Screwing the middle class got us into this mess ... It won't get us out of it.

Our current financial crisis was caused by (1) greedy, unregulated, banks manipulating the financial system at the expense of MIDDLE CLASS homeowners, (2) a massive financial bailout for these same bank funded by MIDDLE CLASS taxpayers, and (3) a decade-long, needless, and costly war in Iraq paid with the blood and treasure from MIDDLE CLASS families.

The people, the party, and the principles which got us into this mess should have absolutely no say in how to get us out of it.

I just received this from a friend of mine.

Kenge Kenge
http://content.worldmusic.net/video/kenge....

HERE'S MY COMPLAINT ABOUT BARABARA WEST -

What a pathetic attempt at labeling Obama a "Marxist" and a "socialist" by disguising these inflammatory comments in the form of asinine questions to Joe Biden. Barbara West is not a reporter, she is a political hack and should be fired as a news anchor. Biden responded appropriately and respectfully to her partisan questions and made her look like like a fool. She needs to find a job where it is appropriate to express her misinformed opinion .



HERE'S THE RESPONSE I RECEIVED -

Dear Viewer:

Thank you for taking time to contact us regarding Barbara West's recent interview with democratic Vice Presidential candidate Senator Joe Biden.

The Obama campaign contacted us last week offering Senator Biden, via satellite, for a short interview. Barbara West, one of our most experienced anchors, was asked to interview Senator Biden, just as she had been on previous occasions.

It is our goal at Eyewitness News when interviewing any political candidate or public official to ask them a direct question about an issue currently in the public debate. Last week, when much of the political discourse centered on Senator Obama's statement to 'Joe the Plumber' that he thought 'sharing the wealth' was a good idea, Barbara decided to ask Senator Biden just how far an Obama-Biden administration would go in 'sharing the wealth'. What followed was very pointed, provocative question. We allowed Senator Biden to answer, fully unedited.

We tell our reporters and news anchors to ask the questions that one of our viewers might ask. For example, when Senator Obama visited Lakeland recently, Barbara (knowing her time with a presidential candidate would be limited) asked Senator Obama two questions: first, about drilling for oil in the Gulf of Mexico; and, second, about his position on the space program. The Senator's answers dominated the news cycle for the next day.

You can see all of Barbara's interviews with political candidates at WFTV.com including one she just did Monday with Senator John McCain.

Perhaps more than any other presidential election in recent memory, this current election has stirred passions - some of them quite partisan - in many people. Through it all, we believe our mission is to address vital issues that we will face together, regardless of our own personal views with thorough, even handed reporting.

Again, thank you for taking the time to contact us.

CONGRESSMAN PETER KING (R-NY): "The election is over. We won."

REPORTER: "How do you know that?"

CONGRESSMAN PETER KING (R-NY): "It's all over, but the counting. And we'll take care of the counting."

Video:
http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/IMAGES/p...




"The people who cast the votes don’t decide an election, the people who count the votes do." - Joseph Stalin

An empress (Palin) of a remote city (Wasilla) meets a swindler (McCain) who promises her the finest suit of clothes (The Vice Presidency) from the most beautiful cloth (her qualifications).

The cloth (her qualifications), they tell her, is invisible to anyone who is either stupid or unfit for her position. The Empress cannot see the non-existent cloth, but pretends that she can for fear of appearing stupid; her ministers (other republicans) do the same.

When the swindler (McCain) reports that the suit is finished, they pretend to dress her (i.e. prepare her with memorized talking points).

The Emperoress then goes on a procession through the capital showing off her new "clothes" (She starts to do interviews).

During the course of the procession, a small child (Katie Couric) cries out, "But she has nothing on!" The crowd (i.e. all Americans) realizes the child (Couric) is telling the truth.

The Emperoress, however, holds her head high and continues the procession.




...sidenote - Even with $150,000 of the most expensive clothes, there is still nothing there.

"... and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

I've read several posts indicating people are surprised by the racism surfacing in this election. I am not surprised. We are about to witness a defining moment in American history which will be greatly resisted by a certain segment of our society. Hate will crawl out from under the rocks it hides under so the light of truth can finally shine on it. Make no mistake, though, this is truly a time of celebration.

"...This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism. Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quick sands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood. Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God's children." - Martin Luther King, Jr.