I will be away from this blog for about 45 days. I am in the middle of rehab for my knee and quite frankly i am tired of the bipartisan bickering that is going on. There are approximately 90 something days to the mid term election. And the idea of the Republicans winning the house or even the senate scares me to death. Not that I hold grudges but the idea of getting a congress that was around in the good old Bush Republican Congress days, my skin crawls. Democrats do you realize what the Republicans want to do to our country, take away the 17th Amendment, our birth right as United States citizens. Do we want our children grandchildren and beyond denied any of the rights common to all citizens under a modern constitutional government: what will be next for the Republicans? They want to repeal Health Care, financial reform, right everything for the rich, the middle class would cease to exist because we would all be paupers, and jobless rate would be twice what it is, according to the right we can't do anything without be able to pay for it. Lets see education, transportation, police and fire departments, hospitals, would not exist. We could not pay for them. Hospitals could not take care of the ill because not enough people to work, no leeway to treat those who are not insured, what about health care even for the privilege would be astronomical no body but the rich could afford it.
Immigration, oh brother. Republicans would march all illegals right out of the country including all those who were born here because it was illegal activity that brought them here. They would build large fences along all our borders including Canada. Now does that also take away free trade, or trading with others countries. Does that mean no more passports, no more international flights or people who come here and spend money. I am only guessing at most of what I have written. But we as a society did not flourish under the Bush Republican Congress, not so much blaming Bush. We got into two wars which at this time we are trying to get out of. They were both never paid for, that really gets me, the republicans say spend only what you can pay for , well let them figure how to pay for it now. Oh, we can't we can only go from now on with pay as you go. Meanwhile our debt is beyond what any of us want, just think what is would be like without both wars hanging around our necks. What we could do. And remember because a lot of you have forgotten, when Bush became President we had money extra in our coffers. We had a surplus of cash, what happened
to that cash...
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Wednesday, August 4, 2010
Glenn Beck's Auction Special: George Stephanopoulos?
Why was the tea party favorite selling an intro to the Good Morning America host?
| Mon Aug. 2, 2010 3:00 AM PDT
Did Glenn Beck try to snooker George Stephanopoulos? If so, the Good Morning America host didn't fall for it.
Fox News star and tea party favorite Glenn Beck [1] is planning a huge "Restoring Honor [2]" rally at the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, with special guest Sarah Palin. The event is supposed to be all about "the troops." As such, Beck has been sponsoring an online auction [3] to benefit the Special Operations Warrior Foundation [4], which provides scholarships to the children of fallen special operations military personnel. Beck has gotten lots of his famous friends and conservative compatriots to contribute to the auction. Last week, Beck fans surfing the auction site would have found a chance to dine with Newt Gingrich, drive 60 laps with NASCAR racer Rusty Wallace, or have lunch with media phenom Andrew Breitbart. They could even win an introduction to George Stephanopoulos and tickets to see a filming of Good Morning America.
Wait. George Stephanopoulos? The well-known former Clinton administration whiz-kid-turned-TV-host at a Fox network competitor? Hmmm. Somehow Stephanopoulos, going for $750, seemed like the odd man out in this lineup of conservative luminaries and Beck buddies. He also seemed like a curious offering for an auction that isn't entirely charitable. His online listing came with this disclaimer:
Civil rights leaders and others have taken grave offense to Beck's choice of dates for his rally because it just happens to fall on the 47th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. The move doesn't seem to be a coincidence; Beck has been comparing himself to the civil rights leader for quite awhile now, promising to "reclaim the civil rights movement." The man who called the first black president a racist and once called Jesse Jackson the "the stinking king of the race lords," will prevent African-Americans from honoring the March on Washington anniversary at the Lincoln Memorial. Did Stephanopoulos really agree to help underwrite Beck's attempt to upstage MLK?
As it turns out, he didn't. After a call from Mother Jones, ABC News officials started asking questions about where the Beck auction money was going. Shortly afterwards, the Stephanopoulos page disappeared.
Cathie Levine, vice president for media relations at ABC News explained, "We get hundreds of these solicitations from charities every year and try as much as possible to fulfill them as long as they are meet our standards including that the proceeds go to charity." A few days later, she reported back that, "We sought assurance that the auction money would go directly to charity and while we were told the rally costs were covered and that funds raised from our specific item would go to Special Operations Warrior Foundation, it didn't sufficiently meet our standards. So we withdrew our auction item and George will make a personal donation directly to the SOWF."
Fox News star and tea party favorite Glenn Beck [1] is planning a huge "Restoring Honor [2]" rally at the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, with special guest Sarah Palin. The event is supposed to be all about "the troops." As such, Beck has been sponsoring an online auction [3] to benefit the Special Operations Warrior Foundation [4], which provides scholarships to the children of fallen special operations military personnel. Beck has gotten lots of his famous friends and conservative compatriots to contribute to the auction. Last week, Beck fans surfing the auction site would have found a chance to dine with Newt Gingrich, drive 60 laps with NASCAR racer Rusty Wallace, or have lunch with media phenom Andrew Breitbart. They could even win an introduction to George Stephanopoulos and tickets to see a filming of Good Morning America.
Wait. George Stephanopoulos? The well-known former Clinton administration whiz-kid-turned-TV-host at a Fox network competitor? Hmmm. Somehow Stephanopoulos, going for $750, seemed like the odd man out in this lineup of conservative luminaries and Beck buddies. He also seemed like a curious offering for an auction that isn't entirely charitable. His online listing came with this disclaimer:
PLEASE NOTE: All contributions made to the Special Operations Warrior Foundation (SOWF), either directly or through the auction proceeds, will first be applied to the costs of the Restoring Honor Rally taking place on August 28, 2010. All contributions in excess of these costs will then be retained by the SOWF.All that boilerplate means the proceeds from the auction don't go first to the charity, but to Beck's tribute to himself on the Mall. The event is estimated to cost $2 million, and SOWF has said that it has already raised at least that much thanks to Beck. Still, the rally is highly controversial.
Civil rights leaders and others have taken grave offense to Beck's choice of dates for his rally because it just happens to fall on the 47th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. The move doesn't seem to be a coincidence; Beck has been comparing himself to the civil rights leader for quite awhile now, promising to "reclaim the civil rights movement." The man who called the first black president a racist and once called Jesse Jackson the "the stinking king of the race lords," will prevent African-Americans from honoring the March on Washington anniversary at the Lincoln Memorial. Did Stephanopoulos really agree to help underwrite Beck's attempt to upstage MLK?
As it turns out, he didn't. After a call from Mother Jones, ABC News officials started asking questions about where the Beck auction money was going. Shortly afterwards, the Stephanopoulos page disappeared.
Cathie Levine, vice president for media relations at ABC News explained, "We get hundreds of these solicitations from charities every year and try as much as possible to fulfill them as long as they are meet our standards including that the proceeds go to charity." A few days later, she reported back that, "We sought assurance that the auction money would go directly to charity and while we were told the rally costs were covered and that funds raised from our specific item would go to Special Operations Warrior Foundation, it didn't sufficiently meet our standards. So we withdrew our auction item and George will make a personal donation directly to the SOWF."
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