7/29/11
Obama: A leader who doesn't lead
Robert Reich on Obama's ineffectuality: " Obama cannot mobilize America around the truth ... because he is continuously adapting to the prevailing view. This is not leadership."
Obama approval rating worst ever
Gallup says President Obama's approval rating is at an all time low. of 40%
US economy falters: new recession alert
Reuters reports that The U.S. economy was close to flat-lining in the first quarter and grew at a meager 1.3 percent annual rate in the April-June period, leading economists to warn of recession if a stand-off over U.S. debt does not end quickly.
Helicopter Ben's Power lifts off
While inflation hawks have been busy looking for any sign, or even any word, of monetary expansion, says an article in The Freeman “[Fed chairman Ben] Bernanke has so expanded the Fed’s discretionary actions beyond merely controlling the money stock that it has become a gigantic, financial central planner.” More...
7/27/11
Boehner commands: 'Get your ass in line'
Speaker John Boehner has bluntly told wavering GOP lawmakers today “get your ass in line” behind his debt ceiling bill .Boehner predicted Senate Democrats will fold and pass the Boehner debt bill if it can get through the House. Read more:
(H/T Memeorandum)
(H/T Memeorandum)
US credit stalemate could cost $100 billion a year
If political wrangling over a plan to reduce the deficit costs the U.S. its AAA rating, it will add $100 billion a year to government costs while dragging down economic growth, according to Wall Street bond dealers.
7/26/11
Here's why the markets haven't crashed
Obama Administration officials raised their rhetoric over the weekend about a possible debt default, while privately telling top executives at major U.S. banks that a default won't happen.
The aim: scaring Republicans into reducing their demands. Fox Business is carrying a report here. This is likely why the markets haven't crashed.
A third of USA believes Obama is hurting the economy
More than a third of Americans now believe that President Obama’s policies are hurting the economy, and confidence in his ability to create jobs is sharply eroding among his base, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
Obama 'arrogant to his equals'
George Will at the Washington Post, lucid as always, has lent his voice to the the chorus of outrage at the President's arrogant attitude towards Congressional leaders "summoning" them to the White House for a meeting. They are his co-equals in power and worthy of his respect.
7/25/11
Obama 'is a petulant and inept negotiator'
Peter Wehner at Commentary has harsh words for the President's performance on raising the debt ceiling:
"The president and his team entered these negotiations believing he could strike a grand bargain that would allow him to present himself as a born-again budget cutter, as fiscally responsible, as a Man of the Center. And in the process, he kept instructing us, he would emerge as the only adult in the room. At this juncture, it looks like Obama is the most
adolescent, even childish figure in the negotiations – a petulant man who also happens to be an inept negotiator"
more here.
"The president and his team entered these negotiations believing he could strike a grand bargain that would allow him to present himself as a born-again budget cutter, as fiscally responsible, as a Man of the Center. And in the process, he kept instructing us, he would emerge as the only adult in the room. At this juncture, it looks like Obama is the most
adolescent, even childish figure in the negotiations – a petulant man who also happens to be an inept negotiator"
more here.
7/24/11
The Madness of King Barack
It’s time to face the unpleasant truth: President Barack Hussein Obama has gone mad, writes John Hayward at Human Events.
Headless-body man now jobless
The man who created the classic tabloid headline " Headless body in topless bar" has just retired from the New York Daily Post. In comments after a report on the retirement, a Post reader recalls another classic headline, this time in Scotland: "My all-time favorite was a report on a soccer match between Caledonian Thistles and the Celtic Rangers in Scotland: "Super Callie Goes Ballistic; Celtic Are Atrocious."
Mr President, some respect, please
Keith Koffler at the White House Dossier is appalled at President Obama's lack of respect towards Congressional leaders, and says it's all about Obama wanting to look like the only grown-up among bickering children. Not gonna work.
7/23/11
Beware of No-plan Obamaman
Mark Steyn is to be savored like a fine wine: Here he is today on the US debt debacle:
"Obama has done his best to pretend to take the (GOP)
seriously. He claimed to have a $4 trillion deficit-reduction plan. The court eunuchs of the press corps were impressed, and went off to file pieces hailing the president as "the grown-up in the room." There is, in fact, no plan. No plan at all. No plan whatsoever, either for a deficit reduction of $4 trillion or $4.73. As is the way in Washington, merely announcing that he had a plan absolved him of the need to have one. So the president's staff got out the extra-wide teleprompter and wrote a really large number on it, and simply by reading out the really large number the president was deemed to have produced a serious blueprint for trillions of dollars in savings."
"Obama has done his best to pretend to take the (GOP)
seriously. He claimed to have a $4 trillion deficit-reduction plan. The court eunuchs of the press corps were impressed, and went off to file pieces hailing the president as "the grown-up in the room." There is, in fact, no plan. No plan at all. No plan whatsoever, either for a deficit reduction of $4 trillion or $4.73. As is the way in Washington, merely announcing that he had a plan absolved him of the need to have one. So the president's staff got out the extra-wide teleprompter and wrote a really large number on it, and simply by reading out the really large number the president was deemed to have produced a serious blueprint for trillions of dollars in savings."
It's different across the Pond
Megan McArdle sums up different press cultures on either side of the Pond very well. The biggest difference, in my own experience, is that the biggest British papers are all distributed nationally, which creates murderous competition. There other significant differences which she also lists. Together, she argues, they make the Murdoch tabloid scandal much less likely to jump the Atlantic.
7/22/11
Debt ceiling caving in
President Ego, er..Obama obviously sees himself as a great negotiator. Why else would he move the goal posts on his original offer to Speaker Boehner and seek $400 billion in additional taxes? Boehner unsurprisingly walked out. We are down to the wire now, and if Obama has miscalculated, we and the world economy will pay a dreadful price. Seeing as Obama has miscalculated everything else, from the gazillion dollar stimulus that hasn't stimulated, to the rapid ouster of Qaddafi, things don't look good.
Murdoch 'smoking gun': Police to renew inquiry?
Police have been asked to investigate whether James Murdoch did, in fact, see a 'smoking gun' email, which he denied during this week's Parliamentary inquiry into hacking. More here
7/21/11
Rahm loses cool over school
Rahm Emanuel's notorious temper re-emerges as he hectors an NBC interviewer after being asked if he will be sending his children to public schools.
7/20/11
Dinner for the Murdochs, with no humble pie
Londoner's Diary at the London Evening Standard has news of what the Murdochs did after their long Parliamentary grilling. Once again, it's clear that the old fox is in better shape than many think
A foam pie for Uncle Sam
A foam pie hits Uncle Sam, as Latin America taunts the US on debt. So, BHO and Congress have brought us to this...being mocked by Argentinians crying with laughter.
Sssh! I once worked for Rupert Murdoch
I once worked for Rupert Murdoch, it can now be revealed. This shocking and unprecedented tabloid scandal began to unfold when I was a young sub-editor at the London Evening Standard and received a phone call on a strangely crackling line offering a trial shift at Murdoch's tabloid The Sun. I had already worked an eight-hour day at the evening paper and went straight over to the old News of the World building to work for another eight hours on next day's Sun, creating a "center spread" (two adjoining pages at the center of the paper laid out as one.) But I can't remember (this mysterious loss of memory affects all associated with The Sun) if I wrote a headline and caption for their renowned Page Three topless girl. Leering puns were mandatory: "Anne of Big Boobingham" perhaps. "Perky Anne, aged 22, really stands out on the streets of her home city of Birmingham where she is reaching the peaks of her modeling career..."
When I checked out The Sun the next morning, my lovingly-constructed center-spread had been revised from top to bottom. There had been no phone hacking that I was aware of, and nothing else untoward. I do vaguely recall a cop outside saying: "Will there be anything else, Sir?" as he rubbed together a thumb forefinger, but my mind is surely playing tricks on me.
I never heard from The Sun again. What a lucky break that was.
When I checked out The Sun the next morning, my lovingly-constructed center-spread had been revised from top to bottom. There had been no phone hacking that I was aware of, and nothing else untoward. I do vaguely recall a cop outside saying: "Will there be anything else, Sir?" as he rubbed together a thumb forefinger, but my mind is surely playing tricks on me.
I never heard from The Sun again. What a lucky break that was.
'Nine Questions I wish they had asked the Murdochs'
The New Yorker has these " Nine Questions I Wish They Had Asked the Murdochs"
Dear L.C....Our Advice Corner
Dear L.C: I am CEO of a multinational media company with 50,000 employees. I'm having difficulty recalling exact details of meetings with my senior staff. I am 80 years old, so some loss of memory is normal. What should I do?-- R.M.
Dear R.M: Remind me, what was your question?
Dear R.M: Remind me, what was your question?
7/19/11
Gang of Six Plan 'a total joke'
Mark Steyn is not impressed by the so-called 'Gang of Six' solution to the debt-ceiling crisis, approved by the House late Tuesday: "Americans who care about the solvency of this nation ought to be seriously annoyed at the contempt for them shown by the Gang of Six 'plan' which even by the standards of 'bipartisan' deal-making is a total joke", he says. Read more:
New player holds key to Murdoch's future
The managers of a London investment fund may have a key role in determining Rupert Murdoch's future, The London Evening Standard reveals.
Senate productivity is targeting a record low
Big issues are piling up in Congress, but halfway through the year, the Senate is heading for its least productive legislative session since records were first kept, while the House's output is better, it is still below normal, according to an analysis of floor activity by The Washington Times.
Broke and Broker: Obama traffic ticket unpaid
The USA is already defaulting on its debts. A ticket issued to the US embassy in London for an unpaid congestion charge on Obama's Presidential motorcade has remained unpaid.
Murdoch takes it all in stride
His family is said to be concerned for his health, but 80-year-old Rupert Murdoch was out running early today in London's Hyde Park, with his personal trainer. Running at 80? It seems to me that he's in good shape.
Pictures and more here.
Pictures and more here.
The President of Fear
Steve Wynn, the Las Vegas casino king, unleashed an extraordinary attack on the atmosphere of fear that President Obama has created among the business community and why billions of dollars are sitting uninvested and job growth is paralyzed. Here's a sample: "... until we change the tempo and the conversation from Washington, it's not going to change. And those of us who have business opportunities and the capital to do it are going to sit in fear of the President. And a lot of people don't want to say that. They'll say, God, don't be attacking Obama. Well, this is Obama's deal and it's Obama that's responsible for this fear in America." Read more:
7/18/11
TSA are you listening?
TSA are you listening? Police conducting counter-terrorism searches at airports should abandon efforts to achieve a 'racial balance' in the numbers they frisk says a British official report.
The British Government's counter-terrorism chief, David Anderson, says that it is the 'antithesis of intelligence-led policing' for officers to ensure that the numbers of each ethnic group searched are proportionate to the general population. In other words, profiling is effective: pretending otherwise does nothing but endanger thousands of innocents.
7/17/11
Hello, Dalai: No Oval Office for YOU
Dalai Lama |
Boom! Bomb expert scores an F
Education can be a blast in Indonesia, says Tim Blair:
He is no longer suspected of being an expert, adds Blair.Security forces arrived at the school at Bima town, West Nusa Tenggara province, after a home-made bomb exploded in one of the rooms, killing a man suspected of being a Philippine-trained bomb expert.
Gotcha! Rebekah Brooks arrested
Rebekah Brooks, freshly-resigned CEO of Rupert Murdoch's British companies, has been arrested and is being questioned by police in London about alleged phone hacking and police corruption. A good time to repeat a banner headline in Murdoch's The Sun, when an Argentinian warship was sunk during the Falklands War: GOTCHA!
7/16/11
Obamazing!®
Obamazing!® moment in the President's weekly radio and Internet address to the nation: "We have to ask everyone to play their part because we are all part of the same country."
Who knew?
Who knew?
7/15/11
"Obama claims 80% of Americans want higher taxes. I guess you and Samuel Colt aren't among them." Drawing by alagram |
Dear L.C....Our Advice Corner
Dear LC: My allowance is running out and I owe lots of money to other kids in my high school class. If I don't repay them by August 2, I am going to be in some serious shit. Especially with the Chinese kids who I owe most to. I want others in my class to make me another loan from their allowances so I can put off repaying everyone until the school election in November, 2012. I have met with them several times, but they won't let me have any more money, unless I cut back on my spending. I think they are being mean and they made so angry, that I walked out on them. Now what should I do?
-- B.H.O. Washington, D.C.
Dear B.H.O: What were you thinking, you selfish little oik? (So, look it up). Everything's always all about you, isn't it? All you do is borrow, borrow, borrow and spend, spend, spend! Put aside some money from your allowance each week until you have paid them all back. Don't waste other people's money ever again or you can forget getting loans in future. And, no, I can't spare five bucks. --L.C.
-- B.H.O. Washington, D.C.
Dear B.H.O: What were you thinking, you selfish little oik? (So, look it up). Everything's always all about you, isn't it? All you do is borrow, borrow, borrow and spend, spend, spend! Put aside some money from your allowance each week until you have paid them all back. Don't waste other people's money ever again or you can forget getting loans in future. And, no, I can't spare five bucks. --L.C.
With a single paragraph, newspaper retracts key Murdoch allegation
One the most serious allegations made during the tabloid scandals has been that Murdoch's tabloid The Sun had procured medical records of a Prime Minister's son without authorization. Today the liberal London newspaper The Guardian, which originally trumpeted the allegation on its front page, today carried a single paragraph retraction on Page 36. Liberals are always quick to scoff at Fox's claim to be "fair and balanced." The words pot, kettle and black come to mind.
7/14/11
Voting now, GOP candidates would beat Obama by 8%, says Gallup
President Obama would lose 39% to 47% against a generic Republican candidate if a general election were held currently, according to Gallup.
Leaping tall buildings in a single bound, it's Superprez...
Ever noticed how that Man of Steel, Barack Obama, bounds up all steps, with calculated ease? Whether it's boarding his Marine One chopper, or climbing three steps to a podium, he never misses a chance to project the image of high-energy SuperPrez. Alas, leaping tall buildings to bring hope and change to the people is impossible when the Kryptonite of debt saps your strength.
7/13/11
A Male non-PC Fairy Tale
Reader discretion advised:
Once upon a time, a Prince asked a beautiful Princess, 'Will you marry
me?' The Princess said,'No!' And the Prince lived happily ever after
and rode motorcycles and banged skinny long-legged big-titted broads
and hunted and fished and raced cars and went to naked bars and dated
women half his age and drank whiskey, beer and Captain Morgan and
never heard bitching and never paid child support or alimony and
banged cheerleaders and kept his house and guns and ate spam and
potato chips and beans and blew enormous farts and never got cheated
on while he was at work and all his friends and family thought he was cool as hell and he had tons of money in the bank and left the toilet seat up. The End.
(from a forwarded email)
Once upon a time, a Prince asked a beautiful Princess, 'Will you marry
me?' The Princess said,'No!' And the Prince lived happily ever after
and rode motorcycles and banged skinny long-legged big-titted broads
and hunted and fished and raced cars and went to naked bars and dated
women half his age and drank whiskey, beer and Captain Morgan and
never heard bitching and never paid child support or alimony and
banged cheerleaders and kept his house and guns and ate spam and
potato chips and beans and blew enormous farts and never got cheated
on while he was at work and all his friends and family thought he was cool as hell and he had tons of money in the bank and left the toilet seat up. The End.
(from a forwarded email)
Obama: Either arrogant or petulant
Rich Galen has a very insightful and amusing column today.
(Hat tip: Instapundit)
7/12/11
Gas-guzzling Aussie Greens get free rides
Bruce, our man in Sydney, is sorely tried by the antics of Australia's Green activists. He sends this link about Greens, who want to impose carbon taxes that will impact everyone's standard of living and severely damage the country's export competitiveness. These same Greens are being chauffeur-driven around by a free (to them) gas-guzzling limo service. The blatant hypocrisy is enough to turn most ordinary Aussies green, too. With nausea.
Lincoln's advice for Obama as the ship sinks
Barack Obama is lying awake in be in The White House, wondering how his plans for change have gone so wrong, when the ghost of George Washington appears to him.
Obama is unfazed and says: "Tell me, Mr President, "how can I best serve my country?
George Washington replies:"Never tell a lie."
Then the ghost of Thomas Jefferson appears and Obama asks: "Tell me, Mr Jefferson, how can I best serve my country?"
Jefferson replies: "Always put the People First."
Then Lincoln's ghost appears and Obama says:" "Tell me, Mr Lincoln, how can I best serve my country?" And Lincoln replies: "Go to the theatre."
Obama is unfazed and says: "Tell me, Mr President, "how can I best serve my country?
George Washington replies:"Never tell a lie."
Then the ghost of Thomas Jefferson appears and Obama asks: "Tell me, Mr Jefferson, how can I best serve my country?"
Jefferson replies: "Always put the People First."
Then Lincoln's ghost appears and Obama says:" "Tell me, Mr Lincoln, how can I best serve my country?" And Lincoln replies: "Go to the theatre."
Obama bombs Syria with lawyers
President Obama has responded to a mob attack on the US embassy in Damascus -- which Syria did nothing to stop -- by taking Syria to court for damages.( h/t: Memeorandum). Imagine the sheer terror on the face of the despot Assad as he learned this news.
7/11/11
Halleluya! we're saved. Or not.
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner claims that President Obama has rescued the United States from a second Great Depression. Not so fast Timmy. With unemployment still stuck at 9.2 % and global gloom still rapidly gathering, a Second Great Depression may be ahead of us, not behind us. If we get another nation-bankrupting Obama "rescue" like the last one, a Second Great Depression is a virtual certainty.
7/10/11
A basic freedom: the right to waste your own money
Mark Steyn quotes Energy Secretary Steven Chu on stopping the sale of incandescent light bulbs and replacing them (right) with compact fluorescents: "We are taking away a choice," said Chu, "that continues to let people waste their own money."
Steyn wonders if Secretary Chu has any idea how stupid this argument sounds from an administration that has wasted more of other people’s money than anybody else on the planet.
Steyn wonders if Secretary Chu has any idea how stupid this argument sounds from an administration that has wasted more of other people’s money than anybody else on the planet.
Signs of the times
Terry Kirkpatrick's Gumbo has these cheerful signs to add to your growing list of worries.
7/9/11
Obama's ticket to nowhere
President Obama is at it again, trying to promote high-speed rail as one way out of our economic hell, as if that train hadn't long ago left the station, with no-one aboard.
Still blaming it on Bush
"We’ve added more than 2 million new private sector jobs over the past 16 months, but the recession cost us more than 8 million . . . The economic challenges that we face weren’t created overnight, and they’re not going to be solved overnight."--President Obama
7/8/11
Free speech, not so much: CEO fired for saying women take more days off than men
A business leader has been fired after stating a simple truth: women, on average, have to take more time off work than men. Alasdair Thompson, CEO of the New Zealand Employers and Manufacturers Association was dumped by the Association's board after he made the claim in a radio interview, after being asked why women's average pay in the country was 12% lower than men's. There's more here.
7/7/11
FITZ N' STARTZ
"No raise for you this year, but Obama sincerely feels your pain." Drawing by Alagram |
7/6/11
It's Good to be the King...
...or one of his courtiers, who got a nice fat raise, unlike most folks, as Terry Kirkpatrick at Gumbo points out. He analyzes the figures. If you hot feel hot under collar, after you've read them, it won't be because of the heatwave. But rest assured, over at the White House they are sincerely feeling your pain.
In-body bombs: An explosive case for passenger profiling
The one-size-fits-all P.C. approach to airport security has proved futile: we end up with precious resources being used to pat down little kids and humiliate old ladies. Meanwhile those who are far more likely to have to a stick of dynamite up their rear, with a protruding fuse, get a free pass. In practice a 'belly bomb' is likely to be more cunning than that. reports ABC.
In normal times, passenger profiling is against all we stand for, but these are not normal times. When 'all we stand for' is used as as a means to mass murder, exceptional measures are in order. Security officials must be allowed more discretion in using limited resources. If that means some profiling, so be it.
Agree? Disagree? Vote in our poll (see top,left).
In normal times, passenger profiling is against all we stand for, but these are not normal times. When 'all we stand for' is used as as a means to mass murder, exceptional measures are in order. Security officials must be allowed more discretion in using limited resources. If that means some profiling, so be it.
Agree? Disagree? Vote in our poll (see top,left).
Jihad Jellyfish Shut Israeli Power Plant
Jellyfish have clogged the water intakes of an Israeli Electric Company power plant and forced it to temporarily shut down.
FITZ N' STARTZ
"Making you a manager would be like putting North Korea in charge of disarmament...er...wait a minute." Drawing by Alagram |
North Korea (yes, North Korea) to head UN disarmament conference
You simply couldn't make this stuff up. The Australian is rightly apoplectic about a UN decision as ludicrous as Qaddafi's Libya being a member of the UN Human Rights Commission as he was bombing and shelling his own people. Now the Madhouse-on-the-Hudson has put North Korea in charge of the UN Conference on Disarmament. Talk about lunatics running the asylum...
7/5/11
Egypt possible source of deadly E.coli
Fenugreek seeds imported from Egypt, then spouted, are the likely source of the recent deadly E.coli outbreaks in Europe, say reports today. Too late for Bruce, our intrepid Sydney correspondent who was laid low for days during and after a pre-revolution visit to Egypt, by recurring attacks of what used to be called "Gippo tummy" by British troops stationed in that country.
I'll Huff and I'll Puff and I'll blow...
A more liberal viewpoint -- widely expected when Arianna Huffington took over as content chief after the merger of AOL and HuffPo-- is becoming ever more apparent, Greg Coleman, once a colleague of mine, whose judgement I respect, has been quoted as saying that Huffington does not take kindly to being managed.
On Independence Day, the site demonstrated its patriotic spirit by running an article on men faking orgasms.
Read more here. Some say AoL is set to become major liberal Internet portal. Ya think?
On Independence Day, the site demonstrated its patriotic spirit by running an article on men faking orgasms.
Read more here. Some say AoL is set to become major liberal Internet portal. Ya think?
7/4/11
Even Aussie redheads reject green-hugging PM Gillard
Bruce, our Sydney correspoondent, sends this gem which reveals green-hugging Carbon-tax-touting Prime Minister Julia Gillard. is being spurned even by her fellow redheads.
The Red And Nearly Ginger Association, which claims to represent the nation's redheads, said it is withdrawing its support because she is giving gingers a bad name. The RANGA group cited disloyalty, dishonesty and incompetence as three contributing factors.
Why Australians Vote Green
Bruce, our man in Sydney, alerted us to this, which is circulating on the Net Down Under:
Reasons I voted Green:
- I voted Green because I believe oil companies profits of 4% on a litre of petrol are obscene, but my government taxing the same litre of petrol at 27.5% isn’t.
- I voted Green because I believe my government will do a better job of spending the money you earn than you would.
- I voted Green because Freedom of Speech is fine as long as nobody is offended by it.
- I voted Green because I believe that people who can’t tell us if it will rain on Friday can tell us that the polar ice caps will melt away in ten years if I don’t start driving a Prius.
- I voted Green because I think illegal immigrants have a right to free housing, health care, education, and welfare benefits – and the right to change our society to suit their cultural demands .
- I voted Green because I believe that business should not be allowed to make profits for themselves. They need to break even and give the rest away to my government for redistribution as the Greens see fit.
- I voted Green because I believe ‘enlightened progressive’ judges need to rewrite the Constitution every few days to suit some fringe kooks who would never get their agendas past the voters.
- I voted Green because I think that it’s better to pay billions to people who hate us for their oil, but not drill our own because it might upset some endangered beetle or frog.
- I voted Green because I want to convert Australia to a ‘carbon neutral green economy’ to create jobs – even after Spain has proven the green economy destroys three times as many jobs as it creates and leads to 20 percent unemployment.
- I voted Green because my head is so firmly planted up my **** it’s unlikely that I’ll ever see another point of view.
Why Dominique Strauss-Kahnt
Just as the New York case falters, comes news, via AP and Yahoo News, that DS-K faces a new sexual assault complaint, this time back home. That would likely end any remaining hopes he has for the French Presidency. But you never know with the French. Only one thing's for sure: they're always there when they need us.
The Psychic Poet: 'And For My Next Trick...'
If a hotel cleaner was really
Turning tricks
on New York's dime.
Turning tricks
on New York's dime.
It's time
to seek a punishment
That truly fits the crime
to seek a punishment
That truly fits the crime
7/3/11
Bwahahaha ! And a meaty Fourth to you, too
Verboten: Fireworks |
Chris Wysocki at Wyblog has been having a fiendish laugh at a deluded tree-hugger's "green" Independence Day advice over at The Huffington Post.
Have they finally gone Moonbat crazy at The HuffPo? Naah... I'd guess they're just temporarily high on green nuts.
Stimulating Indignation: the $278,000 cost of every job
Jeffrey Anderson at the Weekly Standard was alert for hidden explosives in the White House economic report issued at the outset of the long weekend. He was right: The figures reveal a cost to taxpayers of $278,000 for every job created or 'saved' by Obama's stimulus.
But wait, there's more!
Anderson further asserts that, over the past six months, the economy would have added or saved more jobs without the “stimulus” than with it. Compared with the way things would have been, the “stimulus” has been working in reverse over the past six months, causing the economy to shed jobs. There's more here.
But wait, there's more!
Anderson further asserts that, over the past six months, the economy would have added or saved more jobs without the “stimulus” than with it. Compared with the way things would have been, the “stimulus” has been working in reverse over the past six months, causing the economy to shed jobs. There's more here.
7/1/11
Wisconsin Over the Pond
Blogger Michelle Malkin, on vacation in England with her family, has landed amid a massive public service strike in which 750,000 teachers and other public sector workers are protesting a modest nudge in retirement age to 66 and a 3% increase in their retirement fund contribution (they already have defined benefits that vastly exceed anything available in the private sector.)
"Left-wing teachers around the world spend many hours lecturing their students about the need for a ' sustainable environment', ” says Malkin. "Too bad they don’t practice what they teach when it comes to their own unsustainable demands. " Indeed.
"Left-wing teachers around the world spend many hours lecturing their students about the need for a ' sustainable environment', ” says Malkin. "Too bad they don’t practice what they teach when it comes to their own unsustainable demands. " Indeed.
The Psychic Poet
Strauss-Kahn case 'near collapse'
The New York Times asserts that the case against former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn is on the verge of collapse because of growing doubts about the alleged victim's credibility. You thought Parisians were rude to Americans? If he's cleared, you might think about packing body armor.
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