27 Final Thoughts About The 2016 Election

Hello readers of Real Heavy Politics...I have a feeling RHP might be re-cranking up based on the movement in the streets...but we will see. Today..once again..I bring to you a recent article I wrote for my blog at Steemit (with a  - slightly longer title and with pictures too) - and that I've condensed below for you...visit my link above for the full effect.
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27 Final Thoughts About The 2016 Election - And, What It Takes And Doesn't Take, To Be President

Interestingly, It's What Doesn't Matter, With The Most Attributes, Since

Having The Most Votes Doesn't Matter
Having The Largest Ground-game, Most Money And Most Ad Spending Doesn't Matter
Being The Most Despised Doesn't Matter
Bragging About Sexual Assault Doesn't Matter
Not Releasing Tax Returns Doesn't Matter
Not Having Military Or Political Experience Doesn't Matter
Being Of The Born Again Religious Right Doesn't Matter
Using Billion Dollar Tax Breaks Doesn't Matter
Encouraging Assaults On Dissenters Doesn't Matter
Spewing Conspiracy Theories Doesn't Matter

Suggestions About Penalties For Abortion Seeking Women Doesn't Matter
Suggestions About Genital Size Doesn't Matter

Suggestions About Banning Or Intimidating Members Of A Religion Doesn't Matter

Representing And Speaking Of A United Diverse Country Doesn't Matter
Representing And Speaking For Women Advancement Doesn't Matter
Representing Political Experience Doesn't Matter

However

Closed System Old Guard Super Delegate Political Cronyism - Does Matter

Representing The Same Old Same Old - Does Matter

Getting Rich From The Politically Connected - Does Matter

Tiredness Of Family Brand Name Politics - Does Matter

No Plan And Not Even Acknowledging America's Living Standard Decline - Does Matter
Calling Half Of The America You Wish To Represent Despicable - Does Matter

Suggesting Continually That America Is Full Of Racists - Does Matter
Voting For Unpopular Wars - Does Matter

And, Finally, When You Combine All Of The Above, With Our Mainstream Media That Follows The Rules Of The Two Major Political Machines - You Get

The Ignoring Of National Polls Wanting Inclusion Of Third Parties In Debates

The Ignoring Of Third Party Candidates And Their Positioned Ideas

And, Lastly - The Unsettling Conclusion

By Ignoring The Will Of The Populace For More Candidates And More Ideas - We All Got - The Willful SUPPRESSION Of The Vote

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The "MISSING VOTES" - Of Trumps Post Election Conspiracy

Hello readers (one of which had over 100 page views this week) - thanks for your support during the end of the Obama administration. Below I bring to REAL HEAVY POLITICS - what could be the BIG story in less than two weeks. Real conspiracy stuff from the actions of everyday folks. I wrote this up on my Steemit Account a few days ago - it needs this wider audience.
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Heads Up America! Leaving Your Vote For President BLANK - Might Jump Start Trump's MISSING VOTES Conspiracy Theory When He Loses

With one Republican after another suggesting that they will NOT vote for Trump - and WON'T vote for Clinton - and that they will leave their ballot blank for President - will they be feeding into the political "rigged election" rhetoric of Trump; especially since the media never reports NON VOTES. For example, in races with unopposed candidates, do you really believe that the sole candidate running - usually the incumbent - gets 100% of the votes of voters who enter the ballot booth? Of course not - but that is how the MSM always reports it. Suddenly in this election, I predict that - we will all be looking and thinking about the total number of voters - compared to the total votes cast for President.

But - this time - those non votes may really matter to the final narrative in the US Presidential election - especially with Hillary too as unpopular as she is - the additional factor in boosting the now to be expected number of blank votes - especially with Republicans. Trump will likely seize on the idea of "where are my votes", from normal Republican voting locations, in such and such normally Republican county or city or state. It will be AS IF the ballots, the votes, are literally missing. He will probably then suggest that the votes could have been "removed" by tampering with the software of the election ballot machines. This will be an especially persuasive argument in areas without a paper ballot backup system.

Indeed, the "missing votes' theory may even be enhanced by an already expected depressed voter turnout compared to the 2008 election cycle - since nearly all of America is sick of this whole soap opera series called the 2016 election. Trump will argue "how can that be" (depressed voting numbers) with all the so-called interest in the debates - and at his large rallies. It will all seem "suspicious" to him - and he will boast of hearing some saying "they too believe it was rigged" - right down to the vote tally. It will all add up in the Trump camp and make strange conspiracy sense to those in denial of the Clinton outcome. This could all easily invoke post election outcomes we'd all rather not see.

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So - heads up America - your NON action this election - when inside the ballot box - could start an endless conspiracy theory.

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What If U.S. Cities Just Stopped Participating in the War on Drugs?

It's a worthy read of what one politician in Oregon was willing to say about how the city spends it's limited resources.... and that perhaps spending up to 1/2 the money that goes to `vice' on things like improving intersections which have a high pedestrian accident rate. Common Sense From Politicians? .... Don't worry, the article goes on to stress how nothing really is changing with the worthless elected leaders.
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Perhaps if the above happened, as a first step... then, stories like the one shared below - about losing faith in the system... would not be so prevalent in our society:

http://www.reddit.com/r/Drugs/comments/25gdyw/a_story_about_the_day_i_lost_faith_in_the_system/

Back in 2003 I was pulled out of my 8th grade English class and TOLD I was high. I wasn't and had never given them a reason to believe so. Supposedly somebody reported me as acting "lethargic" The principal, assistant principal, nurse, 2 police officers and a drug dog were brought into the office for my interrogation. They searched my pockets, backpack, locker, and even my cell phone. They did not find anything. They called my parents and told them I was high. Afterwards I was put in the room with 1 cop at a time while they played good cop/bad cop with me. I hadn't met either of these cops before but one would tell me how I used to be such a good kid while the other entered the room to tell me I was going to get addicted to drugs and be homeless. This went on for hours until eventually my dad came and pulled me out of school.

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And, just when you thought that you'd read about the most boondoggle idea yet for wasting taxpayers cash comes this.... yes the Pentagon has developed a plan to fight the Zombies..... CONOP 8888 ... (a CNBC link) - hey, when you HAVE to spend 500B a year.... you need to have some fun, right?
According to a report in Foreign Policy magazine, the Defense Department — with a 2014 budget of more than $500 billion—maintains a disaster preparation document called "CONOP 8888," which in fact is a zombie survival plan. It was developed to train commanders in the art of strategizing for a catastrophe.
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Living in an ATT world of branding police SWAT teams as the good guys - (along with busty blonde bimbos)

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The 8 Million Strong 'Main Core'?

It's to everyone's benefit that some folks put together the information like this -- even if it pulls the fear blanket behind it.... seems that in the Bush era that the big G developed a list of 8 million folks that just might need to be rounded up.... you know, those folks that just 'can't go along':
Wikipedia Says This About 'Main Core'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZIidVGVQ2I

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Huge Crap Pile Unloaded For Political Elite In France

Some protest methods are simply more visual:

The Story And Picture

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How large would the pile need to be in America to get the politicians attention?

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Unspeakable - Chemtrails And Economic Collapse (Best of The Heavy Stuff)

Radioactive Snow In St. Louis (Video Report)

BTW, the blog in St. Louis Source felt the need to put a ? at the end of their statement of fact. The comments at the video indicate the on-going concern of many citizen who seem to be monitoring the effects of the meltdown at Fukushima:


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20,000 Libertarians Needed In New Hampshire

I bring you this post to focus on an on-going movement to produce actual change within our American government - namely - the `free vote'. You see, smartly, a group of Libertarian minded folks are doing just that - DESPITE bitter reactions to losing the safe and sound political pat on back system currently in place of current New Hampshire residents - who view these folks as anarchists - correctly.

You know, doing dastardly things like using jury nullification in Pot prosecutions................ finally. Seriously, you will find in this article just how bitter folks will be if somehow someone like Rand Paul wins in 2016 --- they will literally be besides themselves. Anyway.... here's the `Free Staters' Article:  --- below, you can feel the love of those moving to NH to set at least ONE state FREE in some regard:
In the opinion of this Democrat, Free Staters are the single biggest threat the state is facing today.  There is, legally, nothing we can do to prevent them from moving here to take over the state, which is their openly stated goal.  In this country you can move anywhere you choose and they have that same right.  What we can do is to make the environment here so unwelcoming that some will choose not to come, and some may actually leave.  One way is to pass measures that will restrict the "freedoms" that they think they will find here.  Another is to shine the bright light of publicity on who they are and why they are coming. [...]
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UN To Fight First War - So Much For PeaceKeeping

It's always of interest how the MSM shows NO interest at all in the possible changing nature of our WORLD political body - don't you think? Seems backwater Africa would be a great place to begin - Don't You Think? - REAL Heavy Politics.

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Tobacco Speakeasy
Seems `rolling your own' is all the rage these days - you see - it's one way to AVOID the tax structure of Tobacco to a large extent.
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Moral Monday's Attendance And Arrests Soar - National MSM Totally Silent!
I assume fearing the re-start of the Occupy Movement.
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The Impossible Issue - The REAL HEAVY POLITICS of 3D Printable Guns!

ONLY the very heaviest REAL politics makes the pages of this website - and this qualifies. YOU need to study and be aware of the whole 3D printing phenomena that is coming.

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Pirate Bay Takes Over Printing Of 3D Guns - that is but not before over 100K were downloaded anyway before they were outlawed/nearly outlawed - by the government.
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Judge Orders Police To Return Pot

Contempt for law from our law enforcers? Really? Are they that beholden to the kickbacks from the `sold' `seized pot' that they have always done. (The abundance of stories of people busted for say 100 pounds of which 30 make it to the court are very common. -- next side revenue for the police and others in the distribution trade of alternative drug users.) Are they that beholden to the kickbacks from the prosecutors for bringing them `work'?

The case was in Washington State - yeah, the legal place - and the pot was taken from the Medical Marijuana Prescription holder from another location BEFORE the legalization. Yeah, a bit complicated. May 2nd Till We Have The Cops Violating More Rights.
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An Analysis of The Occupy Movement

Just as I said when I began my blog called The Heavy Stuff - (IF you are going to name a blog The Heavy Stuff, then you better deliver) - this man bills himself as a Philosopher and Storyteller. And this link, rich in detail, explores via his experiences within the movement, where it stands in April 2013.

It's a detailed read written by William Dudley Bass and is far from one-sided. You will also find much to ponder about too at this guys webpage - including UFO's and Paranormal stuff. So, consider this a Blogfind - William Dudley Bass - and worthy of the first post in RHP this year.
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OTHER READS ABOUT OWS
Occupy Nation: The Roots, the Spirit, and the Promise of Occupy Wall Street 

This Changes Everything: Occupy Wall Street and the 99% Movement

2006 IRS Estimate - 17% Of Taxes Not Paid - Over 400 Billion

Thanks for visiting RHP today. Yeah, RHP knows that plenty of real heavy politics has been going on - I've ranted mostly at Barf Stew about the hopelessness of our MSM covering a rigged event called the primaries. I may bring some of that to RHP in the new year; also, OWS was certainly worth a few posts in the fall one would have thought, right? But, alas, it was apparent early on that the MSM was about to `uncover' the movement before it even got going. That said, you may see more of that here too.

But, today, the focus will be on the beyond worthless system the government has set up to collect the revenue it spends while borrowing/printing the rest. Here's a tease of the CNBC post:
By either measure, the total of unpaid taxes in 2006 was larger than that fiscal year's budget deficit of $248 billion. Federal fiscal years begin in October of the previous year.

And, we're not even talking about the UNDERGROUND economy!
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Speaking of politics - here's a thought - if only 25% or so of folks consider themselves a Republican (Republinut) and only 25% of those folks support the MSM candidate Mitt Romney - doesn't that mean that only about 6% of all folks even remotely feel he is the `least objectionable'? What a system.
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The REAL HEAVY Politics of the Occupy Wall Street Movement

Frankly, I thought that the last post to RHP had already been made, as it has been almost a year since the last motivation to post anything. Reason? The election of 2010 - what a worthless outcome, again. The structure of the MSM's handling of anything of importance quite evident for decades - it was almost the end to this blog. Why continue to point out the obvious with no movement EVER by a bought and paid for MSM?

Then, two weeks ago yesterday, after being virtually ignored by the MSM for two weeks at that time, was the take over of the Brooklyn Bridge by the OWS (Occupy Wall Street) movement occurred. 700 arrests, and, for once, IMPOSSIBLE to ignore by the MSM. It was like they had been woke up from a multi decades long nap of nodding when TPTB (the powers that be) told them to report this or that `party line'.

After all, there was NO reason to cover any dissent about either of the wars BECAUSE BOTH `parties' were for BOTH wars. After all, there was no reason to cover any protests of the Drug War BECAUSE BOTH parties were for the WAR. The MSM had no reason to cover the handful protesting that wall street bankers should be in Jail - after all, BOTH parties were okay with NOT prosecuting. Etc, etc - to the point of adnauseum.

The MSM had literally forgotten HOW to cover dissent in America.

And, then the Brooklyn bridge incident and then the escalation into a permanent `movement' that is literally catching on, perhaps, worldwide. Certainly worth a reason to bring back a point of view on RHP - as I have been featuring the OWS movement on one of my other blogs Today's B.S. http://barfstew.blogspot.com/ (Barf Stew) since the Brooklyn Bridge incident.

TBS already foretold the run on the banks story several times Will Flash Mobs Be Used To Run The Banks? - Could OWS Cause A Run On The Banks? - in addition to the most dire of predictions yet made anywhere - Prediction - Will OWS Be Our Tienanmen Square? - you could say that I don't feel that this will lead to the most positive of outcomes. (With fingers crossed that I am wrong.)

Indeed, RHP returns with what could be the very tip of the OWS movement to END the big banks - holy crappola:


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Nearly Two-Thirds of Republicans Believe Obama Is a Socialist, Poll Says

To me, the way the media plays with terms like `socialist' is beyond disgusting - another poll designed to find out exactly what it wanted to `harp about'. http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/02/02/nearly-two-thirds-of-republicans-believe-obama-is-a-socialist-p/?icid=mainhtmlws-main-wdl2link7http%3A%2F%2F -- the sickest thing is the % who think Palin ---- hit the link to find out.

China Suspends Military Exchange Visits With US - http://www.aolnews.com/world/article/china-suspends-military-exchange-visits-with-us/19338418 The governments insistence to be the number one seller of weapons in the world may finally be having consequences.

Acquiring Shotguns - https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=8d3b076bd4de14bbda5aba699e80621d&tab=core&_cview=1&cck=1&au=&ck= And, why would the IRS suddenly be buying shotguns?

And, another man - marijuana user - gets beat to death by coward cops - this one is titled "Police beat man to death at DUI checkpoint"




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The Real Heavy Politics Of American Ufo Disclosure

Hello, welcome to Real Heavy Politics @ Blogspot - thanks for visiting. As some of you may know, I have a blog about UFO Disclosure and even another blog that talks about UFO's with some frequency. So, why would I use my Politics blog to re-hash this on-going issue? Well, because it may indeed by POLITICS that keeps this issue from the American people.

Now, as you may or not be aware - a number of countries have stepped forward in the last year or so and `released' `ufo information'. While many in the UFO camp heralded these moves as progress - a very strange thing also happened (or should I say didn't happen) each time. Indeed, each time a country released these so-called UFO files - NONE of the countries current leaders, such as Presidents - confirmed in any way the current existence or even past existence of `aliens'.

Additionally, almost all the reports had to do, literally, with Yesteryear -- reports that were decades and decades old. And, in all of the countries - other than a day or two - the news media let the matter drop. Indeed, the world media, other than the internet world - was suspiciously silent. Very suspiciously silent IMO. And, I wondered, could that silence be do to political pressure? What aspects of politics could decades old reports endanger?

Well, let me list some for you.

First on the Heavy Politics list would be -- the power of the military and the weakness of `Presidents'. As, for decades, the UFO `problem' has been quietly swept under the rug and out of the reach of `Presidents'. Presidents are to be concerned with the `people' and their `party' - no need to involve them in `esoteric WORLD events' that may or may not be a threat to a nations security. Indeed, most countries like to portray the President as `in charge' of the military and the National security. The ending of that illusion would indeed be `Heavy Politics.'

Next, as surmised by hundreds over the years - IF alien UFO's exist - and have visited or are visiting Earth -- many millions are concerned about the `religious belief structure' already in place and holding great comfort to perhaps Billions of humans. Religion is seen as `freedom' given by our political leaders to believe as we wish about creation, ethics and morals. IF Presidents `confirmed' such releases of UFO information with `certainty' - that could be seen to undermine that vital component of humanity. And, the ending of that illusion would again be `Heavy Politics'. (Politicians USE the religious for votes after all.)

Then, you have the whole issue of `truthfullness' - a characteristic almost all politicians claim to adhere too. And, if it was found that President after President after President - were liars; that too would be viewed as destroying any credibility that they may have left on other issues. And, it would be Heavy Politics for any President to have to travel down the `liar road' very far. Politicians being perceived as liars is not in the interest of politicians.

And, finally, you have what most likely would be the revealing of `secret military budgets' to deal with `the threat' of UFO's as perceived by the military. (Despite the Noble cause of `defending Earth'.) And, those `off budget billions' - citizen tax dollars - would be the final nail in the coffin as far as confidence in the government. Generating potential DISGUST with the political system as a whole.

Which is the reason - that Real Heavy Politics - will not allow real American UFO Disclosure. Indeed, watch the YouTube video below of President Obama about this very issue.



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Real Heavy Politics - Today's Links - July 28th

http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0725/p02s13-usgn.html From the article - "What I see as more significant [than race] is the phenomenon of persons being arrested who challenge the authority of police," says David Rudovsky, a senior fellow at the University of Pennsylvania Law School in Philadelphia. "It's street punishment."

China's hidden debt problem - http://money.cnn.com/2009/07/27/news/international/china_debt.reut/index.htm This information was news to me.

http://www.switched.com/2009/06/22/civilians-run-city-wide-surveillance-in-pennsylvania-town/ File this one under disturbing; I guess.

And, here's an incredible and cool YouTube - make sure to watch the whole thing.

America's Most Popular `News' `Journalists' - Jim Lehrer, Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart

Welcome to Real Heavy Politics:

Hello, welcome to Real Heavy Politics - thanks for your visit today. Several months ago - a new marketing research website was formed (out of another database of people participating in movie research - I will explain that some other time) and `screened' me to see if I had the qualifications to participate in an on-going sample (nearly daily I answer 3-5 questions) about `Politics'. The ultimate sample is composed of folks who exhibited some political knowledge (for example - I knew my Georgia State House Representative's Name) and a willingness to participate regularly.

And, one of the subjects they recent did covered Political Talking Heads ---- After the results are done (usually a few days) - they send the results to the participants and also put them on their webpage. So, today, I got the results of their first `Political Talking Heads' survey. (They `weight' the final sample to reflect the current American mix of Republicans, Democrats, and `Independents' - my category.)

Now, since I've done marketing research for decades myself, I'm always interested in what the results of ANY survey are - but, these are very interesting to anyone with an interest in politics or the talking heads themselves. For example, the favorite of Republicans are (in order): Glenn Beck, Hannity, Neal Cavuto, Mike Huckabee, and Bill O'Reilly -- Most Hated by Democrats: O'Reilly, Hannity, Beck, Geraldo Rivera, Mike Huckabee.

Likewise, the favorites of Democrats: John Stewart, Colbert, R.Maddow (I don't even know this name), Jim Lehrer, and Bill Moyers -- Most Hated by Republicans: Katie Couric, Bill Maher, Chris Matthews, Keith Olbermann, Larry King. Which means - Democrats hate who the Republicans like most -- but -- Republicans don't hate (as much) who Democrats like most.

Therefore, as usual, it's the independents - who matter the most - and, they like: Lehrer, Stewart, Brian Williams, Colbert, and (s) Schieffer (could this be Bob Scheiffer in a misprint?) -- and they hate most: Rivera, O'Reilly, Hannity, Larry King, and Katie Couric. And, other than Geraldo Rivera, the Independents are much more likely to `hate less' and `like less' -- than either the Republinuts or Democraps (sorry, I couldn't resist -- as you might be aware - I hate each party).

Finally, the poll shows how much each Talking Head's public perceptions have changed in the last month -- Up this month are Colbert and O'Reilly -- and down this month are Gretta Van Susteren and Charlie Gibson.

Here's the link for the graph used for this post: http://page.politicshome.com/usa/tracking_americas_talking_heads_july_2009.html

More links of interest:

The Eighteen Million Dollar Web Site. --- http://www.davehitt.com/blog2/the-eighteen-million-dollar-web-site/ This is how much it costs our bloated government to get a website up and running.

A homeless man in Georgia has been jailed for over a year for failure to pay child support for a kid. He is not the biological parent and the judge knew he wasn't the biological parent at the time he sent the man to jail. http://abovethelaw.com/2009/07/judge_of_the_day_only_if_you_r.php Our too full of itself Justice System.

Finally, enjoy Jesse Ventura - who appeared on CNN earlier this week:

Loan Modification VS Mailing The Keys To Bank

One of my favorite blogs about the housing crisis in California (with data similar in many markets) talks often about the homeowners who are Upside-Down on their mortgage: ie: owing more than the house is worth. And, for many home owners it isn't just `a little' upside-down -- it's to the tune of 100's of thousands of dollars. And, like most Americans - so far - they have tried to keep up with payments and to keep their homes.

But, what is the likely outcome of doing so? Well, this link http://housing-kaboom.blogspot.com/2009/06/loan-mod-vs-walking-away.html explains the problem in realistic terms that - for sure - your bank doesn't want you to hear, read, or think about. From this article:

"Family 1, has a 500k ARM and wants to do a loan mod. They get a mod locking the rate at 4% for 5 years. Payments are $2400 plus tax and insurance for a total of around $3000 per month. In 5 years they will have paid $144,000 with little of that being principal. At the end of five years they will still owe $452k and the payments will reset to 7% taking it to $3007/mo, plus tax and insurance for a total of roughly 3600/mo. At the end of 5 years, family # 1 is still $200k upside down, trapped and unable to sell, and unless their income rose they still might be facing foreclosure.Family #2 also has a $500k loan on a house worth $250k. They however choose to send the keys to the bank and move into a recently purchased foreclosure rental. They rent a similar home for $1800/mo. The net difference in total monthly payments between family 1 and family 2 is roughly $1200/mo. Family 2 saves this $1200/mo and after 5 years has $72k in the bank. After 5 years their credit is good and they can once again buy. They purchase a home similar to family one's home for $250k using 20% down (50K), they finance $200k at 7% for monthly payment of $1350 plus tax and insurance or roughly $1900/mo.After 5 years both families own similar homes:Family 1 owes $450k and has a payment of $3600/mo.Family 2 owes $200k and has a payment of $1900/mo. That's $1700/mo less and they owe $250k less on the home. If they were to apply that extra $1700 to their monthly payments they would pay off the home in about 7 years!!"

As he goes on in the article - this isn't even the worst case scenario - as prices could continue to slide even further. Now, shouldn't the Bank - the one who sold you a bill of goods that the house was `worth' the inflated amount take the hit - rather than yourself?

More links for today:

The website, Chikii.com, surveyed hundreds of women nationwide between the ages of 25 and 60 years old. Out of that group, 52% admitted to using marijuana at least ten times a year. 27% smoked between one and seven times a week. And 78% of those women knew someone who got high on a regular basis http://www.momlogic.com/2009/06/marijuana_mamas.php?adid=aolws_062609&icid=mainhtmlws-maindl3link5http%3A%2F%2Fwww.momlogic.com%2F2009%2F06%2Fmarijuana_mamas.php%3Fadid%3Daolws_062609 High Moms --- will female activists be the ones that finally turn the laws around?

Sine Wave Google Searches - http://cryptogon.com/?p=9526 A very interesting read about a search on Google Trends that turned out to look like a sine-wave -- problem is -- there is no reason it should look that way. Two minute read.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheeple Find out the origin of this political term.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_Shishou_riot OMG. Did you know that China has had some VERY recent - full scale - RIOTS? Could the reason you haven't heard of this is because THEY HAVE ALL OUR MONEY AND OUR GOVERNMENT IS IMPOTENT TO DO ANYTHING OR SAY ANYTHING?

http://theheavystuff.com/ My esoteric blog.

Real Heavy Politics - Today's Links

http://www.badscience.net/2009/06/this-is-my-column-this-is-my-column-on-drugs-any-questions/ Great article on how the government IGNORES the scientific evidence about drugs to `push' the drug agenda it has. Three minute read.

http://iliveinabox.com/marijuana-and-jury-nullification/ Marijuana and jury nullification - make sure to forward this to a friend.