yeah, right . . .

March 01st, 2010 | Author: akagaga

The Times Union has a report on the rally for fired, but popular, local radio host Al Roney.

The Gazette in Schenectady also has a blog post, and reporter Jeff Wilkin spoke with Al:

Roney said he was both humbled and amazed by the public support. He said he has e-mailed and telephoned listeners in the past; he appreciates the strong connections apparently made with people who stood up for him on a cold winter morning.

“That’s one thing that is really making this a lot easier to get through,” Roney said late Monday afternoon.
“Who gets that?” he said of the rally. “People will go home and tell their wives, tell their kids and then get into line at the unemployment office.
“It’s kind of humbling to see that anybody would really take time out from their days to go out and do that.”

And, Al, if you read this: Over 300 people have searched your name in google and landed on my previous post about you. Most were local, but others searched from as far away as California and British Columbia.

You are missed.

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Obama OFA: Organizing Radicals in Public Schools

March 01st, 2010 | Author: akagaga

Americans laughed at the the ‘Obama as messiah’ cartoons. They turned away when they saw school children singing his praises, à la Hitler. They wondered what all the hoopla was about when he gave a speech to public schools across the country. And they ignored him when he said it was “the goal of this administration to ensure that every child has access to a complete and competitive indoctrination education – from the day they are born to the day they begin a career.” [emphasis added]

Now parents have another issue to ignore. [Thanks to Pamela Geller who broke this story.]

Organizing for America, the successor organization to Obama for America, is building on the movement that elected President Obama by empowering students across the country to help us bring about our agenda of change.

OFA is launching a national internship program connecting students all over the country with our organization on the ground – working to make the change we fought so hard for in 2008 a reality in 2010 and beyond.

Winter 2010 internships (dates are flexible depending on your school’s schedule)

The Internship requires a commitment of 12 hours per week

Credit must be approved by your school ahead of time

Thus begins an application being given to high school students, recruiting them to take a ten-week course on community organizing. It includes the following recommended reading:

Rules for Radicals, Saul Alinsky
The New Organizers, Zack Exley
Stir It Up: Lessons from Community Organizing and Advocacy, Rinku Sen
Obama Field Organizers Plot a Miracle, Zack Exley, Huffington Post
Dreams of My Father Chicago Chapters, Barack Hussein Obama

In other words, Obama is doing exactly what he said he would do. He’s taking over the minds of young Americans, creating the political machine of the future, and using tax-payer-funded public schools to do the job.

You gotta give it to him: Obama knows how to organize.

If this doesn’t motivate you to get your kids out of the public school system, and home school them, then you are beyond hope … and change.

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Schizophrenic America

February 27th, 2010 | Author: akagaga

Washington (CNN) – A majority of Americans think the federal government poses a threat to rights of Americans, according to a new national poll.

Fifty-six percent of people questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Friday say they think the federal government’s become so large and powerful that it poses an immediate threat to the rights and freedoms of ordinary citizens. Forty-four percent of those polled disagree.

The survey indicates a partisan divide on the question: only 37 percent of Democrats, 63 percent of Independents and nearly 7 in 10 Republicans say the federal government poses a threat to the rights of Americans.

Does this mean that the independents and the Republicans think the Bush era – with the Patriot Act, warrantless wiretaps, and torture – didn’t threaten our rights?

I’ve got a headache.

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WGY Fires Al Roney: Protest Monday

February 26th, 2010 | Author: akagaga

Al Roney, the local voice who organized the Albany Tea Party last year, and was planning another one for April 17th this year, has been fired by WGY. They’re replacing him with Glenn Beck, who was dropped locally when WROW moved away from talk radio. They told the Times Union they picked up Beck for “ratings reasons.”

Al served us well, covering local issues that no one else would even mention, and he will be sorely missed in the capital region.

To WGY: I no longer have a reason to tune in to 810. Hope that helps your ratings.

Monday’s rally is scheduled for Monday from 9 a.m. to noon — the hours during which Roney’s show aired. WGY is located at 1203 Troy-Schenectady Road in Latham.

3/1 update on the rally, including a quote from Al Roney, here.

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Debt-Driven Economies

February 25th, 2010 | Author: akagaga

If I were a gambler, I’d be taking bets that sooner or later the debt-ridden American economy will collapse.

If I were in a position to influence that collapse, I’d be a rich woman.

This, according to the NY Times, is what’s currently happening to Greece.

As Greece’s financial condition has worsened, undermining the euro, the role of Goldman Sachs and other major banks in masking the true extent of the country’s problems has drawn criticism from European leaders. But even before that issue became apparent, a little-known company backed by Goldman, JP Morgan Chase and about a dozen other banks had created an index that enabled market players to bet on whether Greece and other European nations would go bust.

Last September, the company, the Markit Group of London, introduced the iTraxx SovX Western Europe index, which is based on such swaps and let traders gamble on Greece shortly before the crisis. Such derivatives have assumed an outsize role in Europe’s debt crisis, as traders focus on their daily gyrations.

A result, some traders say, is a vicious circle. As banks and others rush into these swaps, the cost of insuring Greece’s debt rises. Alarmed by that bearish signal, bond investors then shun Greek bonds, making it harder for the country to borrow. That, in turn, adds to the anxiety — and the whole thing starts over again.

It’s universally accepted that debt is required for people or businesses or nations to function, but with every loan the borrower gives up a certain measure of freedom. I think it’s better to do without.