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A quick check of the economic health

Thursday, July 19th, 2012

Ok, we’re three and half years into the Obama Economy, let’s see where we are.

The Real unemployment rate is 14.9%

For the past three months in a row more Americans are going on disability rolls than are finding jobs.

President Barack Obama’s Jobs Council hasn’t met  for six months.  Clearly, job creation is not an issue our Dear Leader is very concerned about.

Expect your grocery bills to go up, since corn prices are at record highs. Next time you are at the market, take a look at what you are putting in your cart and how much of that is made with high fructose corn syrup.  Don’t forget the federal regulations requiring corn based ethanol in gasoline next time you are at the gas pump.

Obama’s Energy Department is  ‘Unable to Locate’ $500,000 in Equipment Bought With Stimulus Money.’  That is a half million tax payer dollars! The Energy Department didn’t earn that money, somebody else did (i.e. working Americans who pay federal taxes), and the “most transparent administration ever’ owes the American people a higher level of transparency than ” it would not be “appropriate” to release the name of stimulus-money recipient where the $500,000 worth of equipment could not be located.”

25 Out Of The Last 27 Times Retail Sales Collapsed Like This We Were In A Recession.

The Federal Post Office can’t make a payment to its retirement fund.

New unemployment claims are back up again.

Don’t worry though, President Barry says that the Private Sector is Doing Just Fine.

Oh, right, reality forced him to retract that statement.

Update: Here are a few more items.

U.S. Existing Home Sales Unexpectedly Drop To Eight-Month Low.  After three and a half years of the Obama Economy, items like this shouldn’t be “unexpected.”

Factory activity contracted for a second month in a row.

Consumer confidence dipped to 84.7.

Yet all leftists want to talk about is Gov. Romney’s taxes.

Hard working Americans are the solution, not the problem

Thursday, July 19th, 2012

Bill Whittle takes a look at Obama’s record as President

Thursday, July 19th, 2012

Crazy for Covers

Wednesday, July 18th, 2012

As I have mentioned, I like a good cover song, and if you do too, check out the Crazy for Covers channel on Rhapsody.

Last time I wrote about covers, I mentioned two covers of the Clash tune, Train in Vain.

Here is another one, by Charlie does Surf.

Quote of the Day

Tuesday, July 17th, 2012

“Bain Capital. Isn’t that where Romney was running a successful business while Obama was somewhere getting high all the time?”

 

Monday Book Pick: The Buntline Special: A Weird West Tale

Monday, July 16th, 2012

The Buntline Special: A Weird West Tale by Mike Resnick

Executive Summary: Steampunk at the OK Corral, with Indian Medicine Men casting real Magick (for a dash of Shadowrun tossed in for flavor). Bonus points for a young Thomas Edison with a specially harded bronze mechanical arm. Other than that, it’s a pretty historically accurate recounting of the events leading up to, and the events after, the Gunfight at the OK Corral. It reminded me a lot of the movie Tombstone, to the point where I heard Val Kilmer’s Doc Holiday in my head while reading the book. This could be because both Resnick and the folks who did Tombstone did a lot of research on the topic. Even with the Steampunk Plus elements, it was a fun read.

Monday Book Pick Archive

Dieselpunk

Sunday, July 15th, 2012

I have to say I was pleasantly surprised about the amount of Dieselpunk on Pinterest.

It looks like the old FASA RPG Crimson Skies counts as Dieselpunk these days.

A clear example of the left letting their hate override any rational thought

Saturday, July 14th, 2012

Redstate nails it:

Meet Bainers, the New Birthers

 The geniuses at Team Obama are showing their complete ignorance of private enterprise, the law, and the one well vetted part of Mitt Romney’s career — his tenure at Bain Capital.

It is well established that Mitt Romney left Bain to go salvage the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics. It is also well established that his name remained on some SEC documents. This stems from winding down his partnership interest in Bain Capital. It is a quirk in the law. It has been well vetted. Even FactCheck.org and the Washington Post are unpersuaded by Team Obama’s hyperbole.

Really? A felon? Hey! Let’s accuse Barack Obama of being a foreign born Muslim! There’s about the same validity to both. Meet the Bainers — they are the members of Team Obama demanding proof from Mitt Romney that he is a liar or a felon. Next they’ll ask when he stopped beating his wife.

The Bainers will not take any answer that does not show Romney to be a liar or felon…

To make it worse, this “Bainerism” is being driven by the Obama Campaign, with the consent of our Dear Leader, President Barack Hussein Obama.  It highlights the fundamental dishonesty of the Obama regime, as well as their sheer desperation at this point.  Why does the Obama campaign feel the need to repeatedly lie about Gov. Romney instead of running on the President’s own record?

 

The reality of the Tea Party

Saturday, July 14th, 2012

Just a reminder that the left’s lies about the Tea Party being “racist” are just that, lies.

The members of the Tea Party are a cross section of America, which is hardly surprising, since it is an authentic grass roots organization.

 

“GET OUT” by Ryan Bomberger

Saturday, July 14th, 2012

Ryan Bomberger explains why we must get BHO out!