Tag Archive 'unemployment'

That pesky unemployment rate just keeps getting bigger and bigger

Posted by Moonage on 07 Nov 2008 | Tagged as: economic-policy

People pretty much tend to blame employment, or lack thereof, on the President.  However, economic policy and spending comes from Congress.  Sure, the Senate has some input, but what gets voted on is purely the Speaker of the House’s prerogative.  So, I tend to look at the politics of it all a little different.  I [...]

Unemployment jumps to five year high ( I told ya so! )

Posted by Moonage on 06 Sep 2008 | Tagged as: 2008 Presidential Race, Entitlement Programs, Fed Policy, Fun with Numbers, Idiot of the day, Political Correctness

Almost two years ago, I warned Nancy Pelosi what would happen if they jerked around with the minimum wage without adjusting other funding to account for it.  She’s a stubborn old bag and didn’t listen.  They promptly crammed it through Congress.
July 1, minimum wage went up 70 cents.  That’s about a 13% increase.
One month later, [...]

Keith Ellison’s Utopia

Posted by Moonage on 17 Jul 2008 | Tagged as: Fun with Numbers, Idiot of the day

Representative Keith Ellison submitted this letter to The Hill blogs:
We have to consider the 30 years of stagnant wages that your average Americans have had to face. That fact is that the reason we have people refinancing their homes, getting home equity loans, getting high rate interest credit cards and petty loans is because wages [...]

Are all liberal talk show peeps stupid?

Posted by Moonage on 19 May 2008 | Tagged as: Conspiracy Theories, Energy Policy, Fun with Numbers, Idiot of the day, Media, Oil Policy, Oil Supply, Opinions, People, Political Correctness

Now, I don’t believe that to be necessarily true, I just can’t find one I think is terribly smart.  Today’s example is Thom Hartmann.  In 2005, he tried convincing people that Jimmy Carter tried to prevent the Bush Energy Disasters - 28 years ago.  Now, the reason he states this is because Jimmy gave a [...]

What difference does the Speaker make?

Posted by Moonage on 19 Jan 2008 | Tagged as: National Politics

Nancy Pelosi took over as House Speaker on January 3, 2007.  Most people I think took that as no big deal.  Just another politician with a big title.  However, I think people need to consider who runs our country a little better and the impact they have.  For instance, from the period of one year [...]

Jobless Claims Leap to Highest Level in 4 Months!

Posted by Moonage on 04 Oct 2007 | Tagged as: The Media

That’s the headline.  Here’s the fact:

And people wonder why we’re a polarized nation.  If people realized the true shape this nation’s in, there would be very little to be polarized about.  Of course, most media would be bankrupt. 
I can live with that.

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$20 billion here, $20 billion there…….

Posted by Moonage on 03 Aug 2007 | Tagged as: The Media

Nancy Pelosi had this to say about the $22 billion difference between Congress and the White House budgets:
…..Democrats want to work with the president “to negotiate the very small difference between Democrats and Republicans on these appropriations bills.“
I’m still waiting for CBS and the rest to lambast her for her obvious fiscal irresponsibility. [...]