tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post6006518996553446791..comments2023-08-05T07:24:04.413-05:00Comments on Hope n' Change Cartoons: Out of the Frying PanUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-24671135608989994632010-07-17T17:04:45.093-05:002010-07-17T17:04:45.093-05:00NOOOOOOOOOOOO! (Sigh...)
I just wrote a nice long...NOOOOOOOOOOOO! (Sigh...)<br /><br />I just wrote a nice long response to your various comments, and the Internet gremlins ate it all up. Or maybe it was Janet Napolitano...it's hard to know the difference. So here's the thumbnail version of what I so <i>eloquently</i> wrote before:<br /><br />1) Be not ashamed to be out of work, or in the company of other jobless folks. It's nothing to be ashamed of these days.<br /><br />2) Don't wait for the "job market" to come back; it won't. We're all entrepreneurs now. Recreate yourself, invent a business, and throw yourself into it. You may not like the idea, but it's the reality of business and employment these days.<br /><br />3) Older conservatives will have to throw themselves on the swords and vote down their own benefits - which they've fully paid for - to help save America from bankruptcy. That being said, <i>everyone younger</i> needs to get the SAME cuts, or there will be hell to pay. The issue will create enormous anger, but it must ALL be directed at the politicians from BOTH parties who for decades promised what could never be delivered.Stilton Jarlsberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14503164551782304564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-3212732692635296392010-07-17T16:58:59.072-05:002010-07-17T16:58:59.072-05:00Readers- For those of you who are out of work, and...Readers- For those of you who are out of work, and know others who are out of work, <i>hold your heads high</i> and know that you're not alone! <br /><br />Like it or not, we're all entrepreneurs now (even people who <i>think</i> they've got a job with security). It's a time to reinvent ourselves, create our own businesses, and seek success and profits based on our own talents and motivations.<br /><br />Easier said than done? Absolutely. But it's an undeniable reality; the "old days" of holding a job for a lifetime, getting a gold watch, and a nice retirement is <i>history</i>. <br /><br />The "independent businessperson" route may not be what we want to do...but it's what we <i>have</i> to do. So make the mental adjustment, then <i>full speed ahead!</i><br /><br /><br />Anonymous (one post above) - This is a <i>killer</i> point, and one that will be getting much more attention soon. The conservatives (many of them older) who want to save this country's finances will first have to cut their own benefits; benefits they've <i>already paid for in full.</i><br /><br />It sucks, but the only way to enforce cuts is if they're across the board. But we're guessing that it will be structured to take away from the old, while still promising goodies for the young (who are more naive, and easier to sway at election time). <br /><br />Personally, I'm ready to vote to gut social security, medicare, and medicaid...but <i>not just for myself and my family</i>. If I make the sacrifice, after having worked and paid into the system for 40 years, then the people who <i>haven't</i> done that can damn well lose the benefits too.<br /><br />And the anger (and there will be plenty of it), needs to be directed NOT at the voters who finally make the responsible choices, but should land entirely on the decades of politicians - from BOTH parties - who made promises that could never be kept.<br /><br />Oops...I appear to be up on a soapbox. Pardon <i>me. </i>Stilton Jarlsberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14503164551782304564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-86320989050817169742010-07-17T13:55:08.212-05:002010-07-17T13:55:08.212-05:00Naked Liberty. I fear you're right. And the m...Naked Liberty. I fear you're right. And the most reliable conservative voting group is going to have to vote for cuts in Social Security and Medicare just as they are entering retirement or already on a fixed income.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-64842614255053084682010-07-17T13:36:25.092-05:002010-07-17T13:36:25.092-05:00It's funny because it's true. The racist ...It's funny because it's true. The racist retort, not the part about the economy. Don't worry though, the biased media in Obama's hip pocket will repeat it often enough to make it true.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-34280368689374595912010-07-17T11:44:02.618-05:002010-07-17T11:44:02.618-05:00He's got the worst case of narcissistic person...He's got the worst case of narcissistic personality disorder evah! Why isn't the media covering that story?<br /><br />"my policies that got us out of this mess" - what a load that is.alan markushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04376679777650939602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-57919811571236193552010-07-17T11:10:26.006-05:002010-07-17T11:10:26.006-05:00Watch out, all you who lost your jobs and will hav...Watch out, all you who lost your jobs and will have to depend on government health care...latest headlines show you'll have to be reporting your BMI to Uncle Sam next, in order to qualify for benefits....<br /><br />Can't have all our unemployed be fat, ya know....(You can be black, or gay, or illegal...but NOT FAT!!!)<br /><br />Who voted this creep in, anyway?Suzynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-28390895685666803472010-07-17T10:56:49.931-05:002010-07-17T10:56:49.931-05:00I lost my job of 12 years 1 month ago. Obama'...I lost my job of 12 years 1 month ago. Obama's people stated last week, (as you covered here) that, "well, maybe not as many jobs have been created as we thought...but SO MANY MORE have been saved." Uh, mine wasn't. Neither were about 13 others in the small rural hosptial where we worked. God help us!!!!Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18025229121999293915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-76999850240417510642010-07-17T09:48:02.633-05:002010-07-17T09:48:02.633-05:00Philip- You've been busy! Some very interestin...Philip- You've been busy! Some very interesting links (if not altogether surprising). <br /><br />And we don't really need to even wait for the mid-terms to see where things are headed for Obama: consumers "voted" no confidence in the economy, and Wall Street "voted" with a 216 point drop yesterday.Stilton Jarlsberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14503164551782304564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-67342248198031861372010-07-17T06:34:58.129-05:002010-07-17T06:34:58.129-05:00What do you expect? NBC/MSNBC are simply echo cha...What do you expect? NBC/MSNBC are simply echo chambers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-3486567514038670442010-07-17T04:54:51.067-05:002010-07-17T04:54:51.067-05:00Keynesian Ideology and the Coming Crash of 2011
...<a href="http://waronsocialism.com/2010/02/12/keynesian-ideology-and-the-coming-crash/" rel="nofollow">Keynesian Ideology and the Coming Crash of 2011</a><br /><br /><em> I think that the writing is already on the wall for the November 2010 elections. It will almost certainly be a disaster for the Democrats. <br /><br />If Laffer’s dismal economic forecast is accurate, <strong>the 2012 elections could be an epic landslide reflecting an outright rejection of the American left’s love affair with Big Government Keynesianism.</strong></em><br /><br /><a href="http://money.usnews.com/money/blogs/capital-commerce/2008/11/11/why-obama-could-be-a-one-term-president.html" rel="nofollow">Why Obama Looks Like a One Termer</a>Philipnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-75527510696768314242010-07-17T00:56:46.947-05:002010-07-17T00:56:46.947-05:00The Washington Times : Obama administration effort...<a href="http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/jul/16/the-kenya-connection/" rel="nofollow">The Washington Times : Obama administration efforts in Africa may violate federal law</a>Philipnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-71019208513114803382010-07-17T00:55:01.621-05:002010-07-17T00:55:01.621-05:00I've been out of work since last November. A g...I've been out of work since last November. A good friend of mine has been out of work over a year. We both keep looking, and NADA....drjimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05647484115197408897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-27136524510193386812010-07-17T00:47:17.338-05:002010-07-17T00:47:17.338-05:00The good link :
The Obamacare Abortion Lie Is Up...The good link : <br /><br /><a href="http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=YjVhNmQxMWEyMTNlOTA3M2MwNTAyYjlmN2VmOGYxOGE=" rel="nofollow">The Obamacare Abortion Lie Is Up</a>Philipnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8993108951931633758.post-27787473215069824862010-07-17T00:45:00.031-05:002010-07-17T00:45:00.031-05:00The Obamacare Abortion Lie Is Up
Obama keeps hi...<a href="link" rel="nofollow"> The Obamacare Abortion Lie Is Up </a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.whitehousedossier.com/2010/07/16/obama-played-41-rounds-golf-president/" rel="nofollow"> Obama keeps his priorities straight </a><br /><br /><a href="http://article.nationalreview.com/438212/the-agony-of-the-revolution/rich-lowry" rel="nofollow"> The Agony of the Revolution </a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/politics/david-cameron/7893777/David-Cameron-dont-follow-Barack-Obama.html" rel="nofollow"> Peggy Noonan : David Cameron, don't follow Barack Obama </a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.newsmax.com/Morris/Obama--post--racial--presidency--Clinton--Jesse--Jackson--Panthers--NAACP--tea--party--Arizona--immigration/2010/07/16/id/364897" rel="nofollow"> The End of the Post-racial Presidency </a>Philipnoreply@blogger.com