Copyright © 2013 Knight Sac Media. All rights reserved.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/subject.aspx?subjectid=56831"This country has more wealth than any nation, but that's not what makes us rich. We have the most powerful military in history, but that's not what makes us strong. Our university and culture are the envy of the world, but that's not what keeps the world coming to our shores. "What makes Ameri...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/images/Logo380x132.pnghttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/subject.aspx?subjectid=5683138013210koanAs usual, you are wrong: Goldman Sachs to Fund Romney Over Obama bloomberg.com  Content Section Wall Street Showers Romney Campaign With Donations, Abandons Obama thedailybeast.com  You are an asshole!http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289143435/24/2013 4:55:03 PMkoanI don't make up anything, you are an asshole and have no idea who the good guys and bad guys are nor do you care. My hunch is you are one of the bad guys!http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289143135/24/2013 4:43:20 PMChinuSFOJust cool it please. No name calling. You are welcome to criticize Obama, since he ran for office. And hence he is a public servant. As long as our entitlements have not been impacted, we cannot accuse Obama of anything.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289140615/24/2013 2:57:48 PMChinuSFOThese days Raygun is a Democrat, not a Republican. These days they are Teapublicans and even the Republicans publicly declare themselves to be Teapublicanshttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289140465/24/2013 2:53:47 PMChinuSFOObama is the one who put Social Security benefit CUTS on the table. Spin That! Have the Teapublicans accepted that yet? Is it possible that Obama made the offer because he had a feeling they will accept that and hence he would have succeed in exposing their in sincerity to the American people. http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289140415/24/2013 2:51:56 PMPogeu MahoneIt is Obama bringing this country to its knees along with all of the other politicians. Your faith is sadly misplaced. Obama collects more from Wall street then any other politician. They certainly get what they pay for from him. ---------------------------------------- Banks’ Lobbyists Help in Drafting Financial Bi...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289138005/24/2013 1:27:32 PMPogeu Mahonehttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289137625/24/2013 1:09:54 PMPogeu MahoneYou are insane. Obama farks you and has done the opposite of what you thought he would do. You then make up pure BS and run with it. Obama put all of this on the table, social security and the New Deal, Medicare and medicade to negotiate DOWNWARD! I thought you keep pumping Obama is going to protect and help the ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289137315/24/2013 12:58:53 PMkoanI have already told you, but you seem incapable of hearing or learning. Romney would have appointed more Scalia's to the supreme court and they are already destroying the country e.g. Citizens United. Romney would have helped the plutocrats much more than Obama did. He seems to be a sociopath. Romney would have trie...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289136415/24/2013 12:30:53 PMWharf Rat"Obama is the one who put Social Security benefit CUTS on the table. Spin That!" Obama is a Raygun Republican.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289136385/24/2013 12:30:28 PMPogeu MahoneHow could he have been worse? Please do not stray off into fantasy. Not only did Obama aid and abet the WS financiers, he relies on them to set his disastrous course. Another 8 years of bankrupting the middle class from your hero. You keep lementing the middle class that Obama delights in screwing. Obama is the on...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289136075/24/2013 12:20:07 PMPogeu MahoneOT Talk about walking. First time I ever have come across an eastern timber rattle snake was yesterday on a hike in the Blue Hills. I got him to rattle at me twice ;o) Note the red dot @ Boston on the map below ,that is the Blue Hills. Timber Rattlesnake Fact SheetTimber Rattlesnake Crotalus horridusNew York ...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289135435/24/2013 11:58:09 AMkoanIt is the plutocrats bringing the country to its knees. Since the 50's the middle class has been decimated. this was a very specific plan put forth by the very rich. They always do that. The first thing they do is break whatever power the middle class has e.g. unions, so they can pay low wages and control the worker. M...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289134625/24/2013 11:32:04 AMChinuSFOIt is refreshing to see a US President in charge of the Pentagon decisions after a very long time. thedailybeast.com http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289125985/23/2013 10:02:34 PMJim McMannisI was talking 30 year fixed. But yeah, low rates got us into this mess and somehow they are supposed to get us out of it. What I don't like is WS in the Real Estate business. FED gives them the money cheap and the pool and buy up blocks of foreclosures. With cash. Bids go up. Someone who wants a good deal has a har...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289124095/23/2013 8:23:38 PMChinuSFOhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289123895/23/2013 8:12:00 PMkoanDo you think that is a logical way to look at it? One has to look at potential. Sarah Palin and Mccain are stupid and that would have made them dangerous if they were in control of nuclear weapons. That is how one should look at it. <<Please Name me one republican president that used nuclear bombs? Now do the s...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289121795/23/2013 6:06:14 PMPogeu MahonePlease Name me one republican president that used nuclear bombs? Now do the same for democrats! Hokum served up night and day.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289117855/23/2013 2:59:58 PMJim McMannisRE:"Even with all the looting you can get fixed rate mortgages for under 3% these days" Nat avg this week is 3.73%, you'd be hard pressed to get under 3 unless it's a VA loan. Then, while you wait some cash buyer subs ya.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289117005/23/2013 2:36:03 PMJim McMannishttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289116775/23/2013 2:30:02 PMJim McMannishttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289116705/23/2013 2:27:52 PMPogeu MahoneJohn You and I can swim with sharks but most cannot. I bought 2 short sales in CT. for 100,000 a piece. Houses sold new in 99 for 260. My buys killed the comps so everybody for a mile around could not refi. The same bank has another 7 properties they said they would short sale but have sat on their hands for m...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289116305/23/2013 2:13:42 PMAlex MGSix Facts Lost in the IRS Scandal propublica.org[graphic] In the furious fallout from the revelation that the IRS flagged applications from conservative nonprofits for extra review because of their political activity, some points about the big picture -- and big donors -- have fallen through the cracks. Con...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289112635/23/2013 11:53:37 AMJohn VosillaThere is no other hand when you let the looting of the nation continue unabated. Even with all the looting you can get fixed rate mortgages for under 3% these days. Maybe everyone just bitches and complains way too much these days? No one hates the robber barons as much as I do but life goes on. Cease the oppo...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289105965/23/2013 3:17:48 AMJohn VosillaI wonder why Congress is obstructing an enforcement agency like the IRS from enforcing the law. If you and I started arguing with the police, we would be charged with obstruction of justice. True but if you or I were the son of the wealthiest land baron in town we would own the police too...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289105935/23/2013 3:14:57 AMSr Khttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289103835/22/2013 10:58:36 PMkoanThe Republicans are much more likely to start a nuclear war as they are delusion and very often stupid. A nuclear war makes all financial matters moot!http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289103805/22/2013 10:57:20 PMPogeu MahoneYou go on and on about some imagined scenario. A corrupt justice dept is a corrupt justice dept. There is no other hand when you let the looting of the nation continue unabated. http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289103685/22/2013 10:51:37 PMkoanMccain and Romney would have helped it along. <<There is no other hand when you let the looting of the nation continue unabated.>> There is another hand when the other hand is nuts and could put us in a nuclear a war. And as nuts and stupid as McCain, is Palin has the intellect of a 10th grade mean girl. She would m...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289103495/22/2013 10:34:00 PMPogeu Mahonehttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289103255/22/2013 10:20:26 PMkoanBanks must be broken up and Stiglitz and Kurgman would have insisted on it. Why Obama did not appoint them, IMO. On the other hand Obama is sane and intelligent. Mccain is neither and Romney is in bed with them big time.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289101555/22/2013 8:47:40 PMPogeu MahoneObama has taken a walk on many issues dear to liberals but on the issue that dominates all others, Finance, he sold his soul.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289097995/22/2013 4:48:41 PMkoanGreat show on PBS's Frontline last night, called the "untouchables": about how the Bankers got off scott free. Obama was in a position to go after them and chose not too?http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289096125/22/2013 3:37:45 PMChinuSFORepatriation of overseas profits is becoming a big issue. If this Administration decides to provide tax breaks then they comes across as choosing winners and losers. At the same time, giving tax breaks so that the repatriated funds can create jobs will increase income tax revenues and more than offset the loss of rev...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289094265/22/2013 2:38:43 PMChinuSFOThank you, I rest my case. Show me the illegality first. Then we will think of prosecution. Or else, do something like Dodd-Frank and then prosecute if they break the laws.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289092545/22/2013 1:04:53 PMChinuSFOYes my friend, these are all old. Things have changed with the rise of the Al Qaeda and their modus operandi. They are not a civilized bunch and to fight them we need to use tactics and ways that they use.http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289092465/22/2013 1:02:09 PMChinuSFOAll those arm chair intellectual thoughts are very good. But when they are removed from reality, then they cease to have any value. Which NBA coach wants to release his game plan to the opposing coach. similarly, if a journalist walks up to the NSA and demands information pertaining to national security so that it c...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289092265/22/2013 12:53:17 PMChinuSFOI am wondering why the focus is not on Karl Rove's pac which I believe has a 501(c) status. I wonder why Congress is obstructing an enforcement agency like the IRS from enforcing the law. If you and I started arguing with the police, we would be charged with obstruction of justice. But in Congress' case, are they ab...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289091685/22/2013 12:33:17 PMPogeu Mahone"If banks are too big to fail, then why not nationalize them." Great question. Crony capitalism has taken over. The Economist explains Why have so few bankers gone to jail? May 13th 2013, 23:50 by J.R. [graphic] REAL-LIFE criminals bear little resemblance to those seen in films. On screen, the bad guys effo...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289090865/22/2013 11:53:34 AMone_lessShould the Press ever be compelled by law to reveal a source? Does the Press have the right to publish information that puts national security at risk, or that exposes an undercover government agent? Does the Press have the right to publish information that causes substantial harm to individuals in violation of tha...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289089595/22/2013 11:10:25 AMJohn Vosilla2012 Top Donors to Outside Spending Groups Top Individuals Funding Outside Spending Groups RankDonorOrganization/OccupationTotalViewpoint*1Adelson, Sheldon G. & Miriam O. Las Vegas, NVLas Vegas Sands/Adelson Drug Clinic$92,796,625C2Simmons, Harold C. & Annette Dallas, TXContran Corp$26,865,000C3Perry, Robert J. Houst...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289089355/22/2013 11:05:41 AMone_lessThis seems to be relevant to the current discussion. It is an issue that now spans Administrations ================================== Freedom of Press vs. National Security [graphic]On October 16, the House of Representatives passed a bill that would protect news reporters from being sent to jail for refusing to re...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289089025/22/2013 10:54:11 AMJohn VosillaThe real IRS scandal is not the targeting of tea party groups (though that is a scandal); it's the shocking lack of much scrutiny at all of the vast majority of politically active nonprofits that poured hundreds of millions of dollars into our elections over the last four years, our Executive Director Sheila Krumholz a...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289088855/22/2013 10:48:13 AMChinuSFOI also heard that CA also has a budget surplus along with a Democratic super majority in both the House and the Senate and a Democratic Governor, the ever so liberal Jerry Brown. I suppose the folks in other states need to look at that and decide whom they should vote for in 2014 if they want this country to move ahea...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289087025/22/2013 9:54:24 AMMetacomethttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289085495/22/2013 8:28:55 AMnigel bates"...large numbers of Obama's supporters are happy to go along with this" "...Change the characterization from happy to willing and I am ok with it ...and I would probably not be willing in a GOP administration because part of their makeup is inevitable deceit for illegal, unethical or immoral purposes ..." What you a...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289084065/22/2013 3:53:46 AMChinuSFOTeapublican hypocrisy. NJ, a blue state; OK a red one. Should explain it all and Chris Christie must be boiling. politico.com http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289081255/21/2013 10:04:01 PMChinuSFOGood news. However, I would like to see Gov. Brown allocate more funds towards green energy research and infrastructure building in that area. I shopped around to install solar on my roof. All the folks I talked with said they would install Made in China solar cells. I am reluctant to go with that. Elon Musk's Tes...http://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289081215/21/2013 10:01:19 PMkoanhttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289080465/21/2013 9:14:44 PMWharf RatCalifornia Unemployment Hits High Of 12.6% 04/16/10 02:13 PM EThttp://www.siliconinvestor.com/readmsg.aspx?msgid=289080335/21/2013 9:04:26 PM