I sort of stumbled across some websites today I’ve never seen before. Some of you might be interested. This one is a part of CafePress called Irregular States. It is a commercial site site selling buttons, lapel pins, etc. Here are some examples, enjoy:

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The conventional wisdom is that the biggest hurdle to President Barack Obama’s reelection is a dispirited and disappointed base.

But judging by the 100 people who showed up Thursday night for the opening of a Henderson campaign office for Obama, the president still has a lot of ardent supporters willing to campaign on his behalf.

The group reflected the young and minority voters who were key to Obama’s historic victory in 2008.

Organizing for America, the group that opened the office, formed shortly after Obama was inaugurated in 2009 to preserve the grassroots organization that help elect Obama and lay the groundwork for a second term.

Delray Gjestvang, a robotics programmer and car builder, admitted he doesn’t like the way things are going in Washington, but “it’s not Obama’s fault. Republicans won’t work with him.”

While some people in attendance said organizers received 300 RSVPs from people invited to the opening, Michael Campbell, press secretary of Organizing for America-Nevada, could not immediately confirm that number.

Aside from rank-and-file citizens and volunteers, some elected leaders showed up, including State Sen. Shirley Breeden, D-Henderson, said the presidential election will be a battle to protect Social Security and Medicare.

She briefly recounted what everyone in the office knows — that Nevada has been devastated by the recession, a situation that she believes has led to an increase in “lots of folks … committing suicide.”

“I don’t know how Republicans feel, but (the economic problems) do not just affect Democrats,” she added.

Nick Di Archangel, who lives near the office and is also a spokesman for the Service International Employees Union, called it “inspiring to see so many people so early showing up and getting into the campaign.”

“There was a lot of energy around his campaign the first time, and this shows he hasn’t lost any of that,” said Di Archangel, who added that he views Obama as the only candidate “who has an eye toward improvement for the middle class.”

Organizers took advantage of the large crowd. When the speeches ended, they handed out sheets with the names and phone numbers of people who had volunteered for Obama’s first presidential campaign. They urged volunteers to call and urge them to show up at the Jan. 21 caucus and come to other events.

In a news release, Organizing for America-Nevada boasted that its volunteers have already made more than 282,000 phone calls to supporters, held more than 2,500 one-on-one meetings and hosted more than 490 house parties and meetings.

They could add at least one more phone call, made by Audrey Martinelli, who sat on the sidewalk outside the office Thursday with her list of names and numbers and started making calls.

A 26-year-old UNLV student, Martinelli said Obama’s health care law touched her personally because its provision requiring insurance companies to cover those with pre-existing health problems aided a relative. Obama also increased Pell Grant funding for college students.

“I’m a student at UNLV and extending Pell Grants is what’s paying for me to be at school right now,” she said, then turned to her sheet and started punching another number into her cell phone.

[Source: Las Vegas Sun]

So what can you do? Try this:

• Join the volunteers on BarackObama.com;
• Join your county’s Democratic Party. The Nye County’s is at Nye County Democratic Party;
• If you aren’t registered to vote yet and will be age 18 by election day in November 2012, then register.
• Be sure to participate in the Democratic Caucus on January 21, 2012;
• Get active. You don’t have to devote your entire life to politics, but get yourself informed. Join your local Democratic Party.

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My thanks to Deby DePreta for this handy list.

For those who claim Obama has done nothing during his first two years as POTUS:
January 29, 2009: Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act
February 4, 2009: Children’s Health Insurance Reauthorization Act
February 17, 2009: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
March 30, 2009: Omnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2009
April 21, 2009: Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act
May 20, 2009: Fraud Enforcement and Recovery Act
May 20, 2009: Helping Families Save Their Homes Act of 2009
May 22, 2009: Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility, and Disclosure Act of 2009
May 22, 2009: Weapon Systems Acquisition Reform Act of 2009
June 22, 2009: Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act
June 30, 2009: Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2009
August 6, 2009: Cash For Clunkers Extension Act
October 15, 2009: Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act of 2009
October 19, 2009: Foreign Evidence Request Efficiency Act of 2009
October 22, 2009: Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act
October 28, 2009: Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act
October 30, 2009: Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act
November 6, 2009: Worker, Homeownership, and Business Assistance Act of 2009
November 11, 2009: Military Spouses Residency Relief Act
December 15, 2009: No Social Security Benefits for Prisoners Act of 2009
December 22, 2009: Human Rights Enforcement Act of 2009
January 27, 2010: Emergency Aid to American Survivors of Haiti Earthquake Act
February 16, 2010: Nuclear Forensics and Attribution Act
February 27, 2010: Social Security Disability Applicants’ Access to Professional Representation Act of 2010
March 4, 2010: Travel Promotion Act
March 18, 2010: Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act (HIRE Act)
March 18, 2010: Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2009 (Division B) Reestablished “pay-as-you-go”
March 23, 2010: Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
March 30, 2010: Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010
March 31, 2010: Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking Act of 2009
April 7, 2010 Prevent Deceptive Census Look Alike Mailings Act
May 5, 2010: Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010
May 17, 2010: Daniel Pearl Freedom of the Press Act
May 24, 2010: Lord’s Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act of 2009
May 27, 2010: Federal Judiciary Administrative Improvements Act of 2010
June 9, 2010: Special Agent Samuel Hicks Families of Fallen Heroes Act
June 25, 2010: Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act of 2010
July 1, 2010: Comprehensive Iran Sanctions, Accountability, and Divestment Act of 2010
July 2, 2010: Homebuyer Assistance and Improvement Act of 2010
July 7, 2010: Formaldehyde Standards for Composite Wood Products Act
July 21, 2010: Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act
July 22, 2010: Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Act of 2010
July 27, 2010: Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2010
August 3, 2010: Fair Sentencing Act of 2010
August 10, 2010: SPEECH Act of 2010
August 10, 2010: Cell Phone Contraband Act of 2010
August 11, 2010: United States Manufacturing Enhancement Act of 2010
September 27, 2010: Mandatory Price Reporting Act of 2010
September 27, 2010: Small Business Jobs and Credit Act of 2010
September 30, 2010: First Responder Anti-Terrorism Training Resources Act
September 30, 2010: Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 2010
October 7, 2010: Reducing Over-Classification Act
October 7, 2010: Twenty-First Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2010
October 8, 2010: Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act of 2010
October 7, 2010: Security Cooperation Act of 2010
October 12, 2010: Redundancy Elimination and Enhanced Performance for Preparedness Grants Act
October 12, 2010: Law Enforcement Officers Safety Act Improvements Act of 2010
October 12, 2010: Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal Act of 2010
October 13, 2010: Plain Writing Act of 2010
October 13, 2010: Veterans’ Benefits Act of 2010
October 15, 2010: United States Secret Service Uniformed Division Modernization Act of 2010
October 30, 2010: International Adoption Simplification Act
December 9, 2010: Telework Enhancement Act of 2010
December 9, 2010: Animal Crush Video Prohibition Act of 2010
December 13, 2010: Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010
December 14, 2010: Asian Carp Prevention and Control Act
December 15, 2010: CALM Act*
December 18, 2010: Truth in Fur Labeling Act of 2010
December 17, 2010: Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010
December 18, 2010: Social Security Number Protection Act of 2010
December 20, 2010: CAPTA Reauthorization Act of 2010
December 22, 2010: Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell Repeal Act of 2010
December 22, 2010: Regulated Investment Company Modernization Act of 2010
December 22, 2010: Truth in Caller ID Act of 2009
December 22, 2010: FOR VETS Act of 2010
December 22, 2010: New START
December 22, 2010: Preserving Foreign Criminal Assets for Forfeiture Act of 2010
December 29, 2010: Omnibus Trade Act of 2010
December 29, 2010 Helping Heroes Keep Their Homes Act of 2010
January 4, 2011: Predisaster Hazard Mitigation Act of 2010
January 4, 2011: GPRA Modernization Act of 2010
January 4, 2011: FDA Food Safety Modernization Act
January 4, 2011: America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010
January 4, 2011: Diesel Emissions Reduction Act of 2010
January 4, 2011: Supportive Housing for the Elderly Act of 2010
January 4, 2011 edestrian Safety Enhancement Act of 2010
January 4, 2011: Frank Melville Supportive Housing Investment Act of 2010
January 4, 2011: Anti-Border Corruption Act of 2010
January 4, 2011: Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Improvements Act of 2010
January 4, 2011: Reduction of Lead in Drinking Water Act
September 29, 2010: Treaty with the United Kingdom Concerning Defense Trade Cooperation
September 29, 2010: Treaty with Australia Concerning Defense Trade Cooperation
September 29, 2010: Hague Convention on International Recovery of Child Support and Family Maintenance

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Mitt Romney appears to be the next Republican candidate for the Presidency of the United States. The remainder in the rather long list of wanna-be’s are just window-dressing. They are either too inexperienced or are just interested in limited issues, or too extreme. The world is far too complicated for rookies. But then I’m a Democrat, not a Republican, I look at the world in a different light.

Among the most pressing of political issues, to me, is jobs for the unemployed and underemployed. I’m retired now, but for the overall economy jobs remain important to me because when many do well, so do I. It is inherent in the observation that a rising tide raises all boats. Over that last few decades the boats of the 1% of the population income has risen by 275% between 1979 and 2007. For 20% of the population it has grown by 65% but not nearly as fast as for the top 1 percent. For 60% of the population it has grown just under 40%. For the lowest 20% of the population income was about 18% higher in 2007 than it had been in 1979. That would be the 99%. You and I live in the 99%. [See the Congressional Budget Office report of October 2011:  Trends in the Distribution of Household Income Between 1979 and 2007]

When I watch and listen to the Republican Presidential candidates I hear very little related to job creation. I hear much more about the single Republican issue which is to get rid of President Obama in 2012. Maybe I don’t hear it all, but that is what stands out to me.

After dilly-dallying with the Congress for over two years in his office President Obama kept trying to engage the Congress in bi-partisan resolutions to correct the myriad of problems in the United States. What I have seen was simple snubbing of the President on working on those problems. The theme seemed and seems to be that if President Obama is proposing a solution the Republicans in Congress are opposing it. They apparently are not interested in you or me, or the country, just regaining the White House.

I became exasperated with President Obama because he could apparently not comprehend the trend of the GOP. He was far more patient than I. But he seems to have finally caught on. In his weekly address to the nation he announced “We Can’t Wait to Create Jobs” taking actions to help families refinance their mortgages, put veterans to work, and lower the cost of student loans. [White House Blog]

He has circumvented Congress, and gone straight to the people explaining his American Jobs Act asking every American to put pressure on their representatives in Congress to pass the Act. Whether the American people rally to the call remains to be seen. Assuming the American people do act, it remains to be seen what the individual members of Congress do. Will they react to the will of the people or ignore their constituents and continue their representation of corporate interests—those that finance their re-election campaigns.

Last Saturday, October 29, 2011 President Obama stated, “Unfortunately, Republicans in Congress aren’t paying attention.  They’re not getting the message.  Over and over, they have refused to even debate the same kind of jobs proposals that Republicans have supported in the past – proposals that today are supported, not just by Democrats, but by Independents and Republicans all across America.  And yet, somehow, they found time this week to debate things like whether or not we should mint coins to celebrate the Baseball Hall of Fame.  Meanwhile, they’re only scheduled to work three more weeks between now and the end of the year.

“The truth is, we can no longer wait for Congress to do its job.  The middle-class families who’ve been struggling for years are tired of waiting.  They need help now.  So where Congress won’t act, I will.”

And he is, issuing Executive Orders, where he can but depending on the American people to get the Jobs bill passed. With the obstacles the GOP puts in place it is a tough row to hoe. But he is really trying. Are you? Our Nevada congressional representatives may not be on board yet, help Senator Dean Heller, Shelley Berkley, Mark Amodei and Joe Heck see the light. Drop them a note.

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Just finished watching President Barack Obama on television in Las Vegas announce the following information—AND stating since Congress isn’t providing relief he is going to do it alone. Congress is the problem. In the 2012 elect every voter should remove every Republican now in Congress and every DINO (Democrat in Name Only) Democrat in office. Time to act and retake our country back from the Republican Party and their “job creators.”

FHFA, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Announce HARP Changes to Reach More Borrowers

Washington, DC – The Federal Housing Finance Agency, with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac (the Enterprises), today announced a series of changes to the Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP) in an effort to attract more eligible borrowers who can benefit from refinancing their home mortgage. The program enhancements were developed at FHFA’s direction with input from lenders, mortgage insurers and other industry participants.

“We know that there are many homeowners who are eligible to refinance under HARP and those are the borrowers we want to reach,” said FHFA Acting Director Edward J. DeMarco. “Building on the industry’s experience with HARP over the last two years, we have identified several changes that will make the program accessible to more borrowers with mortgages owned or guaranteed by the Enterprises. Our goal in pursuing these changes is to create refinancing opportunities for these borrowers, while reducing risk for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and bringing a measure of stability to housing markets.”

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have helped approximately 9 million families refinance into a lower cost or more sustainable mortgage product, approximately 10 percent of those via HARP. HARP is unique in that it is the only refinance program that enables borrowers who owe more than their home is worth to take advantage of low interest rates and other refinancing benefits. This program will continue to be available to borrowers with loans sold to the Enterprises on or before May 31, 2009 with current loan-t0-value (LTV) ratios above 80 percent.

The new program enhancements address several other key aspects of HARP including:

• Eliminating certain risk-based fees for borrowers who refinance into shorter-term mortgages and lowering fees for other borrowers;
• Removing the current 125% LTV ceiling for fixed-rate mortgages backed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac;
• Waiving certain representations and warranties that lenders commit to in making loans owned or guaranteed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac;
• Eliminating the need for a new property appraisal where there is a reliable AVM (automated valuation model) estimate provided by the Enterprises; and
• Extending the end date for HARP until Dec. 31, 2013 for loans originally sold to the Enterprises on or before May 31, 2009.

An important element of these changes is the encouragement, through elimination of certain risk-based fees, for borrowers to utilize HARP to refinance into shorter-term mortgages. Borrowers who owe more on their house than the house is worth will be able to reduce the balance owed much faster if they take advantage of today’s low interest rates by shortening the term of their mortgage.

The Enterprises plan to issue guidance with operational details about the HARP changes to mortgage lenders and servicers by November 15. Since industry participation in HARP is not mandatory, implementation schedules will vary as individual lenders, mortgage insurers and other market participants modify their processes.

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Dear Congressman Joe Heck,

Thank you for your letter of Oct. 11. In my two recent letters to you I had requested that you support any bi-partisan bill that would be signed by President Obama and put Americans back to work. Sadly, neither you nor any of the Republicans in the senate signed on to support President Obama’s recent jobs for America bill, despite the fact that 75 percent of all Americans are in favor of the president’s jobs bill, according to the news media.

Your response to me was that you “introduced to stimulate the economy, promote job creation and improve efficiency in America’s visa application process all without burdening the American taxpayer.”

Burdening the American taxpayer? Are you really serious?

Obama’s bill would add a surtax of only 5-1/2 percent on the second million and higher of taxable income to support much needed infrastructure projects like rusted bridges, crumbling-down schools, highway improvements and putting more policemen, firemen and teachers back to work — plus other projects.

Notwithstanding the fact that these infrastructure projects are much needed, in fact overdue, and would increase the efficiency of business and commerce. Plus, it would create an estimated 1.9 million jobs immediately.

And you consider this to be “burdening the American taxpayer?” Even with the slight tax increase, taxes would still be lower than under Reagan.

Did you complain about taxes under Reagan be “burdening?”

I know I speak for many, including Republicans, when I tell you your lack of support for the jobs bill is a great disappointment to many, probably the majority of Nevadans.

In the future I hope that you will exercise more wisdom and courage when representing Nevada, on behalf of the jobless people, than you have in the past.

JAMES FERRELL

I applaud Mr. Ferrell’s letter. I would hope a few thousand other people in Nye County would send their letters as well, not only to Congressman Heck, but additionally to Republican Congressman Mark Amodei, Democratic Congresswoman Shelley Berkley, and Republican Senator Dean Heller with cc’s to the Pahrump Valley Times and the Pahrump Mirror.

Jobs is not a partisan issue. It is an American issue. President Obama pointed out on TV this morning that 100% of Republican Senators and Representatives did not support his Jobs bill, to which Mr. Ferrell refers. Additionally there were a few Democratic Senators who failed the American people by not supporting the Jobs bill.

Congress isn’t cutting it. It is going to take a huge groundswell of the American people to get the job done. Individual members of Congress must be make to understand that unless they address the Jobs bill they cannot expect you to address their desire to be re-elected. Bluntly, they don’t vote for the jobs bill, you don’t vote for them. They will understand.

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Barack Obama 2012 Bumper Sticker

I got a message from Jeremy Bird, National Field Director, Obama for America today.  He says

This week, we’re sending free 2012 bumper stickers to anyone who wants one. All you have to do is tell us where to send it.

To get yours just go to Barack Obama.com, and provide him with your name, snail mail mailing address and email address and poof! He’ll send you a bumber sticker–free! Can’t beat that. I’ve sent my request before posting this on this blog because I want to be sure to get mine before you do and before they run out.

If you want one better ask for it right now!

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Go check out Obama for America.

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Grover Norquist may be the most powerful man in Washington, D.C. except for President Barack Obama. Norquist is not the commander-in-chief of the military.

But he seems to be more powerful than any other including Nevada Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

Photo: Grover Norquist.

Norquist is not elected. He is what he is, unanswerable to no one so far as I can tell.

Why is he the most power person in Washington you ask?

Republicans in Congress won’t sneeze without Norquist’s approval.

Norquist has their original signed copy of the Americans for Tax Reform pledge locked up in a fireproof vault. Ninety-five percent of Republicans in Congress signed it and Grover’s iron grip on all of them has never been so fully on display, therefore gaining a lot more scrutiny in the media. [The Last Word]

On July 12, two days ago, Norquist tweeted:

“Greedy people want money they didn’t earn…other people’s money. Obama, Reid and Pelosi are very greedy.”

You can tweet him back if you like @GroverNorquist.

Anthony Reyes, the author of the article on which this blog post is based wrote,

“Yes, the dude who reinforces billionaires’ arms over their bags of money is calling people greedy.

“The dude who passionately protects the incomes of hedge fund managers, Wall Street bankers, corporate jet owners and oil/ethanol profiteers. The dude who wants to prevent the slightest increase in their taxes or any changes to deductions or subsidies is calling people greedy.”

Norquist and Jack Abramoff are close friends and have been since their college days when both were in the College Republicans, writes Reyes.

Documents in the federal probe of the Abramoff scandal revealedGrover “allowed his nonprofit, tax-exempt organization, Americans for Tax Reform, to be used as a pass-through for money that Abramoff’s clients handed over to finance lobbying campaigns aimed at influencing public officials. For his trouble, Norquist kept a cut of the funds.”

Grover Glenn Norquist is president of Americans for Tax Reform. He is a conservative tax activist.

The Tax Reform Pledge “is a written promise by legislators and candidates for office that commits them to oppose tax increases.” [Wikipedia] There are two versions, one for the federal level and the other for the state level. Presumably Republicans in Nevada are covered by the pledge which might well explain the reluctance of Governor Sandoval’s abhorrence to spread the Nevada tax burden over a broader base.

We peasants should be acquainted with people like Grover Norquist if, for no other reason, they impact our daily lives, though we have no say-so in their doing so.

Norquist grew up wealthy in Massachusetts. A person I think of as having been born with a silver spoon in his mouth. His father was a Vice-President of Polaroid. He holds a BA and MBA from Harvard University.

Politically he worked in the Richard Nixon campaign. He founded the Americans for Tax Reform at the request of the Republican Messiah, Ronald Reagan. He fought against the Clinton healthcare plan.

In 2009 he was paid $200,000 in compensation from Americans For Tax Reform for part-time work (24 hours a week). It is safe to say he has never struggled financially. It is doubtful he even knows any of us peasants.

He held a position as an economist for the U.S. Chamber of Commerce from 1983-1984. He was a co-author of the Contract With America with Newt Gingrich. He campaigned for George W. Bush in both 2000 and 2004. He was involved with crafting the Bush tax cuts for millionaires and billionaires.

He helped Arnold Schwarzenegger with his plan to privatize CalPers.

He was quoted as saying:

“I don’t want to abolish government. I simply want to reduce it to the size where I can drag it into the bathroom and drown it in the bathtub.”

By the way Jack Abramoff began serving his prison term on November 15, 2006 at a minimum security prison camp of Federal Correctional Institution, Cumberland, Maryland. He resided at a halfway-house in Baltimore, Maryland and worked for Tov Pizza earning between $7.50 and $10.00 per hour. He got out of the joint (if you want to call that “the joint”) on December 3, 2010. He no longer works for Tov Pizza. [Wikipedia]

Maybe crime does pay.

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The conservative group Crossroads’ GPS policy arm is going up with a significant $5 million advertising campaign next week, attacking President Obama on the economy, according to a copy of the ad shared with National Journal.

Over the next two months, the group’s television campaign targeting Obama’s record on the economy will total $20 million.

The above ad will be running nationwide and in battleground states. They include: including Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Missouri, North Carolina, New Mexico, Nevada, and Virginia. It will be running for two weeks.

Karl Rove

Karl Rove is aligned with Crossroads. Crossroads is a Republican organization that tries to see that conservatives are elected to federal offices. Its president is Steven J. Law, a former United States Deputy Secretary of Labor for President George W. Bush. Chairman of the Board of Directors is former Republican National Committee chairman Mike Duncan. Advisers to the group include Senior Advisor and former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove and former Counselor to the President and Republican National Committee chairman Ed Gillespie.

American Crossroads raised $28 million in the 2010 election cycle. 91% of the funds raised were from billionaires.

Crossroads has to publicly report how much money it spends but not from whom it is obtained. It told the Christian Science Monitor it intends to raise about $120 million for the 2012 presidential election. Crossroads reported to the Federal Election Commission it has raised $3.8 million this year, over 90% of it from just three donors.

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