The Corporatocracy: A New Economic System for the Connected Banking Sector and Political Elites. Providing the new Serfdom Massive Debt Servitude.
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Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Plundering California - Read it and Weep!
A "must read" for all paycheckers:
Plundering California by Steven Greenhut, City Journal 23 November 2009
Happy Wednesday, Paycheckers!
Plundering California by Steven Greenhut, City Journal 23 November 2009
Happy Wednesday, Paycheckers!
Friday, November 13, 2009
237 Millionaire Whores in Congress
These people represent us?????
Report: 237 millionaires in Congress - Erika Lovley - POLITICO.com
Where's my pitchfork????
Happy Friday, Paycheckers!
Report: 237 millionaires in Congress - Erika Lovley - POLITICO.com
Where's my pitchfork????
Happy Friday, Paycheckers!
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Good! Who Needs Their Cheap, Defective Crap????
From the Department of Schadenfreude:
For items made in China, a tougher sell overseas -- latimes.com
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For items made in China, a tougher sell overseas -- latimes.com
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Tuesday, October 27, 2009
This is What We Get
This is what we get for bailing those A$$CLOWNS out:
Read it and weep, then do as others are doing and cut up your cards.
Happy Tuesday, Paycheckers!
Read it and weep, then do as others are doing and cut up your cards.
Happy Tuesday, Paycheckers!
Friday, October 16, 2009
We’ve Moved!!!! Yay!!!
That’s all I’m gonna say for now. I am suffering from post-traumatic move disorder!
Happy Friday!
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Thursday, October 1, 2009
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Friday, September 25, 2009
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Sad But True
Quote of the day:
"America is run largely by and for about 5,000 people who are actively supported by 50,000 beavers eager to take their places. I arrive at this figure this way: maybe 2,500 megacorporation executives, 500 politicians, lobbyists and Congressional committee chairmen, 500 investment bankers, 500 partners in major accounting firms, 500 labor brokers. If you don't like my figures, make up your own...'' ~ Robert Townsend, former head of Avis
As you can see I haven't posted for a while--needed some rest this summer due to medical issues. I'm back now, I hope.
Have a great day, Paycheckers!
"America is run largely by and for about 5,000 people who are actively supported by 50,000 beavers eager to take their places. I arrive at this figure this way: maybe 2,500 megacorporation executives, 500 politicians, lobbyists and Congressional committee chairmen, 500 investment bankers, 500 partners in major accounting firms, 500 labor brokers. If you don't like my figures, make up your own...'' ~ Robert Townsend, former head of Avis
As you can see I haven't posted for a while--needed some rest this summer due to medical issues. I'm back now, I hope.
Have a great day, Paycheckers!
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Quote of the Day
"Using future tax dollars to give banks more money to lend out at interest is robbing from the poor to pay the rich to rob from the poor. " -- Douglas Rushkoff
Happy Wednesday, Paycheckers! Only two more days to go!
Happy Wednesday, Paycheckers! Only two more days to go!
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Quote of the Day
“No government can exist for a single moment without the cooperation of the people, willing or forced, and if people withdraw their cooperation in every detail, the government will come to a standstill.” --Ghandi
Something to think about.
Happy Sunday, Paycheckers!
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
This Is Scary.
Government job opening--what are they preparing for?
Click here to be scared.
Happy Wednesday, Paycheckers! Two more days to go!
Click here to be scared.
Happy Wednesday, Paycheckers! Two more days to go!
Wednesday, July 22, 2009
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
Monday, July 6, 2009
Friday, July 3, 2009
It's Not Just Me...
It's happening to many people:
Pinched by a Paycut
I know exactly how they feel!
Happy Friday, Paycheckers!
Pinched by a Paycut
I know exactly how they feel!
Happy Friday, Paycheckers!
Monday, June 29, 2009
HOORAY!
Good news, Paycheckers! Finally, some justice!
See you in 150 years, A-hole!
Happy Monday!!!!!!!!!!
Now let's hope they get all his relatives!!!!!!
See you in 150 years, A-hole!
Happy Monday!!!!!!!!!!
Now let's hope they get all his relatives!!!!!!
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Ever Wonder Why Others Seem to Have So Much?
Good Afternoon, Paycheckers.
Have you ever looked around at your neighbors and wondered how they seem to have it all, while you're struggling to survive? I know I have. Lately, I have come to the conclusion that many people are doing well financially because they are criminals posing as normal, hard-working people like us. A glance at the news from my old home town (Staten Island, NY) has a good example of this.
Read this and be disgusted....
I guess that's one of the reasons the rest of us must work so hard to barely keep our heads above water.
I am getting to the point where I almost automatically assume that people are involved in some sort of criminal activity (white-collar or otherwise) if they drive certain types of cars and have life-styles of excessive opulence.
What do you think? Am I being too harsh and judgmental?
Happy Thursday! One more day to go!
Have you ever looked around at your neighbors and wondered how they seem to have it all, while you're struggling to survive? I know I have. Lately, I have come to the conclusion that many people are doing well financially because they are criminals posing as normal, hard-working people like us. A glance at the news from my old home town (Staten Island, NY) has a good example of this.
Read this and be disgusted....
I guess that's one of the reasons the rest of us must work so hard to barely keep our heads above water.
I am getting to the point where I almost automatically assume that people are involved in some sort of criminal activity (white-collar or otherwise) if they drive certain types of cars and have life-styles of excessive opulence.
What do you think? Am I being too harsh and judgmental?
Happy Thursday! One more day to go!
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Quotes for the Day
Quote #1:
"When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty." - Thomas Jefferson
Quote #2:
"When the people and the government fear Goldman Sachs, there is economic dictatorship that will destroy the very fabric of our existence as a civilized society." - Mike Morgan
I have to say it. If we had paid more attention to Quote #1, we wouldn't be experiencing Quote #2.
Something to think about.
Happy Wednesday, Paycheckers!
"When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty." - Thomas Jefferson
Quote #2:
"When the people and the government fear Goldman Sachs, there is economic dictatorship that will destroy the very fabric of our existence as a civilized society." - Mike Morgan
I have to say it. If we had paid more attention to Quote #1, we wouldn't be experiencing Quote #2.
Something to think about.
Happy Wednesday, Paycheckers!
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
"Must Read" Article of the Day
Today's "Re" word, Paycheckers, is REgurgitate. That's what you'll want to do when you read this article about the shenanigans of that POS Henry Paulson. Have a paper bag handy.
Hank Paulson is a Pr*ck Who Took Down the Economy
Hank Paulson is a Pr*ck Who Took Down the Economy
Try to have a happy Wednesday, anyhow.
Monday, June 8, 2009
"Re" Word of the Day for Monday
I am posting a wonderful video to illustrate today's "Re" word of the day: REsourceful.
I know that with the ever-rising prices of food and the ever-diminishing incomes of us Paycheckers, we need to be ever more resourceful in making ends meet!
Enjoy!
Happy Monday, Paycheckers!
I know that with the ever-rising prices of food and the ever-diminishing incomes of us Paycheckers, we need to be ever more resourceful in making ends meet!
Enjoy!
Happy Monday, Paycheckers!
Friday, May 8, 2009
"Re" Word of the Day - Redefine
Today I am posting a video clip that I think is worth watching, and it fits in with my "re" word of the day--redefine.
Click here to view the video
Happy Friday, Paycheckers!
(Only two more days till Monday!)
Click here to view the video
Happy Friday, Paycheckers!
(Only two more days till Monday!)
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Targeted by TAR-ZHEY, Part Deux
Sorry for the delay in posting!
To recap: My daughter (aka The Best Daughter in the Whole Wide World) received notification from Target National Bank (aka Despicable Pieces of $h*t) lowering her credit limit based on purported negative credit report information from Experian. Knowing that all her accounts were in good status, TBDITWWW requested a credit report from Experian, fearing that someone may have stolen her identity. The credit report contained no negative information whatsoever. All accounts were valid and much to our relief, there was no sign of identity theft. Because all her accounts were in good standing, it seemed obvious to us that those DPOS were just fabricating an excuse to lower the credit limit.
So, armed with the positive credit report, TBDITWWW called the 800 number of those DPOS to express her displeasure at having been caused mental anguish by their dishonesty about her credit report. The customer service rep (better known as: person who lives in a foreign land) listened to her complaint and then told her she needed to take the matter up with Experian. No, she explained to the PWLIAFL, Experian has only positive information on my credit report, so that is why I am taking up the matter with you. You are claiming that my credit report has negative information, but it does not. She then expressed her displeasure at having been caused worry and anxiety over their false assertion. The PWLIAFL did not seem to get this. He kept telling her to take the matter up with Experian. Finally, after going around in circles for a while, she got the PWLIAFL to admit that the reason they lowered the credit limit is because she has not used the card enough. Never mind that she shops at Target all the time using cash, and that she is paying finance charges to those DPOS every month that are at usurious levels, this is apparently not enough for them. TBDITWWW then informed the PWLIAFL that she would not use the card again and would pay it off and close it as soon as she could, and the conversation ended at that.
Days later, a notice from those DPOS arrived in the mail informing TBDITWWW that her request to raise her credit limit had been denied! What nerve! At no time during the conversation with the PWLIAFL did TBDITWWW ask to have the credit limit restored to its former state. The call was solely to express extreme dissatisfaction with the false claim of those DPOS that there was negative information on her credit report, which had scared the bejesus out of both of us.
The end result of this unpleasant, uncalled for encounter is this: those DPOS have lost one credit card customer, and two Target customers. TBDITWWW will pay off the card as soon as possible, and then close the account. Neither of us will ever set foot in a Target store again. If Target National Bank will try to manipulate their customers to use their credit cards and punish them if they don't, what else are they capable of? We really don't know, but we don't want to find out. I hope they are satisfied. I know I am. We don't need to spend money on junk we can get anywhere else.
Happy Wednesday, Paycheckers!
To recap: My daughter (aka The Best Daughter in the Whole Wide World) received notification from Target National Bank (aka Despicable Pieces of $h*t) lowering her credit limit based on purported negative credit report information from Experian. Knowing that all her accounts were in good status, TBDITWWW requested a credit report from Experian, fearing that someone may have stolen her identity. The credit report contained no negative information whatsoever. All accounts were valid and much to our relief, there was no sign of identity theft. Because all her accounts were in good standing, it seemed obvious to us that those DPOS were just fabricating an excuse to lower the credit limit.
So, armed with the positive credit report, TBDITWWW called the 800 number of those DPOS to express her displeasure at having been caused mental anguish by their dishonesty about her credit report. The customer service rep (better known as: person who lives in a foreign land) listened to her complaint and then told her she needed to take the matter up with Experian. No, she explained to the PWLIAFL, Experian has only positive information on my credit report, so that is why I am taking up the matter with you. You are claiming that my credit report has negative information, but it does not. She then expressed her displeasure at having been caused worry and anxiety over their false assertion. The PWLIAFL did not seem to get this. He kept telling her to take the matter up with Experian. Finally, after going around in circles for a while, she got the PWLIAFL to admit that the reason they lowered the credit limit is because she has not used the card enough. Never mind that she shops at Target all the time using cash, and that she is paying finance charges to those DPOS every month that are at usurious levels, this is apparently not enough for them. TBDITWWW then informed the PWLIAFL that she would not use the card again and would pay it off and close it as soon as she could, and the conversation ended at that.
Days later, a notice from those DPOS arrived in the mail informing TBDITWWW that her request to raise her credit limit had been denied! What nerve! At no time during the conversation with the PWLIAFL did TBDITWWW ask to have the credit limit restored to its former state. The call was solely to express extreme dissatisfaction with the false claim of those DPOS that there was negative information on her credit report, which had scared the bejesus out of both of us.
The end result of this unpleasant, uncalled for encounter is this: those DPOS have lost one credit card customer, and two Target customers. TBDITWWW will pay off the card as soon as possible, and then close the account. Neither of us will ever set foot in a Target store again. If Target National Bank will try to manipulate their customers to use their credit cards and punish them if they don't, what else are they capable of? We really don't know, but we don't want to find out. I hope they are satisfied. I know I am. We don't need to spend money on junk we can get anywhere else.
Happy Wednesday, Paycheckers!
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Targeted by TAR-ZHEY, Part I
Having heard that many credit card issuers were lowering credit limits, even on customers with good credit, my daughter (aka The Best Daughter in the Whole Wide World) wasn't terribly surprised to receive a letter recently from Target National Bank Visa informing her that her limit had been lowered by a couple thousand dollars.
What did surprise her, however, were the reasons they gave. Page two of the letter claimed that the following two statements from Experian had the most influence on their decision:
- Lack Of Open Real Estate Accounts
- Number Of Recent Severely Delinquent Accounts
The first reason Re: lack of open real estate accounts is true. TBDITWWW has never owned property.
With regard to reason two, TBDITWWW has NEVER been delinquent, severely or otherwise, on ANY account in her life, and this statement caused both of us severe mental anguish due to our horrible suspicion that in order for Experian to report delinquencies on her credit report, someone must have stolen her identity.
As suggested in the letter from Target National Bank (aka Despicable Pieces of $h*t), TBDITWWW immediately requested her credit report from Experian, and we both nervously awaited its arrival, trying to figure out how best to handle a case of identity theft. We both had numerous sleepless nights worrying about it.
Well, the credit report arrived in about a week, and there were about 16 pages of accounts in good standing, and NO delinquencies at all. NOT ONE.
WTF? WTF*ingF??????????????? Those DPOS are lying.
TO BE CONTINUED....
Happy Wednesday, Paycheckers!
Monday, April 13, 2009
Outrage of the Day
Read it and weep:
Taxpayer-funded Goldman Sachs profits
WTF?
Somebody get me my pitchfork....
Anyhoo, try to have a happy Monday, Paycheckers!
Taxpayer-funded Goldman Sachs profits
WTF?
Somebody get me my pitchfork....
Anyhoo, try to have a happy Monday, Paycheckers!
Thursday, April 9, 2009
Good Article of the Day for Thursday
I particularly agree with number 9.
Ten principles for a Black Swan-proof world (Requires free registration--PIA, but worth it.)
Happy Thursday, Paycheckers! One more day to go!
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Quote of the Day
"If Tyranny and Oppression come to this land, it will be in the guise of fighting a foreign enemy." --James Madison.
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Something to think about.
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Happy Wednesday, Paycheckers! Only two more days to go!
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Monday, April 6, 2009
Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One
I hope your weekend was as good as mine was!
Now, back to reality. Please read the linked transcript. It is very important. Although fraud is and has always been illegal, it seems that it is allowable for the banksters.
Remember, knowledge is power.
Happy Monday, Paycheckers!
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Quote of the Day:
"If it makes sense to increase profits by outsourcing skilled labor, let's save big money by outsourcing the most uncompetitive worker in the U.S. corporate hierarchy: the CEO."
--Kevin Danaher and Jason Mark, AlterNet.org
Happy Thursday, Paycheckers
(aka S.H.I.T. day -- Sure Happy Its Thursday!)
--Kevin Danaher and Jason Mark, AlterNet.org
Happy Thursday, Paycheckers
(aka S.H.I.T. day -- Sure Happy Its Thursday!)
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Well said....
Link of the day:
FINANCIAL TERRORISM AND YOU
A "must-read" for all concerned Americans!
Happy Wednesday, Paycheckers. Only 2 more days to go!
FINANCIAL TERRORISM AND YOU
A "must-read" for all concerned Americans!
Happy Wednesday, Paycheckers. Only 2 more days to go!
Monday, March 30, 2009
So Sorry....
Another "Re" word.
I hereby apologize to the following:
1) My hairdresser. Despite the fact that you are a great beautician, I will not be able to come to the salon for a haircut on a regular basis anymore.
2) My dog groomer (and my dog). Sorry, no more monthly "poufs" for my dog; maybe every 4 months or so from now on.
3) The local Italian restaurant (or any other restaurant, for that matter). Sorry, no more pizza take-out, Saturday burritos, or special holiday treats for me.
4) Various charities. Sorry, Sister Alice Mary at St. Vincent's Meals on Wheels. I will no longer be able to contribute. Sorry, Cancer Society, etc. I'm tapped out for now.
5) Ralph's Supermarket. Don't expect me to spend as much on groceries this year. I will be making more things from scratch and will be buying cheaper items, such as lentils.
6) Any other retail establishment, local or nationwide, at which I normally spend my disposable income.
You see, I have no more disposable income. I have just received, along with all other employees at my company, a REDUCTION in salary.
Therefore, the "Re" word of the week is REDUCE. I know all of you count on your customers, but many of your customers are getting their salaries reduced and/or losing their jobs, thanks to the corporate financial wizards. I guess you all will have to reduce your spending, too. Since you may be customers (or may be customers of customers) of my company, I hope this doesn't come back to bite them.
Happy Monday, Paycheckers.
I hereby apologize to the following:
1) My hairdresser. Despite the fact that you are a great beautician, I will not be able to come to the salon for a haircut on a regular basis anymore.
2) My dog groomer (and my dog). Sorry, no more monthly "poufs" for my dog; maybe every 4 months or so from now on.
3) The local Italian restaurant (or any other restaurant, for that matter). Sorry, no more pizza take-out, Saturday burritos, or special holiday treats for me.
4) Various charities. Sorry, Sister Alice Mary at St. Vincent's Meals on Wheels. I will no longer be able to contribute. Sorry, Cancer Society, etc. I'm tapped out for now.
5) Ralph's Supermarket. Don't expect me to spend as much on groceries this year. I will be making more things from scratch and will be buying cheaper items, such as lentils.
6) Any other retail establishment, local or nationwide, at which I normally spend my disposable income.
You see, I have no more disposable income. I have just received, along with all other employees at my company, a REDUCTION in salary.
Therefore, the "Re" word of the week is REDUCE. I know all of you count on your customers, but many of your customers are getting their salaries reduced and/or losing their jobs, thanks to the corporate financial wizards. I guess you all will have to reduce your spending, too. Since you may be customers (or may be customers of customers) of my company, I hope this doesn't come back to bite them.
Happy Monday, Paycheckers.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
The Road to Hell....
I don't always agree with Daniel Pinchbeck, but I like this paragraph from his essay:
"...we are receiving harsh lessons in the power of intention on a vast scale. Over the last decades, the international financial elite manipulated the markets to create obscene rewards for themselves at the expense of poor and middle class people across the world. Using devious derivatives, cunning CDOS, and other trickery, they siphoned off ever-larger portions of the surplus value created by the producers of real goods and services, contriving a debt-based economy that had to fall apart. Their own greed — such a meager, dull intent — has now blown up in their faces, annihilating, in slow motion, the corrupt system built to serve them." --Daniel Pinchbeck, "The Intention Economy"
"...we are receiving harsh lessons in the power of intention on a vast scale. Over the last decades, the international financial elite manipulated the markets to create obscene rewards for themselves at the expense of poor and middle class people across the world. Using devious derivatives, cunning CDOS, and other trickery, they siphoned off ever-larger portions of the surplus value created by the producers of real goods and services, contriving a debt-based economy that had to fall apart. Their own greed — such a meager, dull intent — has now blown up in their faces, annihilating, in slow motion, the corrupt system built to serve them." --Daniel Pinchbeck, "The Intention Economy"
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