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By Linda Anselmi on Oct 15, 2009 in Banks, Current Affairs, Economy, President Barack Obama | 18 Comments
Almost everyone agrees that our financial system is broken. That our government is complicit in this broken system. That the American economy and the American people are suffering the consequences. And most people would even agree that it will take limits on capitalism and greed to fix it. So why hasn’t [...]
By Linda Anselmi on Oct 13, 2009 in Current Affairs, Economy, Housing & Housing Crisis, Wall Street | 14 Comments
US Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-OH) and Former International Monetary Fund chief economist Simon Johnson discussed the state of the economy on Bill Moyer’s Journal and it is must see video (more below the fold). Even though this is something I read and write about regularly, it is shocking to hear just how dysfunctional Washington [...]
By Linda Anselmi on Oct 9, 2009 in Current Affairs | 16 Comments
The economy was center stage at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) meeting in Istanbul this week. So I thought I would share a few interesting bits that may have gotten overlooked in the reporting by the MSM.
From Politico:
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner expressed guarded optimism before an audience of world leaders at [...]
By Linda Anselmi on Oct 8, 2009 in Current Affairs | 35 Comments
How can it be? After 8 years of the Bush Administration and EVERYTHING that they did wrong, how could we, a mere 9 months after President Obama stepped into office, have reached the point where Parties Nearly Tied for Congress in 2010. Could it be that the American people are opposing Obama’s health [...]
By Linda Anselmi on Oct 7, 2009 in Current Affairs | 42 Comments
(Bumped up and expanded from Monday.)
A few weeks ago, Will Ferrell and other Hollywood celebrities along with Moveon.org felt the need to educate the American public regarding health care with a satirical video/spoof ad about “protecting” insurance company profits from health care reform. It was called the Protect Insurance Companies PSA and if you [...]
By Linda Anselmi on Oct 1, 2009 in Bailouts, Bank Bailouts, Economy, TARP | 4 Comments
Remember last October when Congress approved the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act and confiscated $700 billion of our tax dollars for a financial bailout? Back when many of us first became involuntary investors in Wall Street’s “too big to fail” financial institutions. Well, the Congressional Oversight Panel of the Senate Banking Committee, chaired by [...]
By Linda Anselmi on Sep 30, 2009 in Current Affairs | 13 Comments
All of nature and humanity is an evolutionary history of creating and adapting to change. Adapting is how we not only survive, but thrive.
The American people, in particular, have always excelled at adapting and thriving. At our core, we are practical innovators wrapped in a fearless bravado and big picture dreamers with one [...]
By Linda Anselmi on Sep 25, 2009 in Current Affairs | 16 Comments
I was reading down a list of health care reform articles on Google yesterday and came across one that had me shaking my head at the way our government works. The title read:
Senator Proposes Online Gambling Regulation to Offset Health Care Costs. Could Frank bill become Baucus bill amendment?
The source was Pokerati.
The idea [...]
By Linda Anselmi on Sep 24, 2009 in Current Affairs | 58 Comments
Most of the discussions I’ve read or heard on what kind of health care systems exist in other countries seem to rely on one or two “facts” to make a case for or against, but provide very little insight in to how the individual systems actually function. So it was great to come across [...]
By Linda Anselmi on Sep 21, 2009 in Current Affairs | 4 Comments
Program concluded, but you can listen at ANY time to the archived radio show in its entirety!
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Join Sins of Omission Monday, September 21st at 9pm (ET) as host Paulie Abeles talks to Anita MonCrief the former ACORN insider turned whistleblower who was interviewed at length by a New York Times reporter. But that [...]
By Linda Anselmi on Sep 20, 2009 in Current Affairs | 3 Comments
Tune in to John Batchelor’s West Coast show by 11:00 p.m. EDT. In case Larry joins the panel early, start listening at 10:30 p.m. via KFI 640 AM. From John Batchelor’s schedule for tonight’s show:
Sunday 1105P (805P Pacific Time): LARRY JOHNSON, NO QUARTER, Jeff Bliss, Forbes.com, John Avlon, DailyBeast.com, re Obamacare and the demonstration [...]
By Linda Anselmi on Sep 19, 2009 in Current Affairs | 30 Comments
If you are part of the
Fifty-one percent (51%) of U.S. voters now say Congress should end all federal funding of the controversial community organizing group ACORN.
or the
Fifty-seven percent (57%) of all voters also believe that the ongoing criminal investigations of ACORN in several states are primarily the result of illegal behavior on the organization’s [...]
By Linda Anselmi on Sep 15, 2009 in Current Affairs | 59 Comments
When it is invisible.
The 13th Amendment to the Constitution was passed by the Congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified by the states on December 6, 1865 and it declares that “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude…shall exist within the United States.”
We claim we abolished slavery in the US, but we did not. We only [...]
By Linda Anselmi on Sep 14, 2009 in Current Affairs | 4 Comments
(Sep 14th show over.)
Join Sins of Omission Monday, September 7th at 9pm (ET) as host Paulie Abeles talks to Steven Freeman the lead author of the groundbreaking, highly praised book, Was the 2004 Presidential Election Stolen? Exit Polls, Election Fraud, and the Official Count.
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On election day in November, 2004, exit polls predicted [...]
By Linda Anselmi on Sep 13, 2009 in Current Affairs | 1 Comment
(Sep 14th show concluded.)
Tune in to John Batchelor’s West Coast show by 11:00 p.m. EDT. In case Larry joins the panel early, start listening at 10:30 p.m. via KFI 640 AM. From John Batchelor’s schedule for tonight’s show:
Sunday 1105P (805P Pacific Time): Roundtable, John Fund, Wall Street Journal, Larry Johnson, No Quarter, Jeff Bliss, [...]
By Linda Anselmi on Sep 11, 2009 in Current Affairs | 28 Comments
I was emailed this today and could not help wondering — if this was played at the start of every school day, every government meeting, and every sporting event, would we have a more active and responsible citizenry?
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h/t BGD’O
By Linda Anselmi on Sep 9, 2009 in Congress (House & Senate), Health Care, President Barack Obama | 37 Comments
With President Obama set to speak before congress tonight on health care, it seemed an opportune time to look back over some of the key players and the money issues they bring to the health care table.
Insurers - Insuring for the Bottom Line:
Back in June, the House subcommittee on Energy and Commerce held [...]
By Linda Anselmi on Sep 7, 2009 in NoQuarter Radio, Paulie Abeles | 1 Comment
(Due to a bit of holiday confusion this posting is late, the show has concluded, but you can still listen to the archived show here.)
Join Sins of Omission Monday, September 7th at 9pm (ET) as host Paulie Abeles talks to Josh Stearns of Free Press, a non-partisan media watchdog, about how the public is [...]
By Linda Anselmi on Sep 5, 2009 in Economic Stimulus, Economy, Obama Administration | 25 Comments
I know, I know. Enough all ready with the clunker stuff. But these clunker programs are such clear and convincing examples of how politically driven and dysfunctional our government has become that I can’t seem to help myself.
And could anything says it better than this cartoon?
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By Linda Anselmi on Aug 31, 2009 in Current Affairs | 1 Comment
Host Paulie Abeles had to cancel her show “Sins of Omission” for 9:00 pm Monday, August 31st due to illness. Please join me in wishing her a speedy recovery.
You can link to archived shows with guests– CARL BERNSTEIN, AMY GOODMAN, MICHAEL SHNAYERSON & AYELET WALDMAN — here.
Paulie has a great line up [...]
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