Some 2011 Predictions

from the group at Hillbuzz:

Here are a few predictions we expect to come true:

(1) Andrew Breitbart is going to bring down Obama with the Pigford Black Reparations expose he’s pushing.  Breitbart is a dog with a bone and will not stop.  Michele Bachmann, Steve King, and Darryl Issa are going to demand answers to why the USDA, under Obama’s orders, allowed tens of thousands of fraudulent payments of $50,000 a piece in “Obama money” to black Obama supporters in 2010 via Pigford.  Obama will most likely still be in office by the end of 2011, but Breitbart’s work is going to assure he’s the one term president we always knew he would be.

(2) Michelle Antoinette Obama is going to have her “let them eat cake moment”.  She’s come close already, but the more Pigford is in the news, the more criticism of the Obamas will be allowed in the media, and the more perturbed she will be that the days of her being lauded as “a global fashion icon” will be over.  She’ll snap at someone, in public, and it will be indelible.  It is only a matter of time.

(3) What Big Labor pulled in New York this last week with the ordered work slowage/stoppage during that massive blizzard will come back to haunt the unions nationwide in a big way.  A massive public backlash against public unions has been building, and this stunt in New York (which resulted in the deaths of two people) is a major crack in a dam that’s been straining to bursting for some time.  America just can’t afford the corruption and graft of unions, and this New York union might have finally awakened enough people for something to be done about it.

(4) The Cocktail Party GOP establishment will have a “let them eat cake moment” of their own, similar to Michelle Antoinette Obama.  This is something that has also been building:  a moment where the GOP establishment proves how out of touch it is, so that regular Americans can see the GOP establishment has been enabling everything the Left does, for their own personal gain.  We all know 2008 was the Republican Party’s last chance: either it becomes more conservative and does what the majority of Americans wants it to do, or it keeps the status quo and remains squishy and blackmailed/controlled by Democrats…in which case, it’s over and done with and some new entity will arise to replace it.  That’s actually very bad for the country, because a third party is the only way Obama wins a second term. Democrats will try to split the conservative vote in 2012 between a Republican candidate and a Tea Party candidate, in which case Obama is re-elected.  This has to be stopped at all costs…but the GOP establishment actually wants to lose the 2012 election because it seems to believe it can wait out the Tea Partiers and return to the status quo if they are demoralized by eight years of Obama in the White House (which would mean a Cocktail Party Republican in 2016, like a Tim Pawlenty or Mike Pence if the establishment succeeds in running Romney in 2012 like they want, because “it’s his turn”).

for full post: http://hillbuzz.org/2010/12/31/2011-predictions/

Wall Street’s Newest Angle at the Distressed Homeowner

When Florida retiree Gladys Walker fell behind in paying taxes on her modest Pompano Beach home, she had no idea one of America’s biggest banks and a major Wall Street hedge fund engaged in frenzied bidding for the right to collect her debt—all $768.25 of it.

“I just couldn’t come up with the money,” said Walker, 67, a former hotel worker who makes do on a monthly Social Security check.

Barely more than a year after a taxpayer bailout of major financial institutions, Bank of America and the hedge fund, Fortress Investment Group, spotted a fresh money-making opportunity – collecting the tax debts of tens of thousands of people like Walker. The bank and hedge fund can add interest charges and fees, and they bundled the debts as securities for investors.

In late May and early June, proxies for the two institutions quietly bought hundreds of millions of dollars in homeowners’ property tax debts in Florida by bidding at a series of online auctions held by county tax collectors. They didn’t use their names but donned multiple other identities, dominating the auctions and repeatedly bidding on the same parcels – in the case of Walker’s small home, more than 8,000 times.

Then, in September, Bank of America’s securities division packaged $301 million worth of the tax liens it and Fortress had acquired into bonds pitched privately to major investors. The anticipated return – estimated at between 7 to 10 percent – is possible because buyers of tax debts can assess a panoply of interest charges and other fees. When the debt goes unpaid long enough, the liens buyer can seize properties through foreclosure.

for full article: http://www.browardbulldog.org/2010/12/wall-street-quietly-creates-a-way-to-profit-from-homeowner-distress/

Some Humor for New Year’s Eve

http://theoatmeal.com/comics/beer

Some Video Favorites

     With videos and cameras everywhere, the Warhol Minutes of Fame can be found everywhere. These are just a few of our favorites from this year:

Welcoming the New Year

      2010 is now history, and 2011 is the dreams of a better tomorrow.

      We welcome this new year, poised like any other, to be full of newsworthy events, providing the daily routines that are our lives.

      Each and every year, we hope that the next will be better. Our fortunes will increase. Our lives will be the perfection we dream them to be. The reality is that our lives are the perfection that they are destined to be, and we must always look forward in a positive light.

        Let us charge forward into the new year. Dare to dream. Dare to be creative. Dare to be positive, even with the issues we face…. unemployment remains high, our leaders have no clue how to respond to the economy, the politics of the next campaign already heating up!

       Whatever your resolutions, whatever your dreams, 2011 will be a special year.

Megyn Kelly & Panel Discuss HI Governor’s “Taking on the Birther’s”

Quick: name the governor of Hawaii. If you said Neil Abercrombie, you either a) live in Hawaii, b) are related to Neil Abercrombie, or c) are following the latest angle in the birther debate more closely than most people.

The Democrat’s vowed to “take on” the birthers despite the urging of some in his own party to stay out of a fight “not worth having.”

Megyn Kelly hosted a debate on the issue on America Live and kicked things off by noting that Gov. Abercrombie has said he was in Hawaii at the time of President Obama’s birth and knew the family. Kelly said the governor had taken an issue that was “quieting down” is jumped it right back to the front burner, which guest Dan Gerstein said threatened to irritate both Democrats and Republicans:

See Video at: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/on-fox-megyn-kelly-and-panel-ponder-hawaiian-governors-vow-to-take-on-birthers/

Marine Drill Instructor Not Impressed with Commander-in-Chief

Hardball Chris Matthews: If The Birth Certificate Exists, Why Doesn’t He Put It Out?

On Monday night’s edition of “Hardball,” host Chris Matthews talked about putting the birth certificate controversy surrounding President Obama to rest.

“Why has the president himself not demanded they put out the original documents?” Matthews wonders.

“If it exists, why not put it out?” Chris Matthews asks.

For video: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/12/27/chris_matthews_why_doesnt_obama_just_release_the_birth_certificate.html

Scenes from The Blizzard

Failed Climate Exchange was a “Who’s Who” of the Liberal Elitists

Click the Forbes link to read the incestuous and corrupt details.  

 

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2647749/posts

 

“All these chance associations show that it’s truly a small world after all–they surely shouldn’t be taken to reflect poorly upon Chicago’s clean reputation. Sadly, with such an intriguing club guest list, it had all the makings of a really swell holiday party. After arrangements were canceled for Uncle Sam to appear dressed as Santa, Sen. John Kerry has a notably long face, even for him. But alas, the merriment was not to be.”