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Refinancing Your Home Mortgage

The interest rates are low, and if you can refinance your home it could save you hundreds of dollars a month. Home mortgage rates have not been so low in many years.

Now, it turns out that if your home has an FHA or a VA loan it is even easier to get your refinance loan. You owe it to yourself to check out the FHA refinance rates. The paperwork is streamlined and minimal. Saving money by doing the right thing is something a Bronx NY dude can understand.

Refinance can also apply to a conventional loan. You have to check with your current mortgage lender to see if you qualify for a refinancing. Also, find out if Streamline Refinance can help you get the new loan at a lower interest rate if the current lender cannot do it.

Another thing to look at is if you qualify for refinance with a cash-out option. You can get this if your property has increased in value since you bought it. So, check out these options as interest rates continue to drop. They may not drop forever, so join the fun.

Hunts Point Meeting at the Point

There will be a Hunts Point town meeting tonight, March 14th, at the Point in the Bronx NY. The Point community organization is located at 940 Garrison Ave, just off the Bruckner Expressway. Discussion at the meeting could be almost anything, from urban farming fantasies, to what is going on with the Bronx Greenway. It seems a bit surreal, but what the heck, I think I will be there.

Little People

Guest post from: Winston Stewart

Have you ever seen that new show called the Little People in the Big World or something like that? I’m not sure what channel or time it is on, I’d have to check www.expertsatellite.com, but it is a pretty inspiring show. It’s a show about little people (used to be called dwarfs or midgets, I think), and the struggles they face due to their size. The main characters that I saw were this married couple who were both doctors, but they were like three feet tall. It followed them through their day, and documented all the struggles and obstacles they encountered because of how small they were. You don’t realize it, but the world is totally set up for grownups of a certain height and it is tough to get around and maneuver if you aren’t that height. Things like elevator buttons and grocery debate card machines, etc, are a certain height and it was sad to see how much these people have to deal with just to go about their day to day business.

Could the Bronx Go Extinct?

Yes, we in the Bronx could go extinct if Obama goes ahead with the attack on Iran and then on Russia. We could go extinct along with the United States and the rest of the world. It could happen like LaRouche Pac says, because the British financial empire does not want to admit that they are broke. All they have left is the nuclear arsenal, so why not launch it? Great, what a bunch of oligarchical madmen.

Mexico, Drugs and You

You must fight the British financial empire and join with Larouchepac. We see in Mexico the shape of things to come. W know the high rents in Manhattan, and elsewhere in New York NY, because the drug cartels launder money into cute little bars and food shops. If they are a winner, great, if not, it is still a cheap way to launder money for a while, and then close them down. I see that in the East Village, Manhattan, on St. Marks Place. This has threatened all legitimate businesses, like Peter S's Whole Earth Food Bakery.

Here is some of the bullcrap from CNN on Mexico Beat.

continue to bathe in excess even in the afterlife. In stark contrast to the McMausoleums of Jardines del Humaya, an unimpressive headstone sits in a small cemetery a few miles away. A deadly beat: Part 1 A deadly beat: Part 2 It is the grave of Oscar Rivera, a government spokesman, who had worked as a journalist for many years in Culiacan and covered some of the violence and corruption that engulfed the city. Rivera's reporting, which touched on how the influence of narco-trafficking permeated every aspect of Culiacan life, contained none of the glamour or rewards of the narco trade itself. Rivera drove a dilapidated car, in contrast to the legions of new Hummers that were cruising downtown Culiacan. He didn't have the fancy clothes or jewelry, and the tools of his trade were plastic pens, while the narcos carried bedazzled gold-plated AK-47s. Both in lifestyle and death-style, Rivera lacks any of the glitter of his narco subjects, but there is one great commonality between them: the peril of their professions. Since President Felipe Calderon took office in 2006 and declared an open war on the drug cartels, nearly 50,000 people have been killed in suspected drug-related violence in Mexico, according to Mexico's government. Many of the dead are narco-traffickers and low-level dealers. Increasingly, civilians have been caught in the crossfire as cartels fight for the lucrative drug trading zones so critical to smuggling narcotics north. The violence in towns along the U.S.-Mexico border has been well documented.

Bill Clinton Has Let Us Down

Former Pres. Bill Clinton has let us down. He is going along with the campaign to re-elect Obama, although it could easily mean a full-scale thermonuclear exchange. Is that what you get by being "popular?" Here it is from Larouchepac.com on Feb 27th: Today, as we go about our usual business, few among us have even a clue that we are all living on borrowed time. In fact, were it not for the efforts of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey, and a small handful of others among our patriotic military, much of human civilization would already have been annihilated in a global thermonuclear war. One need only pick up a newspaper to know that the entire, rotten global financial system is but a rotting corpse. That fact is not breaking news. However, faced with the bankruptcy of the entire Trans-Atlantic system, the dying British Empire is currently using the threat of thermonuclear war to induce the nations of Russia and China to give up their commitment to economic sovereignty and progress. If Russia and China continue to refuse to submit, London intends to provoke a thermonuclear exchange between the United States and Russia that would render the human species extinct. Were an attack initiated from the United States, Russia and China would have no other option than to respond with their full capabilities. The implications of this scenario mean the probable extinction of human civilization as we know it, precisely as Gen. Dempsey's warnings have implied. This is a truth that few of America’s so-called leaders are willing to face. And, as Lyndon LaRouche has warned, the upcoming March 4 elections in Russia, might just be the trigger for them to let those missiles fly -- and they will strike suddenly and without warning. Despite attempts by the British Empire to bring “regime change” to Moscow, Vladimir Putin remains strong, and has resisted all efforts to force him to fold. Open death threats have been printed in the mainstream press, typified by Foreign Policy magazine’s “Putin Is Already Dead”, and Boris Berezovsky's remarks that Putin deserves the "Qaddafi treatment". In stark contrast to every national leader in Europe, however, Russia has steadfastly refused to surrender its national sovereignty to London’s monetary empire, and instead, in partnership with China, has pursued an aggressive commitment to science and progress -- nuclear power, fusion research, Arctic exploration, lunar colonization -- everything which the trans-Atlantic world has rejected in the name of “going green.” But, the most dangerous aspect of the current situation is that the President of the United States, Barack Obama, is a homicidal puppet of the British Empire. Obama has already shown himself to be a killer - look at the precedent of Muammar Qaddafi. Just like Hitler before him, Obama will eliminate his opposition unless he is removed from office first. Who else is Obama prepared to kill? There is no hope for the United States or anyone else on this planet, unless the President to be elected is neither one of the four Republicans now on stage, nor the treasonous mimic of the ancient Roman Emperor Nero, British imperial puppet and established mass-murderer Barack Obama. Any Democrat who supports an Obama re-nomination must be either mentally deficient, or as Lyndon LaRouche has described it, a “Democrat who suffers a tendency for a lack of excessive courage for the true cause,” at this time of truly existential world crisis. Take the case of former President Bill Clinton. Bill Clinton is highly intelligent and a usually highly moral American patriot. But, he has made a terrible mistake by capitulating and agreeing to give public support to Obama. It is a mistake that, if not corrected, could be fatal for the nation. What possible excuse could account for this? Perhaps he will argue that the Republican candidates are worse. Or, perhaps the unspoken excuse is his attempt to protect his wife from further brutalization at the hands of Obama. Or perhaps the former President is gun shy following the assault that was launched against him (and almost cost him his presidency) following his attempt to do something great: to initiate a new, more just world economic order. Ultimately, none of the excuses are important. President Clinton’s capitulating to Obama is demoralizing the Democrats, by insisting on trying to rally them around the Democratic party rather than providing them with a real viable alternative. Support for Obama may mean the death of most people of the United States, yet Clinton is still pushing it. In a statement released today, LaRouche was blunt: “Obama’s operation is key to sending the United States into a thermonuclear global warfare! It’s only to the degree that we’re out to dump Obama, that we can possibly save this nation from destruction. Therefore, anyone who is supporting Obama has to be denounced as a damn fool, or worse. If we’re serious, that’s the issue. President Clinton has made a terrible mistake. We hope he corrects it. What he's put forth as a policy can result in the death of the nation."

Rock to Chinese New Year

Think of how much work had to go into constructing each of these dragons. LaRouche is right, we must have US, China and Russia collaboration for economic development, the space program and the future.

Chinese New Year was really something, and I was at the New York City, NY parade in Chinatown on February 5th, Sunday. I hope we can avoid war and insanity, both for the USA and China. The British financial system is going down, but we can put it through bankruptcy and have a future.

Moving from US to UK

If you are moving from the US to the UK, or vice versa, you need to know about removal companies. People always hear about families that come from the UK, with the breadwinner working for years in corporate America, and finally returning with the gold to the UK. UK by the way refers to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, in case you didn't know. After all, migration with some returning to the UK from the USA has been going on since the 1620s and the Mayflower. Nevertheless, there is a small number of people going to the UK from the USA, often to work in the huge UK banking sector. It's nice to know that there are house removal companies to consult to make your international migration a success. After all, if you are from London, don't you miss the old, huge, dreadful place? Let's face it, international shipping for either commercial or private reasons can be a pain in the neck. The best thing is to get all the help you need, both in terms of moving your household goods and also getting the legal consultant help you need if you are about to purchase a house in London or elsewhere in the UK. Don't be afraid, for a reasonable price, help is on the way, from getting a mortgage, to getting all your stuff properly packed in boxes so that it can survive the trans-Atlantic voyage. I guess some things haven't changed much since the Mayflower.

Juan Downey Show at Bronx Museum

Juan Downey, video-making. Image courtesy of the Bronx Museum.

On February 12th, there was an exclusive tour of the Bronx Museum show, Juan Downey: the Invisible Architect, given by curator Valerie Smith, Marilys Downey, widow of Juan Downey, and Juan Downey collaborator David Ross. Juan Downey was a native of Chile who later moved to New York to work.

Downey's work includes sketches, photographs, paintings and performance art pieces. This was a new game, and Downey was often not considered commercial in his time. Earlier in his career, in 1961, he went to Barcelona, Spain and Paris, France and was very concerned with Europe and modernism. Later, Juan Downey centered his work more on indigenous cultures of Central and South America. His videos follow peasant families in Latin America, filled with peasant families eating, villages, farming of terraces on hills and mountains, and waterfalls. Many of Downey’s videos are documentaries, but they were controversial when shown at the Clarity Film Seminar, because they were thought of as too subjective. Downey did this on purpose, seeing his viewpoint as a basic part of the film produced.

In early work, in Downey’s 30 minute video, Plato Now, participants are shown meditating and chanting. This is a performance art piece that was only performed once in a formal setting, but is captured in video. It was a bit like the story of Plato’s Cave in the book “the Republic.” Like Plato wrote that people in the cave only see the shadows of reality, people in the video only saw the shadows of people who watched them.

Later, Juan Downey went with the primitive Yanomami Indians in the Amazon rainforest to study them. He was fascinated with the Yanomami practices of meditation, and sketched many spirals and other forms associated with his concept of their meditations. Later, when Downey made sketches of an ideal beach house that are on display, he incorporated the ideas of the Yanomami, including their communal house, the Shabono. The Shabono was not permanent and would move every five years.

Downey also had a strong interest in European art history. The exhibition includes a number of Downey’s perspective studies of the famous Velazquez painting, Las Meninas, showing members of the Spanish royal family. He showed that the perspective had the best view from where the King would be seated, showing that Velazaquez painted for the common person, not just for royalty. Another video shown on a huge wall screen is of a French royal palace at Versailles. Downey was interested in politics and power, and also culture, with another video highlighted the work of classical composer J.S. Bach. In a darker piece, the role of cages and prisons is shown, referencing the diary of Ann Frank, victim of the Nazi holocaust, and victims of the Chilean dictator Pinochet.

In all, Downey’s work examines many themes, around the organization of architecture, politics, culture and society. The Downey exhibit will be on display at the Bronx Museum until May 20th. For more information see http://bronxmuseum.org or call 718-681-6000.