Mosque Debate Becomes a Campaign Issue – I reminds me of the run-up to Kristallnacht – http://bit.ly/cFQmpI # Testifying on the Community Reinvestment Act in LA. Stay tines for more detail. #

Yesterday I delivered testimony, on behalf of Measured Outcomes and our clients, before a joint hearing of the bank regulators regarding how the new regulations requiered by the financial reform bill should be developed and implemented. Here is my verbal testimony followed by a file containing a much lengthier written submission. Testimony of Stephen Blakley Lead Consultant Measured Outcomes LLC

David Stockman (former Reagan budget chief) blames GOP fiscal policy for the financial meltdown and lack of recovery http://nyti.ms/bTFTeB # AMR ambulances are being used to promote nonprofits http://bit.ly/bo0hob # Judge Walker lifts Stay on Decision. Gay MArriages are once again legal in California # Sharron Angle in cynical show of prevarication reverses postion on Social Security – http://bit.ly/daoRv9 #

Greenspan on MTP today says that tax cuts do not generate revenue and should be allowed to expire. # Bernanke says economy still short of full recovery | Reuters http://bit.ly/aJdMgv # The Internet is for Facebook and FarmVille – msnbc.com http://bit.ly/a7U8s8 # BP's Gulf Oil Leak Ranks as World's Worst Caused by an Accident – Bloomberg http://bit.ly/dx4fby # GOP Blocks

There is an old saying that “In a democracy, the people get the government they deserve.” I’m not sure where the quote comes from, it is variously attributed to Alexis de Tocqueville,  Joseph de Maistre, Thomas Jefferson, or even Hunter S. Thompson. Fortunately I am not writing this post to argue who said it first, or even if it was

A list released by the Internal Revenue Service last week included 325,000 small nonprofit organizations nationwide. The IRS says as of June 30, the named organizations failed to file returns for the past three years. It is unclear exactly how many organizations are nominally at risk and how many face a real threat. Some of the organizations on the list

Op-Ed Columnist – Addicted to Bush – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/dw39Cf # The Web Means the End of Forgetting – NYTimes.com http://nyti.ms/cRn6Gy # Mississippi county fights BP over oil spill waste being dumped in landfill – CNN.com http://bit.ly/dqstNG # Judge grants injuction against Ariz. immigration law | National | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle http://bit.ly/9DngmY # Wide Social Networks Are Key to Good

Alaska Senate Candidate Miller: Unemployment Benefits Not 'Constitutionally Authorized' – The Note http://bit.ly/du7XIQ # U.S. House votes to restore jobless aid for millions http://bit.ly/9mkQwb # Deepwater Horizon alarms were switched off 'to help workers sleep' | The Guardian http://bit.ly/b6E36v # Pay czar names 17 firms for ill-advised pay | Reuters http://bit.ly/d247tq #

The Promise Neighborhoods program – one of the most innovative and exciting federal efforts to combat poverty and lift up millions of poor children – needs your help. We only have five days to act! Last week, the House drastically pared down the President’s $210 million Promise Neighborhoods funding request to just $60 million – not nearly enough to help communities

Thought: there Is no fire like lust, no monster like hate, no net like folly, & no torrent like desire. # Thought: Fate is not determined by milestones, but by moments. # Senator Byrd: Robert Byrd, West Virginia lawmaker, dies at 92 – latimes.com http://bit.ly/bfMfYm # As over 2 million Americans lose all income and unemployment remains over 9.5%, republicans