Ignore Ron Paul are the new marching orders?

[patientrenter]

RP is not the most popular politician out there, nor are his positions universally acceptable. Yet he is very popular, and many do agree with some of his positions. Having said all that, what he advocates would badly dent the pockets of the (bipartisan) community that runs Wall Street and Washington DC. The media – and other Congressmen – don’t bite the hand that feeds them.

[CA renter]

[quote=jpinpb]I just have such a hard time seriously considering Ron Paul mostly b/c of his stand on abortion.

And during his years in medicine, never once did he find an abortion necessary to save the life of a pregnant woman.

Off the top of my head, molar pregnancy comes to mind. I’m sure there are other situations, circumstances, instances and complications that can occur during a pregnancy.

Ron Paul is ardent on his stand on abortion. This is where I disagree w/him. Women should have a choice and when it comes to their health, particularly when in jeopardy, they should have that option w/out the government telling them it’s illegal. Having an abortion is not a decision that comes lightly for women and the government making it illegal is not going to help women in need.

I personally am sad for any woman who has to have an abortion for whatever reason. Nevertheless, that should be their personal decision and not illegal.[/quote]

Couldn’t agree more with your entire post.

I think it’s ironic that someone who supposedly stands for “small government” and “libertarian ideals” is so hell-bent on forcing laws on us that can dicate what happens to women’s uteri.

[CA renter]

[quote=jpinpb]I just have such a hard time seriously considering Ron Paul mostly b/c of his stand on abortion.

And during his years in medicine, never once did he find an abortion necessary to save the life of a pregnant woman.

Off the top of my head, molar pregnancy comes to mind. I’m sure there are other situations, circumstances, instances and complications that can occur during a pregnancy.

Ron Paul is ardent on his stand on abortion. This is where I disagree w/him. Women should have a choice and when it comes to their health, particularly when in jeopardy, they should have that option w/out the government telling them it’s illegal. Having an abortion is not a decision that comes lightly for women and the government making it illegal is not going to help women in need.

I personally am sad for any woman who has to have an abortion for whatever reason. Nevertheless, that should be their personal decision and not illegal.[/quote]

Couldn’t agree more with your entire post.

I think it’s ironic that someone who supposedly stands for “small government” and “libertarian ideals” is so hell-bent on forcing laws on us that can dicate what happens to women’s uteri.

[CA renter]

[quote=jpinpb]I just have such a hard time seriously considering Ron Paul mostly b/c of his stand on abortion.

And during his years in medicine, never once did he find an abortion necessary to save the life of a pregnant woman.

Off the top of my head, molar pregnancy comes to mind. I’m sure there are other situations, circumstances, instances and complications that can occur during a pregnancy.

Ron Paul is ardent on his stand on abortion. This is where I disagree w/him. Women should have a choice and when it comes to their health, particularly when in jeopardy, they should have that option w/out the government telling them it’s illegal. Having an abortion is not a decision that comes lightly for women and the government making it illegal is not going to help women in need.

I personally am sad for any woman who has to have an abortion for whatever reason. Nevertheless, that should be their personal decision and not illegal.[/quote]

Couldn’t agree more with your entire post.

I think it’s ironic that someone who supposedly stands for “small government” and “libertarian ideals” is so hell-bent on forcing laws on us that can dicate what happens to women’s uteri.

[CA renter]

[quote=jpinpb]I just have such a hard time seriously considering Ron Paul mostly b/c of his stand on abortion.

And during his years in medicine, never once did he find an abortion necessary to save the life of a pregnant woman.

Off the top of my head, molar pregnancy comes to mind. I’m sure there are other situations, circumstances, instances and complications that can occur during a pregnancy.

Ron Paul is ardent on his stand on abortion. This is where I disagree w/him. Women should have a choice and when it comes to their health, particularly when in jeopardy, they should have that option w/out the government telling them it’s illegal. Having an abortion is not a decision that comes lightly for women and the government making it illegal is not going to help women in need.

I personally am sad for any woman who has to have an abortion for whatever reason. Nevertheless, that should be their personal decision and not illegal.[/quote]

Couldn’t agree more with your entire post.

I think it’s ironic that someone who supposedly stands for “small government” and “libertarian ideals” is so hell-bent on forcing laws on us that can dicate what happens to women’s uteri.

[CA renter]

[quote=jpinpb]I just have such a hard time seriously considering Ron Paul mostly b/c of his stand on abortion.

And during his years in medicine, never once did he find an abortion necessary to save the life of a pregnant woman.

Off the top of my head, molar pregnancy comes to mind. I’m sure there are other situations, circumstances, instances and complications that can occur during a pregnancy.

Ron Paul is ardent on his stand on abortion. This is where I disagree w/him. Women should have a choice and when it comes to their health, particularly when in jeopardy, they should have that option w/out the government telling them it’s illegal. Having an abortion is not a decision that comes lightly for women and the government making it illegal is not going to help women in need.

I personally am sad for any woman who has to have an abortion for whatever reason. Nevertheless, that should be their personal decision and not illegal.[/quote]

Couldn’t agree more with your entire post.

I think it’s ironic that someone who supposedly stands for “small government” and “libertarian ideals” is so hell-bent on forcing laws on us that can dicate what happens to women’s uteri.

[ucodegen]

[quote=briansd1][quote=Nor-LA-SD-GUY2]
But while I am sure china deserves to be paid back the full value of every penny we borrowed (NOT!!) I think the gold standard would be a disaster at this point.[/quote]
I fail to see how the Tea Party is populist when they advocate guaranteeing that bondholders get paid while they cut pensions and benefits for ordinary citizens.

China and other holders of treasuries will be paid back for sure. But pensioners can take a haircut.

During the Debt Ceiling debate there was something weird about listening to Tea Party adherents say that Congress should pass legislation to allocate funds to bondholders first.[/quote]
This is a bit of a strawman argument. Simply put, if we don’t pay off the bondholders, they will not lend to us or will charge us prorated based upon what the expected chance of default is. Want to see interest rates spike? Don’t pay off the bondholders. The Feds purchasing can’t counter market behavior, just dampen it out a bit. The Thai government tried to counter the devaluation of the Baht.. and lost badly.

The real thing is that we need to live within our means. Blaming the bondholders for letting us borrow the money to buy the rope to hang ourselves with is stupid and childish.

To say that no borrowing should be done is wrong. During times of financial stress, the gov. should spend more (borrowing to do that). That also means that during times of good, the government should cut spending including on social services (paying back the loan). Problem here is that our government currently acts as a child who seeing a dollar, has got to spend it.

http://www.ontheissues.org/askme/spousal_abuse.htm

http://www.capitolhillblue.com/Aug1999/081699/criminalclass1-081699.htm

I was looking for the itemized list of those that bankrupted companies or defaulted on bills…

http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/uscongress/a/congresspay.htm
$174,000/yr.. but they still manage to go bankrupt..

http://article.wn.com/view/2011/02/04/Texas_congressman_Hinojosa_files_for_bankruptcy/
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7411792.html

[ucodegen]

[quote=briansd1][quote=Nor-LA-SD-GUY2]
But while I am sure china deserves to be paid back the full value of every penny we borrowed (NOT!!) I think the gold standard would be a disaster at this point.[/quote]
I fail to see how the Tea Party is populist when they advocate guaranteeing that bondholders get paid while they cut pensions and benefits for ordinary citizens.

China and other holders of treasuries will be paid back for sure. But pensioners can take a haircut.

During the Debt Ceiling debate there was something weird about listening to Tea Party adherents say that Congress should pass legislation to allocate funds to bondholders first.[/quote]
This is a bit of a strawman argument. Simply put, if we don’t pay off the bondholders, they will not lend to us or will charge us prorated based upon what the expected chance of default is. Want to see interest rates spike? Don’t pay off the bondholders. The Feds purchasing can’t counter market behavior, just dampen it out a bit. The Thai government tried to counter the devaluation of the Baht.. and lost badly.

The real thing is that we need to live within our means. Blaming the bondholders for letting us borrow the money to buy the rope to hang ourselves with is stupid and childish.

To say that no borrowing should be done is wrong. During times of financial stress, the gov. should spend more (borrowing to do that). That also means that during times of good, the government should cut spending including on social services (paying back the loan). Problem here is that our government currently acts as a child who seeing a dollar, has got to spend it.

http://www.ontheissues.org/askme/spousal_abuse.htm

http://www.capitolhillblue.com/Aug1999/081699/criminalclass1-081699.htm

I was looking for the itemized list of those that bankrupted companies or defaulted on bills…

http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/uscongress/a/congresspay.htm
$174,000/yr.. but they still manage to go bankrupt..

http://article.wn.com/view/2011/02/04/Texas_congressman_Hinojosa_files_for_bankruptcy/
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7411792.html

[ucodegen]

[quote=briansd1][quote=Nor-LA-SD-GUY2]
But while I am sure china deserves to be paid back the full value of every penny we borrowed (NOT!!) I think the gold standard would be a disaster at this point.[/quote]
I fail to see how the Tea Party is populist when they advocate guaranteeing that bondholders get paid while they cut pensions and benefits for ordinary citizens.

China and other holders of treasuries will be paid back for sure. But pensioners can take a haircut.

During the Debt Ceiling debate there was something weird about listening to Tea Party adherents say that Congress should pass legislation to allocate funds to bondholders first.[/quote]
This is a bit of a strawman argument. Simply put, if we don’t pay off the bondholders, they will not lend to us or will charge us prorated based upon what the expected chance of default is. Want to see interest rates spike? Don’t pay off the bondholders. The Feds purchasing can’t counter market behavior, just dampen it out a bit. The Thai government tried to counter the devaluation of the Baht.. and lost badly.

The real thing is that we need to live within our means. Blaming the bondholders for letting us borrow the money to buy the rope to hang ourselves with is stupid and childish.

To say that no borrowing should be done is wrong. During times of financial stress, the gov. should spend more (borrowing to do that). That also means that during times of good, the government should cut spending including on social services (paying back the loan). Problem here is that our government currently acts as a child who seeing a dollar, has got to spend it.

http://www.ontheissues.org/askme/spousal_abuse.htm

http://www.capitolhillblue.com/Aug1999/081699/criminalclass1-081699.htm

I was looking for the itemized list of those that bankrupted companies or defaulted on bills…

http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/uscongress/a/congresspay.htm
$174,000/yr.. but they still manage to go bankrupt..

http://article.wn.com/view/2011/02/04/Texas_congressman_Hinojosa_files_for_bankruptcy/
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7411792.html

[ucodegen]

[quote=briansd1][quote=Nor-LA-SD-GUY2]
But while I am sure china deserves to be paid back the full value of every penny we borrowed (NOT!!) I think the gold standard would be a disaster at this point.[/quote]
I fail to see how the Tea Party is populist when they advocate guaranteeing that bondholders get paid while they cut pensions and benefits for ordinary citizens.

China and other holders of treasuries will be paid back for sure. But pensioners can take a haircut.

During the Debt Ceiling debate there was something weird about listening to Tea Party adherents say that Congress should pass legislation to allocate funds to bondholders first.[/quote]
This is a bit of a strawman argument. Simply put, if we don’t pay off the bondholders, they will not lend to us or will charge us prorated based upon what the expected chance of default is. Want to see interest rates spike? Don’t pay off the bondholders. The Feds purchasing can’t counter market behavior, just dampen it out a bit. The Thai government tried to counter the devaluation of the Baht.. and lost badly.

The real thing is that we need to live within our means. Blaming the bondholders for letting us borrow the money to buy the rope to hang ourselves with is stupid and childish.

To say that no borrowing should be done is wrong. During times of financial stress, the gov. should spend more (borrowing to do that). That also means that during times of good, the government should cut spending including on social services (paying back the loan). Problem here is that our government currently acts as a child who seeing a dollar, has got to spend it.

http://www.ontheissues.org/askme/spousal_abuse.htm

http://www.capitolhillblue.com/Aug1999/081699/criminalclass1-081699.htm

I was looking for the itemized list of those that bankrupted companies or defaulted on bills…

http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/uscongress/a/congresspay.htm
$174,000/yr.. but they still manage to go bankrupt..

http://article.wn.com/view/2011/02/04/Texas_congressman_Hinojosa_files_for_bankruptcy/
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7411792.html

[ucodegen]

[quote=briansd1][quote=Nor-LA-SD-GUY2]
But while I am sure china deserves to be paid back the full value of every penny we borrowed (NOT!!) I think the gold standard would be a disaster at this point.[/quote]
I fail to see how the Tea Party is populist when they advocate guaranteeing that bondholders get paid while they cut pensions and benefits for ordinary citizens.

China and other holders of treasuries will be paid back for sure. But pensioners can take a haircut.

During the Debt Ceiling debate there was something weird about listening to Tea Party adherents say that Congress should pass legislation to allocate funds to bondholders first.[/quote]
This is a bit of a strawman argument. Simply put, if we don’t pay off the bondholders, they will not lend to us or will charge us prorated based upon what the expected chance of default is. Want to see interest rates spike? Don’t pay off the bondholders. The Feds purchasing can’t counter market behavior, just dampen it out a bit. The Thai government tried to counter the devaluation of the Baht.. and lost badly.

The real thing is that we need to live within our means. Blaming the bondholders for letting us borrow the money to buy the rope to hang ourselves with is stupid and childish.

To say that no borrowing should be done is wrong. During times of financial stress, the gov. should spend more (borrowing to do that). That also means that during times of good, the government should cut spending including on social services (paying back the loan). Problem here is that our government currently acts as a child who seeing a dollar, has got to spend it.

http://www.ontheissues.org/askme/spousal_abuse.htm

http://www.capitolhillblue.com/Aug1999/081699/criminalclass1-081699.htm

I was looking for the itemized list of those that bankrupted companies or defaulted on bills…

http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/uscongress/a/congresspay.htm
$174,000/yr.. but they still manage to go bankrupt..

http://article.wn.com/view/2011/02/04/Texas_congressman_Hinojosa_files_for_bankruptcy/
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/7411792.html

[CA renter]

[quote=Arraya]He was ignored in a coordinated fashion.

Looks likes he wins frequently
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/why-ron-paul-keeps-winning-straw-polls/2011/06/20/AGu2qvcH_blog.html
Texas Republican Rep. Ron Paul may be the single best straw poll candidate in the 2012 field.

Paul easily won the straw vote at this weekend’s Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, outdistancing the likes of former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann.

That victory comes on the heels of Paul’s straw poll win at the Conservative Political Action Conference earlier this year — a straw vote he also won at the 2010 CPAC gathering.

And yet, for all of Paul’s straw poll success, he remains a marginal figure — at best — in the 2012 field. What gives[/quote]

You don’t hear about Ron Paul for the same reasons you didn’t see widespread coverage of the bailout protests on Wall Street — the ORIGINAL motivation behind the Tea Party movement was to prevent a taxpayer bailout of various bondholders. The original, grassroots TP organization include people from all political parties, and had nothing to do with Republicans…or “Obamacare.” Now, they’ve “magically” morphed into advocating on behalf of bondholders, and against seniors who receive SS and Medicare.

Even though you didn’t see the bailout protests (which were huge), you DID see plenty of media coverage of the supposed “Tea Party” movement consisting of anti-healthcare seniors at Town Hall Meetings (most of whom I think were paid plants). This is why I believe the healthcare bill was trotted out when it was — it neutralized the REAL Tea Party, and gave Republicans control over the activists who were truly pissed, and the final bill ended up funnelling even more money to the FIRE sector because it forced practically everyone to buy PRIVATE insurance. It was an obviously intended to distract the angry masses from what the top 1% was doing — which was, correctly, the original target of the anger. By having the Dems introduce it, and the Repubs fight against it, they managed to, once again, put citizens back into their neat, little, two-party, mind-control boxes.

You don’t see the MSM coverage of protests against privatization of public assets, the protests against the demonization of union workers, etc. But you WILL see plenty of coverage showing the grandstanding b@stards as they rant about the need to cut SS and Medicare so that bondholders can be made whole.
—————-

During the convention’s first three days, more than 300[3] individuals were detained by police,[54] including journalists (AP photographer Matt Rourke was one),[55] healthcare workers and lawyer observers.[56] Some were released, but nearly half received felony charges.[56] Of these felony arrests, many cases were dropped or reviewed, some times for lesser charges, and about 21 were found to be prosecutable.[3] About 102 persons were arrested for unlawful assembly at a Rage Against the Machine concert in downtown Minneapolis.[57]

Over the four days of the convention, more than 30 journalists were arrested while reporting on the protests. The arrests included journalists from national organizations such as AP and Democracy Now!, journalists from local radio and TV stations, as well as university journalism students and advisors.[58]

Three journalists from Democracy Now!—including principal host Amy Goodman—were detained by police during their reporting on the protests.[59] According to a press release by Democracy Now!, Goodman was arrested after confronting officers regarding the arrest of her colleagues. The officers were in the midst of crowd control, and ordered Goodman to move back. She was arrested after refusing the officer’s orders.[60] all were held on charges of “probable cause for riot”.[61] Several news sources have criticized the arrest as unlawful and a violation of the freedom of the press,[62] and warned of the “chilling effects” of such measures.[63]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Republican_National_Convention
———–

And this:

Media Blackout: CNN Fox News and MSNBC Ignore 100,000 WI Protesters

Hundreds of thousands of Americans around the country march on their governments in an event that would be a perfect fit for the 24 hour cable news cycle. Even better, the protests were occurring during the news cycle dead zone of Saturday afternoon. The coverage should have been everywhere in the media, but if you turned on your television in hopes of watching the rally from Wisconsin live, you were disappointed.

http://www.politicususa.com/en/cnn-fox-msnbc-ignore-wi
—————

May 13, 2011

By Mark Brenner

Wall Street protest

Sick of bankers and corporate honchos making out like bandits, 15,000 people marched through the caverns of Wall Street yesterday. Unions and community groups rallied together against staggering layoffs and budget cuts.They aimed much of their fury at Mayor Michael Bloomberg. He plans brutal cuts to education and services for the poor, while millionaires will pay even less tax next year and banks continue to rack up huge tax breaks.

PAYBACK TIME: UNIONS, ACTIVISTS MARCH ON WALL STREET vs. BILLIONAIRES, BANKERS

—————

You didn’t see this plastered all over the news, either:

[CA renter]

[quote=Arraya]He was ignored in a coordinated fashion.

Looks likes he wins frequently
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/why-ron-paul-keeps-winning-straw-polls/2011/06/20/AGu2qvcH_blog.html
Texas Republican Rep. Ron Paul may be the single best straw poll candidate in the 2012 field.

Paul easily won the straw vote at this weekend’s Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, outdistancing the likes of former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann.

That victory comes on the heels of Paul’s straw poll win at the Conservative Political Action Conference earlier this year — a straw vote he also won at the 2010 CPAC gathering.

And yet, for all of Paul’s straw poll success, he remains a marginal figure — at best — in the 2012 field. What gives[/quote]

You don’t hear about Ron Paul for the same reasons you didn’t see widespread coverage of the bailout protests on Wall Street — the ORIGINAL motivation behind the Tea Party movement was to prevent a taxpayer bailout of various bondholders. The original, grassroots TP organization include people from all political parties, and had nothing to do with Republicans…or “Obamacare.” Now, they’ve “magically” morphed into advocating on behalf of bondholders, and against seniors who receive SS and Medicare.

Even though you didn’t see the bailout protests (which were huge), you DID see plenty of media coverage of the supposed “Tea Party” movement consisting of anti-healthcare seniors at Town Hall Meetings (most of whom I think were paid plants). This is why I believe the healthcare bill was trotted out when it was — it neutralized the REAL Tea Party, and gave Republicans control over the activists who were truly pissed, and the final bill ended up funnelling even more money to the FIRE sector because it forced practically everyone to buy PRIVATE insurance. It was an obviously intended to distract the angry masses from what the top 1% was doing — which was, correctly, the original target of the anger. By having the Dems introduce it, and the Repubs fight against it, they managed to, once again, put citizens back into their neat, little, two-party, mind-control boxes.

You don’t see the MSM coverage of protests against privatization of public assets, the protests against the demonization of union workers, etc. But you WILL see plenty of coverage showing the grandstanding b@stards as they rant about the need to cut SS and Medicare so that bondholders can be made whole.
—————-

During the convention’s first three days, more than 300[3] individuals were detained by police,[54] including journalists (AP photographer Matt Rourke was one),[55] healthcare workers and lawyer observers.[56] Some were released, but nearly half received felony charges.[56] Of these felony arrests, many cases were dropped or reviewed, some times for lesser charges, and about 21 were found to be prosecutable.[3] About 102 persons were arrested for unlawful assembly at a Rage Against the Machine concert in downtown Minneapolis.[57]

Over the four days of the convention, more than 30 journalists were arrested while reporting on the protests. The arrests included journalists from national organizations such as AP and Democracy Now!, journalists from local radio and TV stations, as well as university journalism students and advisors.[58]

Three journalists from Democracy Now!—including principal host Amy Goodman—were detained by police during their reporting on the protests.[59] According to a press release by Democracy Now!, Goodman was arrested after confronting officers regarding the arrest of her colleagues. The officers were in the midst of crowd control, and ordered Goodman to move back. She was arrested after refusing the officer’s orders.[60] all were held on charges of “probable cause for riot”.[61] Several news sources have criticized the arrest as unlawful and a violation of the freedom of the press,[62] and warned of the “chilling effects” of such measures.[63]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Republican_National_Convention
———–

And this:

Media Blackout: CNN Fox News and MSNBC Ignore 100,000 WI Protesters

Hundreds of thousands of Americans around the country march on their governments in an event that would be a perfect fit for the 24 hour cable news cycle. Even better, the protests were occurring during the news cycle dead zone of Saturday afternoon. The coverage should have been everywhere in the media, but if you turned on your television in hopes of watching the rally from Wisconsin live, you were disappointed.

http://www.politicususa.com/en/cnn-fox-msnbc-ignore-wi
—————

May 13, 2011

By Mark Brenner

Wall Street protest

Sick of bankers and corporate honchos making out like bandits, 15,000 people marched through the caverns of Wall Street yesterday. Unions and community groups rallied together against staggering layoffs and budget cuts.They aimed much of their fury at Mayor Michael Bloomberg. He plans brutal cuts to education and services for the poor, while millionaires will pay even less tax next year and banks continue to rack up huge tax breaks.

PAYBACK TIME: UNIONS, ACTIVISTS MARCH ON WALL STREET vs. BILLIONAIRES, BANKERS

—————

You didn’t see this plastered all over the news, either:

[CA renter]

[quote=Arraya]He was ignored in a coordinated fashion.

Looks likes he wins frequently
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/why-ron-paul-keeps-winning-straw-polls/2011/06/20/AGu2qvcH_blog.html
Texas Republican Rep. Ron Paul may be the single best straw poll candidate in the 2012 field.

Paul easily won the straw vote at this weekend’s Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, outdistancing the likes of former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann.

That victory comes on the heels of Paul’s straw poll win at the Conservative Political Action Conference earlier this year — a straw vote he also won at the 2010 CPAC gathering.

And yet, for all of Paul’s straw poll success, he remains a marginal figure — at best — in the 2012 field. What gives[/quote]

You don’t hear about Ron Paul for the same reasons you didn’t see widespread coverage of the bailout protests on Wall Street — the ORIGINAL motivation behind the Tea Party movement was to prevent a taxpayer bailout of various bondholders. The original, grassroots TP organization include people from all political parties, and had nothing to do with Republicans…or “Obamacare.” Now, they’ve “magically” morphed into advocating on behalf of bondholders, and against seniors who receive SS and Medicare.

Even though you didn’t see the bailout protests (which were huge), you DID see plenty of media coverage of the supposed “Tea Party” movement consisting of anti-healthcare seniors at Town Hall Meetings (most of whom I think were paid plants). This is why I believe the healthcare bill was trotted out when it was — it neutralized the REAL Tea Party, and gave Republicans control over the activists who were truly pissed, and the final bill ended up funnelling even more money to the FIRE sector because it forced practically everyone to buy PRIVATE insurance. It was an obviously intended to distract the angry masses from what the top 1% was doing — which was, correctly, the original target of the anger. By having the Dems introduce it, and the Repubs fight against it, they managed to, once again, put citizens back into their neat, little, two-party, mind-control boxes.

You don’t see the MSM coverage of protests against privatization of public assets, the protests against the demonization of union workers, etc. But you WILL see plenty of coverage showing the grandstanding b@stards as they rant about the need to cut SS and Medicare so that bondholders can be made whole.
—————-

During the convention’s first three days, more than 300[3] individuals were detained by police,[54] including journalists (AP photographer Matt Rourke was one),[55] healthcare workers and lawyer observers.[56] Some were released, but nearly half received felony charges.[56] Of these felony arrests, many cases were dropped or reviewed, some times for lesser charges, and about 21 were found to be prosecutable.[3] About 102 persons were arrested for unlawful assembly at a Rage Against the Machine concert in downtown Minneapolis.[57]

Over the four days of the convention, more than 30 journalists were arrested while reporting on the protests. The arrests included journalists from national organizations such as AP and Democracy Now!, journalists from local radio and TV stations, as well as university journalism students and advisors.[58]

Three journalists from Democracy Now!—including principal host Amy Goodman—were detained by police during their reporting on the protests.[59] According to a press release by Democracy Now!, Goodman was arrested after confronting officers regarding the arrest of her colleagues. The officers were in the midst of crowd control, and ordered Goodman to move back. She was arrested after refusing the officer’s orders.[60] all were held on charges of “probable cause for riot”.[61] Several news sources have criticized the arrest as unlawful and a violation of the freedom of the press,[62] and warned of the “chilling effects” of such measures.[63]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Republican_National_Convention
———–

And this:

Media Blackout: CNN Fox News and MSNBC Ignore 100,000 WI Protesters

Hundreds of thousands of Americans around the country march on their governments in an event that would be a perfect fit for the 24 hour cable news cycle. Even better, the protests were occurring during the news cycle dead zone of Saturday afternoon. The coverage should have been everywhere in the media, but if you turned on your television in hopes of watching the rally from Wisconsin live, you were disappointed.

http://www.politicususa.com/en/cnn-fox-msnbc-ignore-wi
—————

May 13, 2011

By Mark Brenner

Wall Street protest

Sick of bankers and corporate honchos making out like bandits, 15,000 people marched through the caverns of Wall Street yesterday. Unions and community groups rallied together against staggering layoffs and budget cuts.They aimed much of their fury at Mayor Michael Bloomberg. He plans brutal cuts to education and services for the poor, while millionaires will pay even less tax next year and banks continue to rack up huge tax breaks.

PAYBACK TIME: UNIONS, ACTIVISTS MARCH ON WALL STREET vs. BILLIONAIRES, BANKERS

—————

You didn’t see this plastered all over the news, either:

[CA renter]

[quote=Arraya]He was ignored in a coordinated fashion.

Looks likes he wins frequently
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/why-ron-paul-keeps-winning-straw-polls/2011/06/20/AGu2qvcH_blog.html
Texas Republican Rep. Ron Paul may be the single best straw poll candidate in the 2012 field.

Paul easily won the straw vote at this weekend’s Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans, outdistancing the likes of former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann.

That victory comes on the heels of Paul’s straw poll win at the Conservative Political Action Conference earlier this year — a straw vote he also won at the 2010 CPAC gathering.

And yet, for all of Paul’s straw poll success, he remains a marginal figure — at best — in the 2012 field. What gives[/quote]

You don’t hear about Ron Paul for the same reasons you didn’t see widespread coverage of the bailout protests on Wall Street — the ORIGINAL motivation behind the Tea Party movement was to prevent a taxpayer bailout of various bondholders. The original, grassroots TP organization include people from all political parties, and had nothing to do with Republicans…or “Obamacare.” Now, they’ve “magically” morphed into advocating on behalf of bondholders, and against seniors who receive SS and Medicare.

Even though you didn’t see the bailout protests (which were huge), you DID see plenty of media coverage of the supposed “Tea Party” movement consisting of anti-healthcare seniors at Town Hall Meetings (most of whom I think were paid plants). This is why I believe the healthcare bill was trotted out when it was — it neutralized the REAL Tea Party, and gave Republicans control over the activists who were truly pissed, and the final bill ended up funnelling even more money to the FIRE sector because it forced practically everyone to buy PRIVATE insurance. It was an obviously intended to distract the angry masses from what the top 1% was doing — which was, correctly, the original target of the anger. By having the Dems introduce it, and the Repubs fight against it, they managed to, once again, put citizens back into their neat, little, two-party, mind-control boxes.

You don’t see the MSM coverage of protests against privatization of public assets, the protests against the demonization of union workers, etc. But you WILL see plenty of coverage showing the grandstanding b@stards as they rant about the need to cut SS and Medicare so that bondholders can be made whole.
—————-

During the convention’s first three days, more than 300[3] individuals were detained by police,[54] including journalists (AP photographer Matt Rourke was one),[55] healthcare workers and lawyer observers.[56] Some were released, but nearly half received felony charges.[56] Of these felony arrests, many cases were dropped or reviewed, some times for lesser charges, and about 21 were found to be prosecutable.[3] About 102 persons were arrested for unlawful assembly at a Rage Against the Machine concert in downtown Minneapolis.[57]

Over the four days of the convention, more than 30 journalists were arrested while reporting on the protests. The arrests included journalists from national organizations such as AP and Democracy Now!, journalists from local radio and TV stations, as well as university journalism students and advisors.[58]

Three journalists from Democracy Now!—including principal host Amy Goodman—were detained by police during their reporting on the protests.[59] According to a press release by Democracy Now!, Goodman was arrested after confronting officers regarding the arrest of her colleagues. The officers were in the midst of crowd control, and ordered Goodman to move back. She was arrested after refusing the officer’s orders.[60] all were held on charges of “probable cause for riot”.[61] Several news sources have criticized the arrest as unlawful and a violation of the freedom of the press,[62] and warned of the “chilling effects” of such measures.[63]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Republican_National_Convention
———–

And this:

Media Blackout: CNN Fox News and MSNBC Ignore 100,000 WI Protesters

Hundreds of thousands of Americans around the country march on their governments in an event that would be a perfect fit for the 24 hour cable news cycle. Even better, the protests were occurring during the news cycle dead zone of Saturday afternoon. The coverage should have been everywhere in the media, but if you turned on your television in hopes of watching the rally from Wisconsin live, you were disappointed.

http://www.politicususa.com/en/cnn-fox-msnbc-ignore-wi
—————

May 13, 2011

By Mark Brenner

Wall Street protest

Sick of bankers and corporate honchos making out like bandits, 15,000 people marched through the caverns of Wall Street yesterday. Unions and community groups rallied together against staggering layoffs and budget cuts.They aimed much of their fury at Mayor Michael Bloomberg. He plans brutal cuts to education and services for the poor, while millionaires will pay even less tax next year and banks continue to rack up huge tax breaks.

PAYBACK TIME: UNIONS, ACTIVISTS MARCH ON WALL STREET vs. BILLIONAIRES, BANKERS

—————

You didn’t see this plastered all over the news, either:

[Author]

Posts