What's 522, 000 minus 115,000?
That would be 407,000, the net loss of individuals from the US workforce in April 2012.
In April, about 522,000 Americans left the labor force, making the
addition of 115,000 jobs look all the more alarming. In 2011, about 2.7
million Americans left the work force while only 945,000 came in.
OS knows that Himself never did like math, cuz he was too busy thinking of ways to take over and then wreck the United States. But someone might wish to risk whispering in His ear that, with each day that passes, the November election gets one day closer.
That math he understands, cause it's all about Him.
Full article here.
Friday, May 4, 2012
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Green Energy, Toxic Waste, Taxpayer Fleecing, Obama's Energy Policy
The perfect image, example and cautionary tale of the administration of Barack Obama.
Solyndra, the gift that just keeps on giving. Hundreds of millions ponied up to political friends, sunk into a bone-head business that had zero chance of succeeding, but did make for some great photo-ops for Himself.
It goes tits-up, and leaves behind years worth of toxic waste to clean up, again at our expense.
No one is to blame, no one goes to jail, no one is even sued. They all just walk away, and we get to clean it all up.
It fits perfectly, except we have the opportunity to hasten His exit this November via the ballot box.
But we'll still have years, perhaps a generation, of clean-up ahead of us.
A bit more here, complete with His smiling self addressing the employees at the plant, just in case anyone needs a reminder.
Solyndra, the gift that just keeps on giving. Hundreds of millions ponied up to political friends, sunk into a bone-head business that had zero chance of succeeding, but did make for some great photo-ops for Himself.
It goes tits-up, and leaves behind years worth of toxic waste to clean up, again at our expense.
No one is to blame, no one goes to jail, no one is even sued. They all just walk away, and we get to clean it all up.
It fits perfectly, except we have the opportunity to hasten His exit this November via the ballot box.
But we'll still have years, perhaps a generation, of clean-up ahead of us.
A bit more here, complete with His smiling self addressing the employees at the plant, just in case anyone needs a reminder.
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Adios, Dr. Amendariz--And The Questions That Linger
It was a Sunday afternoon execution, off the news cycle, unobtrusive. The resignation was written for him, no doubt, and he signed off. Dr. Al Armendariz, who so reveled in Roman political technique, was treated to, not Roman, but more approximately, Soviet political technique.
He is surely under orders to disa-blanking-ppear, lest he be disappeared by his former mentors whom he now must still regard as his present bosses. Surely a quiet bit of good-bye money has been arranged, just to help him maintain his loyalty, his silence, and to reduce the temptation to, say, write a book about his life in the Obama Administration for release in early October--complete with the requisite book tour and chat-show appearances. He probably didn't need to threaten them too extensively, and he knows that if he were to jabber, and Obama win in November...his wife teaches school and he has children and he'd like a shot at academia again someday...hmmm. Silence is golden, after all, is it not? Who knows, if Obama wins, he could be rehabilitated! It happened in the golden days of the Soviet Union, after all, why not here and now?
Thus: A reading from the Book of Regulatory, Chapter 13, Verse 13.
Al Armendariz, the top environmental official in the oil-rich South and Southwest region, resigned in a letter to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson on Sunday, saying he did not want to be a distraction for the agency. The resignation is effective Monday.
"As I have expressed publicly, and to you directly, I regret comments I made several years ago that do not in any way reflect my work as regional administrator. As importantly, they do not represent the work you have overseen as EPA administrator," he wrote. "I take great pride in having built a career based on integrity and hard work. These are the principles that guide me personally as well. While I feel there is much work that remains to be done for the people of this country in the region that I serve, after a great deal of thought and careful consideration, I have come to the conclusion that my continued service will distract you and the agency fromthe 2012 political campaign its important work."
He is surely under orders to disa-blanking-ppear, lest he be disappeared by his former mentors whom he now must still regard as his present bosses. Surely a quiet bit of good-bye money has been arranged, just to help him maintain his loyalty, his silence, and to reduce the temptation to, say, write a book about his life in the Obama Administration for release in early October--complete with the requisite book tour and chat-show appearances. He probably didn't need to threaten them too extensively, and he knows that if he were to jabber, and Obama win in November...his wife teaches school and he has children and he'd like a shot at academia again someday...hmmm. Silence is golden, after all, is it not? Who knows, if Obama wins, he could be rehabilitated! It happened in the golden days of the Soviet Union, after all, why not here and now?
Thus: A reading from the Book of Regulatory, Chapter 13, Verse 13.
Al Armendariz, the top environmental official in the oil-rich South and Southwest region, resigned in a letter to EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson on Sunday, saying he did not want to be a distraction for the agency. The resignation is effective Monday.
"As I have expressed publicly, and to you directly, I regret comments I made several years ago that do not in any way reflect my work as regional administrator. As importantly, they do not represent the work you have overseen as EPA administrator," he wrote. "I take great pride in having built a career based on integrity and hard work. These are the principles that guide me personally as well. While I feel there is much work that remains to be done for the people of this country in the region that I serve, after a great deal of thought and careful consideration, I have come to the conclusion that my continued service will distract you and the agency from
Monday, April 30, 2012
Don't Miss Your Life: Epiphany On The Road Home
There are those moments, those moments when time stands completely still. Sometimes, we can schedule their arrival, such as midnight service on Christmas Eve--we show up and The Moment happens, right on time. Other times, we can sense something may happen, as the sunset approaches, or Bubba Watson (or Tom Watson!) lines up that final putt, Kirk Gibson at the plate when only a home run will do, when the fishing fly hits the water just-so under that particular tree limb.
Then, there are the completely unexpected epiphanies, when the heavens open up and the angels sing, perhaps loudly perhaps softly; still it's unmistakeably a voice from outside that takes us by the lapels, looks us in the eye and growls--Pay Attention! You need to listen!
OS has had just a few of those, and reports with regret he disregarded a few of them. Others, he is grateful to report, he heeded.
Yesterday saw one of those moments arrive unbidden, out of the blue, like a slap upside-da-head. OS was driving home from short business trip, decided to see how much of the interstate he could avoid, and took in the countryside and small towns of southern Tennessee. The radio was playing, oldies until the station faded, a bit of black gospel (same story), and then a strong-signal country station from the next county over...ahh that's better. Some dreck, some classics. OS decided to drive through what remains of the once pretty downtown of Fayetteville. It was a scene of long decline, capped by this last recession decisively kicking the legs out from underneath the town. Radio playing, radio playing....and a song begins about a busy man on a plane with a deadline and BigThingsToDo--this song, as a matter of fact.
It tears at the heart, this song. OS was listening, absorbed in the lyric, rounded the curve at the old city cemetery, and saw a large old tombstone facing out to the road--with his name on it. Song plays on, and on--Don't Miss Your Life.
So, for the record (no pun intended) this epiphany did capture the attention, and OS has no intention of disregarding such a gift.
Al Amendariz Issues An Apology Of A Sort--Where's The Line That Says 'I Resign'?
From CBS News
HOUSTON — A top administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has apologized for using the word "crucify" two years ago when describing the agency's enforcement policies, and for saying it makes examples of bad players in the oil and gas industry.
EPA Region 6 administrator Al Armendariz, who oversees Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana and New Mexico, issued a written apology Wednesday after video surfaced of him at a meeting in May 2010 in the tiny town of Dish.
The video shows Armendariz answering a question about the agency's enforcement policies. In the Middle Ages, he tells the crowd, the Romans would enter a troublesome village, "take the first five guys they saw and crucify them." Then the town would be "really easy to manage for the next few years," he said.
Armendariz's apology was issued Wednesday by the EPA's headquarters in Washington.
"I apologize to those I have offended and regret my poor choice of words. It was an offensive and inaccurate way to portray our efforts to address potential violations of our nation's environmental laws," he said. "I am always and have been committed to fair and vigorous enforcement of those laws."
Cynthia Giles, the assistant administrator for enforcement and compliance assurance, also issued a statement.
"Strong, fair and effective enforcement of the environmental laws passed by Congress is critical to protecting public health and ensuring that all companies, regardless of industry, are playing by the same rules," she wrote.
A few points come to mind:
1. Al didn't write the apology, and he sure didn't have the stones to actually go on camera and read it. Both would require a bit of contrition and true integrity. Remember, after all, this is the Obama administration.
2. Notice what the apology conveys--just a poor choice of words. Actually no apology for the attitudes behind those words, from either him or Mzzzzz Giles. The apology is for the manner of stating the brutal attitude taken by the EPA toward the culture and economy of the United States. There is no repentance concerning the policy set in place and followed. They plan to continue screwing us all to the wall, and will take care to not be so candid about it. Sweeeeeet.
3. Had this occurred in the Reagan or either Bush administrations, CBS and NBC would lead off every hour expressing their outrage at this outrageous pronouncement, and demanding resignations.
Not a peep except a quiet reporting of a non-apology.
This is a firing offense, and the Administration should have him cleaning out his office in the morning. But they won't, and the mainstream press will never utter a discouraging word.
HOUSTON — A top administrator for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has apologized for using the word "crucify" two years ago when describing the agency's enforcement policies, and for saying it makes examples of bad players in the oil and gas industry.
EPA Region 6 administrator Al Armendariz, who oversees Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana and New Mexico, issued a written apology Wednesday after video surfaced of him at a meeting in May 2010 in the tiny town of Dish.
The video shows Armendariz answering a question about the agency's enforcement policies. In the Middle Ages, he tells the crowd, the Romans would enter a troublesome village, "take the first five guys they saw and crucify them." Then the town would be "really easy to manage for the next few years," he said.
Armendariz's apology was issued Wednesday by the EPA's headquarters in Washington.
"I apologize to those I have offended and regret my poor choice of words. It was an offensive and inaccurate way to portray our efforts to address potential violations of our nation's environmental laws," he said. "I am always and have been committed to fair and vigorous enforcement of those laws."
Cynthia Giles, the assistant administrator for enforcement and compliance assurance, also issued a statement.
"Strong, fair and effective enforcement of the environmental laws passed by Congress is critical to protecting public health and ensuring that all companies, regardless of industry, are playing by the same rules," she wrote.
A few points come to mind:
1. Al didn't write the apology, and he sure didn't have the stones to actually go on camera and read it. Both would require a bit of contrition and true integrity. Remember, after all, this is the Obama administration.
2. Notice what the apology conveys--just a poor choice of words. Actually no apology for the attitudes behind those words, from either him or Mzzzzz Giles. The apology is for the manner of stating the brutal attitude taken by the EPA toward the culture and economy of the United States. There is no repentance concerning the policy set in place and followed. They plan to continue screwing us all to the wall, and will take care to not be so candid about it. Sweeeeeet.
3. Had this occurred in the Reagan or either Bush administrations, CBS and NBC would lead off every hour expressing their outrage at this outrageous pronouncement, and demanding resignations.
Not a peep except a quiet reporting of a non-apology.
This is a firing offense, and the Administration should have him cleaning out his office in the morning. But they won't, and the mainstream press will never utter a discouraging word.
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