Democrats Plot to Remove God from Oath of Office

Oh wow it seems to be catching on
Jerry Nadler is already not using the full oath when he swears in witness that come before the House committees
And now he has the little kids doing it



Democrats in Massachusetts are well on their way to removing God from the oath of office.

Democrats in Massachusetts are well on their way to removing God from the oath of office.

Washington State Joins the Movement for Public Banking

http://www.yesmagazine.org/new-economy/washington-state-joins-movement-for-public-banking

Oh look, common sense seems to be catching on.
Here's hoping it spreads like wildfire.
It's the only sane thing left to do to save "our" collective and individual selves.
Cut out the middle man



Bills were introduced on January 18 in both the House and Senate of the Washington State Legislature that add Washington to the growing number of states now actively moving to create public banking facilities.

The bills, House Bill 1320 and Senate Bill 5238, propose creation of a Washington Investment Trust (WIT) to “promote agriculture, education, community development, economic development, housing, and industry” by using “the resources of the people of Washington State within the state.”

Currently, all the state’s funds are deposited with Bank of America. HB 1320 proposes that, in the future, “all state funds be deposited in the Washington Investment Trust and be guaranteed by the state and used to promote the common good and public benefit of all the people and their businesses within [the] state.”

The legislation is similar to that now being studied or proposed in states including Illinois, Virginia, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Maryland, Florida, Michigan, Oregon, California and others.

Unemployment fund borrowing to pay claims

http://www.boston.com/business/ticker/2010/02/unemployment_fu.html

[B]And where is the Federal government getting this money from for the states to borrow it? [/B]

The deep recession and extended period of high unemployment have exhausted the fund that pays jobless benefits in Massachusetts, requiring the state to borrow from the federal government, the state Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development reported today.

The fund, which is financed by premiums paid by businesses, ran out of money on February 9, and began borrowing from federal government to pay claims. Massachusetts is one of 30 states that have exhausted state trust funds and are borrowing to pay benefits, according to the US Labor Department. The Labor Department expects the 40 states to be borrowing by the end of the year. Under federal stimulus legislation, states can borrow interest-free through 2010.

The Massachusetts unemployment

Zoos Fear Forced Closure, Destruction of Animals

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/Ama...8061115&page=1

A sad reality of the states financial hardships.

Anyone want a giraffe?

A zoo operator says it will have to close a pair of Massachussetts zoos, lay off most of the 165 employees, find homes for some of the more-than-1,000 animals and possibly euthanize the rest of the animals unless the state restores millions of dollars in funding.

The Massachusetts legislature approved $6.5 million in state funding for the zoos in its fiscal year 2009 budget, but Gov. Deval Patrick's line-item veto reduced the figure to $2.5 million, according to Zoo New England.

The zoos' $11 million budget is funded by a combination of state funds, zoo revenue and private donations.

"$2.5 million is not sufficient to continue operations of the zoos and will actually cost the commonwealth [of Massachusetts] millions more in subsequent years" in shutdown costs and animal care, Zoo New England claimed. "For this reason, Zoo New England and many of its supporters are calling for the legislature to override this veto."

Messages left by ABCNews.com Saturday with both Zoo New England and Gov. Patrick's office in Boston were not immediately returned, though a Patrick spokeswoman explained the zoo budget cuts in a statement to ABC News affiliate WCVB-TV in Boston.

"These are extremely difficult times across the state, and there have been tough cuts in every area," said the statement by spokeswoman Cyndi Roy. "This is an example of an unfortunate cut that had to be made in order to preserve core services for families struggling during the economic downturn."


In fact, the Massachusetts zoos are not the only ones facing tough times.

Massachusetts AG in $60 million deal with Goldman

http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Massachusetts-AG-in-60-apf-15200553.html

This is just Massachusetts, now ask yourself how many other states does Goldman Sachs owe money to.
They were busted dead to rights and now rather than prosecution they are allowed to make a deal for restitution.

Goldman has pledged to provide $50 million in relief to homeowners and make a $10 million payment to the state as part of the settlement. A spokeswoman for Attorney General Martha Coakley says the deal is the first of its kind in the country.

Coakley has mounted a series of legal actions, as she has traced the state's subprime problem from street-level brokers to mortgage providers and, now, to investment houses that turned the risky home mortgage loans into stock market commodities.