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“Americans helping Americans”
Wake up America. It is time for “Americans helping Americans”.
The wheelers and dealers, the sleek and the slippery, the punks and the cheats, the Wall Street chattering class, all have one thing in common. They think they are smarter than you by half. And they believe they can trick you into doing anything they wish. And, they think if they say something often enough, no matter how untrue, that you will come to believe it.
America, say it loud and say it clear. Not this time, Wall Street. Not this time.
In America, we get to have our say, too. It’s your choice America. Do you want to save Wall Street? Or, do you want to save Main Street?
The House and Senate should not be stampeded into creating a Relief Agency for Wall Street. They would be way ahead financially and politically and have the additional bonus of doing what is right for the country by instead bailing-out American home-owners.

The real problems of our economy are all intertwined with the housing crisis; the solutions to the crisis are to be found there as well. Below, I lay out a plan that is fair, simple and cheaper than anything being proposed by the experts.

The basic plan:

(1.) The primary resident of each American will be declared paid-in-full on October 1st.

The immediate consequence will be a major up-tic in consumer spending as we enter the holiday season. Consumer spending accounts for 2/3 of GDP and will stimulate economic activity throughout the economy.

The existing lack of household liquidity has had insidious effects throughout the housing sector. A monthly wind-fall resulting from removing mortgage payments from the family budget will be the fuel necessary to re-energize the entire sector.

(2.) Non-home owning citizens will be provided with a voucher to be used toward the purchase of a home for which they are qualified. It will provide a 5% payment toward the qualified purchase price.

Providing immediate liquidity to families across America will do more good, more quickly and more fairly than anything now being considered.

Call it, “Americans helping Americans”.

It has been nearly a decade since a Republican Congress and a Democratic President decided that those with lots of money should not have their wheeling’s and dealing’s regulated like the rest of us.
The purpose of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act -- co-authored by Gramm, passed in 1999 by a Republican-controlled Congress and signed by President Bill Clinton -- was to liberate the banks, stockbrokers and insurance companies from restraints imposed on their activities more than seven decades ago.
Now, those same folks want the rest of us to be left holding the empty bag. A simple, short and straight forward response to that idea is “forget about it”.
Come on America…speak up for yourselves, your families and your neighbors.
Call your elected officials now; by Monday it could be too late.
Just say, you support “Americans helping America”.
And, God Bless America






A year ago, the U.S. Supreme Court's October 2009 Term featured not only the Court's blockbuster ruling in Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, but also a success rate for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce reaching 81% (or 13 wins in 16 cases) (PDF).

This focused a national spotlight on the Court's business rulings under Chief Justice John Roberts. The Court's just-concluded October 2010 Term featured even more cases of considerable importance to business interests, and may ultimately prove just as momentous.
this Term including Wal-Mart v. Dukes, AT&T v. Concepcion, and PLIVA v. Mensing, the Court has made it increasingly difficult for Americans to hold corporations accountable for serious misconduct, including widespread discrimination and fraud.

When U took my key, did you understand it was the only 1 i had...




Remember the teeter-tot we sat on together with OUR CHILDREN that late mornin'.
U and Cole, snuggled together as 1 slid mid-way on your side of the totter...freeze frame...me at the very end of mine gaining no weigh from tiny Sara that i can surround with my free hand. "Move forward just a little more Elisabeth (i wonder if she hears my prayer)...that's it.." i say aloud as we become airborne on this magic carpet just west of our destiny that Nevada morning, July 5, 1975.

i hear Joan Baez singin/sayin (in Diamonds n Rust)"...i could have died right then and there ...as all around me there R explosions and FIRE...i beg to the sky...PLEASE somebody help me...and then it was QUIET.

Little remains tangible from that July 5th day. Court documents documenting what can NOT be documented in only three dimensions. And some soundless footage from home movies i made..poorly. Photographs that have long been searched for only clues; givin' up hope 4 answers.

ONE FOOT-NOTE: Joan Baez wrote Diamonds and Rust in 1975...whether on July 5th is unknown.

And now with a tenacity and stubbornness that give new meaning to the bull-pigheadedness of an aging Taurus, I cling to my Memories...even those that
provoke more questions than answers. So, i repeat:

When U took my key, did you understand it was the only 1 i had...

I have searched 4 this 1 photo 4 33 yrs...i lost my young wife and 2 small children in a fiery crash involving a run away semi and R parked Volkswagen bus ...i also was inside the bus with my family ... after the smoke lifted and the explosions stopped ...only i remained earth bound... then was July 5, 1975.....now this...i know about God's penchant 4 miracles ... but this BLESSING truly makes me feel like I AM FORGIVEN AND HEALED.... God is ALL...

Music has provided the backdrop to major life-altering events as well as providing a source of comfort and renewals to individuals. Music has been from the beginning.
It is a constant and ever-changing. In America, we have Native American, Cajun, Country, Classical, and many others.

I was introduced to dance music by my Mom,circa 1950

. The Big Band sound was her 1st choice. TV had the Lucky Strike Parade of hits, the radio was introducing different
sounds and artists. It is an immeasurable part of my life.