Showing posts with label veterans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label veterans. Show all posts

Sunday, February 5, 2012

If The Economy Is Getting Better, Than Why . . .

If the economy is getting better, then why did new home sales in the United States hit a brand new all-time record low during 2011?

If the economy is getting better, then why are there 6 million less jobs in America today than there were before the recession started?

If the economy is getting better, then why is the average duration of unemployment in this country close to an all-time record high?

If the economy is getting better, then why has the number of homeless female veterans more than doubled?

If the economy is getting better, then why has the number of Americans on food stamps increased by 3 million since this time last year and by more than 14 million since Barack Obama entered the White House?

If the economy is getting better, then why has the number of children living in poverty in America risen for four years in a row?

If the economy is getting better, then why is the percentage of Americans living in "extreme poverty" at an all-time high?

If the economy is getting better, then why is the Federal Housing Administration on the verge of a financial collapse?

If the economy is getting better, then why do only 23 percent of American companies plan to hire more employees in 2012?

If the economy is getting better, then why has the number of self-employed Americans fallen by more than 2 million since 2006?

If the economy is getting better, then why did an all-time record low percentage of U.S. teens have a job last summer?

If the economy is getting better, then why does median household income keep declining? Overall, median household income in the United States has declined by a total of 6.8% since December 2007 once you account for inflation.

If the economy is getting better, then why has the number of Americans living below the poverty line increased by 10 million since 2006?

If the economy is getting better, then why is the average age of a vehicle in America now sitting at an all-time high?

If the economy is getting better, then why are 18 percent of all homes in the state of Florida currently sitting vacant?

If the economy is getting better, then why are 19 percent of all American men between the ages of 25 and 34 living with their parents?

If the economy is getting better, then why does the number of "long-term unemployed workers" stay so high? When Barack Obama first took office, the number of "long-term unemployed workers" in the United States was approximately 2.6 million. Today, that number is sitting at 5.6 million.

From The Economic Collapse via Rhymes With Right.  Do visit both sites for additional analysis.

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Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Interesting Stuff On The Web



A must read post from Doug Ross suggesting that the decision of which Chrysler and GM dealerships to close has been made on politics rather than economics. If true, this is a major scandal.

An exceptional post on Judge Sonia Sotomayor and reverse racism at No Oil For Pacifists. I don't know about you, but I've had about all the reverse racism that I am going to take from the left. It really is time to start treating it as every bit as unacceptable as any other form of racism.

Read Kevin Jackson's rant at the Blacksphere on Bill Clinton as special envoy to Haiti.

At Power and Control, Eric blogs on a Drew Thornley paper about Energy Myths, such as "Sixty-three percent of those surveyed believe that human activity is the greatest source of greenhouse gases. In fact, such emissions are significantly smaller than natural emissions. The burning of fossil fuels is responsible for just 3.27% of the carbon dioxide that enters the atmosphere each year, while the biosphere and oceans account for 55.28% and 41.46%, respectively."

Soaking the rich isin't working out too well for my old, now very blue home state of Maryland. As Soccer Dad explains, cause, meet effect.

Epaminondas weighs in on Obama's claim, repeated ad infinitum, that "straying from our values" is what has caused hatred against us in the Islamic world and fueled terrorist recruitment. It is ridiculous. Read his take at Villagers With Torches.

At This Ain't Hell, it's an ACLU two-fer - they are attacking both Christianity and our veterans. These people are a clear and present danger to America. They do not protect civil liberties; they deconstuct the foundations of our society.

Effective communications on the internet is the subject of a post at The Whited Sepulchre. According to Mr. Seplchre, passion and polemics, spiced with a bit of off color language, seems to be the blueprint.

The American Elephant marks a distinct change at ABC. Are they actually prepping a show that mocks liberalism? Blasphemy.

The British Commonwealth

At the MoxArgon Group, Henry V has some choice commentary on the current state of the UK.

The boys at Crusader Rabbit are getting a mite testy about the penchant of socialists down under to tack on new and ever more far reaching regulations in order to combat every small evil. But that is what socialists do best. How else to build Utopia, one might ask?

In Ireland, Ted Leddy is counting down his top ten war movies. His number 7 pick is . . . well, you'll just have to see. His commentary on the backstory of each is fascinating.

Lebanon

According to Der Spiegel, the UN Commission investigating the assassination of Rafik Hariri has determined that the Iranian sponsored group Hezbollah carried it out.

Humor - and Insanity

At TNOY, Obama whips out his thesaurus to ratchet up the pressure on North Korea.

As Simply Jews, the insanity of an Islamic Cleric explaining the Zionist conspiracy that is Pepsi.

If you haven't seen it, do check out the movie poster for Brokeback Mountain II over at Ace of Spades from a week ago. Too risque for here but quite funny - or so thought I. Yes, yes, all men are pigs.

Links, and More Links

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Art: Reliquary of Thomas a Becket, 1180

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