ROMNEY JUST CAN'T SEEM TO SEE THE WHOLE PICTURE

Joshua Holland writes the real story behind that 47% about whom Romney claims he needs not think about them as they profess to be victims and are just living off the dole, so to speak.  It is worth reading what he writes directly rather than my paraphrasing it.It is difficult to understand how a man running for President can speak as he did.

It would be useful, though this subject has been over-focused on for days, to read this article in full.  Click here.

WARREN- BROWN DEBATE

Clearly, Senator Brown was trying to discredit Professor Warren by insisting that she show her evaluations.  Even though it has clearly been proven otherwise, he infers she used her Indian heritage to get ahead.  . She explained the lack of necessity and her family background.  She claims never to have used her Indian heritage to get a job.  No one other than Brown has made the claim. It is a typical low move, not unlike most of the Republicans who have nothing else to stand on.  The fact is that he dares not to stand on his voting record so Senator Brown spent much of his time obfuscating

Senator Brown insists that he will raise no taxes. on the 'job creators'.  He is going to fight for everyone with no raised taxes.  He sounds good, speaks as though he believes and means what he says, is impressive on the first, shallow look.  When one thinks about what he has said, he looks less and less worthy of re-election.

Professor Warren did not bite for his attacks and came through somewhat hesitantly but stayed right on the point at all times. There will be, surely, some who hate women and intellectuals and are easily swayed  to stick with the male, handsome picture that he has shown of his centerfold nude shot when he was young.  That is certainly no way to pick someone as important as a Senator!

The Arctic Ice is rapidly melting.  It is said that this summer has seen an area the size of Texas gone.  "On September 16, 2012 sea ice extent dropped to 3.41 million square kilometers (1.32 million square miles). This appears to have been the lowest extent of the year. In response to the setting sun and falling temperatures, ice extent will now climb through autumn and winter. However, a shift in wind patterns or a period of late season melt could still push the ice extent lower. The minimum extent was reached three days later than the 1979 to 2000 average minimum date of September 13."

If you didn't read the whole article, read it now, here.

Given Grover Norquist's boast that the Republican candidate didn't need to do anything but sign his name when told to (or words to that effect), I wonder if Mitt Romney's fund raising gaff being made public changed Norquist's thinking.  The problem with stupidity is that it is dangerous to the stupid person but impossibly destructive when it reflects on others.  The tape which was revealed insults 47% of our citizens and clearly makes clear he does not understand 47% of the people for whom he would be elected to represent.

One of Romney's foreign policy gaffs

Today I suggest you watch one video, taken off the American page of the Al Jazeera newspaper site.    If you can in good conscience see this man as showing good judgement and leadership qualities you are as full of poor judgement as he.  If you have not heard this man directly at a $50,000 a plate fundraising, please click here.  Please watch the video through the eyes of those not American.  Think of what Romney as President would mean to the rest of the world, the lack of trust and respect.

ROMNEY TAPED AT SECRET DONOR MEETINGr

Romney, convinced there would be no evidence made public of his words at a fund raiser last May 17, 2012 must be shocked to learn that his whole talk of an hour has made the news.  Mother Jones is behind its being made public and seems to have made quite certain it was true, a good quality of film and it has blanked out all faces but Romney's.

His disdain for the 47% of our country who are below the poverty line and getting government assistance and services was made patently clear.  The video is the whole hour so it is presented without concern about context being misleading.  To see this article from BBC, click here.  The US Republican nominee is shown saying he could not win votes of 47% of people who do not pay US income tax.  "I'll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives," he says.

Read the Mother Jones article which tells what Romney really thinks of the 47% he says will vote for Romney.  Click here.

"During a private fundraiser earlier this year, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney told a small group of wealthy contributors what he truly thinks of all the voters who support President Barack Obama. He dismissed these Americans as freeloaders who pay no taxes, who don't assume responsibility for their lives, and who think government should take care of them. Fielding a question from a donor about how he could triumph in November, Romney replied:

There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. All right, there are 47 percent who are with him, who are dependent upon government, who believe that they are victims, who believe the government has a responsibility to care for them, who believe that they are entitled to health care, to food, to housing, to you-name-it. That that's an entitlement. And the government should give it to them. And they will vote for this president no matter what…These are people who pay no income tax.

Romney went on: "[M]y job is is not to worry about those people. I'll never convince them they should take personal responsibility and care for their lives."
Mother Jones has obtained video of Romney at this intimate fundraiser—where he candidly discussed his campaign strategy and foreign policy ideas in stark terms he does not use in public—and has confirmed its authenticity. To protect the confidential source who provided the video, we have blurred some of the image, and we will not identify the date or location of the event, which occurred after Romney had clinched the Republican presidential nomination.

RELIGIOUS LEADER CALLING FOR PROTESTS OF ANTI-MUSLIM FILM

Why am I not surprised that there is a picture of a religious leader calling for renewed protests about the ridiculous trailer denigrating Muhammad that some Christian, claiming to be Jewish, circulated.

The leader of the Shia Muslim militant group, Hezbollah, has called for fresh protests in Lebanon on Monday over a film deemed offensive to Muslims.In an article written  A BBC article explains much of the thinking behind this action.
"In a speech broadcast on Hezbollah's Al-Manar TV station, Sheikh Nasrallah called for demonstrations on several days over the coming week."  To really understand a bit more,. read the whole article.  It may, among other points it tries to make, show just how far people on any job will go to retain their employment.I wonder, with people leaving institutions of religion in so many countries with increasing numbers whether the heads of these 'religious' businesses aren't' feeling as though they were bought out bu Bain Capital.

For too long, these people who think they speak for 'God', try to keep the rest of us as sheep in their flock. Shepherds are quickly finding themselves in a job for which there are neither takers nor patrons.  Isn't it enough that their buildings  (and homes) are tax free to them but not to the rest of us in lost tax income which we must make up, they want to scold and punish us for not being good enough to have blind faith in their lies.  None of them can convince me they know God's wishes (whichever God that might be) than they can tell us what Jesus would say in answer to any question.

LOOK FOR ME TPOMORROW

There are times when the world outside becomes more than anyuthi8ng with which I want to think or deal.  Today is one of those days for me.  I hope your day will be relaxing and that you have a good weekend,

For those of you getting ready to celebrate a New Year with Rash Hashana. We hope it will be a good one for the whole world, though it is not looking so good right now.