Happy Hump Day!
Joining Sam today, Bill Scher (@BillScher), executive editor for LiberalOasis.com and online campaign manager for Campaign for America’s Future, is here discuss Obama’s speech. Get ready for a good joust! And Abby Clark (@abcclark) from OccupyOurHomes reports on yesterday’s nationwide action.
In the better half: Our man on the street Jeff Smith (@dontbeaputz) updates us on his day of action yesterday.
And HEALTHCARE (or lack thereof): Sam reads some poignant personal accounts. A disillusioned Obama supporter’s life changes when she finds out she has cancer – so does her perspective on the President.
All that and more!
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Press coverage from yesterday’s OccupyOurHomes action:
http://www.ibtimes.com/
12:03 pm
Sad how the once mighty defenders of “Liberalism” have allowed their misguided devotion to Obama the man to destroy their once jealously protected principles…
Scher should change the name of his site from Liberal Oasis to Centrist Cesspool…
12:43 pm
Never really liked Scher, even back when he was on AAR with Sammy!
Don’t know why, just never warmed to him.
4:06 pm
I agree. Obama this paragon of liberalism is worse than Bush; because he has betrayed his promise. Like Bill Clinton, Obama could have been great; and has settled for just staying in.
I do not accept the crumbs from his masters’ table any more than I did from Reagan. Can’t anyone just be honest w/themselves; we were, some still are, suckers! Face it.
12:16 pm
Bank Of America Sends Internal Email Exposing Where The “Occupy” Movement Is Hurting It Most
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 12/06/2011 – 11:19
While the general media may be ignoring the latest peculiar twist on the “Occupy” theme, or in this case the “occupyourhomes.org”, Bank of America is taking it quote seriously. As a reminder, “Tuesday, December 6th is the National Day of Action to stop and reverse foreclosures. The Occupy Homes movement is holding actions around the country in support of homeowners and people fighting to have a home. Find an event near you and join in our day of action tomorrow!. There are actions happening in over 20 cities nationwide. Events are taking place in Brooklyn, Buffalo and Rochester New York; Los Angeles, Oakland, San Francisco, San Diego, San Jose, Petaluma, Sacramento, Paradise and Contra Costa California; Lake Worth, Florida; Atlanta, Fayetteville, and DeKalb Georgia; Chicago, Illinois; Bloomington, Indiana; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Cleveland, Ohio; Denver, Colorado; Detroit and Southgate Michigan; St. Louis, Missouri; Portland, Oregon; and Seattle, Washington.” And if you have not heard about today’s protest on the conventional media that is understandable: as BAC says internally, this event “could impact our industry.” Here are the specific warnings to BAC “field services” agents: i) Your safety is our primary concern, so do not engage with the protesters; ii) While in neighborhoods, please take notice of vacant BAC Field Services managed homes and ensure they are secured; iii) Remind all parties of the bank’s media policy and report any media incidents. Aside from the superficial implications, what is more important is that the big banks are showing precisely what the weakest links in the system are, and what makes them the most nervous: it is not protesters living in tents in a major metropolitan city: it is protesters disrupting the lifeblood of the broken banking system – the home selling/repossession pathway. Expect many more such protests now that Bank of America has tipped its hand.
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3:22 pm
Sam,
Per your request: I went to majority.fm and could not find survey you spoke of in your podcast today.
Thx.
Edie
3:46 pm
Never mind.
12:24 pm
remedy to the foreclosed house pools public health hazard: take the skinheads swimming…
12:40 pm
LOL of course, Florida has had the same problem for several years, with the added fun of alligators and snakes and other critters taking up residence in the abandoned pools.
12:50 pm
I used to be scared of spiders until I read this article in the New Yorker, which basically says that if spiders wanted to kill us, we’d all be dead. Instead, their toxins are carefully targeted at insects and whatever small fry they want to immobilize and eat, and luckily that doesn’t include us.
Only two species, the brown recluse spider (mostly in the South and Midwest) and the black widow spider (most of North America) are much of a threat to us, and bites are generally treatable if attended to promptly.
http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/03/05/070305fa_fact_bilger
I seem to recall that it’s similar to snakes, where it’s the juvenile snake bites that are the most dangerous, since the youngsters have less experience tweaking their venom doses.
Just makes you feel all warm and fuzzy toward our fellow critters