tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post3875315044672823899..comments2023-10-30T09:23:42.803-05:00Comments on Some Assembly Required: SAR #10275Charles Kingsley Michaelson, IIIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04364694465614330540noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-3525169556709311392010-10-02T23:23:03.444-05:002010-10-02T23:23:03.444-05:00RE Choices/Consequences We keep talking about the ...<b>RE Choices/Consequences</b> We keep talking about the US hitting that wall (of debt that is) but the public gets their economic info from NBC or other entertainment outlets like 'em so I'm not surprised that we see no substantive change in behavior nationally. Only those newly poverty stricken among us may have learned the lesson. Talk about extend and pretend.kwarknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-89662696297355650302010-10-02T21:33:13.876-05:002010-10-02T21:33:13.876-05:00Re: Family Values
And those same Republicans will...Re: Family Values<br /><br />And those same Republicans will also oppose increased government spending to alleviate the social costs the resulting children born out of wedlock will cause (even when the purported father cannot be found, or cannot or will not pay). All in the name of "personal responsibility" of course. Don't you know they will ignore the children once they are born (or the women will be pressured to give their children up for adoption).<br /><br />Let me tell you, practicing law in private practice for twelve years changes how you see the world.OkieLawyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17071917464425173379noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-17860665282604345272010-10-02T13:43:10.983-05:002010-10-02T13:43:10.983-05:00Slant:....
Don't forget the Democracy Fraud t...Slant:....<br /><br />Don't forget the Democracy Fraud that is Canada. <br />A recent election in the CDN province of New Brunswick (run by the IRVING business cartel) resulted in a party with 48% of the vote getting 42 of the 55 seats up for grabs. That's 76% of the seats for only 48% of the vote! Two other parties which received 10% and 5% of the vote got nada seats.<br /><br />This goes on all the time in Bananada with governments sometimes receiving majorities with as low as 35% of the vote! What makes it even more egregious is that there is no effective upper chamber in Bananada. Meanwhile, smug and complacent Bananadians preach to the rest of the world about democracy, blah, blah. <br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Brunswick_general_election,_2010Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7806136543904112143.post-39638260036013854572010-10-02T08:19:05.805-05:002010-10-02T08:19:05.805-05:00reports are everywhere about "personal income...reports are everywhere about "personal income growth"; i had to go looking for this:<br /><br />Median Household Income Fell Once Again in 2009<br /><br />The US Census Bureau announced earlier this week that real median household income in the United States dropped in 2009 to $49,777. This was down from $50,122 in 2008, and $50,233 in 2007. It's not very surprising to note that real median household income in the United States has dropped since the beginning of the "Great Recession" in December of 2007. If you had to guess when the United States hit its peak in terms of inflation adjusted median household income, what year would you guess? If you said 1999 (which was the height of the dot com bubble), then you would be correct. Inflation adjusted median household income in the United States in 1999 was $52,587. That's not really a surprise, especially considering the fact that the national unemployment rate was hovering near an outrageously low (relatively speaking) 4%. Times have changed. <br />If you feel poorer than you did 10 years ago, that's because you probably are. <br /><br />http://www.davemanuel.com/2010/09/30/median-household-income-fell-once-again-in-2009/rjshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15681812432224138582noreply@blogger.com