Financial Reform

Maybe it's because he's actually been doing his job:

"There's a reason they want me out," Miller said. "I've been a pretty effective advocate too." If I needed proof, he said, I should ask Warren.

The next day, I did ask, and Warren responded with a wholehearted endorsement: "Brad has a long and deep history" with banking and consumer-protection issues, she declared, and "sees the side that families live back home."

Which (of course) scares the bejesus out of the moneylenders in the temple:

Professor Reich talking about the status of financial reform in America: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS9zDhBO8Ss&feature=player_embedded

Dr. Reich - "Save Our Schools Now"!: http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv...

I'll see you on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/mebadgett

I don't like being lied to. I believe when you get right down to it unless someone is complimenting your haircut or convincing you that those sunglasses don't look ridiculous, nobody enjoys being lied to. As such, it's easy for someone to get incensed by a shameless display of dishonesty such as those recently spouted by the leaders of the grand old party in North Carolina, and such a response would not be unreasonable. In fact it's become alarming how quickly Republicans in North Carolina are willing to break the glass and pull out the tattered playbook entitled "complete fabrications" whenever they feel threatened.

Yesterday, about 20 members of the conservative group Americans for Prosperity -- with nearly as many members of the media in tow -- gathered in downtown Durham, North Carolina to protest "Wall Street corruption" and the financial reform bill now moving through Congress.

Why Durham? Because it's home to the Center for Responsible Lending, a consumer advocacy group that has pushed for tougher banking rules.

As Secretary of State in North Carolina, one of my duties is overseeing investment securities in the state. We are responsible for protecting investors by investigating people who offer securities and the securities themselves. Unfortunately, in recent years, we have been busier than I would like to be.

This Friday afternoon in downtown Charlotte, please join hundreds of faith leaders, advocates for social justice, students, and progressive activists from across the southeast to demand REAL financial reform.

One of the reasons why America has evolved into the most powerful and influential nation in the world is our ability to adapt. When someone knocks our feet out from under us, we don't just lay there and pout. We get back up, dust ourselves off, and then take steps to make sure that that someone will never be able to knock us down again. Well, the bankers have knocked our feet out from under not only us, but the rest of the world as well, and if we don't stand up now and fix their wagon, they'll keep knocking us down through their recklessness until we'll no longer have the strength to stand anymore.