Ryan Grim wrote a recent article in the Huffington Post which claimed that Mitt Romney was having trouble finding investors for his private equity firm, Bain Capital. He traveled to Miami in 1984 where he met with a group of Salvadorian investors who had ties to the Salvadorian right wing death squads.
In the early 80's El Salvador passed land reform legislation that
would break up some of the landholdings of the elite and distribute
the land to landless claimants. The oligarch's response was to finance
and,in some cases, lead death squads that over a decade killed 70.000
Salvadorians. Roberto D'Aubussian was among the most prominent in
their ranks. He later formed the right wing Arena party and was the
man who ordered the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero.
On March 24.1980 Archbishop Romero was delivering mass and he made an
impassioned plea to the army to stop the opresssion. "You are killing
your own brothers and sisters" and ignoring the words of God "Thou
shalt not kill." Romero was silenced by a buller through the heart.
Former members of the Arena party were among those investors with ties
to the death squads that met with Romney in Miami (1984). Still today
they remain significant investors in Bain Capital.
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history also shows us what happens when the wannabe's only eat cake.!
It strikes me as ironic that a month or two ago in his campaign he spent more than he took in. Looks like that is his pattern. Spend more and consequences be damned. How about the derision I hear when the Tea Party is mentioned. I have yet to read of any illegal behavior when they gather. Tea Party members don't throw bricks, break windows, illegally occupy parks and/or leave the area a shambles. In fact just the opposite is true. They leave an area cleaner than they found it. The occupiers are rock stars? You would encourage your children to hang out with them? Behave like them? I've heard our President make comment after comment about the dog on the hood of the car. Funny jokes, no big deal. However it becomes a big deal when you listen to the faux outrage over Mitt Romney joking about his birthright. So silly. I can't speak to all the data that gets spewed here. But you should know that it's important for me to listen to all sides. So I read both the Times and the Trib. I watch CNN, FOX and MSNBC. I keep hearing that they are "liars" but the only thing I notice is "sins of omission".
It has been "Anybody but Obama" for the past 4 years and to hell with what the country really needs. The Republicans and TP'ers are willing to grind everyone into the dirt -except the top 2% - to make this happen. (Dean, please note the quote - not my original thought).
Obama has raised the question on the REAL WELFARE QUEENS the TRILLIONS GIVEN TO BIG OIL and the runaway Corporations in RED CHINA what has lyin RYAN and the TWIT said," give them more subsidies" OB will spend 1 billion in this campaign it is the same as R-R BUT THEIR SURROGATES WILL ALSO spend 1 BILLION a lot of it to insure the JR-KIRK OBAMA and JOE WALSH Federal SOCIALIST health care will not be available to you or me or anyone on this blog!
When President Obama was elected he had full control of the house and senate. I hoped for good things, but they didn't happen. I don't agree that any party is willing to grind everyone into the dirt. Why must we always use talking points, like top 2% or "I did build that." ? Let's all thing for ourselves and not say anything online that we wouldn't say if we were standing across from each other in the back of church !
Dianna as far as the occupy movement as dirty and seemingly unkempt they appear I would be proud if any of my children would risk what they do to bring attention to the JEKYLL island creatures and loss of FREEDOM we have given the PLUTOCRATS and OLIGARCH surrogates what passes for honest politicians or leaders religious included since 911 you notice that was the only question the budget wonk on this blog asked me?
The difference is presumably several factors. The Bush-Paulsen Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) authorized the Treasury to borrow up to $700B. In mid-October 2008, Paulsen used $245B of this authorization to recapitalize the banking sector through the purchase of preferred stock. This accounts for all but $82.8B of the 2009 expenditures. This is broadly consistent with the $185B wiki claims that ARRA added to the deficit in 2009, keeping in mind that tax cuts constituted more than a third of ARRA, and that they were somewhat front-end loaded. Your claim that ARRA involved an $800B Treasury float fully booked in 2009 cannot be reconciled with the actual history of federal expenditures.
you'll think you really did something good. Enough with the race crap. There are incompetent Caucasian & African American politicians. I don't see color, just incompetence & arrogance.
I lost three ASH trees myself, I would rather have lunch with fatty Arbuckle Rush without the OXY desert. I'm shocked also SARA did not know there were so many haters in our gated community.
By the way, I'd love to have lunch with Rush, Sandra Fluke could just keep on being used as a pawn by the Obama campaign.
I don't need your help nor do I want it. Go out there & save the world. Once again, what I see in Obama is complete opposite of where I want my country to be heading & I didn't say Sandra Fluke had anything to do with race & bigotry. You missed my point, so forget it. I hope you find your perfect world out there......
I guess with Romney/Ryan you want the country to be that the middle class will now live at poverty since they will be taxed so much more while the top 2% take a $160k tax break? I have the same freedoms I had before Obama was President as I do since he's been in office. In fact, my medical is better, since my Insurance cannot drop me if I get a terminal disease and is forced to cover any pre-existing conditions. Yep, those are horrible things. Horrible.
you don't share their political views. They always resort to that. Look at some of their comments. I hope Obama's new health care law allows them to seek a qualified mental health professional.
CRAZY!!
BILLABLE HOURS SOUNDS LIKE A CORPORATE CRIME itself what is it VICKY WANTS TO DEBATE THE OXY KING boss of THE t party congress would be a starter.
why I'm proud of what I stand for & so happy you're not on our side. You're very Nancy Pelosi like.................