By snaqwells on August 24, 2010
I thought I’d share some good news my 10 year old daughter inadvertently gave me last night when I got home. She had told me over the weekend that she was going to have a field trip in October, and last night I got some more details. It turns out she’s going to a place [...]
Posted in Number Crunching | Tagged economy, Kids, Schools, Suck it Keynes
By Rocketman on July 16, 2010
Not for what it will teach you, but, well, for the affirmation, baby ! Especially as of late, when, headed into the midterm election season we increasingly hear even larger  loads of horse hockey than usual and customary emanating from national politicians and the MFM punditry that carry their water.Â
In this short film, by PJTV’s Andrew [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged blame Booooooooosh, economy, Media Hypocrisy, Obama, Pelosi
By Rocketman on June 9, 2010
Yesterday, Reuters ran a story on a report by Treasury sent to Congress, with all the usual fanfare of a Friday afternoon, under-the-radar, data dump, detailing their projection, based on current levels of spending and revenus, that the US national debt should reach 19.6 trillion dollars by 2015; an amount that will represent 102% of GDP. Of [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Debt, economy, Obama, Socialism
By Rocketman on June 8, 2010
Being well informed, many readers are acquainted with the debt crises in various nations of Old Europe; most notably the PIIGS (Portugal, Ireland, Italy, Greece, Spain) but also to a lesser extent in the UK, France, and Germany.  These have led to some enormous demonstrations in many nations, and occasionally open rioting in Greece and Spain, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged economy, Euro-socialism, Eurozone crisis, Obama, public debt, unsistainable spending
By Rocketman on June 4, 2010
I remember when the O!ministration promised to “pivot” and focus laser-like on jobs and the economy. But these days, I’m starting to wish that the lightworker could at least focus laser like on reality! In suburban Maryland, just outside DC, Obama chose to use a local small business for his latest public palaverings; hailing the BLS [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged economy, Obama, Obama's failed economic policies, the lightworker, Unemployment
By Dan Collins on February 24, 2010
From The Washington Times:
Employment is up, wages are up, and job security is as firm as ever. Unfortunately, this is only true for federal government workers.
President Obama is presiding over the largest federal work force in decades. In the current fiscal year, the number of civilian workers will grow by 153,000, to 1.43 million. These [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged economy, federal workers, Obama, Unions
By Rocketman on November 2, 2009
Calling for his resignation, based in part on actions while at the Federal Reserve Bank of NY, but mostly for perpetuating the culture of opacity that he Dylan feels was a prime component in last year’s market meltdown, as well as essentially codifying some the more destructive bank practices here in the US:
Yet in the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Banking laws, economy, Geitner, Ratigan
By Rocketman on November 2, 2009
As speculated most of the weekend, CIT group officially filed chapter 11 bankruptcy in the southern district of New York, causing concern among many who rely upon them for short term operational credit; none of it’s operating sibsidiaries, such as CIT bank, will be included in the filing. An overwhelming percentage of the company’s creditors [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Bailouts, CIT, economy, Taxpayer losses
By Rocketman on September 23, 2009
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Sarah Palin addressed an audience at the CLSA Asia Pacific Markets Conference today. Although the forum was not officially filmed, and closed to the media, reports of the happening in the Wall Street Journal and Breitbart are starting to emerge; along with some of Sarah’s choice words:
Lack of government wasn’t the problem. Government policies were the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged economy, International, Issues, Palin, Politics, Speech
By Rocketman on August 31, 2009
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If you have a moment, take a look at this video. It presents, in some galling detail, the difference with which the MSM treats economic metrics, depending on whether their preferred, correct,  occupant is currently residing at 1600 Pennsylvania avenue…
I know it’s nothing we didn’t know already, but, sometimes affirmation can be gratifying!
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged bias, change, economy, hope, liberals, MSM, Obama, teaparty
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