News, Research & Insights for American Homeowners, Patriots & Constitutional Conservatives
Better late than never?
When Egypt’s population began widespread demonstrations against the Hosni Mubarak regime, it took Barack Obama eight days to demand the resignation of our nominal ally in Cairo. When Moammar Qaddafi began a campaign of military attacks on his own people to suppress a revolt, it took us just a few weeks to launch an undeclared [...]
Better late than never?
When Egypt’s population began widespread demonstrations against the Hosni Mubarak regime, it took Barack Obama eight days to demand the resignation of our nominal ally in Cairo. When Moammar Qaddafi began a campaign of military attacks on his own people to suppress a revolt, it took us just a few weeks to launch an undeclared [...]
"I just couldn't stand it." Plus: Crowder debates the Occupiers!
Do we have time to squeeze one more Occupy post in for 2011? Why, sure we do, and this one comes to us courtesy of Chris Moody at Yahoo, who is in Iowa covering the caucuses. Occupiers plan to stage big demonstrations to disrupt the Republican caucuses on Tuesday, and the man at the center [...]
In tilted sample.
How popular has the Occupy Movement made itself over the last few weeks? At first, it enjoyed a plurality of support, thanks to generous media coverage and lingering mainstream frustration over bailouts and the state of the economy. After the demonstrations turned violent in ways large and small, that support has begun to erode. In [...]
... tax-deductible donations.
How do the food trucks keep on coming to the Occupy Movement protests? In part through direct contributions, but increasingly through tax-deductible donations. A couple of days ago, CNN reported that the Alliance for Global Justice, a far-left organization that backs anarchist demonstrations and anti-military protests as well as operating as a sponsor for the [...]
"These demonstrations are planned and orchestrated to distract from the failed policies of the Obama administration."
Skip ahead to 9:40 for the key bit. The left, understandably, is salivating over this soundbite, coinciding as it does with Cain’s rise to frontrunner status and the media’s push to make the Wall Street protests into a Very Big Deal. The whole thrust of Obama’s re-election message on the economy next year is to [...]
I’ve always been puzzled by the lack of action and reaction of the public to the mortgage crisis. As I write this, it gets worse, more people lose their homes, more homes are beset by adversary relations between family members, more alcohol abuse, more spousal abuse, more child abuse, more anxiety, depression, divorce and grief. This was all done TO the people not BY the people. Tens of millions of people did not wake up one morning in 2001 with a plan to obtain fraudulent mortgages, with fraudulent appraisals, based upon non-existent income.
In the article below, you see how people can get things rolling by forgetting the ideology and getting with the program: this could not have happened without Wall Street running wild, without incentives to create bad mortgages, and without the tacit or express complicity of the federal Reserve and other U.S. agencies. How about letting them know you don’t like it? The Constitution allows for freedom of assembly and freedom of speech. Don’t let the oppressive tactics of the opposition stop you from using your constitutional rights.
By the way, this one led to immediate results. Read the article and then go to the follow-up at Resignations, Investigations and Salary Cuts of 90%
—————————————————————————–
« Previous Post | L.A. NOW Home | Next Post »
A boisterous crowd of more than 200 gathered at the corner of Gage and Corona avenues. Several were wearing T-shirts featuring a city seal and the words “My city is more corrupt than your city.”
Their first stop: Oscar’s Korner Market and Carniceria, owned by the mayor, Oscar Hernandez. They then moved on to the mayor’s house, near Florence Avenue, then to a home on Otis Avenue owned by City Councilman George Mirabal.
At the stops, protesters maintained a moment of silence and then shouted “Fuera!” — “Out!” Dozens of cars honked as they passed and offered thumbs-up, though one man stopped, defended the city officials and challenged a protester physically.
“I don’t think they are taking it seriously. And we’re serious,” said Nestor Valencia, 45, an organizer of the demonstration, a Bell resident since 1975 and a founder of the Bell Resident Club. “They need to resign.”
Bell is a working-class city of 40,000 residents. The Times revealed earlier this month that City Manager Robert Rizzo received a $787,637 annual salary, Assistant City Manager Angela Spaccia received $457,000, and Police Chief Randy Adams received $376,288. Rizzo earned more than President Obama, Spaccia earned more than the top administrator for Los Angeles County, and Adams earned 50% more than Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck.
All three resigned on Friday.
Four City Council members are paid close to $100,000 annually for their part-time positions — sums that are far higher than in other cities of comparable size and which have baffled and upset the League of California Cities and other local government organizations.
“This is a test for our community,” Valencia said. “There’s been a fiasco here.”
Hernandez, in particular, Valencia argued, represented “a culture that is not our culture.”
“It is a culture of rule-breaking,” Valencia said. “It is a culture of nepotism. … He thinks he can do anything because he is the mayor.”
Hernandez could not be reached for comment.
[Updated at 12:48 p.m.: Bell police have estimated the crowd at between 200 and 300.
Demonstrators have visited the residences or businesses of the mayor, the vice mayor and two City Council members -- all of whom they want to resign.
The crowd also stopped at a Chevrolet dealership, long a fixture on Atlantic Avenue, that shut its doors weeks ago, citing burdensome property taxes. Demonstrators are now approaching City Hall, their final stop.
"This city has woken up," said Jesus Casas, 35, a Bell resident for 15 years. "We want a new city government that will represent by the people and for the people."]
Foreclosure News