Job Losses in 49 of 50 States, Post Stimulus

Okay, is anyone really shocked to learn this? Do I need to spend any time telling you, 'I told you so?'

My own, beloved, California was projected to gain 396,000 jobs by the wishful thinking department of the Obama Administration. Instead the Golden Brass Tin State has lost 336,000 jobs. And just in case you thought it couldn't get much worse, home prices are projected to fall even more.

Gobama!

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Brilliance Personified, The Best and The Brightest!

Note: this is a temporary deviance from my previous post becuase the material below had to be addressed. However, please continue to send responses (except for Paul who wants me to eat a doughnut for some reason), as I will be summing the Libertarian versus Conservative viewpoints later this week.

Seeing as these examples of the finest in our culture and country continue to pour in, Brilliance Personified may have to become a regular feature here at IACLAYST.

As I was driving around this morning listening to Limbaugh, as I am apt to do when I get pissed at Colin Cowherd, I heard these exchanges between WJR's Ken Rogulski and two different unidentified women in front of Detroit's Cobo Hall where the women were waiting in line to fill out a request form to avoid foreclosure. Here is the unbelievable audio:



I nearly drove off the road into a tree, I kid you not. And, I can't be doing that crap, I already have two tickets for speeding and a little fender bender on my record. Anything more and I lose my DL, yo! Here is the transcript of the exchange between Rogulski and the unidentified women:

ROGULSKI:Why are you here ?

Woman: To get some money

ROGULSKI: What kind of Money ?

Woman: Obama money

ROGULSKI: Where’s it comin; from ?

Woman: Obama

ROGULSKI: And where did Obama get it from ?

WOMAN: I don’t know, his stash. I don’t know. I don’t know where he got it from, but he’s givin’ it to us. And we love him. That’s why we voted for him. O-ba-ma. O-ba-ma.

(...)

ROGULSKI: Did you get an application to fill out yet?

WOMAN: I sure did. And I filled it out, and I am waiting to see what the results are going to be.

ROGULSKI: Will you know today how much money you’re getting?

WOMAN: No, I won’t, but I’m waiting for a phone call.

ROGULSKI: Where’s the money coming from?

WOMAN: I believe it’s coming from the City of Detroit or the state.

ROGULSKI: Where did they get it from?

WOMAN: Some funds that was forgiven (sic) by Obama.

ROGULSKI: And where did Obama get the funds?

WOMAN: Obama getting the funds from… Ummm, I have no idea, to tell you the truth. He’s the president.

This is how idiotic this country has become. People literally have no concept of where the government get's it's money. Knowing nothing more than this about these two women, I am inclined to call them both morons and pass judgment on why they happen to be standing in line in front of Detroit's Cobo Hall, which by the way became a riot scene later that day as officials ran out of the assistance forms. I was reminded of a video from shortly before the election last year which shows a euphoric woman describing her experience at an Obama rally, behold:



We ain't rich like y'all, but one day THIS YEAR we will be because we got Barack Obama!



Please excuse me, I have to go get my white hood, horses and wooden crosses for the klan meeting tonight. I am obviously a raaaaacist for publishing such material on my blog.

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Joey Plugs: 'You're welcome!'

Joey Plugs ran to the microphones earlier this week to declare, unequivocally, that the Stimulus has worked! Not only has it worked, he said, it's worked better than expected! That's fantastic, considering that the Stimulus was touted as the single greatest way to not only save jobs, but completely turn around the economy. I guess that means it's going gangbusters out there!!!

Video credit The Associated Press

Thank G*d! I was beginning to think that my family members unemployment was going to last forever. Imagine then my surprise when I picked up the phone to ask said family members how they were enjoying their new employment. It's going to be a rough Thanksgiving this year...

Turns out, unsurprisingly, that Joey got it wrong, AGAIN! Or, is 9.7% unemployment (a 26-year high) a recovery?

Exit quote:

"Eight out of 10 of the largest banking institutions in the country... as well as sixteen smaller banks have repaid the government in full. And, I might add, at a $4 Billion profit for the taxpayer..."

Superb! I'll take a check. Please make it payable to...

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Dicky's first Link Dump (UPDATED) Now with working links, for that extra crispy flavor!

I would like to suggest that we join with other reputable blogs and back Iowahawk for Car Czar.
After all, he is the man with the vision who brought us the 2012 Pelosi GTxi SS/RT Sport Edition.


ZOMG!!1! You’re steam powered RC Car is eating my legs!!! Insert Terminator Skynet joke here…

Anybody out there still want to deny that abortion was championed by liberals to control the black population?! It’s called the Eugenics Movement, look it up.

And you thought the economy was getting better… Sucker! You see the real unemployment rate is far above the 9.5% that the media is fond of throwing out. Unfortunately a part time job counts as a job, and therefore those folks are not counted in the unemployment reports. Tell me, if you went from a full time salaried position to an hourly part time job, are you better off than you were before?

A) Yes, you would be better off. You don’t know what it was like working in that cardboard shredding facility!
B) You would be approximately the same, cause Mervyns didn’t pay managers that much anyway.
C) Hellz to tha no! It’d totally suck, y’all
D) I… am… job
E) None of the above

Another number that seems to be tossed about lightly is the unemployment claims. Recently US Garbage and World Whatever reported that initial unemployment claims dropped, touting it as a good economic indicator. The problem is IT’S NOT! Why are unemployment claims a poor economic indicator? Well, because it does not account for folks who were in full time positions who are now working part time, or the self employed. Remember all those real estate agents that were running around making a million bucks in commission every week? They were/are self employed, baby. They are not eligible for unemployment and are therefore not counted in the new claims numbers.