Obama, "Wall Street may be more comforted by an approach that gives banks bailouts with no strings attached and that holds nobody accountable. But such an approach won't solve the problem. Those days are over!" - Tabacco, "We'll see!"

Tabacco: Communism & Democracy are Political Systems. Socialism & Capitalism are Economic Systems. Both China & Cuba are Communist. Communism was NEVER the problem. Capitalists fear Socialism, not Communism. The Proof is China-Cuba Enigma!

Friday night, February 20, Knicks beat Raptors by 30, 127-97. Today, Sunday, February 22, the Knicks lost to the same Raptors by 11, 111-100. Yes, the 1st game was in New York & the 2nd in Toronto, but that's not why Knicks split! ROTATION REDUCTION!

Just a few years ago, $100 in US consumer debt could be sold to investors for $115. Why would investors want to buy this debt? Because they were confident you would pay it back - but late. That way they'd make money on your interest payments.

2 of 9 Luzerne County Judges Mark Ciavarella & Michael Conahan received $2.6 million for ensuring juvenile suspects were jailed in PA Child Care & sister company, Western PA Child Care prisons, some over probation officers objections. 5,000 to date!

Lock-step goose-stepping Neocon bloggers Gazelem, Zealot, Mad Minerva, Sheepdog, MoonbatMonitor, Whores2Christians, John Kuethe aka 'Conservative Thoughts', That Colored Fella & Big Daddy aka 'In The Know' aka Bill Amoureux aka Dead Beat Dad

"E-Verify: voluntary program run by US gov't to certify employees hired by companies are legal to work in US. Formerly Basic Pilot/Employment Eligibility Verification Program, operated by Dep't of Homeland Security with the Social Security Admin."

MICHAEL HUDSON: So what you've done is given $12 trillion to the richest one percent-or ten percent of the population, and you've indebted the economy and the government to them for the next hundred years. You've created new class of ruling families.

GOP eliminated $16 billion for school construction; $30 billion aid to states to prevent social services reductions to the poor & out-of-work; stripped federal employees whistleblower protections. - GOP must be proud of themselves? - Tabacco is NOT!

James Galbraith, "Rather than pouring billions into propping up troubled giants, Bailed-Out Banks should be declared 'Insolvent'! Dealing with old management, bank behaves in non-constructive ways: problem Treasury Dept seems determined not to face."

Democracies want undereducated electorates, which believe politicians' lies & half-truths. But not in Dallas! They follow the Finnish model; in Finland, even the lowest 10 percent beat their peers everywhere else - GOOD FOR YOU, FINLAND & DALLAS!

OBAMA'S ECONOMIC STIMULUS PACKAGE will not work because GOP deliberately spent so much money on CREDIT during GWB's 8 years that Democrats are helpless to save us. Solutions Inside - and it's NOT electing Republicans again = Political Ping-Pong!

GOP says "No" to: re-start FutureGen, a near-zero emissions coal power plant in Illinois..digital television converter box coupon program..Department of Homeland Security headquarters..hybrid vehicles for federal employees..etc. GOP'S BIG STRETCH!

"The Iranians' space program is a matter of deep concern to us", said an Israeli defense source. "If and when we launch an attack on several Iranian targets, the last thing we need is Iranian early warning received by satellite." - Tough Shit!

David Cay Johnston: More Corporate Tax Breaks Will Not Stimulate the Economy: "Getting the economy back on its feet, giving taxpayers a break, saving your retirement fund and your kid's college tuition? Done. And it won't cost you a penny."