Archive for the ‘Economics’ Category
Black Barbie: Why So Cheap?
It seems as though there were two Barbies: Ballerina Barbie and Ballerina Theresa. Ballerina Barbie wore pink while Ballerina Theresa wore aquamarine. Both ballerinas had the same hairstyle and looked the same with one key difference: Barbie was white and Theresa was black. When the Theresa doll...
March 10th, 2010 | Economics | Read More
Being a Credit to Your Credit Card
The Credit Card Accountability Responsibility and Disclosure Act of 2009 went it to law last week and was sold to the public as a way for Democrats to protect Americans from those “greedy credit card companies.” How dare credit card companies follow through on their terms of the card holder’s...
March 1st, 2010 | Economics | Read More
Democrats’ Stimulus and Unemployment
When the Obama administration signed the Democrats’ $787 billion “stimulus” bill into law in February 2009 it was hailed as a measure that would save or create millions of jobs. Although the U.S. unemployment rate currently stands at less than 10%, according to Bloomberg people are...
February 22nd, 2010 | Economics | Read More
Obama Stays Up at Night Worrying About Debt
President Obama is not responsible for the abuse of Social Security income nor is he responsible for George W. Bush’s over-spending however he has done a tidy job spending more than any other U.S. president ever (even when adjusted for inflation) and he’s only been in office since January...
February 21st, 2010 | Economics | Read More
Hypocritical Republicans: No to Stimulus, Yes to Pork
What we have here is simple hypocrisy and dishonesty. When President Obama pushed for the “stimulus” Republican lawmakers opposed it, calling it a pork fest among other things. When the vote was taken in the House, not a single Republican voted for it. At the time, Republican leader...
February 18th, 2010 | Economics | Read More
Stimulus Money Leads to Starvation
Tons of Pork flowed from Washington, D.C. in the form of “stimulus” but all it really did (aside from sink this nation into more debt) was allow states and cities to postpone the tough budget decisions until a later date. That date is fast approaching:
The nation’s public schools are...
February 17th, 2010 | Economics | Read More
Deficits, Debt, Bailouts: What Obama Should Learn from Germany
In a recent article on Just Politics..? we learned of Greece’s increasingly dire financial situation (brought about largely by corruption, high public spending, poor economic planning) and how the road that this country is taking (asking China to buy their debt to “fix” budget holes)...
February 15th, 2010 | Economics, World | Read More
Now Obama Calls for Republican Help
What a difference an election makes:
Republicans gave a chilly reception Monday toPresident Barack Obama’s invitation to discuss health care in a bipartisan, televised setting later this month, part of the White Houseeffort to revive the stalled legislation.
It should be noted that, during the...
February 9th, 2010 | Economics | Read More
America’s Sugar Rush Economy
In 2008, candidate Obama said this about the George W. Bush administration:
Campaigning in St. Louis on June 10, Obama called the current Administration “the most fiscally irresponsible in our history.”
Now take a look at the spending record:
Wonder who is the most “fiscally irresponsible...
February 8th, 2010 | Economics | Read More
It’s About Jobs… What’s Obama Been Doing?
Obama became president during a rough economic time. Casting aside any accusations as to which party did what let’s concentrate on one fact: Americans’ #1 concern has been about reducing unemployment. To be fair to Obama, no U.S. president can wave a wand and create jobs. However, what...
February 5th, 2010 | Economics | Read More
The 23 Republican Traitors
As we all know by now, the size of America’s debt is growing by leaps and bounds. George W. Bush didn’t do this country any favors by blowing up the debt (and he ignored key a Republican principle of having a smaller government) and President Obama has gone berserk with his obscene public...
February 2nd, 2010 | Conservatives, Economics | Read More
Fools and Horses – and Global Warmers
From the Reality Files:
The scientist behind the bogus claim in a Nobel Prize-winning UN report that Himalayan glaciers will have melted by 2035 last night admitted it was included purely to put political pressure on world leaders.
In an interview with The Mail on Sunday, Dr Lal, the co-ordinating lead...
January 29th, 2010 | Economics, Environmentalism, Global Warming, Liberals | Read More
Obama Two Steps Again: Spending Freeze
From the Washington Post:
Under mounting pressure to rein in mammoth budget deficits, President Obama will propose in his State of the Union address a three-year freeze on federal funding that is not related to national security, a concession to public concern about government spending that could dramatically...
January 27th, 2010 | Economics | Read More
Obama Motors: GM Using Taxpayer Dollars to Outsource
Governments do not belong in private industry. In France we saw a recent row play out regarding Renault. The Renault Clio (a cute economy car) was going to be built outside of France, resulting in some job losses domestically. Renault was going to shift production to Turkey to save money on labor...
January 25th, 2010 | Economics, Liberals, Social Issues | Read More
Liberals Speak on Those Damn Risky Banks
Everything that’s humorous is based in some truth. I think this cartoon is very funny and based on more than a little bit of thruth:
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January 24th, 2010 | Economics, Humor, Liberals | Read More
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Black Barbie: Why So Cheap?
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Firearms: Inalienable Rights
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Kathryn Bigelow, James Cameron and the Oscars
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Obama’s Chicago Tactics
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America's Path: Did anybody actually believe that he would do everything he said. Unless he amends the constitution to allow a 10 term ...
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vulcanhammer: Aside from their thuggish behavior, the unions s...
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dean: Harrison, all your potential explanations for why Theresa is discounted are plausible. However, were I the store manage...
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Cracked World: Boohoo, If this is the best thing people can find to complain about than society is almost perfect. Come On! With al...
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