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Of course I do hope these douchebags are correct but from my vantage point, we are in free fall.
Of course, Wachovia and Bank of America employees are waiting for their xmas present, too.
Pretty soon those of us on fixed incomes may be sitting in the catbird seat. : (
It's raining like hell here...with tornadoes pushing northward.
Remember my forgotten man
You put a rifle in his hand
You sent him far away,
You shouted Hip Hooray!
But look at him today.
Here are the top cities in America for crime. Notice that every one has at least 50% black population.
Washington DC - 60% black
New Orleans, LA - 76% black
Detroit, MI - 81% black
St. Louis, MO - 51% black
East St. Louis, IL - 97% black
Newark, NJ - 53% black
Camden, NJ - 53% black
Birmingham, AL- 73% black
Gary, IN - 84% black
Flint, MI - 53% black
N. Charleston, SC - 50% black
This isn't racist, just the facts.
So, if you don't want to be around crime, don't live in a city with a lot of black people ... Very Simple.
What are you talking about?
(also Latino Americans) here - at least as many
as in St. Louis, for example.
one (you) can cook the facts to support pretty
much any ignorant thing being said.
that said: keep your opinion to yourself, troll.
Show me just 1 city in America that is top on the crime list that is 80% or 90% white. Guess what? There aren't any.
This isn't a racist comment, just the facts. Accept it, that is the way it is.
accept it, that is the way it is.
The question is what would you do to solve the crime problem?
If you say 'get them jobs', then I say 'what jobs'? What are they qualified to do? If high school graduations rates in these cities is below 50%, what are they qualified to do?
If they can't show up to school, what make you think they would show up for work?
HOW WOULD YOU SOLVE THE CRIME PROBLEM IN THESE LARGE CITIES THAT HAVE A MAJORITY BLACK POPULATION?
Drug tratment.
Incentives for investment in poverty stricken urban centers.
Mr. Obama has talked about addressing this problem. Because areas with high poverty usually have little or no investment by corporate interests, so even something as basic as 'food' and shelter are expensive and hard to come by. Poverty breeds crime and social illness.
I submit that it is not the color of the people living there, it is the rate of poverty.
Poverty causes crime, drug abuse and many other social ills. The demographics do not matter as much as the rate of poverty and lack of opportunity.
They used to tell me I was building a Dream
And so I followed the mob.
When there was earth to plow or guns to bear,
I was always there, right on the job.
They used to tell me I was building a Dream
With peace and glory ahead--
Why should I be standing in line, just waiting for bread?
Once in khaki suits, gee, we looked swell
Full of that Yankee-Doodle-Dee-Dum.
Half a million boots went slogging through hell
And I was the kid with the drum.
Say, don't you remember they called me Al,
It was Al all the time
Why, don't you remember, I'm your pal--
Say, buddy, can you spare a dime?
The Bush Depression, coming at the end of his 2nd term, is a remarkable example of bad economic management or, as the mooseketeers would have it, a free market. So bet it! The free market, then, has damned the Bush reputation into the future with the worse Depression known to most of us who are living. The silver lining here is that the name of Bush canot now ever be rehabilated.
We will survive.
The stock markets are down in every country. This isn't just a USA thing.
These pompous, self serving hypocrits are a disgrace to our political system.
Will they EVER do the job they were elected to do?
After almost destroying our country one would think they would try to right all their wrongs.
Apparently not.
Like always, the republicans show their real face.
Dear people,
Due to the current financial crisis facing the world at the moment, the light at the end of the tunnel will be switched off to save on electricity costs, until further notice.
Sincerely yours,
God
and/or grocery items with pocketfuls of loose change.
a sign of the times, I suppose.
http://thesebastards.blogspot.com/
If you get a severance package.....those don't show up as unemployed... ( you're still getting a salary ......so technically you still have a job)
Wanna bet unemployment numbers are really higher?
( I should know, I got my severance paycheck....and could NOT get unemployment because I was STILL on the payroll.)
Because we handed 100's of Billions of Dollars over to Banking executives?
The trickel down of Yacht Sale proceeds takes a while.
Geeze...no check out person. remember the days when you could get a 5 week job for extra Christmas money....NOT ANY MORE.
I've noticed a sizable reduction of homes not putting out Christmas lights this year.
And most of my friends...we are no longer exchanging Christmas gifts.
Just not in the mood....and haven't been for a few years.....but this year....it REALLY has been the norm to not exchange.
If they're young, healthy, and have a still-marketable talent, it may be over relatively soon--but they will find the search for work clogged with many another deserving out-of-work soul. If they're not so young, the search will be steeper and more scary--and likely more long. And daily, daily, daily, self-doubt and worry will haunt them; and disappointment in the form of rejection letters, no matter how graciously written (or, increasingly emailed) will be devastating and difficult to bear.
The longer the search, the deeper one falls into despair and the worry grows exponentially day-by-day. The realization that it's no longer possible to afford to go to a film for instance or to give a gift to a loved one, the realization that as much as one might like to contribute to a charity you simply can't justify it, breaks your heart--and you wonder where your life went. You want to believe in hope--but each day, hope seems to grow more dim and it becomes more difficult to access.
You pursue every avenue you know and go down every obscure side street where a job might be lurking and find the doors either locked or darkened--and you realize after a while that you've done this for years--and you've fallen into one of the definitions of insanity: doing the same thing over and over expecting different results. But hard as you might try to seek another way to find work (even posting your dilemma on familiar blogs), no new ways to discover employment present themselves.
The cold, dispassionate numbers that "name" the unemployed put no faces on them, don't uncover the heartbreak. The truly compassionate people who are employed, look at the numbers, shake their heads, but they are able to move on to another topic.
The unemployed, faceless, genuinely without names, are reduced to "official" government numbers and are left behind in the dark fear that invades and occupies every moment of the day--and haunts their restless dreams.
Listen, the economic depression coming (of course it's going to get MUCH, MUCH worse) is the result of 15+ years of so-called Free Trade deals which has decimated our industrial, manufacturing base, in the process eliminating a 'critical mass' of middle class, living wage jobs. The domino effect of tens or millions of factory jobs lost since, has resulted in the tens of millions more middle class jobs as a result. The problem is a lack of living wage jobs in this country, thanks to these trade deals.
And the Democrats, including the Clinton administration, is as much to blame for this as the other side. Hell, Al Gore as on Larry King debating Ross Perot - who, by the way accurately predicted this very economic result of NAFTA, et al - promoting, on behalf of big corporations (like the big automakers) to pass these deals.
This was all predicted decades ago. It wasn't rocket science. When you eliminate a critical mass of living wage jobs in this country, the economy will fail, as it's now doing. Working at Mc Donalds doesn't pay the rent.
It all comes down to "living wage jobs" of which we've lost a critical mass of thanks to "Free Trade". The domino effect continues to accelerate and the bottom isn't even in site yet.
And once you understand and acknowledge the obvious problem here, then you realize that there's no short term solution and we're decades away from any recovery from this, assuming we even do things to encourage that, like recreating a vast industry infrastructure in this county that offers "good paying jobs" to enough people to sustain the economy.
It's the lack of living wage jobs in this country that's the problem. And both sides of the isle eagerly supported these policies (sold us out to big business lobbyists).
Last 8, Bush years, 6 with a Republican Congress.
Previous 7 to make the 15 brings you to 1994 and the WHAT CONGRESS? That's right the one with the "Contract with America"!
No piss off with your Blame Game!