I've been reading the book Reckless Endangerment which gives an account of how our economy got into the fix it is in now. Mr. Geithner was one of the "regulators" that allowed the banks to take huge chances, fulling expecting a taxpayer bailout as their back up plan. It is now time to take on the big banks.

The following petition is presented for signing by MoveOn.org:

"I spent about thirty years working in commercial agribusiness. My main job was to purchase ingredients, mainly grain, for flour mills and animal feed mills. As a part of my job I was forced to understand the US food supply system, its strengths and weaknesses. Over the years I became aware of some things that nearly all Americans are completely unaware of. I am going to make a list of statements and then you will see where I'm going.

At a Social Security forum today, the impact the deficit would have on Social Security and Medicare was discussed. The outlook is not good. They are considering raising the age you qualify, cutting payments by 3% as you get older, just when needs are higher, so that if you live long, you could have a 12% cut.

Few people have endured the tragedy that came to Brooks Douglass and his family in 2002. He not only survived, but he tells a story of forgiveness in "Heaven's Rain," a movie he produced and directed. The program begins with a screening, followed by a personal conversation with Brooks Douglass.

Film producer and actor, lawyer, businessman, and former State Senator of Oklahoma -- you will want to meet this remarkable man.

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Development in CLE - Joe Santiago style...this strip is how development is "planned" on West 25th, too -acknowledged that "chains" are most likely development to occur.  Former CLE councilman Joe Santiago moved to Florida.  Questions remain especially on how he used building inspectors to move development in the ward while he was the councilperson.

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Despite all the on-going corruption and the sad real estate speculation in the City of Cleveland--there are moments of magic, like tonight, as Verb Ballet performed in Tremont's Lincoln Park.  The impromptu dance routine by many of the kids in attendance captured my imagination. 

 Democratic Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge John O'Donnell, whom Journalist and Community Activist Kathy Wray Coleman accuses of setting up a rape against her along with Cuyahoga County Judge Timothy McGinty, Former Sheriff Gerald McFaul and Visiting Judge Gustalo Nune

Folks will remember that TWDC made bald-faced parking/land grabs for several properties in Tremont.

Cleveland city Population Growth: Census 2000 to Census 2010

CLEVELAND, Ohio The earthquake that rattled the East Coast was felt here, 300 miles away."People reported saying they felt buildings swaying," she said."Other reports said they saw pictures and mirrors moving on walls, but we received no reports of damages or injuries anywhere in the state -- though the quake was felt from Lorain in Cuyahoga County down to Cincinnati in Hamilton County." Bob Bartolotta, manager of the seismic observatory at the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, said that since January 2005, there have been 51 earthquakes in Ohio, and 7

the racist word nigger is used incontext as james told me his story - lily used the racist word nigger incontext as she heard and folks told their stories to lily - in tremont and other places - as i have and many others have heard the racist word nigger and other words spoken by the white elite mostly as they talk amongs their selves and occasional slip of speech in public - and any one that says lily is a racist is taking the word nigger out of context for their own racist agenda -

The Social Sciences Department of the Cleveland Public Library will hold their non-fiction book club discussion

YEEHAW!!! 

There was a time in history when hillbillies gathered in circles at every opportunity from cookouts to funerals to have a little Jamboree with the family. Grandmas grabbed the spoons, grandkids grabbed the harmonicas, Uncles grabbed the banjos, and Dad got on the washtub bass drum. Soon, there was harmony on the mountaintop with laughter and clapping that echoed across the valley.

With TWDC's second largest funder, Neighborhood Progress, Inc., President/CEO topping the agenda for last night's (Aug. 18, 2011) regularly scheduled meeting, there was no quorum.  Out of the fifteen elected Board members, only six showed up for this all important get-to-gather.  Two ex-officios did attend as well.

 Democratic Cuyahoga County Sheriff Bob Reid

In upstate New York this farmer does not have a bank note for a large John Deere.

For a change of scenery, I recently took Amtrak to Western Maryland.  I chose Frostburg, because I like the people and the environs.  The views in Maryland are especially restorative. When you think "Purple Mountains Majesty," this is Maryland.