tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229764462024-03-13T19:41:20.922-07:00Southern California View From The RightSouthern Californian Moving the State to the Right, One Post At A Time!usclarryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09757737664737944162noreply@blogger.comBlogger782125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22976446.post-23050648640913099512011-10-15T05:30:00.000-07:002011-10-15T05:30:30.276-07:00The Truth About Occupy Wall Street: It’s Much Smaller Than It Seems | The New Republic<a href="http://www.tnr.com/article/politics/96303/occupy-wall-street-zuccotti-park-media-coverage#.Tpl80xb7AtI.blogger">The Truth About Occupy Wall Street: It’s Much Smaller Than It Seems | The New Republic</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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Report: Concerns About Solyndra Loan Program Were Raised Directly to Obama
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<a href="http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/report-concerns-about-solyndra-loan-progarm-were-raised-directly-obama_594520.html">Despite the repeated attempts to wish away the Solyndra scandal, it appears to be getting bigger. Today, the Los Angeles Times informs us key White House personnel raised concerns the Department of Energy loan program that gave Solyndra $535 million was poorly conceived and managed long before the solar panel manufacturer's bankruptcy:
At a White House meeting in late October, Lawrence H. Summers, then director of the National Economic Council, and Timothy F. Geithner, the Treasury secretary, expressed concerns that the selection process for federal loan guarantees wasn't rigorous enough and raised the risk that funds could be going to the wrong companies, including ones that didn't need the help.</a>
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Teamsters President Jimmy Hoffa had some profane, combative words for Republicans while warming up the crowd for President Obama in Detroit, Michigan on Monday.<br /><br />"We got to keep an eye on the battle that we face: The war on workers. And you see it everywhere, it is the Tea Party. And you know, there is only one way to beat and win that war. The one thing about working people is we like a good fight. And you know what? They've got a war, they got a war with us and there's only going to be one winner. It's going to be the workers of Michigan, and America. We're going to win that war," Jimmy Hoffa Jr. said to a heavily union crowd.<br /><br />"President Obama, this is your army. We are ready to march. Let's take these son of bitches out and give America back to an America where we belong," Hoffa added.<br /><br />Obama <a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/09/05/obama_talks_shared_prosperity_to_union_workers_at_labor_day_speech.html" style="color: #cc0000; text-decoration: none;">addressed the crowd</a> shortly after Hoffa.</div>
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Obama's Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack: "Well, obviously, it's putting people to work. Which is why we're going to have some interesting things in the course of the forum this morning. Later this morning, we're going have a press conference with Secretary Mavis and Secretary Chu to announce something that's never happened in this country -- something that we think is exciting in terms of job growth. <b><i>I should point out, when you talk about the SNAP program or the foot stamp program, you have to recognize that it's also an economic stimulus. </i></b>Every dollar of SNAP benefits generates $1.84 in the economy in terms of economic activity. If people are able to buy a little more in the grocery store, someone has to stock it, package it, shelve it, process it, ship it. All of those are jobs. It's the most direct stimulus you can get in the economy during these tough times."<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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<b>The Appeals Court for the 11th Circuit, based in Atlanta, found that Congress exceeded its authority by requiring Americans to buy coverage, but also reversed a lower court decision that threw out the entire healthcare law.</b><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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Carney responded: "Oh, uh, it is by, uh, I would expect a reporter from the Wall Street Journal would know this as part of the entrance exam."<br />
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"There are few other ways that can directly put money into the economy than applying unemployment insurance," Carney said.<br />
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Carney answers the question: "It is one of the most direct ways to infuse money directly into the economy because people who are unemployed and obviously aren't running a paycheck are going to spend the money that they get. They're not going to save it, they're going to spend it. And with unemployment insurance, that way, the money goes directly back into the economy, dollar for dollar virtually."<br />
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"Every place that, that money is spent has added business and that creates growth and income for businesses that leads them to decisions about jobs, more hiring. So, there are few other ways that can directly put money into the economy than applying unemployment insurance, Carney said.<br />
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Carney says President Obama is pushing for unemployment benefits to be extended "as we continue to emerge from this recession."<br />
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Carney also says this is only one item of a "variety of things to grow the economy and create jobs."<br />
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"This is one thing that economists of all stripes agree will directly affect growth, a half-percentage point I believe, economists believe is the payroll tax cut," Carney also said.<br />
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Carney estimates that unemployment benefits could create up to one million jobs. However, then he talks about how a possible natural disaster could hurt US economy as well as the global economy.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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</div></div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-size: 14px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Standard & Poor's faulted political entrenchment in Washington for this weekend's U.S. credit rating downgrade, but it was lawmakers on Sunday bickering over S&P's move that provided insight into how such a decision could be reached.</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-size: 14px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br />
</div><div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-size: 14px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/08/07/blame-game-vitriol-demonstrates-sp-disgust/">"I believe this is without question the Tea Party downgrade," said Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass. "This is the Tea Party downgrade because a minority of people in the House of Representatives countered even the will of many Republicans in the United States Senate who were prepared to do a bigger deal."</a></div></div></div><span style="font-size: 12px;"><br style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /><br style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" />Read more: <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/08/07/blame-game-vitriol-demonstrates-sp-disgust/#ixzz1UP42K8RC" style="color: #003399; cursor: pointer; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;">http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/08/07/blame-game-vitriol-demonstrates-sp-disgust/#ixzz1UP42K8RC</a></span><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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8:08 AM, AUG 3, 2011 • BY JONATHAN V. LAST<br />
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<a href="http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/chevy-volt-still-not-selling_581956.html">The July sales numbers are out and the Chevy Volt continues to electrify (get it?) the country. GM sold … 125 Volts last month!</a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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Fiscal Hawk Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) Signs Onto Mack Plan<br />
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WASHINGTON, July 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Congressman Mack today welcomed the support of Tea Party Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) as he signed on to the "One Percent Spending Reduction Act," legislation – also known as the "Penny Plan" – that was introduced by Senator Mike Enzi (R-WY) last week, and authored by Congressman Connie Mack (R-FL) last spring in the U.S. House of Representatives.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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<div class="title" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: arial, tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><h1 class="title" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><a href="http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/174487-obama-house-republicans-wasted-precious-days-with-boehner-plan">Obama: House Republicans wasted 'precious days' with Boehner plan</a></h1></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: arial, tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span class="author" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #111169; font-family: arial, tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">By Gautham Nagesh </span>- <span class="date" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #717171; font-family: arial, tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 15px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">07/30/11 06:00 AM ET</span></div><div class="txt" id="el-article-div" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia !important; font-size: 14px !important; line-height: 1.5 !important; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 1px; margin-right: 1px; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">President Obama used his his weekly address to call out House Republicans for holding up the process of getting "our fiscal house in order."</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 1px; margin-right: 1px; margin-top: 15px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">"Republicans in the House of Representatives just spent precious days trying to pass a plan that a majority of Republicans and Democrats in the Senate had already said they wouldn’t vote for," Obama said in the Saturday morning message.</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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CNN reporter: "How's the family ready for this [the election]? It's going to be quite vicious, isn't it? How do you prepare for that?"<br />
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First Lady Michelle Obama: "You know, it's … we're ready, you know. Our children, you know, could care less about what we're doing. We work hard to do that. Fortunately, we have help from the media. I have to say this: I'm very grateful for the support and kindness that we've gotten. People have respected their privacy and in that way, I think, you know, no matter what people may feel about my husband's policies or what have you, they care about children and that's been good to see."</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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<div class="article-info" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="title" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 18px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal bold 18px/normal 'trebuchet ms', arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://cnsnews.cloud.clearpathhosting.com/news/article/michele-bachmann-obama-has-failed-africa">Bachmann: Obama ‘Has Failed the African American Community’ and Hispanic Community</a></span></div><div class="article-text" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div class="node" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="date" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal bold 12px/normal 'trebuchet ms', arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span id="ctl00_ContentArea_lblPostDateTime" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Monday, June 20, 2011</span></span><br />
<span class="byline" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal bold 11px/normal 'trebuchet ms', arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">By <a href="http://cnsnews.cloud.clearpathhosting.com/source/74693" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #2c3c69; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal bold 14px/normal 'trebuchet ms', arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Terence P. Jeffrey</a></span><div class="content" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div class="caption alignright" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-style: initial; border-top-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; float: right; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 1.25em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 240px;"><a href="http://cnsnews.cloud.clearpathhosting.com/image/rep-michele-bachmann-r-minn-4" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; color: #2c3c69; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal bold 14px/normal 'trebuchet ms', arial, sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Rep. Michele Bachmann (R.-Minn.)"><img alt="Rep. Michele Bachmann (R.-Minn.)" class="" height="156" src="http://cnsnews.cloud.clearpathhosting.com/sites/default/files/imagecache/medium/images/BACHMANN-AP-NEW%20ORLEANS.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 10px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" title="Rep. Michele Bachmann (R.-Minn.)" width="220" /></a><div class="caption" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 11px; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 5px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Rep. Michele Bachmann addresses the Republican Leadership Conference in New Orleans on June 17, 2011. (AP photo/Patrick Semansky)</div></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">(CNSNews.com)</strong> - Pointing to double-digit unemployment rates among African Americans and Hispanics, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R.-Minn.) said on Friday that President Barack Obama “has failed” both these communities.</div><div style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: 14px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; font: normal normal normal 14px/normal arial, sans-serif; line-height: 22px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: initial; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-indent: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">“This president has failed the Hispanic community. He has failed the African-American community,” said Bachmann. “He has failed us all when it comes to jobs.”</div></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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<div class="textBodyBlack" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px;">When it comes to measuring the combination of unemployment and inflation, it doesn’t get much more miserable than this.</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16px;"><a href="" name="StoryImage" style="color: #2d648a; text-decoration: none;"></a></span><div class="textBodyBlack" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px;"><span id="byLine"></span>In fa</div><table align="left" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="color: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 15px; padding-top: 5px; text-transform: inherit;"><tbody>
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</tbody></table>ct, misery, as measured in the unofficial Misery Index that simply totals the unemployment and inflation rates, is at a 28-year high, reflective of how weak the economic recovery has been and how far there is to go.<br />
<div class="textBodyBlack" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px;"><span id="byLine"></span>The index, first compiled during the soaring inflation days of the 1970s by economist Arthur Okun, is registering a nausea-inducing 12.7—9.1 percent for unemployment and 3.6 percent for annualized inflation—a number not seen since 1983. The index has been above 10 since November 2009 and had been under double-digits from June 1993 through May 2008.</div><div class="textBodyBlack" style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 22px;"><span id="byLine"></span>The good news, of course, is that the Fed-led Paul Volcker embarked on a highly successful inflation-slaying campaign that brought the level of misery down sharply through the rest of the ’80s recovery decade.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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<blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;">Earlier in the week, at a jobs council meeting, the president was called out for saying that "shovel-ready projects' weren't quite as shovel-ready as he thought. Then later, in an interview with NBC News, Obama suggested that innovation and <a class="kLink" href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/06/16/revenge-machines-obama-mocked-for-blaming-slow-recovery-on-atms/#" id="KonaLink0" style="background-attachment: initial !important; background-clip: initial !important; background-color: transparent !important; background-image: none !important; background-origin: initial !important; background-position: initial initial !important; background-repeat: initial initial !important; border-bottom-color: transparent !important; border-bottom-style: none !important; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-left-color: transparent !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-color: transparent !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-top-color: transparent !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; bottom: 0px; color: blue !important; cursor: pointer; display: inline !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; font-variant: normal; font-weight: inherit !important; left: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static; right: 0px; text-decoration: underline !important; text-transform: none !important; top: 0px;"><span style="color: blue; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; position: static;"><span class="kLink" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: blue; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-color: initial !important; border-left-style: none !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-color: initial !important; border-right-style: none !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-top-color: initial !important; border-top-style: none !important; border-top-width: 0px !important; color: blue !important; display: inline !important; float: none !important; font-family: inherit !important; font-size: inherit !important; font-weight: inherit !important; padding-bottom: 1px !important; padding-left: 0px !important; padding-right: 0px !important; padding-top: 0px !important; position: static; width: auto !important;">technology</span></span></a> -- like job-stealing ATMs -- were reasons why the employment rate was not rebounding as quickly as he had hoped.<br />
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And while the measure was unlikely to pass in the Senate — let alone overcome a presidential veto — Democrats said they wanted voters to know they weren’t giving up.</p> <p>“The fact is, we can no longer sustain the military deployment in Iraq,” said House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif. “Staying there in the manner that we are there is no longer an option.”</p></blockquote> <p>Translation of Pelosi’s remarks: “Stop <a href="http://michellemalkin.com/2007/10/10/look-whos-stalking-nancy-pelosi/">pestering </a>me, Code Pink! I beg you to stop!” </p> <p>The White House says it will veto the bill; the GOP reportedly will back the president. Nancy was sweating it for a bit this evening:</p> <blockquote><p>The bill represents about a quarter of the $196 billion Bush requested for combat operations in the 2008 budget year, which began Oct 1.</p> <p>It would compel an unspecified number of troops to leave Iraq within 30 days, a requirement Bush is already on track to meet as he begins in coming weeks to reverse the 30,000 troop buildup he ordered earlier this year. It also sets a goal of ending combat by Dec. 15, 2008, and states that money included in the bill should be used to redeploy troops and “not to extend or prolong the war.”</p> <p>The measure also would set government-wide standards on interrogation, effectively barring the CIA from using such harsh techniques as waterboarding, which simulates drowning.</p> <p>The bill was on shaky ground this week, after some liberal Democrats said they were concerned it was too soft and would not force Bush to end the war. Conservative Democrats said they thought it went too far and would tie the hands of military commanders.</p> <p>The bill’s prospects brightened somewhat after three leading anti-war Democrats announced they would support it. California Reps. Lynn Woolsey, Barbara Lee and Maxine Waters said they had agreed to swing behind it because the bill explicitly states the money should be used to bring troops home.</p> <p>But still uncertain the bill would pass, Pelosi on Wednesday delayed a vote by several hours while she met with supporters and asked them to help her round up votes.</p> <p>Fifteen Democrats broke ranks and joined 188 Republicans in opposing the measure. Four Republicans joined 214 Democrats in supporting it.</p></blockquote> <p>Roll call vote coming up…</p> <p><a href="http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2007/roll1108.xml">Here it is.</a></p> <p>The 15 Dems who opposed the withdrawal bill:</p> <p><strong>Allen<br />Baird<br />Barrow<br />Boren<br />Cooper<br />Kucinich (because he didn’t think it went far enough)<br />Lampson<br />Marshall<br />Matheson<br />McNulty<br />Michaud<br />Snyder<br />Stark (because he didn’t think it went far enough)<br />Tanner<br />Taylor</strong></p> <p>The 4 Republicans who supported the withdrawal bill:</p> <p><strong>English (PA)<br />Jones (NC)<br />Shays<br />Walsh (NY)</strong></p> <p>One voted “present:”</p> <p><strong>Lewis (GA)</strong></p> <p>And 11 didn’t vote:</p> <p><strong>Bono<br />Carson<br />Cubin<br />Doyle<br />Hastert<br />Jindal<br />Mack<br />Oberstar<br />Pearce<br />Sessions<br />Weller</strong></p> <p>***</p> <p>John Boehner’s office e-mailed the following statement following the vote:</p> <p>“By Christmas, some 3,000 American troops will return home from Iraq after achieving remarkable success in our fight against al Qaeda. And how is Congress welcoming them back? By passing yet another politically-motivated measure that cuts off funding for those continuing to serve our nation in Iraq and hamstrings the commanders who are leading them to victory. This measure will never be signed into law, and it represents yet another failure for Democratic leaders intent on putting politics before accomplishment.</p> <p>“Congress would be better served by sending the President the long-overdue veterans and troops funding bill, which enjoys broad, bipartisan support in both the House and Senate. But the Majority leadership has played politics with this critical legislation, stalling its completion to take up today’s cynical proposal to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory in Iraq. Consequently, returning troops and their families will face more hurdles and take more time to get the housing and health care benefits they deserve – all thanks to Congress.</p> <p>“Under General Petraeus’ strategy, our troops are routing al Qaeda in Iraq, improving security for the Iraqi people, and laying the foundation for critical political reconciliation in that country. Congress should not undermine this success and risk having al Qaeda stand back up. Instead, Members of both parties should recognize that <a href="http://hotair.com/archives/2007/11/14/hot-air-audio-cpt-aaron-kaufman-us-army-on-the-surge-and-whether-were-winning-the-war-in-iraq/">the Petraeus plan is working</a>, continue to solidify our troops’ gains, and work to bring them home after victory, not defeat.”</p> <p><a href="http://www.mnf-iraq.com/">Meanwhile, over in Iraq</a>…</p> <p><a href="http://michellemalkin.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/1mnf.jpg" title="1mnf.jpg"><img src="http://michellemalkin.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/1mnf.jpg" alt="1mnf.jpg" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://michellemalkin.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/1mnf002.jpg" title="1mnf002.jpg"><img src="http://michellemalkin.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/1mnf002.jpg" alt="1mnf002.jpg" /></a></p> <p>More from the front on <a href="http://www.mudvillegazette.com/archives/009726.html">the Dawn Patrol at Mudville Gazette.</a> And Herschel Smith at<a href="http://www.captainsjournal.com/2007/11/15/anbar-buffoons-and-the-daily-kos/"> Captain’s Journal.</a></p> <p>***</p> <p>The <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/15/washington/15cong.html?ex=1352782800&en=e969ee4e04d2888e&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss">NYT </a>covers tonight’s “rancorous debate” on the House floor:</p> <blockquote><p>In two hours of rancorous debate on the House floor, Republicans stressed the recent progress in Iraq while Democrats said that the political situation remained bleak and that it was time to pull out American troops.</p> <p>“The sacrifice of our troops was simply not met by the actions of the Iraqi government,” said Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of California. “This legislation today offers something fundamentally different than what President Bush is proposing, a 10-year war, a war without end costing trillions of dollars. It provides the tools to our troops so they can get the job done. It also presents a strategy that will bring them home, responsibly, honorably, safely and soon.”</p> <p>…For Republicans, the debate provided another chance to accuse the Democrats of wasting time. “Today, if my calculations are right, we will have our 58th vote on trying to restrain the commanders in the field in Iraq,” said Representative Roy Blunt of Missouri, the Republican whip. “The Democrats appear to never get tired of foregone conclusions, to never get tired of doing the same thing over and over again with the same result — the ultimate Groundhog Day of legislation that doesn’t get us anywhere.”</p> <p>The White House also hammered the Democrats in Congress. Dana Perino, the White House press secretary, promised a veto and accused the Democrats of ignoring gains in Iraq.</p></blockquote> <p>You’ll love this bit of editorializing in the last paragraph of the NYT piece:</p> <blockquote><p>The debate over war financing also provided a forum for Republicans to praise recent developments in Iraq, including what they called a decline in violence.</p></blockquote> <p>“…what they called a decline in violence.”</p> <p>“They” are <a href="http://michellemalkin.com/2007/11/03/ap-reports-thousands-return-to-safer-iraqi-capital/">not </a> <a href="http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brent-baker/2007/11/14/nbc-catches-abc-highlight-safer-better-life-iraq">the only</a> <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7089168.stm">ones </a>calling it that.</p> <p><strong>Related</strong>: A Pat Dollard reader has an interesting exchange with a WaPo reporter about the MSM coverage of Iraq.<a href="http://patdollard.com/2007/11/14/wapo-reporter-to-pd-reader-time-not-right-for-a-different-kind-of-reporting/"> Read it.</a></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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