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I can go to the MSNBC stars blogs ED Schultz, Ratchell Maddow, Lawrence O’Donnell (The Last Word), or if you like Democratic light there is Chris Matthews (Hardball) and Republican light Joe Scarborough (Morning Joe). There is really no interaction and most often I get bored with the topic after a few days. These performers will usually report the news with a slant that I favor but then there I am with the problem and no answer. If that were my goal I could be a Republican and get the added emotion of hatred. To s0lve my cravings a little web searching was necessary. To save others time I thought I would share some of my findings.  The first places of interest can be found for a Sena... Read More

The next congress hasn’t even taken office but Wall Street is poised to start it’s latest snake oil business. Derivatives.  Yes they haven’t gone away and now they are back to not only steal our money but to also sidestep the law. This is why things cost so much. There is too much money made on money. When you make money on money there is no labor costs but your own needs (unless you are making so much money on money that you can afford to throw a few pebbles of sand to multiply your greed). Facebook which has less than 500 shares of stock sells one share to an investment firm which then creates a derivative of the one share. By creating derivatives of the stock, the inves... Read More

At 2:30 today President Obama addressed Organizing America on health care reform. He started out with a little history lesson about previous attempts at health care reform and social security.. He explained that many of the retorts against social security are the same for health care reform. Then he explained the fears of many people including loosing what they have. But as the discussion went on he warned that the status quo would disappear if things stay the same. The cost increases will make Medicare go in the red in just eight years. He said he favors a government option because it will put competition into the market. The program then turned to question and answers. The first came from ... Read More