My Weekly Obama Jobs Report, the Yup, It's Another Recession edition

The good news, it just keeps on coming.

90 percent of Americans say the economy stinks.

The other 10% work for the government.

Our payckecks, they are getting smaller.

Americans earned less last month, the first decline in nearly two years. With less income, consumers could cut back on spending and weaken an already-fragile economy.

Yup, it's a double-dip recession.

That's economist-speak for "we're fucked."

Meanwhile, the Senate dithers.

The Hill explains Harry Reid's lack of urgency in scheduling Barack Obama's jobs bill — perhaps better than Alexander Bolton intended. Reid has put the Americans Jobs Act off to the side while he pursues presumably more important legislation, which attacks China over its currency manipulation. It has no chance of passage, and even if it did there seems to be at least a significant chance that Obama might veto it. So why is Reid prioritizing China-bashing over Obama's jobs plan?

Why indeed! Er, because it helps vulnerable Democrats in Midwestern states look tough, that's why. Senators Sherrod Brown (Ohio), Debbie Stabenow (Mich.) and Bob Casey Jr. (Pa.), are facing uphill re-election battles because Obama's jobs-killing policies have meant a steady outflow of manufacturing jobs to China.

China-bashing is good politics, even if it's lousy public policy.

But sooner or later the Senate will have to take up Obama's jobs bill. The thing is though, the Democrats don't have the votes.

Yeah, it must suck being the Obamessiah when the supporting cast won't follow the script. Of course it sorta helps if you actually have a script…

Speaking of scripts, Warren Buffett went on CNBC and did his best Robert De Niro impression — You talkin' to me?

Warren Buffett is backing away from the so-called Buffett Rule, which apparently is not so much a Rule as a stream of consciousness sprinkled with thoughts and afterthoughts.

Oops.

Gee, who could've imagined when you elect a community organizer college instructor first term senator that he might not have what it takes to fix the biggest fiscal mess this country's seen in more than 70 years?

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Previously:
My Weekly Obama Jobs Report, the Soap And Change Edition
My Weekly Obama Jobs Report, expect the unexpected!
My Weekly Obama Jobs Report, the You Have To Pass This Bill Before I Write It Edition
My Weekly Obama Jobs Report, the nobody found a job last month edition
My Weekly Obama Jobs Report, the Steve Jobs laid himself off edition
I almost forgot, it's time for the weekly Obama Jobs Report
Regulations, regulations everywhere, and the job market continues to shrink

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With DADT repealed, attention turns to the Max Klingers in the ranks

You knew it was inevitable. Give the gay-rights guys an inch, and they take a (high-heeled) foot.

Activists call for end to military ban on transgenders.

Corporal Klinger, Colonel Potter wants to see you in Father Mulcahy's tent.

Is it really necessary for our military, or for that matter anyone else outside of South Beach, to embrace cross-dressing? The uniforms are pretty much unisex anyhow, aren't they?

Keep your "gender identity" in your pants (or under your skirt).

See what happens when we start asking and they start telling?

(h/t Bob Belvedere)

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Obama has the Jersey Blues

Thud. That's the sound of Barry's approval rating hitting 44%. In New Jersey, one of the bluest of blue states. Even more ominously, his disapproval rating is flirting with the halfway mark, 47% of Garden State voters now say Obama is doing a lousy job.

Meanwhile, while we contemplate how much lower the Hope And Change Express can sink, Chris Christie's star is definitely on the upswing. Christie, who still isn't running for president!, enjoys a comfortable 54% approval rating, the highest it's ever been in the statewide poll conducted monthly by Fairleigh Dickinson University.

No wonder then that even the Star-Ledger's ultra-liberal Tom Moran is calling for Christie to jump into the GOP presidential race. Chris Christie is the one Republican the Democrats could be comfortable with.

And jump he might. Major GOP luminaries like Nancy Reagan, Henry Kissinger, and George W. Bush have all recently encouraged Christie to run for president.

"It's more than just flattering," a source close to Christie said, adding they helped convince Christie that he not only could win, but that he has what it takes to be president.

Yeah, I know. The "will he or won't won't he" schtick is getting old. Christie's already said "no" about a hundred gazillion times, right? But when Henry Kissinger and Nancy Reagan ask you to step up and serve your country, well by golly, you'd damn well better give some serious consideration to stepping up and serving your country.

Which apparently is precisely what Chris Christie is now doing. Something changed on Tuesday night after his speech at the Reagan library. The emphatic "no" became a "maybe." A "maybe" that could turn into a "yes." Having people you admire and respect coming up to ask you to change your mind makes an impression on a guy. Even a guy who's said "no" a whole lotta times before. According to the New York Post the announcement might come as soon as Monday.

Hey, I've got the campaign slogans already worked out! Remember this from last September?

Wouldn't it be cool if I turned out to be right?

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Obamacare + Obamanomics = skyrocketing health insurance premiums

We can't afford The Affordable Care Act.

On average health insurance premiums rose 9% over last year, reversing a downward trend that's been occuring since 2001. This is the first year where the supposedly "popular" features of Obamacare kicked in.

The more onerous aspects are even more expensive.

How expensive? We'll find out next year. But here are a few clues. My company's small group plan is usually a bellwether for premium trends. We're experience rated so increased costs are immediately passed along as higher premiums. Our September renewal just came in. The increase is 32%.

Thirty-two percent. By hiking co-pays, cutting name-brand drugs, and raising the yearly limit on individual and family out-of-pocket costs we cut the increase down to 9%.

Gee, now we're "average." Except for, you know, all that other stuff we'll be paying for now that insurance won't cover it.

Meanwhile, Obamanomics means drug shortages.

So, what could be causing these shortages?

Ah ha! Cost controls and excessive regulation! Which is pretty much the essence of Obamacare. Throw in the inevitable manufacturing glitches and well, it's impossible to repeal the Law of Supply and Demand no matter no matter how many unicorns and rainbows you have in your pocket.

But repealing Obamacare? That's something we need to do pretty darn quick.

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RINO alert! 10 North Jersey Republicans endorse Democrat Dick Codey for State Senate

Politics makes for strange bedfellows. Party bosses don't like outsiders. Especially Tea Party outsiders with wide grassroots appeal. So instead of lining up behind a nominee who won the primary fair and square, ten influential North Jersey Republicans are throwing their support behind his Democrat opponent.

State Senator Dick Codey (D-Essex) is vulnerable this year. He got redistricted into parts of Morris County where Republican support is strong. The GOP put up Essex Fells Councilman Bill Sullivan in the primary. I've met Bill, he's a good guy. Conservative. Defender of the Second Amendment. Supportive of limited government. I think he could have beaten Codey in November.

Nonetheless, an upstart Morris County Tea Partier named William Eames ran against Sullivan in the primary. Eames won. He has a lot of enthusiastic supporters. But the Republican Party bosses aren't on the bandwagon. In fact they've pretty much just announced that they're taking their marbles and going home. Instead of lining up behind Eames the GOP is endorsing Codey.

I'm flabbergasted. This isn't about principle. Dick Codey is no prize. He never met a tax he wouldn't raise or a public dollar he couldn't waste. Eames wants to work with Chris Christie and take a hatchet to the state budget. He'll work to revise the lopsided school aid formulas (derived by guys like Dick Codey) which send 99% of the state subsidies to the 31 sainted Abbott districts, leaving the rest of us to twist in the wind.

There's only one black mark against William Eames — the party bosses didn't pick him to run. The people picked William Eames. And that doesn't sit at all with a Republican party that's more interested in telling us what to do rather than listening to what we have to say.

William Eames for NJ State Senate!

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You know the Post Office is only doing this so they can issue a Barack Obama stamp before the election

For the first time, living people will be eligible to be honored on U.S. postage stamps.

Uh huh. I guarantee the very first "nationally known figure" they choose will be Barack Hussein Obama. How could it not be? You think they're gonna issue a Derek Jeter stamp before paying tribute to America's first black president?

Every pissant little third world country puts their Dear Leader's picture on a stamp, why not us too?

UPDATE 27 Sep 2011 08:54:
Linked by Theo Spark. Thanks!

Meanwhile, from deep within his subterranean domain, Lance dreams of philatelic glory. I think he's on to something…

UPDATE 27 Sep 2011 22:51:
Bob Belvedere takes the banana republic meme to its logical conclusion — Eric Holder on a stamp. Of course in a sane world, the only thing Eric Holder would be "stamping" is license plates.

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Yup, those freed American hikers are a couple of lefty moonbats

We shoulda let 'em rot.

When their first statement after being freed by Iran clammored for the release of "American political prisoners" I sort of figured Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer were a pair of delusional left-wing nutjobs.

I was right!

Good grief. They certainly weren't spies. More likely they were on some sort of Rachel-Corrie-inspired "peace mission," except the Mad Mullahs of Iran didn't get the memo. You'd think two years at the hands of Noam Chomsky's ideological brethren would be enough to quash their anti-American moonbattery.

Nope. There is no cure for progressive indoctrination. It's a mental illness.

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Is Chris Christie the great GOP hope?

Chris Christie, who insists he isn't running for president, might be running for president.

It sure seems like he's repositioning himself, embarking on a cross-country speaking tour next week culminating with an appearance at the Reagan Presidential Library in California. Former First Lady Nancy Reagan personally invited Christie to speak on "Perspectives in Leadership."

There is growing disappointment with the current GOP primary field. Rick Perry's recent debate performances have been underwhelming, Mitt Romney doesn't excite conservatives. And none of the other candidates have managed to distinguish themselves.

Not that Christie doesn't have negatives. He's weak on immigration and the Second Amendment. He's way too chummy with Islamic supremacists and endorsed construction of the Ground Zero Victory Mosque and Jihadi Training Center. There are lots of primary voters who see that as a fatal flaw.

On the other hand he's a proven cutter of both taxes and spending. He's taken on the powerful public employee unions and won. His no-nonsense speaking style would wipe the floor with Obama in a debate.

The stakes are high. A late entry into the race is fraught with peril. If he flames out like Perry is doing he'll be weakened for a 2016 or 2020 run. But the potential for victory is certainly there. Polls show Christie besting Obama in a head-to-head matchup.

Could I support Christie for president? Yeah, I think so. Nobody's perfect, and he's a whole lot better than Mitt Romney would be. Next week could be very interesting.

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My Weekly Obama Jobs Report, the Soap And Change Edition

Hugh provided the inspiration for this week's "where are the jobs" post.

Squeegee men, the aggressive and sometimes sinister panhandlers who used to wash car windows in New York whether you wanted them to, or not, are back.

Of course they are! It's Soap And Change!

Look, any way you slice it, Obama's policies have been a failure and we're paying the price. More of the same isn't going to fix anything.

How bad are Obama's policies? Millions of jobs lost bad.

Obama's EPA — destroyer of jobs! No wonder it topped the list of federal agencies the candidates in last night's debate hope to abolish. Please. Before the rolling blackouts hit New Jersey.

Got waste? A new report says that dead federal retirees are paid more than $120 million annually. One guy cashed his dead father's checks for 37 years. Our crackerjack government bureaucrats only found out about the fraud after the son died. Oops.

Hey does anybody here remember when Americans built the Intercontinental Railroad? No? C'mon, it's that giant bridge between New York City and France! Surely you've seen it. China has one too, I think it goes to Singapore's airport.

To compete with China we must close the railroad gap!

I get the feeling Barry has a one track mind.

A recession is when your neighbor loses his job.
A depression is when you lose your job.
And a recovery is when Barack Obama loses his job.

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Previously:
My Weekly Obama Jobs Report, expect the unexpected!
My Weekly Obama Jobs Report, the You Have To Pass This Bill Before I Write It Edition
My Weekly Obama Jobs Report, the nobody found a job last month edition
My Weekly Obama Jobs Report, the Steve Jobs laid himself off edition
I almost forgot, it's time for the weekly Obama Jobs Report
Regulations, regulations everywhere, and the job market continues to shrink

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One of these guys is going to be our next president?

I had high hopes for Rick Perry's candidacy. But after last night's debate performance I think he might not have what it takes. He flubbed what should have been the gimme line of the night — calling out Mitt Romney's waffling and flip flopping — and he blew it big time.

One guy on Twitter asked, "did Rick Perry just have a stroke?" Yeah, it was that bad. The rest of the time he appeared to be wooden, downright stiff actually, and the fake sincerity didn't fool anyone.

And to both of you turkeys, enough already with the books! I'm not interested in what Perry's ghostwriter said vs what Romney's ghostwriter changed vs what both of their flunkies thought they meant.

Romney made sure to beat the Gardasil and immigration dead horses again. My wife did have one interesting observation though. All 9 candidates are supposedly for having the states set their own policies on things like education. So she asked, why is it a big deal if Rick Perry's education policy includes in-state tuition for whoever he chooses to include? Or mandates vaccinations? Isn't that rightfully something that should be decided on a state-by-state basis?

And of course we all agree that what is right for Texas or Massachusetts is not necessarily applicable in New Jersey or Minnesota, don't we? Federalism gives Perry or Romney the ability to set policy for their state, and their state alone. They've both said those policies aren't extensible nationwide. That ought to be the end of it.

Anything else is just a cheap shot.

Speaking of cheap shots, how about that Dan Savage plant aiming his gay-rights dagger right at Rick Santorum? The gays really have their hate on for him, don't they? I thought Santorum handled it as best as could be expected. Here's the thing. If you're in the military your sole focus should be on doing your job. Thinking about your dick isn't in the job description. It doesn't matter. We don't ask and you shouldn't tell because we don't care. If you're more worried about your sex life than the lives of your fellow soldiers then you're probably not cut out to be in the military. And yeah, that goes for horndog heterosexual dudes too.

Going back to my wife's reactions again. She really warmed up to Herman Cain and his 9-9-9 plan. And I'll admit he has some good ideas. I like that he'll stand by Israel and he's not afraid of the Islamists. He speaks his mind and he's good with the quip. But for that matter so's Newt and I still think he's yesterday's news.

Gary Johnson made his first appearance and stole the show. Maybe his neighbor's dog should run for president! Because Gary looked like he did one too many bong hits before taking the stage.

Jon Huntsman let us know he has more kids than Michele Bachmann. The two of them should open up a daycare together.

Ron Paul was Ron Paul. He's in third place! In his dreams.

Truthfully, nobody in this crowd wowed me last night. Sure, any of them would be better than President Zero, but that's setting the bar pretty low. It looks like we're going to get Romney by default and I just can't get excited about that.

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Federal Appeals Court reverses their "Famous Guy Exception" for Carl Lewis

California Carpetbagger Carl Lewis can't run for NJ State Senate after all. Last week a three judge panel had ruled that New Jersey's four year residency requirement for senate candidates need not apply to Lewis. According to them the rule only existed to ensure voters "knew" the candidate, and of course everybody knows Carl Lewis.

But yesterday, the same three judge panel reversed themselves. Maybe it takes common sense a whole week to sink in or something. Nonetheless, they now agree that the four year residency requirement should apply equally to all candidates, famous and not-so-famous alike.

Well, duh.

The original ruling didn't make a whole lot of sense. NJ election officials immediately appealed it to the entire Third Circuit, which instead of acting on the appeal, remanded it back to the same three judge panel for reconsideration. Now it sounds like they sent it with a rejoinder along the lines of "listen up you knuckleheads, you'd better take another look at this before we make you look foolish in front of all your circuit court judge friends."

Last week went 2-1 for Lewis, this week it was 3-0 against. Yeah, I'd say the judges got the memo. Justice is blind. Famous guys don't get a break. Which is as it should be.

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Hikers released by Iran call for "freedom of other political prisoners ... in America"

They're free from captivity but their minds may never be the same. When I heard the statements read by Josh Fattal and Shane Bauer I did a double-take.

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot? Other political prisoners and other unjustly imprisoned people in America and Iran?

Dude.

You've just been released from the notorious Evin prison, a place the guidebooks say is even less luxurious than the Lubyanka, and your first thought is for political prisoners in America?

Who knew they piped MSNBC into Iranian prisons?

OK, seriously, somebody had better debrief these kids, thoroughly. And the girlfriend too. I heard some CNN talking head say she was "looking forward" to taking them to see some big mosque in Oman. Because after being held captive by Islamic nutjobs for two years the very first place I'd want to go is where other Islamic fanatics hang out by the thousands chanting "Death to America."

Call me crazy, but if it was me, I'd be on the horn to Father Kowalski faster than you can say Allah ain't akbar. But mosques? Not in this lifetime.

The whole thing just didn't sound right. Like it was totally contrived, or they were way beyond Stockholm Syndrome.

Let's see how things play out over the next few days.

(More at Memeorandum)

UPDATE 22 Sep 2011 11:08:
Linked by Kevin H B. Thanks!

UPDATE 26 Sep 2011 10:08:
Yup, moonbats.

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Ron Paul endorses Dennis Kucinich and the Department of Peace

Because two kooks are better than one!

In the Venn Diagram of Life, "Dennis Kucinich" and "people who think" are not intersecting sets. BigFurHat would add Ron Paul to that list:

That's why you don't get any credit, you old kook. Thinking is not what you do best.

Will the Department of Peace declare war on the Federal Reserve?

Can you imagine Paul - Kucinich 2012? Toss in Ralph Nader and Pat Buchanan and the crazy train won't have to make any more stops.

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Obama farms out wealth redistribution to Comcast

Herman Cain isn't the only guy with a 9-9-9 plan. Barack Obama has one too. The only difference is, Obama's plan is a government mandate that we'll end up paying for — Comcast's $9.99 Internet for low-income families goes nationwide.

Any family with at least one child who qualifies for the free lunch program at public schools can subscribe to a low-speed (1.5Mbps) Comcast Internet connection for $9.99 a month. Comcast guarantees that it won't raise the price and offers the plan without equipment rental or activation fees. Comcast has agreed to sign up families to the program for at least three years, and it also promises to provide free Internet and computer training to those who need it.

Is that a great deal or what? Normally you can't get dialup for $9.99 a month. But the FCC is just giddy with delight that Comcast is bridging the "digital divide."

"Students increasingly need to go online to complete their homework assignments," FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski said. "But one-third of all students and a majority of low-income children can't. It's not because there aren't countless kids trying to do their very best. We heard about a high school girl in Florida who does her homework in the parking lot of the local library each night, because the library's wifi hot spot is the only way she can get online."

Hey, wouldn't lots of families be interested in a low-cost student internet plan? Sure! But Comcast isn't making money off of the $9.99 guys. It's being subsidized by the rest of the paying customers who fork out $99.99 each month for Triple Play. Not that Comcast is being altruistic or anything. The $9.99 plan was mandated by the Feds in exchange for approving their merger with NBC last year.

And when everybody else's cable bill goes up just a little bit extra to keep subsidizing the $9.99 guys, well that's not really a tax, right? Not in the usual sense anyway. But it still reeks of "From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs." I'd say it was socialism, imposed on a private business by an all too powerful government bureaucracy, except it's more like crony capitalism. Comcast got what it wanted, the bureaucrats got what they wanted, that poor little girl from Florida doesn't have to keep hanging around the library at night, and the rest of us schlubs get stuck with the bill.

Is this a great country or what?

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$16 bucks could help end 16 years of Democrat rule in Old Bridge, NJ

Last year the Caldwell Republicans called their game plan "7 in 11." Sweep all 7 township council seats in 2011. And they did it! Out went the Democrats, and in came responsible, fiscally prudent leadership.

My friends in Old Bridge, NJ want to follow in our footsteps. For sixteen years the Democrats have controlled their town, with oftentimes disastrous results.

Now is the time to act. The Old Bridge Republicans are organizing a money bomb, donate $16 to end 16 years of Democrat rule in their town.

I chipped in 16 bucks. You should too. Help end liberalism in Old Bridge. Let's make their government accountable to the people instead of the public employee unions. We can take our state back, one town at a time. Your $16 can end 16 years of profligate Democrat rule in Old Bridge.

Tell 'em Big Wy sent you.

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Does Loretta want a note from Christie's mother too?

Talk about having an inflated opinion of your own importance. State Senator Loretta Weinberg (D-Bergen) is peeved because she's never told when Gov. Chris Christie travels out of state. Because in this age of cell phones and video chat he's like totally unreachable whenever he decides to head to Manhattan for dinner and a show. And as Governor he reports to her, or something.

So she introduced the Where's Waldo Act of 2011:

She wants a note from his mother? Or does she think she's his mother?

Give it up Loretta. The governor puts out a public schedule every day. And when he travels he informs Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno, because it's her job to pinch-hit for him. Not yours.

So go ahead, pass your silly bill. Christie will veto it. Just like he vetoes all the claptrap you send his way on behalf of Planned Parenthood Infanticide, Inc. Then hop back on your broom. No, you don't have to tell us where you're going. We don't care.

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Obama math: If you earn $200,000 per year you are a millionaire

President Zero is doubling down on stupid. He's really drawing a line in the sand, again, and demanding higher taxes. During a recession. But it's OK! Because he's going to Tax The Rich. Like Warren Buffett, and anybody else making more than $1 million dollars per year.

He's even got a catchy slogan — It's not class warfare, it's math!

Too bad he flunked math in college. (Yeah, I know, he won't release his college transcripts so we can't know he flunked math, but we can guess because his lame attempt at class warfare doesn't add up.)

Here's Obama Math. The new Buffett Tax will only raise $700 billion, far less than the $1.5 trillion Barry is touting in his New Math calculations. The other $800 billion comes from repealing the Bush era tax cuts on couples making more than $250,000 and individuals who earn more than $200,000.

Because folks who earn $200K are just like Warren Buffett. And socking it to them is absolutely not "class warfare." Honest.

Besides, after 5 years that $200K equals a cool million anyway. Marxists love them their Five Year Plans so maybe that there is the crux of Obama Math — it's not "class warfare" if he doesn't tax you into penury before 2017.

By the way, can anyone remember which presidential candidate back in 2008 said the last thing you want to do is raise taxes during a recession? Here's a hint, he's currently out of ideas. Which come to think of it means he's really about to do "the last thing."

Obama Math, it's so simple only a liberal can do it!

UPDATE 21 Sep 2011 09:21:
Linked by Doug Ross. Thanks!

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Yeah, I took the weekend off, so sue me

Our neighborhood had a Block Party this weekend. I'm still a little hazy…

Yeah, it was a good time. Great turnout, and the kids had a blast riding their bikes and playing in the street. Sophie stayed out until midnight hanging with her friends. She wouldn't tell me what they were talking about, which probably means they were talking about boys. Sigh.

Usually when I man the grill folks come by and want to talk politics. But this year all the Obamabots kept to themselves which was kind of a blessing. Instead the nuttiness took a decidely righward turn when the Paulestinians started coming out of the woodwork. Somehow Ron Paul has made an impact in my neighborhood. Not only that, on Sunday I saw three cars around town with "Ron Paul 2012" bumper stickers. I've never seen a Ron Paul bumper sticker before.

It's like mass hysteria or something.

Meanwhile, my neighbor's mom, who lives in Vermont and thinks Bernie Sanders isn't radical enough, friended me on Facebook because she found my blog to be "interesting." And the neighbor in question, who won't touch the lever for a Republican candidate because her hand might fall off, mentioned in passing that she likes the cut of that Huntsman fellow's jib, and also Mitt Romney isn't "all bad." Maybe the End Times are nigh.

On the plus side, the Jets are now 2 and 0.

UPDATE 20 Sep 2011 09:15:
Lance asks, "Dude, what were you putting in that barbeque?"

Burgers and dogs? Oh, and hot wings. Maybe it was the hot wings? Nah, they were pretty darn good. We did switch up on the beer selection though. Usually it's Yuengling (my favorite!) and Coors Light. This year we kept the Yuengling but swapped in Miller Lite. You know, less filling. No skin off my nose but when you mess with tradition the universe goes off its axis...

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My Weekly Obama Jobs Report, expect the unexpected!

You know I'm starting to think this "watch Obama fail to create jobs" shtick is getting a little long in the tooth. His big "re-elect me!" speech to a joint session of Congress fell flat. Even Democrats are panning his lame-ass attempt at Porkulus Two, Economic Boogaloo. Then when "Pass this bill!" became "Dude, where's my bill?" Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-TX) upstaged Dear Leader by introducing his own "American Jobs Act." It cuts taxes. Please, pass that bill!

Meanwhile, since we do not yet dare to expect the unexpected, last week initial jobless claims jumped unexpectedly by 11,000 to 428,000, well ahead of White House estimates of 411,000. Same old, same old.

Adding insult to injury, inflation is rip-roaring along too, up 3.8% in August over last year. Leading the inflationary charge are higher energy prices. This is, of course, by design. Obama's goal is to make fossil fuels so expensive we'll beg him to piss away more money on green boondoggles like Solyndra.

Speaking of Solyndra, they're not the only green jobs fiasco Barry's engineered. At least four other alternative energy companies filed for bankruptcy after receiving big fat stimulus checks. Oops.

But the greenies at the EPA press ever downward, strangling energy producers with reams of new job-killing regulations. 500 more jobs were lost in Texas when energy company Luminant closed their doors due to the cost of complying with new Cross-State Air Pollution rules, which require Texas power generators to make "dramatic reductions" in emissions beginning on January 1, 2012.

Now why would Obama want to single out Texas for special job-destroying attention? Anyone? … Bueller? … Anyone? …

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Previously:
My Weekly Obama Jobs Report, the You Have To Pass This Bill Before I Write It Edition
My Weekly Obama Jobs Report, the nobody found a job last month edition
My Weekly Obama Jobs Report, the Steve Jobs laid himself off edition
I almost forgot, it's time for the weekly Obama Jobs Report
Regulations, regulations everywhere, and the job market continues to shrink

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In the end, his vote for gay "marriage" sealed David Weprin's fate

I keep hearing how mainstream America is ready to embrace gay "marriage." But you know what? It's a stinker of an issue. David Weprin found that out when his support for the redefinition of marriage became a deciding factor in his loss on Tuesday. Make no mistake, NY-9 has lots of religious voters, and they will never countenance a direct assault on the Word of God.

Sure the pundits will spin his loss. Dissatisfaction with Obama, economic issues, lackluster support for Israel, they all played a part. But when push comes to shove the typical Jewish voter is likely to hold his nose and vote for the Democrat. Unless there's a religious component. And you can't get more anti-religion than same-sex "marriage." By denying 6,000 years of Judeo-Christian tradition David Weprin sealed his electoral fate.

Politicians on this side of the Hudson should take heed. If you vote to redefine marriage in New Jersey, we'll vote to put you out of a job.

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Nobel Laureate Ivar Giaever calls BS on American Physical Society's embrace of Global Warming

Take that Al Gore!

In science, nothing is incontrovertible. But Global Warming isn't science, it's religion.

Dr. Giaever is a Professor Emeritus at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. I actually had occasion to meet him a few times when I was a student there, and let me tell you, Ivar Giaever was a no BS dude. I'm glad to see he hasn't mellowed with age:

Giaever explained in his email to APS: "In the APS it is ok to discuss whether the mass of the proton changes over time and how a multi-universe behaves, but the evidence of global warming is incontrovertible? The claim (how can you measure the average temperature of the whole earth for a whole year?) is that the temperature has changed from ~288.0 to ~288.8 degree Kelvin in about 150 years, which (if true) means to me is that the temperature has been amazingly stable, and both human health and happiness have definitely improved in this 'warming' period."

Something tells me that Dr. Giaever won't be making an appearance on Al Gore's 24 hour Global Warming Revival Meeting Broadcast. (It's "Must Flee TV!") Gore and his ilk are peddling Western Lysenkoism and it's about time someone they can't flippantly discredit has the guts to point that out.

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Activist judges put California Carpetbagger Carl Lewis back on NJ State Senate ballot

I'm beginning to think that New Jersey election laws are so malleable because they're crafted out of Play Doh™. First it was the Torricelli Switcheroo, where a court decided "at least 30 days" meant "less than 30 days" so Frank Lautenberg could come out of mothballs to rejoin the U.S. Senate. Now another set of judges has crafted the "famous Olympic athlete exception" for nine-time gold medalist Carl Lewis.

Lewis wants to challenge incumbent Republican Dawn Marie Addiego for NJ State Senate in Burlington County's 8^th legislative district. NJ election law establishes a four-year residency requirement for all state Senate candidates. Since he voted in California as recently as 2009 Lewis was declared ineligible to run by state election officials. Seems fair, right? Where you vote is a pretty reliable indicator of where your political home is.

But Carpetbagger Carl sued, because that's what Democrats do when they don't like a law.

And yesterday, a three judge federal appeals court panel ordered him back on the ballot. Why? Because he's famous.

It's the Famous Guy Exception!

If Chris Wysocki was running he'd have to live in Burlington County for four years. But Carl Lewis? He has nine gold medals! Everybody knows who he is! The law doesn't apply to him!

Unbelievable.

These judges just make stuff up as they go along. We The People be damned.

UPDATE 15 Sep 2011 08:56:
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Columbia students "thrilled" to be having dinner with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

Anti-Americanism 101 must be a required course at Columbia University. Exhibit A being Barack Obama's years as a student there. And now, following in his footsteps, fifteen members of the Columbia International Relations Council and Association (CIRCA) can't wait to attend a lavish dinner date with Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on September 21^st.

CIRCA Vice President Tim Chan told the newspaper that the group was "really enthusiastic" when they were informed over the summer of the possible chance to have dinner with Ahmadinejad. Chan reportedly said he had not heard any concerns from the group, adding that "they're thrilled to have this opportunity."

Fifteen useful idiots, "thrilled" to spend a night on the town with one of the monsters who held 52 Americans captive for 444 days. And Columbia University President Lee Bollinger, who ought to know better but sadly does not, will be their host. He'll lay out the good china for a murderous dictator bent on instigating nuclear armageddon; yet he gave Ann Coulter the bums' rush.

Because, you know, Coulter is evil.

It's enough to make you sick. Moral relativism permeates every facet of the modern university. Columbia is but a symptom; academia's age-old quest for Truth has been sacrificed to the gods of grievance. Black is White. Up is Down. Pure unadulterated evil is welcomed into the halls of polite society. Because for all his faults, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad isn't one of those knuckle-dragging Tea Partyers.

Dinner is served.

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Gardasil causes "mental retardation" ... in Michele Bachmann

Some people think Michele Bachmann scored some points during last night's South Carolina Tea Party presidential debate by whacking Rick Perry with a Gardasil needle. Maybe. But afterward she sure did cement her role as runner-up to Ron Paul in the GOP crackpot sweepstakes. Appearing on Fox with Greta van Susteren Bachmann devolved into full-on anti-vaccine lunacy.

There's a woman who came up crying to me tonight after the debate. She said her daughter was given that vaccine. She told me her daughter suffered mental retardation as a result of that vaccine.

National policy via anecdote is a progressive shibboleth; conservatives are supposed to be immune to such silliness. But here's Michele Bachmann, Tea Party Mom Of The Century, on national television coming down squarely on the side of the anti-vaccine nuts, all because one woman told her a sob story of dubious provenance.

And she still thinks she's qualifed to be president? 'Cause I'm thinking that merely talking about Gardasil did indeed cause "mental retardation." In Michele Bachmann.

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Senate Democrats choose electric car subsidies over FEMA disaster relief funding

To hear the Star-Ledger tell it, those Evil Republicans are at it again, holding up FEMA disaster relief funds while New Jersey sinks beneath the flood waters left by Hurricane Irene. A bill to replenish FEMA's depleted coffers failed to advance in the Senate last night, and of course the Democrats and their media shills are decrying "partisan politics."

Except the crybabies fail to note that the House has already approved a FEMA funding bill, and it's that bill which Senate Democrats won't advance.

Why? Because it funds FEMA by eliminating a bunch of boondoggle electric car and green energy subsidy programs, that's why. Think Solyndra, only on a nationwide scale. But the radical greenies won't stand for even one of their pet projects being exposed as yet another ineffective waste of taxpayer dollars. So preening Gaia-worshipping ecowarriors and their Chevy Volt smugmobiles trump disaster assistance for average middle class New Jerseyans.

Who are the real "pawns" here?

Tell Frank Lautenberg to make the granola-eaters spend their own damn money on solar-powered tricycles and geothermal golf carts. Then he'll get his 60 votes and New Jersey will finally see some return on all the tax dollars we shovel into that gaping federal maw down in Washington, DC.

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Never Forget. Never Surrender.

Ten years after, and we still haven't rebuilt Ground Zero.

Nor have we defeated the enemy.

It might be said, sacrilegiously, that the enemy is winning.

The Islamization of America continues expeditiously.

At Ground Zero the official 9/11 memorial is a mulitcultural mishmash of transhumanism, dedicated to victimology and devoid of any emphasis on the greatness of America or her founding upon Judeo-Christian principles.

Yet one block away the priorities of our government are plain to see. The Ground Zero Victory Mosque and Jihadi Training Center rises above the skyline, its construction cheered on by the mayor of New York City and the president of the United States. Alas, Saint Nicholas Church, destroyed in the attacks, remains in ruins, the mayor of New York City actively opposes its reconstruction.

Yesterday in Shanksville, PA the National Park Service dedicated a memorial to the victims of United Flight 93. The "Crescent of Embrace" was intentionally designed as a mihrab, the Mecca-direction indicator around which every mosque is built. Curiously the atheist agitators who raised a ruckus over the Ground Zero cross are totally silent when confronted with this overtly Islamic symbolism. As are our leaders, who deny any connection between our remembrance of the attacks and appeasement of the enemy.

The facts speak for themselves.

Of course the current president of the United States was born a Muslim, and later made common cause with domestic terrorists who share many of the same anti-American beliefs as our jihadi enemies. His principle financial backer is a sworn globalist who seeks to subvert the sovereignty of the U.S. government by actively undermining our financial system.

Our children are being subjected to multicultural brainwashing on a massive scale. In our classrooms American exceptionalism is portrayed as inherently evil, castigated as the root cause of misery and suffering around the world. Indeed a majority of our political and intellectual class believe that we brought 9/11 upon ourselves, that U.S. foreign policy and intervention in the affairs of Muslim nations drove them to hatred of America.

Today is called "Patriot's Day." But where have all the Patriots gone?

I for one will stand firm. I will never surrender to Islam. By any means necessary I will defend this nation against all enemies, foreign and domestic. The forces of darkness cannot be permitted to extinguish the beacon of light which is The United States of America. We are the last great hope of Western Civilization.

Never Forget.

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Around the blogosphere:

Jimmie Bise calls 9/11 "The new Tet." He's right.

At Theo's place, Alan Caruba writes, Everything I ever needed to know about Islam I learned on 9/11. Yes.

Warner Todd Huston is still infuriated.

Pundette has 9/11 thoughts from Mark Steyn.

Smitty composed a hymn from the depths of his heart.

Donald Douglas quotes Victor Davis Hanson on Myth and Reality After 9/11.

The Daley Gator posted a video tribute to the victims of 9/11.

Dr. Mercury recounts two stories of quick thinking and heroism on 9/11.

Obi's Sister prays.

PoliticalJunkie Mom won't forget.

RightKlik: THEY will never forget.

Pat Austin shares some moving 9/11 thoughts from her husband.

Fishersville Mike asks where were you when the world stopped turning?

Matt recalls when we were united in the face of evil.

Marcia: America remembers even if our president wants to forget.

Hugh remembers a president who could speak without a teleprompter.

Zilla will always be a New Yorker.

The Lonely Conservative reflects on the past 10 years.

Doug Ross: The dreams that fly away.

Amen.

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Liberal lunacy in the classroom: 9/11 was just like bullying or something

It's enough to make your blood boil. Ten years later teachers are sanitizing and whitewashing 9/11 in a paean to "sensitivity." Yes folks, the kumbaya crowd has successfully watered down the deliberate slaughter of 3,000 people into indecipherable gibberish suitable for multicultural audiences of all ages.

A new curriculm guide being distributed here in Caldwell lets us know that we weren't "attacked," rather "a group of men who did not like our country did a very bad thing."

Yeah, and Pearl Harbor was just a misunderstanding.

The guide is a collection of over 100 lessons for grades K-12, customized for the maturity and suitability of broaching these topics at each grade level. Along with lessons directly on Sept. 11, it contains lessons that discuss related historical events, bullying, racial profiling, how to work past personal fears, the use of music and art to heal, and the different walks of life that make up life in America.

Geez Louise! We. Are. At. War. W-A-R. War. Say it, "war." 9/11 wasn't about "bullying" or "racial profiling." We don't need "healing." We need victory. We need our children to understand the stakes, to be taught the price of defeat, to know the name of our enemy.

Can you imagine the world we'd be living in if this mentality was prevalent after Pearl Harbor? For starters their idiotic curriculum guide would be printed in German and Japanese. Sadly the lessons of The Greatest Generation are lost on the social justice indoctrinators walking the halls of our public schools. Instead of "V is for Victory!" our kids are bombarded with mealy-mouthed victimology claptrap.

That's the windup, and here's the pitch:

The idea of the curriculum is to better educate the children of this state on the difficult issues of terrorism and hatred, because through greater understanding comes solutions to ending them.

Oh, so it's "understanding" that they want. How about understanding the goal of global jihad? It's not hard to find, Imams preach it from the minaret of every mosque day in and day out.

Their goal is to conquer the entire world and establish an Islamic Caliphate. They will settle for nothing less. Since we stand in their way, we must die.

Sorry if that's too direct a notion for your sensibilities. But it's the truth.

As for "solutions?" I'll let the great Sir Winston Churchill say it for me:

… We shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender!

Never Surrender! It is our personal duty to defeat Islamic terrorism. Yes, duty. I know that's an old-fashioned word, but one that we well nigh need to rediscover. Let's inspire our children! Tell them about the heroes of 9/11, men like Todd Beamer and Fr. Mychal Judge. Remember the words of Barbara Olson, who asked simply, "what can I do?" She wasn't pondering any feel-good notion of community service; she was ready and willing to step into action against the forces of evil.

Should our children aspire to anything less?

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My Weekly Obama Jobs Report, the You Have To Pass This Bill Before I Write It Edition

And the Speech To End Unemployment In Our Lifetime is in the history books.

Yawn.

Nearly a trillion dollars of government spending didn't do the trick so it's time to double-down by calling for half as much. Barry is loaded for bear but shooting blanks. Son of Porkulus, it's the Idea That Time Mocked.

Been There, Done That. Can't afford the T-shirt.

But it's all he's got. 'Cause if we don't pass the bill we won't build 35,000 new schools and our children will all die of mercury poisoning. Or something.

Puh-thetic.

Barry's passing the bill alright. He's passing the bill for his Keynesian boondoggle on to our grandchildren. And their grandchildren. When the AP calls bullshit on your plan before you've even written it down you may as well just save your ink. Porkulus Two, Green Jobs Boogaloo is D.O.A. on Capital Hill.

Create jobs? Not on the Obama agenda. He's only interested in saving one job. His own. Last week's dismal news — zero job growth — was revised downward. We lost jobs.

What could I possibly add to that news? Except that President Zero really has earned the SCOAMF label.

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Previously:
My Weekly Obama Jobs Report, the nobody found a job last month edition
My Weekly Obama Jobs Report, the Steve Jobs laid himself off edition
I almost forgot, it's time for the weekly Obama Jobs Report
Regulations, regulations everywhere, and the job market continues to shrink

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Obama's jobs speech: No New Ideas, The Third Act

What did I hear during Obama's "I Have A Plan" speech? Well besides "blah, blah, blah" that is. I heard a man who can't make up his mind.

He paraded in like it was a State of the Union Re-election extravaganza. No faux Greek columns though, maybe they were laid off during the last downsizing.

All the scheduling urgency which led up to the speech kind of fell flat when he said his proposals wouldn't take effect until next year, and besides the real details for this shiny new plan won't actually be ready until Monday. He's playing politics, and decrying Republicans' lack of statesmanship?

BTW, I tried to "tweet" the speech. But Twitter.com kept telling me "Oops, try your tweet again in a few minutes." Well OK then. Thanks for nothing guys. Not that Facebook was any better, but at least they wear their libtard loving lunacy on their sleeve so conservatives expect the second class citizen foolishness over there.

Anyway, here's a recap of my notes.

Right off the bat he tried to feel our pain. "People are hurting," he cried. But not the Obamas, they just flew in from Martha's Vineyard, on His and Hers jets no less, which is just about as far from the typical staycation as you can get. He can't even fake sincerity.

I love how Barry immediately got all high and mighty about Warren Buffett's tax bill again. The thing is though, Warren is fighting the IRS right now to avoid paying the taxes he admits he already owes. So his plea of "tax me more" seems just a tad hypocritical. Write a check Warren, and STFU.

Speaking of taxes, you gotta give Barry chutzpah points for saying folks need to pay their fair share while Turbo-Tax-Timmy Geithner was sitting in the front row. Maybe he wasn't talking to us, maybe he was telling the tax cheats in his inner circle to pay up or else! Nah…

I love too the tired old notion that Barry can spend half a trillion dollars on Son of Porkulus while "paying for it" with deficit reduction. Its the same lie he told about ObamaCare. And we all know how much it reduced the deficit! Nobody with a brain could believe him this time.

He didn't even try to hide the "re-elect me" aspect of the charade either. Some people are focused on the next election? You mean people like yourself there Champ? But now we can't wait 14 more months? Puh-lease. If time is of the essence what has Mr. I-Have-A-Plan been doing for the past 2½ years? Jobs don't grow on the trees lining the fairways at Congressional.

Let's see, what else whacked my funny bone? Oh yeah, we couldn't survive as a nation without Social Security! And our children will all die of mercury poisoning if even one federal regulation is repealed. Because an over-arching federal regulatory and entitlement bureaucracy is precisely what Thomas Jefferson had in mind while he penned the Declaration of Independence. Throw in everybody gets a federally refinanced mortgage and you're well on your way to co-authoring Poor Richard's Almanac.

How far we have fallen. What ever happened to Live Free or Die?

UPDATE 09 Sep 2011 10:15:
Hugh slept through the speech. I'm jealous.

UPDATE 10 Sep 2011 12:36:
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GOP Debate: Ron Paul comes out for 10 cent per gallon gas!

Michele Bachmann reiterated her pledge to get gas prices below $2 per gallon. The other candidates danced around the idea that a president has the ability to impact energy prices. Governor One Percent said he wouldn't dictate pricing to the free market while Mitt Romney shoveled the usual platitudes about energy security and independence. But Ron Paul took things way out to right field:

"I can do much better than that," he said. "I can get you a gallon of gasoline for a dime."

One thin dime per gallon? Do tell!

"You can buy a gallon of gas today for a silver dime," Paul added. "A silver dime is worth $3.50. It's all about inflation and too many regulations."

Ah hah, a silver dime. Along with a return to the Gold Standard of course.

Silver and Gold… Silver and Gold… Think of it as the Burl Ives economic recovery plan. All he'll need is Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer to guide his sleigh back to the Island of Misfit Candidates.

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It was a Labor Day Weekend Union Triumphalism Trifecta

Nothing embodies "Go Union!" quite like the Post Office. They're $9.2 billion in the hole and on the verge of insolvency. Why? Iron-clad union contracts which barely made sense in Pony Express days are strangling them as e-mail makes their business model obsolete.

Decades of contractual promises made to unionized workers, including no-layoff clauses, are increasing the post office's costs. Labor represents 80 percent of the agency's expenses, compared with 53 percent at United Parcel Service and 32 percent at FedEx, its two biggest private competitors. Postal workers also receive more generous health benefits than most other federal employees.

Go Union!

I already wrote about this one, but lest you think the Star-Ledger's ridiculous "anti-union equals pro-slavery" meme was some kind of one-off case of the stoopids, here's Jesse Jackson to reinforce the notion:

At a Congressional Black Caucus Town Hall a few days ago in Los Angeles, Jesse Jackson told the audience that the Fort Sumter Tea Party supports the Tenth Amendment, or as he calls it, the slave amendment. Because of this, their fight against the Tea Party is a Civil War struggle. He asks "are you with the Union or the states' rightists?"

Um, I'm with the Constitution, which as far as I know, says nothing about trade unions. But to guys like Jackson everything is racial. The Blog Prof sets the record straight:

The 10th amendment in fact has and had nothing to do with slavery despite activist judges and slave owners, who by the way also happened to be Democrats, insisting that it did. Funny that Democrats today still insist that it does.

Yeah, funny. In that gee-I-really-feel-sorry-for-them kind of way.

But then, what do I know? According to Joe Biden, I'm just a "Republican barbarian." Yeah, that's me alright. Unlike say, the leaders of the AFL-CIO who are models of civility.

There's nothing like a Presidential Stamp of Approval to really drive home Hoffa's point, eh?

Oh wait, it turns out Hoffa may have been "misquoted." He was merely talking about taking us sons of bitches out via the ballot box.

[Hoffa] Everybody here's got to vote. If we go back and keep the eye on the prize, let's take these son of a bitches out and give America back to America where we belong! Thank you very much!

Riiiiiight… Voting. Because unions love voting so much. Like when workers vote on whether or not to form a union. What's that? Oh, yeah. Obama's NLRB recently eliminated the secret ballot in favor of Card Check. That's where Jimmy Hoffa asks if you want to join the union, and if you say "no" he makes you an offer you can't refuse.

Voting. Feh. Unions only liked voting back when they had ACORN to rig the elections for them.

Pat Austin remembers when Obama was looking for some "straight shooters." Now thanks to Junior we know what he really meant. Once you've decided it's OK to push your pre-teen daughter out in front of a moving truck just so it won't cross your picket line there's not much else that's off the table. Union goons have a long and inglorious history of using violence, or threats of violence, to enforce their hegemony.

Really Mr. Vice President, who are the barbarians here?

Conventional (as in MSM) wisdom paints Sarah Palin as a nutjob extremist. But I gotta say, she sounds pretty reasonable to me. Certainly more reasonable than the unionistas who shared a stage with President Zero. You'd think Barry would have the guts to trot out his "new tone" and denounce the thuggery. Not a chance.

Well then fellas, Hugh has a message for you.

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Obama's Midas Touch on display in Wayne, NJ

The Obama 2012 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Bus Tour floated into Wayne, NJ today and at least one star-struck homeowner is high on Hopium:

"He reached out to shake my hand. I thought that was pretty cool," said Ron Hacker, 60, an out-of-work carpenter. "It was pretty nice of him to come down. He.s got my vote."

Translation:

I'm unemployed.
My house destroyed.
But Obama touched me.
My vote is deployed.

Don't ever wash that hand Ron, or the mojo will be gone, gone, gone.

I gotta ask. Did you pet the magic unicorn Ron? Because if Barry didn't bring the magic unicorn the handshake might not be enough to get you through the day.

Now on the other hand, this is something I'd pay to see:

"The president's lucky I didn't get to meet him," said Margaret Wert, 45, pausing from an afternoon of scrubbing her Fayette Avenue home, the stench of mildew wafting out the front door. "Because I would have handed him a broom."

Community Organizers don't do brooms Ms. Wert. Barack Obama has never done an honest day's work in his life, what makes you think he's gonna start now?

UPDATE 04 Sep 2011 22:59:
Cross-posted to Right Wing News.

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A liberal explains Labor Day: If you're not pro-union, you're pro-slavery

Taking race-baiting to new heights of mendacity, the Sunday Star-Ledger opines thusly:

Got that? If you're not pro-union, you're pro-slavery. Because fighting for the Confederacy is just like requiring teachers and firemen to pay a few bucks toward their health insurance. Eliminate collective bargaining and the taskmaster's whip will surely be unrestrained.

But wait, it gets "better." You see, there is a Real Reason we need unions, and it's not because they're the only guys who remember the Thirteenth Amendment. It's to prevent people from voting for Republicans.

Americans who once identified themselves as working class began, as their wealth increased (thanks to organized labor), to identify with those higher up the income scale. Auto union leaders in Michigan noticed with dismay that some members even voted Republican.

Good grief! Anything but that!

Here's the true (liberal) meaning of Labor Day: you need the union around to keep telling you how miserable you are. Otherwise you might vote for a Republican, who obviously grew up on a plantation and can't wait to see black people hanging from trees. Even though, as I recall (and for the record I'm no Civil War historian here), the KKK was overwhelmingly comprised of Democrats. And the labor union movement was for many years a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Soviet Union.

If your shop steward didn't mention those facts? Well, I'm sure it was just an oversight. Happy Labor Day!

UPDATE 05 Sep 2011 11:12:
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My Weekly Obama Jobs Report, the nobody found a job last month edition

Well we're into week number four now of President Obama's pledge to "deliver new ideas every week to create jobs" Super Duper Hopey Changey Path To Prosperity Extravaganza and Bus Tour. And today the latest unemployment numbers are hot off the presses.

The unemployment rate is unchanged at 9.1%. No new jobs were added last month. None.

A whole month of pounding the pavement, and nothing to show for it? That's change you can believe in!

Yeah, I know. Barry's gonna give some big speech next week, and then the magic unicorns will start spewing jobs faster than you can say "it's all George W. Bush's fault." That is if we're not distracted by the start of the NFL regular season. Wanna bet he'll try to blame the dismal outlook on people who'd rather sit home watching football instead of going out to look for a job?

He's already downgrading our expectations:

The Obama administration downgraded its forecast for economic growth Thursday, predicting turmoil in the economy will likely keep unemployment above 9 percent through next year's election.

Yeah, turmoil. Mostly in his poll numbers which are at an all-time low. Only eleven percent of America believes Obama has the economy on the right track. Hey, doesn't about 11% of the population work for the government…...

Let's just hope his new-and-improved plan doesn't include any more of that "green jobs" nonsense. He dumped $535 million bucks into solar power poster child Solyndra and they went tits up last week, shit-canning 2000 workers in the process.

Oops.

Well, there's always the Labor Secretary Hilda Solis solution — Buy Canadian! Or the sage advice emanating out of Eric Holder's (in)Justice Department, call it the avoid-trouble-with-fish-and-wildlife-stormtroopers-by-shipping-your-jobs-overseas rule.

That's what I like about the Obama Administration. Message consistency!

Or maybe Barry just lives in a bubble. His whole presidency is "do as I say, not as I do."

Obama to Congress: Get to work!

Obama to staff: Book me a hotel room in Bali, STAT!

See? Consistency.

Turning to the regulatory front, the FDA issued new guidelines for television advertising targeted at children. It is now against the law to show an ad for Cheerios™ on American Idol. The saccharine pap they pass off as music is sugery enough I suppose.

Finally for today, a joke I saw on Facebook:

I'll be back next Friday with another round of the Weekly Obama Jobs Report. Yes, I'll watch El Jefe's teleprompter chastise Congress so you don't have to. Actually, I'll TiVo it, and catch up after the Packers - Saints game. There's no sense in missing the first game of the season for what's essentially just another summer rerun.

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Previously:
My Weekly Obama Jobs Report, the Steve Jobs laid himself off edition
I almost forgot, it's time for the weekly Obama Jobs Report
Regulations, regulations everywhere, and the job market continues to shrink

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Rick Perry and the bi-national health insurance proposal

Yes, it's true. Rick Perry once gave a speech in which he floated the idea of a bi-national health insurance program which would cover both U.S. and Mexican residents along the border. The liberals (and the Ronulans) seem to think that makes him some kind of closet ObamaCare-loving socialist.

But before we consign him to a prolonged Tea Party timeout let's take a gander at the context of Governor Perry's remarks. Conveniently the full text of the speech in question is available on his official Texas website. Go ahead, read it. I'll wait.

Did you notice anything interesting? He's talking to a trade delegation. He's discussing cross-border commerce in the era of NAFTA. And in that context, selling American health insurance to Mexican nationals makes complete sense.

Legislation authored by border legislators Pat Haggerty and Eddie Lucio establishes an important study that will look at the feasibility of bi-national health insurance. This study recognizes that the Mexican and U.S. sides of the border compose one region, and we must address health care problems throughout that region. That's why I am also excited that Texas Secretary of State Henry Cuellar is working on an initiative that could extend the benefits of telemedicine to individuals living on the Mexican side of the border.

Disease knows no national boundaries. But government regulations are quite effective at stopping people from crossing borders in search of better and / or cheaper products. I should know, I'm prohibited by New Jersey law from buying health insurance from a New York company. (Or, just try being a California resident who buys a car in Texas and wants to bring it home. No. Can. Do.)

So let's see. Rick Perry talks about maybe changing the regulations so that Mexicans can buy U.S. health insurance. That would put dollars into some Texan pockets, right? And then those Mexicans could "see" Texan doctors via the magic of telemedicine. Also bringing dollars into Texas. Plus it just might prevent the next Bubonic Plague from jumping the Rio Grande. All of which ends up being good for Texas, something the governor of a state is supposed to be in favor of.

I'm having a hard time seeing why this idea, which incidentally didn't go anywhere, isn't congruent with free-market, and dare I say conservative, principles. Maybe the Illuminati will explain it to me at the next Bilderberger conference, right after Rick Perry subjugates us all into the North American Union.

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Now all Obama needs for his jobs speech is an intro by Hank Williams, Jr.

Crisis averted. The White House moved the unveiling of Barack Obama's Super Amazing Jobs Creation Plan to Thursday September 8^th. So the GOP presidential primary debate on tap for Wednesday which was already going to go on as planned won't upstage El Jefe.

But of course now his speech will be competing with the first game of the NFL season. Which means it'll need one heck of an intro.

Hit it Hank!

Prediction? Packers 21, Saints 17. Obama benched. Perry MVP.

UPDATE 01 Sep 2011 09:08:
Linked by Theo Spark and Pundette. Thanks!

UPDATE 01 Sep 2011 11:59:
Steve Burri found a preview of Congressional reaction to Obama's speech.

I won't swipe the picture, because I promise you it's worth a click.

UPDATE 02 Sep 2011 09:35:
Linked by Doug Ross.

And Lance Burri links with his cheesehead firmly affixed.

Thanks!

UPDATE 02 Sep 2011 11:34:
An exclusive photo of Obama agreeing to change the date of his speech?

I report, you decipher.

UPDATE 02 Sep 2011 12:32:
Fishersville Mike links, thanks!

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