Tentative Agreement Reached on Treasury’s $700 billion Rescue Plan … Deal or No Deal?

According to the Politico, a tentative agreement has been reached in the $700 billion Treasury bail out plan. Congressional negotiators “made great progress” toward reaching a deal on the bail out plan. Isn’t it unfortunate that it takes the specter of the complete crash of the US financial markets before Congress actually sits down and does the work of the people rather than playing partisan politics?

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House Financial Services Chairman Barney Frank, D-Mass., center, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., left. (Why does the bail out repulse Americans? Because the very people who are praising a deal is made are the very people who sat by and denied their was a crisis.)

From the initial failed deal put forth, it appears that Democrats have made some concessions and House Republicans won a major victory, “persuading negotiators to include a provision that would require the Treasury Department to create a federal insurance program that would guarantee banks and other firms against loss from any troubled asset.”

House and Senate negotiators have reached tentative agreement on Treasury’s $700 billion rescue plan for the financial markets after a marathon Capitol negotiating session that started Saturday afternoon and stretched into early Sunday morning.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said the deal still had to be “committed to paper,” a process that will continue throughout the night, with an eye toward a formal announcement Sunday.

“We have something verbal,” said Rep. Rahm Emanuel (D-Ill.).

Republican Whip Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), the chief negotiator for the House GOP, said he was “looking forward to what we’re going to see on paper” but said he was optimistic that it would be something House Republicans could support.

From The Weekly Standard, Deal is Reached. Is ACORN Out? It appears that there are some changes

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Casey Anthony … Text Messages, Web Search, Pics on Laptop … Multiple Searches on Missing Kids Websites Before Caylee Anthony Goes Missing

Even more information is released in the case of missing Caylee Anthony that is damning to Caylee’s mom, Casey Anthony. Hundreds of pages of new documents were released including computer forensics which indicate no reference to Zenaida Gonzalez in photos, IM’s emails, etc to the nanny. Also released were web searches under Casey Anthony’s login ID for missing persons websites as far back as March, long before Caylee Anthony went missing. Why would anyone go onto missing children websites prior to their own daughter going missing? Casey Anthony hardly seems like the caring sort that would read up on missing children cases out of concern.

So now we are presented with the following facts in the case of missing Caylee Anthony.

• Casey started discussing the horrible smell from the car prior to Caylee reported missing … blame it on the squirrel.
• Casey is reviewing missing children web sites prior to Caylee Anthony going missing
• Web searches for chloroform on computer.
• Presence of chloroform in the trunk of Casey Anthony’s trunk.
• Decomposing body in the trunk of Casey Anthony

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For more information, updates and to express your opinions on this case, go to Scared Monkeys.net Missing Persons: Caylee Anthony.

One of the most disturbing finds on Casey Anthony’s hard drive was a picture of a little girl looking up at a Teddy bear with a noose. The picture was an anti-death penalty drawing with the caption, “Why do people kill people, who kill people, to show people that to kill people – is bad?”

On July 8, 2008 this picture was down loaded on Casey’s computer. After Caylee Anthony went missing, Casey is going onto anti-death penalty web sites.

Also on hard drive was Casey Anthony’s IM conversation with former Sheriff’s deputy and lover Anthony Rusciano. Casey Anthony refers to Caylee as a Little Snot Head.

Read TEXT Messages HERE. (Warning: conversation not suitable for work or minors)

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Acting Legend Paul Newman Dead at the Age of 83 … Rest in Peace

Paul Newman, 1925-2008

Movie and acting legend Paul Newman has died age 83. According to reports, Paul Newman died Friday night at his Westport, CT home from cancer. Whether he was Fast Eddie Felson, Hud Bannon, Cool Hand Luke or Butch Cassidy … Paul Newman was one of my all time favorite actors and will be truly missed. The classic films that Paul Newman was in are too numerous to name.  God bless and may he rest in eternal peace.

Newman was nominated for Academy Awards 10 times, winning a regular Oscar in 1987 for “The Color of Money” and two honorary ones. He was equally at home in comedies such as “The Sting” and dramas such as “Hud.”

He sometimes teamed with his wife, Joanne Woodward, also an Oscar winner for the 1957 film “Three Faces of Eve.”

My own  personal remembrance and Paul Newman moment: I once had the opportunity to meet Paul Newman in Westport, CT in the 1990’s. The chance meeting is probably one of the main reasons why I have such admiration for Paul Newman. Paul Newman was as close to normal as it gets for a man in his position.  Actually, both he an Robert Redford came into a clothing store that I was shopping in near closing time, to my surprise. I nearly dropped the suits I was holding when I saw them walk in the door and near the counter. At that point the store owners had thought that us “common folk” had left. To their surprise there was two of us still in the store as they attempted to whisk people out as they did not want customers bothering Paul Newman and Redford. As Paul Newman walked closer he looked over and said to me and the owner, “excuse me are you done shopping, if not I see no reason why he needs to leave. I think he may need a pair of pants just like me.” Tongue tied at that point, I said to Paul Newman, “Thanks, I am a huge fan and I think I will let you have some shopping time to yourself … I am sure that no one thought anyone was still here, it’s an honor sir.” Mr. Newman walked over, shook my hand and said thanks as Robert Redford smiled in the back ground. Paul Newman had a presence, a cool confidence and a way about him that lit up a room. Thank you Paul Newman for all that you are …

Paul Newman & Joanne Woodward, one of my favorite star couples of all time

Paul Newman, the death of a Legend

Paul Newman, the legendary actor whose steely blue eyes, good-humored charm and advocacy of worthy causes made him one of the most renowned figures in American arts, has died of cancer at his home in Westport, Connecticut. He was 83.

Paul Newman was a man’s man and did it all from film star to racing driver to charitable entrepreneur. They just do not make them like Butch Cassidy any more these days.

Paul Newman & Robert Redford in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Press Release:

WESTPORT, Conn., Sept 27, 2008 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Remembering the life and legacy of Paul Newman, Newman’s Own Foundation has issued a statement. The statement, from Vice-Chairman Robert Forrester, follows:

“Paul Newman’s craft was acting. His passion was racing. His love was his family and friends. And his heart and soul were dedicated to helping make the world a better place for all.

“Paul had an abiding belief in the role that luck plays in one’s life, and its randomness. He was quick to acknowledge the good fortune he had in his own life, beginning with being born in America, and was acutely aware of how unlucky so many others were. True to his character, he quietly devoted himself to helping offset this imbalance.

Hollywood movie legend Paul Newman has died at the age of 83 after a long battle with cancer.

Westport Now discusses the live and passing of one of their own … the one and only Paul Newman.

UPDATE I: Newman’s Own Celebrates the Life & Legacy of Their Founder

We celebrate the inspirational life of our founder Paul L. Newman and honor his legacy with our dedication to the continued success of Newman’s Own.

For 25 years, we at Newman’s Own have had a front row seat to watch Paul’s entrepreneurial brilliance, humor, and compassion at work helping those in need. Our company motto, “Shameless Exploitation in Pursuit of the Common Good,” was Paul’s vision for Newman’s Own and it is a philosophy we are proud to continue.

Evangelist Tony Alamo Arrested on Charges Related to a Child Porn Investigation

Tony Alamo (aka Bernie Hoffman),the 74-year-old founder and leader of Tony Alamo Christian Ministries was arrested on charges related to a child porn investigation. According to an FBI spokesman, Alamo was charged under a federal statute with having knowingly transported a minor across state lines with the intent to engage in sexual activity.

The 74-year-old founder and leader of Tony Alamo Christian Ministries was arrested without incident at 2:45 p.m. (4:45 p.m. ET) as he was departing the Little America Hotel with his wife, said Manuel Johnson, spokesman for the FBI in Phoenix, Arizona.

The FBI, the Flagstaff Police Department and the Arizona Department of Public Safety were involved in the arrest, he said.

Alamo was charged under a federal statute with having knowingly transported a minor across state lines with the intent to engage in sexual activity, Johnson said.

Evangelist and convicted tax evader Tony Alamo waived his right to fight extradition to Arkansas.

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FL Rep Alcee Hastings: More Democratic Moonbat Liberal Hate Toward Sarah Palin … Blacks & Jews Run For Your Lives

Alcee Hastings proves one does not need to be literate to be elected to the US House of Representatives. Wonder what ever happened to your Democratic party? Talk about stuck on stupid or is it just pure hateful ignorance?

If some one can please provide logic to the following prejudicial anti-Jewish/Black comment made by Florida US Representative Alcee Hastings please do so. Some how Jewish people should be wary of Sarah Palin because “anybody toting guns and stripping moose don’t care too much about what they do with Jews and blacks.” WHAT???!!! Other than Hastings’ sentence being grammatically challenged … could some one, any one please explain how carrying a gun or filed dressing a moose makes them an enemy of the Jews or Blacks? Hmm … doesn’t Obama surrogate Hastings comments regarding anyone toting guns harken back to Obama’s statement in SF regarding small town America “clinging to their guns …”

“If Sarah Palin isn’t enough of a reason for you to get over whatever your problem is with Barack Obama, then you damn well had better pay attention,” Rep. Alcee Hastings of Florida said at a panel about the shared agenda of Jewish and African-American Democrats Wednesday. Hastings, who is African-American, was explaining what he intended to tell his Jewish constituents about the presidential race. “Anybody toting guns and stripping moose don’t care too much about what they do with Jews and blacks. So, you just think this through,” Hastings added as the room erupted in laughter and applause.

 Then after those hateful comments Hastings had a word or two for the Hillary supporters.

After telling attendees that the most important thing Jewish and African-American Democrats could do to support one another was to get Sen. Barack Obama elected president, Hastings had one more message: “For those of you like me that supported Sen. Hillary Clinton, she lost! Get over it!”

Hastings says Blacks & Jews should run screaming with their hair on fire away from Sarah Palin because … she can field dress a moose.

Sick, Just Sick … Liberal PAC Ads Attack McCain’s Health … Sick Ad Only Run on MSNBC

So why hasn’t Barack Obama condemned this ad and asked for it to be stopped?

How low could LIBERALS possibly be? Watch the disgusting liberal PAC ad below that targets John McCain in a personal manner with regards to his cancer. Wasn’t it the LEFT who made the accusations that Republicans try and scare voters?

Guess who was behind the PAC, Brave New PAC and Democracy for America, and this political hit piece?Chairman of the DNC Howard Dean’s brother, James H. Dean. Federal campaign finance rules prohibit coordination between outside groups and campaigns or parties. However, we are supposed to believe that there was no coordination between brothers because they said there was none.

‘‘The fact that Howard Dean’s brother and an adviser to the Obama campaign are behind despicable and cheap smear ads against Sen. McCain is deeply disappointing, but in no way surprising,’’ said RNC spokesman Danny Diaz. ‘‘Barack Obama has promised Americans an elevated debate offering nothing but gutter, Chicago-style politics.’’

Guess who is the only network showing this disgusting ad … MSNBC. How low has the Peacock fallen? Once again MSNBC shows just how far they are in the tank for Barack Obama. What a joke. Even worse … how reprehensible could anyone be?

Two liberal groups – one of them directed by a brother of the Democratic Party chairman Howard Dean – will begin running a graphic attack advertisement Thursday morning raising questions about Senator John McCain’s health. Showing vivid and unflattering images of the fresh scar that appeared on Senator McCain’s face immediately after his last operation for melanoma skin cancer eight years ago, the commercial ends with a screen headline that reads, “Why won’t John McCain release his medical records?” (Mr. McCain, 72, did invite a limited group of reporters to inspect more than 1,100 pages of his medical records in May, …)

Obama has not released his medical records. His campaign instead released a one-page letter in May from his longtime physician, Chicago internist Dr. David L. Scheiner, that summarized 21 years of medical records and described Obama’s health as excellent.

MSNBC has notified an independent group running an ad questioning John McCain’s health that it will no longer air the spot, only a half day after Fox’s Bill O’Reilly attacked NBC’s corporate bosses on the air over the ad, the group tells me.

 

The spot, which has been running on MSNBC since yesterday, is the work of Brave New PAC and Democracy For America, which is headed up by Howard Dean’s brother. It demands that McCain release his medical records and quotes doctors saying that McCain’s age and bouts with cancer should raise concern, with one saying that another round of cancer would “profoundly impact his capacity to lead.”

 

O’Reilly also blasted Jeffrey Immelt, the head of General Electric, which owns NBC, and top NBC exec Jeff Zucker. “They should be ashamed, but they are anything but,” O’Reilly said.

 

Casey Anthony, the Mother of Missing Caylee Anthony Sued for Defamation by Baby Sitter Zenaida Gonzalez

Oh what a tangled web we weave when we practice to deceive and the many other people Casey Anthony has hurt along the way without regard …

Zenaida Gonzalez, the alleged baby sitter who Casey Anthony, the mother of missing Caylee Anthony, stated she left Caylee with for a month has filed a defamation of character law suit.  People have speculated how long it was going to take for a falsely accused individual to file suit against Casey Anthony. The alleged accusations against babysitter, Zenaida Gonzalez, have been just one of the many lies, fabrications and stories to come out of the moth of Casey Anthony to investigators.

A woman has filed a defamation lawsuit against the mother of a missing Florida toddler after she claims she was accused of kidnapping the child.

Attorney John Morgan says Zenaida Gonzalez has never met Casey Anthony, who he says accused Gonzalez of taking her daughter Caylee in June.

Gonzalez sued Anthony, 22, on Wednesday in Orlando.

Zenaida Gonzalez has been implicated in the disappearance of 3 year old Caylee Anthony by Casey; however, Gonzalez states that she has never met Casey Anthony. Casey Anthony has stated the last saw her daughter, 3 year old Caylee, was in June with a baby sitter named Zenaida Gonzalez. After having been named in the case of missing Caylee Anthony, according to WESH 2 the real Zenaida Gonzalez has been harassed by people and that she lost her job and apartment because of the Anthonys

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Scared Monkeys Radio Daily Commentary – Friday, September 26, 2008 – What Are Freddie Mac And Fannie Mae, Anyway?

• Dana discusses the US economy from a Canadian’s perspective.

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John McCain: The Definition of Leadership … America First … Suspends Campaign … Debate Second?

DEBATES DO NOT SHOW LEADERSHIP … ACTIONS SHOW LEADERSHIP

What does America ask of their President? Generally, the basically ask two things. One, they demand their President he ethical and have character. Two, and most importantly … they ask their President to lead. Not watch polls, not see which way the story turns in order to create an opinion. AMERICANS DEMAND LEADERSHIP FROM THEIR PRESIDENT!

Republican candidate John McCain has suspended his campaign and goes back to Washington, DC to help try and hammer out a deal with regards to the $700 billion financial bail out crisis. McCain asked Barack Obama to postpone the Presidential debates on Friday night so that the two Senators could do the work of the American people. After all the debate is supposed to be on foreign policy, not the economy. Now before anyone who opposed McCain says this is grandstanding and a politic gimmick, John McCain has precedent of putting Country before Politics. Was it a gimmick when McCain said no to his Vietnamese captors and stayed a POW? Was it a gimmick when John McCain backed the surge in Iraq when nearly everyone was against it?

No, it was no gimmick … it was called leadership.

A debate is much a do about nothing and pre-rehearsed talking points … what McCain is doing is giving America a glimpse into how he would act as a President and put Country before party. Conversely, so is Obama and his actions. First he said that the debates will go on, in the same breathe that he is claiming that the financial crisis we are in is the worst since the Great Depression. First he said he was not going back to DC, then he changed his mind.

AMERICA … LEADERSHIP IS NOT TALK … LEADERSHIP IS JUST THAT … LEADERSHIP.

UPDATE I: Deal or No Deal

Democrats can complian and point figures of blame all they want at John McCain, the fact is that a majority of Americans are angered over the bail out.

The Treasury secretary Henry M. Paulson Jr. quickly returned to Capitol Hill to try to revive the proposal.

One critical snag seems to be opposition to the $700 billion plan by conservative House Republicans.

“My hope is that we can get a deal,” said Senator Christopher J. Dodd, chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, hours after House and Senate negotiators had announced that an accord was at hand. President Bush had hoped that an agreement could be announced after the late-afternoon meeting.

Mr. Dodd, looking tired and annoyed, complained that the late complications were making the episode sound more like “a rescue plan for John McCain,” the Republican presidential candidate, than one for the financial system.

UPDATE II: John McCain Stated that there was Never a Deal on Wallstreet Bail Out

Republican White House hopeful Sen. John McCain denied Thursday there ever had been any deal in place between Congress and the White House on a $700-billion Wall Street bailout plan.

McCain said on ABC News after talks at the White House that also included his Democratic rival Sen. Barack Obama that he still hoped to go to the scheduled presidential debate Friday night in Mississippi.

But his senior campaign adviser Steve Schmidt accused Obama of putting himself before his country, by continuing to run campaign ads while the high-stakes political drama over the economic crisis was playing out.

McCain said he knew going into the White House meeting called by President Bush that there was no deal, after having said Wednesday the debate should be canceled if a bailout wasn’t secured

UPDATE III: Democrats play the blame game against John McCain; however, he is the only one in people’s eyes working for the People. As Town Hall.com states, hey Democrats, “If the bailout is so great, then why don’t you pass it with your majorities in the House and Senate and President Bush will certainly sign it.”  

• The Weekly Standard: Barney Frank Slams McCain
• The Weekly Standard: Not on Their Watch?

Watch the Fox News report John posted on how we got into this mess, and then chuckle at Obama’s quote to the AP:

“Keep in mind House Democrats and Senate Democrats and me and the leadership are all pretty burned up about this thing,” Obama said at a news conference after the TV interviews. “This wasn’t happening on our watch. We weren’t preventing some of the regulatory reforms that might have prevented us from getting here.”

Audacity indeed.

24 Year Old Marlies Elizabeth van der Kouwe Missing … Kidnapped in Bonaire

Just Another Day in a Caribbean Paradise … This time its Bonaire.

24 year old Marlies Elizabeth van der Kouwe was kidnapped in Bonaire at 2:30 am Sunday morning when a man pulled her off her bicycle. The man, who was on a dark colored two wheeled vehicle is said to be between 1.70 and 1.80 meters tall, was dressed in dark-colored clothing and was wearing a jacket. Her parents who live in the Netherlands were informed of their daughter’s abduction.

Marlies Elizabeth Van der Kouwe Description:

• 24 years old, born in Curaçao on the 11th of May 1984
• 1.63 meters tall
• blue eyes
• blond hair

Marlies van der Kouwe kidnapped in Bonaire

The police has put in a large scale search party to find the missing 24 year old Marlies Elizabeth van der Kouwe. On the night of Saturday to Sunday at two thirty she was pulled off her bicycle by a man on a dark-colored two-wheeled vehicle.

The man, between 1.70 and 1.80 meters long, was dressed in dark-colored clothing and was wearing a jacket. This took place on the Boulevard Gobernador N. Debrot in the neighbourhood of the WEB-factory. The vehicle left off eastwards. Police chief John Schagen, 

Lieutenant Governor Herbert Domacassé, Chief of Police John Schagen and Officer of Justice David van Delft during the pressconference.
Lieutenant Governor Herbert Domacassé and Officer of Justice David van Delft held a press conference about the kidnapping yesterday.

So how will the search for missing Marlies Elizabeth van der Kouwe differ from that of the case of Natalee Holloway in Aruba? Why do we ask? According to a press conference, Bonaire has requested the help of the coast guard of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba. Let’s hope they do not ask the ALE for their help.

They asked the coast guard of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba to help them in their search who have already put in a plane. The plane scanned the area on Monday evening and Tuesday before sunrise. According to Chief of Police Schagen , the RST of the Netherlands Antilles has been pulled in for the investigation.

However, we already see one difference in the two cases as investigators in Bonaire are treating the kidnapping of Marlies Elizabeth van der Kouwe seriously as opposed to the nonchalant and inept manner that the ALE did in the Natalee Holloway case.

“Our first priority is to find her back. We are still hopeful that she is still alive. We’re handling this as a serious crime”, says the police chief.

UPDATE I: Netherland News on the Abduction of Marlies Elizabeth van der Kouwe

• Nederlandse ontvoerd op Bonaire – Dag.com
• Dochter Asser huisarts ontvoerd

UPDATE II: Dutch woman abducted in the Dutch Antilles

Bonaire wants to make differences between their missing persons case and Natalee Holloway. They can make all the claims they want; however, missing is missing and acts of violence against woman are just that … no difference.

The Dutch Antilles island of Bonaire is in shock after a young Dutch woman went missing during the weekend.

AD, De Volkskrant and Trouw report on the abduction that bears similarities to the Holloway case that took place on Aruba. Twenty-four-year-old Marlies van der Kouwe disappeared after an evening at a popular bar on Saturday night. She was seen being dragged off her bicycle by one or two assailants on a scooter. Only her bicycle and flip-flops were found.