Hey folks -- even y'all in the "liberal" Northeast -- look around a bit -- it CAN happen here!

Ok -- Alternet has a little thing titled: "We are Facing the Greatest Threat to Humanity: Only Fundamental Change Can Save Us".

Then there is: "How Radical Christian Conservatives May Succeed in Destroying Democracy".

And: "Let's Face It, Conservative Supreme Court Justices Are a Bunch of Hypocrites"

This is just on Alternet.

On "Some Assembly Required" we have what almost seems like, "I'm throwing up my hands and giving up" -- Here it is: "There is no Plan B. - Chris Martenson

First Principals: In the US, housing is central to the economy, to the financial system, and to the society. It has failed. And with it the consumer economy has lost its main support, so, too, have employment, taxation, the social contract and governance. The replacement, in each case, is fear. And not far behind the fear is the gathering recognition that doom, that collapse is just off stage, waiting.

There is no rational way to discuss one aspect or another of the hydra facing us. Yes, fraudulent affidavits were used to keep foreclosure mills running. Why not? The mortgages were frauds at inception – deceitful loans made to deceitful buyers. The fraudulent mortgages were quickly passed on to the slice and dice middle-men who knew what they were cutting up was fraudulent but didn't care as long as they could pass it on – nudge, nudge, wink, wink – as MBS given fraudulently high ratings by firms that were no better than houses of prostitution. A “service” industry grew up that was designed to keep all the players fat, dumb and happy until they were starved, very unhappy, but still greedy, still dumb.

The housing market has disappeared into the hated federal government – no one else would lend money into such a market, nor offer MBS stuffed with fraudulent documents and backed by no-loss covenants. All the banks do is collect fees and distribute bonuses.

The rule of law disappeared along with the magic of deregulation – what are laws except inconvenient constraints on profits? Common sense left town years ago. Readers ask why I've not written about the 'foreclosure fraud', this is why: It is too big to grasp. We are living in a world made by fraud and it cannot but all fall down. Anyone who thinks this is all trivial technicalities is wrong.

I truly thought our doom would flow from the increasing decline in petroleum production, years from now. I was wrong."
Posted by CKMichaelson


America Blog posted this: "Saturday, October 16, 2010
Aetna denied insurance for newborn due to 'pre-existing condition'
by Chris in Paris on 10/16/2010 07:30:00 PM
Only in the American insurance industry could this be possible. It's wonderful that GMA helped resolve this "clerical error" but you have to wonder how widespread these errors are across the country.

She's heartbroken because she has endured what no mother should have to endure. While pregnant with twins, she lost one of them at 30 weeks. The other baby, Kinsleigh, was born with serious heart problems.

But Barnes is angry because her insurance company, Aetna, held up paying thousands of dollars in medical charges. The reason? The insurance company said the newborn might have been suffering from a pre-existing condition.

"I don't know how something could be pre-existing in a baby, so it was very shocking to me to see something like that," Barnes told "Good Morning America." "It's a slap in the face. Her medical bills are the last thing I should be worrying about. I should know that my baby is being taken care of."."

O.K. -- now, if the Tea Party and the Radical-Right-Wing-Republicans, along with their Radical-Right-Wing-Christianists win enough seats to take over Congress -- how long do you think it will take American CITIZENS to wake up? How long before we ALL reject this pile of horse crap? Also -- will we have either the will or the ability to do anything about it?

How long before the Tea Party anger gets turned against the real culprits -- the Radical-Right-Wing of every stripe?

Will our old, scooter riding, "revolutionaries" actually wake up BEFORE all the roads, all the WATER, even the AIR are "privatized"?