Steve Peacock's U.S. Trade & Aid Monitor

Monitor Founder Steve Peacock to Address Ocean County (NJ) Citizens for Freedom Group

This coming Thursday (Aug. 23) I will appear as one of the guest speakers at the monthly open meeting of Ocean County Citizens for Freedom, a grassroots Tea Party group here on the New Jersey Shore. I will discuss my foreign aid-related research that I have published as an investigative reporter, particularly my recent findings here at U.S. Trade & Aid Monitor as well as at WND, The Revered Review, and Patriot Update. Among issues to be explored will be the refusal of Congress members to relinquish tainted campaign contributions from the political action committee of HSBC, the disgraced bank busted by the U.S. Senate for laundering money from Mexican drug lords and terrorist affiliates.

Time permitting, I also will share an uplifting experience I had as a concerned citizen investigating the Ocean County Freeholders -- an investigation that led both to frustrations as well as well as successes, notably in the area of opening up job opportunities at the Ocean County Security Department for non-politically connected citizens.

New Jersey 2nd Amendment Society (NJ2AS)  President Frank Jack Fiamingo will precede me on stage that night.

The event will be held at Jimmy C's, a restaurant and club located at 17 Washington Street, Toms River, NJ. The first speaker will have the floor beginning 7 pm, so get there early. The event is open to the public. If coming, consider letting the organizers know via MeetUp. -- Steve Peacock

Rejection Day

A little more balance has been restored to our federal political system, now that the Democrats have taken back both the Senate and the House of Representatives -- but one question remains: will the Democrats learn the lesson's of Nov. 7, 2006, in which Election Day became REJECTION DAY for the top-heavy Republican majority?

The citizens of the United States have spoken, and have sent a clear message to the war profiteers at Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Inc. But The Peacock Report, which nonetheless sees cause for celebration, has this to say to the Democrats: don't think you're on Easy Street, just because the K Street lobbyists are going to start kissing your asses and sending more money your way. We'll be watching you closely, and the American people are ready to punish you again if and when necessary.

And to the Republicans? To borrow a line from the punk rock band The Plasmatics: You had it made/You had it made/You had it made/But you blew it.

A little Pink Floyd is in order here as well: Big bad pig man/Charade you are... Hey you, White House/Charade you are.