Clear and Present Danger

Random Thoughts

2009-11-15T09:46:00.000-08:00

OK Barry, I knows - random thoughts from yours truly. Whas new wi dat anyways.

Ha, Ha.

Couple things:

Ghanistan - I wuz thinkin how'd I feel if'n bunch of armed goons took over my block. Be so scared I'd do what they say unless I'ma sure they'll be gone quick. Don matter the goons is Tali's or good ol USA - guns is guns. So, make me sure ain't nothin bad gonna happen to my kids, then I'll listen. Can't do that, then get the hell out. Can do that, then make some schools and police an hospitals and roads.

Banks - O mi God..Jes gets worse 'n worse. Them banks is dyin. 'N we gotta make sure they don't screw us over any more. But, bigger thing is: who is gonna make the loans?

We got no system to make loans now and we is dead in the water with zero loans. Banks is only makin 30% of the loans now an is gonna get worse.

Jes make sure whatever you do bout banks covers where the loans actually come from, not just them dinosaur banks.

Jobs - Good on ya for asking them econs of yours bout making more jobs. Member two things - higher wages and protectin the bosses from the Chinks. Your econs don' do that, fire 'em. Don gimme no BS bout training, we needs folks to actually buy stuff fore we talk trainin.

Sick surance - gotta have the gov't plan Barry, thas why you there. If'n we don get the govt plan, we still be havin thousands of folks dyin from no care. And, that aint right.

Do the right thing Barry, we with ya.

Your pal

Save the System

2009-11-12T08:37:00.000-08:00

Hey Barry:

Looks like good ol Frank an Dodd are workin on a law to help out. Seems to take a broad view - an all the Repubs are against it, so it's gotta be good.

Think this is it here: Financial System Stabilization and Reform Act of 2009 (Introduced in House)[H.R.1754.IH]

and here

Financial System Stabilization and Reform Act of 2009 (Introduced in Senate)[S.664.IS]

read it here: http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=111_cong_bills&docid=f:s664is.txt.pdf

If'n thas it, go head and push on it Barry.

We needs it.

Your pal,

Po Banks Dyin

2009-11-10T10:22:00.000-08:00

Hey Barry

I kinda hate to rag on banks cuz they're seriously 'challenged', but, Barry, its getting jes comical. Where is George Carlin an Mort Sahl when ya needs em? Gettin to be a real comedy show.

So looky banks, ya'll can't make money at 15%, so ya ups it to 30%. An nobody says nuthin.

Read it here: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/10/your-money/credit-and-debit-cards/10rates.html

Cris almity, whas wrong with you, anyways?

Alreddy, ya'll don do but 30% of the loan biz cuz ya'll too busy selling phony stocks and now ya'll raisin interest to 'vigorish' rates jes like the ol mob.

Whas nex - torpedoes who break ya fingers if'n ya late?

So, Barry, give the news to Timmy and Benny: banks is dyin. Gotta find sumthin else to help the conomy, cuz banks got nuthin. Too late for regs ta help; gotta find sumthin totally new.

Your pal,

Dead Banks

2009-11-02T10:37:00.000-08:00

Hey Barry

We not locked to banks ta get money, ya know.

Ya'll can scoot the pin stripes any number ways.

Read it here:

http://www.northbaybusinessjournal.com/16385/non-bank-lenders-gain-market-share/

Timmy's onliest trouble is, it messes up the FED and their money policy.

Do we care?

So, looky here banks, ya'll dinosaurs - dead an don know it.

Be still now - won hurt a bit.

Your pal,

Conomy!

2009-10-26T07:43:00.000-07:00

Hey Barry:

Ya'll doin lotta good an I'm a big fan.

Luv it that ya caps the execs pay and takes on the surance and bank weasels.

Don fuggit the Golden Sox rule: bankers cannot make loans and sell insurance and stocks at the same time. 'S like they's retarded or sumthin. Dunno why - it just is.

Anyways, here we is - we spent all the borrowed, an now what to do.

We all hurtin bout no jobs - so where we goin Barry? Where is we goin?

Couple things Barry. Real easy to sit here and criticize, I knows, but don gripe Barry. Ya'll wanted the job.

Problem is ain't nobody buyin nothin. An, whatever we buy comes from China cause it's cheaper.

Somehow we gotta get mo money to folks like me. An, they is only two ways to do that, Barry.

Ain't rocket science.

Numba One: raise wages. Duh. Let unions organize an folks strike for more money. Gotta do it.

Numba Two: Gotta protek the business that pays the wages from the Chinks. Duh number two. I knows they is lotta money in 'Free Trade' crap, but Barry, we got no jobs.

Was mo portant? Jobs, or 18th century theory?

Make a decision Barry, we countin on ya.

Your pal,

Sick Surance

2009-10-17T18:27:00.000-07:00

OK, Barry.

Ya calls out the liars on the video here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76GwwCZrv2A&feature=player_embedded

But, Barry, ya do it in general.

Ya got the facts - call 'em out by name. Say their names out loud and give 'em the shame.

The fight is dirty cuz there's lots of money.

Go head, get dirty Barry, ya gotta do it.

Your pal

Ghanistan

2009-10-08T07:16:00.000-07:00

OK Barry.

You free here.

No politics - poll says third of us want out, third of us want in and the last third don know what the eff.

Don need me to tell ya: it's about your girls Barry.

Do whas right, screw the politics.

Your pal,

Die Sucka - Quick

2009-10-01T07:08:00.000-07:00

Holy Cow Barry.

Now the GOPPERS feel dissed.

Goes around, comes around.

Alan Grayson D-Fla, says the GOP health plan is that ya gotta die quick if'n ya get sick.

Read it here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/10/01/MN8419V8DF.DTL

And the GOPPERS are pi--ed. Never mind that 45,000 folks each year die cause they got no medical.

The righteous GOP is dissed - what an effin calamity.

Mebbe they'll suck their thumbs.

Your pal

Save Your House - Throw Furniture at Bankers

2009-09-28T07:04:00.000-07:00

Hey Barry,

Here's where we at: If you wanna save your house, ya gotta throw sumthin at a banker; or, ya can meet with the guys who did that for you.

They'll help ya out when no one else can. Here's the story: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/09/28/MN7819S899.DTL

OK Barry, this is real close to violence. But that's what it takes.

Positively depressin.

This here's the good ol USA. We supposed to be better than that. But, we ain't.

Your pal

Barry's Banker Speech

2009-09-15T11:33:00.000-07:00

Hey Barry -

Caught your talk on youtube. Covered lotta things and they sound good.

Couple things:

1. You so nice.

Been me, I woulda been real unpolite.

Ya said lotta stuff, but here's the thing, Barry: ya gotta mean it and ya gotta follow through.

Them weasels will dance and burrow around and underneath - gotta watch em like a hawk.

2. Serious now, I read some bout banks and history. There's one thing that you don't talk bout.

And, Barry, I'ma tellin you all it is the heart of the issue and the future of the good ol USA.

Here it is Barry:

BANKERS CAN NOT MAKE LOANS AND DO OTHER BUSINESS AT THE SAME TIME.

Jeez, Barry, we know this.

If'n your bills don't tear apart loans from insurance and stock manipulation and put them into a separate business, we's all doomed.

Ya gotta take care of that Barry, we countin on ya.

Your pal

Eat Bacon, Live Forever

2009-09-13T09:17:00.000-07:00

Hey Barry:

Enuf crap bout them weasel bankers for while - makes me sick anyways.

Read bout the oldest living woman who just died at 115: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/09/11/national/a082657D42.DTL

She ate bacon, fried chicken and ice cream.

Screw the docs - live forever!!

Your pal

Gang Bangin Bankers

2009-09-12T10:29:00.000-07:00

Hey Barry;

Riddle me this: what's the difference between a protection racket like the MS13 and the big US banks?

Not a trick question Barry

Seems the only difference is that the Feds - thas you an Timmy - got the bankers back.

Bad enough bankers make bets they win if you die sooner - sounds like a motive for murder to me - now they's charging folks 120% to borrow.

Read it here: http://www.scrippsnews.com/node/46815

What the hell Barry.

Seems we's sold out lock, stock and barrel to the crooks in flannel.

Makes ya wanna puke.

Your pal,

Die Sucka

2009-09-09T07:19:00.000-07:00

Holy Cow Barry.

Now the bankers are selling bonds that bet on how soon you will die.

If'n you die sooner they make more money - if'n you live a long time they lose money.

I am not making this up - it's in the effin new York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/06/business/06insurance.html

Sumbitch, Barry, we here got real issues with these bastards.

Your pal,

Health Care in Japan

2009-08-31T07:26:00.000-07:00

Hey Barry,

The folks in Japan get better care for less than we do, and the whole country is so broke they just threw out their government. Read about it here:

http://www.sfgate.com/columnists/carroll/

And, get this, health care is not making them broke.

I heard somewhere's that 20,00 folks a year die in the the good ol USA because they don't get to a doctor.

What the hell, Barry.

If I don't get a job soon, mebbe I'll move to Japan or Canada where folks live longer and have better health care.

If I'm gonna be broke, I'd jes as soon be healthy as sick, even if I don't speak the language.

Your pal

Teddy

2009-08-28T08:43:00.000-07:00

Teddy, he chased a lot of skirts and drank a lot and got too fat, but he never took no shit from nobody.

He was for us for a long time. Now, there's nobody got our back.

We gonna miss you. But Teddy, it was a great life - you did good.

Thank you.

Your pal

I Got Mine, So Eff You

2009-08-24T07:16:00.000-07:00

Hey Barry

Its yo relaxing time and all, sorry bout the needle.

But, ya knows that we elected you all cuz you gonna make us be better than we been, right.

So now's the time to bring out the 'we is better than that' big gun.

I think it was good ol Tom Jefferson who said sumthin bout the constitution needing a population with morals to work right.

Well, we can't hardly talk bout religion or morals these days, but Barry thas really why you all is there.

So, lay it on us Barry - we ready.

Your pal

Effin Bankers

2009-08-17T07:18:00.000-07:00

Looky here banks: you is the giftee of a whole lot of my money and the PRIVILEGE to act in my interest in lending out money so's the conomy keeps rollin.

C'mon Barry - them bankers don do right, take away their game. Take em over and kick out the bastards.

My offer stands: I'll run any bank in the country for $30K. Can't do no worse then them guys.

See my man JonCarroll: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/17/DDKL198A8L.DTL

Your pal

Dyin for Co Cola

2009-08-16T08:45:00.000-07:00

Hey, Barry

We all too fat an we're dyin, right.

So les fix it.

Real simple to do: jest put a tax on sugar.

Here's the link:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/16/MNF61951C0.DTL

Trouble is, Co Cola and all them lobby gainst it. They happy we fat and sick.

Whatcha gonna do. Barry?

Your pal

Patriotic Rich Guys!

2009-08-09T10:51:00.000-07:00

Hey Barry,

There are actually some rich guys who want to pay more taxes!

Land O' Goshen!

They even have a web site: http://wealthforcommongood.org/

Wonders will never cease, huh Barry.

Your pal,

Healthcare - 2

2009-08-09T10:49:00.000-07:00

Hey Barry, the insurance is literally killin us. 100,000 folks a year die from mistakes in hospitals and the insurance lobby won't even let us talk about it. Thas as many as die in car wrecks, Barry.

You can read it here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/08/09/MNN9191UIJ.DTL

What the hell, Barry.

Here's a plan for rallies bout health: at every rally there are two folks with a dead relative or big injury caused by the insurance. They each gets five minutes at the front.

Then the free market Nazis can rant all they want. Aint nobody gonna listen to em after that.

Your pal,

Stackin Up

2009-08-09T10:36:00.000-07:00

So, Barry, you's all dyin to know how you stack up in the popularity polls conducted by yours truly, right?

What I did was to make a you tube video in two parts bout the conomy. Then, I posted it with three different titles: from me, as an answer to Ron Paul and about you - Obama.

Same videos, three different titles.

Naturally I comes in dead last, by a lot: total views 77 with a five star rating.

But, Barry, you's in second - behind Ron Paul by a lot. Holy cow.

Anyways, you totals 114 views with a five star rating.

Ron Paul, well he scores 524 views with a two star rating.

Them econs of yours better git on the ball Barry, we can't have you trailing Ron Paul. That's jes horrible. Ya gotta get some traction on the conomy. We needs it.

Your pal,

Healthcare

2009-08-07T14:35:00.000-07:00

Hey Barry

Bet ya'll worn out from the folks gripin bout them 'po insurances'.

Member them ol newsreels of Hitler youth ya sees on the history channel? Man, all them folks was down with good ol Adolf.

The righty's are like that - 'mind is made up, don't confuse me with facts'. Free markets will fix everything.

Well, thas jes what gave us the bank weasels, and now it's givin us the insurance weasels.

How bout we jes drop insurance althogther and let docs work for the government. Sure as hell be cheaper that way.

I guess ya gotta leave the rabid rightys alone and talk to rational folks with facts.

Keep pushin on it, we gotta get sumthin here, or all my money goes to insurance weasels stead of my sickness.

We loves ya Barry.

Your pal

Clunkers

2009-08-03T09:07:00.000-07:00

Hey Barry

Ya'll knows I loves ya and all. but this here clunker thing is exactly whas wrong with us.

Looky, we're in the car biz - we own GM, right? - an now you're after more money from me as a taxpayer for the clunkers so's more folks will be buyin our cars.

It's effin dangerous, thas what.

Jes the same as Hell-burton having Darth Cheney in the White House: 'Course we gotta war on Iraq - my buddies need some biz.'

Holy cow, Barry, get them econs of yours on this, or we're down the drain.

Mind, I ain't sayin it's wrong right now, we jes gotta fix it quick, thas all.

Your pal,

Barney's Bill

2009-07-28T11:25:00.000-07:00

Hey Barry:

Barney says we gotta get a consumer protection bill so's them banker weasels won't screw us over. Now, them's my words, not his.

Anyways, I think its H.R.627
Credit Cardholders' Bill of Rights Act of 2009 (Engrossed as Agreed to or Passed by House). http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/D?c111:3:./temp/~c111B1x6Qi::

So, les push on it, Barry.

Need all the help we can get, here.

Your pal,

Limey Econs Apologize

2009-07-27T09:07:00.000-07:00

Hey Barry:

Bunch of Limey econs apologized to the Queen for failing to predict the mess.

Read it here: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/26/international/i063148D68.DTL

So, where's our econs Barry?

OK, they were all Bushies anyways and not about to own up to any bad.

So here's the thing. It's gonna happen again UNLESS we make a plan to make predictions.

An thas what I' doin' Barry - I'm settin up a plan. Workin on a grant right now. See what happens.

Call me anytime Barry, happy to give you credit.

Your pal.