City Manager Robert Rizzo from Bell, California one of Los Angeles County’s poorest cities earns twice as much as President Obama.
Residents from the working class town of Bell erupted in outrage after learning that their city pays its officials some of the highest local government salaries in the nation.
Rizzo who earned $780,000 per year has resigned as have some of Bell’s other top earning government officials. But frustrated residents gathered at a city council meeting to demand more resignations and an end to what they regard as widespread corruption.
Bell California protesters furious with high taxes, cronyism and inflated public sector pay shouted in Spanish language, they all must go.
It’s no wonder the State of California is bankrupt.
Oscar winning movie director Oliver Stone was quoted in the Sunday Times of London that ” Hitler has not been portrayed in his proper context because of the Jewish domination of the Media.”
Stone also said Jewish domination of the media has prevented an honest discussion about the Holocaust.
Oliver Stone needs the controversy and he loves to stir things up. Stone knows the catchwords to push the buttons of the press corps.
Hitler and Jewish Media Domination. Well played, sir. And a Money Never Sleeps to you all.
“ They [Jews] stay on top of every comment, the most powerful lobby in Washington. Israel has f_ck_d up United States foreign policy for years.”
And, ” Hitler did far more damage to the Russians than the Jewish people. 25 or 30 million. Hitler was a Frankenstein but there was also a Dr. Frankenstein — German industrialists, the Americans and the British. He had a lot of support.” - Oliver Stone
The Taliban has issued a stern warning for Afghan informers [to the US and NATO coalition] whose names appear on the leaked Afghanistan War Diary logs.
The Taliban are studying and investigating the report searching for information that may reveal names and addresses of Afghans cooperating with Nato forces. The precise GPS locations of Afghans. And sources and methods of gathering intelligence, etc.
“ If they are US spies, then we know how to punish them.” – Zabihullah Mujahid, Taliban spokesman
As previously reported, Bradley Manning, the 22-year old US Military Intelligence analyst arrested for leaking the graphic 2007 Iraq helicopter gunner video is once again the primary suspect and is in custody.
” Intelligence sources and methods, as well as military tactics, techniques and procedures will become known to our adversaries.” – US Defense Secretary, Robert Gates
Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, warned WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange that he may already have blood on his hands following the leak of 92,000 classified documents relating to the war in Afghanistan.
” Mr Assange can say whatever he likes about the greater good he thinks he and his source are doing, but the truth is they might already have on their hands the blood of some young soldier or that of an Afghan family.” – Admiral Mike Mullen
Why does House Speaker Nancy Pelosi continue to defend the major ethics violator Charles Rangel, the now former Chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee?
Members of Congress should be held to high ethical standards.
Crime Pays for Charlie Rangel. Enormous embarrassment for Democrats. Crime pays for Fat Cat Charles Rangel.
Crime Pays for Fat Cat Charles Rangel living the life of luxury at his Punta Cana Resort in exquisite Dominican Republic Your Tax Dollars hard at work
New York Post photo of Charles Rangel lying on the beach in the Dominican Republic.
Rangel’s actions do not pass Pelosi’s smell test and it was her promise to drain the swamp in Washington. Congressman Joe Wilson said it best, ” YOU LIE “
I guess it’s difficult for Pelosi to pull the plug and drain the swamp, in which she slithers.
Members of Congress SHOULD be held to high ethical standards.
I know the arrogant twenty term Congressman from New York believes he is above the law and believes the tax code does not apply to him but this is terrible PR for the Democrats who are hellbent on destroying Capitalism, the free enterprise system and traditional American values.
Let the sunshine of truth and fair play disinfect the Charles Rangel spectacle and social welfare state of the Democratic Congress.
Hey Rangel, take responsibility for your actions and move on.
” The Swamp has not been Drained.” – John Boehner, House Republican Leader
New US military reports leaked to Julian Assange and Wikileaks show Pakistan was actively collaborating with the Taliban in Afghanistan while accepting American aid. In fact, the Afghan Taliban is headquartered in Pakistan.
The secret military documents referred to as the Afghan War Diaries contain more than 90,000 files giving a detailed account of fighting between January 2004 and December 2009.
Bradley Manning, a US Military Lieutenant and intelligence analyst was arrested in connection with the release of the 2007 US Helicopter attack on Iraq insurgents video. It is believed that he is responsible for leaking the Afghan War Diary classified documents as well.
National Security Advisor, General James Jones accused WikiLeaks of taking action that could put the lives of Americans and US partners at risk, and threatening national security.
The NSA added that the irresponsible leaks will not deter Washington’s commitment to the fight in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Key findings from the WikiLeaks Afghan War Diaries:
• CIA paramilitary operations are expanding in Afghanistan
• Taliban use of portable, heat-seeking missiles against US and coalition aircraft
• Americans suspect Pakistan’s spy service of guiding Afghan insurgency
“ However illegally these documents came to light, they raise serious questions about the reality of America’s policy toward Pakistan and Afghanistan.” – Sen. John Kerry, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
300 years of Imperialist Russian Romanov rule = 18 czars
1 Year of Oligarch Obama rule= 43 czars
Who are Obama’s Czars?
AfPak Czar; Richard Holbrook
AIDS czar; Jeffrey S. Crowley
Auto Recovery Czar; Ed Montgomery
Bailout Czar / Tarp Czar; Herb Allison, socialist.
Border Czar; Alan Bersin
Car Czar; Ron Bloom
Climate Change Czar, Todd Stern
Copyright Czar; Victoria Espinel
Counterterrorism Czar; John Brennan
Cyber Security Czar; Howard Schmidt
Disinformation Czar; Linda Douglas
Domestic Violence Czar; Lynn Rosenthal
Drug Czar; Gil Kerlikowske,
Economic Czar; Larry Summers
Economic Czar two, Paul Volker
Education Czar; Arne Duncan
Energy Czar; Carol Browner, socialist
Food Czar; Michael Taylor
Government Performance Czar; Jeffrey Zients
Great Lakes Czar; Cameron Davis
Green jobs Czar; Anthony “Van” Jones, Communist
Guantanamo Closure Czar; Daniel Fried
Health Czar; Nancy-Ann DeParle
Health IT Czar; Dr. David Blumenthal
Information Czar; Vivek Kundra
Intelligence Czar; Dennis Blair
Iran Czar; Dennis Ross
Latin-American Czar; Arturo Valenzuela
Mid East Peace Czar; George Mitchell
Pay Czar; Kenneth Feinberg
Regulatory Czar; Cass Sunstein
Religion Czar; Joshua Dubois
Safe Schools Czar; Kevin Jenning
Science Czar; John Holdren
Stimulus Oversight Czar; Earl Devaney
Sudan Czar; J. Scott Gration
Tech Czar; Aneesh Chopra
Urban Czar; Adolfo Carrion, Jr.
War Czar; Douglas Lute
Water Czar; Subject to Senate oversight.
Weapons Czar; Ashton Carter
Weapons of Mass Destruction Czar; Gary Samore
Weatherization Czar; Gil Sperling
And lets not forget Obama in the role as Czar of Czars
Czars only answer to Obama, are not Congressionally approved, not elected by American citizens but have access to $2 trillion.
Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee Charles Rangel is a major disgrace to Democrats, all Americans and America.
The senile 20 term, 80 year old Representative of Harlem, New York refused to retire so now let’s see Rangel wrangle his way out of a public congressional trial this September. It will be Charlie Rangel’s War.
Rangel had been given every opportunity to negotiate a settlement during the investigation phase but the ethics violator refused.
So it is now finally on to the trial phase, after years of delay and inaction by the proper authorities.
Some of the 13 ethics violation charges include failure to report more than $600,000 income on his congressional financial disclosure statement.
Failure to report income from his vacation property in the Dominican Republic.
Accepting a rent-stabilized property in Manhattan for his campaign office
Using congressional letterhead to solicit donations for a center for public service to bear his name.
Accepting money gifts from AIG for bailout money.
He didn’t know he had nearly a million dollars tucked away in some accounts.
Rangel writes the tax code but as for himself, he is on a tax holiday.
It’s an Insult to America that House Speaker Pelosi promised to run the most honest and ethical House ever, yet a House Chairman is allowed to stay in office after years of known ethics violations.
” I’d rather defend Jeffrey Dahmer’s dietary habits than try to defend Charlie Rangel on the idea of ethics.” - Gov. Mike Huckabee
Obama’s ” Girls Day Out ” on daytime TV chat show The View, aired Thursday on ABC television
Obama's Girls Day Out on The View sitting cross-legged with Barbara Walters " Obviously the country has gone through a tough stretch since I took office." - Obama
with Barbara Walters, Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sherri Shepherd and Elisabeth Hasselbeck.
Barbara Walters returned to the show for the first time since her open heart surgery. She will return to the show full-time in September.
All 6 sat cross legged, feminine style, on TheView’s couch and joked that Obama watches the show too.
Even Obama admitted that the United States of America has gone through a tough stretch since he took office.
” Obviously the country has gone through a tough stretch since I took office.” – Obama
Whistleblower site WikiLeaks has published 75,000 classified documents detailing the war in Afghanistan.
Some say the Afghan War Diary documents are of the caliber of the Pentagon Papers in their importance while others say the leaks are a non-factor.
Wikileaks reinforces the claim that Pakistan supports the Taliban.
Who and what is WikiLeaks?
WikiLeaks is a Web site with worldwide servers that publish classified documents provided by whistleblowers and other anonymous sources.
WikiLeaks is not affiliated with Wikipedia. It’s founder is Julian Assange, who some consider the most dangerous man in the world.
WikiLeaks has previously released classified, private e-mails of former Alaska Governor and US Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin and published sensitive Swiss banking information.
65 negatives of world famous photographer Ansel Adams were bought at a garage sale in Fresno, California for only $45.
The photos have been verified as Ansel Adam’s early work, thought to have been lost in a 1937 Yosemite fire, and are now valued at over $200,000,000 [$200 Million]
Ansel Adams is best known for his stunning black and white photography - in particular – his western America landscapes. He passed away in 1984 at the age of 82.
The 6.5 x 8.5 inch glass plate negatives of famous Yosemite landscapes and San Francisco landmarks made an interesting journey from Ansel Adams’ own collection to a Pasadena, Ca. unclaimed storage / warehouse salvage sale and ultimately to a Fresno, Ca. garage sale.
One fortunate man has parlayed a $45 investment into a $200 Million cash cow.
Maurice Clarett has re-enrolled at thee Ohio State University after serving 42 months in prison for aggravated robbery and carrying a concealed weapon.
The former star running back who led Ohio St. to the 2002 National Championship in College Football is no longer eligible to play NCAA football nor is it likely he will get a second chance with the NFL after suing the League and his off-field problems.
Maurice Clarett was a 3rd round draft pick of the Denver Broncos in 2005 but he never played a down in the NFL.
The underachiever will get a second chance in the game of life but he has blown a multimillion dollar opportunity playing professional football.
The saddest words of tongue or pen – ” what might have been.”
We, The People tell the Government what to do. It doesn’t tell us. We The People are the Driver.
The Government is the Car. And we decide where it should go and by what route and how fast.
As government expands, liberty contracts.
Ronald Reagan served two terms as President of the United States from 1981-1989, winning both times in landslide victories. His Reagan Revolution aimed to reinvigorate the American people and reduce their reliance upon Government.
In foreign policy Reagan sought to achieve peace through strength.
Ronald Reagan felt he had fulfilled his campaign pledge of 1980 to restore the great, confident roar of American progress, growth and optimism.
Reagan’s policies stimulated economic growth, increased employment and strengthened national defense.
At the end of his administration the American Nation was enjoying its longest recorded period of peacetime prosperity without recession or depression.
” The most terrifying words in the English language are: I’m from the government, and I’m here to help.” – Ronald Reagan
Our Constitution is a document in which we the people tell the government what it is allowed to do. We The People are Free.
Through more and more rules, regulations and taxes the government is taking more of our money, more of our options and more of our freedom.
” Man is not Free unless Government is limited … as Government Expands Liberty Contracts.” – Ronald Reagan
Tensions are rising on the Korean peninsula for North and South Korea who are still officially at war.
North Korea is threatening to use its ” nuclear deterrent ” in response to joint naval exercises between 8,000 US and South Korea troops, 190 aircraft and 20 ships including the nuclear-powered supercarrier USS George Washington.
The four day ” Invincible Spirit ” War Games began on Sunday in Sea of Japan waters, near nuclear-armed North Korea, and will include anti-submarine maneuvers.
US State Department spokesman PJ Crowley tried to calm tensions, saying the planned exercises were defensive in nature. The maneuvers are not intended to provoke a response but are to send Pyongyang a message that further aggression in the region will not be tolerated.
The official Korean Central News Agency reported on Monday that Kim Yong Chun, North Korea’s defense chief was quoted in Pyongyang as saying ” Should the US imperialists and South Korea puppet forces finally ignite a new war of aggression, North Korea will mobilize the tremendous military potential including its nuclear deterrence for self-defense and thus wipe out the aggressors.”
North Korean state television reported: The Army and people of the DPRK will start a retaliatory sacred war of their own style based on a nuclear deterrent to the US imperialists and the South Korea puppet forces who are deliberately pushing the situation to the brink of war.
Andre Dawson, one of only three players ever to hit 400 homers and steal 300 bases, was inducted Sunday into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.
Andre ” The Hawk “ Dawson had 438 homers, 2774 hits, 1591 RBIs, and 314 stolen bases in his 21 year major league baseball career from 1976-96.
Centerfielder Dawson was an 8 time All Star with 8 Gold Glove awards and was also the NL Rookie of the Year in 1977 with the Montreal Expos.
The newly elected Hall of Famer cautioned young players not to be lured to the dark side of using performance enhancing drugs.
“ It’s an honor beyond words. I didn’t play this game with this goal in mind – but I’m living proof that if you love this game – the game will love you back. I am proof that any young person who can hear my voice right now can be standing here as I am.” – Andre Dawson
As the cyclists of the Tour de France entered Paris and rode their laps around the historic city, I enjoyed the aerial coverage by helicopter.
A picture’s worth a thousand words.
River Seine, Eiffel Tower, Grand Palace, Arc de Triomphe, les Champs Elysées, the Louvre, Nôtre Dame and the Bastille all seen on the aerial view of Paris, France.
Contador was the controversial winner of the 2010 Tour de France. He suffered to get the result.
Some say argy-bargy. Some say Chaingate. Some say he lacked panache by not winning a single stage this year.
Cycling enthusiasts cried foul when Contador broke the sport’s unwritten [rule] etiquette about not taking advantage of unlucky breaks a rider can’t control, especially when said rider [Shleck 15th Stage] is wearing the yellow jersey.
On a Pyrenees mountain climb, when Schleck’s chain came undone, Contador sped ahead of Shleck full speed and by the stage finish had taken yellow.
Fair play has been thrown out of the window said on-air TV commentators from EuroSport during their live broadcast of the 2010 Tour de France.
Contador gained 39 seconds on Schleck, which as luck would have it, was the exact final stage margin of victory necessary for the all-important yellow jersey.
I’ll root for Schleck next year.
Cavendish was impressive as well.
Lance Armstrong, the cancer survivor and 7 time consecutive Tour de France winner has now officially retired from the event and will live strong.
Mr. Armstrong will no longer have to ride a bike on Christmas and New Years. He can devote his energies in new pursuits.
In the end it was all champagne and smiles for Contador cruising down the Champs Elysees in Paris France celebrating his 3rd Tour de France victory as of 2010
Champagne and Smiles for Contador. Great cyclist but heartbreaking loss for Schleck. He shall return next year.
For Tiger Woods to win another major PGA golf tournament it appears he will have to focus and relax, especially before putting. The key word being Relax, to trust in your magnificence.
It would help immensely as well to talk like a champion rather than the negative self-programming in his post match British Open interview.
After Louis Oosthuizen destroyed the field at the 2010 British Open, Tiger Woods was quoted as saying “ If I got something going, I would somehow find a way to stop the momentum … that’s just the way it goes. I’m not going to win all of them. I’ve lost a lot more than I’ve won.” – Tiger Woods
That’s not the Talk of a Champion.
” Trust is a Must or your game is a Bust.” – Bill Becks
By remaining totally focused and relaxed before every shot, Louis Oosthuizen has vaulted himself mentally and emotionally to the top of the golfing world.
His physical game came along for the ride, much to the joy of Dr. Karl Morris.
The Darth Vader Bank Robbery in Long Island, New York comes on the heels of the Bouquet Bandit NYC bank heist. The Dark Lord of the Sith bank robber has so far been caught only on bank surveillance video and is considered armed and dangerous.
Darth Vader Robbery at Chase Bank Long Island New York the Dark Lord of the Sith got away with an unreported amount of cash
A surveillance camera caught the ” Star Wars ” character wearing a Darth Vader mask, dark cape and camouflage pants.
Police say the Darth Vader bank robber entered a Setauket, Chase bank branch on Long Island armed with a pistol and demanded money. When the teller complied the Dark Lord fled the bank through the parking lot and headed east.
The total amount of cash the phantom menace [Darth Vader] got away with has yet to be determined by police, galactic or bank officials.
Mere mortals with information about the Darth Vader bank robbery may call Crime Stoppers toll free at 1-800-220-TIPS
Edward Pemberton AKA the ” Bouquet Bandit ” was arrested by New York City police and is being held on $250,000 bail.
Edward Pemberton AKA the Bouquet Bandit armed only with a flower bouquet robbed two NYC banks recently He has been arrested by NYC police and held on $250000 Bail Gimme all your $100s, $50s Don't be a Hero.
The Bouquet Bandit was armed only with a fresh flower bouquet to conceal his note demanding cash during his $440 bank heist July 15 in Manhattan. The teller complied and the Bouquet Bandit fled on foot, leaving the flower bouquet behind.
Pemberton, who worked in New York City’s flower district, used a potted plant as a prop in a similar take the money and run holdup at another New York bank earlier this month.
The Bouquet Bandit bank robber is suspected of six bank robberies since 2008.
” Give me all your $100′s, $50′s. Don’t be a Hero.” – Bouquet Bandit
A $35 Computer has been launched by India’s Ministry of Human Resource Development as part of their program to provide high quality education to all Indian children.
The $35 computer that will run on the Linux operating system will be Internet accessible, have web browsing, basic word processing and video chat capability.
India unveiled the prototype of the $35 basic laptop computer device in New Delhi on July 22. The ghetto Ipad uses a memory card instead of a hard disk and buyers will be able to purchase an optional solar power upgrade.
Cheap Computer =$35 Free Wisdom = Priceless
The touchscreen tablet $35 computer is aimed at students and will be in full production by 2011. It looks like an iPad, only it’s 14 times cheaper.
India plans to subsidize the cost of the tablet for students, bringing the purchase price down to $20.
This is India’s answer to MIT’s $100 computer, which Indians found too expensive. They developed their own cheaper alternative.
India, besides offering the world’s cheapest car [Nano $2100] at $35 this is the world’s cheapest computer.
Xinhua, the official news agency of China, reported that over 23 tons of oil-eating bacteria is being used to help clean up an oil spill in the Yellow Sea caused by a pipeline explosion and fire.
An estimated 1,500 tons of crude oil has spilled into the Yellow Sea near the northern port city of Dalian.
This is the first time China has made major use of biotechnology to solve an environmental pollution problem.
Beijing Micro-Cleaner Biotechnology, a Beijing-based biotechnology company provided the 23 tons of oil-eating bacteria.
The use of the oil-eating bacteria is a process known as bioremediation. Microorganisms break down toxic hydrocarbons present in crude oil into less harmful compounds.
Obama signed a $34 billion extension of long-term unemployment benefits for up to 99 weeks into law Thursday.
The welfare state measure was fiercely opposed by Republicans but cleared the Senate the day before, with no vote to spare.
Rep. Jeb Hensarling, the Republican from Texas said ” I haven’t heard anybody say we shouldn’t be extending unemployment benefits. The difference is one side wants to borrow 34 cents on the Dollar [mainly from the Chinese] and send the bill to our children and our grandchildren.”
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The legislation extends until November 30, federal funding of unemployment benefits for a maximum of 99 weeks, and restores unemployment insurance to some 2,600,000 American workers.
” Americans who are fighting to find a good job and support their families will finally get the support they need to get back on their feet during these tough economic times.” – Obama, welfare czar
The signing of the financial reform bill into law gives the government / big brother yet more authority.
Another unnecessary government intrusion into private businesses. And more power and wealth to the Fed and Goldman Sachs.
Obama’s vision of bankrupting America is right on track for his globalist offshore banking bosses.
True financial reform would have been reform of the private Federal Reserve.
” Once you allow governments and a secret bank like the federal reserve to create money out of thin air … the deficits are huge today because of the Fed. It couldn’t happen if you didn’t have the federal reserve as the lender of last resort to the politicians.
But there’s a collusion here – the Conservatives like to do it to fight wars, Liberals like to do it to have unlimited welfare. It benefits both the conservatives and liberals, and it destroys the money ultimately.” – Dr. Ron Paul
” these reforms represent the strongest consumer financial protections in history… there will be no more tax-funded bailouts period.” – Obama
A Filipina maid, known only as Christine, has inherited Six Million Singapore Dollars [$4 Million USD] $4,000,000 US Dollars from the estate of her late employer, Dr. Quek Kai Miew.
The female Singaporean medical doctor and philanthropist who died last year at 66, left everything to her 47 year old devoted maid of 20 years. The windfall included cash and a luxury condo apartment off of famous Orchard Road.
The nouveaux riche Christine stated “ I do not really think much about the money I got. I just live my life as I did before, and not as a rich person … I am still who I was before. I cannot behave differently because I have money now.”
However, the former Filipina maid is fearful she will be kidnapped, robbed or killed back in the Philippines. The new money millionairess has applied for permanent residency in affluent Singapore.
“ I am the luckiest maid in Singapore. ” – Christine, wealthy Filipina maid
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