Obviously, there are a lot of weak minds out there, easily influenced by Palin and Limbaugh to do criminal acts. There are actually militia groups that call themselves Christian. That's like Islamic terrorist groups calling themselves holy to God. It's all insanity and innocent people end up paying for it with their lives while these vicious people are allowed to attack, whether it's on the airwaves or with a gun.
The second message in play is Big Banks and Big Business are telling the government and Americans that they are above the law. The news story and video here will anger you with their audacity of arrogance. While it does not surprise me that Big Banks are doing despicable things to their customers like denying mortgage restructuring along with credit card abuses, what does surprise me is the lukewarm response from the Obama administration to bear down on Big Business and force them to comply with the law. It's obvious they will not comply with the laws of decency. Quit waiting, Mr. Obama, and act quickly on the behalf of the American people who need you so desperately as their champion right now.
Whistle-Blower: Banks Give Homeowners the Runaround: (ABC) A vice president for one of the nation's biggest banks claims customers looking for help in lowering their mortgage payments are often told to call an 800 number -- where he says representatives then give homeowners the runaround...
Of the 1.1 million homeowners who've signed up for the federal program aimed at avoiding foreclosures, only 168,000, or 15 percent, of homeowners have had their mortgages permanently modified.
"In our managers meeting, which can last eight or nine hours, we probably addressed mortgage modifications five minutes or less," the banker said...
Christian Militia Raid: Family of Four Allegedly Behind Plot to Ambush Police: (ABC) A family of four was behind an anti-government militia plot to kill law enforcement officers with improvised explosive devices and projectiles before being foiled by an FBI raid Sunday that netted nine members of a Christian extremist group, federal authorities said today.
David Brian Stone, 45, his wife, Tina Stone, 44, and David Stone's two adult sons allegedly conspired with five other members of the fringe Christian militia group called the Hutaree to kill a Michigan law enforcement officer and then ambush the officer's colleagues who would have gathered for the funeral, according to court documents...
All were indicted by a federal grand jury of seditious conspiracy, attempted use of weapons of mass destruction, teaching the use of explosive materials and possessing a firearm during a crime of violence. They appeared in court this morning but no pleas were made...
Based in Lenawee County, Mich., the Hutaree are described by officials as an extremist group. Their Web site says the name means "Christian warrior" and claims it is preparing to defend itself for the impending arrival of the anti-Christ...
This red-haired European mummie was preserved in the deserts of far western China by first freezing and then baking and then freezing again. It's amazing that she looks as if she had only been buried about 20 years ago - not as long as 4,000 years ago! You can see she had curly eyelashes.
She is part of the Silk Road exhibit the Chinese finally allowed out of their country. Bowers Museum in Orange Country, California, negotiated for decades to receive this exhibit.
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Overqualified? Yes, but just happy to have a job: (NBC/New York Times) Don Carroll, a former financial analyst with a master’s degree in business administration from a top university, was clearly overqualified for the job running the claims department for Cartwright International, a small, family-owned moving company here south of Kansas City.
But he had been out of work for six months, and the department badly needed modernization after several decades of benign neglect. It turned out to be a perfect match.
After being hired in December, Mr. Carroll, 31, quickly set about revamping the four-person department, which settles damage claims from moves, and creating tracking tools so the company could better understand its spending...
Sarkozy: ‘The world needs an open America’: (NBC) "The world needs an open America, a generous America, an America that shows the way, an America that listens," he said, calling on the U.S. to champion firm regulations of financial systems, from tax havens to hedge funds...
"Welcome to the club of states who don't turn their back on the sick and the poor," Sarkozy said, referring to the U.S. health care overhaul signed by President Barack Obama last week.
From the European perspective, he said, "when we look at the American debate on reforming health care, it's difficult to believe."
"The very fact that there should have been such a violent debate simply on the fact that the poorest of Americans should not be left out in the streets without a cent to look after them ... is something astonishing to us."
Then to hearty applause, he added: "If you come to France and something happens to you, you won't be asked for your credit card before you're rushed to the hospital."
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