...and in that world resided the kingdom of the White House

Years ago Ms. Cathy Hughes, owner and CEO of Radio One and TV One, always told us listeners writing letters to newspapers, various companies and organizations represented the feelings of 500 people. I do not know how comments on website postings are calculated but there has to be a relationship. In this masterfully written "exposé" authored by Paul Blumenthal, as I write there are 3,406 comments.

In my opinion this information regarding the HealthCare Reform Bill is not going un-noticed at ballot boxes in November and in the meanwhile I suspect it will elicit further cries of fowl play from the “We don’t play that shit!” pitch fork and torch totting villagers. The Obama administration was wise to have given the bill an un-determined amount of bed rest.

My primary concerns now are questions as to how much of the shenanigans coming from the White House represents the true character of Pres. Obama. No one can hide being that deceitful for long periods of time and yet I wonder as I wander….

The Legacy of Billy Tauzin: The White House-PhRMA Deal
By Paul Blumenthal
Excerpt:
Over the following months, pharmaceutical industry lobbyists and executives met with top White House aides dozens of times to hammer out a deal that would secure industry support for the administration's health care reform agenda in exchange for the White House abandoning key elements of the president's promises to reform the pharmaceutical industry. They flooded Congress with campaign contributions, and hired dozens of former Capitol Hill insiders to push their case. How they did it--pieced together from news accounts, disclosure forms including lobbying reports and Federal Election Commission records, White House visitor logs and the schedule Sen. Max Baucus releases voluntarily--is a testament to how ingrained the grip of special interests remains in Washington.
Read more at:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-blumenthal/the-legacy-of-billy-tauzi_b_460358.html

As always,
BB

The "Fossil" aka the Democratic Party (Update)

I have long concluded the Democratic Party has become an institution appropriately maintained to embrace, foster and advance Republican ideology by another name. And if the Republicans just so happen to win the White House and Congress in 2010 and 2012, there will be no problem due to the fact Democrats will continue to be the entity they have been groomed to be.

Democrats will not change! They can not change. They are the bottom-feeders in the oligarchy’s cesspools. To this villager, “Hope springs eternal” has become just one more good slogan relegated to the lexicon trash heap!

To me, It is laughable thinking the grim reaper Harry Reid is not going to cave to Republicans on the pending job’s bill and it may not even take a call from our dearly beloved bipartisanship advocating President; Harry knows the routine!

NYT-CBSnews Poll: Bad News All Around.
by Mutual Assured Destruction
Excerpt:
All over the poll, question after question, you sense that there is a deep and serious anger against Washington DC, the Democrats, the Republicans and the president. And this anger is fueled by the extremely poor economic conditions that the country has been going through, and a serious  uncertainty of the American people about their future. The majority of the American people think that Obama: 1) owns the economy; 2) owns the poor results; and 3) is held responsible for everything (no more blame Bush folks because they aren't buying that argument anymore). And these feelings about economic uncertainty push the majority of the American people (53%) to think that we cannot afford to fix health care now. Basically, the American people think that right now it is not the time to reform health care, but it is time to create jobs and better the economic conditions of the country.
Read more at:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/2/12/836387/-NYT-CBSnews-Poll:-Bad-News-All-Around.-

As always,
BB
P.S. I suspect Sec. Eric Holder is awaiting bipartisanship support before instituting criminal charges on members of the previous administration, per the President.

(Update)
In my opinion, this comment hits the nail on the head spot on! “….so high you can’t get over it, so low you can’t get under it, so wide you can’t get around it”. Kudos to diarist HPrefugee!

 We need a cultural movement, not just a (10+ / 0-)
political one. The rightwing has been successful at infiltrating us because they are operating as a cultural ideology that doesn't perceive itself as political. We are spouting facts while they are promoting a lifestyle. Facts and politics will not win over culture. We have got to fight culture with culture at this point.
--Free thinkers shouldn't go around thinking just anything. (Terry Pratchett)
by HPrefugee on Fri Feb 12, 2010 at 09:48:44 AM PST
Read more at:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2010/2/12/836484/-Its-Time-for-a-Progressive-Revolution
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England, Glenn Beck and Michael Savage

Aside from Glenn Beck’s sponsors de-sponsoring his show in the United Kingdom, I understand Michael Savage has been banned from entering the country. Last I heard, he has initiated a law suit.

All of Glenn Beck's commercial sponsors have quit him!!!
by Grady in DC
Exerpt:
Kudos to all of those that had a part in convincing all of Glenn Beck's former sponsors in the United Kingdom that his kind of racist, red-baiting, Republican propaganda is not welcome in a sane society.
Read more at:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/2/12/836369/-All-of-Glenn-Becks-commercial-sponsors-have-quit-him!!!

As always,
BB

On being an optimist…

The President identifies himself an “optimist”. In my opinion, there is a sobering prerequisite you have to perform in being an optimist. Being an optimist has to be activated. The prerequisite is first laying a foundation for your optimism, be it threat, reward or punishment.

Being an optimist is different than wishing, hoping and praying due to the fact it can be compared to crap shooting; there are specific odds in your favor. I am mindful of the old saying, "Be careful what you pray for!"

I believe doing nothing is incompatible with being an optimist. Kudos to Pres. Obama!

The POTUS wins showdown, other side "BLINKS"!
by jovie131
Excerpt:
Sick of all the Politics being played, the POTUS delivered an ulitmatum, either give me my nominations or I will recess appoint them.
Read more at:
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2010/2/11/836323/-The-POTUS-wins-showdown,-other-side-BLINKS!

As always,
BB

TidBits

What organization in Iran would be stupid enough to have its money in a place it could be frozen by the U.S.? I read at least two years ago of Iran moving its money out of U.S. banks and the reach of the U.S. Treasury when it was first threatened with sanctions.

The U.S. Treasury Department went ahead on Wednesday and froze the assets in U.S. jurisdictions of a Revolutionary Guard general and four subsidiaries of a construction firm he runs for their alleged involvement in producing and spreading weapons of mass destruction.
Read more at:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/02/11/iran-nuclear-state-accord_n_457940.html

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New Web Site for me
I found a new web site today through Huffington Post. The writer, Keli Goff writes extremely well and drew me to this glamorous URL.
Could Chuck Schumer Give New York Its Own Scott Brown?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/keli-goff/could-chuck-schumer-give_b_456255.html
by Keli Goff, 02.10.2010
http://theloop21.com/
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Sarah Palin: If fog horns could talk..
Some years ago I read a member of the aristocracy in England tried her best to discourage her son from becoming a fashion photographer. Her biggest fear was him falling in love and marrying one of his models who would know absolutely nothing about running a castle.
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Brake Pedals: Toyota stands alone?
In the American nursery rhyme “The farmer in the dell” it is the cheese that stands alone. I recall the public being told when Toyota was building plants in the U.S. they would also use some American parts. It is hard to believe brake pedals were made exclusively for Toyota cars and not used in other American cars. That one is hard to take!
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Obama’s national debt
I am constantly reminding myself the Bush administration did not add the Defense Budget to the national debt when they were in office. President Obama said it would be included in his. I also have to remind myself the Bush administration did not pay for a lot of programs that now have to be paid for and added to the debt.
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Obama the socialist
I hear the statement so often but never hear what particular book or school he is supposed to be following i.e., The President is following the playbook of Ann Ryan or Milton Freeman. In other words, just calling the President a “socialist” means nothing to me. (Yawn)

As always,
BB

Pres. Obama and testosterone (Update)

If ever I have seen a public display of *testosterone it is in the **letter dated Feb. 8th sent to Pres. Obama via Rahm Emanuel from leaders of the Republican Party.

House leader John boehner and House Whip Eric cantor responded to Pres. Barack Hussein Obama’s invitation to have a summit regarding the HealtCare Reform bill on Feb. 25th. In my opinion the letter was the most overt of the sounding of the bell for continuing the stunning "Parade of the Peacocks” on Main Streets in every city and county in the United States and around the world. The runways are crammed! Cameras and video tapes are running at exhaustive levels! Pundits and critics are breathless! The interest is volcanic! The swooning un-presidented!

I think I either heard or read during the years groups of Social Scientists agreeing in areas of racial prejudices that male testosterone is a major issue.

I was shocked, shocked I say, reading in The Isis Papers by noted psychiatrist Dr. Francis Cress Welsing that kindergarten age little “white” boys identify their Blacks peers as having a larger penis then they. I repeat, I was shocked!

Ladies have to just sit back on this one. They have a counterpart female issue.

In my opinion, between the Republican leadership and Pres. Obama, innate in both their communications, overt and covert, there are without question male, racial and testosterone issues and it has nothing to do with the way Blacks think. Although the Presidents tires his dammnist to convince the Republican leadership he is just like they are, they know better. From childhood, already! (Smile) I am mindful reading a story of Zora Neal Hurston wherein white men gave an elderly Negro a quarter just to see his penis and he took it all in stride. Finally, note how the letter seeks to un-dress the President. It is a weird letter! The very structure of it is weird!
Fighting for the dignity of my Ancestors,
God bless Bill Gates, WPFW, C-SPAN and the spirits of the unborn for the help,
BB
P.S.
NEWS FLASH! (Republican leadership publicly and proudly brandish their wee-wee’s in letter to the President!) Imagine how white military felt when Negro troops hit the ground in Paris during WW 11. I understand we were even restricted going onshore in some countries.

P.P.S
Funny things happen on the way to writing a blog; many times they take on a life of their own and you wonder…….WTF??
* Testosterone http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=5747

** Read the entire letter at:
GOP Responds to Summit Invite   [Robert Costa]
http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=NjJjNjQwODhjMzI1ODEwMTA4N2Q2NTU3NmIxMGYyMTM=

(Update)
Breaking News: Penis Size in the USA
Dr. Belisa Vranich
Clinical psychologist, author and public speaker
Excerpt:
Just think of the jokes, pun, and terminology that will ensue after this study. Here's one: "genital relocation" -- if the competition is too "stiff" in your city, you can always move to Dallas or Philadelphia where you might, um, stand out more.
Read more at:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/belisa-vranich/breaking-news-penis-size_b_471382.html

White House washing dirty laundry on Feb. 25? (Update)

In reference to the debacle over the HealthCare Reform Bill, if the Republicans accept the President’s invitation to wash each one’s dirty laundry in public on Feb. 25th, in my opinion the results will be incalculable on multiple levels.

On one level, the invitation is the Obama clan calling out to the Boehner clan to meet for a rumble after school.

On the other hand, it is Dick Cheney going into court on charges of treason with a not guilty plea vehemently demanding a jury trial to prove his innocence.

Or it could be looked upon as efforts from both sides answering the question, “Have you stopped beating your wife!”

If the debacle is to be televised and if this is an idea of David Plouffe, as has been suggested, I read it very well. My read on it is Mr. Plouffe saying to the President:

“I can help but we have to start off with a clean slate. I can not work with you with all these fragmented elements scattered about. Let’s clear the air and see where the cards are on the table”.

Whatever the case, I am anticipating good theater hoping the President has a plan “B” i.e., a one man show in the event the Republicans begin singing their latest version of the Nancy Wilson song, “Mrs. Otis regrets she is unable to lunch today”.

True to the behavior of Republicans, this last minute coping out will prompt smiles from the President just as he is leaving the White House getting into his car. “Got’cha!” he murmurs.
As always,
BB

(Update)
Bipartisanship unlikely at health summit -- GOP pushes alternatives -- Sebelius: Meeting will speed reform -- Antitrust exemption bill likely on House floor soon
By: CHRIS FRATES

Excerpt:
GOP ALTERNATIVES — NYT’s Robert Pear and David Herszenhorn report: “When Republicans take President Obama up on his invitation to hash out their differences over health care this month, they will carry with them a fairly well-developed set of ideas intended to make health insurance more widely available and affordable, by emphasizing tax incentives and state innovations, with no new federal mandates and only a modest expansion of the federal safety net. It is not clear that Republicans and the White House are willing to negotiate seriously with each other, and Mr. Obama has rejected Republican demands that he start from scratch in developing health care legislation.
Read more at:
http://www.politico.com/politicopulse/

And
Conservative media preemptively attack Obama's bipartisan health care summit
Excerpt:
Numerous conservative media outlets have criticized President Obama's plan to hold a bipartisan health care summit "to go through systematically all the best ideas that are out there and move it forward," by attacking the summit as a "dog and pony" show or a "PR stunt" before the event has even occurred. Additionally, some have urged Republicans not to participate.
Read more at:
http://mediamatters.org/research/201002090010

David Axelrod: The tired puppeteer?

I saw Mr. Axelrod yesterday on a Sunday morning talk show and he appeared tired, worn out and un-happy!

In my opinion, Mr. Axelrod has never been a flashy, know-it-all kind of guy nor has he been one loving himself some microphone. To me he is always thoughtful, measured, insightful and, yes, at times pedantic and boring.

On Sunday morning, however, he appeared helplessly defeated and I think it was only when he said that he miss his family did everything fall into place. It was sad.

Core Chicago Team Sinking Obama Presidency
Steve Clemons
Publisher of "The Washington Note"
Excerpt:
Any serious survey of the Obama administration's accomplishments and setbacks over the last year has to conclude that the administration is deeply in the red.
If current trends continue, this once mesmerizing Camelot-ish operation will be be seen in the history books as the presidential administration that -- to distort slightly and inversely paraphrase Churchill -- never have so many talented people managed to achieve so little with so much.
Read more at:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-clemons/core-chicago-team-sinking_b_452664.html

As always,
BB

TeaBaggers and arm-chair quarterbacks

There appears to be concerted efforts to taint TeaBaggers as racist so Blacks will keep their distance. It appears the “Negro” lovers amongst us are trying to protect us Blacks from a fate worse than, shall we say, being a Republican. There are some of us who know American history who would say the most racist of the political parties is the Democratic Party.

So some TeaBaggers do not like Pres. Obama and that makes them racist. Big deal! If Pres. Obama were a Jew and by the same measurements, would that make them anti-Semitic and would the same rhetoric be so carelessly thrown around?

It is irritating reading and hearing others define the non-platform of the leaderless movement of the TeaBaggers. At their gatherings, there are lots of players coming on stage selling their various elixir concoctions. They are simply auditioning for lead roles and the operative word is “auditioning!” I note with great interest the way the press was treated at the TeaBagger’s convention this past week-end; I understand they were relegated to the status of “persona non gratis”.

I say lets us Blacks find out for ourselves if the party is racist or not and if will not take us long. There are presently Blacks in the movement and word will get around. And to our protectionists, at this time I say “Thanks but no thanks” for the help!

I am hearing wholesale quoting and screwing up of TeaBagger’s word to make them sound racist and just as many times I do not think they are always talking about us Blacks.

I have always heard if whites dislike Blacks, they hate Jews. If that is indeed a fact, then we do have a problem, don’t we? In my opinion, this distraction with calling TeaBaggers racist is typical of using us Blacks as scapegoats for the real problems of America. I think I can safely say at this time our biggest problems are not TeaBaggers and their “racism” but rather our non-Black friends on Wall Street screwing things up.

Ah, the joys of scapegoating Blacks…….

Fighting for the dignity of my Ancestors,
God bless Bill Gates, WPFW, C-SPAN and the spirits of the unborn for the help,
BB
P.S. To the oligarchy, we are all “Niggers!” Check it out re: HealthCare Reform and while you’re at it, check out “Mis-placed anger”.