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NY Post - Elderly New York Woman Gets $100 Ticket for Throwing Newspaper Away

If you are still of the belief that the government is not out of control you need to read this:

Elderly New York Woman Gets $100 Ticket for Throwing Newspaper Away

What a bunch of garbage!

An elderly Manhattan woman living on Social Security was slapped with a $100 ticket -- just for throwing away a newspaper in a city trash can.

Delia Gluckin, 80, tossed the paper in a bin right outside her Inwood apartment building Sunday morning, only to be ambushed by an overzealous Department of Sanitation agent wielding a citation book.

"I was walking to take the subway downtown and dropped it in a trash can, and this lady in a blue uniform ran up to me," Gluckin told The Post.

"I thought she was going to ask for directions. She said, 'You just dropped garbage in there,' " according to Gluckin.

"I said, 'I didn't, it was just a newspaper,' and I offered to take it out," said Gluckin, who had tossed her Sunday Post out.

Sanition cop Kathy Castro wrote Gluckin the summons for putting "improper refuse" in a city litter basket.

"She acted as if I had a committed a crime," said the outraged octogenarian.

"I said, 'Look, lady, I'm a senior citizen . . . I'll just take it back.' I even said to her, 'Am I your first customer of the day? I really felt intimidated . . . I have a feeling she just wanted to make her quota."

States Are Poised to Be Next Credit Crisis for US: Whitney

Here comes the next $ Trillion bailout Ladies and Gentlemen.



States Are Poised to Be Next Credit Crisis for US: Whitney

Crippling debts and deficits are about to make individual states the next casualty of the credit crisis, analyst Meredith Whitney told CNBC.

 

Speaking as her firm, Meredith Whitney Advisory Group, just released a lengthy report on the state of the states, the noted financial analyst compared the looming explosion to the collapse of the financial system in 2008 and 2009.

"The similarities between the states and the banks are extreme to the extent that states have been spending dramatically and are leveraged dramatically," she said. "Municipal debt has doubled since 2000, spending has grown way faster than revenues."

Whitney also offered another warning about banks, saying a sharp dropoff in trading revenue and a double-dip in housing would hammer at fourth-quarter earnings.

But she reserved her harshest words for the states. She said the paper released Tuesday was the culmination of two years' work by her firm and was made even more difficult by the lack of reliable data on state spending and debt.

"It reminded me so much of the banks pre-crisis that we just kept working at it," she said. "We couldn't find anything that gave us a clear story, we couldn't find any information that was transparent. So we did it ourselves."

There were some bright spots: Texas, Virginia and Nebraska were among states that have done a good job of controlling their finances over the years and aren't threatened as much.

But other states, such as California and Michigan, will burden the entire country should the federal government decide to step in with a bailout. States are required to balance their budgets, but massive debt-service payments could prevent that from happening in many states and necessitate the federal government to step in.

"You have to look at the states and the risk that the states pose, because the crisis with the states will result in an attempt at least for the third near-trillion-dollar bailout," Whitney said. "That has consequences on the dollar, that has consequences on just about everything. It certainly has consequences on the US recovery."

"Imagine you're conservative, fiscally sound Nebraska and you have to bail out California, or you're fiscally conservative Texas and now you have to bail out Michigan," she added.

On the banks, Whitney reiterated her call that some 80,000 financial services jobs will be lost this year, based on an expected 25 percent sequential decline in equity trading and "low single-digit" returns on equity.

On top of that, she said housing numbers will begin to worsen. The monthly Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller housing report earlier in the day signaled that home prices were flattening but stabilizing; Whitney said that reading is going to get progressively worse.

"This quarter is going to be unique for the banks because this will be the last quarter when they can dodge the credit bullet," she said. "We think October, after the banks report, you'll see a really ugly Case-Shiller number, which means the fourth quarter is going to be very tough for banks."

Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney Heart No One in New York's 23rd District and They Both Lost My Vote

I wasn't planning on supporting Huckabee in 2012 but this seals the deal for me. When you are afraid to back someone in a very important race like the one in New York's 23rd district you are showing your true colors. Huckabee is either too afraid to lose support for the RNC in Washington by supporting Hoffman or he is a progressive like the Republican candidate but doesn't want to admit it. Either way I am glad to know now what time of man Huckabee before he runs for President. Next candidate please!


Mike Huckabee hearts no one in New York's 23rd district - Alex Isenstadt - POLITICO.com

The same goes for Romney.

"What do you find most often in the middle of the road? Road kill. Mitt Romney, who hopes to be the GOP's next presidential nominee, couldn't bring himself to endorse anyone in New York state's contentious 23rd congressional district special election.

The contest, which features a liberal Republican, Dede Scozzafava, and a conservative one, Doug Hoffman, has been a flashpoint for a party in search ofits identity. An all-star lineup of national party leaders has weighed in, allowing themselves to be defined by whose side they're on. But not Romney. Theformer Massachusetts governor passed, and this could have serious ramifications down the road."

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/politics/Barracuda-Chews-Up-Soft-Mittens.html

Its time the RNC woke up and realized that conservatives are dissatisfied with the direction of the party. The RNC can either change quickly or it can be marginalized. Either way history may be made come 2012 with either a viable 3rd party canidate or a true conservative in the White House.

Do Americans really want universal healthcare? NY Times says Yes. But their own poll shows that Americans only want it if its FREE!!

Much has been said lately in the media about Americans overwhelming supporting Universal Healthcare. Most likely they are citing to a recent CBS/NY Times Poll http://tiny.cc/tMhuc. Ignoring the fact that the poll skews towards liberals (more Obama supporters were polled than McCain supporters) when you read the actual results you may be pleasantly surprised to find that Americans are satisfied with their current level of healthcare. However, the Times headline that "Americans Overwhelming Support" universal healthcare is a little disingenuous. Yes, 72% support a government supported plan like medicare, which is free.( I know we pay taxes but lets pretend its really free.) Sounds like Obama is winning the debate right but wait a second if you ask people to pay only $500 a year or ruffly $42 a month which is significantly less than the average monthly cost of $600 ($7200 a year) most Americans currently pay for healthcare only 25% are willing to pay. (questions 59 and 60). For some other interesting tidbits check out questions 50,51,64,65,80,81.