Category: Employment
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Nov 3, 2009 in ACORN, Bamboozling, Bush administration, California, Campaign promises, Chicago politics, Current Affairs, Dick Cheney, Energy Policy Act of 2005, Flip Flopping, General Election, George Bush, George Soros, Hillary Clinton, Hoodwinking, Lobbyists, MSNBC, Media Bias, MoveOn.org, Oprah, President Barack Obama, Richard Daley, Tax stimulus package, Ted Kennedy, Tom Daschle, Transparency, Unions, William Ayers, Women, World | 21 Comments
You may recall that when Bush was president, it was like pulling teeth trying to find out just who had visited the White House. Let’s just say he dug in his heels a bit on releasing that information. Maybe it had something to do with Cheney’s “secret” Energy Meeting, who knows, but it [...]
By Bronwyn's Harbor on Oct 19, 2009 in Barack Obama, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Employment, Gender Bias, Hillary Clinton, MSNBC, Media Bias, Misogyny, Morning Joe, Sarah Palin, Sexism, Women | 61 Comments
Co-written with Reverend Amy.
MSNBC is devoting the week to news and opinion stories on the dramatically shifting power and influence of women in America. The week’s reports, led by Maria Shriver and John Podesta, is called “A Woman’s Nation.” Below you’ll find videos of two segments that contain impressive statistics on the growing [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Oct 16, 2009 in ABC News, Afghanistan, Bamboozling, Campaign promises, Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, David Axelrod, Depression, Economy, Flip Flopping, Foreign Policy, Fox News, Governance, Harry Reid, Health Care, Hoodwinking, Housing & Housing Crisis, Insurance Policies & Industry, Iran, Iraq, President Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Unemployment, Unemployment/Jobs | 80 Comments
One just has to wonder what prompted the child in the video below to ask Obama the question he did. Maybe people in his household were decrying the lack of it, or maybe this child was picking up on the animosity in the air, or maybe he just wanted to share the good news [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Oct 6, 2009 in ACORN, Barack Obama, Chicago politics, Crime, Current Affairs, Earmarks, Louisiana, New York Times, Unions, Valerie Jarrett | 88 Comments
Oh, boy. This doesn’t look good for ACORN, not that much does these days. You may recall that Dale Rathke, one of the two founders of ACORN, had embezzled $1 million dollars, according to this NY Times article. That became the widely accepted amount, not that that embezzlement stopped our government from [...]
By Larry Doyle on Oct 2, 2009 in Current Affairs, Economy, Sense on Cents (Larry Doyle blog), Unemployment, Unemployment/Jobs | 11 Comments
The widely anticipated October Unemployment Report covering the month of September was just released. Let’s dive right in and take a look at the numbers . . .
I. UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
July: 9.5%
August: 9.4%
September: 9.7%
- October Consensus Expectation: 9.8%
- October Actual: 9.8%
>> LD’s comments: as expected and only getting worse. The underemployment [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Sep 26, 2009 in ACORN, Barney Frank, Census, Congress (House & Senate), Crime, Current Affairs, President Barack Obama, Unions, treasury department | 22 Comments
Well, it’s about damn time - again. Yes, Rep. Conyers has finally been persuaded - again - to investigate ACORN. Oh, yes, all the recent brouhaha about ACORN, all of the exposure from the faux pimp and prostitute, have FINALLY gotten the House Judiciary Chairman to get off his duff, and investigate ACORN, [...]
By Ani on Sep 9, 2009 in Arrogance, Bank Bailouts, Bill of Rights, Cult, Hoodwinking, Obama Administration, Obama's Broken Promises, Obama's Media Censorship, President Barack Obama, Unemployment | 141 Comments
Camille Paglia’s article in Salon, Too late for Obama to turn it around? is a scathing assessment which drips disappointment and dare I say it, a sense of betrayal. Most surprising is that eight months after Obama’s inauguration, this accomplished writer has arrived at the same place most of us were 18 months ago [...]
By Larry Doyle on Sep 4, 2009 in Economy, Employment, Sense on Cents (Larry Doyle blog), Unemployment, Unemployment/Jobs | 30 Comments
The widely anticipated September Unemployment Report covering the month of August was just released. Let’s dive right in and take a look at the numbers . . .
Unemployment Rate
June: 9.4%
July: 9.5%
August: 9.4%
September: 9.7%!!
>>LD’s comments: higher than the expectation of 9.5%. Recall that the rate moved down last month from 9.5% to 9.4% as the labor [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Aug 14, 2009 in Congress (House & Senate), Current Affairs, Depression, Economy, Employment, Energy Policy, Environment, Health Care, National Debt, US Senate | 64 Comments
(bumped up from early afternoon)
See the Update about how many of our Elected Officials will/not be holding Town Hall Forums at the bottom of the page.
Friend to NQ, Kathleen Wynne from HandCountPaperallotsNow made a suggestion after seeing the negative spin the MSM is putting on reports of concerned citizens calling out their representatives on the [...]
By Larry Doyle on Jul 14, 2009 in Current Affairs, Economy, Education, Employment, Sense on Cents (Larry Doyle blog), Unemployment | 20 Comments
Has there ever been a time when increased skills and education have not been vitally important to furthering one’s well being? As we move forward in developing our ‘new’ economy, education and advanced skills will be increasingly more important.
I would only wish that the dirty little secrets embedded in urban education were more widely disseminated [...]
By Linda Anselmi on Jul 10, 2009 in Current Affairs, Economy, Unemployment, Wall Street | 18 Comments
Being an avid gardener, I was heartened to hear earlier this year that so many economic landscape experts were predicting and hailing the advent of “green shoots” this spring. So I set out to patiently wait and watch for the first sign of those precious little sprouts of green. But none appeared.
The spring [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on Jun 24, 2009 in Current Affairs, Insurance Policies & Industry, National Debt, Obama Administration, Unions, Universal Health Care, Workers | 37 Comments
No doubt, you know there are plans afoot by Obama and Congress to extend health care benefits to all. It raises that sticky question of just how these costs will be covered. And when I say costs, I mean at least one TRILLION dollars, though I have seen estimates that are higher. [...]
By Rabble Rouser Reverend Amy on May 31, 2009 in Auto Industry, Bailouts, Bolshevikization, Current Affairs, Economy, Foreign Affairs, General Motors & Chrysler, Indiana, President Barack Obama, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, U.S. Treasury, Unions | 63 Comments
That’s what the Germans seem to think of Secretary Clinton, anyway. It seems they are asking her to help deal with the GM mess as it relates to them, according to this article (H/T to Ani for alerting me to this). Why, you might ask? Because it affects them, too, in a big [...]
By Eastan McNeal on May 14, 2009 in Auto Industry, Bailouts, Current Affairs, Economy, Ford, General Motors & Chrysler, Steve Rattner, Unions | 20 Comments
Ford passed Toyota to become the No. 2 car seller in the U.S. in April of this year.
See the UPDATE at end of story.
*You’re Ahead In A Ford All The Way – Ford Ad slogan 1950s-60s.
Ford, the American carmaker most likely to survive the auto implosion without going bankrupt or taking government aid, deserves credit [...]
By Pat Racimora on Apr 24, 2009 in Crime, Unemployment | 36 Comments
As more and more people lose their jobs and become unable to pay their bills, will they start pilfering what they need or can sell? The answer isn’t a solid “absolutely,” but the evidence points to “probably.”
Whether people will engage in acts they know are wrong depends on several variables:
1. The [...]
By SusanUnPC on Apr 23, 2009 in American Consumers, Economy, Unemployment | 30 Comments
John McLaughlin has disturbing facts on unemployment. From his PBS show:
… Four-point-four million jobs have disappeared since this recession began 15 months ago. That’s about 10,000 job losses every day — an apocalyptic rate. The result was the highest unemployment rate in 25 years, now over 8 percent.
Some economists say the unemployment is a permanent [...]
By Uppity Woman on Apr 21, 2009 in Economy, Home Loan, Housing & Housing Crisis, Unemployment | 37 Comments
The word is, only 610,000 people filed for unemployment last week (a holiday week). That’s a drop from previous weeks.
Let’s all go out and buy a car.
Of course, let’s face it, the number would almost have to go down at this point, simply because there are fewer people left out there who are actually [...]
By SusanUnPC on Apr 8, 2009 in American Consumers, Auto Industry, Economic Stimulus, Economy, Michigan, Unemployment, Workers | 16 Comments
Of course, if you’re Rosily The Riveted ‘Bot Rachel Maddow, you optimistically title the segment, “Things Are Looking Up?.” Dear readers, please wade through the gushing over Obama’s visit to Iraq to get to Nobel Laureate Paul Krugman; it’s worth it because the economist and NYT columnist covers a lot of territory, including the Treasury [...]
By SusanUnPC on Apr 4, 2009 in Charitable Contributions, Economy, G20, Tax stimulus package, Unemployment, Workers | 34 Comments
This is a disturbing, important video about what Obama did to this nation on April 2nd, and I am COUNTING ON YOU to give us feedback. (While Mr. Morris is not one of my favorite persons - his obsession with dissecting the Clintons has marred his credibility at times - when he discusses other [...]
By Larry Johnson on Mar 30, 2009 in Auto Industry, Commerce, Current Affairs, Economic Stimulus, Economy, G20, General Motors & Chrysler, Governance, President Barack Obama, Tim Geithner, Tom Daschle, U.S. Treasury, Workers, treasury department | 156 Comments
(This is essential reading that I bumped up - Susan)
Remember when George Bush and Dick Cheney could rely on the many in the media to help them euphemize that dirty word, “torture?” It wasn’t torture, it was “enhanced interrogation.” That’s like calling the amputation of a leg, “enhanced skin removal below the waist.” [...]
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