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http://www.wsvn.com/features/articles/carmelcase/MI91705/

"Commissioner Bell thinks DERMs enforcement practices should be investigated.

Commissioner Lynda Bell, Miami-Dade County, District 8: "I like the idea of a task force. I like the idea of looking into these cases. Is there a theme here? Is something going on? Is there something more than meets the eye?"

Carmel Cafiero, Investigative Reporter: "And now, it looks like property owners will get what they were hoping for. Carlos Espinosa is stepping down, saying he will retire next month, something DERM says he's been considering for quite some time.""

The EPA is the land Developers tool to grab land from those who have it.

RayAmerica says

ch_tah says

Bush was anti-environment in just about every way.

Give me some specific examples to back up your claim, in particular, his “anti-environment” policies that actually amounted to actionable policies.

Look at enforcement. Enforcement actions by the EPA dropped off the face of the earth under Bush. It's public record, look it up. Stripping enforcement departments and removing enforcement budgets was Bush's tool of choice across the entire spectrum of regulatory agencies. It's easy to do, doesn't require any changes in the laws, doesn't show up in the press. A nice quiet backdoor way to change policy.

Nomograph says

Obama has scored one victory after another despite massive political and economic headwinds:

Health care reform

Finance reform

Pitch perfect foreign policy (i.e. Egypt, Somali pirate takedowns, Iraq drawdown, Libya surgical strike, etc.)

Nuclear arms treaty w/ Russia

Key Supreme Court appointments sail through the Senate

Budget approval

U.S. Manufacturing growing at historical levels

Private sector job creation growing at historical levels

I'm probably the only American alive who is not for or against Obama. I didn't vote for him (or McCain) and I think he's at best a middle of the road president, who came into a disaster and has done a very so so job dealing with it.

Anyway I think your list is pretty silly. I'm glad that you consider Obama the best thing since the invention of ice cream. It's wonderful to have an idol, but a little more objectivity is in order.

Neither financial or health care "reform" actually reform anything. They don't address the problems, they just paper over the symptoms and kick the can down the road.

Foreign policy is a mixed bag at best. Some very good, some very bad.

You really need to look of the definition of the word historical. Manufacturing and job creation are anemic at best, even with some very tortured and creative statistical reporting.

There's a couple of choices here:

1) You can think Jesse Jackson Jr. really believed what he said.

2) You can wonder if JJ Jr. will shut up about the iPad if he gets some campaign contributions or if he gets more minority, i.e. crony, involvement with Apple.

For what it's worth, I do not think Jesse Jackson Jr. is an idiot.

EightBall says

ChrisLA says

Apparently Jerry Brown is proposing a union contract with prison guards where they get paid 8 weeks of vacation every year and can save these permanently.

My cousin works at a prison - 8 weeks doesn’t seem like enough for what he endures on a daily basis. But hey, teachers get the summer off why can’t everyone get 8 weeks

They can, just move to Europe where they consider the two weeks vacation thing insanity.

You and Ray really need hobbies other than fixating about Obama 24/7

Which school did Corsi get his PhD from? They should ask for it back.

TOT Grabs popcorn and lawn chair.

From your article:

Ironically Jackson himself is a proud owner of an iPad.

Uh...

I've read several of Dr. Corsi's books and find him to be a very reasonable man that backs his findings with facts and verifiable data. I'm not a "birther," but I have to admit, this is beginning to look very interesting. This issue is starting to turn heads that in the past didn't give it much credence.

RayAmerica says

I’m not a “birther,”

I like how some pussy factions of the GOP are pandering to the liberals, as they redefine who and what they are.
What is a Birther? Being a Natural born citizen is what I and countless generations for over 200 years, have learned in Civics class. Some jack ass has to show a Birth Certificate, I don't see Liberals all bent out of shape when the DMV asks to see their birth Certificate. It's a piece of Identification, it's meant to be shown for proof of identity, through out anyone's life. Why should running for the most important position in the free world be any different?

I suspect there are going to be a lot of GOPers this election season that are going to be left behind, as their party evolves into a something with a little piss in vinegar for a change.

So you're going to sell AND short? Isn't it enough to just sell and maybe repurchase?

"I’ve read several of Dr. Corsi’s books and find him to be a very reasonable man that backs his findings with facts and verifiable data."

And yet in his last anti Obama book, Corsi could not even get a simple fact like Obama's wedding date correct.

http://www.politico.com/static/PPM104_080814_unfit_cover.html

HousingWatcher says

And yet in his last anti Obama book, Corsi could not even get a simple fact like Obama’s wedding date correct.

Give him some slack. Afterall, your idol stated the USA was made up of "57 states."

When you write a book, it is supposed to go through several stages of editing to ensure than all the facts are correct. It's not exactly the same thing as making a comment off the top of your head.

Corsi is also a 9/11 truther. Are you a truther Ray?

Reluctantly, I have to admit, Obama is a miserable failure. I knew he would be, but it was one of those situations where I hoped I would be wrong. Even I underestimated the damage Obama would do, which proves I'm actually a very optimistic fuzz ball with a "yes we can" attitude. Not once, I repeat, not once, have I ever desired for Obama to fail (except of course when it came to almost all of his policies). I just hope the Donald can undo all this damage.

Ray, you do know that Trump's presidential campaign is fake and is just meant to boost his show's ratings, right?

Obama said the USA was made up of 57 states. Do you believe there are 57 states HousingWatcher?

HousingWatcher says

Ray, you do know that Trump’s presidential campaign is fake and is just meant to boost his show’s ratings, right?

It sounds so conspiratorial, but you sound so logical. What a sneak the Donald is.

Every politician makes gaffes. But that is different than writing a book.

Trump originally planned to aunnoce his decision on the season finale of The Apprentice (if that is not evidence that his campaign is fake, I don't know what is) but NBC said absolutely not.

HousingWatcher says

Corsi is also a 9/11 truther. Are you a truther Ray?

He also believes that oil is "abiotic" in origin.

http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=47407

Corsi is a certified nut case, and he has no qualms about lying, err... I mean making "factual errors".

RayAmerica says

Give him some slack. Afterall, your idol stated the USA was made up of “57 states.”

You don't seem to understand the difference between a slip when speaking live, and a book filled with factual errors with months of time to fact check.

If I was standing in front of a podium speaking to thousands of people, you can bet your butt I would make tons of mistakes. I would beome so nervous, I would probably forget my own name. One thing I never do is criticize politicans for making gaffes since I know very well I would do the same. However, a book is different since you can hit the delete key when you make a mistake. There is no delete key when you are making a live speech.

And let's not forget Bush made gaffes too so let's not just concentrate on Obama. My favorite: "I do not believe we've put a guilty... I mean innocent person to death in the state of Texas."

OR

"Anyone engaging in illegal financial transactions will be caught and persecuted."

HousingWatcher says

And let’s not forget Bush made gaffes too so let’s not just concentrate on Obama. My favorite: “I do not believe we’ve put a guilty… I mean innocent person to death in the state of Texas.”
OR
“Anyone engaging in illegal financial transactions will be caught and persecuted.”

Yeah, Bush was the king of the speach gaff. Entire books have been written on the subject.

MarkInSF says

HousingWatcher says

Corsi is also a 9/11 truther. Are you a truther Ray?

He also believes that oil is “abiotic” in origin.
http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=47407
Corsi is a certified nut case, and he has no qualms about lying, err… I mean making “factual errors”.

You beat me too it, just one thing to add.

Like many of the neo-con personalities I don't think he is an actual nut case. He just makes a very good living peddling material to nut cases. It really is quite deplorable to exploit mental illness like that.

shrekgrinch says

Yes, I want Obambi to go down..mostly because it will hurt the ‘progressive cause’

Yes, we know, truth and facts be dammed. You have made this abundantly clear in you posting history. Do you think that you have any kind of legitimacy in this forum?

Funny thing is that I am just the type of person that the GOP is trying to keep from voting for Obama. I am very moderate, left leaning, but lots of traditionally conservative opinions. Prompted by 9/11 I have actually worked, in my way, in “the war on terror”. McCain historically has been one of my favorite politicians, and I totally would have voted for him if he had a competent running mate. I have voted Republican many times in the past, but not in a long time. Why? Because the Republicans have become the party of “No”, and extreme bullshit.

Have I been disappointed in Obama? You bet, but have you or Ray ever posted anything that would make me think the GOP is better than Obama… No…

I want a country that works. Where we use the best ideas based on merit. When the day comes where Repubs stop shooting down ideas from Dems just so the Dems fail… and… it was an idea supported by the same Repubs in the past, I will start to vote Repub again (on issus and merit).

I am not going to hold my breath though.

Until then feel free to stay willfully ignorant, and keep up the sad sack propaganda.

I just sold most of my silver ETF shares a day ago... Hmmm... nice profit though.

EightBall says

My cousin works at a prison - 8 weeks doesn’t seem like enough for what he endures on a daily basis. But hey, teachers get the summer off why can’t everyone get 8 weeks

they sell real estate in the summer.

Nomograph says

Time to get back to what really matters: Guns, Gays, and God.

shrekgrinch says

You seem to present a case where those choices are exclusive. He can easily choose both. As to why I think he really believes what he said, read this little gig: http://gonzalolira.blogspot.com/2011/04/break-in-our-regularly-scheduled.html

Seriously, enough moronic Reps think this way and most Dems DO think this way that I believe JJJr. thinks this way. Sure I do.

My suspicions were raised by Jesse Jackson Jr's language. It was an attack only on the iPad, not the iPad and the Kindle and the Nook and other such devices.

The specific attack has a resemblance to the beginning of an Operation Push boycott. I know it's not fair to directly compare the tactics of Jesse Jackson Sr those of Jesse Jackson Jr, they are different people, but the comparison did spring to my mind.

I have no expectation that any politician is telling what he really believes. They pander to their constituencies much as advertisers pander to the customers.

MarkInSF says

a book filled with factual errors with months of time to fact check.

Being that the book is "filled with factual errors," it won't be difficult for you to list the top ten:

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RayAmerica says

Being that the book is “filled with factual errors,” it won’t be difficult for you to list the top ten:

Why would you even ask this? You don't care.

Even if you were given a list of 1000 factual errors, and a video clip of the author saying, "Yeah my books are full of shit, I just write them to milk money from right wing nut bags." You would still be posting tomorrow about how cool the author is, and how sound and reasonable his books are.

The whole bircher movement is actually great tribute of respect to Obama. Ray, Shirk and all the other logic deficient extreme right wing sheep at least have this perception correct:

They can not and will not be able to come up with a candidate or policies for that matter that can beat Obama in 2012. Hence this desperate attempt to prove he is ineligible.

Then again, the PTB in the GOP don't even want to win in 2012. This is obvious from Ryans plan to lower taxes ( HAHA) on high incomes, and cut back medicare.

True about the time value. I didn't think the peak was that far off (June) but we'll see.

Where do you get the put/call ratio data from?

Thanks.

HousingWatcher says

Ray, you do know that Trump’s presidential campaign is fake and is just meant to boost his show’s ratings, right?

I also think it's a publicity stunt.

Great comprehension Shirk.

I'll admit that this snippet is pretty silly (or even stupid), especially the part about china and first amendment rights.

But obviously his point (the context) is about job creation, not just because unemployment is high, but because technological advances are going to be a continued force of productivity and efficiency. Just because these are good things that we all like, doesn't mean that one can't observe their short to medium term impact on unemployment. He should have done a better job though, avoiding giving the dim bulbs anything to latch on to.

Funny that shirk, the guy who is more likely than anyone to attribute low comprehension to others, misunderstands what is being said here. Luddite ? He starts by saying he has an ipad.

"Neither party has the intelligence to withdraw from the Windmill-Chasing enterprise that is Afghanistan. That country hasn’t had an effective central government since Genghis Khan."

Completely correct. It is like a bad business plan that just keeps going without re-analysis.