one year unemployment extension, one year tax cut extension.
Or two years for two years.
Right now, what exactly is going to force the GOP House to do anything for the the millions of unemployed next year when this deal expires?

because I wasn't in manufacturing labor and foreign electronics and clothing were cheaper and cars were more reliable.

Then they took the IT jobs and I didn't complain because I wasn't in IT and it meant that US companies had beefier bottom lines (my stock portfolio was booming)

Then they took the teleservice jobs and I didn't complain because I wasn't in teleservice and I almost never need customer service

Then they busted the unions and I didn't complain because I wasn't in a union and why do union workers deserve more than I have.

Then they took the medical tech jobs and I didn't complain because I wasn't in medical tech and I think too many people have too many medical tests.

Then they told us we needed to go to India to get surgery and I didn't complain because I didn't need surgery and my medical insurance premiums were lower,

So corporate profits are looking fine and there are lots of cheap foreign goods to buy.
But more than 15% of my fellow citizens are un/under employed and the US Chamber of Commerce is telling my children to move overseas for career opportunities.

Those cheap electronics weren't so cheap after all.



An abject apology to Niermoller
Thanks for the suggests DU.
I also tried to add a more materialistic appeal so it could possibly be shown to GOP'ers as well.

because I wasn't in manufacturing labor and foreign electronics and clothing were cheaper than US
then they took the IT jobs and I didn't complain because I wasn't in IT and it meant that US companies could have beefier bottom lines (Go Stocks)
then they took the teleservice jobs and I didn't complain because I wasn't in teleservice and I almost never need customer service
then they took the medical tech jobs and I didn't complain because I wasn't in medical tech and I'm actually semi-adverse to all the medical testing to boost the HMO's bottom lines

So corporate profits are looking fine and there are lots of cheap foreign goods to buy.
But More than 15% of my fellow citizens are un/under employed, but those really cheap electronics made it all worthwhile.

An abject apology to Niermoller

it means control of guns. That is, making sure that the people who have guns are competent to have guns and not idiots who will leave their guns out so that their 3 year old can kill their 2 year old.

In my opinion, you can have any gun you want as long as
1) you are licensed to have a gun passing some level of competency on use of guns and the laws surrounding guns,
2) the gun is registered and needs to be registered periodically
3) on a periodic basis you are tested to see if you are still competent to have a gun (this includes items such as having/using gun safes etc if that is the law in your state) and
4) you do not provide access to anyone who does not fulfill the same licensed and competent requirements: if you provide access to someone not entitled to access you are jointly liable for that person's actions while using your gun.

edit added
5) if you are found to be in violation of 1-4, you lose your right to any further access to guns until such time as a judge determines that your deficiency has been overcome

I was young but I remember how adults did not believe the horror stories out of vietnam. We're the good guys, we don't do shit like that. The stories didn't change people's minds, the testimonies on the hill didn't change people's minds, the Vietnam Vets against the war didn't change people's minds, the student protests didn't change people's minds,.....

Coming face to face with the results, made people damn uncomfortable



The photos must come out.

http://www.epi.org/economic_snapshots/entr... /



(I missed it on my first outraged read....this is the April Fools edition.)

With all the turmoil in the market today and acquisition of Wachovia by Wells Fargo this might
be some good advice. For all of you with any money left, be aware of the next expected
mergers so that you can get in on the ground floor and make some BIG bucks.

Watch for these consolidations in later this year:

1.) Hale Business Systems, Mary Kay Cosmetics, Fuller Brush, and W R.
Grace Co. will merge and become:

Hale, Mary, Fuller, Grace.

2.) Polygram Records, Warner Bros., and Zesta Crackers join forces and become:

Poly, Warner Cracker.

3.) 3M will merge with Goodyear and become:

MMMGood.

4.) Zippo Manufacturing, Audi Motors, Dofasco, and Dakota Mining will
merge and become:

ZipAudiDoDa .

5.) FedEx is expected to join its competitor, UPS, and become:

FedUP.

6.) Fairchild Electronic s and Honeywell Computers will become:

Fairwell Honeychild.

7.) Grey Poupon and Docker Pants are expected to become:

PouponPants.

8.) Knotts Berry Farm and the National Organization of Women will
become:

Knott NOW!

And finally...

9.) Victoria 's Secret and Smith & Wesson will merge under the new name:

TittyTittyBangBang

Just for fun
http://www.theonion.com/content/video/dieb...

Which do you want?

Substantially reduces percentage of ppl participating in the process.

http://www.pollster.com/blogs/primary_poll...


Its not comparable to election day disenfranchisement, but given that primaries determine the slate of candidates....caucuses should be a thing of the past.

I'm a late boomer like Obama (1 year older)/

During that time -
I've seen manufacturing leave the US
I've seen service jobs leave the US
I've seen professional jobs leave the US
I've seen corporations hire professionals overseas and board them 4/apartment here in the US while Americans in the same occupations can't get jobs because they can't live 4/apartment
I've seen income practically stagnant
I've seen ppl's retirements virtually lost because companies were able to use bankruptcy to get out of prior retirement commitments
my retirement plans have been restructed so that right now I expect to see <40% what I was expecting to receive in 1999
I'm worried about whether 3 children have anything like the opportunies me and my spouse had (and ours weren't great because we were late boomer)

I've seen plenty of bipartisanship when it serves the interest of business or agriculture
I've seen virtually no bipartisanship when it serves the interest of human citizens (esp those that are the least among us - children, elderly, disabled)

Edwards is the only candidate talking about trying to rebalance the scales so that we the people matter.
I'm doing fine (I was doing great while Clinton was in office). But I have three children to worry about.

No issue, absolutely no issue, is as important to me as protecting the future of our children.
For the future of our children, I care about putting people first in politics. If people are the made the most important priority, education, the environment, healthcare, and labor will assume their correct places high in the priorities of the country.

In a mere 6 years, the GOP and the Bush administration have turned America, the home of the Free and the Brave into America the Fearful.

They did not do this by pure accident. It was a strategy. I'd argue it was a strategy that arose from their own weak and fear ridden psyches.

They who have been protected from life by trust funds, secret service agents, lobbyist with slush funds, and mysterious Saudi investors willing to buy failed companies for a multiple of their actual worth, make decisions out of their own fear and weakness.

We can joke about George Bush, littlest President trying to compete with his own father, but its less likely to be a joke and more likely to be overcompensation by the spoiled son of two parents who didn't have the time or inclination to actually parent him. Bury a daughter in the morning, play golf in the afternoon. Isn't that what all 'normal families' would do?

They cannot accept their own failures and take responsibility for their own actions because they've never become responsible adults. They've been catered to, sucked up to, and otherwise been led to believe their own perfection and infallibility.

Top 10 things liberals like about Guiliani

10) He employs criminals and has a pedophile on staff
9) He won't let his religion or yours interfere with policy making
8) He has expensive tastes unlike McCain who gets hotel rooms under $100, Rudy gets his hotel rooms over $500.
7) He finally got guns off the city streets. In fact, he authorized the NYC police to search anyone who appeared to be carrying
6) Like folks from the holler, he married his cousin so his other cousins are his brothers and sisters in law
5) He acts so French, he tried to move his mistress into his house with his wife and children
4) He's never met a principle which he hasn't surrounded with gray area and lawyer weasel words
3) He was too busy to read the 9/11 report or the Iraq report like Bush he'll rely on his instincts instead of facts
2) Like Bush, he knows that he's a decider. He decided to ignore the terrorism experts advice about where to locate the emergency command center. He decided to have the NYC emergency control center walking distance from his house (he might have needed another love nest after his wife didn't allow his mistress into their home)
1) His third wife already owns a tiara so we'll save money when he declares himself king. His wife has already lied about her previous marriages so we don't expect to be lectured about family values from either one of them.


This is under the category of damning with faint praise

exceeding beyond expectations. The moles we placed in the offices of the Executive, VP, and AG have sent 5 million pages of 'believed to be lost' embarrassing emails to our agents in the middle east. Very shortly we can expect to see new Iranian cartoons illustrating those emails it will include Bush's lewd proposals to Newt Gingrich and Rudy Guiliani as well as Condi's orgasms over shoe sales.

Congratulations to everyone who helped with this effort to save the land of the free and the home of the brave.

GOP is the "B" team from top to bottom.
Government and Country GOP-style is just not worth as much to anyone.

Would you be willing to pay full price for dinner at a rat-infested eatery?