Pronk Palisades

Glenn Beck On Prosperity And The Perils of Progressivism

Raymond — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:34:48 +0000

Glenn Beck Show – February 9, 2010 – Pt 1 of 7

Glenn Beck Show – February 9, 2010 – Pt 2 of 7

Glenn Beck Show – February 9, 2010 – Pt 3 of 7

Glenn Beck Show – February 9, 2010 – Pt 4 of 7

Glenn Beck Show – February 9, 2010 – Pt 5 of 7

Glenn Beck Show – February 9, 2010 – Pt 6 of 7

Glenn Beck Show – February 9, 2010 – Pt 7 of 7

Why You’ve Never Heard of the Great Depression of 1920

Background Articles and Videos

The Roaring 20’s — Time line of the 20’s

Question 1: 1920s effect on American History

The “Roaring” 1920s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SclJ94h2oyQ

Roaring Twenties

http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1564.html

Hayek vs. Keynes Rap Anthem–”Fear the Boom and Bust”

Raymond — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:37:19 +0000

”Fear the Boom and Bust” a Hayek vs. Keynes Rap Anthem

William F. Buckley–Right From The Start–Videos

Raymond — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:03:14 +0000

Fox News – William F Buckley – Right From The Start

Rush Limbaugh’s Brillant Idea On Health Care–A Firing Line Debate Between–Barach Obama, Harry Reid, and Nancy Pelosi Vs. Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin and Paul Ryan–Take The Presidential Challenge!

Raymond — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:25:45 +0000

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I was listening to Rush when he was talking about President Obama’s proposed meeting with both the Republicans and Democrats about their ideas for health care reform.

Given the way both President Obama and the progressive radical socialist Democrats froze out all Republican ideas when they were drafting their health care bills, I would tell the President to first show the American people online your proposed health care plan and bill .

Only then should the Republicans even consider having a meeting on health care reform that is televised with President Obama.

Rush suggested that instead of a meeting, lets have a debate similiar to those on Bill Buckley’s Firing Line with a moderator and three people for each side of an issue. For example one of the most famous debates on Firing Line was on the Panama Canal treaty where then Governor Ronald Reagan and Bill Buckley were on opposing sides of the issue.

William F Buckley Jr Panama Closing Speech

While I am a regular listener of both Rush and Mark, I would have a Republican Senator instead of Mark Levin.

My suggestion is Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma replace Mark Levin as part of the Republian A team.

The Republican A Team

Rush Limbaugh On the Record – Part 5 of 8 – First Night

John Barrasso and Tom Coburn Discuss Health Savings Accounts and Small Group Health Plans

Paul Ryan explains problems with public plan

A confident and competent leader would accept the challenge.

An arrogant and mendacious reader would reject the challenge.

Mr. President, put up or shut up.

Mr. President–Put Up or Shut Up–Put Online Your Health Care Plan and Bill For the American People To Review–Otherwise–No Meeting

Can you say wipeout!

Pepsi commercial

Background Articles and Videos

Firing Line- William Buckley Jr. and Malcolm Muggeridge

Rush Limbaugh’s Letter to President Obama

Rush Limbaugh

http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/menu/the_limbaugh_library.guest.html

Tom Coburn

BAILOUT IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL: Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK)

Tom Coburn

“…Tom A. Coburn, M.D. was elected to the U.S. Senate on November 2, 2004. Dr. Coburn and his wife, Carolyn, a former Miss Oklahoma, were married in 1968 and have three children and five grandchildren. They are members of Muskogee’s New Community Church.

Dr. Coburn’s priorities in the Senate include reducing wasteful spending, protecting your liberty, balancing the budget, improving health care access and affordability, protecting the sanctity of all human life – including the unborn – and representing traditional, Oklahoma values. As a citizen legislator, Dr. Coburn has pledged to serve no more than two terms in the Senate and to continue to care for patients. He is a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Intelligence Committee, the Indian Affairs Committee and the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions.

As a senator, Dr. Coburn has offered more amendments than any of his colleagues. He has offered amendments to eliminate funding for the “Bridge to Nowhere,” the “Woodstock Museum” in New York and countless other special interests earmarks sponsored by members of both parties. Dr. Coburn has also worked to make government more accountable and transparent. In 2006, he teamed up with then-Senator Barack Obama to create http://www.usaspending.gov/, an online database of all federal spending. Click here to view many more of his accomplishments in the Senate.

Prior to his election to the Senate, Dr. Coburn represented Oklahoma’s Second Congressional District in the House of Representatives from 1995 through 2001. He was first elected in 1994, then re-elected in 1996 and 1998, becoming the first Republican to hold the seat for consecutive terms. Dr. Coburn retired from Congress in 2001, fulfilling his pledge to serve no more than three terms in the House.

In 1970, Dr. Coburn graduated with an accounting degree from Oklahoma State University. One of the Top Ten seniors in the School of Business, Dr. Coburn served as president of the College of Business Student Council.
From 1970 to 1978, Dr. Coburn served as manufacturing manager at the Ophthalmic Division of Coburn Optical Industries in Colonial Heights, Virginia. Under his leadership, the Virginia division of Coburn Optical grew from 13 employees to more than 350 and captured 35 percent of the U.S. market.

After the family business was sold, Dr. Coburn changed the course of his life by returning to school to become a physician. Again he emerged as a leader, becoming president of his class at the University of Oklahoma Medical School where he graduated in 1983. He then did his internship in general surgery at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Oklahoma City and family practice residency at the University of Arkansas, Fort Smith.

Dr. Coburn returned to Muskogee where he specializes in family medicine, obstetrics and the treatment of allergies. Dr. Coburn has personally delivered more than 4,000 babies.

Dr. Coburn also is a two-time cancer survivor.”

http://coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=AboutSenatorCoburn.Biography

UPFRONT with Mike Gousha, Feb. 7, 2010 – Rep. Paul Ryan Wants Govenment To Start Working

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJENz4VpBmw

Paul Ryan

“…As a fifth-generation Janesville native, Paul Ryan is committed to carrying forth Wisconsin’s proud tradition of hard-working, reform-minded leadership to Congress. Since first elected in 1998, Paul has fought with integrity and passion on behalf of those he serves in Wisconsin’s First Congressional District. Serving as Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, Paul is a leading voice for fiscal discipline and accountability in the federal government. He is also a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, where he has focused his efforts on making health care more affordable and more accessible, reducing the complexity and burdens of our federal tax code, and strengthening American jobs and competitiveness. He has recently introduced “A Roadmap for America’s Future,” a comprehensive proposal that tackles the interrelated crises in health care, Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, our outdated tax code, and our exploding debt. Prior to his election to Congress, Paul worked at Ryan Inc., Central – a construction firm that was founded by Ryan’s great-grandfather in 1884. Paul also gained experience in public service, serving as an aide, economic advisor, and speechwriter for various public officials in our nation’s capital. Paul currently resides blocks from his childhood home in Janesville, his church – St. John Vianney’s Parish, and his alma mater – Joseph A. Craig High School. He also earned a degree in economics and political science from Miami University in Ohio. Paul and his wife Janna are the proud parents of three children – Liza, Charlie and Sam. The youngest of four children, Paul is the son of Paul Sr. (deceased) and Betty Ryan.”

http://www.ryanforcongress.com/Biography.aspx

“…Fox News has obtained a letter penned by House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) and Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) addressed to White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel.

In the letter, they question the president’s true commitment to Bipartisanship and implore the White House to conduct all talks in public. In addition, they also ask the president to take the reconciliation process off the table.

Here is the letter:

February 8, 2010
The Honorable Rahm Emanuel
Chief of Staff
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mr. Emanuel:

We welcome President Obama’s announcement of forthcoming bipartisan health care talks. In fact, you may remember that last May, Republicans asked President Obama to hold bipartisan discussions on health care in an attempt to find common ground on health care, but he declined and instead chose to work with only Democrats. Since then, the President has given dozens of speeches on health care reform, operating under the premise that the more the American people learn about his plan, the more they will come to like it. Just the opposite has occurred: a majority of Americans oppose the House and Senate health care bills and want them scrapped so we can start over with a step-by-step approach focused on lowering costs for families and small businesses.

Just as important, scrapping the House and Senate health care bills would help end the uncertainty they are creating for workers and businesses and thus strengthen our shared commitment to focusing on creating jobs. Assuming the President is sincere about moving forward on health care in a bipartisan way, does that mean he will agree to start over so that we can develop a bill that is truly worthy of the support and confidence of the American people?

Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said today that the President is “absolutely not” resetting the legislative process for health care. If the starting point for this meeting is the job-killing bills the American people have already soundly rejected, Republicans would rightly be reluctant to participate.Assuming the President is sincere about moving forward in a bipartisan way, does that mean he has taken off the table the idea of relying solely on Democratic votes and jamming through health care reform by way of reconciliation? As the President has noted recently, Democrats continue to hold large majorities in the House and Senate, which means they can attempt to pass a health care bill at any time through the reconciliation process.

Eliminating the possibility of reconciliation would represent an important show of good faith to Republicans and the American people.If the President intends to present any kind of legislative proposal at this discussion, will he make it available to members of Congress and the American people at least 72 hours beforehand? Our ability to move forward in a bipartisan way through this discussion rests on openness and transparency. Will the President include in this discussion congressional Democrats who have opposed the House and Senate health care bills? This bipartisan discussion should reflect the bipartisan opposition to both the House bill and the kickbacks and sweetheart deals in the Senate bill.Will the President be inviting officials and lawmakers from the states to participate in this discussion?

As you may know, legislation has been introduced in at least 36 state legislatures, similar to the proposal just passed by the Democratic-controlled Virginia State Senate, providing that no individual may be compelled to purchase health insurance. Additionally, governors of both parties have raised concerns about the additional costs that will be passed along to states under both the House and Senate bills. The President has also mentioned his commitment to have “experts” participate in health care discussions. Will the Feb. 25 discussion involve such “experts?” Will those experts include the actuaries at the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), who have determined that the both the House and Senate health care bill raise costs – just the opposite of their intended effect – and jeopardize seniors’ access to high-quality care by imposing massive Medicare cuts? Will those experts include the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office, which has stated that the GOP alternative would reduce premiums by up to 10 percent? Also, will Republicans be permitted to invite health care experts to participate?

Finally, as you know, this is the first televised White House health care meeting involving the President since last March. Many health care meetings of the closed-door variety have been held at the White House since then, including one where a sweetheart deal was worked out with union leaders. Will the special interest groups that the Obama Administration has cut deals with be included in this televised discussion?Of course, Americans have been dismayed by the fact that the President has broken his own pledge to hold televised health care talks. We can only hope this televised discussion is the beginning, not the end, of attempting to correct that mistake. Will the President require that any and all future health care discussions, including those held on Capitol Hill, meet this common-sense standard of transparency and openness?Your answers to these critical questions will help determine whether this will be a truly open, bipartisan discussion or merely an intramural exercise before Democrats attempt to jam through a job-killing health care bill that the American people can’t afford and don’t support. ‘Bipartisanship’ is not writing proposals of your own behind closed doors, then unveiling them and demanding Republican support. Bipartisan ends require bipartisan means.

These questions are also designed to try and make sense of the widening gap between the President’s rhetoric on bipartisanship and the reality. We cannot help but notice that each of the President’s recent bipartisan overtures has been coupled with harsh, misleading partisan attacks. For instance, the President decries Republican ‘obstruction’ when it was Republicans who first proposed bipartisan health care talks last May. The President says Republicans are ‘sitting on the sidelines’ just days after holding up our health care alternative and reading from it word for word. The President has every right to use his bully pulpit as he sees fit, but this is the kind of credibility gap that has the American people so fed up with business as usual in Washington.We look forward to receiving your answers and continuing to discuss ways we can move forward in a bipartisan manner to address the challenges facing the American people.

Fox News’ Chad Pergram contributed to this report. …”

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/02/08/congressional-letter-questions-obamas-commitment-bipartisanship/%20/

Fox News – William F Buckley – Right From The Start

Milton Friedman–Free To Choose–On Donahue –Videos

Raymond — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:51:03 +0000

“I am in favor of cutting taxes under any circumstances and for any excuse, for any reason, whenever it’s possible. “

“There’s no such thing as a free lunch. “

~Milton Friedman

Milton Friedman on Donahue 1980 (1/5)

Milton Friedman on Donahue 1980 (2/5)

Milton Friedman on Donahue 1980 (3/5)

Milton Friedman on Donahue 1980 (4/5)

Milton Friedman on Donahue 1980 (5/5)

“History suggests that capitalism is a necessary condition for political freedom. Clearly it is not a sufficient condition. “

“The government solution to a problem is usually as bad as the problem.”

~Milton Friedman

Background Articles and Videos

Milton Friedman

“…Milton Friedman (July 31, 1912 – November 16, 2006) was an American economist, statistician, and a recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics. He is best known among scholars for his theoretical and empirical research, especially consumption analysis, monetary history and theory, and for his demonstration of the complexity of stabilization policy.^[1] He was an economic advisor to U.S. President Ronald Reagan. Over time, many governments practiced his restatement of a political philosophy that extolled the virtues of a free market economic system with little intervention by government. As a professor of the Chicago School of Economics, based at the University of Chicago, he had great influence in determining the research agenda of the entire profession. Friedman’s many monographs, books, scholarly articles, papers, magazine columns, television programs, videos and lectures cover a broad range of topics of microeconomics, macroeconomics, economic history, and public policy issues. The Economist magazine praised him as “the most influential economist of the second half of the 20th century…possibly of all of it”.^[2]

Originally a Keynesian supporter of the New Deal and advocate of government intervention in the economy, during the 1950s his reinterpretation of the Keynesian consumption function challenged the basic Keynesian model. At the University of Chicago, Friedman became the main advocate for opposing Keynesianism.^[3] During the 1960s he promoted an alternative macroeconomic policy known as “monetarism”. He theorized there existed a “natural rate of unemployment” and he argued the central government could not micromanage the economy because people would realize what the government was doing and change their behavior to neutralize such policies. He rejected the Phillips Curve and predicted that Keynesian policies then existing would cause “stagflation” (high inflation and minimal growth).^[4] Friedman’s claim that monetary policy could have prevented the Great Depression was an attempt to refute the analysis of Keynes, who argued that monetary policy is ineffective during depression conditions and that fiscal policy — large-scale deficit spending by the government — is needed to decrease mass unemployment. Though opposed to the existence of the Federal Reserve, Friedman argued that, given that it does exist, a steady expansion of the money supply was the only wise policy, and he warned against efforts by a treasury or central bank to do otherwise.

Influenced by his close friend George Stigler, Friedman opposed government regulation of many types. He once stated that his role in eliminating U.S. conscription was his proudest accomplishment, and his support for school choice led him to found The Friedman Foundation for Educational Choice. Friedman’s political philosophy, which he considered classically liberal and libertarian, emphasized the advantages of free market economics and the disadvantages of government intervention and regulation, strongly influencing the opinions of American conservatives and libertarians. In his 1962 book Capitalism and Freedom, Friedman advocated policies such as a volunteer military, freely floating exchange rates, abolition of licensing of doctors, a negative income tax, and education vouchers.^[5] His books and essays were well read and were even circulated illegally in Communist countries.^[6]^[7]

Friedman’s methodological innovations held wide acceptance among economists, but some considered his policy prescriptions controversial. Most economists during the 1960s rejected them, but since then they have had an increasing international influence (especially in the USA and Britain). Some of his laissez-faire ideas concerning monetary policy, taxation, privatization and deregulation were used by governments,^[8] especially during the 1980s. His monetary theory has had a large influence on economists such as Ben Bernanke and the Federal Reserve’s response to the financial crisis of 2007-2010.^[9]^[10]

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Friedman

Free To Choose

“…Free to Choose: A Personal Statement maintains that the free market works best for all member of a society, claims to provide examples of how the market works, and maintains that it can solve problems where other approaches have failed. Published in January 1980, the 297 page book contains 10 chapters dealing with issues such as:

The misuse of Federal Reserve powers during the Great Depression,
The decline of personal freedoms, and
Government spending and economic controls.

Milton Friedman won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 1976. Contrary to normal practice the book was written after the TV series was produced, although the line “Basis for the acclaimed public television triumph” is written on the front cover, using the program transcripts as reference. The book was on the United States best sellers list for 5 weeks.

PBS telecast the series, beginning in January 1980; the general format was that of Dr. Friedman visiting and narrating a number of success and failure stories in history, which Dr. Friedman attributes to capitalism or the lack thereof (e.g. Hong Kong is commended for its free markets, while India is excoriated for relying on centralized planning especially for its protection of its traditional textile industry). Following the primary show, Dr. Friedman would engage in discussion with a number of selected persons, such as Donald Rumsfeld (then of G.D. Searle & Company).

The series was rebroadcast in 1990 with Linda Chavez moderating the episodes. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ronald Reagan, Steve Allen and others give personal introductions for each episode in the series. This time, after the documentary part, Friedman sits down with a single opponent to debate the issues raised in the episode.

The Friedmans advocate laissez faire economic policies, often criticizing interventionist government policies and their cost in personal freedoms and economic efficiency in the United States and abroad. Areas of focus include government taxation on gas and tobacco, government regulation of the public school systems, and the Federal Reserve’s role in exacerbating the Great Depression by reducing the money supply in the years leading up to it. On the subject of welfare, the Friedmans argue that current welfare practices are creating “wards of the state”, as opposed to “self-reliant individuals”, and suggest a negative income tax as a less harmful alternative. Other ideas covered are: decriminalization of drugs, tighter control of Fed money supply, and the repeal of laws favoring labor unions …”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_to_Choose

Glenn Beck: President Obama’s Proposed Budget Is Out Of Control Federal Government Spending–Stop Him Before He Destroys The Economy

Raymond — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 01:08:51 +0000

Glenn Beck Show – February 8, 2010 – Pt 1 of 7

Glenn Beck Show – February 8, 2010 – Pt 2 of 7

Glenn Beck Show – February 8, 2010 – Pt 3 of 7

Glenn Beck Show – February 8, 2010 – Pt 4 of 7

Glenn Beck Show – February 8, 2010 – Pt 5 of 7

Glenn Beck Show – February 8, 2010 – Pt 6 of 7

Glenn Beck Show – February 8, 2010 – Pt 7 of 7

Paul Ryan on debt ceiling increase: “A proud moment” for Speaker Pelosi?

President Obama proposed 2011 budget is beyond fiscally irresponsible, it is dangerous.

The proposal will not be passed by Congress–it is dead on arrival–DOA.

That said the fact that President Obama would even propose such a budget is revealing.

President Obama is an economic illiterate that must rely upon his economic policy team made up of many Keynesians.

This is not surprising since the late John Maynard Keynes would recommend more government spending to lift the economy out of a recession.

There is only one big problem.

Keynes has repeatedly been shown to be wrong.

When his policy recommendations of government intervention into the economy have been followed, the recession is usually prolonged in its duration and negative impact on production and employment.

Keynesian Economics Is Wrong: Bigger Gov’t Is Not Stimulus

At first I thought he was receiving bad economic policy advice.

However I believe he knew exactly what he is doing.

President Obama is what they call a front man.

In a rock band that is the singer.

The real and important question is who is puppet Obama fronting for and what are their goals.

Leading candidates include unions, trial lawyers, large investment and commerical banks, large corporation, the very wealthy including George Soros and David Rockefeller, community organizations, a foreign government, or all of the above.

President Obama has been bought and paid for.

Obama will remain loyal to whoever controls him for the simple reason they are his source of money and influence.

Also, I suspect one or more parties has information that if released to the general public would destroy him.

Therefore, he will follow orders, even if this means he will be defeated in 2012.

I concluded a long time ago that Barack Obama was intentionally trying to both destroy jobs and wreck the U.S. economy.

I think Obama is seeing the writing on the wall and has been told to drop Vice-President Biden from the ticket in 2012 and replace him with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

The wild card that President Obama’s controllers did not seriously take into consideration is the American people and the popularity of Sarah Palin among the conservative base in the Republican Party.

The grassroots Tea Party movement is growing every day.

This is especially true with over 26 million Americans seeking a full time job.

Obama has lost Republicans, Democrats, and Independents, conservative, libertarians, veterans, the elderly and is slowly but surely losing the young who cannot find jobs.

All of these people are joing the Tea Party movement.

What is really scaring the political class and elites is the anger and intensity of those in the grassroots Tea Party movement.

The political elites of the progressive radical socialist Democratic Party have nothing but fear and loathing of both the Tea Parties and Sarah Palin.

Their fear and loathing is palpable.

This is evidence by big media’s relenless attacks on Sarah Palin with the aim of destroying or at least damaging her.

Big media’s big mistake is that their are at least a dozen potential candidates for President in 2012 that are equally impressive as Sarah Palin.

If President Obama continues down his road to serfdom, he and Hillary Clinton will face a decisive defeat at the polls approaching if not exceeding President Ronald Reagan’s defeat of Jimmy Carter in 1980.

How sweat it is!

A twoffer.

Background Articles and Videos

Obama’s Budget Seriously Underestimates Deficit

By Scott Grannis

“…The data for the forecast section of these charts is taken directly from Obama’s FY 2011 Budget. The forecasts presented in this budget rely, as all forecasts ultimately do, on several critical assumptions. Together, these are among the most heroic and daring assumptions I have ever seen coming from the Office of Management and Budget. They are so off the charts that I don’t think they will ever see the light of day. And that would be a good thing, because otherwise we will be facing a very unpleasant economic future.

To begin with, economic growth is expected to average about 4% per year over the next 5 years. That is quite a bit higher than the “new normal” consensus, which sees growth averaging about 2.5-3% per year. I don’t really have a problem with that, since I think the “new normal” consensus is too pessimistic. But regardless of how optimistic 4% sounds, the growth projections the administration is using imply that it would take 10 years or more for the economy to return to its potential, or full employment growth. That would amount to a decade of very frustrated voters.

Next, we have the assumption that, thanks to 4% growth and higher tax rates, there will be a surge in tax receipts stronger than we have ever seen before in post-war history. Amazingly, the administration is making little or no allowance for the likelihood that rising tax rates (e.g., the expiration of the Bush tax cuts, the imposition of big taxes on Cadillac health insurance policies, the limitation of deductions on high-income earners) and rising tax burdens might a) retard economic growth and/or b) result in lower-than-expected revenues (e.g., due to increased evasion). In other words, if the Laffer Curve asserts itself and/or the economy performs according to the “new normal” consensus, we would likely discover that tax receipts are significantly lower than the administration is projecting. …”

http://seekingalpha.com/article/187181-obama-s-budget-seriously-underestimates-deficit

U.S Debt Clock Real Time

http://www.usdebtclock.org/

Total National Debt
Fiscal Years 1900 to 2014
Year	GDP-US $ billion	Gross Public Debt-total pct GDP
1900	20.6	10.37
1901	22.3	9.61
1902	24.1	17.70
1903	25.9	17.20
1904	25.7	18.18
1905	28.8	16.85
1906	31	16.43
1907	33.9	15.94
1908	30.1	19.20
1909	32.2	18.67
1910	33.4	18.74
1911	34.3	19.31
1912	37.4	18.70
1913	39.1	18.75
1914	36.5	21.23
1915	38.7	21.61
1916	49.6	19.00
1917	59.7	20.25
1918	75.8	28.47
1919	78.3	44.77
1920	88.4	38.86
1921	73.6	45.10
1922	73.4	45.06
1923	85.4	38.96
1924	86.9	38.03
1925	90.6	36.71
1926	96.9	34.48
1927	95.5	34.97
1928	97.4	34.15
1929	103.6	32.25
1930	91.2	36.76
1931	76.5	45.81
1932	58.7	65.91
1933	56.4	73.77
1934	66	69.67
1935	73.3	65.35
1936	83.8	63.55
1937	91.9	60.81
1938	86.1	65.74
1939	92.2	65.40
1940	101.4	62.38
1941	126.7	54.28
1942	161.9	56.68
1943	198.6	78.10
1944	219.8	99.40
1945	223.1	123.46
1946	222.3	128.40
1947	244.2	112.87
1948	269.1	100.69
1949	267.3	102.56
1950	293.8	95.80
1951	339.3	83.21
1952	358.3	80.72
1953	379.3	79.05
1954	380.4	81.54
1955	414.8	76.82
1956	437.4	73.53
1957	461.1	70.17
1958	467.2	71.60
1959	506.6	68.85
1960	526.4	67.68
1961	544.7	66.82
1962	585.6	64.72
1963	617.7	63.29
1964	663.6	60.87
1965	719.1	57.96
1966	787.7	54.20
1967	832.6	52.83
1968	909.8	51.52
1969	984.4	49.50
1970	1038.3	49.55
1971	1126.8	49.44
1972	1237.9	48.57
1973	1382.7	46.73
1974	1499.5	45.42
1975	1637.7	45.99
1976	1825.3	47.19
1977	2030.9	47.16
1978	2294.7	45.87
1979	2562.2	44.12
1980	2789.5	44.59
1981	3128.4	43.53
1982	3253.2	47.52
1983	3534.6	51.81
1984	3933.2	52.81
1985	4220.3	56.68
1986	4462.8	62.39
1987	4739.5	64.75
1988	5100.4	65.83
1989	5484.4	66.67
1990	5803.1	70.54
1991	5992.1	76.46
1992	6337.7	79.53
1993	6667.4	81.38
1994	7085.2	81.40
1995	7397.7	80.89
1996	7816.9	80.32
1997	8332.4	79.62
1998	8679.66	78.46
1999	9201.14	76.35
2000	9951.5	71.61
2001	10286.2	71.57
2002	10398.4	74.69
2003	11142.1	77.15
2004	11607	80.39
2005	12638.4	79.27
2006	13090.8	81.80
2007	14077.6	81.10
2008	14441.4	87.52
2009	14237.2	103.86
2010	14623.9	116.14
2011	15299	121.96
2012	16203.3	124.67
2013	17182.2	126.34
2014	18192.6	127.62

http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/downchart_gs.php?year=1900_2014&units=p&chart=H0-total&title=Total%20National%20Debt

Mr. President–Put Up or Shut Up–Put Online Your Health Care Plan and Bill For the American People To Review–Otherwise–No Meeting

Raymond — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:56:58 +0000

“Capitalism means free enterprise, sovereignty of the consumers in economic matters, and sovereignty of the voters in political matters. Socialism means full government control of every sphere of the individuals life and the unrestricted supremacy of the government in its capacity as central board of production management.”

~Ludwig von Mises

Obama Starts Over on Health Care

obama C span

Barack Obama “Public Will Have 5 Days To Look At Every Bill That Lands On My Desk”

Jack Cafferty Rips Obama on Failed Openness Pledge: ‘Just Another Lie Told for Political Expediency’

Sen. Cornyn ‘Broken Promises’ Floor Speech 12/6/09

White House ignores multiple requsts to go over Health care bill “line by line”

Glenn Beck Show – February 8, 2010 – Pt 2 of 7

The American people have been deliberately excluded from the health care debate.

The President and Congress repeatedly refused to put online in a timely manner their proposed health care bills.

Why? Both knew that once the American people saw what was in the bill, they would not support the bill and even actively oppose it.

President Obama never presented his own proposed Health Care bill for the American people to see.

Why?

So he could blame others for his own failure to lead and build a consenus with a bill that the vast majority of the American people would support.

Given Obama’s well deserved and growing reputation for being a habitual liar, the American people simply do not believe or trust him.

Obama ’s Broken Promises on Fox news

7 narcissistic lies in under 2 minutes

Most Americans simply do not do business with habitual liars and take their business elsewhere.

The attempt by the progressive radical socialist Democratic Party lead by President Obama to cram down a health care tax and a cap and trade energy tax bill that two out of three Americans did not want clearly shows he could care less what the American people think or want.

Clearly President Obama has no respect for consumer sovereignty.

Obama wants to replace consumer choice with government mandated health insurance plans that you are required to purchase, even if you do not want the plan or you cannot afford them.

This is both unconstitutional and un-American.

Until the President of the United States puts online his own Health Care Plan and Bill, no Republican should sit down with the President.

President Obama treated the Republicans in Congress like dirt.

Put up or shut up Mr. President.

No plan and bill online, No meeting.

Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.

“The issue is always the same: the government or the market. There is no third solution.”

~Ludwig von Mises

Background Articles and Videos

“…Fox News has obtained a letter penned by House Minority Leader John Boehner (R-OH) and Minority Whip Eric Cantor (R-VA) addressed to White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel.

Here is the letter:

February 8, 2010
The Honorable Rahm Emanuel
Chief of Staff
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mr. Emanuel:

Fox News’ Chad Pergram contributed to this report. …”

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/02/08/congressional-letter-questions-obamas-commitment-bipartisanship/%20/

Global Warming Is Caused By Man: The Arrogance of Man–The Wrath Of Mother Nature–

Raymond — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:25:53 +0000

Rocky Mountain High: John Denver

US Snow Freezing Conditions On The Way After Big Snowfalls In East Coast

Major snowstorm sweeps across eastern US

Huge Snow Storm Continues to Bury East Coast

Unstoppable Solar Cycles

Professor Fred Singer on Climate Change Pt 1

Professor Fred Singer on Climate Change Pt 2

5. Climate Change — isn’t it natural?

The Problems with Computer Models – from The Great Global Warming Swindle

Why Climate Models Are Wrong

John Denver..Sunshine On My Shoulders

Background Articles and Videos

Dr Roy Spencer on Global Warming Part 1 of 6

Dr Roy Spencer on Global Warming Part 2 of 6

Dr Roy Spencer on Global Warming Part 3 of 6

Dr Roy Spencer on Global Warming Part 4 of 6

Dr Roy Spencer on Global Warming Part 5 of 6

Dr Roy Spencer on Global Warming Part 6 of 6

Animals Attack: Polar Bear vs. Ring Seal

Keynes Is Dead—-Obama Digging Up Keynes–Free Market Capitalism Lives

Raymond — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:53:16 +0000

“The unprecedented success of Keynesianism is due to the fact that it provides an apparent justification for the “deficit spending” policies of contemporary governments. It is the pseudo-philosophy of those who can think of nothing else than to dissipate the capital accumulated by previous generations.

“Yet no effusions of authors however brilliant and sophisticated can alter the perennial economic laws. They are and work and take care of themselves. Notwithstanding all the passionate fulminations of the spokesmen of governments, the inevitable consequences of inflationism and expansionism as depicted by the “orthodox” economists are coming to pass. And then, very late indeed, even simple people will discover that Keynes did not teach us how to perform the “miracle … of turning a stone into bread,” but the not at all miraculous procedure of eating the seed corn.”

~Ludwig von Mises, Lord Keynes and Say’s Law, 1950

ORIGINAL INTENT – Negative Influences

Keynesian Economics Is Wrong: Bigger Governemtn t Is Not Stimulus Stimulating The Economy

Eight Reasons Why Big Government Hurts Economic Growth

The Empirical Evidence Against Big Government

Moving Beyond the Fake Stimulus: Reviewing Policies that Produce Real Growth

Don’t Turn America Into Another France

Best Books Criticizing Keynesian Economics

Most of President Obama’s economic advisors are Keynesians not to be confused with economists.

Unfortunately much of Keynes’ economic policies have been proven to not work.

Yet President Obama like President Obama is totally ignorant of economics and must rely upon Keynesians.

This is only natural since President Obama is a progressive radical socialist who believes the solution to every problems is bigger government.

Instead President would be well advised to fire his Keynesian team of advisors and replace them with economists that believe that the government should not interfer with the free market economy.

Since this is highly unlikely the American people must resist President Obama intentional plans to take the US economy off the cliff by ever rising Federal Government spending, taxes, debt, and regulations.

These economic policies will only destroy more jobs, wreck the economy and kill the American Dream.

Onlya grassroots movement of the American people can stop the political class from destroying free market capitalism.

The tiime is now.

Join the Second American Revolution.

The American People March on Washington D.C.–August 28, 2010–At The Lincoln Memorial! Mark Your Calendar–Be There–Three Million Minimum–Join The Second American Revolution

Tea Party time is now!

Inflation: Unemployment and Inflation

by Ludwig Von Mises

“…The most important thing to remember is that inflation is not an act of God; inflation is not a catastrophe of the elements or a disease that comes like the plague. Inflation is a policy–a deliberate policy of people who resort to inflation because they consider it to be a lesser evil than unemployment. But the fact is that, in the not very long run, inflation does not cure unemployment.

Inflation is a policy. And a policy can be changed. Therefore, there is no reason to give in to inflation. If one regards inflation as an evil, then one has to stop inflating. One has to balance the budget of the government. Of course, public opinion must support this; the intellectuals must help the people to understand. Given the support of public opinion, it is certainly possible for the people’s elected representatives to abandon the policy of inflation.

We must remember that, in the long run, we may all be dead and certainly will be dead. But we should arrange our earthly affairs, for the short run in which we have to live, in the best possible way. And one of the measures necessary for this purpose is to abandon inflationary policies.”

http://www.capmag.com/article.asp?ID=2765

Background Articles On Pronk Palisades

John Maynard Keynes: Hero or Villain? Part 1

John Maynard Keynes: Hero or Villain? Part 2

John Maynard Keynes: Hero or Villain? Part 3

John Maynard Keynes: Hero or Villain? Part 4

Keynesian Predictions vs. American History

Is Ron Paul Trying To Take Over The Republican Party?

Henry Hazlitt and the Failure of Keynesian Economics

By Richard M. Ebeling

“…The central flaw in Keynes’s thinking, Hazlitt insisted, was his unwillingness to acknowledge that the high unemployment in Great Britain in the 1920s and the United States in the 1930s was caused by government intervention, including the empowering of labor unions, that made many prices and wages virtually “rigid.” Political and special-interest power prevented markets from competitively re-establishing a balance between supply and demand for various goods. Hence, the market was trapped in wage and price distortions that destroyed employment and production opportunities, resulting in the Great Depression. (Hazlitt did not deny that the contraction of the money supply in the early 1930s increased the degree to which prices and wages had to fall to re-establish full employment.)

Hazlitt considered Keynes’s inflationary “fix” crude and dangerous. First, Hazlitt pointed out that Keynes’s focus on macroeconomic “aggregates” concealed the microeconomic relationships among a multitude of individual prices and wages. The price level, wage level, total output, aggregate demand, and aggregate supply were all statistical fictions that had no reality in the actual market. Thus the wage level could not be too high relative to the general price level. But in the 1930s many wages for different types of labor were out of balance with the prices of individual goods sold on the market. What was needed to restore full employment was an adjustment of numerous individual wages and resource prices to the lower prices of many consumer goods. The extent to which any individual money wage or resource price might have to adjust downwards depended on the distinct supply and demand conditions in each of the individual markets. …”

“…If The General Theory had so many fundamental flaws, how did it become, in the words of one of his most enthusiastic followers, “the Keynesian bible”?¹⁹ Hazlitt offered some possible reasons in his introduction to his edited volume, The Critics of Keynesian Economics, which appeared a year after his own book. He suggested that Keynes’s theories rationalized the politics of special-interest groups that desired to reap the benefits of an inflation. Also, while much of The General Theory is written in difficult language, Keynes could dazzle the reader with literary imagery and wit that hid his central logical flaws. Keynes used the “technique of obscure arguments followed by clear and triumphant conclusions,” Hazlitt said. And finally, Hazlitt conjectured that the success of the book may have had a lot to do with its appearing to overthrow the existing orthodoxy in favor of radical and fashionable ideas about social engineering. “But whatever the full explanation of the Keynesian cult,” Hazlitt concluded, “its existence is one of the great intellectual scandals of our age.”²⁰ …”

ttp://www.thefreemanonline.org/featured/henry-hazlitt-and-the-failure-of-keynesian-economics/

Hayek on Keynes

Tom Woods and Murry Rothbard on Keynesian Predictions vs. American History–Lessons President Obama Never Learned–Videos

Raymond — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:05:37 +0000

“The fallacies implied in the Keynesian full-employment doctrine are, in a new attire, essentially the same errors which [Adam] Smith and [Jean Baptiste] Say long since demolished.”

“What he really did was to write an apology for the prevailing policies of governments.”

~Ludwig von Mises writing about John M. Keynes

Keynesian Predictions vs. American History

John Maynard Keynes: Hero or Villain? Part 1

John Maynard Keynes: Hero or Villain? Part 2

John Maynard Keynes: Hero or Villain? Part 3

John Maynard Keynes: Hero or Villain? Part 4

The Future of Austrian Economics

“Keynes did not add any new idea to the body of inflationist fallacies, a thousand times refuted by economists… He merely knew how to cloak the plea for inflation and credit expansion in the sophisticated terminology of mathematical economics.”

“In old fashioned language, Keynes proposed cheating the workers.”

Ludwig von Mises

Background Articles and Videos

Keynesian Economics

“…Keynesian economics (pronounced /ˈkeɪnziən/, also called Keynesianism and Keynesian Theory) is a macroeconomic theory based on the ideas of 20th-century British economist John Maynard Keynes. Keynesian economics argues that private sector decisions sometimes lead to inefficient macroeconomic outcomes and therefore advocates active policy responses by the public sector, including monetary policy actions by the central bank and fiscal policy actions by the government to stabilize output over the business cycle.^[1] The theories forming the basis of Keynesian economics were first presented in The General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, published in 1936; the interpretations of Keynes are contentious, and several schools of thought claim his legacy.

Keynesian economics advocates a mixed economy—predominantly private sector, but with a large role of government and public sector—and served as the economic model during the latter part of the Great Depression, World War II, and the post-war economic expansion (1945–1973), though it lost some influence following the stagflation of the 1970s. As a middle way between laissez-faire capitalism and socialism, it has been and continues to be attacked from both the right and the left.^[2]^[3] The advent of the global financial crisis in 2007 has caused a resurgence in Keynesian thought. The British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and other global leaders have used the theory of Keynesian economics to justify intervening in the world economy.^[4]

…”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keynesian_economics

Austrian School

“…The Austrian School (also known as the Vienna School or the Psychological School) is a non-mainstream school of economic thought that emphasizes the spontaneous organizing power of the price mechanism or price system. Austrians hold that the complexity of human behavior makes mathematical modeling of the evolving market extremely difficult (or undecidable) and advocate a laissez faire approach to the economy. Austrian School economists advocate the strict enforcement of voluntary contractual agreements between economic agents, and hold that commercial transactions should be subject to the smallest possible imposition of forces they consider to be coercive (in particular the smallest possible amount of government intervention).

The Austrian School derives its name from its predominantly Austrian founders and early supporters, including Carl Menger, Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk and Ludwig von Mises. Other prominent Austrian School economists of the 20th century include Henry Hazlitt, Murray Rothbard, and Nobel Laureate Friedrich Hayek.^[1] Though called ‘Austrian’ today, supporters or proponents of the Austrian School can come from any part of the world. The Austrian School was influential in the early 20th century and was for a time considered by many to be part of mainstream economics. Austrian contributions to mainstream economic thought include involvement in the development of the neoclassical theory of value, including the subjective theory of value on which it is based, as well as contributions to the “economic calculation debate” which concerns the allocative properties of a centrally planned economy versus a decentralized free market economy.^[2] From the middle of the 20th century onwards, it has been considered a heterodox school^[3]^[4] and arguably contributes relatively little to mainstream economic thought.^[5]^[6]

Austrian School economists advocate strict adherence to methodological individualism, which they describe as analyzing human action from the perspective of individual agents.^[7] Austrian School economists argue that the only means of arriving at a valid economic theory is to derive it logically from basic principles of human action, a method called praxeology. Additionally, whereas natural experiments are often utilized within mainstream economics, Austrian economists contend that testability in economics is virtually impossible since it relies on human actors who cannot be placed in a lab setting without altering their would-be actions. Mainstream economists are generally critical of methodologies used by modern Austrian economics.^[5]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austrian_School

Why You’ve Never Heard of the Great Depression of 1920

The Founding of the Federal Reserve

Tom Woods – The Great Awakening – Ending The Federal Reserve

A lesson in the Austrian School

Applying Economics to American History

Led Zeppelin–Videos

Raymond — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 23:15:09 +0000

“Yes, there are two paths you can go by But in the long run There’s still time to change the road you’re on.”

~Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin-Stairway to Heaven

Led Zeppelin Black Dog 1973

Led Zeppelin Since I’ve Been Loving You 1973

Led Zeppelin – Whole Lotta Love

BEST PERFORMANCE LED ZEPPELIN LIVE!!!

Led Zeppelin – Achilles Last Stand (LA 1977)

Led Zeppelin – Whole Lotta Love – Knebworth – 1979

Led Zeppelin Black Dog 1973

Led Zeppelin – Sick Again (Live 1977)

Led Zeppelin Rock and Roll live

Zeppelin & Neil Young RnR Hall Of Fame When The Levee Breaks

Led Zeppelin& Aerosmith

Led Zeppelin Moby Dick – Earl’s Court 1975 RARE – Part 1 / 3

Led Zeppelin Moby Dick – Earl’s Court 1975 RARE – Part 2 / 3

Led Zeppelin Moby Dick – Earl’s Court 1975 RARE – Part 3 / 3

Led Zeppelin – Kashmir – Earls Court 24th May 1975

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1yFQ6vcRNk

Led Zeppelin – Rain Song – Earls Court 24th May 1975

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmc-eg78gTs

“So tonight you better stop and rebuild all your ruins, because peace and trust can win the day despite all your losing.”

~Led Zeppelin

Background Articles and Videos

All Of My Love – Led Zeppelin (Classic Orchestra)

Stairway to Heaven – Symphonic Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin

“…Combining the visceral power and intensity of hard rock with the finesse and delicacy of British folk music, Led Zeppelin redefined rock in the Seventies and for all time. They were as influential in that decade as the Beatles were in the prior one. Their impact extends to classic and alternative rockers alike. Then and now, Led Zeppelin looms larger than life on the rock landscape as a band for the ages with an almost mystical power to evoke primal passions. The combination of Jimmy Page’s powerful, layered guitar work, Robert Plant’s keening, upper-timbre vocals, John Paul Jones’ melodic bass playing and keyboard work, and John Bonham’s thunderous drumming made for a band whose alchemy proved enchanting and irresistible. “The motto of the group is definitely, ‘Ever onward,’” Page said in 1977, perfectly summing up Led Zeppelin’s forward-thinking philosophy.

The group formed in 1968 from the ashes of the Yardbirds, for which guitarist Jimmy Page had served as lead guitarist after Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck. Page’s stint in the Yardbirds (1966-1968) followed a period of years as one of Britain’s most in-demand session guitarists. As a generally anonymous hired gun, Page performed on mid-Sixties British Invasion records by the likes of Donovan (“Hurdy Gurdy Man”), Them (“Gloria”), the Kinks (“You Really Got Me”), the Who (“I Can’t Explain”) and hundreds of others. Page assembled a “New Yardbirds” in order to fulfill contractual obligations that, once served, allowed him to move on to his blues-based dream band, Led Zeppelin. …”

“…Meanwhile, the Led Zeppelin legend endures and grows long after their demise, much like that of the Doors and Elvis Presley. The lingering appeal of Led Zeppelin is perhaps best summed up by guitarist Page: “Passion is the word….It was a very passionate band, and that’s really what comes through.” At the dawn of the new millennium, Led Zeppelin placed second only to the Beatles in terms of record sales, having sold 84 million units. Led Zeppelin IV is the fourth best-selling album in history, having sold more than 22 million copies, and four other albums by the band – Physical Graffiti, Led Zeppelin II, Houses of the Holy and Led Zeppelin – also rank among the all-time top 100 best-sellers. Fittingly, Led Zeppelin is tied with the Beatles (five apiece) for the most albums on that esteemed list – a mark of both bands’ impact. In their ceaseless determination to move music forward, Led Zeppelin carved out an indelible place in rock history. …”

http://www.rockhall.com/inductee/led-zeppelin

Led Zeppelin

“…Led Zeppelin were an English rock band formed in 1968 by Jimmy Page (guitar), Robert Plant (vocals, harmonica), John Paul Jones (bass guitar, keyboards, mandolin), and John Bonham (drums). With their heavy, guitar-driven sound, Led Zeppelin are regularly cited as one of the progenitors of heavy metal^[1] and hard rock music.^[2]^[3] However, the band’s individualistic style drew from many sources and transcends any one genre.^[4] Led Zeppelin did not release the popular songs from their albums as singles in the UK, as they preferred to develop the concept of “album-oriented rock“.^[5]

Close to 30 years after disbanding following Bonham’s death in 1980, the band continues to be held in high regard for their artistic achievements, commercial success, and broad influence. The band has sold over 200 million albums worldwide,^[6] including 111.5 million certified units in the United States^[7] and they have had all of their original studio albums reach the top 10 of the Billboard album chart in the U.S., with six reaching the number one spot.^[8] Led Zeppelin are ranked #1 on VH1’s 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock.^[9] Rolling Stone magazine has described Led Zeppelin as “the heaviest band of all time”, “the biggest band of the ’70s” and “unquestionably one of the most enduring bands in rock history.”^[1]^[10] Similarly, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame describes Led Zeppelin being “as influential in that decade (70s) as the Beatles were in the prior one.”^[11]

In 2007, the surviving members of Led Zeppelin reunited (along with deceased drummer John Bonham’s son, Jason) for the Ahmet Ertegün Tribute Concert at The O₂ Arena in London.

Food Stamps Hit Record Of 38,200,000 Americans Needing Assistance–Everbody Hates Food Stamps–Until You and Your Children Are Hungry

Raymond — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 16:02:22 +0000

Millions of Americans Using Food Stamps

Food Stamp Frenzy

How Many Americans Are On Food Stamps?

40th Anniversary of USDA’s Food and Nutrition Service

Foodstamps interview

Florida Streamlines Food Stamps Process

Rupert Sheldrake: On Fasting

1st Day of 40 Day Fast – (Water Only Fast

40 Day Fast – Day 41 is ending

LOL

everybody hates food stamps [everybody hates chris] part1

everybody hates food stamps [everybody hates chris] part2

Americans have a strong work ethic and want to earn a living.

Americans do not want to take handouts from the government or charity.

Americans do not want to use food stamps to obtain food.

When the worse recession/depression since the Great Depression hits the economy, millions of Americans who have always worked find it difficult to find a job.

These Americans send out hundreds if not thousands of resumes with little or no response.

Many employers are receiving hundreds of resumes for a single position and usually interview the best two or three candidates.

After several months or even years of unemployment or low-paying part-time jobs their accumulated savings runs out.

Eventually they have no money for food for themselves, their spouse and children.

One of the hardest things for a person who has worked all his life to do is to apply for food stamps.

The person feels shame and would rather not eat than to use a food stamp card at their local grocery store.

Food stamps are truly for the needy who cannot work.

People who want to work but cannot find a job still strongly resist becoming dependent upon the Federal Government for food.

Only as a last resort do they apply and accept food assistance from the government.

Nearly 30 million Americans are today looking for full time jobs.

Over 38 million are using food stamps.

Many of these millions are the children and spouse of the unemployed worker.

About 10 million are unemployed Americans seeking a full time job.

Those living on food stamps receive a little over three dollars a day for three meals or about a dollar a meal.

A loaf of inexpensive bread cost about 80 cents and a box of saltine crackers 90 cents.

Yes, I know most bread and saltine crackers can cost more than one dollar, but when you are living on $3 a day you look for the cheapest generic discount brand you can found.

The average per person Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program or Snap benefit is $101 or $3.37 per day.

A cheap and large jar of peanut butter and a cheap bottle of ketchup runs between $5 and $10 each.

Four loafs of bread, four boxes of saltine crackers, a jar of peanut butter and a bottle of ketchup can provide 2 meals per day for seven to fourteen days for a single person.

Next you might buy powered milk and cereal.

Two large bag of cereal cost about $7 to $10 and a very large box of powered milk cost around $13.

The cereal and milk can provide at least one meal a day for seven to fourteen days and milk for the other two meals

The above can at least keep you alive until you find your next job.

Alternatively you could go on a fast and lose all the excess weight you are carrying.

Depending upon how much you weigh and the number of pounds you need to lose, your body could provide you with food for one to even twelve months or more.

Growing children usually should not go on a fast.

If they are overweight, they need to go on a diet.

Keep sending out those resumes.

Hope and change is on the way.

Give me a break.

Americans are looking for a job not lies from progressive radical socialists in Congress and the White House.

The American people are angry and revoluting against the irresponsible spending and proposed tax increases.

Government intervention into the free market capitalist economy is the problem not the solution.

Join the Second American Revolution.

Background Articles and Videos

Thomas Woods – Interventionist Economics

Why You’ve Never Heard of the Great Depression of 1920

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

Frequently Asked Questions

   1.    What is SNAP for?
   2.    Who is SNAP for?
   3.    Do I need to be a U.S. citizen to receive SNAP benefits?
   4.    How do I obtain SNAP benefits?
   5.    Can you send me an application form?
   6.    Can I apply on line?
   7.    How can I find out if I might be eligible for SNAP benefits?
   8.    How is each household’s SNAP allotment determined?
   9.    What is the average benefit from SNAP?
   10. What foods are eligible for purchase with SNAP benefits?
   11. What measures are taken to prevent SNAP fraud?
   12. What do I do if my EBT card is lost or stolen?
   13. Can I use my EBT card in another State?
   14. When will my SNAP benefits be available on my EBT card?
   15. Can I use EBT for online SNAP purchases?
   16. Can I have food delivered to my home?
   17. Can I check the balance of my EBT account online?
   18. I have paper coupons. Can I still use them to buy food?
   19. Do I have to use all my SNAP benefits up in the month that I receive them,
          or will they be carried over into the next month?
   20. What keeps unqualified people from getting SNAP benefits?
   21. When did the program begin?
   22. How do I report someone I think is violating SNAP rules?
   23. What are some characteristics of SNAP households?
   24. Don’t some territories, such as Puerto Rico, use a different version of SNAP?
   25. How many people get SNAP benefits, and at what cost?
   26. Need more information?
   27. Can’t find the answer?

http://www.fns.usda.gov/fsp/faqs.htm

US food stamps set ever-higher record-32.8 million

“…A record 38.2 million Americans were enrolled in the food stamp program at latest count, up 246,000 from the previous month and the latest in record-high monthly tallies that began in December 2008.

Food stamps are the primary federal anti-hunger program, helping poor people buy groceries. The Agriculture Department updated enrollment data on Friday with a preliminary figure for November.

USDA estimates up to $58 billion will be spent on food stamps this fiscal year, which ends Sept 30, with average enrollment of 40.5 million people. Food stamps were renamed the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program in 2008.

Participation has surged since the financial-market turmoil of late 2008 and has set records each month since December 2008, when it reached 31.78 million. Enrollment is highest during times of economic distress. (Reporting by Charles Abbott; Editing by David Gregorio)

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/8933161

7 Million More Food Stamp Recipients vs. Last Year – and Half Are Children

“…A study finds 7 million additional people receiving food stamps compared with a year ago, half of them children. California had a 21% increase in recipients. As more families are hammered by the recession, more are using food stamps to feed their kids, according to a study by the Brookings Institution and First Focus, a bipartisan child advocacy group.

http://hungerchallenge.blogspot.com/2010/01/7-million-more-food-stamp-recipients-vs.html

More families relying on food stamps to feed their kids

A study finds 7 million additional people receiving food stamps compared with a year ago, half of them children. California had a 21% increase in recipients.

“…Across the nation, 7 million people joined the food stamp rolls from August 2008 to August 2009, the study said, bringing the number of users to 36.5 million. Half of those are estimated to be children.

Among the states that showed high increases in the percentage of food stamp caseloads were Idaho, 36%; Florida, 34%; and Washington state, 32%. Georgia had a 27% increase in its food stamp caseload, and California and North Carolina were up about 21% each.

“As parents lose jobs and as work becomes scarcer, it’s only natural to see your needs-based programs have more people applying,” said Scott Rowson, a spokesman for the Missouri Department of Social Services.

The study appears to buttress a U.S. Census report last fall that found nearly one in five children live in poverty. Julia Isaacs, a Brookings scholar, said that figure could end up closer to one in four by 2012.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is aimed at a broader audience than most anti-poverty programs. Eligibility for food stamps generally requires earning less than 130% of poverty guidelines — below $28,665 for a family of four — and having no more than $2,000 in the bank.

Despite the food-stamp safety net, experts worry. …”

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-food-stamps12-2010jan12,0,181812.story?track=rss&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+latimes%2Fnews%2Fnationworld%2Fnation+%28L.A.+Times+-+National+News%29

Glenn Beck–Wrong Way: California’s Progressive Government Policies–Right Way: Texas limited Government Policies–Videos

Raymond — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 02:12:19 +0000

Glenn Beck Show – February 5, 2010 – Pt 1 of 7

Glenn Beck Show – February 5, 2010 – Pt 2 of 7

Glenn Beck Show – February 5, 2010 – Pt 3 of 7

Glenn Beck Show – February 5, 2010 – Pt 4 of 7

Glenn Beck Show – February 5, 2010 – Pt 5 of 7

Glenn Beck Show – February 5, 2010 – Pt 6 of 7

Glenn Beck Show – February 5, 2010 – Pt 7 of 7

Replace all Federal taxes with a national sales consumption tax–The Fair Tax.

The FairTax: It’s Time

The FairTax–Videos

Then limit Federal Government spending to 90% of the previous years FairTax collections.

The remaining 10% would be used to pay down the National Debt.

Pass a Constitutional Amendment that institutes the above.

To save the Social Security and Medicare benefits that Americans have been paying for by payroll taxes, shut-down and permanently close 10 Federal Departments, many agencies and numerious programs.

Social Security and Medicare Projections – I.O.U.S.A.

Until the above is implemented both political parties are not fiscally responsible and serious.

The progressive radical socialists of both parties oppose the above.

U.S. Debt Clock–Real Time

http://www.usdebtclock.org/

The National Debt Is Now Over

$12,300,000,000,000

http://www.treasurydirect.gov/NP/BPDLogin?application=np

The Total Unfunded Liabilities of

The United States of America Are Over

$107,000,000,000,000

We The People

Are Broke!

Stop Socialist Spending

Real Change and Hope

Milton Friedman on Libertarianism (Part 4 of 4)

Shut Down and Close Permanently

10 Federal Government Departments,

Several Agencies and Many Programs Now!

1. Department of Agriculture

2. Department of Commerce

3. Department of Education

4. Department of Energy

5. Department of Health and Human Resources

6. Department of Housing and Urban Development

7. Department of Interior

8. Department of Labor

9. Department of Transportation

10. Department of Veterans Affairs

11. Environmental Protection Agency

12. Other Independent Agencies

13. International Assistance Programs

If

We The People

Do Not Do This Now

You Can Forgot About

Receiving Your

Social Security and Medicare Benefits!

http://www.federalbudget.com/

The American People March on Washington D.C.–August 28, 2010–At The Lincoln Memorial! Mark Your Calendar–Be There–Three Million Minimum–Join The Second American Revolution

Keynesian Economics Is Wrong: Bigger Gov’t Is Not Stimulus

Obama’s So-Called Stimulus: Good For Government, Bad For the Economy

Stimulus II: A Sequel America Can’t Afford

Stop Spending Our Future – The Crisis

We The People Stimulus Package

Ray Stevens – We The People

Mark Levin–Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto–Videos

Over 22,824,945 Americans Seek Full Time Jobs–Unemployment Rate Declines?–Obama Math: Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics–The First Casualty of Progressive Radical Socialists–The Truth!–The Games People Play–Do You Believe In Magic?

Raymond — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:14:49 +0000

“There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.”

~Attributed to British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli

“Games People Play” – Joe South – 1969

“…Have you ever wondered why the CPI, GDP and employment numbers run counter to your personal and business experiences? The problem lies in biased and often-manipulated government reporting. …”

“…The SGS Alternate Unemployment Rate reflects current unemployment reporting methodology adjusted for SGS-estimated long-term discouraged workers, who were defined out of official existence in 1994. That estimate is added to the BLS estimate of U-6 unemployment, which includes short-term discouraged workers. …”

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Series Id:           LNS14000000
Seasonally Adjusted
Series title:        (Seas) Unemployment Rate
Labor force status:  Unemployment rate
Type of data:        Percent or rate
Age:                 16 years and over
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2000	4.0	4.1	4.0	3.8	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.1	3.9	3.9	3.9	3.9
2001	4.2	4.2	4.3	4.4	4.3	4.5	4.6	4.9	5.0	5.3	5.5	5.7
2002	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7	5.9	6.0
2003	5.8	5.9	5.9	6.0	6.1	6.3	6.2	6.1	6.1	6.0	5.8	5.7
2004	5.7	5.6	5.8	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.5	5.4	5.4
2005	5.3	5.4	5.2	5.2	5.1	5.0	5.0	4.9	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.9
2006	4.7	4.8	4.7	4.7	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.5	4.4	4.5	4.4
2007	4.6	4.5	4.4	4.5	4.4	4.6	4.6	4.6	4.7	4.7	4.7	5.0
2008	5.0	4.8	5.1	5.0	5.4	5.5	5.8	6.1	6.2	6.6	6.9	7.4
2009	7.7	8.2	8.6	8.9	9.4	9.5	9.4	9.7	9.8	10.1	10.0	10.0
2010	9.7

Most of the big media were trumpeting the unexpected decline in the official unemployment rate measured by U-3 from 10.0% to 9.7.% and the real unumployment rate measured by U-6 from17.5 % to 16.5%.

Most forecasters who follow employment were expecting the rate to remain the same or slightly increase by .1 or .2% for both U-3 and U6. Very few were forecasting a decline.

What is almost never mentioned is the number of unemployed Americans this represented.

For the official unemployment rate of 9.7% the number of unemployed Amercans is 14,837,000.

For the real unemployment rate of 16.5% the number of unemployed Americans is 22,824,045.

This number is calculated by multiplying the 16.5% unemployment rate by the total civilian labor force of 138,333,000.

It appears that someone in the Department of Labor and Bureau of Labor Statistics has been making political adjustments to the above statistics to show improvement in the labor market.

One place is to look at closely is the labor participation rate.

While the labor participation rate fluctuates from month to month, it is usually above 66% of the civilian labor force.

When an economy enters a recession, one expects labor force participation rates to slightly decline.

However, the labor force participation rate has declined from 66% at the strart of the recession in December 2007 to 64.7% or over 1.3%.

Series Id:           LNS11300000
Seasonally Adjusted
Series title:        (Seas) Labor Force Participation Rate
Labor force status:  Civilian labor force participation rate
Type of data:        Percent or rate
Age:                 16 years and over
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2000	67.3	67.3	67.3	67.3	67.1	67.1	66.9	66.9	66.9	66.8	66.9	67.0
2001	67.2	67.1	67.2	66.9	66.7	66.7	66.8	66.5	66.8	66.7	66.7	66.7
2002	66.5	66.8	66.6	66.7	66.7	66.6	66.5	66.6	66.7	66.6	66.4	66.3
2003	66.4	66.4	66.3	66.4	66.4	66.5	66.2	66.1	66.1	66.1	66.1	65.9
2004	66.1	66.0	66.0	65.9	66.0	66.1	66.1	66.0	65.8	65.9	66.0	65.9
2005	65.8	65.9	65.9	66.1	66.1	66.1	66.1	66.2	66.1	66.1	66.0	66.0
2006	66.0	66.1	66.2	66.1	66.1	66.2	66.1	66.2	66.1	66.2	66.3	66.4
2007	66.4	66.3	66.3	66.0	66.0	66.0	66.0	65.8	66.0	65.8	66.0	66.0
2008	66.2	66.0	66.1	66.0	66.2	66.1	66.0	66.1	66.0	66.0	65.8	65.8
2009	65.7	65.7	65.6	65.8	65.8	65.7	65.4	65.4	65.1	65.0	64.9	64.6
2010	64.7

When you multiply 1.3% by the civilian labor force of 153,170,00 the result is 1,991,210.

This means nearly 2 million American are no longer participating the civilian labor force and would represents about a 1.2% increase in unemployment.

This is lie.

Series Id:           LNS11000000
Seasonally Adjusted
Series title:        (Seas) Civilian Labor Force Level
Labor force status:  Civilian labor force
Type of data:        Number in thousands
Age:                 16 years and over
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2000	142267(1)	142456	142434	142751	142388	142591	142278	142514	142518	142622	142962	143248
2001	143800	143701	143924	143569	143318	143357	143654	143284	143989	144086	144240	144305
2002	143883	144653	144481	144725	144938	144808	144803	145009	145552	145314	145041	145066
2003	145937(1)	146100	146022	146474	146500	147056	146485	146445	146530	146716	147000	146729
2004	146842(1)	146709	146944	146850	147065	147460	147692	147564	147415	147793	148162	148059
2005	148029(1)	148364	148391	148926	149261	149238	149432	149779	149954	150001	150065	150030
2006	150201(1)	150629	150839	150915	151085	151368	151383	151729	151650	152020	152360	152698
2007	153117(1)	152941	153093	152531	152717	153045	153039	152781	153393	153158	153767	153869
2008	154048(1)	153600	153966	153936	154420	154327	154410	154696	154590	154849	154524	154587
2009	154140(1)	154401	154164	154718	154956	154759	154351	154426	153927	153854	153720	153059
2010	153170(1)
1 : Data affected by changes in population controls.

Assuming just half of this is the political adjustment this would represent an increase of about .6% in both the official U-3 and real U-6 unemployment rates.

The Federal Government is apparently fiddling with the statistics to get the unemployment rates and number of unemployed down.

Such political adjustments like the nonsense of saying that the stimulus bill created or saved 2,000,000 jobs is unbelievable not to mention totally unverifiable.

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I stand by my forecast that the official unemployment rate measured by U-3 will remain in double digits throughout 2010.

Only in 2011 will you see a real decline in unemployment rates as measured by both U-3 and U-6.

President Obama has a much deserved reputation of being a habitual liar.

Those who follow President Obama speeches and comments know this to be true.

Virtually all of the talk radio hosts and many blogs have repeatedly pointed out President Obama’s many lies and broken promises.

The American people are slowly and surely catching on to Obama’s broken promises and lies.

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The American people do not like being lied to.

Nobody does.

The American people no longer believe or trust what President Obama says and many are tuning him out.

Nearly 30,000,000 not 22 million Americans are seeking a full time job.

Most of these 30 million Americans will not be voting for the lying and cheating progressive radical socialists in the next three elections.

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In other words, musicians know that going back to the Spoonful, what we were doing was not copying.

~John Sebastian

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I think that my past stands me in good stead in that it does have a certain strength for musicians.

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The Lovin’ Spoonful

“…The Lovin’ Spoonful is an American pop rock band of the 1960s, named to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. When asked about his band, leader John Sebastian said it sounded like a combination of “Mississippi John Hurt and Chuck Berry.”

Formation and early years (1964-1965)

The band had its roots in the folk music scene based in the Greenwich Village section of lower Manhattan during the early 1960s. Sebastian, who grew up in contact with music and musicians, was the son of a much-recorded and highly technically accomplished classical harmonica player. He had reached maturity toward the end of the American folk music revival that spanned from the 1950s to the early ’60s. Sebastian was joined in the Spoonful by guitarist Zal Yanovsky from a bohemian folk group called The Mugwumps, playing local coffee houses and small clubs (two other members, Cass Elliot and Denny Doherty, would later form half of the Mamas & the Papas.)^[1] Drummer-vocalist Joe Butler and bassist Steve Boone rounded out the group.

The group first recorded four tracks for Elektra Records in early 1965, but elected to sign with Kama Sutra Records that same year. The Elektra tracks were released on the 1966 various artists compliation LP What’s Shakin’ after the band’s success on Kama Sutra.

Pop success (1965-1966)

Working with producer Erik Jacobsen, the band released their first single, the Sebastian-penned “Do You Believe in Magic, in August of 1965. Unlike many pop groups of the day (the early Beatles being a notable and influential exception), The Lovin’ Spoonful played all the instruments on their records, with the exceptions of the orchestral instruments heard on their soundtrack album You’re A Big Boy Now and some later singles. Additionally, aside from a few covers (mostly on their first album) they wrote all their own material.^[2]^[3]

“Do You Believe In Magic” became a Top Ten hit in the US, and the band followed it up with a series of hit singles and albums throughout 1965 and 1966, all produced by Jacobsen. The Lovin’ Spoonful became known for such folk-flavored pop hits as “You Didn’t Have to Be So Nice”, and “Daydream”, which went to #2 on the Billboard Hot 100.”^[2] ^[4] Arguably the most successful pop/rock group to have jug band roots, nearly half the songs on their first album were modernized versions of jug band standards. Their popularity revived interest in the form, and many subsequent jug bands cite them as an inspiration. The rest of their albums featured mostly original songs, but their jug band roots showed up again and again, particularly in their big hit “Daydream” and the lesser-known “Money”, which featured a typewriter as percussion. They even had a crossover hit, as “Nashville Cats”, a number eight pop hit, reached the country charts. Other hits were “Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind” (another #2 hit), and “Younger Girl”. Their only song to reach #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart was the harder-edged “Summer in the City”, an indelible part of the soundtrack for the summer of 1966.

Early in their recording and airwave career, Lovin’ Spoonful members termed their approach “good-time music”. In the liner notes of “Do You Believe in Magic”, Zal Yanovsky said he “became a convert to Reddy Kilowatt because it’s loud, and people dance to it, and it’s loud”. Soon-to-be-members of the psychedelic rock band the Grateful Dead were part of the West Coast acoustic folk music scene when The Lovin’ Spoonful came to town while on tour. They credited The Lovin’ Spoonful concert as a fateful experience, after which they decided to leave the folk scene and “go electric.”[citation needed]

At the peak of its success the band was originally selected to perform on the television show that became “The Monkees”,[citation needed] and also gained an added bit of publicity when Butler replaced Jim Rado in the role of Claude for a sold-out four-month run with the Broadway production of the rock musical Hair. The Lovin’ Spoonful’s song “Pow!” was used as the opening theme of Woody Allen’s first feature film, What’s Up, Tiger Lily. John Sebastian composed the music for Francis Ford Coppola’s second film, You’re a Big Boy Now, and The Lovin’ Spoonful played the music for the soundtrack, which included yet another hit, “Darlin’ Be Home Soon”. Both films were released in 1966.

Personnel changes (1967)

In early 1967, the band broke with their producer Erik Jacobsen, turning to Joe Wissert to produce the single “Six O’Clock”, which would hit #18 US.

Yanovsky left the band after the soundtrack album You’re a Big Boy Now was released in May 1967, primarily due to a drug bust in San Francisco, in which he was arrested for possession of marijuana and pressured by police to name his supplier. As a Canadian citizen and fearing he would be barred from re-entering the U.S., he complied.^[5] He would later open a restaurant in Canada, the immensely popular Chez Piggy in Kingston, Ontario. The restaurant is now owned and run by his daughter.^[6]

Yanovsky’s replacement was Jerry Yester, formerly of the Modern Folk Quartet. Around this time, perhaps coincidentally, the band’s sound became more pop-oriented.

This new line up of The Lovin’ Spoonful would record two moderately successful Wissert-produced singles (“She Is Still A Mystery” and “Money”), as well as the 1967 album Everything Playing. Sebastian then left the group by early 1968 to go solo.^[5]

The final years (1968-1969)

The group was now offically a trio, and drummer Butler (who had previously sung lead on a few album tracks) became the group’s new lead vocalist. Up to this point Sebastian had written (or co-written) and sung every one of The Lovin’ Spoonful’s hits; the band now turned to outside writers for their singles, and used a variety of outside producers. The band’s last two Hot 100 entries (“Never Going Back” and “Me About You”) were sung by Butler, and written by professional songsmiths. In addition, “Never Going Back” only featured Yester and Butler’s playing — the other musical parts were played by session musicians, a first for the group.

With commercial success waning, The Lovin’ Spoonful lasted only until early 1969. They split up following the release of their album “Revelation: Revolution ‘69″. …”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lovin’_Spoonful

John Sebastian

“…John Sebastian (born John Benson Sebastian, Jr. on March 17, 1944, in Greenwich Village, New York City) is an American songwriter and harmonica player. He is best known as a founder of The Lovin’ Spoonful, a band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000.^[1] His tie-dyed denim jacket is prominently displayed there.

Sebastian’s father, John Benson Sr., was a noted classical harmonica player and his mother was a radio script writer. He is the godson of Vivian Vance (Ethel Mertz of I Love Lucy). He grew up surrounded by music and musicians, including Burl Ives and Woody Guthrie and hearing such players as Leadbelly and Mississippi John Hurt in his own neighborhood.^[2]^[3]

One of his first recording gigs was playing guitar and harmonica for Billy Faier’s 1964 album The Beast of Billy Faier^[4]. He also recorded with Fred Neil on the Bleecker & MacDougal album in 1965. He came up through the Even Dozen Jug Band and The Mugwumps, which split to form the Lovin’ Spoonful and The Mamas & the Papas. Sebastian was joined by Zal Yanovsky, Steve Boone and Joe Butler in the Spoonful, which was named after a Mississippi John Hurt song. Sebastian also played autoharp on occasion.

The Lovin’ Spoonful became part of the American response to the British Invasion and was noted for such folk-flavored hits as “Jug Band Music,” “Do You Believe in Magic”, “Summer in the City”, “Daydream,” “Nashville Cats,” “Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind,” “Six O’Clock,” “You Didn’t Have to Be So Nice,” and “Younger Girl.”^[1] The band, however, began to implode after a 1967 marijuana bust in San Francisco involving Yanovsky, a Canadian citizen. Facing deportation, he gave up the name of his dealer, which caused a fan backlash and internal strife. Neither John Sebastian nor Joe Butler was involved in the matter; they weren’t even in San Francisco at the time. Yanovsky subsequently left the band and was replaced by Jerry Yester. ^[5]

Sebastian left the Lovin’ Spoonful in 1968 although he and the original band reunited briefly to appear in the film One Trick Pony starring Paul Simon and Blair Brown.^[1] In December of 1968, a musical he composed the music and lyrics for, Jimmy Shine, opened on Broadway with Dustin Hoffman in the title role.^[6]

He embarked on a moderately successful solo career after leaving the Lovin’ Spoonful in 1968. Sebastian was popular among the rock festival circuits. He had a memorable, albeit unscheduled appearance at Woodstock, appearing after Country Joe McDonald’s set, playing songs such as “I Had A Dream,” “Rainbows All Over Your Blues,” “Darling Be Home Soon” and “Younger Generation,” which he dedicated to a newborn baby at the festival. Documentary remarks by festival organizers revealed that Sebastian was under the influence at the time, hence his spontaneity and casual, unplanned set. Sebastian also returned for Woodstock ‘94, playing harmonica for Crosby, Stills and Nash. Sebastian released his eponymous LP John B. Sebastian in 1970, which featured him accompanied by various L.A. musicians.

Sebastian played harmonica with The Doors on the song Roadhouse Blues under the pseudonym G. Puglese to avoid problems with his contract, which was featured on Morrison Hotel album.^[7] He also played on “Little Red Rooster” on the live album Alive, She Cried and on seven songs on Live In Detroit.^[8]^[9] He is also credited with playing harmonica on Crosby Stills Nash & Young’s “Déjà Vu” from the album of the same name.

In 1976, Sebastian had a number one single with, “Welcome Back”, the theme song to the Welcome Back, Kotter television show^[2], which found new life decades later when a sample from it became the hook for rapper Mase’s 2004 hit “Welcome Back”. Recently, he has played with John Sebastian and the J-Band, a jug band including Fritz Richmond from the Jim Kweskin Jug Band, Yank Rachell, an original jug-band leader, and Geoff Muldaur.

Several modern musicians cite him as a large influence, including renowned blues harmonica player, Mike Tetrault. As a songwriter, Sebastian’s songs have been covered by Elvis Costello (“The Room Nobody Lives In”), Dolly Parton, Del McCoury, Helen Reddy, Brenda Lee, Johnny Cash, Bobby Darin, Slade, Joe Cocker and Jimmy Buffett (“Stories We Could Tell”). …”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Sebastian

Lovin’ Spoonful

“…”The good-time sounds of the Lovin’ Spoonful made the quartet a fixture during the golden age of Top Forty radio. Over a period of two years in the mid-Sixties, the New York-based group charted a string of ten Top Forty hits, seven of which placed inside the Top Ten at a time when the competition included Motown, the Beatles and countless British Invasion bands. The Lovin’ Spoonful’s tuneful, poppy singles have stood the test of time and at least one of them, “Do You Believe in Magic,” remains a defining rock and roll anthem.

The four original members–singer/guitarist John Sebastian, guitarist Zal Yanovsky, bassist Steve Boone and drummer Joe Butler–came together in Greenwich Village. The folk-music scene was in full swing, but the electrified sounds of the Beatles and the other pop bands of the day had also caught their attention. Retaining their folkie roots while exploring new directions, the Lovin’ Spoonful adapted folk-style fingerpicking to electric instruments. Their folk-rock hybrid was particularly evident in the unusual combination of autoharp and electric guitar on “Do You Believe in Magic.” What really set the Lovin’ Spoonful apart from the mid-Sixties pack of one-hit wonders was their daring eclecticism. No two singles were written in the same style. Between 1965 and 1968, they tackled jug-band music (“Good Time Music”), ragtime (“Daydream”), country (“Nashville Cats”), folk-pop (“You Didn’t Have to Be So Nice”), hard rock (“Summer in the City”) and orchestrated pop (“She Is Still a Mystery”). …”

http://www.rockhall.com/inductee/lovin-spoonful

Lovin Spoonful

“…The core of The Lovin’ Spoonful were John Sebastian, who was born on March 17th, 1944 in New York, and Zalman Yanovsky, who was born on 19th December 1944 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They first met as guests invited to Cass Elliot’s house to watch the Beatles’ U.S. TV debut on the Ed Sullivan Show in February 1964. They played guitar together through the night and discussed the possibility of forming a rock group. At the time, Sebastian was a Greenwich Village folkie and sometime member of the Even Dozen Jug Band and Yanovsky was a guitarist with the Nova Scotia folk group, The Halifax Three. When they disbanded in June 1964, Yanovsky was briefly involved in the Mugwumps (with Denny Doherty, Cass Elliot and James Hendricks). This was a short-lived and unsuccessful venture, which soon disbanded, and, of course Doherty and Elliot went on to form one half of The Mamas and The Papas

With Yanovsky at loose ends again, the seeds for a rock group with John Sebastian were sewn in January 1965. Joe Butler (drums) and Steve Boone (bass) were recruited to fill out the ensemble. They decided on the name, “Lovin’ Spoonful”, which was taken from a phrase in Mississippi John Hurt’s song, “Coffee Blues”.

It wasn’t long until the band had won a residency at the Night Owl in Greenwich Village and their producer Erik Jacobsen got them a recording deal with the newly formed Kama Sutra Records. Playing their own brand of folk-rock/good-time music, they enjoyed immediate commercial success. Their first 45, “Do You Believe In Magic”, reached number 9 in the U.S. and their debut album of the same name peaked at number 32. The follow-up, “You Didn’t Have To Be So Nice” peaked at number 10 and “Daydream”, their lazy, laid back celebration of love on a summer’s day, was even bigger, reaching number 2 in the U.S. and UK, becoming a million seller. Their second album reached number 10 in the U.S. and number 8 in the UK. They also had four cuts included on the Elektra compilation “What’s Shakin’”, including one called “Good Time Music”.

Their next 45, “Did You Ever Have To Make Up Your Mind?” peaked at number 2, but this was soon surpassed by what was arguably their finest moment, “Summer ln The City”. Notable for its atmospheric streetnoise sound effects, the record topped the U.S. charts for three weeks and made number 8 in the UK. It became their second million seller.

The Lovin’ Spoonful went on to appear on the soundtrack of the cult movie “What’s Up Tiger Lily” (No. 126 in the US) and their third album, “Hums Of The Lovin’ Spoonful”, peaked at number 14. “Nashville Cats” would be their last U.S. Top Ten hit, peaking at number 8, while in the UK, it climbed to number 26. They followed this with the heavily orchestrated “Darlin’ Be Home Soon”, which reached number 15 in the U.S. and number 44 in the UK. It would prove to be their last UK Hit. In March 1967, a greatest hits LP called “The Best Of The Lovin’ Spoonful” climbed to number 3 on the U.S. album charts. Their follow-up, “You’re A Big Boy Now”, their second soundtrack album, was their first taste of failure, peaking at No. 160.

http://www.classicbands.com/spoonful.html

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