Republicans Turn Their Backs On The People Who Have Played By The Rules And Need Help
This is what the Republicans and Blue Dog Dems are turning their backs on:
All over the New Jersey, the welfare lines are getting longer and longer. Victims of the recession are lining up to apply for food stamps and seek help paying for utilities, rent and subsidized health care in numbers that veteran social service workers have never seen before.
While the lines may run the longest in urban Essex County, rural Salem County and suburban Middlesex see the same thing: lines getting longer, lines made up more and more of people that have never stood there before.
Nikki Hernez, a 45-year-old Newark bus driver looking for work since October, said she has stood in lines all over the county. She walked 2 1/2 miles to a Newark office Monday to pick up a bus pass, only to be told to come back Thursday because the office was so jammed.
Hernez finds the line in East Orange office the most chaotic.
"The line at 50 South Clinton Avenue is crazy -- people get there early in the morning, a lot of the people are cursing, yelling and screaming," Hernez said.
"You gotta understand, people are under so much pressure there is only so much they can take," said Hernez, who ran out of unemployment benefits and applied for welfare in the fall. "But even I tell them, real nice, you're not going to get anything quick by cursing the worker out."
[...] They include people like Joan, a 52-year-old Warren County resident who applied for public assistance in December, after years of holding white-collar and part-time tutoring jobs. County workers told her to come back in January because they were "so overloaded," she said.
Joan, who declined to reveal her full name to protect her son's privacy, said she doesn't blame the county workers -- "good people doing the best they can. But I have always been a taxpaying citizen. I am playing by the rules and I can't get help."
And really, that's what it's about. If even people who worked hard and played by the rules can't get help, our leadership is a joke and our system a complete failure:
She said she pawned jewelry to make a car payment, and put food on the table by going to food pantries and taking handouts from friends and family until, upon her third visit, the county came through with a one-time food stamp grant for $227 last month.
"I never thought I would be in this situation," Joan added. "Something has to be done about people like me."
The state Department of Human Services, which oversees the distribution of welfare, Medicaid and food stamps benefits, saw a dramatic spike in the demand for these programs in the fall. Food-stamp applications doubled from 2,234 people in October 2007 to 4,547 people in October 2008, according to the most recent state data available.
During roughly the same period, there was a 61 percent spike in the number of people seeking cash assistance through public welfare, known as Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, or General Assistance. State unemployment rose to 7.1 percent in November, the highest in 15 years.
Food prices are going up and they are downsizing the packaging.
Even Starbuck Venti is a tab bit smaller but they think we are all fools
Did they really shrink that? I'm glad I never go there.
I worked for Sbarro's almost 20 years ago. just before the christmas season, they shrank the size of their small 10 oz soda to 9 oz. (price stayed the same) In their employee newsletter, they stated this was "to maximize value to the customer".
I have never looked at corporations the same after that.
Several of these companies think they are getting over. When people are doing well then maybe you can get over but when people are stuggling the way many of us are doing then we watch every penny and every once.
Pretty soon, the cereal boxes will be like those cute little individual packages, except they will cost $3.99 a box.
Rush Limbaugh is what a smart person thinks a stupid bigot sounds like.
STEELE: No, it's not a job. A job is something that -- that a business owner creates. It's going to be long term. "
Dear "New and Improved" RNC Chairman Steele: please explain to the 163,662 Americans who were laid off **IN JANUARY ALONE** from the private American companies below how their jobs are actually long term ones and that "when [these jobs] go...they come back". We'll wait, just like these out of work Americans are waiting. Take your time, sir!
Sears-300.
Caterpillar-22,110.
Broadcom -200.
IGT--200.
Kodak --4500.
Textron --4,600.
Ford --1,200.
Black&Decker -1,200.
ESPN--200
Disney-400.
Boeing --10,000.
Starbucks ---6,700.
Target --1000.
AOL--700.
Merillat--70.
TX Instruments-3,400.
IBM-2,800.
Lincoln-540.
Pfizer -19,000.
Sprint--8,000.
Home Depot -7,000.
GM - 2,000.
Deere-502.
Abercrombie--50.
Harley-Davidson -1100.
Microsoft --5000.
Huntsman--1600.
Burlington-2,500.
UAL-1100.
SPX --400.
Intel--5,000.
Disney-600.
Wynn--53.
Eaton--5200.
WarnerBros--800.
Clear Channel--1,850..
ConocoPhillips--1300.
Hertz -4000.
WellPoint-600.
AMD--1100.
Xerox -275.
MeadWestvaco-2000.
Autodesk-750.
Marshall & Ilsley -830.
GE-1000.
Ecolab-1000.
Delta-2000.
Motorola--4000.
Google--100.
Cummins--800.
Pfizer -800.
Mosaic-1000.
Textron--2000.
Best Buy -500.
Precision-40.
Oracle-500.
Boeing-4500.
Freeport-1550.
Butterball-75.
Union Pacific-230.
Bath Iron-179.
Eaton--79.
Walgreen-1000.
EMC-2400.
Alcoa-13,500.
Aqua Glass-30.
Cigna-1100.
US Steel, 50.
(All numbers from FORBES.)
Do you have a link to those numbers?
Was laid off from a small business and no new job yet. I had to hide my shoes so I wouldn't throw them at the TV when I saw & heard Mr. Steele this morning blathering on This Week about how government jobs are only temporary.
I'd LOVE a government job, temporary or permanent. I'll wait here as well.
here!
A friend put this together.
It might not help, but maybe...
Some stuff you can't make up!
My daughter works as a recruiter for a "temp" agency and she told me that even "temp work" is down.
So much pain while leaders play partisan politics. Found this interesting from an economist that works for TD Waterhouse:
http://finance.sympatico.msn.ca/Investing/Jon...
Woah there, boss man! "Economists" definitely do NOT ignore human psychology when they're formulating their various models of how economies work. Human psychology plays a critical role in most of the current economic models. In fact, most economic theories rely heavily on both mathematics AND human psychology and sociology. Witness GAME THEORY , for example.
The problem is NOT that ECONOMISTS don't account for human psychology in economics. The problem is that POLITICIANS and people who make public policy DON'T KNOW A DAMNED THING ABOUT ECONOMICS. How many Congressmen and Senators actually have a background of FORMAL training in Economics? How many have even a BACHELOR'S degree in economics, let alone a PhD? And how many of those are in key positions in Congress? (My guess is that you could take all the Congressmen and Senators who have formal training in economics, and squeeze them into a very small school bus.) A lot of them have a background in BUSINESS, and have business degrees, but that's not the same thing. Knowing the difference between stocks, bonds, treasury bills, and commercial paper is not the same thing as having a background in economics.
that agree with their opinions in formulating any bill. Tax bills, they bring in tax experts. Economy, economic experts. The problem is economics is all theory. There is no irrefutable proof for any theory. Did the New Deal bring America and the world out of the Great Depression, or was it a combo of shit luck and a cycle that ran it's course? There is proof that the New Deal did, and proof that it didn't. Therefore, more unproven theories. The truth is, none of them (economists or politicians or both) have a clue how to solve this crisis.
Economics is not all theory. All academic disciplines try to incorporate as much proof as possible, and as much experimentation as possible. But, obviously, with some academic disciplines it's impossible to do LARGE scale experiments.
Economics, as an academic discipline, is NOT based entirely on theories. Economists actually DO conduct experiments with small groups of people (usually professors who round up student volunteers) who can win, maintain, or lose small amounts of money in various "games" and scenarios. Obviously, it's hard to generalize what a group of 100 college students will do in order to get $100 to what traders will do on the stock market to get (or avoid losing) $100 000 000, but at least it's not all theory. There is some experimentation. Also, and more importantly, they look at historical data, and international data. ie-there are examples of U.S. history when we've had higher or lower taxes, or a tax code that was structured differently, and seen what happened. (No, you can't assign causality, just correlation.) They also look at international data. ie-what's happened to the GDP growth rate of other countries that have a differently structured tax code, or different government spending behaviors. And again, you can't conclude causality, just correlation, but it's better than nothing.
So, I like to say modern Economics is like Meteorology, using as much experimental data and as little theory AS POSSIBLE to predict an EXTREMELY complex thing. Meteorologists TRY to predict world weather patterns based on both controlled experiments (with water vapor in tanks) and historical data (what the weather might do tomorrow depends on what it did yesterday). All in all, there is no way to know FOR SURE what the weather will do, but I'd rather take the word of a professional Meteorologist with a computer than the word of some old sailor who claims his corns hurt when it's going to rain.
I can predict that if people have jobs they will spend money. People without jobs will not spend money. What don't these economists understand? This is not rocket science. Tax breaks don't create jobs. Investment in work projects creates jobs.
Want the people for is to be canon fodder for some made up war, or to be slave labor.
It is way past time to rid ourselves of the lowlife scum that is the republican party.
They have killed our families, ruined our economy, corrupted our pollitical system, polluted our water and air, and tried to make ignorant fools of the country in general.
But what can you expect if you let these people into our government!
Reality check to jnratliff:
Roughly half the American public who vote, vote for REPUBLICANS!!!
They absolutely ADORE Sarah Palin and John McCain!!!
These people are our very countrymen and women. Our fellow American citizens!
What shall we do about this dilemma, when almost half of the country think the Repubican Party is the RIGHT PARTY FOR AMERICA???
"The US has an army of 90,000 soldiers in Afghanistan and is spending $100bn a year, but has still been unable to defeat 20,000-25,000 Taliban who receive no pay at all." - Patrick Cockburn
I'd say if dems actually grow a spine and show the idiot half of America what government should be doing (rather than bowing down to the repubs on everything), then maybe we won't have half the country voting for Palin in 2012.
Yes, that's absolutely true. It's also tragic. The fact that American voters, and publics all over the world tend to follow the most decisive, surest SOUNDING, least compromising, strong-man politicians is very sad. But it's also a reality that people like Mussolini and Saddam understood very well. Idiots will always follow the strong-man, so Obama would probably be doing better right now if he arrested all the Republicans and had them charged with treason. (Then went out onto the balcony of the White House and gave a rabble-rousing speech about America, while waving an American flag in one hand and firing a pistol from the other.)
Sounds like a good plan to me. Will it work?
No its not half it 25%! 1/2 the people don't vote and the 25% are brain dead fucking morons.
Good point. Half the people who are eligible to vote don't bother to vote. In my opinion, because they've been conditioned to think that they can't make a difference, mostly by the "government is always evil" crowd. That's got to change, and it'll take work.
I guess I clossed over the half that vote.
But the last eight years have stressed me to the point that maybe I am a little to quick on the draw so to speak.
I wish some things were like they use to be and we could still have dules.
I think I would spend the remainder of my life challenging the lowlife republican scum to a duel. I feel I could thin the heard. lol
the gov't is always evil crowd has it right. Consider us headbangers and the old cliche` about expecting different results etc.. Consider not feeding this beast perversely eating the host. Fuck 'em. Quit cooperating.
"Half the voters WHO VOTE".
It's understood that millions don't bother to even register.
I'm strictly referring to those Americans who are eligible to vote, who register and then who actually vote....just about 50% vote for Republicans.
It's hard to fathom, but just doing phone banking to Florida voters who were supposedly "leaning to Obama" turned out to be right wing wacko Republicans! It was down right frightening to talk to these "fellow Americans". Many sounded just plain ignorant!
This country has been so dumb-downed by the likes of Limbaugh, O'Reilly, Hannity and all the other usual gang of idiots, that I find myself to be embarrassed to even admit I'm an American citizen!
Here we thought that if Obama won the election it would be a new day in America. A Sea Change if you will.
I am so profoundly disappointed in my country and I feel so beaten down psychologically by the constant carping among the so-called "pundits" that I'm inclined to just drop out and retreat into a shack somewhere in the middle of nowhere to try to forget the whole, Goddamned ugly fucking mess we call our country.
Sorry for the tirade, but God how I think we all need just a glimmer of hope that there is some intelligence, justice, fairness and peace left in the world. It's depressing.
"The US has an army of 90,000 soldiers in Afghanistan and is spending $100bn a year, but has still been unable to defeat 20,000-25,000 Taliban who receive no pay at all." - Patrick Cockburn
I feel the same as Abbybwood that it is depressing. Talking to my former friends who are now right-wing Rush Limbaugh republican scum is sad and pointless. Best to eschew the right wingers and focus time and energy building up the leaders who are constructive and the friends and associates who are sane and compassionate and genuinely loyal to the nation and to fellow Americans, not the republicans.
with you on that. How nuts is it this small group of grunting lunatics,and a thug minority is treated like they still have all 3 houses, while progressives are STILL ignored and dems behave like restroom towel valets.
Not a matter of "spine" it's a matter of complicity. Why frustrate ourselves when O and his band of bluedogs & thugs have their masks off.
As soon as we realize this bait 'n' switch is still against our interests the sooner we quietly stop cooperating and take our country back beginning at state and individual levels.
Hence the "27%'ers".
Fat, stupid looking, missing and rotted teeth, playing banjo music, driving a rusted trailer over a cliff and thinkin' it's cool.
Fart smellers, one and all.
1. If you classify the inevitable polarization and fear mongering that occur in a two party system as rigging, as I do, then yes, the voting is rigged. (There are some ways for us to move away from a two party system, which I can list if you'd like, but they're well known.) In my opinion, the optimum number of political parties is four. One is a disaster, two is a catastrophe, four works pretty well, more than that starts moving towards a catastrophe again. Until the U.S. has more viable parties, the voting is rigged.
2. If you classify the way Congressional boundaries are drawn to ensure almost certain re-election of incumbents, then yes, the system is rigged. Congressional districts should be drawn by computer programs, rather than by so-called unbiased judges. Until that happens, the voting is rigged.
3. FEDERAL Congressional district boundaries should be drawn by the FEDERAL government, not the corrupt partisan hacks that populate most state legislatures. The nonsense that went on in Texas should have taught us that painful lesson. Until that happens the voting is rigged.
4. The Electoral College needs to be abolished. If it isn't, a day will come when a president gets sent to the White House with only 30% of the popular vote, while his/her opponent got 70%. The day that happens we'll have rioting in the streets, and people storming the Bastille, and the American experiment in democracy will be over. Presidents should be elected by the popular vote. If this was done, it would put an end to the practice of political parties pandering to only the "swing states" and force them to do things to improve live for as many Americans as possible, regardless of where they live. Until that happens, the voting is rigged.
5. Until a law is passed forcing all states to keep a PAPER TRAIL for their ballots, there is no way to prove that the system is NOT rigged. Federal elections should be organized by the federal government, not state governments, and a law should be passed to use paper ballots, counted by optical printer in all districts.
You make good points especially when it comes to Congressional district boundaries.
But try and make that workable. Even if you could, there would be sabotage at every turn. Not going to happen. Dismantle.
Democrats are the right party.
The Democrats are overseeing the greatest transfer of wealth in the history of world.
The Bailouts for the Bungling but mostly Swindling Banksters.
To be perfectly fair Bush and Paulson the Plunderer started it.
The Republicans in Congress after they got even more pork into it than the Democrats were proposing went along.
Before Paulson's Plunder, the 'Wars' were the greatest swindle in history.
IN TRUTH, in Washington, there is only one party.
THE KLEPTOCRATS.
The Government is for sale to the highest bidder.
To use a sports analogy:
In the last two rounds it has been:
War Profiteers 1 - We the Peons 0
Wall Street Crooks 1 - We the Peons 0
We the Peons are just about out of this tournament.
statusquObama, change you can only pretend in
Not that we are insensitive at all. There is so much pain and suffering and no real way to help. Let us hope our government finds its footing and the corporate greediest give til it hurts.
I think republicans are insensitive to everyone but themselves.
60% masquerading as dems. All of them w/enhanced power, cancelling us out. I conclude this is hopeless.
I like how President Obama tells everyone in such a polite way to F@ck OFF!![Rush L. & John M.] Finally a real Patriot in the White House. All this bullshit about the stimulus bill not working,well I am sure the 800 something billion $$$$$ will help somehow.By the way put back the 40 billion you idiots took off the stimulus bill for education, calling it! "PORK". My god! you guys have no problem putting money in the budget for war to kill our children but you don't want to invest money to educate them .Shame on you all you should all go home get the guns you love so much and point them at your hearts. If you guys even have a heart.Please! just do us all a favor pull the trigger.With there unbelievable disregard for the people the Republicans are cutting there own throats on the senate floor and comiting political suicide anyway. About time they see some of there own blood spilled, beside spilling generations of innocent American blood. WAR after WAR after WAR...!!!!!I'm F@ckin tired of it! And if they think the American people are that stupid to fall for there bullshit again, well they have another thing coming.I know who they are! "those who work forces are those who burn crosses".They truly are a bunch of motherless bastards.Where is Abbie Hoffman?I wish he was here . Anyway I can keep going on about the incompetent,ridiculous,inappropiate behavior of the republicans, but I will not waste any more of your valuable time as they have. This is what i will say," It is not a time to wear a elephant or donkey on the lapell of your jacket and argue for your parties own evil inclinations."The people need help! bottom line!! We are in this position because of our past actions let us not repeat these same actions and work towards a positive future for the children.A future where we can live in harmony.Peace and Love God Bless
The Flooring Guy
But the one thing you count on is they are to self absorbed in their world of greed to give a shit what happens to you, and none of them have enough honor or integrity to do the right thing.
We need to do it for them!
we should do the right thing. Quit enabling them period. In all that it implies.
John Scumbag McCain puts his campaign on hold and everyone rallies around the 800 Billion to save the Banking System in America. Even as the people demand they don't want it.
Then comes a Stimulus to help the American People stay in their homes and survive the downturn in the economy and these assholes all of a sudden turn conservative. Damn them all to know hell.
Our media needs to figure out what the hell is going on and not be afraid to venture into the old conspiracy theory crap or any other crimes and situations that needs to be uncovered. Barry Goldwater for God's sake had the wherewithall to get into these details when he exposed the Trilateral Commission during his time. Journalists in this age are like children sucking their fucking thumbs. Weak as far as I'm concerned and not without consequences.
why are democrats having such a hard time staying on message. republicans took care of their fatcat pals on wall st. with your taxpayer dollars, now republicans are trying to screw ordinary americans out of their share.
i was against any kind of bailout -i was in favor of getting a bucket of popcorn and watching rome burn- but if rich unclepennybags is going to be printing up a mountain of monopoly money to bail out his loser cokehead, d!ck-monger palls on wall st., rich uncle pennybags is just going to have to print up a mountain of monopoly for the proletariat.
otherwise, we're all just going to have to pump the fusebox on the imaginary house of cards.
(and it would be helpful if harry reid would step aside, to spend more time burying his head in the nevada sand).
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and
monopoly money
during the campaign, when obama praised reagan for his ability to stay on and sell his message, he got ripped to shreds
he shouldnt have
the way you sell an idea is to keep it simple
this "stimulus" plan is anything but simple
eff guys like steele, the plan shouldve been simply a jobs bill
but congress (both sides)added measures that while they may create jobs down the road...do nothing immediatly
this bill shouldve been made simple
they didnt do that...and now obama is taking the fall
i've been for the guy (with a couple hiccups) since he was down to hillary by like 30 points...
it's like the good man yogi sez...
looks like the rethugs are still in power and the dems just so so helpless with all 3 houses. Who's kidding who.
up on Harry Reid and the rest of them. They know exactly what they're doing. We just can't seem to believe it. Accept what has been in the open for the last 8 going on 12 years, and burn the whole thing down with them inside.
Then we can end this fascination.
What gets me is that Bernard Madoff, who pulled off one of the biggest financial scams ever, can still park his ass in his fancy digs, stuff himself full of prime rib and drink fancy wine while he looks out his window and laughs.
Disgusting.
compared to the rest of the Banksters.
They are hitting the country up for trillions.
They are paying themselves bonuses to boot.
statusquObama, change you can only pretend in
This is supposed to be comedy, but it sure doesn't seem like it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gC8lDzxKyDU
Yep, we're all screwed! We may as well enjoy it!
the Wall Street Madam.
Once again the woman takes the legal fall and the Fat Cats walk.
Maybe not, she has quite a clients list. Coming to a book stand near you.
statusquObama, change you can only pretend in
As usual, the women get used and then they are filed away in a hidden 'safety deposit box'.
Thanks for the link, Alice X. I'm sure it will be an interesting book!
And I see it first hand here. The computers are such demand here that we don't allow gaming or chat on them. To bad there's a lot of kids and adults who screw around on them even though there are some who are doing honest to god work. I'm starting to see more and more transients and homeless.
its all a part of a larger social network
so it is providing a benefit
Sen. Barry Goldwater wrote in his book With No Apologies: "In my view, the Trilateral Commission represents a skillful, coordinated effort to seize control and consolidate the four centers of power: political, monetary, intellectual, and ecclesiastical. All this is to be done in the interest of creating a more peaceful, more productive world community. What the Trilateralists truly intend is the creation of a worldwide economic power superior to the political governments of the nation-states involved. They believe the abundant materialism they propose to create will overwhelm existing differences. As managers and creators of the system they will rule the future."
...just like the cockroach at work the other day brazen enough to venture out to grab a cookie crumb, during normal, daylight business hours.
(it may have been built to withstand a nuclear blast but it was no match for a birkenstock. yes i'm liberal but no i ain't vegan or peta.)
Use of the word 'turning' implies that repubs at some time didn't have their backs towards the people.
Are there no workhouses? Are there no prisons?.... Yea, this is a mess.
Dickens Christmas Carol.
Workhouses and prisons led the way to welfare reform, when authorities realized it's less cost prohibitive to give some financial support to the indigent as opposed to institutionalizing them.
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
It's so sad to hear Republicans justify not giving help to taxpayers while quickly giving Banks and Wall Street billions. Iraq was given 1 trillion dollars with no questions and now Iraq has a surplus of 80 billion. Afghanstan was given close to 500 billion dollars and all is unaccounted for. Peope who have worked hard and paid their taxes are denied help while their Republican Law Makers got their big raise and alot in kick backs from Banks for the vote. It's not up to President Obama it's up to the American people to put a stop to this maddness. If Republicans can't help the taxpayers fire them.
the big banks are still going down. Count on it.
but may I quote a wise man,
"Whatsoever you do for the least of my bretheren, you do also unto me."
Also, the old maxim, Do unto others that which you do for yourself.
There is not one drop of human kindness in the Republican Party. They are devoid of all good will to their fellow countrymen. They are soulless. Yet one half of the country vote for them because of their family values.
They want to have the country uneducated so that it will stay the same because an educated person may question their lack of ethics.
Half of the country who votes.
i can verify that you are correct; there is not one drop of human kindness in the present-day republican party.
it is all 100% pure lizard-brain impulse gratification.
you know that whole quote about a tree and liberty. I'm sure it can't be too much longer before civil unrest comes into the picture. I don't want to see that happen but you can only keep people hungry for so long before they succumb to their baser instincts.
america's been in "cold" civil war since the '63 junta stiole their power; america will solve this relatively peacefully, like she did the other cold war...
stole
(sorry, i'm just a feeble old man w/ arthritis)
"society is but 3 meals away from anarchy"
It needs to be the DNC's highest priority to put the GOPer operatives who call themselves Blue Dog "Democrats" out of a job. These slimeballs are a bunch of dogs, alright.
Nearly 132,000 people are getting jobless benefits in Washington - up 92 percent from last year.
Jobless people can't get through to unemployment office
" “It's infuriating. It gets under my skin. I feel powerless about it too,” said Schuyler.
He was laid off in November by the City of Seattle and each day, Schuyler calls the Employment Security Department – better known as unemployment – trying to get benefits.
“I call anywhere from 30 to 50 times a day, Monday through Friday, 8 to 5,” said Schuyler.
The agency’s Web system isn’t helping either. And now, Schuyler is out of cash."
me-oww!
If I need to phone, I start just before the office opens. If not, there is no way to get through.
still took her 3 days to get through. And she was lucky. And forget about the websites in these states. Time out city.
me-oww!
offices are only open office hours. If you can't get through, you are screwed.
I think. it asks questions and you use your phone keypad for data entry
me-oww!
Californians battle swamped state phone lines to get jobless benefits
"...Many callers say they've been unable to get through to the state Employment Development Department to file for unemployment insurance for days or weeks, facing busy signals or being cut off after waiting on hold when they finally did get through..."
me-oww!
I know they can file online; if they don’t have a computer they can go to the library and you use their computer. .
But this is still a frustrating situation because if you have any question there it is absolutely impossible to get through on the phones. You can’t even contact via email to get confirmation of your status. This entire set-up is a mess and clearly outdated.
and not everyone has a computer. And if you have dial-up, well don't bother.
me-oww!
I have a dial-up.
And if you're dependent on public library computers, forget about it. Although there's always some out of work people sending resumes, for the most part most computers have brats on Facebook, Youtube, video games, and Disney crap.
Diabolus est Deus Inversus
Playing by the rules in a crooked game means you lose.
Unemployment claim systems overwhelmed
"...Systems in New York, North Carolina and Ohio were shut down completely by technical glitches and heavy volume, and labor officials in several other states are reporting higher-than-normal use..."
me-oww!
becomes glaringly undeniable. Suppressing a snicker over this cruel denial of relief and 1.25 million jobs as the unwashed react to their godlike propriety a little sooner:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhcflDSUMvc
Remember those devastating heat rays the military showed off on 60 Minutes, used to fight back large crowds or demonstrators? Civil unrest is just around the corner and your military and or maybe Blackwater will be protecting the same people who caused this mess. You betcha.
are not working for the benefit of the proles.
n/a
they are dedicated to the mission. they serve their rich corporate masters even better than does the DLC, DSCC and DCCC.
Some stuff you can't make up!
But I believe Bush and his cronies had every intention to bankrupt the nation. They would eliminate or cripple all social programs. All we could pay for was the defense of the nation. And it has nearly come to fruition except they never believed the democratic party would control all branches of the gov't. The only time republicans believe in social programs are when they need them. And the rest of the ignorant sheep follow the republicans year after year.
It has always been the goal of the Republicans to destroy government. They prefer the feudal system where they are the lords and ladies and we are the serfs. This is the "good old days" that Republicans talk about.
recall they're no longer in power. Shine a spotlight on the bluedogs making sure dems stay out of power.
the corporate media ISN'T covering the "the welfare lines . . . getting longer and longer." Seen anything on the 6 o'clock news? Nothing to see here, move along.
will not be televised either.
statusquObama, change you can only pretend in
The revolution will not be televised.
me-oww!
will be live.
statusquObama, change you can only pretend in
If it's good for people, it's not from the Republican party!
Is there someone that you no of who has said that nothing needs to be done? If you do find one or two does that make the entire party guilty? Do you believe that lawmakers should not debate and compromise on a bill of this magnitude? Should it be a rubber stamp like the one you've been complaining about? Do the people who elected their representatives not have a voice?
You would not accept any such premise for your own party. Why would you expect that there should be no dissent as to methodology even when all agree something needs to be done?
They rubber stamped Bush's illegal invasion and they rubber stamped all the spending bills to cover his illegal war. Now that the boy Bush is gone, they give the middle finger to middle America.
With Limbaugh at the wheel:
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Was watching the local news this evening, and there were 1100 requests for emergency rent assistance last month in Washington Co. Oregon. They normally get 300 requests a month.
45 people got help from the Washington Co. (Oregon) Community Action.
Washington Co. is suburban Portland. One county. 1100 requests last month. They expect more this week when Feb eviction notices go out.
Back in the mid 70's our family was on welfare again due to my mom losing a job due to the recession then. What happened was we needed extra help paying our gas bill one month in the middle of winter - this was before programs and laws made winter shut offs less common.
The welfare case worker said - "Do you think money grows on trees?"
My mom burst into tears.
I know since then there has been an effort to be more compassionate when dealing with the public even if the public doesn't seem to nice back but it can be a stressfull time for everyone.
...he uses big words like 'particularly' and 'delicatessen.' -- Jack
The Republicans say "everything is fine", therefore it is.
And the MSM agrees.
Nothing to see here, move on hippie!
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Welfare is having a problem keeping up and the shit has only just begun. Stage two, welfare stops and you are out on the street with all of humanity. Stage three you end up in jail. Meanwhile the MSM keeps feeding us nice touchy- feelly stories with the economic apocalypse right around the corner. Yes keep watching Oprah and it might just all go away. She will have plenty of advice on how to economize in the kitchen and how to decorate your cardboard box. CNN usually has great tips on how to weather the second Great Depression. Very bouncy and upbeat especially in the morning. You betcha.
Republicans Turn Their Backs On The People Who Have Played By The Rules And Need Help
DUH!
How long did it take for people to learn this?
It's how quickly they forget.
There is only ONE word which brings fear to all Republicans: BUSH!
USE IT OFTEN TO SLAP THEM DOWN AND BRING THEM TO REALITY.
PUNDITS REFUSE TO DO SO.
IT IS UP TO US!
CALL AND EMAIL THESE CROOKS AND REMIND THEM WHY WE ARE IN THIS MESS-----BUSH!
Fuck you, I got mine.
All what Madrak is true, but New Jersey is very much dominated by Democrats in Trenton, not Republicans. The governor, most of the legislature, both US Senators, and most of the Representatives are all Democrats. Not that the GOPers would do things any differently if they were in power - it is all part of the same political machine.
Now that they own all of the Welfare Cadillacs.
We're in the middle of a tempest storm, and it's always darkest before the sun shines through. The GOP is wandering the desert trying to regain their crushing losses in all 3 houses without a leader to define them. They are aimlessly throwing the garage (they threw the kitchen sink during the election) at the Dems AND public, further exposing their corruptness. We will get through this and the GOP and wealthy will end up suffering as the masses abandon their capitalistic theories and get on with self-sufficiency and sustainable living. We will suffer severe losses for the next 5 years or so, but will regain our souls as we sever ties with the greedy in society.
Grow your gardens (even on patios), learn to barter what you create, help in your communities, push your officials for accountability and support only those who "get it," turn off the TV, buy local and only from those who are not corrupt, change yourselves to be the society you want. There's much more but you get my drift. Eventually this corrupt society will wither away because we no longer support it.
Remember...this corrupt system only existed because the masses went along with it. If you envy the rich and would have lived as they do if you had the money to do it, you are part of the problem. Get it?
Wait till the Chinese start buying up all your seized assets at less than bargain basement prices. The Banks and the Chinese own The Late Great USA. Remember if you can not pay you have no rights. The Corporate Cabal only recognize people that can pay their bills and the Corps own the politicians. If you cannot pay they want you to offer up your children to The Military Industrial Complex as fodder for their illegal wars. Have a nice day cowards.
Sometimes it is better to show them than to tell them! If we marched to Washington on January 20 to celebrate under the auspices of “Change” in the direction our country was progressing, and if , allegedly, a MILLION men were poised to "March on Washington" at the behest of one man purposely to draw attention to the unfair treatment of only one segment of the population in this country, and if Dr. King successfully called for a "March on Washington" to garner the attention of the lack of civil rights for another segment of the population, surely, no greater cause for such an attention grabber is needed to display the ENTIRE segment of our dissatisfaction with how WE have been discarded by those whom we have chosen to represent us and our basic needs in Washington, while they, themselves, constantly feed at the trough of abundance, growing fat with gluttony at our expense, while we starve as we are being fed a diet of dismal hope. While "Hope" itself is good, but only if it is accompanied by a workable plan. I, myself, am now losing all "Hope," as one cannot sustain on "Hope" alone.
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