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To: bentway who wrote (112233)	4/6/2012 4:36:15 PM
From: Road Walker	Respond to of 149317

I really think, as with Volker, when we look back on these times, Bernanke will be a hero. And the MM's of the world will be like people who voted for Bush twice - invisible and silent. Agree. And people keep forgetting he's a Republican. A conservative... Though the almost extinct moderate conservative. But I'm on vacation, from work and politics.

To: bentway who wrote (112233)	4/6/2012 4:44:49 PM
From: Road Walker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

Last political post before vacation. The funny thing about these "clean zones" around the Republican National Convention is that they are saying you can't carry an umbrella or wear a hat, but because of FL's famous law, you can carry a concealed firearm. And im honestly thinking about joining the protests. The far right at their logical best... --- Tampa debates "clean zone" for protests at RNC The Associated Press The Tampa City Council has postponed a vote on the city's proposed ground rules for protests outside the Republican National Convention, so officials can address concerns raised by civil libertarians, Occupy Tampa, protest groups and council members themselves. The Tampa Bay Times (http://bit.ly/I7iOlh) reports the council decided to postpone the vote on Thursday. Councilors are concerned that the city's proposed clean zone - where many types of potential weapons would be banned - is too large and that a proposed 60-minute time limit on parades and demonstrations in that area is unrealistic. The proposed ordinance would create a designated protest zone near the convention site at the Tampa Bay Times Forum. Mayor Bob Buckhorn says he wants to protect demonstrators' free speech rights and keep downtown safe. Read more here: miamiherald.com

To: bentway who wrote (112233)	4/6/2012 5:00:33 PM
From: John Vosilla	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 149317

Bernanke will be a hero. And the MM's of the world will be like people who voted for Bush twice - invisible and silent. Wingers, doom and gloom, permabears, teabaggers will all be replaced in the real world by those with a more positive attitude and spirit. on recovery. I wonder what the drag on GDP has been in the age of Obama because of this?

To: bentway who wrote (112233)	4/6/2012 6:26:34 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 149317

I can never decide whether Rs are just stupid or so devious/slimy that it causes them to do stupid things. Walker's new front in the GOP's 'war on women' By Steve Benen - Fri Apr 6, 2012 4:23 PM EDT Getty Images In recent months, when the Republicans' "war on women" comes to mind, we generally think of issues related to health care and reproductive rights: contraception access; Planned Parenthood funding; "Personhood" amendments; state-mandated, medically-unnecessary transvaginal ultrasounds; etc. But as we saw in Wisconsin yesterday, these attacks on women's interests are even broader in scope. A Wisconsin law that made it easier for victims of wage discrimination to have their day in court was repealed on Thursday, after Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) quietly signed the bill. The 2009 Equal Pay Enforcement Act was meant to deter employers from discriminating against certain groups by giving workers more avenues via which to press charges. Among other provisions, it allows individuals to plead their cases in the less costly, more accessible state circuit court system, rather than just in federal court. Walker and Republican state lawmakers decided to roll back the equal-pay law, with the governor quietly signing this into law yesterday. (There were no public remarks, no media acknowledgement of the bill being signed, and no announcement about what had happened until the next day.) This, not surprisingly, isn't going over well among Wisconsin progressives, and it's bound to play a role in this summer's recall election, but given the larger political circumstances, it's also the kind of development that captures national attention. Indeed, Obama campaign spokesperson Lis Smith told Greg Sargent that Walker has been joined at the hip by none other than Mitt Romney, who, Smith argued, should have an opinion on the Wisconsin governor's efforts. "Does Romney think women should have ability to take their bosses to court to get the same pay as their male coworkers?" she asked. "Or does he stand with Governor Walker against this?" Had Romney not gone to such lengths to connect himself to Walker -- the likely Republican nominee called the Wisconsin governor a "hero" and a "man of courage" -- it might be easier for Romney to distance himself from Walker's right-wing agenda. But since the two are such good pals, and since Romney and his party have already alienated women so severely, it's not unreasonable to press the GOP frontrunner on his "hero's" indifference to women who face wage discrimination.