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International best-selling author Bradley Trevor Greive has a proven track record with more than 20 million books sold in 115 countries. BTG brings his trademark witty and engaging style to Curses and Blessings For All Occasions, the perfect humorous gift book that can lend itself to any circumstance or event.
May your yogurt be teeming with bacteria. International best-selling author Bradley Trevor Greive bestows this blessing on readers and many more in his newest gift book, Curses and Blessing For All Occasions. Mixed in are as many respectable curses for good measure. Witty, warm, and engaging, BTG brings his trademark style to this humorously twisted book for all events, circumstances, and occasions.
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Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Teddy bear, teddy bear, do a trick--
36 comments:
kids don't even need a book - those rhymes have been recited in New England at least since the 1930s
- 2:57 PM, September 20, 2006
- Kelly Fineman said...
Well said.
Besides, everyone knows that "Boys go to Jupiter to get more stupider."
I wonder if it has my favorite version of the Cinderella dressed in Yella rhyme:
Cinderella, dressed in yella,
Went downstairs to meet her fella,
On her way her girdle busted
How many people were disgusted?
(From the shortlived comic featuring Siegfried and Roy)
- 3:33 PM, September 20, 2006
I always think back on a parent, an economics Ph.D. who had put aside an academic career for full-time child raising, whom I spoke with at a dinner party. She was saying that she had told her daughter to stop reading Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. What was interesting was she didn't mind the menstruation, bras, etc--but she minded a scene where Margaret sees her mother taking cookies out of the oven and wonders why her mother doesn't work outside of the home, like some others do.
My point? You give 18,000 copies of a book away, there will always be a few people who find a problem with something in the book. We once had a sales rep at Viking who had an issue with a book buyer who didn't like that Mr. Mallard leaves his family for a period of time in Make Way for Duckings. And I once game the same book to a little girl I knew, but her mother didn't like it because she was a single parent and the father played too big a part. AND I gave a copy of Madeline to a friend who was recovering from surgery and she opened the book and said "Eek! Nuns!" and slammed it shut. So, what can you do?
- 3:36 PM, September 20, 2006
- Ellen said...
Oh, my God, your last line made me laugh so hard I wet my pants.
- 4:12 PM, September 20, 2006
- Lynn said...
Kelly - loved the Cinderella rhyme! Thanks for the laugh.
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. It is just a shame that instead of a parent simply choosing to not let their child look at said book, as is their right and parental obligation, they choose this option instead.
As Elizabeth aptly noted, you can not please everyone. I wonder how many of those 18,000 books were well received? How much media time would the story be given if those parents had something good to say?
- 4:20 PM, September 20, 2006
- Roger Sutton said...
I LOVE "Eek! Nuns!"
And it reminds me:
(to the tune of the caissons song)
We are strong, we are brave
From the liquor that we hold
In the cellars of St. Mary's school.
Run, run, run
I think I see a nun,
Pick up your liquor and run!
If a nun should appear,
just say "Sister, have a beer
from the cellars of St. Mary's School"
- 7:11 PM, September 20, 2006
- M. said...
Yes, what Ellen said! I started cackling gleefully.
- 7:50 PM, September 20, 2006
- J Larios said...
In 1959, when Peter and Iona Opie's classic collection The Lore and Language of School Children was published, one reviewer called it "The book that will horrify the nation." Looks like not much has changed -- kids are still seeing the teacher's underpants, aren't they? The Opies had this to say about playground rhymes: "Try to analyze the sound of children at play: the thin screaming noise can be heard from several streets away. Vitality? Yes. But come close and step into the playground: a kind of defiant light-heartedness envelops you. The children are clowning. They are making fun of life, and if an enquiring adult becomes too serious about words and rules, they say, 'It's only a game, isn't it? It's just for fun. I don't know what it means. It doesn't matter.' "
- 8:48 PM, September 20, 2006
"Yes, and this is why we fucking make you send your kids to school."
Too funny! That and the line about the nuns.
I love the presence of irreverence
In the world of children's books.
It keeps at bay,
The fuming fray,
And all the dirty looks.
- 9:08 PM, September 20, 2006
yeah, the kids have to do this and adults too but let's have some compassion for the parents too. No matter how uptight and boring they are being about fuck and any words that they trip over, they do it from a frantic attempt to keep their children safe and this too stems from love. I think it is annoying and wrongheaded but I don't doubt it is well-intentioned. The world is a scary place and the moment you have to give your child over to it without controls is a scary moment. I always thought this was the genesis of HOLES. Sachar wrote it when his daughter was going into grade four which any parent will tell you is when you realize that you can't walk hand in hand through life with your child. Terrible things can happen. You hope you can prepare them but you really can't possibly. Check out the lullaby at the end. This is not a book for children. This is a book for parents. It's a book that came from his passionate love for his daughter. And that's all these Maine people are doing in their own, possibly, sad way. so cut them some slack.
- 10:44 PM, September 20, 2006
We all hate fusspots and censors and the Maine woman they quote sounds like both. But it's worth noting that many of our old chestnuts regarding the sanctity of the library don't apply here. The children aren't choosing the books freely but being sent home with them; there's no possible argument that they're old enough to "judge for themselves"; I don't think this text in particular passes the "you can't please everybody" test, in that I doubt most kindergarten teachers would allow it into their classroom discourse.
Obviously I have no problem with making it available to children, but I'm not sure my first choice is that my kid comes home singing BOYS GO TO JUPITER TO GET MORE STUPIDER. What's so horrible about telling the program, hey, you guys are awesome, but different book next time, okay?
- 6:55 AM, September 21, 2006
These books went out to every kindergartner in the state. That's a huge responsibility for those who choose which title will go out. I think the choice should be conservative when selecting a single title for that many children. People have such diverse backgrounds and value systems. Perhaps the program could offer 2 titles for each child and let the child and/or family make the final choice. I'm not sure I want the state sending my child books anyway--kind of a loaded and creepy concept when you think about it.
- 9:32 AM, September 21, 2006
So Erica Smith doesn't let her kids use the word "underwear"?
Seriously, though. I remember there were books my parents disapproved of, but they didn't stop me from reading them (TV was another story -- censorship ruled). I could talk to my mother about anything I read, and that is what I try to do with my own daughter. Perhaps if Ms. Smith talked about the rhymes with her child and expressed her feelings, rather than trying to take the book out of everyone hands, she would be more effective as a parent. It's a great chance to teach; too bad she chose the easier path.
- 11:58 AM, September 21, 2006
- thommy said...
I'm guessing that if the committee had gone with the safe choice of some insipid, guess-how-much-i-love-you-forever-and-then-some, empty calorie, 32 page "hug," there would be just as much outrage. But it would come from folks with enough perspective to recognize the overriding value of the program, irrespective of the title chosen, and the good sense to refrain from ruckus-raking.
- 12:08 PM, September 21, 2006
If parents don't like the book their child brings home, why don't they donate it to their local library or a homeless shelter? That way those who would welcome a free book don't lose out.
- 3:49 PM, September 21, 2006
Just curious to read your comments on this one...
- 5:58 PM, September 21, 2006
I was not exposed to a lot of English language play rhymes as a child in another culture, but my preacher daddy used to sing a song for us for fun that included the lyrics below--which could be REALLY offensive to some, I suppose...
"Young folks, old folks,
everybody come;
Join the Baptist Sunday School; have a lot of fun;
Please park your chewing gum and razors at the door...and hear a lot of stories that you never heard before...
Daniel, he got sassy;
Wouldn't obey the King;
The King, he 'lowed he wouldn't
stand for sech a thing;
Chucked him down the lion hole,
with the lions underneath...
But Daniel was a dentist and pulled out the lions' teeth...." Not very religiously respectful, I know, I know...but now y'all know I got my big mouth....We got called worse things by other children than any of the insults in the rhymes in that book as minority children in another country...
- 3:59 AM, September 22, 2006
I heard that Baptist sunday school song years ago in NHampshire - except it went "LADIES check your chewing gum" which I suppose is even more offensive to some.
- 8:35 AM, September 22, 2006
Particularly if you aren't a Baptist! Which we weren't. There are endless other verses which I have forgotten.
- 7:29 PM, September 24, 2006
ah yes, like the mom who didn't want her daughter to see Titanic - not because the ship sinking was terrifying and tragic or that there were dead people in the water but because the young teen daughter might see Kate Winslet's breasts.
- 4:06 PM, September 25, 2006
- jules said...
"Did you ever hear anyone say, 'That work had better be banned because I might read it and it might be very damaging to me'?"
- jules
- 10:31 AM, September 28, 2006
- jules said...
Oops. I meant to attribute that quote to Joseph Henry Jackson.
- 10:35 AM, September 28, 2006
related to this, in a way:
(thank you A Year of Reading)
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A little over a year ago I purchased a SheevaPlug Development Kit to replace my aging server with something a bit more eco-friendly. Looking back, that didn't turn out to be as easy as I thought.
The main services that I was running of the plug (DNS,DHCP,NTP,Proxy) have been working just fine. Of course the problems were the little things. Irssi failed to run and for some reason the SD card that I was using would become unaccessible every ~45 days so I had to rethink my storage strategy.
As experimenting with the SD card took a lot of time as I needed to wait for over a month between every attempt, my old server still hasn't been removed. As it turns out, that wasn't such a bad thing.
Then came the day I wanted to upgrade the plug to the new Ubuntu release to see if that would resolve the software issues. That turns out to be impossible as Ubuntu changed the supported ARM versions so the only thing that can run on the plug is Jaunty (9.04) which will stop receiving updates very soon. So I'll have to take the plug offline and re-install using Debian.
This week however, the plug took itself offline, as the power supply had blown up:
(image taken from the forums as I didn't have a camera nearby, but mine looks exactly the same)
As it turns out, this is a very common problem. The sheevaplug forums are filled with pictures like this. The plug will either not power on at all, or the power led will just flash once every second. So many people have encountered this problem that the now have begun selling replacement power supplies. As mine was purchased from the US, which doesn't have the the EU 2yr warranty, I'll have to get a replacement PSU or construct one myself.
So now all services have been restarted on the old server (good old Dual P2, from back in the days when hardware was still reliable) and once I have the plug hooked up to a new power supply, I'll reinstall it using Debian and hopefully be able to move everything over to it. To be on the safe side, I might equip it with some speedholes to cool it down.
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Kyle Busch Posts Truck Triumph At Kansas
By Jim Pedley, NASCAR Wire Service
KANSAS CITY, Kan. - As a NASCAR Sprint Cup driver, Kyle Busch has been a disaster at Kansas Speedway. As a NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver, he has become a winner.
Busch led a race-best 104 laps at the 1.5-mile tri-oval in winning Friday nightâs SFP 250 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series race.
The victory was the second of the season in a truck for Busch. It was his 37th in the series and it came by 3.021 seconds over second-place Matt Crafton.
And it helped ease the pain of horrible luck in the Sprint Cup Series that has resulted in four DNFs and an average finish of 23rd over the years at Kansas.
"Kansas? Iâm a winner at Kansas?" Busch said in mock shock in Victory Lane.
Yes, itâs true.
Thanks, he said, to a terrific Kyle Busch Motorsports Toyota Tundra and an Eric Phillips-led team that were flawless - his Driver Rating of 150 for the race was perfect - all night long.
"Just real proud of Eric and all my guys," Busch said of Phillips, who by winning his 79th race as a truck series crew chief became the seriesâ winningest crew chief. "It was really good once we unloaded and we just made some slight changes to it, playing around with some things trying to make it better in practice."
Busch said that his crew and truck kept him up front and out of harmâs way in a race that was marred by caution after caution.
"Last year we got caught up in the attrition," Busch said. "Certainly a better night for us and having a fast truck and being up front helped."
Matt Crafton finished second a year after winning at Kansas, and Joey Logano, Buschâs former Sprint Cup teammate at Joe Gibbs Racing, finished third.
Crafton said despite his second-place finish, he had nothing for Busch.
"He had a very, very fast truck," Crafton said.
"We were just a little bit scared - we wanted to make a maybe a track bar change - but we were tight center-off all night. We made one adjustment and made it quite a bit better. But then I got a little bit free and tight-off but I was afraid to make any more adjustments to help my off because I knew it was going to hurt my entry."
Austin Dillon was fourth and Tayler Malsam fifth.
Rounding out the top 10 were Jeb Burton, German Quiroga, Ron Hornaday Jr., Joe Nemechek and Mason Mingus.
Busch started the race from the pole. Alongside him was 20-year-old Ryan Blaney.
The race wasnât even a lap old when a big wreck occurred. Involved was points leader Timothy Peters, who had to take his truck to the garage as a result. When he came out, he was seven laps off the pace.
It started when Hornaday was clipped from behind by Brennan Newberry. Hornaday spun and behind him the trucks of Peters, German Guiroga, and Spencer Gallagher were caught up.
Seven laps later, separate wrecks in two different locations brought out another caution. Involved in one wreck was Brian Ickler. In the other was Todd Shafer.
On Lap 16, Logan moved to the lead on the low side of Busch as they went door-to-door down the frontstretch.
Three laps later, back to the front went Busch. He sat at there until Lap 33 when Shafer spun to bring out the third caution of the night. The field pitted under the caution. Busch, who took two tires, was first out of the pits was P1 when the race restarted on Lap 38.
Logano stuck with Busch after the restart and the two quickly moved out to a one-plus-second lead over the third-place truck of Blaney.
Busch and Logano continued to build on their lead and just before the fourth caution flag waved for Jimmy Weller IIIâs spin on Lap 49, they had a 2.5-second lead.
Busch stayed out but Logano pitted and took fuel and four tires and restarted on Lap 54 in 13th place.
A lap later, the fifth caution was signaled when John Wes Townley, who was running in the top 10, spun into the wall. Also caught up were Ben Kennedy and Hornaday. The race restarted on Lap 60 with Busch leading. He surrendered it to Blaney just after the restart, but quickly got it back.
On Lap 68, the sixth yellow flag of the night waved after Newberry swiped the wall and blew a tire. That brought the field into the pits. Out first and restarting with the lead was Logano. Dillon also moved past Busch in the pits, who was slowed by taking four tires.
The green flag on the Lap 74 restart produced a battle at the front of the field. Busch, who restarted third, briefly moved to the lead once again, but was re-passed shortly afterward by Logano.
Two laps later, out came the yellow - once again, it was for Newberry as he clipped the wall.
On Lap 84, two laps after the restart, Blaney and Logano were running next to each other for the lead when Blaney put a left tire on the apron between Turns 1 and 2. His truck went into a slow spin. That slow spin turned violent when he was rammed hard from behind by Johnny Sauter.
"We were three wide." Sauter said, "and I think another truck ran into me in the back and sent me from the bottom of the race track to the top. When I got there, Ryan was sideways and stopped and there just wasnât enough room between him and the wall."
The result was a promising run by Blaney ruined and an eighth caution.
"We were racing hard with Joey and I took it to the fence and they got kind of bottle up there behind me and destroyed our truck," Blaney, who started the race fourth in points, said.
"Just hard racing. He (Logano) was just too (close) on my door and it just sent me around, thatâs how we got on the apron. Just unfortunate, we had a good truck."
The race restarted on Lap 95 with Logano leading and Busch second. When Busch and Matt Crafton started fighting for second place, Logano was able to get a bit of separation.
Logano, Busch and Crafton began to pull away from the field and with 60 laps to go in the scheduled 167-lap race, they were 2.2 seconds ahead of fourth-place Joey Coulter.
Five laps later, Busch moved past Logano on the frontstretch and back into the lead.
With 45 laps to go, Logano pitted under green. The stop was a slow one as his crew had trouble getting one of the tires off. Crafton moved into second.
With 42 laps, Bryan Silas spun and another caution flag waved and into the pits came the leaders.
Dillon, who took two tires emerged from the pits first with Busch and four new tires second.
Just after the restart with 35 laps to go, Crafton moved past Busch and into second place.
With 27 laps to go, Busch used the frontstretch apron to move past Crafton and into second place. Once past, he began moving in on Dillon and the lead.
With 21 laps to go, Busch again went low on the apron and blew past Dillon for the lead.
Once out front, Busch began to pull away. With 15 laps to go, his lead was 1.6 seconds over Crafton and 2.7 over third-place Logano, who had battled back from being in 11th place on the restart with 35 laps to go.
With 10 laps to go, Busch had powered to a 2.3-second lead over Crafton and it was evident that only a 10th caution could keep him from visiting Victory Lane at Kansas.
That caution never came and Busch had the truck series win at the track that has frustrated him in Sprint Cup.
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Your recovery will be slower than your son's, and that is totally ok. 6 months is probably realistic for your situation.
The boots were useless (I'll send you mine if you want). My surgeon does not think the brace is helpful. Hope that helps you feel a little better.
Naproxen is given for an extremely rare side effect. The chance of you getting it is near-zero, even without naproxen.
Good luck!
Ps your butt tightening exercises are called isometric contractions of the gluteal muscles. Very helpful.
Pps you can get in the pool now! Walking in chest-high water, swimming with float between legs, etc are all ok.
Snowpants: Reading your reply to Rallydog from January 13 - thank you for the great information! I am concerned about Kaiser's (usually stingy, and often poor) PT services. I will take your advice and pay for some high-quality PT after my surgery, which is scheduled for March 28. I will start shopping around now for nearby PT providers.


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Dairy farmers should pay close attention to farm costs this season, says industry body DairyNZ, in response to the reduced 2014/15 forecast milk price announced yesterday.
Fonterra's forecast milk price being reduced from $7 to $6 per kgMS means volatility is part of everyday life and dairy farmers will be conservative when making farm decisions this season.
DairyNZ economists estimate the reduced payout could cut national income by $1.8 billion this dairy season – an average per farm loss of about $150,000 (based on 2013/14 milk production).
DairyNZ chief executive Tim Mackle says for many farmers, $6 per kgMS is a break-even payout, meaning little capital expenditure or principal payments will take place in 2014/15.
"While it is unclear where prices could be at the end of the season, volatility requires farmers to be prepared to react to changes quickly," says Tim. "Now is obviously a good time to look at updating or developing a cashflow budget based on a $6 per kgMS milk price.
"Look at where the fat can be trimmed and where efficiency gains can be made, for instance growing and utilising more homegrown feed and looking at where supplementary feed can be reduced."
Farmers should also look at what contingency plans are in place for a possible dry summer – perhaps early culling and once-a-day milking, rather than supplementary feed. And with large tax bills looming from last year's record season, farmers should also contact their accountant to re-calculate their tax.
For more information on budgeting, visit www.dairynz.co.nz/budgets.
Regional impacts of reduced milk price
The estimated drop in farmer income ($7 down to $6 milk price)*.
Northland – $100 million
Waikato – $484 million
Bay of Plenty – $126 million
Taranaki – $183 million
Hawke's Bay – $15 million
Manawatu – $82 million
Wairarapa/Tararua – $60 million
Canterbury – $353 million
Otago – $92 million
Southland – $218 million
New Zealand – $1.825 billion
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Renowned Montreal-based DJ, composer, and music producer Kid Koala presents an enchanting adaptation of his graphic novel Nufonia Must Fall with this revolutionary multi-disciplinary performance that mixes live Puppet Theater and video projection with an ensemble of strings, piano, and electronic instruments. Nufonia Must Fall is one big, epic, beautiful love story between a robot and a female roboticist. The robot is really hapless in his life, because he is finding that he is becoming obsolete (there are bigger, and faster, and many more-armed robots taking over). Given the moniker "scratchmaster general" by Spin, Kid Koala (born Eric San) built his career in the early 2000s with a procession of innovative albums that blend pop-culture ephemera, unusual and humorous samples, cinematic layering, and deeply grooving beats. Tours with Radiohead and Björk and collaborations with artists ranging from the Preservation Hall Jazz Band to influential Brazilian electronic composer Amon Tobin made Koala one of the most versatile and visible DJs on the global scene, with visual elements always playing a vital role in his creativity. From the release of his 2000 debut LP Carpel Tunnel Syndrome, Koala's work has been steeped in comic book culture, and in 2003 he published a 300-page graphic novel entitled Nufonia Must Fall about a lonely robot on the verge of obsolescence and looking for love. Directed by Oscar nominee K.K. Barrett, this live staging of the book is built around a cast of 10-inch puppets manipulated by a team of puppeteers that interact in real time on over a dozen miniature sets, filmed with a network of cameras, edited live, and simultaneously projected onto the video screen above the action on the Miner stage.
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Johannesburg - The National Youth Development Act will be reviewed, Deputy Minister of Performance and Monitoring in the Presidency, Buti Manamela said on Monday.
"The proposal to review and amend the National Youth Development Act is to make sure it becomes a viable catalyst for the youth," Manamela said at The New Age breakfast briefing in Johannesburg.
The act gave birth to the youth development organisation, the National Youth Development Agency.
Manamela said the act would also be assessed to establish its progress since it was implemented in 2008.
"The NYDA should be accessible and bring relevance regarding job opportunities and bursaries available for the young people," he said.
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On Tuesday's CBS Early Show, fill-in co-host Chris Wragge seemed to feel sorry for Barack Obama having to withstand the media spotlight while vacationing in Hawaii: "Coming up, life in the media bubble. How is Barack Obama adjusting to the press following his every move?" However, as correspondent Ben Tracy later reported, that spotlight is not exactly harsh: "Tours of Obama's childhood stop at the apartment building where he grew up, a favorite lunch hangout, and the ice cream store where he had his first job. Tourist shops are also riding the Obama wave. The soon-to-be president is already a global celebrity."
Tracy began the reported by lamenting: "...the other day, the president-elect just wanted to eat his tuna sandwich. This vacation has been a bit of a reality check as to how little privacy Obama now has...He at times bristles at the constant media coverage...Yet at others, offers to buy reporters dessert." Tracy concluded the report by declaring: "And the media's trying to strike a balance between covering the person who's about to be the most powerful man in the world and also giving him his space to just be himself."
After Tracy's report, Wragge talked to former Clinton Administration Press Secretary Dee Dee Myers and worried about Obama's lack of privacy: "...I mean, under the microscope, I'm sure he didn't plan on being photographed with no shirt on in Hawaii...and all these -- kind of these private moments." Earlier, Tracy promoted those same photos as proof of Obama's celebrity status: "His family's faces sell millions of magazines and the paparazzi are making more than the bare minimum on their vacation photos."
Here is the full transcript of the segment:
CHRIS WRAGGE: Coming up, life in the media bubble. How is Barack Obama adjusting to the press following his every move?
CHRIS WRAGGE: Hawaii is enjoying a moment in the sun as the birthplace of our next president. As Mr. Obama spends time on the golf course, some in Hawaii are cashing in on Obama-mania. CBS News correspondent Ben Tracy reports.
BEN TRACY: The Obamas can't seem to go anywhere on their Hawaiian vacation without causing a stir. After getting his kids and their friends a treat the other day, the president-elect just wanted to eat his tuna sandwich. This vacation has been a bit of a reality check as to how little privacy Obama now has.
BARACK OBAMA: How many shots of us do you need?
TRACY: He at times bristles at the constant media coverage-
OBAMA: You want one, I know.
TRACY: Yet at others, offers to buy reporters dessert.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: Aloha, welcome to the first generational Obama tour.
TRACY: Now even the future president's past is big business here in Honolulu.
MAN: Yes, we're going by the hospital where he was born.
TRACY: Tours of Obama's childhood stop at the apartment building where he grew up, a favorite lunch hangout, and the ice cream store where he had his first job. Tourist shops are also riding the Obama wave. The soon-to-be president is already a global celebrity. His family's faces sell millions of magazines and the paparazzi are making more than the bare minimum on their vacation photos.
MIKE ALLEN: There's an insatiable appetite for anything about Barack Obama. Everyone wants to know about the dog, people in Washington are talking about where they're going to go to church.
TRACY: And the media's trying to strike a balance between covering the person who's about to be the most powerful man in the world and also giving him his space to just be himself. Ben Tracy, CBS News, Honolulu.
WRAGGE: So, how has the president-elect handled his relationship with the press so far? We're joined by Dee Dee Myers a CBS News consultant who was President Clinton's press secretary. Dee Dee, good morning to you.
DEE DEE MYERS: Good morning, Chris.
WRAGGE: Alright, let's talk about this. So, late last week, President-elect Obama took one of his daughters, nice and innocent, just went out for a little ice cream, a little ice, didn't tell the press pool. Now how big an issue is this? If you can, just briefly describe for the people at home the relationship the president-elect -- the obligation he has with the press.
MYERS: Right, well, from the time now President-elect Obama was a serious and likely winner he has had with him a pool of reporters, networks, the wires, some photographers, that go pretty much everywhere he goes when he leaves his home or the office where he works every day. The other day when he was in Hawaii he took his daughters to the water park and he didn't take the pool, they weren't assembled, they weren't expecting him to leave. It's a very big deal, because that pool goes with him in the hope that nothing happens, but in the possibility that something does happen. And so that raises a question: Is this something he's gonna to try to do again, or was it an anomaly? Is he testing the limits as a new president on vacation? Is this something we're gonna see more of? I think it's unlikely that he'll try to slip the pool very often. He may do it once in while. Most presidents don't, because it creates a bad relationship with the press.
WRAGGE: Yeah, but you know, he's got the Blackberry, which he has to give up, I know he's not too pleased about that. In the con -- I mean, under the microscope I'm sure he didn't plan on being photographed with no shirt on in Hawaii-
MYERS: Right.
WRAGGE: -and all these -- kind of these private moments. So if he chooses not to cooperate with the press pool, what ends up happening?
MYERS: Well, then the press will stake him out 24/7. You networks will get together and you'll have a collective effort to make sure that he never leaves the White House without somebody knowing that he's left. That's an uncomfortable situation for everybody. It's exhausting and expensive for the press. It's not very much fun for the Obama family. What's probably more likely is that they'll try to create a relationship, much the way the Clintons did, where, particularly when they're traveling around town for family events, to their children's school or perhaps to church, they'll take a very small group of reporters who will agree to stay back, not take pictures, but be there in case, God forbid, something happens. It is always an adjustment. It's difficult for new presidents and their families to give up their privacy, but it's something that has evolved over many years, given the threats that all presidents face.
WRAGGE: Now you served in the Clinton Administration, you had a pretty good understanding of how the press could deal with Chelsea.
MYERS: Right.
WRAGGE: What do the Obamas need to do? Because there's a very delicate fine line here, how you treat the kids and how much press attention the kids get. What goes on here?
MYERS: Right. Well, in the Clinton Administration, we sat down with the press and worked out an agreement where we'd have again this very limited pool -- we called it 'the family pool.' When the Clintons were traveling, again, to school or to some event involving Chelsea Clinton, it would be a very, very limited situation. They would be allowed to travel with the president while he was moving through the streets of Washington, through public spaces, but they would keep their distance once they were on campus at her school, for example. And I think the Obamas will look for a very similar kind of relationship. And I think that's in everybody's interest. It's -- you the press -- the president honors the press' responsibility to cover his travels, particularly, again, through public streets and public spaces, but it also says to the family, 'Look, we understand that you know, you have young children, that you need some privacy and we're going to do our best to honor that.' I think they can reach some accommodation, but it always takes some time and a building of trust between the new White House press office and the existing press here in our nation's capital.
WRAGGE: Dee Dee, just ten seconds here. I know reporters, no access is enough access-
MYERS: Right.
WRAGGE: What's your quick bit of advice to Robert Gibbs, the incoming press secretary? Ten seconds.
MYERS: I think he needs to listen very carefully to the needs of the press, always be accessible and then set very clear limits and do as best to live up to them. And I think, generally you can have a good relationship that way.
WRAGGE: Alright, Dee Dee Myers, good to talk with you, thanks so much.
MYERS: You bet.


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They want to light candles to not only show support for women with cancer but also to help some women with cancer keep the lights on.
The Lydia Project is holding its sixth annual Lights for Lydia campaign as a fundraiser that also allows those who buy the $10 luminaria kits a chance to show support on the evening of Dec. 10 for a loved one facing cancer. The event last year raised about $34,000 and allows the group to support women with all kinds of cancer who need help with utilities or paying for prescriptions or support in other ways.
"We like to say that this fundraiser keeps our services free for women coping with any kind of cancer," said Michele Canchola, the executive director of the Lydia Project.
The luminaria set out around homes, businesses and churches across the area send a message, said Melanie Wallace, the chairwoman of the lights campaign.
"It's just heartwarming to see how many people care because so many of the lights are in memory or in honor of someone who is going through cancer," she said.
And while there are many events and organizations to help those with breast cancer, Lydia is one of the few that covers all cancers, Canchola said.
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While the group sends out totebags and performs outreach worldwide, in the Augusta area it also provides funds for rent, utilities and other necessities that women with cancer might need, she said.
"Nothing is more impacting, especially at this time of the year, than to not have your utilities turned off," she said.
And yet the group sees that need on a daily basis, as well as those who can't afford both groceries and the drugs that help ease the pain and discomfort of treatment, Canchola said.
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I wonder if D'Angelo Russel is gonna get some playing time this year. Not sure why he isn't out there playing right now...
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if I was urban, I would bench Zeke and Bosa right next to Cardale for the first series to make an example out of them and hopefully to motivate them. Still is upsetting how immature they acted.
The Game is always a battlefield and I don't care how calm TTUN thinks they are, anything can happen.
If Iowa does make the playoff I hope they don't embarrass the B1G
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It can only get better from here. It'll be interesting to watch now, without any expectations. Tough day, but could end up being a defining moment. Go Bucks!!
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The SEC is so good that they only need one team in the top 6, not two.
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A man has been arrested and charged with reckless homicide in the death of a 4-year-old Indiana boy who authorities say was fatally shot while fishing with his father.
The Wells County Sheriff's Department says 46-year-old Bruce Pond was charged with reckless homicide Saturday in the death of his neighbor, 4-year-old Jacob Michuba of Ossian. The boy was taken by ambulance to a hospital in Fort Wayne, where he was pronounced dead.
Sheriff Monte Fisher tells the Bluffton News-Banner that the boy was fishing with his father and his father's friend Friday night when the shots were fired. He says alcohol was involved and that Pond apparently shot at a light on the pier where they were fishing.
Fisher says Pond is to appear in court Monday afternoon.
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Biggest Banks Ensnared as Foreclosure Paperwork Problem Broadens
Three of the nation's largest mortgage servicers have halted foreclosures as scrutiny increases over whether they verify the required paperwork. Several other servicers have also been faulted for foreclosure affidavits that were signed without much authentication, but they have not yet halted foreclosures.
Last week, we noted that the discovery of "robo-signers" — employees who signed off on thousands of foreclosure documents without much, if any, knowledge of their accuracy — had caused Ally Financial's GMAC mortgage unit to freeze foreclosures in 23 states where foreclosures require a court order.
Since then, Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase have joined GMAC in halting foreclosures in those states. Together with Wells Fargo and Citigroup, these make up the nation's top five mortgage servicers, with a 71 percent market share, as Bloomberg has noted. (Wells Fargo and Citi both have faced questions about their foreclosure affidavits.)
The Associated Press reported late Sunday that a Wells Fargo executive acknowledged in a May deposition that he had signed hundreds of foreclosure documents each week without verifying any information aside from the date. The company, nonetheless, told AP it had no plans to halt foreclosures and was confident of the documents' accuracy. (As we've noted, other banks — including those that have chosen to halt foreclosures — have also expressed confidence in the accuracy of their documents and played down the likelihood of mistaken foreclosures, despite the flawed paperwork.)
The Wall Street Journal reported today on a homeowner who was engaged in a foreclosure proceeding with IndyMac, which is now called OneWest Bank. A judge threw out the case after ruling that the servicer's use of a robo-signer meant the affidavit — which establishes basic facts such as the bank's ownership of a mortgage — had not been properly reviewed. The judge also concluded that the affidavit was incorrect; IndyMac didn't own the mortgage and therefore did not have standing to foreclose.
The broadening scope of these problems shouldn't be surprising. Officials at Fitch, a credit rating agency, recently noted that the processing "defects" are industrywide.
The breadth of these problems could initiate a Justice Department investigation or, for public companies like JPMorgan and Bank of America, a civil investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission over the servicers' disclosures to investors, according to Peter Henning, a securities law expert and blogger for The New York Times' White Collar Watch.
More homeowners will likely challenge servicers' foreclosure cases in court, which may ultimately prolong the housing slump, as Bloomberg pointed out.
We've noted that the paperwork flaws are only one of the many types of problems experienced by homeowners fighting foreclosure. For example, our reporting on the mortgage modification process has also uncovered instances in which banks failed to follow the rules and were sloppy with the handling of paperwork. In some cases, homeowners being helped by one part of a bank have been foreclosed on by another part of the bank.
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I ask for help in April of 2010..thru my mortgage company "making homes affordable" isnt this the title? It is now October and I just got a letter that my home is in foreclosure status and my mortgage company tells me to just call them to let them know when there is a sale date? OMG they will then try to push it back..reason being is this process takes up to a year for them to help people..they have so many people in the same situation and they cant process anything in a timely manner..so I may lose my house and since I have ask my mortgage company to help and they havent YET…IM bad Tell my 3 children and two grand children that live with me and look to me for a place to live…sorry the mortgage company just takes a long time
Let's not forget about the 27 states that are "non-judicial" - where no court, no judge sees the paperwork at all unless the hapless homeowner can scrounge up the money to hire an attorney to fight it in court. The people in these States have no protection from this fraud - none at all.
Also - Susan - if you want to post your story to http://www.beingmiddleclass.org their may be some people who can help you with your next steps. This is a nightmare to do on your own.
Couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of guys. For thousands like me, where the news comes too late, but it's assuring to know there still is a God who delivers justice.
For what they've failed to do in the mortgage fiasco, Chase/JP Morgan, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, and the other majors should be thrown into bankruptcy and their officers imprisoned. This is the Enron situation all over again, but multiplied a hundred fold.
Loan Modifications are a joke. I have been trying to help more than 30 property owners in distress
( all Pro-Bono ), with no results.
The only hope distressed property owners have is to hire a qualified attorney and to challenge the banks in court.
I agree with Pastor David, there is still a God which delivers justice.
These bunch of gangsters should be thrown in jail and their ill-gotten gains confiscated.
Karma to the rescue! What goes around, comes around baby!!
Banksters pound sand. You handled six-figure transactions like they were lemonade-stand exchanges and then tried to rush the fake foreclosures thru while distraught and bewildered homeowners stood helpless on the sidelines.
Thanks but no thanks to the theft of millions of homes, some of which had equity and all of which you attempt to flip as soon as you can. PLUS you get the mortgage insurance payout - and then you sue the homeowner if you can for a trumped-up portfolio of fees and penalties.
Timmy G. dozed for years @ Treasury while this took place. But now state officials, who are actually accountable to voters whom they must face in settings other than giant rallies, are on the case.
Fraud, misrepresentation, notary misuse, fiduciary malfeasance - bring it on!!
Set the housing recovery back?? I think not. Once situated with normal mtgs. the homeowners will resume spending and help kickstart the economy. Their higher prop. taxes will buoy state and local gov., vs. the vulture sales tabs that would depress the tax haul to record lows and send teachers, cops and others to the unemployment lines.
Happy news here!! Cheers to propublica.org for standing on this from the *beginning.* You were into foreclosures when foreclosures weren't cool.
Back off banksters. Payback is a witch!!
Pastor Dave - get a good lawyer to work on this for you. Grant interviews and let her get some free p.r. instead of a fee.
Sue to get your house back, dude.
Try it.
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we've been following and tracking the meltdown for a while now and it's with GREAT interest that we have seen this; big ups to marian wang and propublica, a fantastic resource that we happen to endorse loudly on our site, "EM08: Economic Meltdown 2008" at: http://www.econmelt.com
our stance at EM08 has long been that the bankster welfare is the greatest money and VIOLENT crime in history that has literally trashed the entire world.
we agree with pastor dave one bazillion % about taking the banks into bankruptcy and starting criminal procedures.
instead of individuals contracting lawyers, what should be instigated are class actions. included in these suits, or in separate, but related ones, are suits against:
1. the ratings agencies who were in CLEAR collusion and conflict of interest relationships with the banks;
2. the mortgage companies, lead by their don, angelo mozilo at countrywide;
3. aig and others who exacerbated EM08 by driving up the derivatives mania but received the biggest portion of welfare which of course made the banksters like goldman whole;
4. the sec, whose complete incompetence or outright corruption - or both - reminds us of FEMA during katrina, but on a scale unfathomable.
5. the senate banking committee, house finance committee, fed, and treasury, who stood by and even encouraged profligate behavior such as the run up in the derivatives market which multiplied risks by astronomical proportions.
and although we wouldn't be able to sue them, the conglomerated mass media thoroughly let down all of us.
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good luck all.
The crime that they thought they could sweep under the rug, is now crime submitted to the courts . We are just shy of two years in trying to talk with our serviser, who in turn filed the now famous fraudulent documents.
Karma came back and caught em, thanks to all of you who saw this for what it was and have been fighting back . Karma also delivered a sub prime loan, its criminal, and was the house next door . Its appalling that they lent 286,000.00 to a family that made 35k annually . This they knew would fail , thus they insured their interest, then sold it stamped AAA . You are all right, jail time is needed, and I agree that once they fix these mortgages the economy will start to improve . Keep up the good work .
After nearly a year of telling them we have a financial hardship, and soon won't be able to pay, finally somebody listened and we were put on the trial mod with Citimortgage, whom I detest! Their sadistic, rude, employees were usually snotty, had an attitude and usually gave me wrong information. I kept a log of every call I made, their name, their employee number (they have to give it to you and if they didn't, I'd hand up, call back and ask for a supervisor and then report them! Take that a-hole!
Persistence and determination are so important. They try and frustrate you so you just go away. I'm convinced the bank tells them to do that. Sad, huh? It's so important to be educated on loan mod's (google on internet!) and know the lingo. They take advantage of consumers who are basically just looking for mercy and don't know what's what. I just hope the multitude of people that were incredibly rude to me during the whole process get a taste of it someday. How anyone can be so cruel, rude and sadistic is beyond comprehension, especially when people are so stressed out to begin with. The last thing we consumers need is to talk to some person who sounds like a 10th grade dropout with an "I don't care" attitude, and that was 95% of the types I spoke with at Citimortgage! We did get a permanent modification on a first and second loan, but it was hell. I can't wait to one day pay them both off and I will NEVER ever do business with that God-awful company again!!!!!!
Finding a lawyer that is working for you is tough when your a layman, our first one did nothing for us but take our money . There are two sites ( really a lot more) with a wealth of information, When I found them it was
a real relief, there is help out there . Starry your comments are right on .
Where are all of you politicians hiding while these crooks are stealing our houses? I guess the bailouts weren't enough so now they want our houses too. President Obama, Timothy Geitner, President Obama's economic team where are you hiding? Oh yeah President Obama ,the economic team that you put in place to difuse the ticking time bomb of the housing market. The same people who helped cause the first housing meltdown. Well now the bomb might be detonating. That's right , we all know about the slow bleed of the banks, extend and pretend to help struggling homeowners and then pull the rug out from under us again. We the people demand justice. We are mad as %^&*$# and we are not going to take it anymore!
Oh yeah, by the way abcnews.com has some videos of some GMA programs and Diane Sawyers evening broadcast reports about what we are all going through. They have really nailed it in some of their reports. Thank God their are some in the media left that have the guts to tell it like it is.
The banks were on a gold rush, and typically neglected to follow procedures… every struggling borrower became a lucrative target. Massive class action style suits will certainly return a good many homes to their owners.
Ms. Wang,
Impressive work. I run a business ethics blog and have discussed your article. Thanks!
I think this was all planned and now the government that screwed you is now on your side! November must be getting close?
Why did we not let these troublemaking giants fail and make room for competitive banking like our founders intended it? Instead we've opened up the door for Bank of America Criminals to open their door to Countrywide Criminals (who's new monicre just happens to be "ReconTrust", and one way they rake it in is by processing the foreclosures of the bad loans they originated). They now continue their destruction unheeded thanks to George W. Bush and Obama. Just one example of the kind of trouble we are asking for by voting republican. "If you're not with us, you're with the terrorists". Republicans are worse than terrorists.
They had "get out of jail free cards" .LOL. They continue unheeded is a under statement, The supreme court gave corporations the freedom to give unlimited monies to the candidates of their choice . GOP brain Karl Rove (yea GW's brain) has 2 new corp's that are spending millions on candidates in key states Rubio in Fl. for one . In Citizens United vs FEC , the supreme court sold out 98% of the people, Motion to Amend the constitution, corporations are not persons, and they need to be subordinate to we the people . If we do not strip corporations of their unbridled powers :no liability, lifespan perpetual, profits at any price is OK - over life, liberty and justice, bad will get real bad . Help pass Obama's plan on Bush's tax cuts : tax only those coming home with 200K a year or above . Its the over a million a year who are whining the most . 4 trillion to the debt yet let them keep their tax breaks NOT ! .
I went to 4closurefraud.org today and read a bit of disturbing news about how congress pushed a bill through congress at the end of September that may help the banksters foreclose on people. It is called the Interstate Recognition of Notorizations Act or it is also called bill HR 3808. We are being asked to e-mail President Obama at WhiteHouse.gov or call the White House at 1-202-456-1111 and ask President Obama not to sign this bill. Go to 4closurefraud.org to read the message about what these sneaks are up to now.
For a little over 2 weeks now I have been stressing about the way my lender manipulated, lied and decieved me into thinking they were going to help my husband and I get a loan mod. I have been crying and contemplating a lot of things that are not productive. Now I have come to the realization that not only I was duped but millions of others. Now I am just fighting mad. We all need to band together and file a class action lawsuit here. This is our country and we cannot let them steal our homes from us. Are there any brilliant legal minds out there that can plan a strategy for us to protect us from getting our last bit of dignity stolen from us? Wasn't there some sort of fraud committed here? I am ready to put signs up all over my front lawn and all over town about how President Obama let the banks steal our houses under the guise of Making Home Affordable and that TARP is a fraud. It is almost mid-term elections and maybe this will get the media, the politicians and the Obama Administrations attention. There is strength in numbers and the media and the government are just trying to sweep us all under the rug. We need to stand up for what is right. We should not let them take us down without a good fight.
Thank God. California Politicians Standing up for the people. Our Congressional Representatives wrote a letter to Eric Holder, Attorney Genera,Ben Bernanke, and John Walsh, Acting Comptroller.
Also enclosed a 20 page letter of constituents experience on how banks are treating people.
I encourage all of you to ask you Representatives to do the same.
This is the bill , sent to the President . It attaches a notary stamp , " logically" to a electronic document so they do not separate or get lost . They will continue to try plugging the leaks on their pirate ship, its looking more organized as in conspiracy and racketeering charges AKA RICO . It may be a way for banks to try to authenticate their fraudulent docs. but they will have to back date millions of them at this point . Keep making waves .
I want to explore squatters rights…. we are living in our home, our roots are planted… the banks can't prove they own our homes because they don't have docs to support it. It is a stretch but perhaps some really ballsy attorney will take it on??? If it can work and someonoe takes this on - I want credit for the idea… engrmom in Cali….
what the mortgage companies are doing is abusive. We have a sale date set every two weeks. When I call the woman who is handling our modification she says don't walk - we'll find something - if only a short sale - they don't want the house to sit empty. But the stress is killing us. We don't know when the hammer will drop… a new sale date set every two weeks… but this last time we called it was a month…. Must be because of paperwork nightmare.
ReContrust…. that's our "owner".... I didn't know they were Countrywide - the swindlers who convinced all was well and it was a conservative loan.
Does anyone know if Michigan is one of the states in which they've halted the foreclosures?
I am starting UNITED HOME OWNERS.
Where Home Owners and Foreclosed Home Owners come together to Unite and file Class Action Lawsuit against these corrupt Banks and Lenders.
It is time WE THE PEOPLE start fighting back.
Pastor Dave: Here is a clip from an article to answer your question.
In some states, lenders can foreclose quickly on delinquent mortgage borrowers. By contrast, the 23 states in which Bank of America is delaying foreclosures use a lengthy court process. They require documents to verify information on the mortgage, including who owns it.
Those states are:
Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, South Dakota, Vermont and Wisconsin.
American Patriot—would love to hear more about UNITED HOME OWNERS. We've lost our home, but I think we'd make wonderful witnesses and plaintiffs. Do you have a website?
Keep fighting. I haven't won the war but the mistakes the lenders keep making is just digging their grave deeper. I have been in temp mod for over 8 months, denied due to negative NPV. When I challenged it told, I wasn't denied for that reason and they did not need to provide a reason. However, per HAMP they do. Sent a letter to the Treasury Dept, got a call yesterday, your file notes negative NPV and they wanted to review the details. So we will see where that goes. Today received a letter from the lender noting the reason was excessive forebearance. Hello I have been working w/you for over 18 months do you think that has anything to do with the excessive forebearance. They also have under estimated my income. All this paperwork is going to my lawyer to add to my class action suit. Hopefully it goes faster then the foreclosure notice.
This is the biggest crime in our history and it is not just effecting those who have lost their home but everyone. Lenders developed a risky product, knew the risk, insured against and are not being held accountable. Disgusting.
I have submitted forensic evidence to the court proving forged signatures by attornies and forged notaries…
This is verified by an FBI expert witness - yet, courts still ignore it. These foreclosure mills are committing Fraud on the Courts and they have NO legal standing to even demand payment. Judges simply yawn - one can only imagine how money they are being bribed…
What happens when a million families learn their mortgage loans were deliberately illegal - then - the courts gave their homes away to the same criminals that destroyed their lives…?
These loans are NOT secured by the asset (property) because these lenders did NOT follow the law and "perfect" the transaction. They deliberately bypassed the recordation process then did NOT tell the investors or borrowers or local land records anything…
If the loans are not secured, they cannot be securitized. If they cannot be securitized then their is not legitimate investment. The entire ordeal was a sham…!
These lenders never funded the loans from the beginning. They Pre-Sold the mortgage loans as MBS to their investors. Commingled the investors' monies to create more subprime mortgages - and kept flipping the funds internally on BALANCE SHEETS. These were warehouse-funds so there was no oversight or audits to worry about. If the mortgages are proven fraudulent, then the investments cannot exist. Hence the proverbial TOO BIG to FAIL - because those specific investments are tied to retirement funds - GOV retirement funds… So, will they prosecute the wrong doers in the name of justice and forsake their retirements OR will they allow these little pawn borrowers to lose everything they own because they were defrauded..? Thus far - it appears the borrowers are the losers…
Just think - Obama is signing a NEW NOTARY BILL this week supposedly which will coincidentally wash away the FRAUDS committed by his buddies…
Imagine that…
Keep the Powder Dry
Check out this story from Florida, where a contractor for JPMorgan Chase broke into a woman's home and changed the front door lock while she was hiding in the bathroom calling 911, thinking it was a robber!
Her home wasn't even in foreclosure!
David. I am Shocked about this bill.
The New Notary Bill.
This has to be stopped somehow .
I wonder now Obama really want to destroy the American middle class. Please everybody contact the Whitehouse to stop this.
It is in my opinion: Obama and the Banksters giving us the middle finger. This Has to be stopped somehow.
Please Everybody Call the White House and ask the president not to sign.
If he will sign this bill we will have 30, 000.000. homeless in America. Yes 30 million.
H.R. 3808 Bill (Pardon for the Banks )
Tel. # (202) 456-1111
You can call 9 am-5pm Eastern time.
I also have the number for the White House fax machine if you want to respond to HR 3808 or also known as, The Interstate Recognition of Notorizations Act . The number is 202-456-2461. Let's make some noise!
Linda : This Bill has been passed in April.2010. I believe the bankster new the Robosigner fraud will come to daylight soon.
This is why the Congress and Senate has passed it.
I feel this is a huge Conspiracy because the robosigner story is only a week old and they already have a Pardon sitting on the Presidents desk?
Gabor: Yes, I also believe it is a huge conspiracy. The media is just starting to chip away at it a little bit. 4closurefraud.org has an interesting clip from the Dylan Ratigan show from MSNBC that talks about the begininings of the conspiracy. I think it might have aired today. If President Obama signs that bill we will all know for sure he has been in cahoots with them the whole time.
Linda: If this bill was passed in April. I believe it has been written way before. Let See the crisis has started in 07. so did the bail out. then in 09 the other bail out. Obama announced HAMP. then documents were lost always by the banks.So the foreclosure avalanche started.
The Banks new they were braking the law by the robosigners but they figured they can get away with it for a while. Now they got chought but the law to protect them has already been passed and waiting for the president's signature. It smells bad.
I wrote an e-mail to the white house already, and sent e-mails to CNN and MSNBC. We all should alert all the media.
Chase is Braking into a home. Womans 911 call video.
This is gotto stop by Nazi Bank JP Morgan Chase.
Just what our Country is coming to?
Gabor: I also sent e-mails to the WH, and called the WH and left a message. I also called my congressman and e-mailed the Senator . I also called and filed a complaint with the FTC about my mortgage servicer. The FTC told me to get in touch with my state AG which I did. They immediately e-mailed me out a new Making Home Affordable package after I explained my story about how PHH mortgage told me I was approved for the Obama Plan then I was denied with no reason for denial,I guess her office is investigating what went on here. I also found out that Fannie Mae holds our note and called them. The woman at Fannie Mae tape recorded our conversation and is doing an inquiry into why PHH bungled our loan mod. Hopefully this is not more smoke and mirrors.
When I e-mailed the WH I also asked the Pres. to put a 5 year moratorium on all foreclosures until they can get to the bottom of not only the foreclosure crisis but the HAMP program crisis. These banks and mortgage servicers need to be held accountable and investigated. That takes time and so many more people do not need to lose their homes because of the banks and the mortgage companies deceptive and fraudulent practices.
Just went to 4closurefraud.org. Read the "Shit hit the fan letter to the banks from congress." I also read that the truth about these loan mods. Loan Mods are not available because the Banks DO NOT hold your note. The note was sold to a trust,whose investors won't agree to a loan modification. In other words if you got a mod. you are lucky. We made need Mortgage Defense Attorneys to save our homes. Like we can afford that. Maybe we should see about a class action lawsuit. Hopefully there will be a moratorium on foreclosures for a while so people can have a chance to wrap their heads around what needs to be done here.Come to think about it my mortgage company did mention something to me about what the investors might want. And my State Ag office told me to start saving as much money as we can right now.I guess there is so much mortgage fraud out there that it is possible some people can hire a mortgage defense attorney and walk away with their house for free but this sounds very risky. I feel basically screwed unless I win the lottery.Hopefully congress and the U.S. AG will do something for us here but the more time that ticks away the more chance these crooks have of stealing our houses.I read somewhere that the Pres. may have to make Fannie/Freddie forgive all debt. Maybe the fraud of the notes is bigger than tthe banks can disguise.
News Flash OBAMA does not sign Interstate Notary Act…. GOOD NEWS !
Your calls and speaking out are making headlines…
Keep making Waves.
Tell Whitehouse THANKS
Thank God President Obama got the message and did not sign Bill HR 3808. The people have spoken. If he would have signed that bill the people would have had their biggest fears realized that Pres. Obama is trying to protect these crooks. We can't stop hammering away. Funny, haven't heard a thing about this on any mainstream new channels. I heard the news on the radio. I think this humongous scandal is only beginning and Obama knows this.This is just the tip of the iceberg.
It is just the tip of the iceberg, and that bill only notarized what we have exposed, the FRAUD . Karma got them again, that bill passed the house in April, and then went no where until this fraud went national 2 weeks ago. Then the sponsors of the bill woke up and said S>>> we have to get this into law . The senate stamped it quick and sent it to the President last week . They keep thinking that their toxic mortgages and the fraudulent docs to rush foreclosures through will end the crises . Proven wrong again . Keep writing, emailing, faxing,calling the major media outlets until they fix this crises, and bring the perpetrators to jail . No justice, No peace ! Thanks All
Harry Reid calls for a 50 state wide moritorium 10/08/10. Dave Stevens of HUD also calls for a moritorium.
Hold on folks, this could be real big.
Now the truth has come out and I am hearing these banks now want to give loan mods. I will not negotiate a loan mod or send them another dime until they send me a verifiable copy of the note.
Some media reports are calling this foreclosuregate scandal just the tip of the iceberg that when it is all uncovered it is going to be the biggest ponzi scheme ever. It is just starting to unravel. Power to the people!!!!!
Please vote REPUBLICAN on Nov. 2nd! Unless of course you like more of the same we've been getting for the past two years from the DemocRATS! Obama will continue to ram his socialist agenda down our throats, and part of that agenda is breaking the people—financially, emotionally, etc. It's all part of the plan so we are at their mercy and take any crumbs they throw at us. FIGHT BACK AND TELL ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO VOTE REPUBLICAN! THANK YOU, AND GOD BLESS AMERICA! THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST CRITICAL ELECTION OF OUR NATION'S HISTORY. IF OBAMA AND HIS OBAMABOTS ARE NOT STOPPED, HE'S GOING TO COMPLETELY BANKRUPT THIS COUNTRY!!!!
How about we stop crying about a paper work smoke and mirrors story. The real story her is: THESE PEOPLE HAVE NOT PAID THE MORTGAGE THAT THEY SIGNED FOR!!! Next time you won't buy a house you can't afford. Thanks.
Guess what.. they didn't pay because many of them were not financially eligible to receive mortgages in the first place. If you lure a minor into a contract and they default, as they naturally will, you will be the ultimate loser. The buck stops with the lenders for creating a mortgage wonderland and then flouting the law to recover their investments.
Guess what.. they didn't pay because many of them were not financially eligible to receive mortgages in the first place. If you lure a minor into a contract and they default, as they naturally will, you will be the ultimate loser. The buck stops with the lenders for creating a mortgage wonderland and then flouting the law to recover lost investments.


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I will never cease to be amazed at how casual our culture has become… since when is it appropriate to go the gym or the supermarket in pajamas? I'm talking blue with little fluffy sheep pajamas. Ridiculous.
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I have a tatoo. Didn't get it until I was 48 years old. Got it in celebration of running and what it means to me... after all I may not be able to run the rest of my life.
Yesterday's post on food expense generated some interesting comments. Did you see Biz' comment? She got red peppers for 49 cents a pound. I just paid $1.99 a pound; she gets English cukes for 99 cents and I pay $2.00 and those are the sale prices. Probably also explains why her spending equates to around $35 per person per week and mine is more like $70.
Also from yesterday's comments, RedHead asked me about my iPhone grocery list app. I use Grocery IQ. How many times have you left your list at home? I rarely leave my cell phone at home so it has turned into one of my most used applications.
Stacey K and Diana both commented on my Climb post that they aren't really fans of Miley Cyrus. Me either. But the words to that song (which Miley did not write, but happens to sing) speak to me.
It's a small (blogging) world, after all: from last week's Tuesday Ten where I mentioned Duke (go Blue Devils!), I found out that both Roxie and Journey Beyond Survival have connections to Duke as well. I further discovered that JBS and I l-o-v-e the same restaurant in Durham. Bullock's Barbecue. If you ever get to Durham, NC, Bullock's should be on your not-to-miss list. Make sure it's one of your splurge days though because the hot out of the kitchen, all you can eat hush puppies, will make you want to slap your mama! And don't bother taking your American Express - or Visa, or Mastercard - because it's a cash operation.
If you haven't been to Zaababy's blog to see her update with pictures, you must do so. After reading/seeing that, I commented that it makes me want to be a better person. I don't want my weight to hold me back from experiencing anything for the rest of my life!
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Local area co-ordination: strengthening support for people with learning disabilities in Scotland
Stalker, K. and Watson, J. and Barry, Monica and Malloch, M. (2008) Local area co-ordination: strengthening support for people with learning disabilities in Scotland. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 36. pp. 215-219. ISSN 1354-4187
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This paper reports the findings of a study commissioned by the Scottish Executive which examined the introduction and implementation of local area co-ordination (LAC) in Scotland. A questionnaire about their posts was completed by 44 local area co-ordinators, interviews were conducted with 35 local area co-ordinators and 14 managers and case studies of LAC practice were carried out in four local authorities. The study found both strengths and weaknesses in the implementation of LAC nationally. There was great unevenness across Scotland in the number of local area co-ordinators employed by local authorities and in their roles and remits. Progress in community capacity building was slow overall and some managers expressed mixed feelings about LAC's usefulness in a climate of scarce resources. Individuals and families, however, were very appreciative of the support received and there was evidence that LAC had made a positive difference to their lives; for example, in relation to increased inclusion, choice and formal and informal supports. Various proposals are made for supporting the future development of LAC.
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TAMPA, Fla. – A 7-year-old boy beat his baby half-sister to death with his fists, feet and a two-by-four because he was jealous of the attention the girl was receiving and because she would not stop crying, police said Wednesday.
The State Attorney's Office is deciding whether to file charges against the boy in an attack that rattled even veteran homicide detectives.
"The veteran detectives who worked on this case have never seen a case with someone as young as a 7-year-old show so much violence and so little remorse," Tampa police spokeswoman Laura McElroy said.
The attack occurred May 22 in Tampa, where the boy had been visiting his father. Seven-month-old Jayza Laney Simms (search) was dead on arrival at the hospital where her parents rushed her.
The boy confessed to killing his sister a week later when detectives confronted him with the evidence, McElroy said.
The unidentified boy was not taken into custody and is living with his mother while prosecutors make their decision on whether to charge him.
Police said the father and his girlfriend were outside visiting with neighbors when the boy came to them about midnight on the night of the attack and told them the baby was "bleeding." They found the girl with a bloody nose and said she wasn't breathing.
Hillsborough County State Attorney's spokeswoman Pam Bondi said prosecutors were just beginning to review the case and the complex legal issues involved with bringing charges against such a young child. Among the elements prosecutors will have to consider is whether a child so young is competent to stand trial for a crime, Bondi said.
"There are a lot of issues," Bondi said. "This is the first time we have dealt with a 7-year-old accused of such a violent crime."