive line is going to be very good, Wesley Bullock is a 1,000-yard guy, the addition of wide receiver Tristan Cooper to go with Dereck Mann gives Plant explosiveness everywhere. The defense will be good to start the season, great by the end of it.
2. Armwood: Quarterback situation is still iffy, and if the latest batch of transfers can't play, there will be big holes on the offensive line. Regardless, Plant is probably the only team that will be able to beat the Hawks.
3. Counytryside: I think the defense will be the difference maker. DE Mike Love is fabulous and looked unblockable, and CB Mike Johnson vs. East Lake WR Artavis Scott in Week 2 is going to be a party.
4. East Lake: Still has the county's deadliest combo in Pete DiNovo-to-Scott, but there's still some lingering questions along the offensive and defensive lines.
5. Largo: I tried not to vault the Packers too high (I had them 13th) based merely on their overwhelmingly good performance against a woeful Clearwater team, but I could not resist. I had to muster every bit of will power to keep the Packers below Countryside and East Lake, but I did it. QB Juwan Brown looked great at the referee scrimmage and in the spring game, and few can match Largo's skills position group. If they can get RB Jarvis Stewart back, look out.
6. Pasco: As staff writer Matt Baker tweeted on the night the Pirates played their spring game, "Janarion Grant is still good." I'm sold. Pasco may not have the strength up front or experience at quarterback or the depth to hang with some of the bigger schools in Hillsborough, but they will go 10-0 again this season and make some playoff noise.
7. Hillsborough: The defense will have to lead the way, but if Hillsborough's young quarterbacks come along, the road to the postseason will be that much smoother.
8. Gaither: The Cowboys looked great in warmups before their spring jamboree was rained out. Okay, so that's all I saw of the Cowboys, but nothing has changed my mind about them being ranked right here.
9. Jesuit: The Tigers have seven players with scholarship offers already, and as long as they can settle on a competent quarterback, I don't expect much of a drop-off from last year at all.
10. Clearwater Central Catholic: Yep. I had the Marauders at No. 18 in the preseason, but I watched their win over Hernando and spent a day at practice and the list of quality players they have is a long one. RB Diquan Walker is going to break out in a big way, the defense will be very good and if Blake Gomez lives up to expectations, it could be John Davis' best team. Ever.
Next 10: 11. Robinson; 12. Jefferson; 13. Lakewood; 14. Sickles; 15. Durant; 16. Newsome; 17. Hernando; 18. Spoto; 19. St. Petersburg; 20. Pinellas Park
1. You are losing by 22 points, it's the fourth quarter, there's 84 seconds remaining, you are going against the other team's junior varsity in a meaningless spring football game.
Why do you have all your starters in the game, especially your quarterback?
I asked Lakewood coach Corey Moore this question Thursday night, and he said he just didn't think Tracy Johnson would get hurt, but guess what. He did. Johnson was destroyed by a Lakeland player on what coaches felt was a late hit. Almost the entire staff was on the field yelling at the refs about the hit, which put Johnson down for a good five minutes and eventually required that he go to the hospital for stitches on his left cheek. He was lucky that's all it was.
While the Spartans staff walked out onto the field yelling about the hit, and a few fans came down to the fence to scream about it as well, I wondered: are you screaming in the right direction?
Let's face it, there was no reason for Johnson to still be playing. Maybe Lakewood thought it could get one more score to end the spring on a high note, but would there have been any satisfaction scoring on a team's backups' backups? For a team flush with Division I talent, that's just embarassing if that was the case. Clearwater did the same thing against Largo, sending their ones out there in the final minutes to punch one in at the buzzer against Largo's JV defense to make it 61-6.
But that's Clearwater. The Tornadoes clearly needed the pick-me-up.
Lakewood, though? Really?
Oh, and by the way, the Spartans did not score on the Dreadnaughts junior varsity.
Considering that Johnson was knocked out of last year's spring game vs. Lakeland (and had already been leveled once Thursday) and Dante Fowler was injured playing running back in last year's spring game, you might think the Spartans would be more alert to the possibility of injuries.
At least the Spartans had some luck. They replaced Johnson with arguably the team's best player in Rodney Adams, and he survived the final minute without any injuries.
2. I would have made Lakewood the preseason district favorite in Class 5A-8 pre-spring, but with its second-half implosion (the Spartans actually led 6-0 at halftime before losing 34-12), is it still the favorite?
They had no running game, the offensive line was supposed to be a strength and wasn't, and with more talent than one of Lakeland's worst teams in years the Spartans should have won that game. Now you have to look seriously at Jesuit and Robinson as the teams to beat.
I still think the Spartans have some excellent gamers (give me Shaquill and Shaquem Griffin, Rodney Adams and Tracy Johnson all day), but you have to wonder why it's not coming together.
3. Is the best quarterback in Pinellas County still East Lake's Pete DiNovo?
I think so. But I think Largo's Juwan Brown closed the gap this spring, looking like the guy who had big things predicted for him as a freshman. Both Brown and DiNovo were great in May, and I think they firmly established themselves as Nos. 1-2. I think Johnson could break that up in time, but it won't be easy.
4. Will Pasco's Joey Ivie be Pasco County's most destructive defensive lineman since Zephyhills' Ryan Pickett?
There's a good chance. I'm not sure I've ever seen anyone blow up plays like Pickett used to do for the Bulldogs, but Ivie has the potential to come awfully close.
5. Was this a good or bad spring of football?
It was the best if you're counting the number of offers picked up by the local players. In Pinellas, Hillsborough, Pasco and Hernando counties, more than 90 players have offers, and that number will probably top 100 by the fall. There's still the Duclos brothers (Carlos and Michael) at Robinson along with teammates Vidal Woodruff and Zain Gilmore, Fivay tight end Kevin Faulkner, Gibbs defensive back Albert Laskett and others out there waiting on No. 1.
But, the rainouts of the spring clusters in Hillsborough was devastating (I was especially disappointed in not getting to see Sickles and Gaither play) and so many of the games that were played in the other counties were lopsided affairs that left it hard to judge the winners and losers.
1. Ryan Davis, Northeast's sophomore quarterback, is the real deal.
2. CCC RB Diquan Walker and DL Jordan Adderly were dominant on their respective sides of the ball all spring.
3. Countryside DE Mike Love still looks like our Defensive Player of the Year, which he was last season.
4. Gibbs CB Albert Laskett may actually be, as his coach claims, the next Gary Simon, and then some.
5. Of the schools that start with the letter D, who has the best, most exciting and promising backfield among Dixie Hollins (Demondre Lambert and Kabriel Jackson), Dunedin (Shaquille Dixon, Stanci Howard and Tramaine Batten) and Durant (Jamarlon Hamilton, Chris Atkins and Zach Hooper)? Hey, I said this was random.
6. St. Petersburg Catholic's Quan Fuller will have at least three runs of more than 70 yards next season.
7. Something is still telling me Tampa Bay Tech is a sleeping giant.
8. Northeast transfer quarterback Taron Williams started for Pinellas Park and completed all 10 of his passes for 110 yards and two scores. HomeTeamer Bob Putnam says he looked terrific, and he has a little brother who is going to be special, too.
9. Teams that I keep on accidentally overlooking: Robinson, St. Petersburg, Nature Coast. I really need to stop.
10. I sure wish I had more Hillsborough County stuff to add, but that dang rain!
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Godspeed my sweet girl. You were the best.. and we'll love you forever.
It was hot hot hot.. and thank goodness for the air-conditioning. Mom let me come out in the mornings with them, and in the evening. She made me stay inside during the hottest part of the day. I wanted to come out for visits, and she let me... but I figure out real quick that it was too hot and told her when I was ready to go back in.
Even though I'm a Newf, I've never been a big swimmer. I would have liked to gone out on the pontoon, but the one we use wasn't out... and Mom didn't want to take me on the other one cause it's new and they didn't want my hair all over it! Can you imagine?!?!?!? Mom felt bad for me.. she would have cleaned it up, but it was just better not to go there. Next time, I'll get a ride!
She did have a spray bottle filled with water, and she misted me alot, and that really helped. And, for a treat, she made me my very own snow cones! We have a snow cone maker up there, and she melted beef bouillon cubes, and froze them.. and then put them in the snow cone maker, and made snow cones. They were yummy and the best thing is that she brought it home! I can't wait for Kira, Ben & Yelda to try them!
Dear Diary...
My Mom wrote this in her blog the other day. It's all about me (and Ben...)
"This is not a blog about those cheesy info-mercials about wild girls... on the contrary. My normally placid, obedient Cora.. the one who I can depend on to always be good, the one who visited sick children in hospitals, the one who would let a troubled child brush her for hours despite the fact that she absolutely despises being brushed, has been a bit naughty. And please realize that I'm in no way suggesting she's a perfect angel.. because she has her mischevious moments. She is, however the closest thing to an angel I've got.
But today, she got a burr up her butt. I was outside with both Cora and Ben. Ben was on a leash, and Cora was loose. Ben was being a good boy and going about his business. Initally, Cora was doing the same. But then she got that look. And I knew.. I just KNEW! She looked this way, and then she looked that way, and then in a flash, she bolted. She took off into our neighbor's yard. I called to her to come.. but she either didn't hear me, or chose to ignore me.
At this point, Officer Benjamin Kramer-Fife arrived, and ordered in a "loud barking fashion" for Cora to cease and desist... in other worlds FREEZE! Cora didn't pay any attention- she views Ben as a "young whipper-snapper" and pays him no mind. She's actually like Aunt Bea refusing to listen to Sherriff Andy Taylor. And so, I moaned and grumbled, and took Ben inside. Of course, he didn't appreciate this at all. I then hurried back outside, and went to retrieve my little delinquent. She was happily moseying along, sniffing this, sniffing that. When I approached her, she just looked at me, almost happily... with a 'Oh.. you meant me?' expression on her face!
As so I scolded her and then escorted her inside and into her crate. I went about my morning routine... taking Kira & Yelda out.. feeding and watering the entire crew.. and getting ready for work. At one point, she tried to "make nice" with me, and I tried hard not to respond, thinking that maybe she'll understand that I'm really put out! HA! Yeah, like right! She know's I adore her.. and she may have known I was annoyed, but she also somehow knows that all will be forgiven. And it was. However, when I got home at the end of the day, she went out "on leash" and just sort of rolled her eyes at me. And then she kissed my hand."
I didn't mean to be naughty.. .it's just that I KNOW Jack the neighbor dog has good stuff to eat and I thought I'd go over and see if he would share. Mom & I are all made up now... and I'm being very good...
for now!
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Across the aisle one way are Edyta Sitar of Laundry Basket Quilts and her husband Micheal. We're old friends. They are thoroughly delightful people. I love her quilts, always have. And she and Pep share a Slavic background. Pep's is a lot more removed than hers is but he recognized the influence in her quilts.
And it was so great to see my friends from France again. I hope they like the pictures but I'll lay you odds they don't - they didn't like the last ones I posted. But then I never like the pictures of me either. They are Marie - Caroline Courtier and Carol Veillon of Quiltmania - awesome ladies all. I really can't tell you how much I enjoyed being in France and working with them. And my book they did is so really neat. I can't thank them enough.
Market is over tomorrow and we'll be packing up and heading for home. The whirlwind of France and Salt Lake City is almost over. When I get home I'll show you the rest of the booths - if I can figure out how to attach the jpgs to an email and get them to my home computer. Well, I'm a little tired here. Pep just reminded me that even if I can't, the laptop will be at home with me. Duh!! :)
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Adamek-Cunningham Scoring Analysis
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1. In only two of the twelve rounds did all three judges agree on the winner of the round (rounds five and eleven, both scored for Adamek).
2. There was disagreement among the judges in 83% of the rounds (rounds 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 12).
4. Judge Tom Miller was the "lone wolf" in only one of the rounds (round 10).
5. Judge Deb Barnes was the "lone wolf" in three of the rounds (rounds 2, 9 and 12).
6. Judge Dave Greer was the "lone wolf" in six of the rounds (rounds 1, 3, 4, 6, 7 and 8)
7. Judges Miller and Greer had the bout even after six rounds. Judge Barnes had the bout even after eight rounds.
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U.S. jury orders Samsung to pay Apple $120 million
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SAN JOSE, California (Reuters) - A U.S. jury on Friday ordered Samsung Electronics Co Ltd to pay $119.6 million to Apple Inc, far less than Apple had sought and marking a big loss for the iPhone maker in the latest round of their globe-spanning mobile patent litigation.
During the month-long trial in a San Jose, California, federal court, Apple accused Samsung of violating patents on smartphone features including universal search, while Samsung denied wrongdoing. On Friday, the jury found the South Korean smartphone maker had infringed two Apple patents.
Apple and Samsung have been litigating around the world for three years. Jurors awarded the iPhone maker about $930 million after a 2012 trial in San Jose, but Apple failed to persuade U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh to issue a permanent injunction against the sale of Samsung phones in the United States.
Some industry observers see the ongoing legal dispute as an attempt by Apple to curtail the rapid growth of phones based on Google Inc's rival Android software. Samsung was by far the largest adopter of the operating platform.
"Though this verdict is large by normal standards, it is hard to view this outcome as much of a victory for Apple. This amount is less than 10 percent of the amount Apple requested, and probably doesn't surpass by too much the amount Apple spent litigating this case," said Brian Love, assistant professor at the Santa Clara University School of Law.
"Apple launched this litigation campaign years ago with aspirations of slowing the meteoric rise of Android phone manufacturers. It has so far failed to do so, and this case won't get it any closer."
The current case involves five Apple patents that were not in the 2012 trial and that cover iPhone features such as slide-to-unlock and search technology. Apple is seeking to ban sales of several Samsung phones, including the Galaxy S III, and sought just over $2 billion in damages.
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"Progressive Hunter" redux: Beck devotes entire hour to demonizing Tides
Less than a week after revelations that conspiracy theories pushed by Glenn Beck and the right-wing media drove a California man to plot the assassination of Tides Foundation employees, Beck devoted an hour-long show to demonizing Tides. Beck's latest attacks come just hours after Tides released a letter calling on advertisers to stop financing the extremist rhetoric and conspiracy theories broadcast on Fox News.
Tides calls for advertisers to boycott Fox over Beck's dangerous discourse
Progressive Hunter: CA cop shooter said Beck "exposed" things that "blew my mind." Alleged California highway shooter Byron Williams reportedly told [1] investigators that "his intention was to start a revolution by traveling to San Francisco and killing people of importance at the Tides Foundation and the ACLU." Beck, like Williams, has repeatedly obsessed [2] over George Soros and the Tides Foundation.
As John Hamilton reported [3], Williams described Beck as "a schoolteacher" and said that "it was the things [Beck] exposed that blew my mind." Williams repeatedly cited specific Beck broadcasts when discussing a conspiracy theory involving Soros, President Obama, and a Brazilian oil company -- a theory that Williams said informed his alleged plot. Williams said that "Beck would never say anything about a conspiracy, would never advocate violence. He'll never do anything ... of this nature. But he'll give you every ounce of evidence that you could possibly need."
Just hours before Beck's show, Tides CEO and founder called for Fox News ad boycott. Earlier on October 15, Tides CEO and founder Drummond Pike released a letter [4] in which he noted that Williams relied heavily on conspiracy theories advanced on Beck's show and called on advertisers to stop supporting Fox News. Pike noted that "businesses that pay to broadcast commercials on Fox News are subsidizing Glenn Beck's television show by continuing to pump money into the network," adding, "It has become clear that the only way to stop supporting Beck is to stop supporting Fox News."
Beck repeatedly attacks Tides and Soros on October 15
"Let There Be ... Stuff?" curriculum guides teens to "explore the relationship between their consumption, their health, and the faith of the planet." Beck dedicated the October 15 edition of his Fox News program to attacking a project sponsored by the Tides Foundation and GreenFaith. The "Let There Be ... Stuff?" curriculum [5] has been available since April [6] for churches and other houses of worship to download at no cost and is designed to lead teenagers to "explore the relationship between their consumption, their faith, and the health of the planet." Beck previewed the October 15 episode on October 14 by stating:
BECK: Tomorrow night, oh, we're going to expose manipulation of the word of God by radical green movement and "Let There Be Stuff" and provide ways for you and your kids to respond to this propaganda.
Do not miss tomorrow, a full episode you must have on DVD. Tomorrow night.
Tomorrow, a very special episode. Boy, that's usually when I bring in the little neighbor kid. A very special episode -- indoctrination for your kids. Don't miss it. This time the indoctrination is happening in your churches and synagogues.
During his October 15 broadcast, Beck acknowledged the Tides curriculum contains "some truth," but continued to attack it with outrageous rhetoric.
Beck: Tides curriculum smells like "sulfur." Beck said of the Tides-sponsored curriculum: "They are going right into our churches and our synagogues. It's for the planet, you know. They want you to join a group. That's the best thing our teens can do is join a group." Beck then linked Tides to the devil [7] by holding up the curriculum and stating [8], "Is that sulfur I smell? Yes, I think so."
Beck: Tides is "coming for your church and your faith." During the show, Beck stated [9] that the Tides Foundation is now "coming for your church and your faith":
BECK: This is the latest from the Tides Foundation, and this is for kids in synagogues and this will now be found in your churches. Warning -- I warned you about a year ago they are coming for your church and your faith. They are doing it now, "Let there be Stuff."
Beck compared Soros to emperor villain from Star Wars. Throughout the show, Beck equated George Soros and the Tides Foundation, when in fact, the conspiracy theory that Soros controls Tides is false [3]. During the show, Beck said [9]: "This is the latest from George Soros -- spooky dude George Soros. I swear to you -- you've got to watch I think it's episode six of the Star Wars movies where the emperor is like -- remember he's sitting in that big spooky chair and he turns around -- It's George Soros." According to starwars.com [10], Emperor Palpatine [11] "was the supreme ruler of the most powerful tyrannical regime the galaxy had ever witnessed."
Beck told viewers to "run for your life" if their church uses the Tides curriculum. Beck said of the Tides curriculum: "If you see anything like this going to your kids, run for your life. You are in the wrong church. I mean, unless you're an environmentalist that worships Gaia or whoever it is now."
Beck asked: "Any doubt in your mind that the progressive left is coming for the kill on religion?" While discussing the Tides curriculum, Beck asked [12] his guests, "Any doubt in your mind that the progressive left is coming for the kill on religion?" Guest Calvin Beisner replied, "Absolutely. And part of the reason is because traditional Christian faith, Biblical faith in America has been the most resistant to the whole progressive agenda."
Beck: Soros "is the head of the snake." During the show, Beck said that Soros "is the head of the snake":
BECK: Jim Wallis today -- he's an amazing individual.
BEISNER: Who also takes money from George Soros.
BECK: No. It's almost like George Soros -- he is the head of the snake. Anyway, I want to go back to now some things that you have seen in the paper.
Beck asserted that the curriculum contains "evil stuff." Beck said, "This is the Story of Stuff, GreenFaith project and it's going into your churches, and your synagogues. Watch for it carefully. Some of it sounds great. Some of it -- you know, it's truth mixed with evil stuff, to be real frank with you."
Beck accused Tides of bringing "paganism" and "American native" thinking into churches. During the show, Beck responded to the statement in the curriculum that "When we drink, we owe a debt to the earth's great waters," by stating [13], "That's American native -- I guess you could go there. It's paganism." Beisner later stated that the curriculum was presenting "not Judeo-Christian thought," but "new age pantheistic," "Hindu" and "Buddhist" ideas.
Beck claimed Tides curriculum "manipulates" the Bible and is the "indoctrination of youth." The following on-screen text aired during the show:
Beck hosted David Barton, Calvin Beisner to discuss Tides curriculum, science and religion
Beisner has previously called AIDS "a disease that is almost 100 percent self-inflicted by people intent on immoral and irrational behavior?" As reported [14] by DeSmog Blog, in 1990, Beisner wrote [15] an article arguing against the "militant homosexuals" that were calling for an increase in federal spending on AIDS research, treatment and education. Beisner asked if it was "rational" to increase funding to "fight a disease that is almost 100 percent self-inflicted by people intent on immoral and irrational behavior? Not when there are more pressing matters that ought to take priority."
Beisner wrote in 2005 that public schools are "the enemy" to Christians after court rejected teaching Intelligent Design in biology class. DeSmog Blog also noted that Beisner wrote a 2005 article [16] criticizing a U.S. district court ruling [17] that prohibited a school district in Pennsylvania from teaching "intelligent design" in science classes. According to [18] NewScientist, supporters of intelligent design "believe that some things in nature are simply too complex to have evolved by natural selection, and therefore must be the work of an intelligent designer." Beisner wrote:
The aggressive, extreme secularism that would reject all reference in biology studies to intelligent design of irreducibly complex structures is more patently unscientific and more obviously religious than what most people have encountered in discussing evolution and creation. Perhaps a few more will waken now to the fact that the public schools are the enemy, not the friend, and not even a neutral party, to Christians, and therefore (a) remove their kids from them and (b) stop working in them.
Barton cited 18th century views on homosexuality to argue that we should continue banning gays from the military. Barton wrote [19] on the WallBuilders site that George Washington "was the first not only to forbid, but even to punish, homosexuals in the military"; that Thomas Jefferson "authored a bill penalizing sodomy by castration"; and that the idea of allowing gays to serve in the military "would have brought disbelief, disdain, and condemnation from those who established our Armed Forces." Barton concluded, "In view of the arguments listed by historical and legal sources, there is substantial merit for maintaining the ban on homosexuals in the military. The Founders instituted this ban with a clear understanding of the damaging effects of this behavior on the military."
Barton delivered speeches to anti-Semitic groups. According to the Anti-Defamation League, Beck historian and frequent Glenn Beck guest [20] David Barton has spoken at events hosted by the Christian Identity movement [21], which "asserts that Jews are 'the synagogue of Satan'; that Blacks and other people of color are subhuman; and that northern European whites and their American descendants are the 'chosen people' of scriptural prophesy." From the Anti-Defamation League's 1994 book The Religious Right: The Assault on Tolerance & Pluralism in America:
On at least two occasions, Barton has delivered his revisionist presentation in the meeting halls of the racist and anti-Semitic extreme right. In July 1991, Barton addressed the Colorado summer retreat of Scriptures for America, the Identity Church group headed by firebrand Pete Peters. He was advertised as "a new and special speaker" who would "bring the following messages: America's Godly Heritage -- Was it the plan of our forefathers that America be the melting pot home of various religions and philosophies? ..." Barton's fellow-speakers at the retreat included the virulently anti-Semitic Virginia stockbroker-polemicist Richard Kelly Hoskins; "Bo" Gritz, the 1992 presidential nominee of the far-right Populist Party and a self-described "white separatist"; and Canadian Holocaust-denier Malcolm Ross.
On November 24, 1991, Barton appeared at another Identity gathering, presenting the second annual Thanksgiving message to Identity preacher Mike Watson's Kingdom Covenant College in Grants Pass, Oregon. In a subsequent edition of The Centinel [sic], Watson's publication, Barton was described as a "nationally acclaimed speaker" who "has introduced many Americans to their godly Christian heritage." [Pages 55-56]
Barton later said he was not aware that the events were hosted by groups with a racist ideology and said "that with as many as 400 speaking engagements a year, he cannot do background checks on each of the invitations he receives," according to an April 10, 1996, Seattle Times article (retrieved via Nexis).
Beck and guest attack climate change science
Beisner falsely claimed "Climate-gate" has "thoroughly trashed" the "unproven hypothesis" of climate change. During the show, Beisner, who founded a Christian coalition of climate skeptics, said that climate change "is an unproven hypothesis. In fact, if anything, in the last year it has been just thoroughly trashed by Climate-gate and other things of that sort. But they're bringing this forward, giving it to kids as if it were proven and that it should scare kids to death." In fact, climate experts and fact-checkers reject [22] the notion that the "Climate-gate [23]" emails undermine the scientific consensus that humans are contributing to global warming, and an independent British inquiry found "no evidence of dishonesty or corruption," as reported [24] by the Associated Press in July. An earlier investigation [25] by the House of Commons also found "no evidence" to support the claim that the scientists "had tampered with data."
Beck falsely suggested that past climate change shows humans are not driving current warming. While discussing climate change, Beck said: "The only thing constant in life is change. Where were the dinosaur and the wooly mammoth's giant SUVs that they were driving. How is it that we've had -- we've had ice ages and yet there were no SUVs. This is ridiculous." In fact, as climate scientists have repeatedly explained [26], "The fact that natural factors caused climate changes in the past does not mean that the current climate change is natural. By analogy, the fact that forest fires have long been caused naturally by lightning strikes does not mean that fires cannot also be caused by a careless camper. " The U.S. Climate Change Resource Center states that climate models "have successfully simulated the Earth's climate over the past 1,000 years. However, they cannot capture the rapid increase in global temperature of the past half century without including greenhouse gas forcing."
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Proving that it too can work PowerPoint, Nvidia has churned out a counter to Intel's anti-Ion campaign - with thanks again to bit-tech for the head's up - explaining why Nvidia reckons Intel is barking up the wrong tree.
Nvidia's document follows similar tactics to Intel, criticising the "4-year old 3-chip design" employed in Intel's platform. Nvidia's "modern 2-chip design," on the other hand, uses 55 per cent less area while also offering 10 times the performance. The gaming and CUDA-computing power of Ion's GPU cited as particular benefits.
As you might recall, Intel has already countered Nvidia's arguments in favour of Ion's superior performance, saying "neither gaming nor video transcoding are relevant to netbook and nettop users." Nvidia's challenge, it seems, will be to convince OEMs and consumers that is important.
Nvidia also points out that while Intel's next generation Atom offerings will offer improved performance, it still won't allow the, to compete with Ion and will 'force' customers to adopt an all-Intel solution. No doubt a major reason that Ion 2 will support VIA Nano CPUs as well as Atom - should Intel allow the latter's use.
Intel's power-use claims are also disputed, Nvidia calling the maximum theoretical draw (i.e. each platform's TDP) a "very poor measurement" - which it is to an extent. Nvidia's testing of a 945GSE-based system offering two hours, 40 minutes of batter life, versus two hours, 31 minutes for one using Ion in MobileMark 2007. Or, to put it another way, a negligible difference in real-world power consumption.
Let's make this simple folks; both Intel's own Atom platforms and Ion have their places. OEM's should use whichever suits the target audience for the products in which they are to be used best. Is that so hard?


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Posts have been a little scarce on the ground here, because I'm in the middle of prepping to change jobs and change coasts. Scrapping with everyone about religion, philosophy, and musical theatre is fun, but it's not how I earn my living.I have sometimes said that, in my dream job, I would have a badge that said "Methodology Cop" and I would be allowed to kick in doors and help people overhaul their research projects and interventions. "Ma'am, I need you to step away from that convenience s … [Read more...]
Go West, Young Woman!
Here's what's coming up this week…
I'm going to be received into the Catholic Church this Sunday (baptism, confirmation, and first communion). Here's what's going to be going on here at the blog from now until Thanksgiving.In the spirit of my blogging advice from yesterday, I'm going to be doing some arts blogging as a lens on some parts of my conversion/spiritual life on Thursday and Friday. (Fairly musical theatre heavy, natch).On Saturday, I'll be on my anti-football hobbyhorse in honor of the Harvard-Yale gam … [Read more...]
Handy Dandy Blogging Advice!
This weekend, I went up to Baltimore to attend a session of the Fall General Assembly of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). The session was called, "An Encounter With Social Media: Bishops and Bloggers Dialogue" and included a presentation of survey results about Catholic blog reading habits, a panel discussion, small group discussion, and then a period where the bishops asked questions of the bloggers en masse and then we switched and asked them questions.They encouraged us to … [Read more...]
Housekeeping Note
When I made the move over to Patheos last October, all my post tags got wiped out. I was much too lazy to deal with retagging for a while, but I'm working through the backlog at 5 posts a day. Sometimes I notice that a series of linked posts never got a Sequence Index post, so don't be surprised or confused if new ones pop up in your RSS reader. … [Read more...]
Post-Chicago Update + Radio Interview
I had a lovely time at Chicago Ideas Week, and my 15 minute talk on the Ideological Turing Test and how to have better fights should be online in about a month. For a preview of what my co-panelists and I talked about, you can check out the image above. Chicago Ideas Week contracted with Ink Factory to have posters drawn during each of the talks that highlighted key ideas. I'm standing in front of the illustration they generated during Religion: Exploring the Unexpected. I'm trying to point at … [Read more...]
I'm speaking at Chicago Ideas Week today!
I'm on the Religion panel, and I think my talk on the Ideological Turing Test and fostering productive fights will go up online. I'll keep you posted. Oh, and in honor of the talk, I've finally overhauled my pre-conversion "About Me" tab above. Want to take a look and give me any notes in the comments of this post? I'll have time for a few revisions after my plane touches down. Older versions of the "About" description are archived here, for comparison purposes.And while I'm aloft, chec … [Read more...]
For the 800th Post, a Blast from the Past
Hurrah! And I'm even more delighted by the nearly 18,000 comments you lot have posted since this blog started in the summer of 2010.I've been going back through the archives, five posts a day, to finally fix the tags that got mangled in the Patheos move, and I found a preconversion 7 Quick Takes that I thought would be fun to rerun today.Take it away, past!Leah...I started this blog over the summer as a way to try to clarify my thoughts on religion and morality, especially after I … [Read more...]


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In "King Cotton Still Part of Southeast's Fabric," featured in the third-quarter issue of EconSouth, staff writer Lela Pratte examines the long-term challenges facing the southern staple, as well as the steps the industry has taken to grow cotton more efficiently and increase its market share.
Among the greatest challenges facing cotton in the Southeast is competition from foreign producers and from synthetic fibers—but before the cottonseeds can even be planted, the crop must also overcome competition from other crops for acreage. Rival crops such as soybeans and corn have been relatively more profitable than cotton in recent years thanks to high prices for these commodities. As a result, cotton acreage has lost ground across much of the Southeast. This decline has had knock-on effects on cotton-related infrastructure in the region, much of which is specific to cotton and depends on a certain number of acres being harvested in order to be profitable.
Cotton's ongoing competition with synthetic fibers and foreign producers has forced the industry to invest heavily in research and development in order to produce higher-quality fibers, reduce production costs, and increase market share for the fiber. One area where the benefits of these technological advances are most prevalent is in cottonseeds. Genetically modified (GM) cottonseeds with a built-in resistance to certain pests and weed killers have helped reduce the amount of chemicals used and allowed farmers to adopt more environmentally friendly practices such as minimal-till farming. Research dedicated to finding new uses for cotton has helped make it more competitive with synthetic fibers and regain ground in markets where it formerly dominated, such as athletic gear.
With strong demand for cotton forecast and a number of new technologies on the horizon, southeastern cotton is well positioned to maintain its strong presence on the U.S. and world stage, writes Pratte. "King Cotton may no longer be the economic monarch he once was in the Southeast, but he's a long way from losing royal status."


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great one BB!! :lol:
haha good one. If you look really closely at the pic.. you'll notice the gun holding itself up and pointing itself at the innocent guy. The gun actually broke into the house on it's own to rob that poor poor guy. Can you believe that? NO? then why the heck are guns what we are banning? How about make prison sentences stricter and less "luxurious" (sp?), how about allowing the death penalty in every state? How about incorporating an "eye for and eye" law for people who want to harm others? How about holding people accountable for their actions instead of giving them 2nd, 3rd and 4th chances?
Sorry BB... but I was at the missouri state capital the other day and they just happened to be talking about the whole gun issue on the house floor. I heard a lady from St. Louis area get up and rattle off story after story after story about how these horrible guns caused all these bad things with young kids and young people. Never once did she say the shooter's name, never once did she say "if the gun was locked up appropriately this never would have happened", not once. That irritates me. Those people are blind to our world now. They honestly beleive that when given a chance all the people in this world will choose good over evil. NOT. I wish that were true. I wish those two guys hadn't made those bombs and blown up the marathon like that. They were idiots and they were stupid. But if you look carefully at the pictures of them walking the streets - I noticed one thing.... they look like NORMAL people. They don't look crazy. They don't look like they have a bomb in their bag. It's time to start holding people more accountable for their actions and stop babying every person in our society.
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Edit- Went back and watched the video- again- and it looks like the connectors I need are further up... so, I'll be ripping back into the trunk to look for them again- ugh!
I plan on ordering the DICE iPod integration kit for my '07 Z4 (Factory HU non-nav & DSP- I think). I've read a lot of threads- and viewed the detailed YouTube vids from BSW- but I still have some questions...
I've seen some threads that suggest I need the DSP adapter, and others that say I don't. I'm assuming I do have DSP, because I have the 10 speaker Carver system and there is a selector in the settings for "Concert, Church, JazzClub, and OFF."
I found the amp (and another box with a bunch of cables) mounted to the front wall of the trunk, and from the videos I've seen I need to find a three pin connector and a five pin connector (or a cable from the DSP). I've attached a picture which has what I think is the 3 pin (there's a yellow wire, brown/white, and clear). I'm guessing the lonely unconnected coax cable is the DSP- which takes the place of the 5 pin connector, right?
So, I think I would need to order the DICE iPod kit (I already have Bluetooth, so don't need that), with the DSP converter (which should change the coax to the 5 pin- right), and the toolkit.
Finally, I'm also thinking of ordering the Stage 1 BSW speaker set (which just has the door mids and tweeters. If anyone has installed these, I'd love to hear your feedback.
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Did you ever got a response about this?, my Z4 (2003)has only the 3 pin connector and the Coax, that is OK, I called Dice and they told me that the DSP adaptor is for that (to get the 6 pin connector), nevertheless, the coax in the car harness and the coax in the DSP adaptor from Dice are both felame type... I wonder if there is a male adaptor to connect both???
The response basically said "yep, just order the DICE and the DSP converter and you're good to go."
BTW, the coax in the picture is probably NOT the connection I need (the real connectors- including the 3 pin- are supposed to be tucked even farther towards the front in the area behind the center storage area... I just need to get up in there again and look for them).
Actually, I'm taking a step back and thinking things over again. Perhaps I'll get a JBL MS-8 and connect the iPod through there (at the prices you can pick up the MS-8, its only a couple hundred more than the DICE, and gives you the ability to tie right into the system with the iPod).
Or, even more simple would be to get a JBL MS-2 (waiting to see more reviews). Sure, the iPod is still being hooked up through the Aux port, but the MS-2 supposedly stages the stock speakers in such a way that they sound MUCH better (something I wouldn't get with the DICE).
The question then becomes how to hook up the iPod. I'm thinking of going with the mount shown here:
I would then hook up to the Aux jack using a cable from here (I would order the 6" cable to keep things clean): http://www.ramelectronics.net/ipod-m...IFEPDMRCB.html
Alternatively, I would order the cable above with a 6' cable and use the mount found here: http://www.ram-mount.com/CatalogResu...5/Default.aspx
Either way I mount the iPod, the JBL MS-2 would be tucked away unseen (after the optimization was done). The MS-2 is found here: http://www.crutchfield.com/p_109MS2/...earch=JBL+iPod
Anyway, those are my thoughts on what I'm going to do...
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No Tough Love for Wall Street
Posted on Feb 10, 2009
What an insipid anticlimax! Rising to "a challenge more complex than our financial system has ever faced," Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner promised on Tuesday to give trillions more to the very folks who profited from that malignant complexity. For all the brave talk about transparency and accountability in the banking bailout, he gave the swindlers who got us into this mess yet another blank check to buy up the "toxic assets" they gleefully created.
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The Geithner speech betrayed the buildup to it offered by President Obama in his press conference the day before. I was such a sucker I found myself cheering at almost every line, agreeing that Republicans acted with total irresponsibility in opposing Obama's plan to stimulate an economy that was wrecked on their watch. But then came the hangover reality of Geithner's talk. Instead of the promised transparency we were treated to yet another "trust Big Brother" hustle.
How wonderful that Geithner, who as head of the New York Federal Reserve was in on the first wasted $350 billion, now promises a brand new Web site to help us taxpayers follow the action. It means nothing, given that he specifically ruled out any of the serious means of holding Wall Street accountable.
The New York Times got it right: "… the plan largely repeats the Bush administration's approach of deferring to many of the same companies and executives who had peddled risky loans and investments at the heart of the crisis. …" Geithner and White House economic czar Lawrence Summers won out over David Axelrod and other Obama advisers more loyal to the wishes of grass-roots voters; "… as intended by Mr. Geithner, the plan stops short of intruding too significantly into bankers' affairs even as they come onto the public dole."
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Much has been made of the proposed $500,000 pay cap that applies only to the most senior executives, who, rest assured, have already salted away massive fortunes made while hustling unsuspecting consumers with teaser loans. But there is nothing from Geithner about replacing those top executives, who presided over the disintegration of financial institutions that the taxpayers must now salvage. Nor is there any "moral hazard" pain planned for the shareholders in those Ponzi-scheme companies of the sort reserved for ordinary folks losing their homes.
Believe it or not, I fully expected this morning to write a cheerleading column hailing Geithner's reversal of course. Surely the man who as head of the New York Fed sat idly by while the Wall Street giants he was supposed to be monitoring imploded would have learned the error of his ways. Otherwise why would Obama have appointed him?
I don't have the answer. The Obama of Monday's press conference, a president in the tradition of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, seemingly deeply feeling the average person's pain as he movingly speaks of the laid-off workers of Elkhart, Ind., was absent from the next day's speech by his treasury secretary.
If like me you still get those chatty e-mails from the Obama campaign, it is time to remind them that we voted for the caring community organizer from the streets of Chicago and not some hack carrying water for the predators of Wall Street.
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By mathew, January 26, 2011 at 1:05 am Link to this comment
i have read your post and discussion and finally i deceive that wall street is going up after June 2010.
By mathew, January 26, 2011 at 1:02 am Link to this comment
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Obama will save us…
By peter, May 12, 2010 at 2:44 am Link to this comment
What Maximus Von Geithner will probably suggest is a large influx of cash to save these banks, kicking the can down the road so that we'll find out later that these banks have failed.
By EMC4242, May 11, 2010 at 10:23 am Link to this comment
"The leaks from Treasury promise that $50 billion will eventually be allocated directly to helping homeowners, which is a day late and a dollar short in chump change compared to the trillion dollars that Geithner on Tuesday committed to the purchase of more bad bank debt."
i love the setup on that one.
By Acai, April 25, 2010 at 4:26 am Link to this comment
What Maximus Von Geithner will probably suggest is a large influx of cash to save these banks, kicking the can down the road so that we'll find out later that these banks have failed.
By Acai, April 25, 2010 at 4:25 am Link to this comment
What Maximus Von Geithner will probably suggest is a large influx of cash to save these banks, kicking the can down the road so that we'll find out later that these banks have failed.
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By licitatii, April 1, 2010 at 12:21 am Link to this comment
. If we have to "trim" spending on State aid and direct benefits to the American people we certainly cannot afford to waste trillions on treacherous, greedy, incompetent banks
By vijaysbhagat, March 21, 2010 at 2:58 am Link to this comment
This is not a matter of changing people's minds so much as transforming our souls. This must be done simultaneously with changing institutions. sole f80 treadmill It's an historical project, changing people's worldviews of reality.
By NJ Refi, March 13, 2010 at 7:44 pm Link to this comment
Why not give some of us who could really use it a bail out?
By rowena, January 28, 2010 at 3:19 pm Link to this comment
The fed has two trillion dollars loaned or missing and there is not an accounting for it?
By gout, January 28, 2010 at 11:17 am Link to this comment
The government needs to get out of the bail out game. Cut taxes and services and companies will grow and jobs will be there.
By club penguin, December 9, 2009 at 10:12 pm Link to this comment
Then obviously you had decided pre-speech Geithner was going to deliver the plan for our salvation. You missed it, because that was not the purpose of his speech or testimony.
By James Taylor, September 12, 2009 at 1:59 am Link to this comment
can re-establish capital markets in the US better now.
By ngan hang, September 10, 2009 at 2:24 am Link to this comment
That is good thing.
By psp games reviews, August 16, 2009 at 3:42 am Link to this comment
The process has a disconnect somewhere - if the Persident and his secretary are not talking about the same things while talking on the same light, what is it that we are missing? is this right ???
By TMJ, June 8, 2009 at 2:50 am Link to this comment
I think the Republican policy is merely smash'n'grab…....we can re-establish capital markets in the US better now.
By Tomson, June 4, 2009 at 2:05 pm Link to this comment
Who are the responsible for this downturn? In most of the cases the banks are themselves responsible. This is not a result of one day happening.
By Bill, April 17, 2009 at 8:35 am Link to this comment
'Much has been made of the proposed $500,000 pay cap that applies only to the most senior executives, who, rest assured, have already salted away massive fortunes made while hustling unsuspecting consumers with teaser loans.'
Too true. Time to get some back, don't you think?
By Jack, April 17, 2009 at 1:57 am Link to this comment
Yes they are giving obama a chance..
By Laura, April 6, 2009 at 3:19 am Link to this comment
I doubt pay caps will work. They'll find a way round it to pay themselves more… Maybe they'll start up a pay trading commodity!
By bogi666, February 14, 2009 at 5:29 pm Link to this comment
The FDIC and the Federal Reserve can go into a bank and shut it down if insolvent, the capital reserves are not met. The FDIC came out of FDR's administration as part of the new deal. The Fed has the same authority. So what do both the Democraps and the Repubicans do, they reinvent the wheel with TARP a totally unnecessary process which is meant to bypass the FDIC. Both Bank of America and Citicorp are insolvent banks that need to be shut down with management replaced, a talk that the FDIC has experience in doing. In the UK all the bank managers were fired. TARP is the corrupt bankers invention meant to bilk the taxpayers out of trillions of, $1,000,000,000,000's. taxpayer dollars. This is a crime being perpetuated by the corrupt politicians for the bankers and it not even done gracefully.
By msgmi, February 13, 2009 at 10:35 am Link to this comment
Until the Wall Street financial institutions change their profit-mania gorging menu and bring relief to the foreclosure market, tax payer bailout money will have no consequence in the housing market and this economy will continue to weaken. Wall Street CEO hubris can't reinvent itself, it would be much better for them to be replaced by honorable and visionary people with a strategic plan aimed at stimulating the economic recovery. That is, if such people are available.
By Progressive Observer, February 12, 2009 at 7:32 pm Link to this comment
It is not surprising that some are angry with homebuyers, particularly when politicians and pundits are subtly and openly accusing (something homeowners should remember in the next election and when they decide what to watch and listen to) but average citizens are not required to be experts at how much they can realistically borrow.
An entire profession exists for no other purpose than to be the national and international authority on lending and investing: US for-profit banking; the most powerful members of that elite society demanded and continue to demand obscenely high compensation for skill, ethics and discipline they do not have. They gambled lost and took the money anyway, then entrused with three-hundred and fifty billion dollars at the end of last year to help US clean up the mess their priority was to hide and horde money for their own benefit. Giving them trillions more tax payer dollars would be hiring arsonists to be firemen.
Supported credit unions and new national non-profit banks can take on and refinance the loans of distressed homeowners and individuals with complete transparency and at a fraction of the cost creating much less national debt which should please Republicans. If we have to "trim" spending on State aid and direct benefits to the American people we certainly cannot afford to waste trillions on treacherous, greedy, incompetent banks.
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