Dolores, My Sweet

Breaking privacy for the first time, I wanted to share:

Ibn al-Sheikh al-Libi

Ibn al-Sheikh al-Libi

The man can withstand torture, but commits suicide after all of those years of endurance.....I think otherwise. The Bush administration liked him so very little, he didn't even make the cut to Guantanamo.

On a much lighter note, our current president, the man with the plan - has finally let loose and the humor reigns supreme:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6npOSHUmQUc

Newspapers, An Endangered Species

Papers that have either filed bankruptcy, or are within cities hardest hit by this recession:

Philadelphia Daily News

Minneapolis Star Tribune

Miami Herald

Detroit News

Boston Globe (*Yes - loosing $1 million per week, now only worth $20 million. Boston.com may be all that is left.)

San Francisco Chronicle

Chicago Sun-Times (*Parent company at 3 cents per share. Competitor - Chigcago Tribune)

New York Daily News

Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Cleveland Plain Dealer

Architectural Visual >> Stimulus Plan

San Francisco - 1856

Since 1856, San Francisco remains a consolidated city-county, and the only city in California to have a board of supervisors.

The mayor = county executive and city head of state.

The board= city council and a county board of supervisors with legislative, executive, and quasi-judicial powers.

Our city has eleven supervisors >>

District 1 Eric Mar
District 2 Michela Alioto-Pier
District 3 David Chiu (*President)
District 4 Carmen Chu
District 5 Ross Mirkarimi
District 6 Chris Daly
District 7 Sean Elsbernd
District 8 Bevan Dufty
District 9 David Campos
District 10 Sophie Maxwell
District 11 John Avalos

Ordinary instances of ordinances you could say. Land use planning, health care, wages, taxes, transportation, green building, lobbyist, transit, regulatory, commuter benefits, civil rights, employer....

You can watch the meetings live on this site: WATCH BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETINGS LIVE ON THE WEB
and keep up with the city here: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS WEBSITE-READ 2009 LEGISLATION INTRODUCED AND PASSED-MEETING SCHEDULE-FORMS & DOCS

Don't know what the SUNSHINE ORDINANCE is? Simply search the site above.

Take note, the committees are what slow the process down considerably.

Proposed legislation is merely introduced to the board of supervisors, then assigned to a committee. Typically, ordinances effect citizens (6 of the 11 supervisors must agree favorably to approve: 2 meetings/at least a 5day intervening/a reading/a final passage), and resolutions are policy matters that refer to internal city operations. If a measure is introduced that would effect major city policy, it is assigned to a committee and is not even reviewed for 30 days from the date of introduction. Resolutions not referred to a committee require the unanimous vote of all Supervisors present the day of introduction. There's more to know...check it out for yourself, know where you live.

: : Angie Seegers : :

A COMPLETE LIST OF EVERY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MEETING ON DEMAND - Simply click the date >> 2006- CURRENT 2009

Obama Song Official Video - Micahel Franti and Spearhead

This song, along with the video completely and rather perfectly, captures the evening of spontaneous street celebrations which broke out in neighborhoods across America.

People engaged in conversation with ease and sincerity, they danced together, smiled all evening, and the elation was electricity - a silent lightening. Happy to have been part of celebrating such a decision we made together. It is something I will carry with me - recognizing this as a historic moment I was part of and influenced is something to share with generations to come.

To know that people around the globe were as happy for our country as we were that evening, and are now...it's beautiful and says much about Obama.

: : Angie Seegers : :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd9xU8cw1JE

www.nytimesconversations.com - Official Launch was Yesterday!

What more can I say than it is great to be at the helm and involved in any way with the team that I have enjoyed dearly over 10 years.

Please enjoy the brand new platform for fascinating guests of >>

The One
The Only
New York Times


www.nytimesconversations.com
First Round of Guest for the Official Launch December 9, 2008
PADMA LAKSHMI : : ACTRESS/AUTHOR/HOST OF "TOP CHEF"
ERIC RIPERT : : MASTER CHEF : :
LYNN REDGRAVE : : ACTRESS : :
JUSTIN TUCK : : NEW YORK GIANTS DEFENSIVE END : :
ISAAC MIZRAHI : : FASHION DESIGNER : :
BEN STEIN : : ACTOR/AUTHOR : :
CYNTHIA NIXON : : ACTRESS : :
JOHN LEGUIZAMO : : ACTOR : :
BEBE NEUWIRTH : : ACTRESS : :
KENNETH COLE : : FASHION DESIGNER : :
MEHMET OZ : : SURGEON/AUTHOR
JOHN CAMERON MITCHELL : : ACTOR/DIRECTOR

Gross National Product -R.F.K. 1968

"If we believe that we, as Americans, are bound together by a common concern for each other, then an urgent national priority is upon us. We must begin to end the disgrace of this other America. And this is one of the great tasks of leadership for us, as individuals and citizens this year.

But even if we act to erase material poverty, there is another greater task, it is to confront the poverty of satisfaction - purpose and dignity - that afflicts us all. Too much and for too long, we seemed to have surrendered personal excellence and community values in the mere accumulation of material things.

Our Gross National Product, now, is over $800 billion dollars a year, but that Gross National Product - if we judge the United States of America by that - that Gross National Product counts air pollution and cigarette advertising, and ambulances to clear our highways of carnage. It counts special locks for our doors and the jails for the people who break them. It counts the destruction of the redwood and the loss of our natural wonder in chaotic sprawl. It counts napalm and counts nuclear warheads and armored cars for the police to fight the riots in our cities. It counts Whitman's rifle and Speck's knife, and the television programs which glorify violence in order to sell toys to our children.

Yet the gross national product does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education or the joy of their play. It does not include the beauty of our poetry or the strength of our marriages, the intelligence of our public debate or the integrity of our public officials. It measures neither our wit nor our courage, neither our wisdom nor our learning, neither our compassion nor our devotion to our country, it measures everything in short, except that which makes life worthwhile. And it can tell us everything about America except why we are proud that we are Americans." R.F.K - 1968

e=mc² Formula "Technically Corroborated"-Einstein 103 Years Ahead of his Time

Rather than to say a theory is "PROVEN" - let's go with "technically corroborated" >>

German, Hungarian, and French physicists led by Laurent Lellouch of France’s Centre for Theoretical Physics, with the use of mega-brainpower and supercomputers confirmed calculations for estimating the mass of protons and neutrons, which are the particles that compose the nucleus of atoms.

To try and put this succinctly, quantum chromodynamics are equations, and precisely the equations needed that were the most challenging to resolve, as far as equations at the scale of sub-atomic particles tend to go. Thank you science and technology.

We are talking "particles" here, and importantly the small scale sub-atomic particles called QUARKS which are all part of PARTICLE PHYSICS, and also of protons and neutrons--*again, the particles that compose the NUCLEUS OF ATOMS. These protons and neutrons in the nucleus are made up of these sub-atomic particles, mentioned above, known as QUARKS, which are bound by GLUONS. There are six different types of quarks, and rather than to digress, you may go have your own fun researching quarks, the primary building blocks of matter.

The whole thing started for Einstein when it was discovered that gluons HAVE ZERO MASS and the mass of quarks is only 5% leaving 95% unaccounted for as a puzzle for a great mind to solve. Einstein went right along and proposed that energy and mass are equivalent back in 1905 with the Theory of Relativity.

Today, Einstein's formula shows that mass can be converted into energy, and energy can be converted into mass down to quantum chromodynamics, and the unanswered 95% does come from the movements and interactions of quarks and gluons. Some formulas just get better!

To take things to the abstract level required when you enter the world of physics: try to visualize "space and time as part of a four-dimensional crystal lattice, with discrete points spaced along columns and rows."

The equation has been used to show how much energy can be released when converting mass into energy. Unfortunately it was atomic weapons that it was applied to. : : Angie Seegers : :

Saturday Night Live / Full (SNL) Versions - McCain QVC Open & Update: Sen McCain

Look for the *surprise guest. McCain is out there on the set of SNL selling special pork knives that will CUT THE PORK OUT.



McCain reveals, SNL style, NEW weak strategies such as the "REVERSE MAVERICK" & "SAD GRANDPA"-- days before election that he confesses to be lame. He appears to have a sense of humor and delivers well. This helps me forgive him, slightly.

Palin Prank Phone Call

Unable to guess on your own what one indistinct individual sounds like, before handing the phone off to a dim wit? This is that call.

The comedy duo posing as an assistant to French President Nicolas Sarkozy, and Sarkozy himself being "patched through", dropped enough hints that anyone would cease speaking with them.

Palin falls into this prank call which includes a song about Joe the Plumber delivered in an exaggerated French accent. Palin remains on the phone until they phrase the fact that she is not really speaking with President Sarkozy.

Palin's responses and manner of speaking have that fake kind of warmth with extended vowels and mom'slang thrown in. I just know you are surprised.

20 years into politics could not produce brain cells for this woman. Listen for the sole purpose of confirming your fears. CLICK THE TEXT LINK BELOW AND THE FILE WILL OPEN.

Obama's campaign spokesman Robert Gibbs, commenting on the prank, said: "I'm glad we check out our calls before we hand the phone to Barack Obama. : : Angie Seegers : :

CLICK THIS TEXT TO OPEN THE FILE PALIN PRANK CALL FROM COMEDIAN POSING AS French President Nicolas Sarkozy

Halloween in India

I have a bad habit of recommending, rather torturing, friends or anyone that even utters "you tube," with this video.

*The bad dance moves get PROGRESSIVELY worse, so it's worth watching in its entirety.

Make sure to notice the actress neither looking afraid or
ever moving faster than a snail on valium.



Indian Thriller (*and those pants!)



Happy, belated, Halloween.

Fear- Not a Science, Unquestionably a Method

Allow me to completely rip off Camus. I will get to HIS point after a brief introduction.

Having always hand-selected who it is that I learn from, Camus, since early childhood, has been my only hope in honesty and passion for humankind when putting words and thoughts to the page.

Forward thinking and often indisputable solutions behind every stance, every word chosen, all from the heart, and powerfully clear. The opposition toward those he did not respect is delivered with such diplomacy.

The near perfection of his communication, generously given free of ego for us to learn from is something I admire greatly. Strength and conviction, with such clarity and passion moves me, propels me to quietly assist, as I do not possess his talent for conveying my notions.

Without further adieu, I give you Camus, never surface.

Some of what he presented in the underground newspaper COMBAT during the 1940's:

POLITICS

Replacing politics with morality-not moralism.

Open dialogue, a yes and no as simultaneous answers to all questions - saying both answers with "the same seriousness and the same objectivity" which leaves space for questioning, doubt, and critical judgement.


FEAR - A POLITICAL METHOD - HOW SO >>

Quick note: I feel it is important that all of us understand why we are in fact always spouting that we live in fear, that the papers are made to print spoon-fed news and topics, and that there is no real journalism due to advertisers and so on. I give Camus the credit for being the first to recognize this concept of fear as a method in politics long before we could merely repeat it.

To take his thoughts in a condensed form and not take any credit for this level of brilliance, I sum it up this way:

After the Nazi's were gone the oppression, torture, deportation, and mass murder were painful memories of the very recent past for Camus when he determined November 19, 1946 that it was "The Century of Fear."

He saw first hand, so unfortunately for a man with this type of compassion, that the reign of terror continued and that the method served a political purpose. Terror silences the opposition. Two sides presented in black and white, freedom or enslavement, justice and injustice, ultimately people are forced to choose between "Good" & "Evil" which prevents all dialogue.

Fear was presented as more insidious postwar by Camus and this was due to it spreading across the political spectrum.

To quote, terror thrives in "a world of abstraction, a world of bureaucracy and machinery, of absolute ideas and of messianism without subtlety...among people who believe they are absolutely right."

DESCRIBING DEMOCRACY

He describes democracy as an exercise in modesty. To be just, always.

To know that freedoms set in place do not exist and can be reversed, and that injustices can increase at any given moment, especially when there exists a person that cannot be persuaded.

JUSTICE

He discusses the failure of the free press. That justice was never served as opportunistic and ideologically committed collaborationist journalists and intellectuals, along with important as well as insignificant officials were never dealt with for crimes we know are of the worst kind, and admitted back into society. This was not the Liberation of France he could see well. Victims paid an absolute price for resisting tyranny and the criminals being pardoned would not reunite France, but further divide everyone. Justice.

POWER OF WORDS & POLITICAL JOURNALISM

Camus defended the power of words, of responsible political journalism which plays a crucial role in resisting the conspiracy to silence us, to make us choose between only two sides presented, and so swiftly.

Importantly and humbly he described journalists as historians of the moment with a demanding job which entails pointing out the limitations of ideas and political actions. This translates directly into one having to be aware of their own limitations, thus having to adhere to a few basic principles. Easier said than done, a journalist may cross the very boundary of morality and moralism. Morality can easily be degenerated into moralism due to the fatigue or negligence of the writer reporting the news.

Quick Note: I personally find taking responsibility for one's position a form of care that few acknowledge or respect, and instead only enjoy the attention such a position brings. Admirably, it was Camus' greatest strength in my opinion.

You can sense that he wanted more, a greater life, one in which we see each-other, connect, grow, and do nothing other than...all we can, for everyone.

SOCIAL BEINGS MUST WORK TOGETHER

I do admire that he incorporated passion, and in the truest sense of this word. His passion for the human race can be seen, with too many instances to begin here now, through a simple mentioning that we cannot live without dialogue and the friendship of other human beings. That we should not be delivered entirely into the hands of history, and to persuade and confront the beauty of the world and people's faces. : : Angie Seegers : :

Joe the Plumber (without a license, named Samuel, and a tax evader.)

Joe the Plumber, sort of. Bad thing about 15 minutes of fame....GOTCHA.

Obama / McCain

Academy of Art San Francisco founded 1929

The Academy of Art San Francisco was kind enough to have me on as part of their Board of Directors for Film Festival. Just made public in Movie Maker Magazine is press on Jonathan Fung. I work directly with Jonathan, pictured right, and he brings the touch that draws out the talent.


2009 will be my third year and I would like to add that aside from the politics, *not blind to legitimate negative press that the school receives for purchasing too much real estate in this beautiful city and the effects...staying focused on the student body is what matters to me.

I work with Jonathan and he and I have to realize that not all decisions can be influenced and share the same opinions on some of the ongoings, but all that...is what it is. He cares about the students tremendously, to select a ridiculous yet fitting term. He knows what it is they are creating, and how far they can go expressing themselves through film. To draw out talent that individuals did not know existed within themselves previously is a process that is so exciting. Growth is the result of nurturing. The vision that makes this world change-- yes-- that is the stuff. I am there to support, encourage, inspire, and sincerely enjoy viewing the films being produced by incredibly talented people.

These graduates go straight to work for the very best and also become the best in their field if taking a look at Chris Milk's career. They appreciate the education as well as the lifelong connections made. Working alongside of those they attended with is a comfort when on the outside, and personal selections and calls made to collaborate can be so complimentary when you realize someone was paying attention to your work and they contact you down the road. I love it. The successful come back to the academy and address those aspiring, completely guiding and sharing their experiences, all in order to help others do the same.

Meet Jonathan- he's a good man: http://www.moviemaker.com/education/article/academy_of_art_university_jonathan_fung_20081009/

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Accidental Friend

Talk about a surprise for me at the AOA annual film festival at the historic Castro Theatre--I made a new friend there attending.

He can talk family and art anytime, day or night---overflowing with energy and exhilaration for life. I am referring to none other than Martin Landau.

We enjoyed a lovely dinner and he is the most gentle and intelligent man I have met, defining the word gentleman itself. Peter O'Toole defines gentleman for the young emperor in "The Last Emperor" as, "a man that says what he means, and means what he says." That's all that kept running through my mind so I shared. I hadn't seen the movie in years, nor met someone I thought fit the description. When the time came, the reference was there.

Aside from the craft, Martin stood out to me as a human being only, really. That evening, I selected to not go solo as I always do and bring my friend that owns a coffee shop, is involved in several communities outside of his own as a volunteer, ensuring that community based organizations thrive, and works with children. I love coffee and reading so you can imagine that I know him wellllll. I seek to find those that change the world from a lesser known stance. I meet, due to my work, 'known' people often in music, film, literature, art and so forth. What really can you do with credentials, education, titles, diplomas from Harvard---degrees from who cares---as nothing holds importance more than what you say, and the things you do not speak which can be observed. Being in tune with yourself first, then people, and really knowing who you are is what I seek before I make one sound. Martin is so aware of his surroundings that that is all I could see or sense in him.

The wonderful career pales when engaged in conversation and life. The intelligence and wit are first class. His artwork that we went over for about an hour, deco and indelible in my mind, also floored me. Pen and ink. So much fun this man. Lots of laughing - completely on.

Vague compliments do him no justice. I wish I could tell you more about the friendship, and everything since that dinner...but life is a private thing unless you're present...the recipient of the gorgeous moments, the instances and words.

A toast to us all meeting people that are like-minded. To Jonathan and Martin, thank you for being the way you intend and desire. Its effect is good on others and generous. How beautiful.

Angie
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: : Angie Seegers : : San Francisco : :

Former Finnish President Wins Nobel Peace Prize

I opted to post an article by ---- Sarah Lyall/London
I'll give it a little art work however. Enjoy this picture of Mr. Ahtisaari on his bicylcle.




Dadang Tri/Reuters

By SARAH LYALL
Published: October 10, 2008
LONDON — Former President Martti Ahtisaari of Finland, who has worked to end conflicts in troubled spots around the world for more than three decades, won the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.

Hazir Reka/Reuters
No pic, yet....Martti Ahtisaari at a news conference in Kosovo in 2006.
In its announcement, the Norwegian Nobel Committee called Mr. Ahtisaari “an outstanding international mediator” whose efforts “have contributed to a more peaceful world and to ‘fraternity between nations’ in Alfred Nobel’s spirit.”

Mr. Ahtisaari’s work — as a Finnish diplomat, a United Nations envoy and the representative of various negotiating groups — has taken him to Namibia, Kosovo, Indonesia and Northern Ireland, among other places. He has led humanitarian missions, presided over contentious talks between sworn enemies and helped resolve disputes involving delicate matters of ethnicity, religion and race.

Mr. Ahtisaari has said that the highlight of his career may well be his work over 13 years in helping Namibia make the transition to independence after years of violent conflict with South Africa.

But he has done much more. His work in the former Yugoslavia during the war of the late 1990s, and then in 2005-07, helped work toward a solution of the question of Kosovo’s future. As the head of his own organization, Crisis Management Initiative, he organized unpublicized meetings earlier this year in Finland between Iraqi Sunni and Shiite Muslims. His work in 2005 set the stage for a peace agreement between separatists in Aceh Province and the Indonesian government, after years of bitterness and fighting.

“This is wonderful news,” Muhammad Nazar, a former rebel leader who is now the acting governor of Aceh, said in a statement. He credited Mr. Ahtisaari with “bringing an end to 30 years of violence and conflict.”

To outsiders, Mr. Ahtisaari, 71, a portly man who is stiff with rheumatism, can seem undemonstrative and aloof.

But Gareth Evans, president of the International Crisis Group — of which Mr. Ahtisaari was chairman from 2000 to 2004 — called him “a brilliant negotiator and mediator, with a tremendously effective personal style that combines charm and good humor with an iron determination.”

In a book published by the Brookings Institution, Mr. Evans wrote that Mr. Ahtisaari “combines, to great effect, immense personal charm with a tough, no-nonsense, tell-it-like-it-is approach to conducting negotiations.” The book quotes one of the negotiators in the Aceh conflict as saying: “His method was really extraordinary. He said, ‘Do you want to win, or do you want peace?’ ”

Former Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright said in an interview that she could not “think of a prize that is more richly deserved.”

Mr. Ahtisaari’s role in Kosovo, she said, far exceeded his appointment in 2005 to represent the United Nations in “final status” talks to determine the future of what was then a Serbian province. She said he was also deeply involved in the region during the 1996-99 Kosovo War.

“He was part of a whole set of diplomatic maneuvers we had during the war itself, in terms of trying to sort out how to deal with the Russians and a host of issues to do with carrying out the actual ending of the war,” she recalled.

As special envoy of the United Nations secretary general, Kofi Annan, to Kosovo from 2005 to 2007, Mr. Ahtisaari presided over contentious talks. When they bogged down, he devised his own settlement proposal under which Kosovo would have independent status overseen by international institutions.

The proposal was stymied by Russia in the Security Council and ultimately overshadowed by Kosovo’s unilateral declaration of independence in February. Kosovo has since been recognized as an independent nation by the United States and most European countries, but still not by Russia or Serbia.

Ms. Albright said Mr. Ahtisaari had been instrumental in creating “a glide path” toward a final resolution that underpins Kosovo’s independence.

“When I talked to him just last week, he thought things were moving in the right direction,” she said. “He has done a remarkable job.”

Mr. Ahtisaari, whose name was selected from a list of 197 nominees, told a Finnish television station that he was “very pleased and grateful” at receiving the prize, which is worth $1.4 million and is to be awarded in a ceremony in Oslo on Dec. 10.

“I hope this will bring positive attention to Finland, and that it tells about our society and what is important to us,” he said.

Mr. Ahtisaari was born in Viipuri, Finland, which is now part of Russia, in 1937. Multilingual — he speaks English, French, German and Swedish, as well as Finnish — he worked as a primary school teacher before becoming a diplomat in 1965, focusing on international development and then becoming the Finnish ambassador to Tanzania.

He worked as United Nations commissioner for Namibia from 1977 to 1981 and served on and off in the region through 1991. As the special representative in charge of the United Nations Transition Assistance Group, or Untag, he helped smooth along Namibia’s transition to independence.

For his efforts, Mr. Ahtisaari was named an honorary citizen of Namibia and was honored in South Africa for “his outstanding achievement as a diplomat and commitment to the cause of freedom in Africa and peace in the world.”

Mr. Ahtisaari also served as president of Finland from 1994 to 2000.

Nobel Peace Prizes have been won in recent years by people whose work is less traditionally peacemaking, but can be seen to have broadly contributed to world peace.

Recent prizes have also gone to a Kenyan environmentalist, Wangari Maathai, and to the Bangladeshi “banker to the poor,” Muhammad Yunus.

Stein Toennesson, director of International Peace Research Institute in Oslo, praised the decision to return to a more traditional candidate.

“It’s important to make clear to the world that this prize is a peace prize and not just a prize for doing good,” Mr. Toennesson said. “For several years the committee has widened the prize. They have not always provided a good enough justification for doing it, and they’ve done it too often.”

When he was a child, Mr. Ahtisaari’s home region was swallowed by the Soviet Union, and he and his family had to move from place to place before finally settling in a strange community. He said that experience had given him a lifelong sympathy for the “eternally displaced” and a “desire to advance peace and thus help others who have gone through similar experiences.”

In an interview on Friday that was published on the Nobel Foundation’s Web site, Mr. Ahtisaari said that the international community should not allow conflicts “to become frozen” or intractable.

“Every conflict can be solved,” he said.


Reporting was contributed by Walter Gibbs from Oslo, Alan Cowell from Paris, Johanna Lemola from Helsinki, Finland, and Celia Dugger from Johannesburg.

Gay Marriage Legal in Connecticut - Oct 2008

The Article in NYT

Bush Administration and the Swiss

Here is the predictable line in this obvious pattern and transparent strategy:

"WASHINGTON – News that the Bush administration is considering taking part ownership in a number of U.S. banks...

The joke:

"helped restore a relative calm over global financial markets Thursday."

No need to type another word.

The only two important lines that were within paragraph after paragraph of numbers and nonsense reported by Martin Crutsinger and Jeannine Aversa
AP economics writers, along with contributions made by writers Joe Bel Bruno and Anne D'Innocenzio of the Associated Press in New York, AP writer Christopher S. Rugaber in Washington, and Pan Pylas in London...are right there, above.

SIFT. Love the sift.

: : Angie Seegers : :

Saturday Night Live / Full (SNL) Versions - Amusement

Have you ever seen someone shout out campaign phrases and four different topics as a response to ONE question? (*If you are short on time, cue it up to the half way mark at 3:00minutes.) Watch as Tina Fey & Amy Poehler illustrate on Saturday Night Live >>

Federal Reserve(d) - Who is Bailing out Whom?

Our treasury receives 700billion and it rightfully has angered people. Wall Street stays paved with gold, comparatively speaking, in relation to the side streets we live on about to become nothing but potholes and collapsing overpasses. Numbers really never add up. Printed versus what is actual - always an astronomical difference.

WE ARE BAILING OUT BANKS, PERIOD.

The following is merely a breakdown not for those that are in the know, but
those that have no idea the corruption of Wall Street or knowledge of how trillions of dollars that do not exist are lent. So please excuse me in advance if the information seems oversimplified. It is the purpose, for now.

PROBLEM NUMBER ONE--CONGRESS IS NOT AWARE:
There is no actual money in said Federal Reserve. This is reminiscent of Enron's numbers and fake profits that drove the stock up in such absurd ways you would think all of America simply knew everything was amiss, not just something, everything. Wall Street was bigger than Gray Davis as well. Look into it. Reasearch the cause of rolling blackouts in California. He was to blame in the eyes of the public. Information delivered to the public encased around witticisms and finger pointing can bring one man down, but to not grasp the bits to retain and piece together is a common shame.

Getting back on track THERE IS NO ACTUAL MONEY IN THE FEDERAL RESERVE. Here we begin the invention of available funds. The money supply, invisible money that is, is referred to as BANK CHARTER (money as debt-the borrower's pledge of debt), this MonopolyGame money shall increase, invisible increasing of course, while the economy...increaseth not. The value of every dollar is now less. It is as INFLATED as the processed foods Americans consume. The value stripped. Inflation is detrimental taxing. To state what is generally known is to say that now China benefits.

TRANSLATION:
The, not actually FEDERAL (yes, true), Federal Reserve, less the reserve, has just learned the pin number to access your savings account. Thanks for your hard work. Kinda tricky --- That thinly veiled $700Billion in air-dollars to Wall Street is air-pocket-change allowing an enormity of theft. Speaking of which, it was pulled out of thin air as being a number that they just wanted to be a "big" one, and that's to quote. Placate this.

PROBLEM NUMBER TWO--THE ACTUAL NUMBERS IN ONE WEEK--TRILLIONS:
Round up from over one and a half trillion dollars and one can call it the last week of September's Sweet Two Trillion in loans from America's central bank, "Federal Reserve", to Wall Street. Champagne? Yes, thank you. Pork is the new caviar.

PROBLEM NUMBER TWO CONTINUED--The forgotten PENTAGON TRILLIONS:
There is 2.3 trillion the Pentagon left in their other wallet. They can't find it. It's misplaced? Oh good one. That equates to a generous donation, just this Pentagon issue, of 10 grand by every living body, including infants, in our country.
Side Note: I look at information as a predictable pattern. In my not so terribly long life I am still able to see a pattern of burning paper trails at any expense. In terms of this missing money, I am only going to type the name Rumsfeld here, and if you are unaware of all the coincidences with tragedies and paper trails, I cannot take that on, but take note. Not to say he engineered the doings, but the association will help you find the events. He was often in the hot seat with the mic when these more recent occurrences in history transpired, things to not even put under a microscope or deliberate over as the facts available solidify the matters supposedly in question.

Q: Being that it is October...Opportune Headlines anyone? What I mean >>

PROBLEM NUMBER THREE, NOT KIDDING, $$$ONE QUADRILLION$$$ - DERIVATIVES
The term derivatives is basically leveraging out the same assets hundreds of times over, creating fictional wealth.
The reality is that all assets of we humans in every country in the world combined is an estimated 100Trillion. This is not liquid worth, this is asset worth. We should not be tricked into believing we have ten times more, the world combined, or we are in severe trouble to say the very least on the matter. We could potentially make the worst kind of history, surpassing the very Black Tuesday in October of 1929.

: : Angie Seegers : :

Renoir Nude Recovered

The Renoir recovered this week by Italian police was taken from a restorer's lab 33 years ago.

A late canvas by Pierre-Auguste Renoir entitled Female Nude was identified by the daughter of the original owner. She had thrown a ball and hit it by accident in her childhood which produced a mark she remembered, one not from the spanking most likely rendered after confessing or pointing out this indentation either.

Renoir was a passionate painter who painted with brushes tied to his WRISTS once the rheumatoid arthritis disabled his hands. A studio visitor inspired a beautiful quote by angering Renoir commenting on his "bravery" in regard to working in such condition. Renoir, although I cannot give you the same delivery, is quoted as responding with, "One does not paint with one's hands." : : Angie Seegers : :

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Image credit:

Pierre-Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919)
Female Nude, ca. 1918 (?)
Oil on canvas
35 x 45 cm
Private Collection, Milan

Human Blood Doners Passe

An endless supply of blood, including the rare AB-negative, can be derrived from embryonic stem cells. Harvesting is controversial, yet done once acorrding to lead researcher Robert Lanza. "The beautiful thing is that you start with one line, expand them indefinitely, and generate as many as you want," Lanza made clear.

Scientists used a four-step, and rather complex, process that turned stem cells into red blood cells capable of carrying as much oxygen as normal blood. "We literally generated whole tubes in the lab, from scratch," Lanza said.

Hospitals and blood banks will have an ample supply from labs opposed to human donors, if this can be duplicated in a cost-effective manner. : : Angie Seegers : :

Recognizing the Loss - Paul Newman

Today I was saddened, quite so, to read of Paul Newman's death and wanted to take a moment to understand why that may be, having never met the man.

Since childhood, I was able to thoroughly enjoy him grow on screen, in films, decades of films that I pride on sharing with my children. They noticed he enjoyed working with cinematographer Conrad Hall on their very own, my sweet, artistically inclined children, always participating and pointing out the masterful transitions from scene to scene. They were able to discern that artists form alliances that are life-long.

To witness someone respect their craft is essential when considering how to spend your time. I make a point of living a life in which I select the way to pass moments, and Paul Newman grabbed more than a series.

My commending makes not a difference--but the way I feel has possibilities. Something may come of what research will be done in regard to his life. There is loss and appreciation. The way to honor someone is to know them better. I will take more time for this man, and see what he was doing with his time here.

I will miss his contributions as an individual once among us, who strived in every way that he could. A man aware that people are in need. Influential, reasonable, generous with thought, provocative, and pro-active. An honest humanitarian. The tending to necessary philanthropic activities, the breadth of his knowledge, being the solution, and his personal endeavors and concerns outside of his creative realm say much.

____: : Angie Seegers : :____

In case you have never come across this bit of humor:
Paul Newman considered his performance in the costume epic "The Silver Chalice" to be so poor that he took out a full-page ad in "Variety" apologizing to anyone who might have seen it.

His 65+ Films - 38 videos - an extensive list of not so trivial trivia - and 343 photographs to date can be found under his BIO, and by searching his name HERE >> http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000056/bio

The following is well done, from The New York Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/09/27/movies/20080927_NEWMAN_AUDIOSS/index.html

Selective Reasoning

Palin is convincingly blind to the fact she is present only to identify with the laymen, and merely being used for her possession of a valuable commodity - a family strategically poised to facilitate the movement of oil.


Has Palin not considered exactly how this has transpired with such rapidity? This is not recognition. This is the older, wiser, and far more corrupt finding the perfect pawn yet again.
By definition-the weakest and most numerous. (*Those that follow in-tow.)

One can see the cracks forming. The sleep is being lost, the tears are falling, and Palin is at risk of that familiar far fall, cracking as easily as the others we hurt in the media. It is becoming increasingly apparent, or rather, transparent, that she has a taste for this game, yet is completely unaware of her role within, on a larger scale.

Not exuding any sign of being a mental giant or that she earned a position to be in charge of, much of anything - it is safe to say that a great portion of American individuals are welcoming the expedient exit of an overt enunciator. : : Angie Seegers : :

Palin - Victims further Victimized

Not being one to post traumatizing images of people covered in body-length bruises to illustrate a point, the following information needs consideration. Speaking of which, so do the victims of violent acts who are brave enough to come forth.

My apologies go out with much sincerity to anyone who has been through further insult and undue stress by being charged to investigate a crime committed against them. Even receiving such a bill would have a derogatory mental impact, and I find this unreal, and inexcusable.

Four years after Sarah Palin became mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, the small town saved tax money at the exchange of a beating heart replaced by a blackened puck, and began billing sexual-assault victims for rape kits and forensic exams.

In 1994, Democratic vice-presidential nominee, Senator Joseph Biden, drafted the Violence Against Women Act. Provisions were made to ensure that states charging rape victims for kits, supplies, and exams would be made ineligible for federal grant money.

Senator John Sidney McCain III,(*born August 29, 1936), Republican presidential nominee who has chosen said former Mayor to be the Republican vice-presidential nominee , voted against the initiative. Every year the act is renewed, his name is not listed as a co-sponsor. The co-sponsors list is extensive for obvious reasons. Blatantly so those reasons go if you comprehend fundamentals. Systems and individuals that operate effectively require this.

Alaska’s State Legislature approved a bill in 2000 to stop it. Palin was mayor of Wasilla, Alaska from 1996 to 2002. Common beliefs these running mates hold, which in and of themselves hold a vast majority in disbelief.

Tony Knowles, Alaska’s governor at that time stated,“We would never bill the victim of a burglary for fingerprinting and photographing the crime scene, or for the cost of gathering other evidence. “Nor should we bill rape victims just because the crime scene happens to be their bodies.”

The grandiloquent language, "We love Alaska. We love Americans and the working class," translates into rather, by actions alone forgetting the emptiness of the phrases, the usual acquisition of money and want of a reputation in the political arena for lowering taxes, but in this instance at the expense of the true responsibility of the job: The well-being of thousands of people, hopefully never millions. A decision maker, a voice of, and for, the people. How to take care of citizens as Mayor then, lies clearly in question. Agendas taking precedence, nothing new or riveting, no revelation.

Neglect on a human level, for the residents of a small area is...the terms that come to mind presently should not be typed out.

The question to ask here is how irresponsibility with position would effect the masses, and for just how many years. How long would it take before the solution, coming from a finely tuned mind, or even one with some functionality, mere common sense, would come and reverse, possibly, irreparable damage?

The courtesy of footing the bill would have cost the city between $5,000 and $14,000 a year, and, at the minimum, be covered as every Alaskan gets a check from the state government, annually, containing their portion of yearly oil revenues. Think in terms of the $2,000 range. The money exists.

Mother of our country?---Emancipation Proclamation takes on new meaning. : : Angie Seegers : :