Affordability is obviously STILL the missing LINK to stablize the real estate, mortage, lending... industries.Greenspan did his experimentations to prove his Economic Theory and Bernanke is working on fixing the ill effects of such "theory".In truth, there are ways to allow "affordability" to take place again, and the experts do know how. The question is are THEY willing to make affordability happen instead of keep on trying to bury this administration by attempting to link the BAILout$$$ and the fall of mortages to this administration.They can make the mortage notes longer ... irregardless of the life expectancy of the borrower by having "ballon" payments at reasonable time say every 7 years and have it amortized over the current "maximum". There's NO DOUBT that such SAFE and Responsible mortage options will again bring our economy back, as Housing is STILL the major purchase and American Dream.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/ALL-BUSINESS-Bondmarket-rout-apf-15457158.html?.v=4
On election day, my wife Brigtte Davila and I were volunteering as a Voter Protection Team in a remote polling station near Reno, Nevada. It was a frigid snowy day but hopes were very high.
After a 12 hour day/evening at the polling station....we trudged with friends/volunteers back to the hotel to shower, rest and watch the elections results. By then....the die was cast. Barack was projected the winner and we watched Barack on tv giving his victory speech in Grant Park. We both watched the screen intently, held hands, hugged and cried more than a few tears.
After 2 years of volunteering and hoping....the impossible dream became the possible...which will become reality on Nov. 4th.
It is still hard to believe. I've supported many causes in my 58 years of life......many were lost causes but had to be fought. Now I was part of a winning cause and I didn't know how to react other than shed a tear.....maybe for all those lost causes.
Barack will be inaugurated in a few more weeks and he is putting together his team as I write this blog. I will watch his inauguration from afar. I won't be in DC but I will be there in spirit as he becomes our President on that day. I'm looking forward to it.
He will continue to need our support and I hope all of us will continue to support him as we settle back into out lives.
Since we all made the impossible possible....I guess we can never go back to the way it was before.
That may be our greatest gift to ourselves, our families and our country.
Something to be thankful for.....as we prepare for the Thanksgiving holiday.
May you be with loved ones this coming Thanksgiving and the upcoming holidays.
Take care and so long,
Jose & Brigitte
Percy H Florez
At least the are two guys who are trying to organize a rally against Obama on day ONE.
This two TRAITORS are manipulating the LATINO community with false pretenses about the delicate issue of immigration.
It seems to me very strange this innocents creatures are telling us the good news if LATINOS go for a rally in day ONE.
It's my opinion these two craps a re-pug infiltrated in this blog.
After a journey that began for me in March 2007, I can see the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel.
Obama is leading MCain with 2 weeks to go.
But lots of campaigning left to do in these remaining weeks and not much time to reflect.
It has been a wild and wonderful journey for me and thousands of volunteers
Many of my fellow Obama supporters and I will be in Reno Nevada campaigning to the last hour on Nov. 4th doing our best to win this swing state.
I think we will win it.
When the polls close at 8:00 p.m. on Nov. 4th....I will make a toast to Senator Obama and my fellow volunteers for a job well done.
Salud!
"This is a 51/49 country, not a 60/40 country... If you want to elect Barack Obama, go to Florida, go to Ohio. Go to the battleground states."
Obama supporters are more confident now than at any time this year. (Who even remembers the depressing days right after Sen. McCain chose Gov. Palin?) The media echo chamber is largely reinforcing this confidence, just as they have in months past. The powerful endorsement by Colin Powell today on Meet the Press will likely dominate press coverage for a day or two, with only two weeks and two days left to election day. That is huge.
But we should keep our eye on the ball! Lets focus our attention on the battleground states, because if Obama wins only one of these, we likely win the whole ballgame: Florida, Colorado, Ohio. And the single thing that will tip the balance is a significant move by older voters, particularly in places like Florida, Pennsylvania and Ohio.
The Great Schlep
Sarah Silverman gives a funny take on our mission: go to your grandparents, your parents, your friends and family in these toss-up states, and make sure they are on board. It would be great to win North Carolina or Virginia, but it is essential that we will our share of toss-ups.
Fair warning: this humorous video does contain expletives.
http://www.thegreatschlep.com/
Conservatives sing the praises of Barack Obama
"I sense in this guy a first-class mind who might just do smart things." --Christopher Buckley
"Barack Obama is the sharpest knife in the [Democratic] drawer." --Rush Limbaugh
Colin Powell is now endorsing Barack Obama on Meet the Press.
"I have gone back and forth between someone I have the highest regard for, John McCain, and someone I have been getting to know, Barack Obama." Both candidates would be good presidents.
However, Barack Obama displays "intellectual vigor, intellectual curiosity", and he is surrounding himself with people that will give him the advice that he needs. "I think he is a transformational figure... I will be voting for him."
While Powell continues to love and admire John McCain, who he has known for more than 20 years, he is very concerned about the rightward direction of the Republican Party. "We must stop polarizing our country. John McCain is an non-polarizing as anyone I know, but there is a polarizing element in the Republican Party."
The effort by the McCain campaign to tie Obama to terrorism (via his relationship to Bill Ayers) is a "terrible stretch, its demogogary" and its further evidence that the McCain campaign has been "narrow, ... too narrow for America." Powell tells a compelling story about a young man who was 14 at the time of 9-11. This young man was born in New Jersey, and waited until he was of age to join the military and serve his country. That young man was killed in combat, and is buried in Arlington Cemetary. His gravestone has the star and crecent of his Muslim faith, just as others there have a cross or a Star of David. The McCain campaign effort to tar Obama as Muslim (despite the fact that it is not true) insults the memory of this young man, and the millions of American Muslims who should be able to aspire to serve this country, and yes to become President of the United States.
Barack Obama will electrify this country, and the world. He has established himself as the right candidate. At this point in history, we need a president who will be transformational, a generational change. That is Barack Obama.
Hello Everyone,
How are you today?another day of defending our next President? Don't even sweat it. Keep working' harder ," am not gonna give up"," it makes me stronger" and I am not going to call you a racist name 'cause my momma taught me better than that." Beyonce Knowles lyrics to her song survivor..and she did-- to become the top icon, black, female and beautiful top "chick" in the music game ,despite, those of us who are not her fans, including me.
I say all that to say this, and Mr. Barack Obama is going to rise,nothing is going to stop him
As far as the entrepreneur, he is maximizing on the hottest topic in America.Could he have done it positively? yes, but the "marketplace" is filled with good things about B.O. It's only natural that he'd go the opposite direction and along the way, get free media coverage, great for advertising, Apparently he also gets an emotional/psychological boost, by putting out there his opposing stream to the tsunami of support for our next Presisdent. So he is making money from his frustration. It's the capitalist tool.
However, his statement that his lawyer assured him that he is within his First Ammendment rights is not that cut and dried.
As some of you may know I am an anthropologist with 40 years of training and empirical research and still doing it daily,it's my life,not my job. As such I always turn cultural oppression on its ear, gauging the response helps one to learn how irrational racism and prejudice is..ok breathe in ..What would happen if someone printed a T-shirt that said "Jews the First Slaves of Germany?" Oh boy..For those of you who have never visited the Holocaust Museum in New York, or Los Angeles, you might not entirely understand the question in the context of history..all of those black sambo caricatures, popularized in America..were similarly depicted towards Jews. I have read, Elie Weisel's "Night" "Kristallnach" and the horrible suffering of other survivors of the Concentration camps. Every racist epithet can be lodged against ANY cultural group. The pain is the same , we are all humans.
In my interviews, I have heard the most ridiculous, twisted, absurd reasons as to why one "clan" hates another. However I must note strongly, I still respect their opinions and beliefs.
Oppression and xenophobia, twists the mind and causes mental health problems. So let him sell his T-shirts, because we know, that Obama ,a Constitutional lawyer would defend his right to do so.
Those of us who subscribe to Diversity4Obama have received an e-mail warning that "Muslims will take over in America by filling 1st local political roles (Think Gov. Jindal in Louisiana) the regional then National (Think Obama the Next President), and that Islam has a plan to take over Rome.
The subtext is the unrelenting lie that Mr. Obama is a Muslim. It comes from the uneducated opinions of a group that write chronicles under the banner of "HUMAN EVENTS."
Well if that is true we better hurry and donate as much to this campaign, and get that voter registration drive going,and canvass those sitting on the fence so we can get Barack Obama in office, a Christian man, to stop those "naughty Muslims" from taking over the Vatican (Rome) and punishing those nasty little devils, who vow celebacy a Priests, and have been doing naughty things with young pubescent altar boys entrusted to their Spiritual care.!
Here are some responses to those silly people!! A Muslim obviously hurt by this stuff, responding. I deleted the not so nice words, but in the sarcasm is pain:
Hey Andee, (expletive) I'm so scared. Thank you for warning me about the possibility that some day, along with bells ringing from a church, i may hear a melodic call to prayer... AAAAAAAAAAH. I can't take this, what is the muezzin saying.... OH MY GOD, He is saying GOD is Great. My EARS are BURNING. What was that? He said, "I bear witness there is no deity but God"?????? I can't take it anymore. O my, he is saying Muhammad was a prophet!!! How dare he. And how dare he tell me to make haste towards prayer and goodness. What NERVE.
Note from the Blogger: We are all people of the Book..meaning in Islam the followers are taught to respect all the Prophets, which include Jesus Christ.
But my favorite cool response is this: Don't let the trolls get under your skin. As for Muslims taking over--yes. That is our plan. We have all converted to Islam and have a master plan to take over. It started with Muhammed Ali and gathered speed with Kareem Abdul Jabbar. When Cat Stevens converted to Islam and became Yusuf Islam, it was a done deal.
Praise be to Allah, Beth Hussein
Bloggers note: This young woman who bears Obama's middle name and has been a strong supporter and hard worker for the campaign has a marvelous senses of humor, so I thank her for reminding us to stay cool , just like our fearless leader to be. President Barack Obama.
THE OBJECT OF THE "DON'TWANNAOBAMA DIVERSE GROUP" HAS ACHIEVED THEIR GOAL.
RACE BAITING IS NOW ON THE TABLE. THEY WERE SO BOTHERED THAT THIS MAJOR ISSUE JUST WASN'T OUT THERE--- NOW THE NEW YORKER HAS OPENED UP THE FLOODGATES.
WE CAN CHOOSE TO IGNORE IT. WRITE LETTERS TO LET THEM KNOW THAT WE UNDERSTAND THE INTENTION, AND THEN CHOOSE AN ISSUE THAT OBAMA SUPPORTS, THAT IS NEAR AND DEAR TO US AND DISCUSS THAT!
WE CAN CHOOSE TO IGNORE THEM, AND BRING THEM BACK TO THE ISSUES OF LIVING IN AMERICA.
HIS FIGHT IS NOT MCCAIN'S fight. He doesn't have to defend his being "white." This has to be taken of the table. This campaign, is not the forum to SOLVE RACE RELATIONS IN AMERICA!!
If you feel you want to discuss this issue then next week in Washington D.C. Former Rep. Cohen and his wife Janet Langhorne Cohen are having a 2 day Conference on Race.
The issues are clear. The losers want to distract Americans and pander to racial fears, xenophobia, dark skins vs. light skins, don't fall for it. They are race baiting , don't fall for it.
Marta Rosell Fernandez
Former Adjunct. Prof./Anthropology
B.M.C.C.,C.U.N.Y
It is vitally important that we destroy lies with truth. I received e-mails from Diversity4Obama that said that the circulation of The New Yorker Magazine was 107,000 !!! Not so, and here is a link to get the stats:
http://emdashes.com/2006/08/ask-the-librarians-ii.php
I always look for the unusual in the usual. I dare say to the Editors, you want drama? How about a caricature of John McCain, breaking the Military Code by telling the North Vietnamese, (Vietcong) during his capture his ship's location his squadron and target? as he tells in his own words in his own book. Never mind that he "claims" he deliberately mislead them. Well, if he didn't say that,then he would be up for court marshall. That is not a Hero. It makes me think of all the P.O.W.'s that died without ever uttering a word. The true patriots.
How about that he turned his back on the poor Vietnamese farmer that saved him? as he was hanging to a raft for dear life?
The "satire" on the cover was bold. It reflects the media and their power. The editorial board had to green light it. I say fight fire with fire.
Kudos to New Yorks TV1! Obama T.V. 24/7. All the media outlets are screaming,unfair!! Really?
Marta
Yeah! The Cubans are coming, the Cubans are coming... spread the truth.
The best is yet to come.
A new Zogby International poll shows Barack Obama sitting on a 16-point lead over John McCain in South Florida.
breinhard@MiamiHerald.com
In a sign that Democrat Barack Obama will be competitive in the nation's largest swing state, he is beating Republican John McCain comfortably in South Florida and has a slight edge among Hispanics, according to a new Miami Herald poll.
Obama is ahead 46-30 percent over McCain in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties in the survey of 807 people conducted by Zogby International. The margin of error is plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.
''Obama's 16-point lead in South Florida could springboard him to make it a competitive race statewide,'' said pollster John Zogby. ``I really think Florida is in play.''
READ FULL STORY AT: http://www.miamiherald.com/457/story/580781.html
Luis Moro
Can someone who is pro U.S. Embargo on Cuba please for once; acknowledge your policies have not worked after 47 years? Please let me know you are all not so radically stubborn driven by psychosis and duplicity towards Cuba.
A person has to be ignorant, or knowingly ignorant, or ignorant again, to say
“What embargo on Cuba?”
Call restrictions and political abuse and laws designed to prevent actions whatever you want. They’re still restrictions and political abuse.
Out right abuse is what both Cuba and America has done when it comes to Cuban policy and Cuban people everywhere. Since you or I will never change the ways of Castro’s government. We can change the ways of our own U.S. Government; especially since our Cuba policies have not worked for 47 years.
That is why so many voters are supporting Obama. It’s one simple issue for me; Barack’s character to not follow the failed 47 year old ignorant, defiant outride arrogant line some U.S. Politicians out of Miami have taken towards Cuba, under the pretense of representing the people.
I've personally met Obama and spoke about our policies towards Cuba. He knows the reality of what the people want and Obama knows the majority of Americans do not want the existing U.S. Policies toward Cuba.
It’s been 47 years of failed policies.
That’s 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47 years of U.S. Policies toward Cuba not working. It’s insane to continue them one more day.
Embargo, sanctions, travel band, call it whatever you want. It has not worked.
The bottom line is, Cuba has been destroyed by Cuban politicians in both Cuba and America.
I was born in Cuba, I have family in Cuba, I’ve been back to Cuba; and it’s the American Government that has come after me, with laws, fines and reams of paperwork, not the Cuban Government for making a movie. What ever happened to our First Amendment, freedom of Speech or Fifth Amendment freedom to travel?
My grandmother who is now 87 years old has to sneak into Cuba from the U.S. since she can’t fly their directly. I have seen my mother die without seeing her brothers again in 38 years. My grandmother has seen two of her children die because of the “there is no embargo on Cuba” attitude.”
If I want to sell, give, gift anything to a family, friend or stranger in Cuba, the U.S. Government does not let me. Our own U.S. Post Office won’t take a package to Cuba. I have to get approval directly from the Federal Government. That’s in sane, I have to go through an approval process to send a box of sox’s to Cuba. (New York Yankee Sox’s to be clear.)
The reality is the current course taken and maintained for the last 47 years by the political leaders of Miami has not worked. And yes it’s all high-jacked politics out of Miami.
We all know Castro’s Government has not worked.
What still amazes me is the duplicity some people still promote saying we, the U.S. have nothing to do with the results in Cuba? We are not the direct problem, but one can acknowledge we are sure an indirect problem.
Castro sucks, and we suck even more for not having the maturity as a nation, as a Cuban people in America to stop the political insanity perpetuated by our Cuban-American politicians.
You can act blind or stay in denial; even act in a state of psychosis saying,
“What embargo on Cuba” or “I won’t lift the embargo - that doesn’t exist - until Castro goes first” It’s all a form of children acting like adults. “I know what I am but what are you” – Pee Wee Herman. I trust the point is received with humor and love. We, the mature nation should, must act first.
Castro is only, and will only take actions that are for his best personal interest. It’s a known ‘fact’ that Castro has used our U.S. Policies toward Cuba as his excuse for his failure and troubles in Cuba.
We’re going on 50 years of the same nonsense, and some of the children of older Cubans simply “parrot” what they heard as kids with no present day thinking. Consider taking away the U.S. policies will eliminate the Cuban Governments excuses. This may truly give rise to an explosion of freedom invading Cuba through travel, commerce and communication. Nothing else has worked.
Can someone who is pro U.S. Embargo on Cuba please for once; acknowledge your policies have not worked after 47 years? Please let me know you are all not so radically stubborn driven by psychosis and duplicity towards Cuba. To say: "There is no U.S. Embargo on Cuba." You need a few Mojitos.
Truly written with much respect and friendship liberties.
www.EveryThingCuba.com
I’m sorry.
I did not mean to offend anyone with my recent post. If you actually read it through again, you should realize the title is not the point.
My point is not about race, rather lack of conciseness. A white rich Cuban politician out of Miami does not have the best interest of a black, white, green poor Cuban in Cuba or America. There is 47 years of evidence to prove that. AND I do agree 100% the embargo is not a race issue, but color, like gender, still a distinction that can't be ignored. I trust you accept what I am saying next. I do not think the embargo is a race issue, it is a conciseness issue, an awareness issue. You and I are first aware of our own interest. I can bet everything I own that the most politicians supporting the embargo on Cuba have no idea who we really are, or care. For example: most people refer to Obama as black, he is actually mixed. His mother is white. I personally don’t care, I’m for any person who actually thinks and makes decisions based on Character. I truly hope you get what I am pointing to, and by no means do I intend my point to be about race. Even though calling me “Negro” is perfectly find for most Latin’s, except of course if you are “Negro.”
I laugh at any name a person calls me. I give credit to that old school way of thinking. “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” Thank you for giving me your time and consideration. Luis Moro www.EveryThingCuba.com.
ARTICLE PUBLISHED IN MAY/JUNE 2008 ISSUES OF
THE IMMIGRANT MAGAZINE
The Character Factor: The death of Political InsanityThe Case Of Cuba
By Luis Moro
Insanity may be defined as doing the same thing repeatedly with the expectation of a different result. A politician who supports a failed 40-year-old policy could be diagnosed with "Political Insanity". It is time we killed off Political Insanity by our elected U.S. officials. This and many more facts will be explored in the next issue of Immigrant Magazine.
Would you trust a person who continues to make the wrong decision for almost fifty years? Would you support a person who will speak in the name of helping people, PEOPLE who continuously say that person is not helping them? Would you believe a person who upon receiving a financial donation would change their vote?
"The Character Factor" is a full coverage story about the U.S. Embargo on Cuba and how a failed policy is still supported by so few even though it negatively affects so many. You will be surprised to find out how a one thousand dollar donation ($1,000) can buy a vote in Washington, DC. And even more surprising is how many politicians actually sell their votes for money. It is as blatant as one day they are against our U.S. policies against Cuba; they get a donation and the next day they vote for the failed policy against Cuba. We will explore why a few white politicians in America and Cuba strangle Cuba, a country with a predominantly black population.
With the duplicity, outright lying and misrepresentations by many of today's politicians there is one clear question that separates today's candidates for the U.S. Presidency. Are you for or against the four- decade failed, U.S. Policy on Cuba? The answer to this question could be the one answer that will determine the vote of every American.
Nobody can deny that U.S. Policies towards Cuba have failed over the last several decades. We all know that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again while expecting a different result. It is clear in these times of political insanity that no politician can hide from his or her history. And all politicians should be judged on their present character to determine our future. The character factor requests all Americans to bring to the forefront politicians who sell themselves. If a politician votes for and supports a failed U.S. Policy, they clearly are not able minded, equitable and perhaps even honest leaders.
It is known that in our nation's capital, legislative votes are for sale and barter. But no one will get away from the factual report revealing once and for all our nation's leaders who have lost their character factor.
Are you for a four-decade-old failed U.S. Policy on Cuba? Your character factor will now speak.
About the author: Luis Moro is an award winning filmmaker. He was born in Cuba and now resides in exile in the United States. His family has been separated for 38 years due to the failed polices of both the U.S and Cuban politicians. www.EveryThingCuba.com
Contact Luis@MoroFilms.com
The above article reflects the opinions of L.Moro and in no way the opinions of The Publishers Of The Immigrant Magazine. We welcome your perspectives on issues that affect you and the Immigrant Community at large. Please write to us at publisher@immigrantmagazine.com.
Pamela Asobo AnchangPublisher/Editor-In-ChiefThe Immigrant Magazine Inc.http://www.immigrantmagazine.com/
Just wanted to post a blog about how excited and proud I am that Obama won the nomination!!
Let's just hope the republicans don't ruin this for us....... 4 more years of this??
Yeah right! :P
