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March 12 2008 (Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke's latest attempt to alleviate seized-up credit markets marks his most direct effort yet to repair the mortgage meltdown that poses the biggest threat to the economy
The Fed pledged yesterday to lend, in return for mortgage debt, $200 billion of Treasuries to the securities firms that trade directly with the central bank. Officials told reporters later that the program may escalate from there as the central bank seeks to break the logjam in the home-loan market.
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=a6aFI7RKVhEA&refer=news
The Fed said it would lend up to 200 bln usd in Treasuries for up to 28 days against a wide range of collateral, including asset-backed securities that private lenders have been shunning recently.
http://www.forbes.com/markets/feeds/afx/2008/03/12/afx4761665.html
Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve Ben Bernanke
12/3/2008 12 Mar at 12:29 GMT ooia time 9:13pm
Fed Hopes to Ease Strain on Economic Activity
New York Times - 49 minutes ago
By EDMUND L. ANDREWS WASHINGTON - Impelled to take extraordinary measures for the second time in less than a week, the Federal Reserve moved on Tuesday to subdue the deepening crisis in credit markets by stepping up as lender of last resort.
European govt bonds remain softer in wake of central bank ... Forbes
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ooia @ pg 12/3/2008 tuesday 9:13pm
Does it take compassion and intelligence?
Does it take courage and vivaciousness?
Of course it takes a certain amount of understanding and experience, but often at these times, we forget just exactly what it is that the President of the United States is actually signing up for. So, I've decided to post what the traditional description and requirements are. Feel free to add more to it.... if you dare.
The Job Description and Requirements:
The executive power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America. He shall hold his office during the term of four years, and, together with the Vice President, chosen for the same term, be elected, as follows:
No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty five years, and been fourteen Years a resident within the United States.
The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services, a compensation, which shall neither be increased nor diminished during the period for which he shall have been elected, and he shall not receive within that period any other emolument from the United States, or any of them.
Before he enter on the execution of his office, he shall take the following oath or affirmation:--"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."
Section 2.
The President shall be commander in chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the militia of the several states, when called into the actual service of the United States; he may require the opinion, in writing, of the principal officer in each of the executive departments, upon any subject relating to the duties of their respective offices, and he shall have power to grant reprieves and pardons for offenses against the United States, except in cases of impeachment.
He shall have power, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, to make treaties, provided two thirds of the Senators present concur; and he shall nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall appoint ambassadors, other public ministers and consuls, judges of the Supreme Court, and all other officers of the United States, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law: but the Congress may by law vest the appointment of such inferior officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments.
The President shall have power to fill up all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the Senate, by granting commissions which shall expire at the end of their next session.
Section 3.
He shall from time to time give to the Congress information of the state of the union, and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient; he may, on extraordinary occasions, convene both Houses, or either of them, and in case of disagreement between them, with respect to the time of adjournment, he may adjourn them to such time as he shall think proper; he shall receive ambassadors and other public ministers; he shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed, and shall commission all the officers of the United States.
Section 4.
The President, Vice President and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.
So ... :) I've been off wandering the highways and byways for "better" employment, and I am happy to report success! After a steady decline in personal satisfaction in the current position with the best bunch of 2 yr olds (yes, incl Mr. NF Nemesis) possible, I re-posted my illustrious resume online and was inundated with offers! :) A nice feeling!
I almost took a private nanny position with 2 lovely children, but just didn't have that ... "settled" feeling in my gut, so I interviewed further, and I am soooooo glad I did!
I start my new position 25 Feb working with no more than 6 young 2 yr olds and an aide in a new facility ... for significantly better wages, better benefits AND the potential for bonuses based on merit! It is a private business and the owner pays at least 50% of tuition for relevant ed courses AND Best of all ... there is room for advancement into management, if I am interested after 90 days! :)
You may ask ... WHY am I changing jobs so soon after hire? Aside from the fact that they refused to pay me the promised (but not documented) wage, for any of you who believe men and women are EQUAL ... NOT!!!!
Childcare is traditionally a women's career choice, and as such, it is filled with women of all "denominations", sizes, shapes, philosophies, etc. It is my observation that IN GENERAL (yes, there are exceptions), men are more skilled at distinguishing between the professional and personal. My center director, for example, a sweet young woman straight out of college at age 25, may have the best educational credentials this side of the Mississippi, but she has absolutely NO people skills.
Childcare is a "people" business ... or at least it SHOULD be. She and her supervisors, however, are very rapidly making it more about regulations than about child & their families. This is monumental to me, and any of you who know me understand that the kids MUST come first. My NEW employer has been in this business herself for over 25 yrs. The director has also spent many years educating our children. The entire focus, visible even in the layout of the center, is kids first. Yes, rules and procedures are important, but there is such a thing as over-regulation!
More happy news to come...
~ B
Yay that is a sarcastic statement there! Yet again we have something to say thank you to our US gov't for screwing us, the citizens again!
To the point that even the IRS is prety pist also!
For those of you who haven't been reading the news lately last month, it was brought to everyone's attention by the IRS, that the gov't screwed us for next years taxes and when we can file and the tax laws!
All because they have some stupid ass ppl who can't budget in our federal gov't!
And now that it is offical by not only the IRS but our gov't all the main news sorces have it out........you can NOT file your taxes till Febuary 11th if you are using these 5 forms:
- Form 8863, Education Credits.
- Form 5695, Residential Energy Credits.
- Form 1040A’s Schedule 2, Child and Dependent Care Expenses for Form 1040A Filers.
- Form 8396, Mortgage Interest Credit and
- Form 8859, District of Columbia First-Time Homebuyer Credit.
Guess what..........the middle class folks get screwed again! Parents get screwed again. College students and private school parents get screwed again. Home owners get screwed again.
If you want the full story check it out here: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22409868/
I am soooooooooo farking pist. I always file my taxes in January so I am not stressing over it, I can get back bills paid off or almost off, and do something nice for my kids and hubby. But no thanks to our none budgeting over spending, taking care of every other farking country but our own gov't..........we are getting screwed again.
THANKS BUSH AND HIS PUPPETS!
LMAO I think Means, Young and Martin Sr got themselves into some farkign hot water with the Lakota Nation Members!
Okay let me explain a bit here where I live at. I live on the Omaha Indian Reservation and the Winnebago NE Indian Reservation boarders it. My county is all reservation. Okay I can't rightly say that as of yet.........one of the towns that is predom white and stuck up are trying to take it to Federal Court saying they aren't on the reservation and using treaties to attempt to prove their claim but I think they are going to LOOSE! The Santee Sioux Reservation is only 3 and half to 4 hours away. The Yankton Sioux, The Ponca, and a few other tribes all have Tribal offices in Omaha which is an hour and half away to two hours away and in Sioux City IA which is connected to North Sioux City SD and South Sioux City NE......when I say the city I mean these three places cause if you can't find one thing in NE you pop over the river to one of the other two!
Anyway. IHS which stands for Indian Health Services has a hospital in Winnebago NE where my kids go to school, this is the hospital that my mom has worked at for 20 some years and since it is a IHS clinc, hospital and such plus it houses the Tribal programs anyone with a registered tribal card of any nation can go here. The Santee Sioux go OUT OF THEIR WAY to get their tribal members down to Winnebago for treatments, docs visits, and other things because they donot' have a facility like this. My mom works with a LOT of Lakota Tribal members and they are very very upset over this crap about "leaving the US"
Why? Because say good bye to all their free money! Seriously. You all think I am bullshitting you when I say if you can prove that your Indian at least 5 generations back even if you can NOT register you are an IDIOT!
If you can prove that your family 5 generations back (great great grandparent or something liket hat) was a registered tribal member of any federal known tribe, you can take part of IHS system free of charge! I am NOT shitting you! And say you have no proof of registration because your ancestors were hardheaded and fought the US up to their last dying breath you can ask for a DNA test of Tribal blood line out of your own pocket. And then round up family stories and try to find someone in the family that is registered to bakc up your claim. You not only get free medical if you can prove this, you get dental, vision, and you qualify for any of the Fed gov programs available! Tribal would be up to your Tribe and how they do registration!
It also opens you up for more scholorships, tax benefits, and jobs because IHS and any Tribal or Gov't Tribal program and Office take Indian preference. Meaning anyone can apply for these jobs but if an Indian person has the same qualifications as a none indian they get the job! And since a lot of indians take care of their families or are raciest it means even if the indian person applying isn't qualified they will get the job over a none indian who is qualified unless they have someone honest in the office!
Okay now done with the small education bit..........A lot of Lakotas live on and around my two home reservations........andy they are pist! They are contacting their Tribal Elders and raising hell about how they have allowed certain ppl way to much voice in the media to speak for the entire Lakota Nation!
They are so pist to the point a lot of registered Lakota Members in the area are starting to ask the Winnebagos and Omahas to help with housing to get their family members off of the various Lakota Reservations in the states of NE, SD, WY, ND and MT! Which unfortuntally there isn't much either tribe can do. Omahas are broke! They have allowed their Tribal counsel members and gov't employees (mostly tribal members) to steal, embezzel, and run their offices so crappy they are literally broke and in a reverse in histroy where they helped the Winnebagos when they first came to this area, the Winnebagos are now helping in other aspects to keep them floating! Which is funny cause they hate each other around here!
The Winnebagos wouldn't mind helping but they have this tiny little issue that their housing waitinglist is so long that even their own tribal members are wiatiing for older tribal housing to be fixed to get families in them and newer tribal housing to be built to get families in them. At least they are taking a proactive step in trying to fix this issue for the Winnebagos. Tribal members can go through a gov't and state sponsered house buying class and when they graduate they can get 20 thou for either a down payment on a house in or off the reservation or they can build a house in one of the tribal housing sectors with no houses on it. A lot of my age group and my siblings age groups are doing this. Simply because of Ho Chunk Inc now having a housing department!
The word around these two reservations and I guess the Santee Reservation is that you will start to see even MORE Lakotas moving into the area to get away from that crap that Means, Young, and Martin Sr started! which isn't going to be to big of a deal because on our two reservations with the brand new IHS clinic and hospital we see a LOT of other tribes not only from the midwest but from the western, south western, east, and southern states move to the area either on or off the reservation!
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