I hate repeating myself, but for the sake of blogging about something, I am going to have to repeat myself….again. However, for short, it’s just more of this here.
But for those of us, who want a longer version of the story; I give you this:
When you print more money, you devalue currency, and when you devalue currency, the price of everything goes up. This, in turn, causes employers to have to pay for more everything, and this also causes them to look at their bottom line. This is the vicious cycle of inflation. Which is caused by a fiat currency, which is not backed by Gold. I said this on my old blog, a million times back when Obama was being elected and afterwards.
So, here we have the story about August unemployment numbers being bad. Again, as I report this, remember what I said above:
New Gallup unemployment data suggest an increase in the government’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for August when it is reported on Friday, Sept. 7. During recent months, Gallup’s measurements have been more optimistic than those of the BLS. Barring a sharp reversal in this relationship, the government’s unadjusted unemployment rate might be expected to stay the same or increase in August.
Gallup’s Daily tracking of the unemployment situation is based on interviews with more than 30,000 adults over the 30 days ending Aug. 15, and shows essentially no change in the unadjusted unemployment rate at 8.3% compared to 8.2% in July. In turn, this suggests that the government’s unadjusted unemployment rate could increase to 8.7% in July from 8.6% in June. The government’s measurement of the unadjusted unemployment rate has been known to differ with Gallup’s findings, but a drop of 0.3% in July is necessary to bring the government’s unadjusted rate down to Gallup levels.
More interestingly, there were no BLS seasonal adjustments in August 2011. If this remains the same in 2012, the Gallup seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for August would be 8.3% while that of the BLS would be 8.7%, assuming a similar increase to that shown in the Gallup data. Further, Gallup’s data show the labor force participation rate to be increasing in August. In turn, that could have an additional negative impact on the unemployment rate for August if the government’s data show a similar pattern.
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Trying to guess the U.S. unemployment rate has been a thankless task in 2012, even using Gallup’s 30,000 interviews as a basis for estimation — even worse than trying to guess the results of the government’s establishment survey. However, like ADP’s (Automatic Data Processing) estimates of the establishment survey results, Gallup’s numbers have been close to the household survey results much of the time.
Regardless, barring heroic adjustments or a sharp change in direction, Gallup data suggest the seasonally adjusted U.S. unemployment rate for August will increase — possibly substantially — when announced in early September.
So, if you cannot find a job, this is why: Employers are having to look at their bottom lines. They have to take in account for the fact that they have to pay for supplies, taxes, insurance, and equipment; this does not leave much left over for extra employees. This is not rocket science my friends; this is textbook small business administration. It is too bad that progressives, Democrats and the Obama Administration simply do not seem to understand this concept.
The news has leaked out that an obscure, secretive UN agency called the World Intellectual Property Organization or WIPO shipped sophisticated U.S. computer equipment to Iran and North Korea despite UN and U.S. sanctions against both those governments. U.S. policy is to block their development of nuclear weapons so they won’t be able to fire nuclear bombs at us. In addition to being a major threat to U.S. security, these UN shipments violated the restrictions of the equipment manufacturer, Hewlitt-Packard, which forbids any HP equipment from being sent to such regimes.
The shipment to Iran included 20 Hewlitt-Packard desktop computers that will give Iran significant computing power. The shipments to North Korea also included sophisticated computers.
Let’s face it. The United Nations is not only NOT our friend; the UN is our enemy. It’s time to say goodbye and kick all those overpaid anti-American bureaucrats out of their preferential real estate in New York City.
He is, of course, referring to the word “niggerization” that he used to describe Romney’s campaign, something that I responded to yesterday. Apparently, The Romney campaign reached out to the suits at NBC and told them they were not to happy about the comment. Hence, the apology.
I figure I do owe my readers the reason I am doing this. The reason why I am removing the banner in the corner is this: I was wronged by an American Jewish blogger and I do not wish to be associated with her and her ilk any longer. I will not name the Blogger who I am referring to, nor will I link to her directly — Because I do not wish to be sued. However, I will tell you what happened. A while back on this blog, I defended this woman, as a libertarian-minded person who believes in freedom of speech. (Please Note: I ended up removing the posting where I defended her; because I figured, if she was that damned self-absorbed and did not want to at least thank me — then I was not interested in having her name on my blog anymore. Plus too, I was getting death threats and hack threats on this blog. So, I pulled my defense of her tripe.)
What happened was this; this blogger wrote one of her trademark “burn and quarter” blog postings about the Country of Poland and the holocaust. Now, keep in mind, I have read what she alleged in her blog posting, in other places before and what she said, was hardly even original, as it has been alleged by others before. As for the validity of what she alleged, and what has been alleged by others before, that remains in dispute by many historians, Jewish and otherwise. Anyhow, I did not defend WHAT she wrote, but that she did have the right to write her OPINION. I also felt that those attacking her for her opinion were acting like the Muslims who objected to the drawing of Mohammed.
Now, do you think that this woman would have the common decency to thank me publicly for sticking out my neck for her on that blog of hers? No, she did not. This was after I wrote a defense article, and literally was pounded for it on my blog. You would think that this woman would have at least written a simple, thank you posting on her blog, linking to mine. Well, I guess someone, who is really into self-promotion; more than anything else — could not be bothered with that. Not that I feel that I am entitled to it, but a little common courtesy goes a long way in establishing relationships in the blogosphere and in real life too.
Anyhow, I mentioned this in on twitter and after I griped about it, she thanks me — on twitter. Not once did she mention it on her blog. Well, a little time had passed and I sent over a short e-mail and asked her opinion on a political cartoon that I had some concerns about — finally after a week; she replied. She called me deranged and accused me of being crazy, and threatened to file stalking charges against me. (This, I am told, is her favorite thing to do.) Therefore, I replied and in so many words, told her to bugger off.
The real irony of all this, is when last night, after getting the reply from this woman, is I happened to open my browser on my iPod and happen to read this mildly coherent rant by this woman about Michelle Malkin. I honestly could not believe I was reading this article, by the same woman who called me, essentially crazy. I was amazed.
Therefore, I simply will say this, when it comes to the Jews, Israel and the defense of thereof. I am done with it. I will not allow myself to be the whipping boy for the cause of Israel, if that is the way that American Jews want to treat we Americans. Please keep in mind that this woman’s blog had a HUGE security hole in it, and that was because her stupid ass did not update the blogging/CMS software in a long time and I happened to stumble over it and kindly informed her. However, I am crazy; because I simply felt that this woman did not show me any sort of appreciation for defending her. However, this is not about me, at all. This is about this woman and the way she treats Americans and Conservatives, especially bloggers. So, to her, the Jewish Community, to the supporters of Israel: I am done. I will never defend people — Jewish or otherwise — who treat Americans like that. I find it incredibly ironic that this wretched woman would slander Michelle Malkin, mock her minority status, mock, and deride her marriage – which happens to be to a Jewish man and make racist statements about her — all the while hiding behind her Jewish identity and hurling out anti-Semitic accusations to anyone who disagrees with her deranged idiocy.
Let me be clear and let me state emphatically that as an Independent Baptist, as a Fundamentalist Christian, and as someone who has a keen sense of Biblical history; I know the historical significance of Israel and its role in “end times” events. However, as a red-blooded Conservative American, I cannot sit idly by and allow a Jew to treat a fellow Gentile Conservative American spitefully and myself without a reasonable explanation, other than the fact that she is suffering from some sort of mental illness or is just quite full of herself. It is wrong, it is not conservative, it is asinine, and it is not going to fly with this writer —not now, not ever.
Because of this and because of issues that I have with other American Jews who deal in this sort of Anti-American treachery; I will be removing my “I stand with Israel” banner from this site for good. If any of the people, who are actually brave enough to read this site has an issue with this — I say to you the following: In the words of the Late, Great, William F. Buckley —- Cancel your own goddamned subscription.
Touré didn’t just say that – he said that Romney was “using the playbook Republicans have been using for decades now.” In other words, Republicans have been involved in so-called “niggerization” for decades.
This is disgusting. It’s a lie, and what’s more, it waters down racism to the point where anything qualifies – and to the point that real racism isn’t taken seriously anymore. According to Touré, it’s racist to suggest that Obama is the “food stamp president,” even if he’s elevated food stamp usage to record levels; it’s racist to call him angry; but it’s not racist for Joe Biden to suggest that freeing Wall Street will put black people “back in chains.”
Only MSNBC would put a fool like Touré on the air every night. And only the racially extreme left would consider Touré an eloquent spokesperson for their perverse views.
Okay, now I am going to say what Ben did not have the room or even the heart to say up there in that quoted text above. As a white man, who has been unemployed for the last eight goddamned years and has watched as family members, friends and neighbors of mine lose their jobs, their homes, and their dignity over the last eight years —- of which Obama has been in office for almost four years of that time. Let me say that I have watched as Obama has engaged in the ‘niggerization’ of America.
I have watched as President Obama bailed out Wall Street and left people on Main Street to suffer. I have watched as Barack Obama went out of his way to protect failing companies like General Motors and Chrysler (READ —- UNIONS!) — Which are headed for bankruptcy again —- and then not do a goddamned thing for non-union working class folk —-like myself.
The fact is that unemployment is up, food stamp enrollment is up, social security enrollment is up and the Nation’s GDP is down, manufacturing is down and economy is just goddamned awful. Whose fault is that? It is President Barack Obama’s fault. If Barack Obama had just left the economy alone, it would have been just fine and would have recovered. However, no, he spent like a drunken sailor and now this Country is $15 TRILLION dollars in debt and what do we have to show for it? —– Not one goddamned lousy thing except for the debt itself. Oh, we got something all right, a lousy goddamned healthcare bill that utterly robbed Medicare!
So, if the liberal Democrats want to talk about ‘niggerization’ of anything, I suggest they look in the goddamned mirror and also take a look in the White House and look real close at what the “magic negro” that they elected to the office of President of the United States is really doing! Because I tend to suspect that, these clowns are just plain damned clueless.
This is what the Democrats have left, their leader has failed, and his reelection is in jeopardy. They have nothing left in their bag; —- except for class and racial warfare. This will cost them dearly too. Because Independent people are going to see this and they are going to run away from it. Racial resentment is a turnoff to most people.
This is not what Martin Luther King Jr. taught; this is the sort of thing Malcolm X preached and practiced. It was wrong then and it is wrong now. This is why Martin Luther King Jr. has a monument in Washington DC and Malcolm X does not. Because preaching this sort of division does nothing to advance the black cause, all it does is cause hate and resentment. It used to work in the 1970’s and even in the 1980’s. However, I tend to believe the Americans, even black Americans, are just a little smarter than that anymore. They are tired of the division and the warfare and just want to get along with everyone. I mean, blacks can go to Selma, Alabama now and eat, shop and sleep about anywhere they want to there now.
Therefore, to MSNBC and this Toure character, I say this: Your racial resentment and “the evil white man” magic act are getting a bit stale. I think it is time you found a new script and some new talking points. Because smart Americans, like me, see right through this and reject it wholeheartedly. By that, I mean; Black Americans, White Americans, Latino Americans, and every other goddamned race of Americans too. All Americans see right now is the fact that there are no jobs, and that they have no money and huge bills and mortgages that are underwater — and the best thing you idiots at MSNBC can do is play the race card? My God —- has defending hope and change gotten that bad?
In closing: ‘niggerization’ —- Nigga please! You idiots do not even know the meaning of the word! 🙄
Now, I shall let it known that I do not agree that the Government or Barack Obama; as I said before, staged the events. But, I will say this; I am glad to see that people like Dave Mustaine are waking up to the fact that the Government is not your friend and can only take from you.
Having said that, enjoy the music from Magadeth:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71ww3XH4zEg
I just wish that someone could get the red-headed tool to run for President of the United States! Now that — would be awesome.
Now for my feelings about this shooting incident: This incident, like all of the rest of the shooting incidents is tragic. It is a reminder that we do not live in the 1940’s anymore. Putting it bluntly there are some crazy people out there. This shooting is just another case of some idiot criminal, who might have been a bit off his rocker or who wanted some attention to his pet cause; decided to buy a gun and commit a crime.
Now I am not going to do, unlike some of the right — is sit here and accuse President Obama of ordering this sort of thing to happen. Doing something of that nature is hyper-partisan in nature and not to mention quite stupid. Not to mention, it would be in the league of the Alex Jones crowd. I have actually seen this already over at another well-known Conservative blog. Shame on them, and they wonder why they have been labeled a racist blog and a hate blogger by some on the left!
What also gets up my nose is how some of the jackasses on the left are saying, “When is Congress going to impose stricter gun regulations?” How stupid can you get? The truth is, if the man, who shot up this place, had wanted to get a gun and do what he did; he would have gotten the gun — one way or another, legally or illegally. Desiring stricter gun regulations to stop shootings is about as dumb as wanting to outlaw automobiles to prevent people from being run over by cars. Yes, it is the same silly logic.
Terrorism is terrorism —- period —- full stop. It does not matter to me and really should not matter to anyone, whether if it is being carried out by some Muslim, who thinks Jihad means to kill people or some Neo-Nazi, who cannot tell a Sikh from a Muslim. Whether the crime is being committed by a far right wing militia person or a left wing radical communist — the point is the person is committing a crime. What also should matter to all Americans, left and right, is that we live in such a lousy hyper-partisan Country these days, that no mainstream media outlets outside of Fox News could be bothered to report this incident.
Furthermore, what really galls me is the vileness that seems to emanate out of the left and the right, when stuff like this actually happens. Why is that we have to partisan everything to absolute death? The right does it, the left does it and it really does truly suck. Why cannot we just be grateful that no one was killed and just move on? This is a byproduct of the 24-hour news cycle and the advent of advocacy journalism I suppose.
The truth is, I have been caught up in much of what I just described, and you know what? I really do regret that. I regret that I was part of the echo chamber of blogging, first on the left, during the Bush era and then for a time, on the right. It was dumb and it was not very honest. This is the reason why I do not really blog about every single news item that comes up anymore. Blog hits are great, but selling one’s soul for blog hits is not something I want to do at all.
This is the reason why that I have been throttling back the blogging a bit and toning down on the bombast here on this blog. Because I just do not want to be the catalyst for some idiot, who is off his pebble a bit to go off and commit some mass shooting. I want to be known for my honesty and not my site popularity. I also do not want to responsible for any sort of nonsense that has been happening here as of late.
In closing: Can we all at least agree to pray that there is no more of these shootings, for at least a while?
Mitt Romney used a tough new campaign speech to personally blast the Obama campaign on Tuesday, saying comments earlier in the day from Vice President Biden are “what an angry and desperate Presidency looks like.”
“Mr. President, take your campaign of division and anger and hate back to Chicago,” Romney said while campaigning in Ohio.
Romney was responding to Biden’s suggestion that the GOP ticket’s economic policies would “put y’all back in chains.”
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Romney repeatedly and harshly criticized Team Obama for the remarks.
“His campaign and his surrogates have made wild and reckless accusations that disgrace the office of the Presidency. Another outrageous charge came a few hours ago in Virginia. And the White House sinks a little bit lower,” Romney said.
“This is an election in which we should be talking about the path ahead, but you don’t hear any answers coming from President Obama’s re-election campaign. That’s because he’s intellectually exhausted, out of ideas, and out of energy. And so his campaign has resorted to diversions and distractions, to demagoguing and defaming others. This is an old game in politics; what’s different this year is that the president is taking things to a new low.”
Romney’s remarks echo those of his campaign spokeswoman, who earlier in the day called Biden’s remarks a “new low.”
The counter-punches mark a much tougher tone from Team Romney, who have criticized the Obama campaign before, particularly over a controversial ad by pro-Obama super PAC Priorities USA Action that links Romney to a woman’s death, but never in such blunt or harsh terms.
This might just point to the possibility that team Romney knows, that if they are going to win this election, they are going to have to fight and fight hard. As John McCain found out in 2008, that “nice guy politics” just does not work anymore. If Republicans are going to defeat Obama, they are going to have to fight hard and keep throwing Obama’s record back in the face of the Democrats. It is a sad thing to behold, that politics has gotten that bad; believe me I know. But, this is 2012 and not the 1940’s anymore. If Conservatives and Republicans are going to win, they are going to have to fight and fight hard.
Also too, Republicans are going to have to realize that Democrats are not above lies, slander and racial incitement. Democrats did this in 2008, with John McCain and Sarah Palin, and they are going to do it with Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan too. It is now a part of normal day politics, and it is nothing really new either. However, the racial tone in this election is at a all-time peak. Both sides are doing it too. Which is why I do not link to many of the so-called “Conservative” blogs much. The democrats have no one to blame, but themselves. Instead of choosing a candidate with experience, they chose identity politics; because they knew that they would lose otherwise. So, this is all their making and not the Republicans fault.
The very fact that the Democrats refuse to apologize for the “Chains” comment is living proof that the Neo-Left is controlling the Democratic Party. How so? Because Neo-leftists believe that race is a means to an end. The end, to them, is the bringing down of the capitalist system and installing a full-blown, top down, socialist system; like the one in the soviet union. Which, by the way, failed. So, to them, nothing is off the table: Lies, Ethnic warfare, class warfare — all of that — is what Democrats believe will win them the election.
Now if Obama record was better and the economy did recover, all of this stuff would actually work. However, none of that happened. So, much of this is for naught. The American people, well, the majority of them anyhow — are a bit smarter than what the Obama campaign gives them credit for and they see this as a desperate act to divert attention away from Obama’s record. It is, again, overreach by the Democrats and it will cost them dearly in the election in November.
VICE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN: They’ve said it. Every Republican’s voted for it. Look at what they value and look at their budget and what they’re proposing. Romney wants to let the—he said in the first 100 days, he’s going to let the big banks once again write their own rules–unchain Wall Street. They’re going to put y’all back in chains.He’s said he’s going to do nothing about stopping the practice of outsourcing.
I know, I, as a Conservative, am supposed to be loving this sort of stuff. But, I just….don’t. We might be winning the message war. But, are we winning the hearts and minds of the people? You know, like the independents? It is to wonder.
Whatever happened to the days, when people would debate politics and not have it devolve into shouting matches?
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