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katiejacob commented on the diary post Illinois County Recorder Joins the Fight against MERS for Fraud and Deception Regarding Property Transfer Fees by chicagogal.
OT but, speaking of Illinois, Raw Story is reporting that Patrick Fitzgerald is stepping down from his position as U.S. attorney after more than 10 years, giving no reason for his departure.http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/05/23/untouchable-u-s-prosecutor-patrick-fitzgerald-steps-down/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story%29
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katiejacob commented on the blog post Come Saturday Morning: Hoyer Finally Admits the Obvious: Health Care Bill Killed the Dems in 2010
One thing that hasn’t been factored in in the discussion of the Nov. election is the effect the OWS movement, which hopefully reemerges in the Spring, has on Obama and what he has to do to win the election.. If they stir up enough anger and awareness in the general populace, Obama may be forced to the left, to adopt the populist stance of the movement. Remember how effective they were in changing the discussion from debt reduction to jobs and the 99 percent.
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katiejacob commented on the blog post FDL Movie Night and Membership Party: Watch “8″ and Help Welcome New Members!
I love this movie. thank you so much for offering it.
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katiejacob commented on the blog post An Open Letter to Rufus Gifford
Nice letter. I find those e-mails so annoying. Could they think of anything cheesier than asking supporters to pay to compete for a chance to have dinner with Barack? They must be having a hard time coming up with a real reason for people to support him.
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katiejacob wrote a new diary post: Crowd at U of M wasn’t pleased with Cantor’s Right Wing talking points
Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor spoke last Monday at the University of Michigan at an event sponsored by the Gerald Ford School of Public Policy. You would think that if you knew you were speaking in front of people who studied public policy for a living you would at least pretend take the subject [...]
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katiejacob wrote a new diary post: Eric Cantor to appear in public!
Eric Cantor will speak at an event that will be open to the public at the University of Michigan Monday, in spite of having canceled a speech last week at University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business after finding out that it would be open to the public. Apparently Cantor got cold feet last week [...]
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katiejacob commented on the diary post Occupy Groups to Protest Cantor Speech at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management by kevinchi.
Cantor is speaking at Gerald Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan on Monday, October 31 at 1:00 and Occupy Ann Arbor is planning to come out to protest in scary costumes: in honor of Cantor who is pretty scary. The protest is being billed as a Funeral for the Middle Class.
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katiejacob commented on the diary post Friday’s Occupy Detroit’s protest at BOA by katiejacob.
here’s a link to some photos
https://www.dropbox.com/home/Occupy%20Detroit%20BOA%20protest%20video#::: -
katiejacob commented on the diary post Friday’s Occupy Detroit’s protest at BOA by katiejacob.
No offense taken. I appreciate your thoughtful comments. I agree with you that the system is rigged. There is plenty of documentation to prove that this is true. I was supposed to be writing a news story, reporting what happened at the protest. I thought I went out on a limb as far as I [...]
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katiejacob commented on the diary post Friday’s Occupy Detroit’s protest at BOA by katiejacob.
Thanks greenharper
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katiejacob wrote a new diary post: Friday’s Occupy Detroit’s protest at BOA
Occupy Detroit protested ongoing foreclosures at the BOA branch on the corner of Griswold and Congress in downtown Detroit last Friday. I reported on the event for a local newspaper and I thought I might also post it here. It may be a little unsophisticated for people here who are already well informed about the movement, [...] -
katiejacob commented on the blog post Obama Shelves EPA’s Ozone Restrictions
great idea
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katiejacob commented on the blog post Obama Begins Re-Election Campaign with Far Less Partisan Support Than George W. Bush Had in 2003
LOL
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katiejacob commented on the blog post Photos from MadMI, Lansing
There are some great photo images of the rally at http://michaelmoore.com/
Scroll down to: Photos From Wednesdays Lansing Protest
(Rachel Maddow just showed some images of the rally on MSNBC)
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katiejacob commented on the blog post Photos from MadMI, Lansing
Some one who spoke to Snyder today told me that he is uncomfortable about the protests.
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katiejacob commented on the blog post Dylan Ratigan, Law Professors and I All Agree: Obama Needs to Explain or End Manning’s Treatment
But are you surprised by Levin? I am. I’m calling tomorrow to add my two cents.
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katiejacob commented on the diary post Calling FDL’ers in Michigan by ubetchaiam.
There will be a second protest today in Lansing at noon. Michael Moore sent out an e-mail urging Michiganders to attend. I believe the protest is supported by local progressive groups and labor. We will see how large it will be and whether the media will cover it.
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katiejacob commented on the diary post Olbermann: The Morning After by Elliott.
Feingold is Jewish.
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katiejacob commented on the blog post White House Learning Exactly the Wrong Lessons from the Midterms
I would like to second the motion.
