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In the face of the worst economic upheaval since the Great Depression, millions of Americans are hurting. "The Decline: The Geography of a Recession," as created by labor writer LaToya Egwuekwe, serves as a vivid representation of just how much. Watch the deteriorating transformation of the U.S. economy from January 2007 -- approximately one year before the start of the recession -- to the most recent unemployment data available today. <BR/><BR/>Original link: <a href="http://www.latoyaegwuekwe.com/geographyofarecession.html" target="_blank">www.latoyaegwuekwe.com/geographyofarecession.html</a> <BR/><BR/>For more information, email: <a href="mailto:latoya.egwuekwe@yahoo.com" target="_blank">latoya.egwuekwe@yahoo.com</a></P> <DIV ALIGN="CENTER" STYLE="WIDTH: 645px; padding-top: 30px; font-size: 10.5pt; color: rgb(13,13,130); font-family: Consolas; font-weight: BOLD; TEXT-ALIGN: left;"> <BR/><span style="font-size: 11pt"><BR/></span> <P ALIGN=CENTER><h3>Greatest Depression in California: People Begin Living Without Electricity and Water</h3></P> <BR/><span style="font-size: 11pt"><BR/></span> <P ALIGN=CENTER><object width="640" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/sHQXU9Kzgr8&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/sHQXU9Kzgr8&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xd0d0d0&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="640" height="385"></embed></object></p> <BR/><span style="font-size: 11pt"><BR/></span> <P ALIGN=CENTER><h4 style="text-align: center;">WATCH ON YOUTUBE | July 26, 2010 &nbsp;<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHQXU9Kzgr8&featu" target="_blank">george4title</a></h4></P> </DIV> <BR/><span style="font-size: 11pt"><br></span> <DIV ALIGN="CENTER" STYLE="width: 645px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(13,26,128); font-family: Consolas; font-weight: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left; padding-left: 15px;"> <P><h3>People Begin Living without Electricity and water in California</h3></P> <P>I couldn't find statistics for local utility shut offs in my area, but I knew we would start to see more and more of this.</P> <P>Houses everywhere are going vacant. People don't say goodbye, they don't leave a number, they just disappear. With their disappearance we add another vacant house to the street. But families living in housing without utilities is a new sight for me to behold. I spoke recently with a rep from So Cal Edison who, full time contacts residence who have had their electricity turned off due to non payment. She has a negotiator sent in and they work on a reduced payment. It's amazing to me, that now, it is becoming acceptable in California to camp out in your home.</P> <P>People are losing their homes, losing their cars and losing their dignity. How are we going to afford kids clothes and school supplies for the coming year? How can we expect families to pay for all these additional costs when the economy is in the shape it in. I ask myself this everyday.</P> <BR/><span style="font-size: 11pt"><br></span> <h3>Requests for help paying utility bills surge upward</h3> <P><a href="http://www.gazette.com/articles/upward-101773-light-aren.html" target="_blank">http://www.gazette.com/articles/upwar...</a> </P> <P><a href="http://www.gazette.com/articles/upward-101773-light-aren.html#slComments" target="_blank">Comments 19</a> | July 19, 2010 6:20 PM</P> <P>Light switches, furnaces and water faucets aren't the typical gauges of economic health, but at Pikes Peak United Way's 2-1-1 call center, they tell a tale of people who continue to struggle to pay their bills in a weak economy.</P> <P>According to a report released Monday by the 2-1-1 Information and Referral Hotline, requests for utility bill assistance in the fiscal year ending June 30 jumped 20 percent from the previous year, outstripping requests for help with food and rent.</P> <P>"That's by far the biggest spike in looking at data year-to-year," said 2-1-1 Center Manager Jessica Johnson-Simmons. "I would guess it would have something to do with recent utility hikes that have gone into effect, but it's also a case of clients just getting too overwhelmed with their...</P> <P><a href="http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009/05/these_days_washing_the_dishes.html" target="_blank">http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2009...</a> <BR/>I feel horrible; I know my kids must feel horrible," said Maria Schultheis, who lives in the house with her husband and twin teenage sons. "I'm humiliated because I never had to live like this."</P> <P>The town water department shut off the Schultheises' water about a month ago after the family fell behind on payments on a $1,700 overdue bill. John Schultheis -- a computer programmer who has been out of work for three years -- watched in disbelief as town workers turned off the water valve near the curb of his three-bedroom bungalow in a quiet middle-class neighborhood in the Lake Hiawatha section of Parsippany.</P> <P>As the recession continues, utility companies say a growing number of New Jerseyans are falling behind on their electric, gas and water bills. For many, a flood of emergency funding in state and federal aid programs -- coupled with a state-imposed moratorium on utility shut-offs during the winter months -- has helped keep the lights on and the water flowing over the last few months.</P> <P>But, with much of the state money gone and the winter moratorium ended, utility officials say more and more families like the Schultheises may be losing their electricity, gas or water service in the coming months.</P> <P>"I do expect shut-off activity to increase the second part of the year," said Victor Viscomi, PSE&G's director of billing and revenue operations. "Some of the emergency-payment assistance money is drying up."</P> <P>PSE&G, the state's largest utility, has seen a 10 percent increase in families behind on their payments, compared with this time last year, Viscomi said. Many of those are households that had never had a late payment until now.</P> <BR><BR> </DIV> </center> <p style="float: right; width: 385px; margin: 30px -30px -20px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: center; font-size: 12pt; color: #aa3366; font-weight: normal; font-size: 13.5px; font-family:'Lucida Sans Unicode'; font-style: none; font-variant:normal;"> <strong>~&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="#top">top</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href="#" onclick="window.close ()">close</a>&nbsp;|&nbsp; <script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/widget/?tabs=web%2Cpost%2Cemail&amp;charset=utf-8&amp;style=default&amp;publisher=28aecead-b959-482d-9c99-5e0a77ccd9f0"></script><b>&nbsp;|&nbsp;~</p><BR>&nbsp;<BR/><BR/> <BR/><span style="font-size: 11pt"><BR/></span> <BR/><span style="font-size: 11pt"><BR/></span> </td> </tr> </table> <BR><span style="font-size: 8px; color: rgb(26,52,156); font-family: Kartika; line-height: 100%;"><BR></span> <BR><span style="font-size: 8px; color: rgb(26,52,156); font-family: Kartika; line-height: 100%;"><BR></span> <table align="center" width="100%" border="4" bgcolor="#afafaf" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px;" bordercolor="#133388" cellspacing="30" cellpadding="20" /> <td width="45%" align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#dfdfdf"> <div align="center" style="margin: 20px 0px 20px;"> <object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JVAhr4hZDJE&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JVAhr4hZDJE&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en_US&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><BR/> <P style="align:center; margin: 20px 40px 0px; font-size: x-small; color:rgb(13,26,128); font-family: Consolas; font-weight:bold;">We are willing to act on faith over experience for a while, but we are not fools. 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Subjugation is not the change we want, or will accept.</P></div> </td> <td width="45%" align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#dfdfdf"> <div align="center" style="margin: 20px 0px 20px;"> <object width="480" height="385"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/b8ZuQndRLTU&hl=en_US&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/b8ZuQndRLTU&hl=en_US&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="385"></embed></object> <BR/><span style="font-size: 8px; color: rgb(26,52,156); font-family: Kartika; line-height: 100%;"><BR/></span> <BR/><span style="font-size: 8px; color: rgb(26,52,156); font-family: Kartika; line-height: 100%;"><BR/></span> <P style="align:center; margin: 0px 40px 0px; font-size: x-small; color:rgb(13,26,128); font-family: Consolas; font-weight:bold;">Source: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/b8ZuQndRLTU&hl=en_US&fs=1&" target="_blank">Journalist Helen Thomas Questions President Bush "Why did you want to goto war with Iraq?"</a> <BR/></P></div> </td></tr></table> <BR><span style="font-size: 8px; color: rgb(26,52,156); font-family: Kartika; line-height: 100%;"><BR></span> <BR><span style="font-size: 8px; color: rgb(26,52,156); font-family: Kartika; line-height: 100%;"><BR></span> <table align="center" width="100%" border="4" bgcolor="#afafaf" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px;" bordercolor="#133388" cellspacing="30" cellpadding="20" /> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#dfdfdf"> <BR><span style="font-size: 8px; color: rgb(26,52,156); font-family: Kartika; line-height: 100%;"><BR></span> <DIV ALIGN="CENTER" STYLE="width: 545px; text-align: left; FONT-SIZE: 13.5PX; color: rgb(13,39,130); FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: 550; text-align:justify;"> <center><h3>New Gettysburg Address</h4></center> <BR><span style="font-size: 8px; color: rgb(26,52,156); font-family: Kartika; line-height: 100%;"><BR></span> Eleven score and fourteen years ago out forefathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. <BR/><BR/> Now we are engaged in a great power war, testing whether that nation, or any nation, so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure under the control of today's political leaders who are more concerned with their personal power than the rights and lives of the people they swore to serve and protect. <BR/><BR/> The time has come to replace these leaders, or any leaders, who have forgotten the dreams of our forefathers, and the dreams of the people, with leaders who are truly dedicated to the principles of our forefathers so those who have given their lives trying to protect these principals shall not have died in vain. </DIV> <BR><span style="font-size: 8px; color: rgb(26,52,156); font-family: Kartika; line-height: 100%;"><BR></span> <BR><span style="font-size: 8px; color: rgb(26,52,156); font-family: Kartika; line-height: 100%;"><BR></span> <DIV ALIGN="CENTER" STYLE="width: 525px; text-align: left; FONT-SIZE: 13.5PX; color: rgb(13,39,130); FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: 550;"> <p style="text-align:center;"><b>~&nbsp;|&nbsp;</b><a href="#top">top</a><b>&nbsp;|&nbsp;</b><a href="#" onclick="window.close ()">close</a><b>&nbsp;|&nbsp;</b><script type="text/javascript" src="http://w.sharethis.com/widget/?tabs=web%2Cpost%2Cemail&amp;charset=utf-8&amp;style=default&amp;publisher=28aecead-b959-482d-9c99-5e0a77ccd9f0"></script><b>&nbsp;|&nbsp;~</p> </DIV> <span style="font-size: 8px; color: rgb(26,52,156); font-family: Kartika; line-height: 100%;"><br></span> <span style="font-size: 8px; color: rgb(26,52,156); font-family: Kartika; line-height: 100%;"><br></span> <span style="font-size: 8px; color: rgb(26,52,156); font-family: Kartika; line-height: 100%;"><br></span> </td> </tr> </table> <BR/><span style="font-size: 8px; color: rgb(26,52,156); font-family: Kartika; line-height: 100%;"><BR/></span> <BR/><span style="font-size: 8px; color: rgb(26,52,156); font-family: Kartika; line-height: 100%;"><BR/></span> <table align="center" width="100%" border="4" bgcolor="#afafaf" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px;" bordercolor="#133388" cellspacing="30" cellpadding="20" /> <tr> <td align="center" bgcolor="#dfdfdf"> <HR WIDTH="100%" ALIGN="center" SIZE="3" COLOR="rgb(168,158,148)"/> <DIV ALIGN="CENTER" STYLE="width: 100%; text-align: left; FONT-SIZE: 13.5PX; color: rgb(13,39,130); FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; FONT-WEIGHT: 550;"> <P style="margin: 0px 0px 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: justify; font-size: 12px; color: #306090; font-family: 'Candara','Consolas','Lucida Sans Unicode'; font-weight: bold; font-style: none; font-variant: normal;"><u>FAIR USE NOTICE:</u>&nbsp;In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. 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For the first time in any of our lives we have found ourselves in a Constitutional crisis. Since the beginning of our great Country there have been many attempts made at amending the Constitution. The framers of our founding document realized that, for its meaning to stay intact, there could never be changes made to it. It was made clear by the language in it, that there were to be no amendments made to the Constitution of the United States of America. To do so would erode its guarantees that we as a people would remain free and self determining, that regardless of social status, no one person could impose his will on another person in relation to that person's inalienable rights for the pursuit of happiness. As long as that person obeyed the laws of society, he was guaranteed certain inalienable rights. The framers knew that to change one part of it, would affect its structure as a whole. Like a Spider Web, to cut one strand would compromise the integrity of the web as a whole.</P> <P STYLE="margin-top: 20px;"> Now, as a political party, we are facing a similar crisis. The conservative ideal, the principals that unite us as a whole, are having our connecting fiber cut along the lines of ideological divides. We have extreme right wing Republicans favoring their one size fits all approach, no room for deviance from the party line, battling moderate Republicans (Rino's) who are willing to sell their soul for power and money, and who are willing to cut a deal with the Devil. Who are in turn in conflict with Independent and just barely right of center independents or centrists depending where you draw the line on being a conservative, who want an end to the business as usual. I am not saying we don t all want an end to business as usual, all I know is neither party has helped get us out of this mess. It is almost like they are joined at the hip. There are far too many deals being cut that leave us tax payers holding the bill. There is too much Pork on both sides of the isle and it seems no one is truly looking out for us, the tax payer. There is no doubt that a Conservative s ideals are; Pro life, less taxes, less Government is better Government, Government out of our lives, The Government has no wealth, only our wealth, Christian based faith, Pro business.</P> <p style="float: right; padding: 5px 0px 0px 20px;"> <embed wmode="opaque" src="http://static.ning.com/socialnetworkmain/widgets/index/swf/badge.swf?v=201001071217" FlashVars="backgroundColor=0xCCCCCC&textColor=0xFFFFFF&config=http%3A%2F%2Fnwwnews.ning.com%2Fmain%2Fbadge%2FshowPlayerConfig%3Fxg_source%3Dbadge%26size%3Dmedium" width="206" height="174" bgColor="#CCCCCC" scale="noscale" allowScriptAccess="always" allowFullScreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"/> </embed><br /><small><a href="http://nwwnews.ning.com">Visit <em>NWW News</em></a></small><br /></p> <P STYLE="margin-top: 20px;"> The Constitution of the United States of America is a perfect document when left unchanged, desecrated if changed, that we as a people have a right and an obligation to defend the Constitution of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign or domestic (Today s Politicians). The list is long, but there is no mistaking our differences with Utopian and Progressive based Liberals who believe your money is their money, that the Government is wealthy. That is where we must all unite at once, we must save our ideological differences of party for another day and defeat this great Politically Correct Devil that will consume our wealth and freedoms and render us slaves to a Godless society. We can t afford to worry about where to dig the well as our Country's framework burns. The conservative tent must be all inclusive, Just as hard core Republicans do not have the numbers to defeat the libs, neither do the moderates nor Independents alone have the numbers. We must put our differences aside and come together as Conservatives; business as usual must end now, and we need an overwhelming show of force, an unmistakable mandate and new politicians with a spine. 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