Governor Snyder

Now the Governor can actually appoint an administrator who will have unlimited powers.

It has already started in Michigan where they now have a new amazingly undemocratic ruse where if a municipality is in financial trouble then the Governor can send in “an administrator” who will oversee everything and have unlimited power. Gone will be the mayor, the city manager, all the councilmen and it is a black eye on democracy.

The appointed administrator can be any person the Governor chooses to appoint, or can be a corporation. That’s right, the Governor can simply fire an elected official and appoint any corporation he chooses to take over control. Once appointed the administrator has the power to do anything they need in the name of economic stability. This means an appointed corporation can void collective bargaining agreements, void contracts, dissolve school boards, town councils, and even unincorporate the town.

Even more worrysome is the fact that residents get absolutely no say any any of these decisions.

And it just begun in Benton Harbor.

“Gov. Snyder's plan is the same kind of flagrantly undemocratic "emergency rule" used by military dictators to oppose any semblance of democratic opposition to their policies. While no one expects Gov. Snyder will be rounding up dissidents any time soon, the fight in Michigan is NOT about unions; the governor is attempting to wrest from the hands of every citizen of the state of Michigan, the right to determine who governs at the consent of the governed.

His plan declares an immediate end (with no projected restoration) to the founding principle of our democracy: that public officials may govern ONLY at the consent of the governed.

There is no moral, philosophical, legal or practical justification for Gov. Snyder's claim that a "budget emergency" gives him the right or the power to order the suspension of electoral democracy in his state. Those who support his radical agenda will argue that this is not what they intend, that they are merely trying to be "expedient". This is always the argument of statist profiteers who seek to centralize power; this was the argument of Italy's fascists.

The process which allows the people to govern their government is absolutely sacrosanct in our democracy. There is no way for us to be the free society we claim to be, if that process does not remain sacrosanct. The budgetary discomfort and long, difficult days of work that some public officials might face given budgetary discomfort, are absolutely not a justification for eliminating the democratic process or establishing unilateral executive rule.” - http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/03/08/954169/-Michigan-Governor-Seeks-Emergency-Powers

KEEP VOTING FOR REPUBLICANS AMERICA…YOU ARE VOTING FOR TOTALITARIANISM!

Amazingly, there is no accountability on the part of Republicans and they keep pushing for even more tax cuts for the wealthy.

It makes absolutely no sense that our country has to borrow money to pay for the tax cuts for the very wealthy. The old, tired argument that taxes should not be raised during a recession because it takes money out of circulation and also the other excuse: the uncertainty for the rich and the corporations are causing them to hold back on investments.

I would like for somebody to explain to me why the corporations are realizing record profits…if the uncertainty is so bad it has not stopped them from using money our government gave them to loan to the public and they turn around instead and use it for speculation and gamble with it.

I want to understand but I can’t; why is it that if the elimination of regulations and the lowering of taxes on the rich and corporations creates jobs and prosperity…prosperity for whom? We saw this happen through the Bush years and eventually our economy banked, the stock market crashed and millions of Americans lost their jobs. So is this idea to help the rich so that somehow, miraculously it will be re-invested and it will filter on down to the middle class and the poor…it doesn’t happen and it never will. We have to make them face the truth about TRICKLE DOWN ECONOMICS…it didn’t work and it never will.

Dave Johnson explains it very well:

A brief budget history since the 80's: We cut taxes, increased military spending and cut investment in our infrastructure, and the result was huge budget deficits and slower economic growth. Then in the 90's we raised taxes on the rich and increased investment in the country and we had big budget surpluses and the economy was growing at a good clip. Then in the 00's we again cut taxes on the rich and raised military spending and cut back on investing in the country, and went back to huge deficits ("incredibly positive news'') and feeble economic growth culminating in the financial crash.

So now, to address the Reagan/Bush deficits the DC elites -- the "serious people" -- are proposing ... wait for it ... not raising taxes on the rich, not cutting military spending and not investing in the country. Instead they want to cut back more on the safety net and on services for the middle class. There really is a brain disease loose in DC.

The justification for DC's refusal to fix a problem caused by tax cuts on the rich by restoring taxes on the rich is that you can't raise taxes on the rich during a recession. The oft-repeated idea that taxes "take money out of the economy" has become so ingrained that there is no discussion at all, it is just accepted as a given. It is "conventional wisdom." It certainly is a convenient conventional wisdom for the wealthy, but it is a fact?

Conclusion: Raising taxes on the rich will not slow the economy. In fact, every indication is that it tax cuts on the rich hurt the economy. So the real question is, why aren't these "deficit commissions" proposing that we fix a deficit problem that was caused by tax cuts for the rich by raising taxes on the rich back to where they were before the problem? It is clearly time to stop the "riverboat gamble" and restore pre-Reagan top tax rates.

MAKE REPUBLICANS ACCOUNTABLE, MAKE THE WEALTHY PAY THEIR FAIR SHARE, PENALIZE CORPORATIONS WHO TAKE JOBS OVERSEAS, ELIMINATE ALL THOSE SUBSIDIES FOR VERY PROSPEROUS OIL COMPANIES.

ONE MORE THING: STOP SABOTAGING THE PRESIDENT, IT IS HURTING AMERICA!

If I were the President I would sue Orly Taitz and those who followed her in their injurious allegations.

You see, we do have FREEDOM OF SPEECH in America and you can say almost anything short of yelling “FIRE” in a crowded theater…but injurious, libel, false accusations and lies about a person can ‘t be told without the risk of the injured party bringing a libel law suit against the person who said it.

If the court deemed in the past that Ms. Taitz’ law suits were “FRIVOLOUS” the courts should not stopped there…they should have fined her heavily for consciously lying and defaming the President. As far as Donald Trump is concerned; a vigorous law suit for $500 million dollars should be presented against him. Why? Because he knows that this birth certificate issue is just not fabricated but he is using it to defame and injure the President.

Of course, this is not surprising coming from these fringe-ultra right Republican-Teahadists who can’t win any arguments on facts because they have no grounds; so they attack the President on a personal level…by diminishing his character, his education, his origin they are also fanning the flames of racism…all very injurious not just to President Obama but for America.

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Because this one was not good enough for BIRTHERS

Will this silence them? Nah…they will continue to live in never-never land and since they despise the President so much they will find a way to object or otherwise through Donald Trump or Glenn Beck discredit the disclosure.

I think that it is a sad day in America when the President of the United States is subjected to this kind of baseless, crass and disingenuous scrutiny; IT IS AN INSULT and it is clear it is racially motivated and just as the efforts our President has made to work on a bipartisan, logical, pragmatic way with those who disagree with him and have thrown a wrench on any and all efforts on his part…this too will become a continuing nuisance because birthers will not believe anything even if you were to hit them across the face with a 2X 4.

From http://www.dailykos.com/

Wed Apr 27, 2011

“Obama releases long form birth certificate

By Joan McCarter

In the almost certainly futile attempt to put away once and for all questions about his birth, President Obama has released his long form birth certificate.

The President believed the distraction over his birth certificate wasn’t good for the country. It may have been good politics and good TV, but it was bad for the American people and distracting from the many challenges we face as a country. Therefore, the President directed his counsel to review the legal authority for seeking access to the long form certificate and to request on that basis that the Hawaii State Department of Health make an exception to release a copy of his long form birth certificate. They granted that exception in part because of the tremendous volume of requests they had been getting. President Barack Obama's long form birth certificate can be seen here (PDF).....

At a time of great consequence for this country—when we should be debating how we win the future, reduce our deficit, deal with high gas prices, and bring stability to the Middle East, Washington, DC, was once again distracted by a fake issue. The President’s hope is that with this step, we can move on to debating the bigger issues that matter to the American people and the future of the country.

Which is all true. But now that this fuel has been added to the flame, will it stop? Fat chance. From Think Progress, here's the headline from Fox News: "White House Releases What It Says Is The President’s Birth Certificate."

Why have I now become interested in what Richard Dawkins has to say?

I have always admired and quoted him in many of my posts. I had failed to read any of his works due to lack of time and money to purchase the books…and he has many.

This holiday I received a gift from my youngest daughter and it was “Richard Dawkins, The Oxford Book of Modern Science Writing” I couldn’t have been more delighted. I was actually craving one of his books, wanting to read something intelligent and compelling…of which there is so little out there.

After sleeping through a hundred million centuries
we have finally opened our eyes on a sumptuous planet,
sparkling with color, bountiful with life. Within decades
we must close our eyes again. Isn’t it a noble, an enlightened
way of spending our brief time in the sun, to work at
understanding the universe and how we have come to wake up in it?
This is how I answer when I am asked . . . why I bother to get up in the mornings.
-- Richard Dawkins

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How long did you think Keith Olbermann was going to be silenced?

It was announced that on June 20^th of this year ,

"The show will combine familiar and popular features with some new elements that we can't wait to unveil," said Mark Rosenthal, CEO of Current, in a statement. "We're creating a great platform for Keith's style, which includes a very sophisticated digital presence for him—that we think will appeal to his very enthusiastic and active following. The show will also appeal to new viewers tuning into Keith for the first time."

SOURCE: Jed Lewison, http://www.dailykos.com/