Comments for NDFENCEOFOBAMA http://ndfenceofobama.today.com ALL THINGS OBAMA AND MUCH MORE! Mon, 28 Dec 2009 11:08:15 +0000 http://www.today.com/version-2.3.1 Comment on Obama: The Successes Mount, Big Banking Reigned In by ndfenceofobama http://ndfenceofobama.today.com/2009/06/17/obama-the-successes-mount-big-banking-reigned-in/#comment-627 ndfenceofobama Sat, 20 Jun 2009 11:10:55 +0000 http://ndfenceofobama.today.com/2009/06/17/obama-the-successes-mount-big-banking-reigned-in/#comment-627 That's the point Harrison. Because most of us have to use banks to pay for these things, doesn't mean we have to settle for being ripped off with extra high lending rates, backdoor dealings, second and third tier mortgages (when we qualify for first tier), and contract language only a lawyer understands. These banks have been operating unimpeded since the Reagan era and simply won't do the right thing on their own. Even after they got govt money, they still continued down the wrong path. Now they have to be made to do the right thing. Incidentally, these are some of the same banks that wont lend money in inner cities, but that's another issue. How can you have the nerve to defend big banking? Remember when one of the banks used the TARP money to buy up a competitor? That’s the point Harrison. Because most of us have to use banks to pay for these things, doesn’t mean we have to settle for being ripped off with extra high lending rates, backdoor dealings, second and third tier mortgages (when we qualify for first tier), and contract language only a lawyer understands. These banks have been operating unimpeded since the Reagan era and simply won’t do the right thing on their own. Even after they got govt money, they still continued down the wrong path. Now they have to be made to do the right thing. Incidentally, these are some of the same banks that wont lend money in inner cities, but that’s another issue. How can you have the nerve to defend big banking? Remember when one of the banks used the TARP money to buy up a competitor?

]]> Comment on Obama: The Successes Mount, Big Banking Reigned In by dsent http://ndfenceofobama.today.com/2009/06/17/obama-the-successes-mount-big-banking-reigned-in/#comment-623 dsent Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:30:47 +0000 http://ndfenceofobama.today.com/2009/06/17/obama-the-successes-mount-big-banking-reigned-in/#comment-623 I've been known to dissent from time to time. I would say that Obama is doing what is the bare minimum. Banks have been runnig amok and the latest constraints on them are cosmetic. Banking is something we all have need/use of/for so if we really want to piss off bankers and or make meaningful change, democratize the entire industry and remove the profit motive. Why should we tollerate banks taking money from the fed at 1% or less and turning around and lending it to taxpayers at 20%, to hell with that. We are the fed who needs for profit banking? S&L scandal, bailouts and greed f' all that banking is an essential industry and they use their power to usurp our taxes to make a profit, sounds like socialism for the rich. The only way to make bankers laugh is to show them hungry children. Forget about it, put them out of business. I’ve been known to dissent from time to time. I would say that Obama is doing what is the bare minimum. Banks have been runnig amok and the latest constraints on them are cosmetic. Banking is something we all have need/use of/for so if we really want to piss off bankers and or make meaningful change, democratize the entire industry and remove the profit motive. Why should we tollerate banks taking money from the fed at 1% or less and turning around and lending it to taxpayers at 20%, to hell with that. We are the fed who needs for profit banking? S&L scandal, bailouts and greed f’ all that banking is an essential industry and they use their power to usurp our taxes to make a profit, sounds like socialism for the rich. The only way to make bankers laugh is to show them hungry children. Forget about it, put them out of business.

]]> Comment on Obama: The Successes Mount, Big Banking Reigned In by ndfenceofobama http://ndfenceofobama.today.com/2009/06/17/obama-the-successes-mount-big-banking-reigned-in/#comment-619 ndfenceofobama Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:02:23 +0000 http://ndfenceofobama.today.com/2009/06/17/obama-the-successes-mount-big-banking-reigned-in/#comment-619 It's a full time job defending any president or politician, no matter what their views may be. I think Obama is doing a fine job given the situation he is in. The desperation of the republican party calls for constant attacks while they hopelessly search for yet another leader and an agenda. It’s a full time job defending any president or politician, no matter what their views may be. I think Obama is doing a fine job given the situation he is in. The desperation of the republican party calls for constant attacks while they hopelessly search for yet another leader and an agenda.

]]> Comment on Obama: The Successes Mount, Big Banking Reigned In by truth2u http://ndfenceofobama.today.com/2009/06/17/obama-the-successes-mount-big-banking-reigned-in/#comment-618 truth2u Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:13:00 +0000 http://ndfenceofobama.today.com/2009/06/17/obama-the-successes-mount-big-banking-reigned-in/#comment-618 It's truly a full time job defending Obama - people don't think - they listen to madness and jump on the bandwagon - less energy required. You should read some of the comments I have received on My Space regarding race issues and Obama - unbelievable - but I keep writing, hoping to atleast get people to use their own brains. I get tired sometimes and have to back off but something inside keeps me writing my truths. Stay strong ndfense stay strong!!! It’s truly a full time job defending Obama - people don’t think - they listen to madness and jump on the bandwagon - less energy required. You should read some of the comments I have received on My Space regarding race issues and Obama - unbelievable - but I keep writing, hoping to atleast get people to use their own brains. I get tired sometimes and have to back off but something inside keeps me writing my truths. Stay strong ndfense stay strong!!!

]]> Comment on THE LAUGHINGSTOCK UN by ndfenceofobama http://ndfenceofobama.today.com/2009/06/12/the-laughingstock-un/#comment-617 ndfenceofobama Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:44:18 +0000 http://ndfenceofobama.today.com/2009/06/12/the-laughingstock-un/#comment-617 Huh? Huh?

]]> Comment on Post your Comments Here! by Tort King http://ndfenceofobama.today.com/2009/01/20/post-your-comments-here/#comment-588 Tort King Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:33:35 +0000 http://ndfenceofobama.today.com/2009/01/20/post-your-comments-here/#comment-588 I disagree. ticketslayer@gmail.com I disagree. ticketslayer@gmail.com

]]> Comment on NORTH KOREA: TO BOMB OR NOT TO BOMB by ndfenceofobama http://ndfenceofobama.today.com/2009/05/31/north-korea-to-bomb-or-not-to-bomb/#comment-579 ndfenceofobama Fri, 05 Jun 2009 17:16:02 +0000 http://ndfenceofobama.today.com/2009/05/31/north-korea-to-bomb-or-not-to-bomb/#comment-579 I agree. Nothing substantial will probably come from the UN. China is probably not going to do much either. North Korea has been told that bad actions will no longer be rewarded at the negotiating table and that is a change of US foreign policy that is good. I suppose we will have to wait it out. I agree. Nothing substantial will probably come from the UN. China is probably not going to do much either. North Korea has been told that bad actions will no longer be rewarded at the negotiating table and that is a change of US foreign policy that is good. I suppose we will have to wait it out.

]]> Comment on NORTH KOREA: TO BOMB OR NOT TO BOMB by ndfenceofobama http://ndfenceofobama.today.com/2009/05/31/north-korea-to-bomb-or-not-to-bomb/#comment-569 ndfenceofobama Mon, 01 Jun 2009 21:44:02 +0000 http://ndfenceofobama.today.com/2009/05/31/north-korea-to-bomb-or-not-to-bomb/#comment-569 I am suggesting a need for stronger actions by the UN or a coalition of countries willing to stand up to this sort of proliferation. North Korea's military may have numbers, but they also have antiquated equipment. The days of conventional warfare are over. As for Kim, if he isnt running the country, someone madder than him must be. To be "testing" all those missiles is nothing more than the playground bully attempting to see how far he can go before getting into a scrape. Sooner or later he is going to have to dealt with. My thoughts are the sooner he is, the better. Why let him acquire any significant weaponry or long range missiles when we will have to defend? Sometimes the best defense is a good offense, and this may be one of those times. There are also other countries besides US that have alot more to worry about than we do if Kim gets WMD. Those countries should be willing to shoulder most of the responsibility too. I am suggesting a need for stronger actions by the UN or a coalition of countries willing to stand up to this sort of proliferation. North Korea’s military may have numbers, but they also have antiquated equipment. The days of conventional warfare are over. As for Kim, if he isnt running the country, someone madder than him must be. To be “testing” all those missiles is nothing more than the playground bully attempting to see how far he can go before getting into a scrape. Sooner or later he is going to have to dealt with. My thoughts are the sooner he is, the better. Why let him acquire any significant weaponry or long range missiles when we will have to defend? Sometimes the best defense is a good offense, and this may be one of those times. There are also other countries besides US that have alot more to worry about than we do if Kim gets WMD. Those countries should be willing to shoulder most of the responsibility too.

]]> Comment on NORTH KOREA: TO BOMB OR NOT TO BOMB by dsent http://ndfenceofobama.today.com/2009/05/31/north-korea-to-bomb-or-not-to-bomb/#comment-566 dsent Sun, 31 May 2009 22:01:27 +0000 http://ndfenceofobama.today.com/2009/05/31/north-korea-to-bomb-or-not-to-bomb/#comment-566 I got no love for N. Korea but I think there is a great exaggeration regarding what Kim Jong Ill is willing to do. The madman theory is hardly supportable. Its part and parcel to US foreign policy with dictators Washington doesn’t like. The full court media press vilifying the leader is a popular play from the State Department’s playbook. N. Korea’s actions have not been unpredictable but the mainstream media glosses over many significant facts in the history of US / N. Korean relations. Namely that previously their provocative actions have brought the US to the bargaining table. I am not a supporter of nuclear weapons for N. Korea or any nation. Nuclear weapons are WMDs and to use them in any situation is unconscionable. The US currently has thousands of these weapons for which there is NO strategic use, nuclear weapons are simply big business. To get some perspective on US / N. Korean relations there is a very good interview with Bruce Cummings that gives some context to what the mainstream media has turned into a mud slinging event. http://www.democracynow.org/2009/5/29/north_korea Also here are some interesting facts about nuclear weapons. http://www.brookings.edu/projects/archive/nucweapons/50.aspx I got no love for N. Korea but I think there is a great exaggeration regarding what Kim Jong Ill is willing to do. The madman theory is hardly supportable. Its part and parcel to US foreign policy with dictators Washington doesn’t like. The full court media press vilifying the leader is a popular play from the State Department’s playbook.

N. Korea’s actions have not been unpredictable but the mainstream media glosses over many significant facts in the history of US / N. Korean relations. Namely that previously their provocative actions have brought the US to the bargaining table.

I am not a supporter of nuclear weapons for N. Korea or any nation. Nuclear weapons are WMDs and to use them in any situation is unconscionable. The US currently has thousands of these weapons for which there is NO strategic use, nuclear weapons are simply big business.

To get some perspective on US / N. Korean relations there is a very good interview with Bruce Cummings that gives some context to what the mainstream media has turned into a mud slinging event. http://www.democracynow.org/2009/5/29/north_korea

Also here are some interesting facts about nuclear weapons.
http://www.brookings.edu/projects/archive/nucweapons/50.aspx

]]> Comment on OBAMA PRESSES FOR TWO STATE SOLUTION by dsent http://ndfenceofobama.today.com/2009/05/18/obama-presses-for-two-state-solution/#comment-555 dsent Thu, 21 May 2009 08:25:38 +0000 http://ndfenceofobama.today.com/2009/05/18/obama-presses-for-two-state-solution/#comment-555 http://www.democracynow.org/2009/5/20/torture a more specific link so you don't have to wait through headlines to get to the topic I mentioned. http://www.democracynow.org/2009/5/20/torture a more specific link so you don’t have to wait through headlines to get to the topic I mentioned.

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