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SusaninIowa commented on the blog post The Real Foreclosure Fraud Story: Corruption of the Land Title System
“I must confess that I don’t throw this in everyone’s face nearly enough.”
There can never be enough written about this, and that writing should go on indefinitely. This travesty should not be allowed to slip into the memory hole.
You have done wonderful work, along with Bill Black, Yves Smith, Matt Taibbi and Abigail Field. Former TARP IG @neilbarofsky’s tweets on the subject are great. I hope all stay with it.
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SusaninIowa commented on the blog post White House Selects Jim Yong Kim to Head World Bank
Regarding Fred Hiatt, even a blind pig finds a truffle now and then.
I am grateful he passed over the Peter Principle in a rumpled suit.
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SusaninIowa commented on the blog post Live Chat – William K. Black: The Foreclosure Settlement
I can’t read all this until later. I just dropped by to say thank you for all you have done to put the brakes on this monstrosity, and for educating me about subjects such as control fraud. Keep up the stellar work.
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SusaninIowa commented on the diary post Hey, Did You Happen to See the Most Beautiful Girl in the World? by Jane Hamsher.
For a second opinion or additional consult, the vet school at Iowa State has a fine oncologist, for whom I have nothing but gratitude. http://vetmed.iastate.edu/users/lfox
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SusaninIowa commented on the blog post Banks Want to Scotch Lawsuits in Foreclosure Fraud Settlement
MSNBC is running a poll on whether the settlement should be acepted. http://bottomline.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/06/10332260-mortgage-relief-partial-solution-better-than-none
Go to the end of the article.
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SusaninIowa commented on the diary post Do You Have to Work for Peter G. Peterson to Be Cited on Budget Issues in the Washington Post? by Dean Baker.
It’s Lori Montgomery. What do you expect? She has been carrying water for Peterson and the Deficit Drama Queens for a long time. She is ignorant of basic facts about the budget and Social Security funding and she has the empathy and human compassion of Mr. Spock.
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SusaninIowa commented on the blog post The Transpartisan Imperative
Really well said. Bookmarked to counter the stupid tribalism among Obama supporters at Daily Kos, which is so often directed at you. It is unjustified in my view. If you can get Grover Norquist behind an objective that you perceive as desirable, why wouldn’t you do it? If the only explanation is political cooties, it’s not good enough.
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SusaninIowa commented on the blog post Group that Heckled Romney “Puts Principle Before Party,” Questions Both Parties on Social Safety Net, Making Corporations Pay
On Twitter, @iowacci. Website: http://www.iowacci.org/
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SusaninIowa commented on the blog post We Must Act Now to Save Social Security and Medicare
You betcha. Yes we can. And did.
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SusaninIowa commented on the diary post Third Way’s Cowan and Kessler Call For the Radical Dismantling of Social Security by Nancy Altman and Eric Kingson.
This is wrong as well. Life expectancy is declining, not increasing for most. The exception: wealthy white guys. The Social Security actuaries always planned on longevity increases. To the extent they were slightly off, the 1983 Greenspan/Reagan/O’Neill “fix” took care of it until now. Even as overall longevity has increased due to decreased infant mortality, the [...]
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SusaninIowa commented on the diary post Third Way’s Cowan and Kessler Call For the Radical Dismantling of Social Security by Nancy Altman and Eric Kingson.
The answer is, your friend is wrong. If you don’t pay into the system, you don’t get benefits out. It’s a social insurance program, not a welfare program. There are numerous ways the 23% shortfall referenced above can be addressed. This CBO Report lists some of them in Figure 1, in the Summary. http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/115xx/doc11580/07-01-SSOptions_forWeb.pdf
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SusaninIowa commented on the blog post Will Obama Sacrifice His Catholic Supporters to Get a Debt Ceiling Deal with the GOP?
25% in Iowa Pew map: http://religions.pewforum.org/maps
There are a lot of Catholics in my part of northeast Iowa, and a lot of them are conservaDems.
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SusaninIowa commented on the blog post Responding to Ezra Klein on the Constitutional Option
Ezra Klein should stick to being wrong about health care.
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SusaninIowa commented on the diary post At NN11, White House Propagandist Pfeiffer Preps for President Romney by Scarecrow.
I don’t particularly disagree with your analysis, just your conclusion. Two words: Supreme Court. I will not donate or do a lot of other things I did in 2008. But I will vote for him over any Republican. My activism is now directed at helping an Iowa State Senator hang on to her seat. In [...]
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SusaninIowa commented on the blog post Wisconsin: First Spoiler Candidate Comes Forward to Force Democratic Primary for Recall Elections
Aren’t there any Dems who could run in the Republican primary and encourage the Republican voters not to cross over, by challenging Kapanke et al from both sides?
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SusaninIowa commented on the blog post Judge Who Overturned Ban on Direct Corporate Contributions to Candidate May Overturn… Himself
That is clerk malpractice, if he has a clerk, not to find those cases. And if he did his own research and missed it he needs a clerk. If the attorneys for both sides didn’t cite those cases in both briefs,that’s a problem as well.
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SusaninIowa commented on the blog post The DCCC’s Bad Ad Team
Age discrimination is a serious problem, and that is not new. In an economy with so many people out of work it gets lost. But I think gay people are the last minority in America that you won’t get shunned for discriminating against. Where I live, people think nothing of it and react angrily when challenged.
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SusaninIowa commented on the blog post The DCCC’s Bad Ad Team
That is spectacularly wretched. And not even slightly funny. Thank heaven they aren’t using any of my money to insult people.
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SusaninIowa commented on the diary post “Let Me Be Clear” by Maryscott O'Connor.
I share your bitter disappointment that all that donating, working and calling brought so little. James Galbraith said recently that he voted for change and got continuity. Contemplating another term is depressing, but no Democrat with a chance to challenge him will step forward. He is probably unbeatable in the Dem primaries. When those are [...]
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SusaninIowa commented on the diary post Leaving the Democrats by vector56.
I agree. Sure Democrats are infuriating, frequently spineless, and our President is apparently the worst negotiator to ever occupy the White House, plus he has surrounded himself with banking guys who do not lose any sleep over the plight of Main Street. But with Citizens United and the follow-on decision coming from the Supremes, money [...]
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