Congresswoman Barbara Lee and Congressman Bobby Scott held a press conference Wednesday morning to announce the reintroduction of HR 6556.  And Monday evening MSNBC’s Ed Shultz addressed the issue of the 99ers and the legislation extensively.  It was good to see the 99er issue thrust back into the mainstream propaganda machine.

Of course there is a trade off.  Schultz seemed to rave without taking a breath for five minutes expounding on his total devotion to social communism.  He mixed truths with half truths and lies.  Truths, like the description of the deplorable conditions the 99ers are living in.  Half truths, like the right wing of the false left-right paradigm is 100% responsible for our plight.  Outright lies, like social communism is American.
Continue reading “99ers – HR 6556 No More than Another Lie?”

I just received this email from Joel Payne, Communications Directory for Congresswoman Barbara Lee. 

Henry –

How are you?  I am the Communications Director for Congresswoman Barbara Lee who introduced the 99er bill today with Congressman Scott.  I understand that you are concerned about the coverage we got for today’s event.  Continue reading “Update: HR 6556 Coverage”

Well 9:45 am Eastern Time has come and gone and nowhere in the mainstream media is there the smallest mention of Barbara Lee’s long awaited press conference.  I contacted Ms. Lee’s office this morning.  One of her receptionists told me that the big news release was indeed happening, but apparently there is nowhere in the media that we 99ers can go to view this earth shattering event.  Ms. Lee’s receptionist said that CNN was supposed to be on the scene but apparently, if they are, they are not reporting the event live. 

C-Span’s website at present has no information on the subject.

I contacted Bobby Scott’s office.  His receptionist would not even confirm that CNN was present at the press release.
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The mainstream propagandists, in thinking they have eliminated the 99ers from reality, have now concentrated their efforts on attacking the labor unions in the individual states.  The states are in a lot of trouble, but one must ask how much of it has been caused by federal mandates.  The main focus in the demonization of the labor unions is in reference to salary increases and the states’ inability to pay retirement pensions in the long run. 

The filthy rich have milked the individual states just as surely as they have milked the United States and now that they have piled the wealth they are aggressively pushing for laws to protect what they have acquired.  You see the states have to continue to function and the money has to come from somewhere.  The rich man has no intent of giving back that which he has stolen and is trying to turn we the people against one another in determining who will replace the stolen monies.
Continue reading “99ers Watching HR 6556 Closely”

President Barack Obama AKA Barry Soetoro held a meeting Monday morning with the United States Chamber of Commerce.  The event was hyped by the mainstream propagandists as a new era wherein Obama will be becoming more business friendly.  This is an insult to the intelligence.  Obama has been engaged in a virtual lip lock with big business since taking office.  This administration and the propagandists that represent it seem to believe that the people of America have the long term memory of a cabbage and will accept any assertion they put forth, either out of desperation or raw stupidity.

The Obama administration represents one of the biggest corporate giveaways, well since the last administration.  In specific the bailouts of the car companies, stimulus moneys channeled to big business, billion dollar tax cuts to the top 2%, and let’s not forget the $30 billion given to the so called small banks just before the 2010 Congressional elections, which is being identified as the point that Obama decided he needed to become more business friendly.
Continue reading “99ers, Obama’s Speech, HR 6556, Unemployment Extension, SSDD”

The situation in Egypt has taken a new turn following American reporters being beaten, abused and thrown out of the country.  There are now anti-American slogans being shouted by the Egyptian people on the streets.  This change in attitude has in turn caused a change in attitude in the United States, where a majority of the people are now saying that if Egypt has nothing but contempt for the U.S. all aid should be stopped immediately. 

This whole scenario has resulted in one of the most surprising admissions to come from our government in a long time.  For years we have been told that the $1.5 billion per year we are giving Egypt is being sent because they are a strong ally and promote our interests in the area.  Continue reading “New Information out of Egypt”

The trial for the three American hikers who were arrested near the Iran/Iraqi border and charged as spies is underway.  Sarah Shourd, the only woman among the three, was released on bail a couple of months back and will not be returning to Iran to face the charges.  I guess she can hope the Iranian government doesn’t hire Dog the Bounty Hunter to come after her.

Joshua Fattal and Shane Bauer are facing a prosecution that could get them the death penalty, though it is being speculated that a ten year prison sentence is more likely. 
Continue reading “Trial Begins for American Hikers Accused of Spying in Iran”

Congresswoman Barbara Lee’s HR 6556 is supposed to be introduced this week and every 99er is praying that it will not be swept aside again.  Republicans released a document last week purporting that they intend to cut $100 million from the budget this year.  Frankly I do not see how the unemployment extension can possibly be passed in the face of these budget cuts.

Some people seem to think that I am seeking recognition and fame.  Anyone who has followed my work has to know that this assertion is repugnant to the message I have been putting forth.  One thing that has bothered me all my life is the fact that our founding fathers are identified with a specific elitist group; George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin, and John Hancock to name a few.  Continue reading “99ers – Will Boehner Allow HR 6556 to Proceed?”

It seems everyone is looking for a quick fix for the unemployment problem.  Well to get a quick fix or any other we must understand the motivations of the people who are causing the problem.  And just what exactly is the motivation of the rich?  Profit.  The fact is they have profited to a fault in what they have done to the 99ers and they will continue to abuse us as long as it is profitable to so. 

I am not an attorney but I do believe there is something contained in the body of our law in reference to unjust enrichment.  The enrichment they are enjoying at present is the direct result of an unjust act in that they have unlawfully manipulated our institutions to allow them to enrich themselves through our natural resources without any compensation to the rest of us; in short they have taken their share of our natural resources and ours. 
Continue reading “99ers – 14 Weeks of Socialist Free Unemployment Benefits”

We are now 13 days into the Egyptian protests and Friday was more of a whimper than a bang.  I guess the anti-Mubarak protesters rethought the strategy of marching on the Presidential Palace, which is probably for the best as the Egyptian military seems to have gotten things back under control.  The protests are mostly peaceful at present but it is being speculated that violence could erupt again if President Mubarak does not step down soon.

Increasingly we are finding out more about the Islamic Brotherhood, a faction which technically is outlawed in Egypt as no religious political parties are allowed.  Apparently the Brotherhood wields a lot more power than originally reported and in fact has been involved in the uprisings since the beginning. 
Continue reading “13th Day of Protests in Egypt”

Upon hearing the good news Friday morning that the jobless recovery would continue, I called Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr.’s Washington D.C. office.  During a conversation with Jackson’s press secretary I was informed that only two thousand of our resumes had been presented to Congress to date, as it will cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to print them and the cost could not be justified.  Via further inquiry I found out Mr. Jackson has addressed our Congress on the 99er issue twice in January for one minute on each occasion, making a grand total of two minutes of time allotted to 20 million long term unemployed. 

Jackson’s aid further indicated that Speaker of the House Boehner is responsible for the no-action being taken for the 99ers.  Apparently one man is running our Congress and neither Jesse Jackson Jr., nor any other Congress person can do any business without his permission.  If this is true I guess all the rest of the so called representatives might as well come home and stop collecting a pay check and let John Boehner run our Congress as an undisputed dictator.
Continue reading “99ers Tier 5 Supporters – HR 6556 to be Reintroduced Wednesday”

The mainstream propagandists are reporting only 36,000 jobs were created in January, which is far below the 250,000 expected.  In fact 325,000 jobs need to be created each and every month just to keep up with the new people entering the work force that are leaving college and just starting out in their careers.  So how in the world is it possible that the unemployment rate dropped to 9%?  Well I will tell you.  Six million long term unemployed are not being counted as unemployed anymore.  In fact everyone who becomes a 99er is automatically removed from the equation. 

It is now being put forth as a fact that when a person’s unemployment runs out and they have not found a job, it is because they are no longer looking and just do not want one.  As predicted the 99ers have gone from being considered unemployed to being street beggars who prefer that life. 
Continue reading “99ers and Tier 5 Supporters – 9% Unemployment? Fight or Die!”

Those of us who have been able to go grocery shopping this month have noticed about a third less in our shopping cart than was there in previous months.  We have been told the bursting of the housing bubble is the reason we have lost our jobs and been made impoverished.  Well there is now a new bubble we need to worry about.  It is being described in mainstream media as the food bubble.  Apparently the insane amount of money the Federal Reserve has been printing is starting to show its affects on the commodities markets. 

This is and is not an issue involving supply and demand.  You see, the 21st century farmer is selling his crops before they are even grown to speculators.  The whole idea of the speculative selling was originally put forth as a way to insure stable prices to the farmer.  However, as the dollar is being devaluated at an alarming rate, the crops sold next year at a price that would seem reasonable this year are going to leave the farmer short. 
Continue reading “99ers – Another Week, No Tier 5, No Jobs”

Gunshots rang out in Tahrir Square in Cairo, Egypt as violent protests continue.  The violence is being caused by government sponsored anarchists identifying themselves as supporters of President Mubarak.  The two crowds, having established battle lines, have been going at one another all week.  In the skirmishes prisoners were even taken.  Some of those taken by the protesters wanting Mubarak to step down were in fact police in civilian clothes. 

Mubarak’s government is arresting foreign journalists and telling others to stop reporting.  The only news being shown in Egypt is state run television.  Also all foreigners were told to evacuate the country.
Continue reading “The Mystery Uprising in Egypt Continues”

In the 1776 the United States was at war with the British Empire, which was considered the greatest military force on the planet at the time.  The British soldier was armed with the smooth bore flintlock musket known as the Brown Bess.  These rifles were incredibly inaccurate, which is why the European armies had taken up the practice of fighting in open fields and in rank and file.  The two armies would simply march up to one another and fire aimlessly.  The British were well disciplined and would probably have defeated the Colonials had our forefathers played by the rules.  Fortunately for us they did not.

One of the deciding factors in the Revolutionary War was the American woodsman’s use of the Kentucky Riffle.  It was longer than the standard musket and had riffling in the barrel, which is to say that the barrel was grooved in a twist.  Continue reading “The Kalashnikov AK-47 – Feared by Tyrants around the World”

There is hardly a newspaper left in this country that is still being printed.  The majority of the people of the United States have come to the point that they no longer believe a single word being told to them by the mainstream media.  The fact is the alternate media on the internet has become the single source for those who demand the truth.

The whole scenario is beginning to seriously worry the international corporate mafia.  This is why you are seeing extreme measures being proposed to censor and control all information going out over the net in the United States.  The propagandists are finding it difficult, if not impossible, to shape our reality and control our actions. 
Continue reading “Rupert Murdoch Announces The Daily News Service for IPad Owners”

WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange is still in England waiting an extradition hearing.  Meanwhile recent WikiLeaks releases have prompted speculation from one end of the spectrum to the other.  The leaks involve various documents relating to world terrorism and possibilities and probabilities for a nuclear war in the Middle East. 

Many of the documents described terrorists making chemical and biological agents that they intend to release on their enemies around the world.  Some are speculating that the documents were purposefully leaked to rekindle the fear generated by 9/11.  These fears seem to have deteriorated in the face of other fears relating to not having a job and starving to death.  It must be noted that the release of the documents coincides with growing upheaval in the Muslim world. 
Continue reading “WikiLeaks’ Releases Bring More Questions than Answers”

99ers living in tent cities in Pennsylvania will be enjoying their holiday feast.  In an effort to participate in Groundhog Day the 99ers adopted a big fat grey rat.  They are calling the rat Punxsutawney Barry Soetoro.  You see while the rich folk on the other side of the tracks are eating pastries and sipping hot toddies preparing for Punxsutawney Phil to appear, the peasants in the tent city will be having their own ceremony.  Wherein the grey rat Barry is let out of his cardboard box at noon on a hill top with a halide light shining over his head, and if he sees his shadow that means six more months with no relief for the long term unemployed.

After the ceremonies the rich folk will be attending party events designed to pamper their every indulgence and allow them to wallow in the delusion that they truly deserve all they have stolen from the rest of us.  The 99ers back at the tent city will be enjoying their own feast, groundhog on a stick.  That, my friends, is the difference between a rich man’s groundhog and a poor man’s.
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Is the issue of jobs being addressed by those claiming to represent the people of the United States in the House, Congress, and the Executive?  The answer is no.  The fact is the jobs issue has become nothing more than a political excuse for those currently in power to do anything they want.  If they want to cut a program and give the money for that program to the rich they simply say, “We have to do it to create jobs.”  If they want to keep tax cuts for the rich they say, “It will create jobs.”  If they want to deregulate, which in reality is what caused the economic crisis and the loss of our jobs, they say, “We are doing it to create jobs.” 

I expect any day to see a bill introduced to euthanize all the 99ers in the name of creating 100 jobs running the gas chambers.  The fact is not only has not one job been created by our new Congress, but we are losing thousands every day to further corporate downsizing and a further transfer of jobs overseas. 
Continue reading “99ers Job Diversions”