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Holder truly is a...A distinction w/o a difference.<br /><br />Holder truly is a man of distinction to you two morons, tho, cheering for four more years for the traitor in chief.<br /><br />PatheticDoughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-82942165151944982142012-10-05T23:37:00.688-04:002012-10-05T23:37:00.688-04:00Shown the email uncovered by ABC News, a spokesman...Shown the email uncovered by ABC News, a spokesman for the committee said the “document is consistent with what the Oversight Committee has been told by individuals who worked in Libya. Ambassador Stevens and the diplomatic mission in Libya made multiple security related requests that were turned down by Washington based officials. Security related transportation has been identified as one of the particular items where embassy personnel did not receive the support they sought.”<br /> <br />Provided with a copy of the e-mail, a senior State Department official downplayed the importance of the denied request. The official told ABC News that “the DC-3 was pulled from Iraq and moved to support Libya early on when there was no commercial airline service into Libya. When commercial service was re-established in Libya, the aircraft was reassigned to other State Department business. We use our aircraft when no commercial flights exist.”<br /> <br />The U.S. government official who provided the email to ABC News – and wanted to remain anonymous because of the sensitivity of the matter – described the small DC-3 plane as an asset for a security team to more freely and safely move throughout the country, and to more easily transport arms and other security equipment. In short, having the plane allowed the security team to better perform its duties, the official said.<br /> <br />...The State Department official acknowledged that the plane was used to get around Libya, not just to get in and out of the country. But once commercial air service was re-established, the State Department decided that the SST didn’t need the plane anymore. The security team, it would seem, disagreed...<br />Jake goes on...Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-60705159656445889482012-10-05T23:36:18.758-04:002012-10-05T23:36:18.758-04:00That idiot "Ambassador" should have list...That idiot "Ambassador" should have listened to limp-wristed "Jen" and found out who he really was working for.<br />Instead, he mails the frigging State Dept!!!<br />Too stupid to live...<br /><br /><a href="http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/10/email-shows-state-department-rejecting-request-of-security-team-at-us-embassy-in-libya/" rel="nofollow">Email Shows State Department Rejecting Request of Security Team at US Embassy in Libya</a><br /><br />Jake Tapper<br /><br />ABC News has obtained an internal State Department email from May 3, 2012, indicating that the State Department denied a request from the security team at the Embassy of Libya to retain a DC-3 airplane in the country to better conduct their duties.<br /> <br />Copied on the email was U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens, who was killed in a terrorist attack on the diplomatic post in Benghazi, Libya, Sept. 11, 2012, along with three other Americans. That attack has prompted questions about whether the diplomatic personnel in that country were provided with adequate security support.<br /> <br />No one has yet to argue that the DC-3 would have definitively made a difference for the four Americans killed that night. The security team in question, after all, left Libya in August.<br /> <br />But the question – both for the State Department, which is conducting an internal investigation, and the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which is holding hearings next week – is whether officials in Washington, D.C., specifically at the State Department, were as aware as they should have been about the deteriorating security situation in Libya, and whether officials were doing everything they could to protect Americans in that country.<br /> <br />Earlier this week, the chair of the House Oversight Committee, Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., and another member of the committee wrote to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton listing 13 incidents leading up to the attack, ranging from IED and RPG attacks to a “posting on a pro-Gaddafi Facebook page” publicizing early morning runs taken by the late Ambassador Stevens and his security detail around Tripoli.<br /> <br />“Was State Department headquarters in Washington aware of all the above incidents?” they asked Secretary Clinton, requesting written responses by Oct. 8. “If not, why not? If so, what measures did the State Department take to match the level of security provided to the U.S. Mission in Libya to the level of threat?”<br /> <br />The subject line of the email, from Miki Rankin, the post management officer for Libya and Saudi Arabia, reads <b>“Termination of Tripoli DC-3 Support.”<br /> <br />Rankin informs Stevens and the others on the email, whose names have been redacted, that Undersecretary of State for Management Patrick Kennedy “has determined that support for Embassy Tripoli using the DC-3 will be terminated immediately. Post’s request to continue use of the plane in support of the SST was considered. However, it was decided that, if needed, NEA will charter a special flight for their departure.”<br /> <br />You can read the email HERE.<br /> <br />An “SST” is a Security Support Team, about 16 Special Forces troops assigned to protect officials from the U.S. State Department. This particular SST was assigned to the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli.</b><br /> <br />Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16770268554450465514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-13808838264861381292012-10-02T23:09:36.353-04:002012-10-02T23:09:36.353-04:00The race is definitely tightening up - Nationally,...The race is definitely tightening up - Nationally, anyway. However, The "Swing" States, maybe, Not so much.<br /><br />It looks like the "Old Folks" in Fla are finally starting to catch on, and the One seems to be breaking through with the "White Women" in Ohio, and Iowa.<br /><br />And, that, as the man said, "is the ballgame."<br /><br />It matters not whether the Mittster picks up another 5% in Alabama, Mississippi, and Idaho, or if Obammie's California lead drops to + 21 from + 28. It's Ohio, Ohio, and Ohio - and, Ohio doesn't even matter if Obama wins Florida. And, it's starting to look like Obammie's going to win Florida. Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-24210920787257660392012-10-02T22:22:06.646-04:002012-10-02T22:22:06.646-04:00.
6. Bernanke says that his programs will help t....<br /><br />6. Bernanke says that his programs will help the poor and the middle class in the long run. However, in the long run we will all be dead. Right now QE is only hurting those Bernanke says he’s trying to help. He says higher asset prices like the stock market and home prices will make people feel wealthier and encourage them to spend more. The problem is the individual investor hasn’t yet returned to the stock market. Likewise, even his indirect participation through retirement plans is less due to losses taken in ’08. And while housing prices have been rising in some areas, banks are still unwilling to take on risk in mortgage lending. Two-thirds of the mortgages out there don’t qualify for re-financing regardless of what the interest rate is.<br /><br />The negative side of increasing asset prices is that it drives up costs for key items that people need; food, gas, etc. and causes them to cut back on discretionary spending even more. A weaker dollar doesn’t help.<br /><br />7. The FED is engaged in trying to manipulate the market. At a time when people want to reduce debt and risk, the FED is trying, through monetary policy, to drive them into riskier investments, the same thing that got us into this situation in the first place. The reward for taking on less risky investments is pretty much zero. This especially hurts the elderly and those on fixed incomes.<br /> <br />8. The FED is working under the assumption that interest rates are what are driving people’s unwillingness to take on risk right now. I think they are mistaken. People are unwilling to take on risk in the market because of what they see as fraud. I don’t need to cite all the recent examples. They feel it is a rigged game. With regard to housing, two thirds of existing mortgages can’t be refinanced so the lower interest rates are unlikely to spur additional growth there. As such, QE is just a thinly veiled handout to the already rich. The policy is redistributive and regressive.<br /><br />9. The trouble with trying to manipulate the markets is that at some point the market always wins. At some point in the future there will likely come a time to pay the piper. There are significant risks out there worldwide. Natural disasters, geopolitical risks, a slowing world economy, and right now the FED has pretty much used up all its bullets. It’s time to reload. If interest rates are allowed to rise it might provide a buffer if the FED is forced to respond to some future bubble or catastrophe.<br /><br />Bernanke is an odd bird, both a Keynesian and a supply-sider. He has bemoaned the growing income divide; yet, he is one who has contributed most to it. To date, his policies have benefitted the 1%, the banks, businesses, and traders, much more that the middle class he purports he be helping; yet, he assures us things will eventually work out (trickle-down?) for the middle class.<br /><br />His policies are Keynesian but I suspect this is an insult to Keynes. From what I have read, Keynes was an ardent advocate of whatever view he was currently espousing. However, as Milton Friedman a friend of his said, he had no problem changing his mind when facts proved him wrong. I don’t know if we can expect the same from Ben. I suspect that Bernanke will not recognize any errors in what he is doing or will ignore the facts and double down since he has espoused his current positions for so long.<br /><br />It’s been four years. We are seeing continued diminishing returns from the FED’s QE policies. IMO it’s time to try something else. Just my opinion.<br /><br />.<br />Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-76604908739885227562012-10-02T22:16:31.381-04:002012-10-02T22:16:31.381-04:00The ATF did not SUPPLY the weapons.
The headline ...The ATF did not SUPPLY the weapons.<br /><br />The headline is a lie.<br /><br />The ATF allowed others to supply the miscreants the weapons.<br />True enough.<br /><br />Whether Mr Holder should go. Or not, will be decided in a month or so. With the PA decision, looks like he will staydesert rathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02369546288659566961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-63281327751405378842012-10-02T22:16:30.633-04:002012-10-02T22:16:30.633-04:00.
Reasons I think Bernanke should ratchet back on....<br /><br />Reasons I think Bernanke should ratchet back on the easy money.<br /><br />1. It is not working. Any number of analysts have pointed out (and it seems obvious to me) that with each new round of QE, we experience diminishing returns. As I mentioned before, Ben did some good work early on but there are limits to what monetary policy can achieve.<br /><br />2. Ben has the reputation of being a, or even 'the', expert on the great depression. He indicates his fixes are what were needed back then. However, this is merely a theory and the proof is in the pudding. Unfortunately, we have had four years of QE and it is all Ben knows. It is unlikely he will change positions. He has too much invested in the current policy right now. That's unfortunate because he has failed to move the dime. People speculate that things would have been much worse without Ben's monetary policies and Obama's fiscal policies. Perhaps they are right; however, that opinion is still mere speculation since there is no way to prove it. I personally am ready for a change.<br /><br />3. I disagree with the reasons Bernanke offers for QE. HE says it will stimulate the economy but we have seen it hasn't. He says it will stimulate the markets and drive up asset prices. While it has done that, it hasn't resulted in growth or an increase in jobs. He says that he is not worried about QE's effects on the inflation rate; however, IMO, the tame inflation is the result of a weak economy, weak demand, and the propensity of consumers to save right now rather than spend. Even in those months where consumer confidence has risen significantly we have not seem the overall growth Ben has predicted.<br /><br />4. Mere speculation on my part, but I see Ben’s actions as perversely doing the exact opposite of what he intended. QE3 is designed to encourage people to spend, banks to lend, and businesses to hire. In fact, the previous QE’s didn’t do this and there is no indication QE3 is doing it. The players aren’t playing according to Bernanke’s playbook.<br /> <br />People in general, having been burnt badly in ’08, are still unwilling to take risks. They see unemployment is still high, median income is falling, and GDP growth is falling. There are also geopolitical and macroeconomic reasons to be nervous.<br /><br />Businesses are sitting on record profits but are still reluctant to spend or hire in the absence of increased demand. But it’s a catch 22 because there won’t be more demand while so many people lack full time jobs.<br /><br />The only ones really happy are the big banks. The lower borrowing costs from the FED roll right to their bottom line. They may offer lower interest rates to customers ‘eventually’ but not right away. And when and if it does happen, it won’t be for the full difference provided by the FED. The banks are enjoying QE 3 like pigs eating shit.<br /><br />(continued below...)<br /><br />.<br />Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-65312873018915660882012-10-02T21:59:04.202-04:002012-10-02T21:59:04.202-04:00The Courts blocked another Republican Vote-Suppres...The Courts blocked another Republican Vote-Suppression effort, today, this time in Pennsylvania. Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-1018508356967117382012-10-02T17:36:57.494-04:002012-10-02T17:36:57.494-04:00I was just making the point that Survey USA has a ...I was just making the point that Survey USA has a very good track record.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-45749085260318172152012-10-02T17:36:11.875-04:002012-10-02T17:36:11.875-04:00Yeah, granted; I'm not saying they're not ...Yeah, granted; I'm not saying they're not the most accurate "this" year. We'll have to wait and see on that one. Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-3913172919109982252012-10-02T16:59:24.392-04:002012-10-02T16:59:24.392-04:00The oft-hyped Rasmussen has had a couple of Very G...<i>The oft-hyped Rasmussen has had a couple of Very Good Cycles and a couple of God-Awful Cycles. They came in just about Dead Last in accuracy in 2010.</i><br /><br />Ah, but Rassmussen was the most accurate poll in 1996, which is the election that most resembles 2012.Teresitahttp://www.cleanposts.com/index.php/Main_Pagenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-90853171347658311942012-10-02T16:43:37.193-04:002012-10-02T16:43:37.193-04:00The Two most accurate polling companies over the l...The Two most accurate polling companies over the last several cycles have been Quinnipiac, and Survey USA.<br /><br />The oft-hyped Rasmussen has had a couple of Very Good Cycles and a couple of God-Awful Cycles. They came in just about Dead Last in accuracy in 2010.Rufus IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05297231055991566183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-90946766667436796162012-10-02T15:16:42.059-04:002012-10-02T15:16:42.059-04:00I will check back... Enjoy the refrig shoppin :pI will check back... Enjoy the refrig shoppin :pAshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16688752302081088907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-49911702231435535652012-10-02T15:03:20.054-04:002012-10-02T15:03:20.054-04:00Time marches on. It sure does. I can hardly wait f...Time marches on. It sure does. I can hardly wait for homosexual pedophile priests to marry their altar boys.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-30488455809276032682012-10-02T14:49:51.564-04:002012-10-02T14:49:51.564-04:00.
Do you think that they should ratchet back on t....<br /><br /><i>Do you think that they should ratchet back on the easy money?</i><br /><br />Yes, for a number of reasons. Unfortunately, it will take a while to lay them out and my wife is downstairs waiting for me to go look at new refrigerators. I'll lay out the reasons later. You can check it out then if you are interested.<br /><br />.Quirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272168240606512672noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21297199.post-74010019511071398972012-10-02T14:31:29.220-04:002012-10-02T14:31:29.220-04:00According to Survey USA conducted for KING5-TV in ...<i>According to Survey USA conducted for KING5-TV in Seattle of 524 Likely Voters from Sept. 7 through Sept. 9, 56% of those surveyed would vote to approve Referendum 74 while 38% would vote to reject. The poll has a margin of error of 4.3%.</i><br /><br />Same thing happened when white folk couldn't marry black folk before 1967. Time marches on.<br /><br />Teresitahttp://www.cleanposts.com/index.php/Main_Pagenoreply@blogger.com