Continue to think about that figure: “25% of all homes.” In this (undeniable) Second Depression, what would happen to the individuals and families in those homes if they were hit with an additional (Mandatory) Monthly BILL? If 14 million are headed to (or already on) the streets now because of this (ENRONesqued) crisis, how many more millions might end up there because of an Individual Mandate (without a “Robust” Public Option to compel meaningful competition on the private insurer monopolies)? Moreover, regarding the “new homeless” that are still working, how might they feel about not only getting run out of most public areas (“no camping”), but also having to face new IRS fines and “criminal” labels for not fulfilling their personal/family health care purchase responsibilities (8% of income / NOT A TAX)? : “Hey kids, we may not have a house or enough food to eat, but, at least we have the comfort of forced coverage by Blue Shield!!” Too fat? Canceled. Too skinny? Canceled. Homeless? We just increased your subprime premium by 189%. Why? Because there are special diseases out there for people who live like that (not enough showers), and simply, because we can. Petition your government for another subsidy, and we will be happy with the difference.
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“The Weatherproof Garment Company . . . mounted a huge billboard on 7th Avenue in New York City’s Times Square advertising the so-called ‘Obama Jacket.’” “The Weatherproof jacket was sewn in Vietnam by workers afforded few human and worker rights protections [who are usually] paid 27 cents an hour.”
Sweatshop Wages in Vietnam
27 cents an hour; $2.16 a day (8 hours)
$12.99 a week (48 hours); $56.29 a month
$675.48 a year
While acknowledging disturbing facts and ridiculing assertions within the article, “Republican Fear has Given the Terrorists an Easy Victory,” a much more revealing level of clarity could be achieved – if another explicit step was taken. Some of our (MS) media members convey bewilderment – while calling certain republicans out with terms like (ongoing) “amnesia.” But, rarely does a member go the extra (bold) mile by directly identifying what they are actually doing – on purpose. It is not because of momentary “amnesia” or mistaken/uninformed presentations when they publicly state that “no terrorist attacks occurred on Bush’s watch.” The same applies to their relentless focusing on the three days it took for Obama to respond to the Underpants Bomber – while Bush’s six days to respond to the Shoe Bomber are seemingly forgotten. They know, precisely, what they are doing. It is all part of a concerted talking points Act. (The fronted foundations are as real and genuine as Beck’s Tears: He did not truly believe Sarah Palin was [pretending to quote from his personal journal] “one of the only people . . . that [could] possibly lead us out of where we [were].” Based on provided lines and theatrical props, two (wholly controlled) players were just filling their roles/reading their lines. The entire premise was a formulated camera setup: everything seen and heard was simulated for a fictitious FOXworld.) It is conscious – and on purpose. This is their (continuing) Big LIES campaign. To them, it’s just politics – without boundaries. (Anyone having a problem with that is just weak – and a possible target.) The “B Movie” outrage is as fake as the utterly insulting Scripts: “Oh My God!”: “Death Panels!” Incredible and entirely manipulative equations like “Pres. Obama Reacts to Haiti Earthquake Faster Than Christmas Bomber” (deliberately) serve to allow the following (Staged) reactions.
“Today, it’s Liz Cheney and her fear-mongering commercials. It’s Peter King, who’s been all over cable news hyperventilating into a paper sack since Christmas. It never ceases to amaze me how a faction of allegedly tough-talking conservatives can be so easily frightened by a kid with exploding underpants who couldn’t even do it right.”
People like Liz Cheney and Peter King are not “so easily frightened.” They need to be boldly confronted with what they are obviously doing: acting and lying, beyond all moral senses.
“The purpose of terrorism is to provoke an overreaction. Its real aim is not to kill the hundreds of people directly targeted but to sow fear in the rest of the population.”’
One element of full-scale propaganda is for prominent public figures to intentionally overreact – in unison. In turn, when other prominent public figures rise to the latter occasions by directly defining their measures, as well as exposing their Acts, tremendous offsetting of the propagandists’ success can be made (while further enlightening / empowering the besieged public).
As obvious through a recent PR Release, Rep. Carolyn Maloney believes that sugar-coating status quos will change what we have grown to know (as facts): “That 45-day period gives you nearly two billing cycles to do more than complain — to shop around for a card whose rate and terms of service you prefer.” Wow! Is it change — with teeth? (Please.) We have already been doing that for more than two years – while hearing foreign customer service agents of “banks” like Citi and Capital One tell us “If you don’t like it, you can close your account.” Were interest rates capped? No. Since passing the Credit CARD Act, has First Premier Bank escalated a sub-prime rate to 79.9%, Legally? Yes. “Laws like the CARD Act are reasonable and allow markets to function as market enthusiasts imagine they should: with less friction, more transparency, and with bad actors being driven from the field.” As a historic “bad actor,” was First Premier “driven from the field,” or, was it (like “prime” providers) emboldened? Having collectively witnessed and experienced the results of a rampant savaging of our world’s citizens and overall economic system, is it “reasonable” to “allow markets” to go forward, basically unfettered with any returning or meaningfully modified regulation? Moreover, how insulting (and detrimental) is it to have Representatives selling such a premise? After 100 million people (including the best tier of customers) were gouged into 29.9% (Usury) rates, as redress, did they seek what was “reasonable” in the view of their predators? “Once interest rates, terms and conditions are clearly stated . . . the consumer can make a clear-headed decision about what card to choose.” Got that? New language! New (“responsible”) consumer choices! Same results: “If you don’t like it, you can close your account.” In July of last year, Rep. Maloney seemed to be amazed that Citi, Chase, and BoA, were continuing their predatory practices: “Issuers during this crisis should be using this period to adapt . . . , not raising rates and changing terms on those who are already meeting their obligations.” Yet now, she is praising them – because they are making terms “easy to understand” (with notices): “There are some companies that seem to get it. Chase and Citi have added cards and services to their lineup which are simple and easy to understand. Bank of America sent notices far in advance to their customers explaining the new rules.” Let us respond – vociferously. In this collusive scenario, our incensed reactions and motivated decisions are just as “clear-headed” now as before. When the Act failed to take effect immediately, and did not cap rates or fees, all the relevant “actors” indeed “[got] it” – as we, the public, proceeded “[getting] it” in our updated terms (so to speak).
Left out in the Bail Outs? Final straws as the colluding monopolies continue to pilfer us out of existence (at 30% rates)? Have they eased lending? Or, have most dominant lenders used their propped-up fortunes (borrowed at 0.25% rates) to expand (take) – without giving anything back (as supposedly intended)? In direct relation to the latter, as well as ongoing predatory practices from the credit card industry (syndicate), since May of last year, The American Debt Relief Challenge has been promoted as a positively assertive way to make stands for ourselves and our communities in this regressive environment:
The Washington Post’s publishing of complete propaganda from Peter G. Peterson (Fiscal TImes: “Support Grows for Tackling Nation’s Debt”) is another critical example of the end of all objective credibility within our predominant media landscape. This level of boldness makes it undeniably clear that the Ministry of Truth’s example, regardless of its ultimate immorality, is one now wholly embraced by the majority of the Fourth Estate. “Have you left no sense of decency?”
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