Ahhh... So THAT'S Why They Call Him Taliban Dan!

See, it wasn't just because of the schmatta on his head; Daniel Webster actually takes anti-women teachings from the bizarre cult he belongs to and tries turning that poison into laws for normal people... just like the Taliban does. Webster is still refusing to sit down and tell the people of central Florida about his relationship with the radical millionaire preacher, Bill Gothard, whose anti-women/anti-gay screed he follows with such devotion. Taliban Dan may look silly, but he's a real danger to American families.



And while Webster is attempting to bring his medieval beliefs into the lawmaking process again, Alan Grayson is fighting the big banks-- which, of course, are helping to fund Webster's campaign-- and trying to stop them from illegally foreclosing on Florida homeowners. The latest twist in this tragedy, as Digby pointed out yesterday afternoon, has banksters hiring thugs to break into peoples' homes. The first prominent national voice on this scandal was Grayson, who has been able to pressure the Florida Attorney General's office to start cracking down on illegal foreclosures. This morning Grayson issued this statement:

"First we see systemic fraud in the foreclosure process. Now we're literally seeing banks breaking into people’s homes and terrifying homeowners. The big banks claim these confrontations are a result of innocent errors. Come on! How many times are we going to force a woman to cower in her bathroom for fifteen minutes and dial 911 while a man breaks into a home, before we do something about it?

Breaking and entering does not become legal just because a big bank does it. The rule of law must apply equally to everyone. It's long past time to halt this blatantly illegal activity. We need investigation and law enforcement, not coddling of failed institutions. We need justice for all."

This is the kind of thing that has infuriated Grayson and moved him into action:

A contractor for JPMorgan Chase changed the front door lock on a woman's home in Orange County, Florida, as she hid out of fear in her bathroom, Eyewitness News reports. The woman, Nancy Jacobini, was reportedly three months behind on her mortgage and her home was reportedly in foreclosure, but, according to Eyewitness News, the bank isn't legally allowed to change the locks on an occupied home.

The lock-changing strategy is intended to protect a property's value, since owners experiencing foreclosure often abandon their homes, leaving them vulnerable, notes Sarasota's Herald Tribune. To Jacobini, the bank representative seemed like an intruder, and she called the police.

"I'm locked in my bathroom," she said on a 911 call. "Somebody broke into my house!"

And her house was not in foreclosure after all. It was a mistake. That could have been your mother or sister or grandmother or daughter cowering in the bathroom, desperately calling 911. It really is past time for some of these bank presidents to-- in lieu of Mojo Nixon's solution-- go to prison.