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Let's just say he didn't make the honor roll. The headlines pretty much say it all: ABC News Exclusive: Obama Admin Slashed 60,000 Jobs From Recent Stimulus Report $6.4 Billion Stimulus Goes To Phantom Districts "According to data retrieved from recovery.gov, nearly $6.4 billion was used to 'create or save' just under 30,000 jobs in these phantom congressional districts-almost $225,000 per job. The web site operates on an $84 million budget and is tasked with monitoring the distribution of the $787 billion stimulus package passed by Congress..." Recovery Board Chairman: We Can't Certify Jobs Data at Recovery.gov Obama: Job creation not goal of Dec. 3 jobs forum Take comfort, O ye great masses of unemployed, The One is prepared to spare no effort in engaging in serious dialog, as often and as long as it takes, in order to gather ideas. Meanwhile, your unemployment benefits are drying up and your house is on its way back to the bank. But fear not, our President will do whatever it takes to ensure he makes the right decision. Perhaps it's also worth noting that Herbert Hoover invested a great deal of time meeting with the heads of major industries and labor unions in the early days of the Great Depression, urging them to commit to new work expansion programs and asking them not to cut wages or lay off employees. The result of this effort was a lop-sided economy in which unionized workers employed by big business enjoyed job security and guaranteed wages, while other workers and small business owners lost their jobs or went bankrupt. While we're on the subject of jobs, make sure you watch this chilling graphic of unemployment by county in the US, as it progresses from January 2007 (when the Democrats took control of Congress) through September 2009. Then compare the final map's ominously dark regions with the regions of the nation that voted overwhelmingly for Obama last year. With the exception of the Deep South, the areas that have seen the largest increases in unemployment were also the regions that voted overwhelmingly for Barack Obama. And the Democrats are wondering why Obama is losing the support of independents in droves? Incidentally, the Administration has yet to comment on how its "jobs made up out of thin air" will fit into its "jobs created or saved" Stimulus goals. Okay, employment is tanking, but maybe the much-touted TARP bailout of our "too big to fail" banks fared a little better. Whoops, my mistake again: Inspector General: Geithner Overpaid AIG in Bailout It seems that TurboTax Timmie really stepped in it this time: Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is in trouble again, and this time he may not be able to save his job. You'll recall that his confirmation was threatened by revelations of cheating on his income taxes. Now he's accused of paying billions too much for the bailout of AIG and allowing the insurance firm's Wall Street creditors -- Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Wachovia -- to be paid in full for their derivative contracts with $27.1 billion in taxpayers' money. The accusation comes from Neil Barofsky, the inspector general for the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) in a report issued yesterday. At the time of the bailout in September 2008, Geithner was president of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Rather than bargain with AIG and its creditors for a reasonable bailout, Geithner agreed to pay "an amount far above the market value at the time," the report said. The bailouts for the big creditors was agreed to by Geithner "even though senior policy makers contend that assistance to AIG's counterparties was not a relevant consideration in fashioning the assistance to AIG." Of course if Geithner, a former Federal Reserve bank president, had been appointed by a Republican, Democrats would now be screaming at the top of their lungs about cronyism and corruption and political paybacks orchestrated by a banking big-wig for his billion-dollar banking buddies. Thankfully, calls for Geithner's resignation have already broken out from both sides of the political aisle. And finally, speaking of TARP, what happened to all of the money? Apparently the big banks corrected their balance sheets by writing off or re-valuing much of their toxic assets, replenished their cash reserves, paid their executives lavish bonuses, and ... well, not much else: Obama mortgage rescue: Only a few get lasting help "Only a tiny percentage of troubled homeowners have received permanent modifications under President Obama's foreclosure prevention plan, raising concerns about the effectiveness of the $75 billion effort." ... Obama supporters may argue that everyone makes mistakes, and that none of this is the fault of the President or the Democrats. Sorry, but I'm not buying that. We just completed eight years of "it's all Bush's fault." Everything, whether he reasonably could have affected its outcome or not, was hung around George W. Bush's neck. Bush was also panned as the worst / dumbest / most uncurious president ever. When we as a nation elected Barack Obama we were promised hope and change. We were promised the best and the brightest, the keenest, most highly educated minds, the most promising collection of intellects that the Ivy League had to offer. And this is the best that they can do?

Republicans and one Democrat are calling for Geithner's resignation. Democratic - United States Secretary of the Treasury - Politics - Society and Culture - United States

Does one of the most expensive bills in history have a shot at approval?

Author: HouseSmallBizDems Keywords: house small business committee democrats nydia velazquez sba oversight sdvosb Added: November 19, 2009

Author: HouseSmallBizDems Keywords: house small business committee democrats nydia velazquez sba oversight sdvosb Added: November 19, 2009

Creating a Banking Levy: A Fair Deal for the Taxpayer Vince Cable, Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor and Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats discussing the launch of the Banking Levy: A Fair Deal for the Taxpayer.

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98,734 Views - In the everyday World of listening to music in your car stereo or walking into your neighborhood 7-11 or Mighty Mart, You are likely, in passing, to hear more than enough of Coldplay or Foo Fighters. Beyonce or Hip Hop Rap music. Eminem or My Chemical romance. But in the World of cyberspace, You are likely to hear - and fall in Love with just One band. You have entered the domain of the Greenhouse Effect and Clark Hagins. No, we're not talking about Global Warming or the depleting Ozone and a hole growing. We're talking about the biggest band on the internet. From countries near and far, they watch their G.e. indeed !! G.e. rules the web baby !! "We're very interesting" says Clark Hagins "We look normal,....theres no tattoos. People are in Shock...Plus the songs are good" Hagins continues "We're a musical revolution... We have the best music that there is anywhere on Earth, ...We have strong Songwriting,..and we have "Brandy" says Hagins. Brandy is ofcourse the song that has launched G.e. to international notoriety as it casually builds the web's biggest song video plays around, day in and day out making Hagins a known internet web fixture along with funny looking red haired bassist Rick Carmody and other kooky characters in the band such as one time drummer, Denmark's Palle Karlson. And Top Radio Airplay at Jango and Pandora FM cement G.e. as a cyberspace Door nail one cannot deny. - "We're hillarious to look at,..we bring back memories,..to people around the South Bay and beyond... , we are THE connection to the past,..as a child, I was always obsessed with the 60's and the Beatles,....I always wanted to go back in time,..where I could go to a Yardbirds show" says Hagins. A band that was formed in 1985 by G.e. axeman guitarist Phil Keegan (Dr. Phil) has become a source of debate among fans around the world as well as today with band members of G.e. themselves... "Me and Flipper have argued over who was doing "Grunge rock" first,..was it my demos from 1985 or was it G.e. from 1987 ??" (Laughs) says Hagins "Clearly, the world sees today now,..that it was G.e. - and not any band from Seattle - that was doing the flannel rock 'Grunge' stuff first,..plus sending their tapes too SST,...thats critical" says Hagins "Me and Ted wore Flannels because of the Minutemen and SST Records bands like that,..plus Ted's house was always extremely cold and messy,...Redondo Beach could be very cold at night in the wintertime,..we wore Flannels to mass at St. Lawrence Martyr church,..it was hip in 1988,..it was punk rock,..but when yer kinda a nerd or a loser,...thats just what you wore,..everybody in the South Bay wore them,...Rick Carmody practically perfected the flannel,..we didn't wanna look heavy metal,..our songs were sullen and sad,..we wanted (and succeeded) to form a whole new sound, look, and style,..we were originators,..and I informed ALL the major Labels as far back as 87',...but nobody believed in it or took me or it seriously,.." says Hagins "When yer a stoner, alcoholic loser in the South Bay, you had a particular demeaner,..."Racers" and "Precarious" were our early statements,....we were inventors" "We're so watched and so popular,..it just tickles our egos" says Guitarist Phil Keegan "I never dreamed that THIS many people would know about my guitar" Clark Hagins began as drummer for the Jim Mellon Quartet in Torrance / Redondo Beach Calif. nearly 30 years ago, playing shows around Hermosa and Redondo beach at places like the Hermosa Saloon, Pier 52, and the Pitcher House as well as where-ever the bands could find a gig. "It was important" says Hagins "It helped me grow as a musician because the crowd was so close at the tiny Saloon,...it sometimes made audience participation almost mandatory,...people would come out of the crowd and join the band and play,.." "There were some great gigs there where I played with many bands,..that were historic,..so many were never filmed unfortunately,...those were great times,...those tight, close in crowds at the Saloon,...they readied me to get the confidence to rock the world on the web,..the applause I remember assures me that I could rock,..I was always in demand to either drum or play guitar with like 8 different bands,...its great memories,...it readied me to rock the world" Hagins laments today's depressingly bad rock scene of the FM radio that he sees as Tired and out of ideas where what few alternative radios are left are constantly still playing their same old plate of worn out Foo Fighters and Green Day and Marilyn Manson records from the 1990's. "Radio needs to move on and find bands that are into the Yardbirds and early Zeppelin,..the emo and Coldplay thing has grown super mega boring now,...today's MTV and Radio sucks,...they still play old Nirvana records over and over like as if they are still around,..either that or they blast endless repetitious Hip hop and rap that sucks,....these bands suck,...they are tired and old,...we badly need something new now" says Hagins " I just think that all these KROQ type radio stations suck - they all sound the same ,...very boring,....and people are sick of it now,...the ratings are way down,...they should be playing bands like G.e. - or atleast carve out a special hour for today's metal bands who don't get any airplay like Bullet, Airbourne, and Dragonforce and the Darkness,...the grunge thing has gotten old,...its time to give 80's metal it's chance and it's time again on American radio because on the internet - and THATS where all it really matters now ,..those metal bands rule now,..and they are popular,..they demand and need airplay in America,..we need real metal radio stations again,..and I don't mean bands like Slipnot,..I am talking about 'real' cheeseball metal here,..it has to have long hair and be cheesey,..thats why i started Supernetcelebrities.Com ,..I wanna help metal come back naturally" HAGINS says that radio stations KROQ, 91 X, and 94.9 do not play fair as they 'only' force feed alternative rock out there daily,..and not diversifying and playing other styles "Its a Liberal democrat thang" says Hagins "these stations know that they can turn guys into dumb wimps if they hear nothing but emo all day and they can turn chicks into dumb ass fickle slut consumers who are stupid,...its all about money and liberalism,..thats why i don't even listen to the radios that much,..they are all unfair and left-wing,..I spend most of my time listening to talk radio,..I listen to Mark levin and the Michael Savage show,...I just think that people who listen to Rap, Hip hop, and R & B are dumb asses,..they are shallow MTV people,...they suck,...they would never defend us" Greenhouse Effect feel that music should and must be more technical, Psychedelic, and demanding "We made great music that was sorta like 'prog rock',..bands like Rush ,.." says Hagins

Proponents of the Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Equality Amendment Act testify before the Washington, D.C. city council in support of the bill, which would extend full marriage rights to same-sex couples in D.C. Distributed by Tubemogul.

It's week two of the Political Lunch Summer Vacation Flashback, and we'll kick things off with a look back at the biggest presidential primary day in modern history: 30-plus candidates, record votes cast, lines at the polls, and more than a few surprising results.

Welcome to Day Two of your Political Lunch Summer Vacation Flashback! Today we'll rewind to that freezing cold January day in Iowa, when Rob and Will went inside the 2008 Republican and Democratic Caucuses. Remember which candidates came out on top? You might be surprised...

Today at the White House, President Obama meets with the leaders of Afghanistan and Pakistan to enlist greater support in the fight against Al Qaeda and the Taliban. Meanwhile, over on Capitol Hill, the Democrats try to keep it together.

Carol Hills and Clark Boyd talk about PRI's coverage of the Democratic National Convention in Denver. All of our election coverage is available online at http://www.theworld.org.

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A short animated movie about the state of progressive politics today --- and defeatist centrists standing in our way. By the folks at the Movement Vision Lab. http://www.movementvisionlab.org