Things That Make You Go HMMMMM ...

Begin back peddling ... NOW!

23FEB2013
" ... there are literally teachers now who are getting pink slips, who are getting notices that they can't come back this Fall"

27FEB2013
" ... (Reporter: your confident that teachers are already getting pink slips, is that what you said?) ahh - yeah, I know they - yes there's a district where have, they're getting them just because there's an earlier union notification than most, so - Cattahau county WV - but the baste majority of them will be rolling out in the next two months" [sorry if I spelled that incorrectly]

1MAR2013
" ... (Reporter: secretary Duncun, earlier this week on a couple of occasions you've said that there are teacher who already being laid off because of the sequester - are you prepared to say now that that was an exaggeration on your part?) let me get really clear, why you're getting caught up in the details here - what I said was that teachers were getting notices and they were getting - and in the district we were talking about, 110 teachers have gotten notices. Now, I think there was a misinterpretation that I meant they were being laid off tomorrow, that's not what i said that's not what I meant. (Reporter: you said now, you said they were being laid off now) their beginning to get slips now, getting notices now. That's where I think some of the misunderstanding was. But the fact of the matter is, whether its what's already happened, what's coming across the country [insert his slight snicker here] over the next two months, which I also said, 10s of 1000s of teachers potentially are going to be getting these notices across the country, so the impact here is very very significant."

4MAR2013
"... so when I said pink slips, it was probably the wrong word - I probably should have used 'job elimination' 'positions eliminated' you sort of heard repeatedly, I should have been clear there.
Secondly, when I said 'impact on teachers' I should have said 'impact on educators' it's not just teachers, it's also support staff, guidance counselors, folks who work with special education students ..."
Education Secretary Duncan

Yeah ...

Sounds about right for this administration ...

Never mind that these "lay offs" "pink slips" happen EVERY YEAR at this time dispite the Sequester ...

Oh and that county that was laying off 110 teachers? It was really 5 teachers and they were on the block before the sequester even came into play! It was based on budgets and necessity.

So who broke this story?

The Washington Post ... Strict liberal media!

What does that say about this administration

BREAKING NEWS: State of the Union

Now before it all gets spun by the liberal media - let me put up and comment on the Bing.com polls that happened while the speech went on.

First - online broadcast ran nearly 7 seconds behind the televised, this made voting very hard to do ... We're the votes being tallied for what was said live or online? It could be the difference between voting on gun-control/military/police/education ... They could make a big difference in how you vote.

In general, the scoring NEVER went positive ... Averaging around -70pts by the end, and going as low as -77pts at one point

Anyway the White House looks at it, they have to see that America is not pleased with how things are being run! and it is NOT along party lines - the Independant/Unaffiliated voters tracked right along with the REPUBLICAN votes ... See the photos ...

Males &females tracked pretty much together - even on the military service for women and the wage plan equaling wages between the sexes.

His lowest ratings appeared to come while speaking about Medicare/healthcare and taxing the rich -- I don't know if that was because more wealthy people were voting, or if people feel that taxing the rich will just make them leave the country.

Anyhow - here are those photos

BREAKING NEWS: Presidential Speech

Here is the rough transcript (via Dragon software) of today's speech by President Obama on the impending sequester/auto-cuts if a budget isn't passed ... Followed of course by my comments:

Decisions we face on our budget and our deficit and these are decisions that will have real and lasting impact on our recovery. Economists and business leaders from across the spectrum have said that our economy is poised for progress in 2013 and we've seen signs of this progress over the last several weeks – home prices continue to climb, car sales are at a five-year high, manufacturing has been strong and we've created over 6 million jobs in the last 35 months; but we've also seen the effects that political dysfunction can have on our economic progress. The drawnout process of resolving the fiscal cliff hurt consumer confidence, the massive automatic cuts have Ardi began to affect business decisions. So we've been reminded that it's critical to cut wasteful spending we can't just cut our way to prosperity; deep indiscriminate cuts to things like education, training, energy and national security, will cost us jobs – and it was slow down our recovery. It's not the right thing to do for the economy, it's not the right thing for those folks that are still out there looking for work. And the good news is this doesn't have to happen. For all the drama and disagreement that we've had to have happened over the past few years, the Democrats and Republicans been still able to come together and cuts the deficit by $2.5 trillion through a mix of spending cuts and higher rates of taxes on the wealthy. It bounced approach has achieved more than a 2.5 trillion deficit reduction, that's more than halfway to the $4 trillion that economists and elected officials from both parties believe is required to stabilizer our debt – so we made progress, and I still believe we can finish the job with spending cuts and more text reform. The proposals I put forward, during the fiscal cliff negotiations, and discussions with speaker Bayner and others, are still very much on the table. I just want to repeat – the deals I put foreword on spending cuts and touch entitlement reform and tax reform I put forward are still on the table – I've offered sensible reforms to Medicare and other entitlements and my health-care proposals achieve the same amount of savings by the beginning of the next decade as the reforms that have that have been proposed by the bipartisan Bowles Simpson fiscal commission, theseproposals would reduce our governments Bill – what's up cameraman? Come on guys, the breaking myflow all the time – these reforms would reduce our governments billed by reducing the cost of healthcare, not shifting all those costs onto middle class seniors or the working poor or the children with disabilities but neverthelessI cheating the kind of savings we are looking for – but in order to achieve the full $4 trillion in deficit reduction that is the stated goal of economists and our elected leaders, these modest reforms in our social insurance programs have to go hand-in-hand with a process of tax reform so the wealthiest individuals and corporationscan't take advantage of loopholes and reductions that are available to most Americans. Leaders of both parties have already identified a need to get rid of most of these loopholes and deductions there's no reason why we should keep them, added time when we are trying to cut down on her deficit. And if we are going to close these loops holes then there's no reason we should use the savings that we obtained and turn around and spend that I knew text breaks for the wealthiest or for corporations. If we are serious about paying down the deficit, the savings we achieve from tax reform should be used to pay down the deficit; and topotentially make our businesses more competitive. Now, I think thisbalanced mix of spending cuts and tax reform is the best way to finish the job of deficit reduction, the overwhelming majority of American people, Democrats and Republicans as well as independents have the same view, and the house and the Senate are working towards budget proposals that I hopereflect thisbalanced approach – having said that I know a full budget may not be finished before March 1 - and unfortunately that's the date when a series of harmful automatic cuts of job creating investments and defense spending, also known as quotation"The Sequestor" are scheduled to take effect. So – if Congresscan't act immediately on a bigger package, if they can't get a bigger package done by the time the sequester is scheduled to go into effect, then I believe they should at least pass a smaller package of spending cuts and tax reforms that would delay the economically damaging effects of the sequester for a few more months until Congress finds a way to replace these cuts with a smarter solution. There is no reason, that the jobs of the thousands of Americans who work in national security or education or clean energy not to mention the growth of the entire economy should be put in jeopardy just because folks in Washington couldn't come together to eliminate a few special interest tax loopholes or government programs that we agreed need some reform. Congress is already working towards a budget that would permanently replaced the sequester at the very least we should give them the chance to come up with this budget instead of making an indiscriminate cut now that will cost us jobs and significantly slowed down a recovery. So let me just repeat, our economy is headed right now in the right direction and it will stay that way as long as there aren't any anymore self-inflicted wounds coming out of the Washington so let's keep on chipping away this problem together, as Democrats and Republicans, to give our workers and their businesses the support that they need to thrive in the weeks and months ahead. Thanks very much and I know that you're going to have a whole bunch of other questions and that'swhy I hired this guy Jay Carney to take those questions. Thank you everybody.(walks out) Sorry it's so "blocky" but that's the way Dragon does it.

Okay so the prez didn't blame any single party outright here, but we all know the way he thinks .... It's the general appearance that wealthy are bad, poor are good .... PPPFFFFST!

As normal he is calling for SHORT TERM efforts - again ... And I think the Congress is really taking their cues from YOU Mr President!

Time to stop CAMPAIGNING and start doing the damn job you were voted into! Stop wasting millions/billions on airplane rides when an Internet chat will do, just so you can give photo-ops to local politicians, and the frequent vacations? STOP THAT!

SHOW THEM how to get the JOB DONE by keeping your honey in the WH and get some sh-tuff done!

HealthCare struggles

How will the new health care law effect YOU?

Good question .... Here is what Betsy McCaughey (author of several books on ObamaCare) had to say earlier this year on FNC's show "Fox and Friends" {14JAN2013}

-- most Americans get their health insurance through work ... this will CHANGE
-- in 2014 any employer with more than 50 FT employees MUST provide the government mandated insurance coverage
-- cost to employers will COULD be twice the cost of most current plans

Current thinking now is that many employees will be either paying the penalty {which is CHEAPER than the plans} or reduce the FT staff to just PART-TIME staff ... which of course will lead to UNDERemployed workers struggling and needing to go on the government aid programs.

Lost your FT job? No problem - just PROVE that your INCOME SO FAR is enough for you to qualify for Medicare ... OR ... Go to your states Health Care Board/Exchange to get some from out of YOUR pockets!

Oh and these Exchanges will ONLY sell the GOVERNMENTS plan ... Interesting

Now you will have a "choice" of Bronze/Silver/Gold/Platinum plans ... BUT only the CoPays/Deductibles differ! Everything involved in the plans are the same - so it is a matter of how much comes out of your pocket either before or after the treatments.

The jest of it is that the government DICTATES to doctors what they can do and what information they must take, as well as what programs they must "force" upon you.

Cuts to Medicare pay for MORE THAN HALF the new health care plan -- seniors will get LESS health care!

So what will happen at hospitals?

Fewer seniors admitted
Nurses spread thinner ... unless the Unions put tighter reigns on the hospitals

Seniors will get $1431 LESS care per year

So where is the money going? Care or bureaucracy? BUREAUCRACY!

Not just to pay for all the new paperwork, but to train IRS workers to check for proper insurance forms &/or proof of insurance as well as how to fine people who do not qualify under the law.

Oh look -- yet another way for the government to get your money!

Bottom line?

$28 billion vs. $68 billion ... Out of the governments pocket ... Which means OUT OF YOUR POCKET

Election 2012

It looks like Hillary Clinton has decided to throw herself on the sword for Obama and is taking the blame for not raising a red flag sooner on the Libyan embassy ...

Somehow I managed to miss news that there had been 2 IED attacks on the US consulate in April & June!

Now there are questions on how the President COULDN'T have known about it.

" ... well I'm responsible for the people of the state department - for the more than 60,000 people around the world - the decisions about the security assets are made by security professionals, but we're going to review everything to make sure that we're doing what needs to be done in an increasingly risky environment around the world. There's no doubt that our men and women from the state department, USAID, the rest of our government are having to balance all the time how to do their jobs and not stay behind high walls but to do it as safely as possible - and thats an ongoing daily calculation around the world ..." Hillary Clinton interview {not date given}

so this will come back to bite her in the butt for the 2016 run for the White House ...

I have to wonder if Obama isn't figuring that after he loses THIS election, he will run again in 2016 ...

I know that John McCain said on FoxNews ("America's Newsroom", 16 October 2012, 8:30amCT for future reference) that Obama couldn't run again ... But I think he is mistaken.

My understanding of the law/amendment 22 - if Obama loses then there is nothing to prevent him from running for another term ... As well as Carter, Bush1, or Ford (is he still alive?) ...

But then I am beginning to doubt the intelligence of the American people and by the time 2016 rolls around they may just forget all about this self-proclaimed admission of blame ... Or how it is likely a ploy to cover-up the presidents fault by not attending the daily briefings of America's security and that of her assets around the world!

Election 2012

Okay saw this on FNC this morning ("Fox and Friends")

But there is at least one error - and I'm shocked that Fox would perpetuate the myth/misinformation

Paul Ryan's first job was NOT driving the Wienermobile ...

It was as a SALESMAN for Oscar Mayer and got to drive the hotdog shaped car ONCE ...

Shame on Fox for not pointing this out!

Other things said about the VP hopefuls ...

• not all the gaffes attributed to Biden were "gaffes", he really did mean to say them
• both are Irish-American
• more people favor Ryan over Biden

What I want to see is this Paul Ryan:

The man that can put Obama on his ear ... The smart guy who speaks eloquently enough to make a political summit interesting ... And someone who understands firsthand how important Social Security can be to families ...

When he was 16 yrs old, he found his father dead ... Saved his survivors benefit money to pay for college ... Took that college degree and ran with it!

Election 2012

or Numerology ... you decide

OHIO Presidential Poll
51% Obama
47% Romney
CNN/ORC International
Oct 5-8
722 likely voters
MOE +/- 3%
{c'mon, its CNN, they are so in the liberal's backpockets}

47.8% Obama
47.0% Romney
RealClearPolitics
october 4-8
average of all polls taken
OHIO only
{Obama had a 5 pt lead just one year ago}

Election 2012

4 more weeks ... for most of us ... thank goodness ...

headline:
WISCONSIN
7.5% Unemployment rate
(remember that this doesn't include farmers who couldn't bring in a crop this year)
$3.82/gallon Average gas price (sorry I've been to WI, its higher than that)
1 in 578 Foreclosure rate
2 Romney visits
2 Obama visits
6 of last 8 elections have gone to the democratic candidate
although they have had several republican governors in recent years
10 electoral votes

50.8% Obama
44.0% Romney

26% union households (2010)

Election 2012

"Concerning the fun parts of his job, Barack Obama resembles the Energizer Bunny. If there are crowds to wow, entertainers to schmooze or donors to pitch, Obama is Johnny-on-the-Spot. Too bad Obama's sparks stop flying when it comes time for the serious, heavy lifting of the presidency."
Deroy Murdock
National Review Online
2 October 2012

So why would he say this?

Presidential Daily Brief:
presidents sit down with heads of CIA, FBI, NSA, NatDefense, etc - they discuss issue that are happening locally and abroad ... like Libya ...

Jan 2009 - May 31, 2012
-56%
he did not show up for over HALF those meetings

so far in 2012 (1JAN-31MAY)
-62%

in these skipped meetings he simply took the booklet the experts prepared and parroosed it in the private quarters.

number of daily briefs looked at by President Obama the week before the Libyan Embassy incident
0
zilch
nada

the day after the attacks he SKIPPED the daily brief because he was headed to
LAS VEGAS
for a fundraiser

he also skipped the 3 meetings after that as well

according to Deroy Murdock
=:=:=:=:=:=
by contrast:

Bush attended ALL these meetings

now can you imagine what would have happened if he had missed one before a major incident like Libya???

heck, look what happened with Katrina and he wanted to send in aid but couldn't because of the way they system was set up!
=:=:=:=:=:=
JOBS COUNCIL
total meetings since Jan12012
0

like this is a big surprise

Numerology class

impact of presidential candidates on the economy

50% LITTLE IMPACT
47% Big Impact
03% not sure
AP/GIK poll
June 14 - 18
1,007 adults
MOE +/- 4%

Quote Of The Week

Hands down it will be House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) on the news program "this Week" when he described the House members as:

" ... 218 frogs in a wheelbarrow"

LOL - how perfect is that??

File This Under

Fool Me Once ...

Word came out of Libya that the Lockerbie bomber dies this weekend ... 3 yrs after he was released from a Scottish prison for "humanitarian" reasons

In 2009 they let him go because he was during of cancer and was supposed to only have 3 MONTHS to live ... riiiiiiight

Part of the deal was that he was NOT supposed to get a celebrity welcome, celebration, or life -- because they let him go on a libyan plane he got ALL THREE

I had heard that one of the family members of the crash victims got a text of the news while in church Sunday and admits to thinking it was about time he got what he deserved

Rosemary Mild, who lost her only child in the crash, said on tv that she was greatly relieved at the news of his death

He served only 18 days per life he took! How is that fair? Where was the "humanity" for these families?

About the Bombing/Bomber:

• 270 people were killed
• 189 were Americans
• Remains dealiiest terrorist event on BRITISH soil
• He was the only person convicted of the bombing (I'm not publishing his name here - he won't get that much "celebrity" from me)
• He spent 10 years at the top of the FBIs Most Wanted List
• In July 2011, "he" made his last known appearance at a PRO-Qaddafi rally (gee, go figure)

••••••••••
So how does she feel about all the new TSA rules?

she says "suck it up" because they are just trying to protect us ...

she did mention that Qaddafi was never held accountable for the bombing either - even though he PERSONALLY ordered the bombing to take place ...

The lawsuit that the families filed against Pan-Am was because the airline did NOT follow FAA regulations .... they did not check an unaccompanied suitcase/luggage before loading it on the plane in Frankfurt ... in this case, that bag contained the bomb

I remember the bombing quite well in 1988 - it was a big year for me - it was one of those things you could believe could have happened ....

I remember them finding kids toys along the wreckage trail ... I think I remember seeing a photo of a rescue recovery worker holding a doll of some sort ... so so sad!

Now - I filed this under "Fool Me Once" because ... well come on - do we really believe that he is dead and not just hiding out someplace plotting some other nasty plan?

after all the news came from the same people who said he was supposed to die in 3 months ... 3 years ago

from the same people who promised he wouldn't get a hero's welcome, but then preceded to party up as soon as his plane landed

promised he wouldn't be a celebrity but then paid for everything he needed live and I do believe gave him an award of some sort ...

yeah -- like I'm really going to believe it

Not until I see his body with 280 flags attached to knives sticking out of his rotting corpse!

I'm sorry ...

did that sound harsh?

File This Under

Saving Us From Ourselves!

Don't worry - the US govt will save us from those awful terrible restaurants who insist on feeding us food we want to eat, and FORCE them to follow the FEDERAL GUIDELINES of nutrition whether we like it not!

A recent study showed that the overwhelming majority of food places served meals that where created without consulting the federal guidelines and not of the time it did not meet these requirements

We will soon see nationwide (at least if the cry-baby liberals stay in majority power) policies similar to those in states such as NY and CA ...

Regulations that forbid salt on tables or adding of the necessary part of our diet during cooking -- YES salt is IMPORTANT to the regulation of nutrition in our bodies, more than what you will find in "raw food"

Regulations in which fast food restaurants will be required to force the nutritional facts down their patrons throats ... and making the print so small on the drive through menus that they can't be seen anyhow

Regulations which will force restaurants to offer "healthy" food item alternatives which patrons will not buy and have to be thrown out anyhow - causing a monetary loss and force them to raise the prices ...

And don't worry about having enough money to pay for the higher costs - the government will simply raise our taxes to pay for the extra personnel to unforced the regulations

Oh look - don't be surprised if the next thing we hear is:

Eating At Fast Food Restaurants Causes The Loss Of Jobs

{doesn't that seem to be the way this Administration seems to think though?}

Economic Education

Two weeks AFTER the election the following has been set up to happen:

(first this wasn't a Red or Blue thing - both sides are responsible for this mess; Obama however should have headed this off)

• America will "run out" of borrowing power - kind of like maxing out ALL your credit cards and using up all their cash advances too

• Debt ceiling will HAVE to be raised

• 1 JAN 2013: Tax cuts expire and EVERYONE will get massive tax increases (known as the "payroll tax holiday")

• 1 JAM 2013: Tax on dividends and interest goes UP (if you have a life insurance policy that sends you a dividend check you get to keep less - if you have a bank account that pays interest the tax you pay on that interest will go up too, including that on any accounts you have in your MINOR children's names)

• 1 JAN 2013: Tax rates go up across the board - everyone gets thrown into a new tax bracket

• 1 JAN 2013: $1.2 TRILLION will be sequestered - spending taken out of healthcare & military

So making a new deal between congress and the White House will help right?

Well since the last "deal" was reached spending DEBT went up $1.09 TRILLION

That's an average of $3.7 BILLION a day

Under Obama's reign term in office the Nation Debt has grown more then $5 TRILLION

So the new budget {must suppress giggle here since we haven't had a national budget in the 3 years he's been president} will control it right?

The GROSS National Debt in FY2013 is expected to go over $25 TRILLION

That's better, right?

Right now he total US debt is greater than Her output - the first time since World War 2! (and we are supposed to be in Peacetime now)

if all the spending cuts take effect that need to happen it will take out nearly 1/5 of the money from the economy

This will ruin the economy - depression like you wouldn't believe

So how does this compare to Bush?

• Bush added $4.89 Trillion in 8 years

• Obama added $5.05 Trillion in 3 Years + 3 months

File This Under ...

Unlawful Use Of Power ...

for those of us who were flabbergasted by the accusations of the Clinton administration trying to use its power to get Lewinsky a job (or was it the whistle blower in the case?) to keep the Oral Office Scandal secret, what Obama and his cronies are doing blows our minds!

Now remembering that it was the President himself who accused the Supreme Court of acting unconstitutionally by even considering taking on the Health Care Law's constitutional standing ...

it seems unthought of that this same President, through his Justice Department, would now "threaten" the Medicare payments for millions of Americans!

the administration has sent letters to the Justices stating that if they strike down the INDIVIDUAL MANDATE (the part of the law that forces everyone to carry health insurance whether they wish it or not) it will cause..

" ... extraordinary disruption to Medicare's payment system if indeed the Court turns down the Medicare Reform Law {Obama Care} ...

so while accusing the Court of doing something so unheard of as to challenge a law passed by elected officials (sorry but its part of their job, Mr.Constitutional Lawyer - kinda brings into question those Harvard grades again, huh?} the White House sees no problem with THREATENING the medical care to all these seniors ... also remember that most of the judges on the USSC are probably using Medicare themselves on some level as they are above retirement age ...

wouldn't you think when the government realized that Americans weren't going to just roll over and let this happen, that they would have made provisions for what to do if they didn't win?

or are they so arrogant as to think that the Supreme Court would just roll over and beg the President to scratch their tummies?

so what exactly are we looking at here?

In 2012 Medicare will spend about $565.9 (the fiscal year that is)

this spending has grown by 9% each year since 1985 (on average)

by 2020 the cost of Medicare is expected to increase by 80% (I wonder if this is before, or after, Obama-care kicks in)

47.5 MILLION people are covered by Medicare

by 2020 they are expecting over 30 million more people to join the ranks (this has to be after Obama-care)

Economic Education

You have a home phone and pay for it ...
You have a cell phone and pay for it ...

but you are also paying for the HOME phones and CELL phones for people who can't afford it ...

the UNIVERSAL ACCESS FEE on your phone bills was meant to pay for basic service in every home so that no home would be without 911 service - every home was supposed to have one working phone outlet and one basic phone which, even without phone service, would allow for 911 calls only.

if the person in the home wanted to receive or make calls they would then need to have a "contract" with the phone service

several years ago they snuck this fee onto cell phone bills as well and began to pay for full basic cell phone use ...

this means people can not only make 911 calls on these cell phones but regular calls as well ....

and there appears to be no limit as to how many of these free cell phones they can get ...

The program called "Lifeline" will now also pay for 1/2 of the bill for people who "qualify" for basic phone service {no longer just for 911 service}

$488Million = cost in 2000
$1.8BILLION = cost in 2011

Congressman Tim Griffin (R-Ark) says some people have as many as 30 of these free cell phones and the government doesn't seem to be monitoring it

now the report Ive seen did not say what they get on those cells - although the congressman claims they are getting iPhones, blackberries, and the like ...

Tim Griffin does have more information on this on

Economic Education

for 50 some odd years america has declared a "war on Poverty" ... so how are we doing?

well the Cato Institute has released new stats on the matter - or maybe they are conclusions ...

polls show that people of lower ESC (Economic Social Conditions) tend to support obama more than those of higher ESC ...

under Obama, spending on welfare programs has gone up 41% than it did under Bush ... but then, you have to remember that the unemployment rate has jumped as well

that means $1 trillion is spent every year to "help" these people (remember that Gov Christie said we were becoming a nation of people who what to sit on our butts but still recieve a pay check? this would be it)

the largest program is Medicaid (not be be confused with Medicare for the elderly)

there are currently 126 different programs to fight poverty in the US which are paid for by government money

when Johnson declared the war - poverty was at 19%
under Obama it is above 15% but we are spending a whole lot more and not just because things are more expensive ... more like politicians feel they have to pay for EVERYTHING someone would want, instead of paying for the BASICS and giving them incentive to move up

although the stigma is still there

the overwhelming factors is poor education, drop outs are 4 times more likely to end up in poverty

those who grew up in single parent homes are 4 times more likely to also be in poverty ...

one of the problems with the way things are set up now - EBS cards can be cashed out at liquor stores and casinos in many states, and when used in a grocery store many states feel that they can not put limits as to what the money can be used for so it gets used to purchase quick-fix meals, beer, wine, etc instead of the healthier foods the government wants them to eat ...

of course with the way food prices are now, about the only food that is cost effective is rice & beans and that is supposed to be unhealthy for you too.

The feds spending about $20,610 per person to fight poverty ... that may not sound like very much - but its enough to put these people into the middle class ...

much of this money goes into subsidies for food/shelter etc and not directly to the people - but that isn't what was said ... it is simply saying how much is being spent

the US spends the second highest amount on education (behind Switzerland)

Numerology class

So the last poll I saw said Romney & Obama were in a statistical tie ... Although the numbers showed that Romney was AHEAD by a couple of points

So what was the result as the polling numbers of Obama fell?

Gas prices fell for at least 7 days in a row for no apparent reason

Job creation numbers numbers were "adjusted" to higher levels

Unemployment numbers were "fixed" to look better

suddenly there was a new poll being talked about on liberal tv shows and talk shows - although I haven't seen any stats actually put up - saying that Obama is leading in every minority group they targeted ... Which really doesn't make sense because in 2000 when he was elected he also lead in every minority group and this time he is supposed to have more support there than when he ran against McCain ... So why is he losing the overall polling data then?

This morning I saw this report come out:

WEEKLY JOBLESS CLAIMS
Week Ending April 14th

386,000
UP

That is 16,000 more than they were expecting ....

Remember that in order for the economy to be recovering they said we would have to create about 300,000 jobs a month until election time

Also the unemployment percentage has been played with to look like it is dropping ... I think it's somewhere around "9%" now ... but there is talk that the Administration has been quietly pushing for the "Friday Layoff/Monday Hire" shell-game with the employment numbers

They also said that the real numbers are being reflected in the "consumer confidence" numbers kore than anything else ...

People are spending less as hey find there is just less money to go around and the price of things are jumping up ...

Think it's bad now? Wait until meat jumps 100% this summer!

I can see price caps set by the federal Government coming back into vogue ... Ala President Carter and the milk situation of the 1970s ... at least I remember it as Carter, but I'm betting I will probably find on a wikisearch that it was really Ford
•••••••••••••••••••••••••
The Following graph shows the rise & fall of the Unemployment numbers (hopefully it will show up proper)

the YELLOW LINE indicates where the numbers show be BELOW in order for these numbers to show a "Healthy Economy" ... That is one of growth if below, one of maintenance if right along the line

Eminent Domain Strikes Again

This had slipped past me - at least until I subscribed to the MNDMV YouTube site ...

Watch the animation carefully on the left-hand side - see the neighborhood (barely visible beneath the trees) disappear as the image sweeps upward ... Oh and look, the trees are going to disappear as well.

The only reason the houses are going is because the new project is moving the freeway closer to the homes Conde ing them for safety reason -- otherwise there is no reason for these homes to be condemned ... It's the project ITSELF that causes the issue



Pay attention -- this too can happen to you!

Numerology class

Interesting poll numbers
§§§§§§
Republican Nomination PREFERENCE FOR WOMEN
_Feb ___Feb
6-12___13-19
24%____36% Rick Santorum
36%____26% Mitt Romney
Gallop Poll
784 likely voters surveyed
*****
Interesting in that this is even after his comments about birth control ... and everyone thought that would be bad for him
§§§§§§
Michigan GOP Presidential primary
32% Mitt Romney
30% Rick Santorum
Mitchell/Rosetta Stone
20FEB2012
420 likely MI voters/ MOE+/- 4.7%
(wow that's a big MOE for one of these polls)
*****
Michigan GOP presidentail primary
38% Rick Santorum
34% Mitt Romney
Rasmussen Reports Poll
20FEB2012
750 likely MI voters
MOE +/- 4%
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