Noon: How Is It Healthier to be Unemployed?

Marita Noon

Townhall - The Republican National Convention in Tampa displayed a large “debt clock” that ticked away at a rate of $10 million a minute, keeping the nation’s dire financial straits front and center. Had there been a companion counter with a chit mark for each time the word “jobs” was mentioned from the main stage, it likely would have clicked on at a similar pace.

This week, at the Democratic National Convention the word “jobs” is sure to, once again, be a popular topic.
As Vice President Biden famously said, referencing the number one issue facing the middle class, “it happens to be, as Barack says, a three-letter word: jobs. J-O-B-S.”
That “three-letter word” may be the only thing the two parties agree on—and how each would get there is totally different.
In Tampa, Romney said: “What is needed in our country today is not complicated or profound. It doesn't take a special government commission to tell us what America needs. What America needs is jobs. Lots of jobs. … I am running for president to help create a better future. A future where everyone who wants a job can find one. Where no senior fears for the security of their retirement. An America where every parent knows that their child will get an education that leads them to a good job and a bright horizon. And unlike the President, I have a plan to create 12 million new jobs. It has 5 steps. First, by 2020, North America will be energy independent by taking full advantage of our oil and coal and gas and nuclear and renewables.” (Italics added.) The Romney plan starts with another word we are hearing, and will continue to hear, a lot of: “energy.” Read full column here: News New Mexico

Noon: How Is It Healthier to be Unemployed?

Hmmmm - Photo ID Required at DNC Convention

According to the Obama administration, requiring photo identification of voters is "racist" because it disenfranchises minorities. The administration says requiring proper ID is clearly a form of suppression. Accordingly, the president has authorized Attorney General Eric Holder to sue numerous states over their voter ID laws; the most recent being the state of Texas.
Low and behold we found a very troubling page on the Democratic National Convention website. It requires all people to register for the convention. OK that is fair enough. But get this......the page reveals an interesting policy: “All pickup persons must have a state-issued ID that matches the name submitted.”
Finally we have a complete understanding of the principle of requiring photo identification. When Democrats require photo identification it is perfectly normal. The reason is simple. All citizens are required to provide photo ID’s for various reasons during the normal course of day-to-day activities. However, when Republicans support rules requiring voters to provide photo ID's to protect legitimate voters from having their votes cancelled out by fraudulently cast votes, it.....well......it is because of …………..um ........... "racism."

Hmmmm - Photo ID Required at DNC Convention

Red Dots of Reality

Below is a chart the Obama Administration produced to sell the massive government stimulus plan to the American public. The dark blue line depicts the administration's projection of the unemployment rate with the passage of its stimulus package. The light blue line shows the admnistration's projections without the stimulus.

The red dotted line shows the ACTUAL unemployment rate after the Obama stimulus package was passed by super majorities in both the House and the Senate and the federal government borrowed $800 billion.

Red Dots of Reality

Ooops! Upon Further Reflection O'Malley Retracts "NO" Response to "Are You Better Off?"

Hotair - What a difference a day makes … twenty-four little hours … Why, just yesterday all was doom and gloom for Maryland’s Democratic governor, Martin O’Malley, who admitted to Bob Schieffer yesterday that he couldn’t say that people are better off now than four years ago, although he rushed to add, “but that’s not the question for this election.”

Martin O'Malley



One day later — and presumably, one Cory Booker-esque call from Team Obama — suddenly the world looks a lot rosier to Governor O’Malley: A day after saying, no, the country was not better off than it was four years ago, Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley reversed course on Monday and said, yes, indeed it was.

“We are clearly better of as a country because we’re now creating jobs rathare than losing them,” O’Malley, a Democrat, said on CNN’s Starting Point. “But we have not recovered all that we lost in the Bush recession. That’s why we need to continue to move forward.”

He then motioned to a panel that included Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, among others. “Is there anyone on this panel that thinks we’ve recovered all we lost in the Bush recession? Clearly we’re moving forward, we’re creating jobs, unemployment is down, job creation is up. And that job creation would not happen without the president’s leadership.” Read full story here: News New Mexico

Ooops! Upon Further Reflection O'Malley Retracts "NO" Response to "Are You Better Off?"

Democratic Governor Martin O'Malley Admits We Are NOT Better Off After Four Years of Obama

Democratic Gov. Martin O’Malley of Maryland, finally admitted what everyone else already knows. O'Malley contradicted other Obama supporters making the rounds on the Sunday political talk show circuit when he openly conceded that the country was not better off now than it was four years ago.
Appearing on CBS's Face the Nation, host Bob Schieffer asked O'Malley: “Can you honestly say that people are better off today than they were four years ago?”
O’Malley's reply was as follows: “No, but that's not the question of this election. The question, without a doubt, we are not as well off as we were before George Bush brought us the Bush job losses, the Bush recession, the Bush deficits, the series of desert wars -- charged for the first time to credit cards, the national credit card.” Apparently even Democratic sympathizer Schieffer was not impressed. Rather than immediately ask another question he told O'Malley, “George Bush is not on the ballots.”

Democratic Governor Martin O'Malley Admits We Are NOT Better Off After Four Years of Obama

Aerial rodeo flies over Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta Park

Chance to fly remote control airplanes

From KOB-TV.com - by : Maria Guerrero, KOB Eyewitness News 4 - It’s not exactly the Balloon Fiesta, but another festival is soaring over Balloon Fiesta Park this Labor Day weekend. It’s a celebration of all things that fly; including humans, sort of. The Sandia Open Aerial Rodeo and Soar Music Festival is a five day event. For about $150 you can get hang gliding and paragliding training, and experience it too. "Just kind of being suspended in the air and kind of feeling your own weight," said Damaris Donado who is learning to hang glide. "Flying a hang glider is like being a bird. You don't see the wing over you while you're flying. All you see is the ground thousands of feet below you," said organizer Chris Grotbeck of freewindaviation.com. If hang gliding makes you feel like a bird, remote control airplanes make enthusiast Robert Garcia feel like a kid again. "It's a toy in the ground, but when it's in the air you've got the safety factor with the people who are on the ground. It's kind of adrenaline pushing," said Garcia of flying R.C. airplanes. And what’s a festival without some good food? Safari Street Grill, formerly NY Grill, is celebrating one year in business. Owner Nabil Young hopes events like this help him move his business from a food truck to a local restaurant. Read more

Aerial rodeo flies over Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta Park

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Fed Chairman: Economy is "Painfully Slow"

Ben Bernanke

Barack Obama did not have a good day yesterday. First Mitt Romney announced plans to visit the hurricane battered Gulf Coast prompting the president to hastily arrange his own trip to the area. In that brief post GOP convention moment America was already seeing signs of Mitt Romney leading and Barack Obama following. Things got worse. Obama's Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke spoke at the Fed’s annual gathering in Jackson Hole, Wyoming yesterday. What he had to say confirmed what Republicans said all week in Tampa about the sorry status of the jobs environment.

Mr Bernanke was more glum than ever as he provided fresh details on the disappointing state of the United States economy. His speech came on the heels of news that jobless claims rose again last week. Bernanke's plain talk on the excruciatingly sluggish economy raised market expectations of more Fed action to get the economy off of life support in September.

“Taking due account of the uncertainties and limits of its policy tools, the Federal Reserve will provide additional policy accommodation as needed to promote a stronger economic recovery and sustained improvement in labor market conditions,” Bernanke said.

Bernanke also described the economy as, “painfully slow” in his speech.

Bernanke issued a disturbing warning to the millions Americans looking for jobs. “Unless the economy begins to grow more quickly than it has recently, the unemployment rate is likely to remain far above levels consistent with maximum employment for some time,” Bernanke said.

Fed Chairman: Economy is "Painfully Slow"

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Attention PBS Donors: KNME GM Makes $165K Per Year

NM Watchdog - For a non-profit organization dedicated to public service, KNME-TV pays its general manager more than its faithful supporters might imagine. Polly Anderson, the general manager of PBS New Mexico, receives $165,000 a year, plus benefits. Her non-profit salary is right up there with what for-profit corporations pay managers at far larger television stations. Though her staff is tiny in comparison, she makes significantly more than the people who manage the huge workforces of the City of Albuquerque and Bernalillo County.
“I’m offended,” said Bernalillo County Commissioner Wayne Johnson when he heard of Anderson’s salary. “What does she do? KNME has become basically a satellite repeater. They don’t do the level of original production they used to do. The station once was all about education and what was happening locally. That’s not what they’re doing now.”
Johnson knows the station’s history. His mother worked at KNME for fifteen years offering an educational program for children called “Kaleidoscope.”
Johnson compared Anderson’s salary and less demanding responsibilities to the duties of Thomas Zdunek, the Bernalillo County Manager. At $148,000, he receives the highest salary New Mexico Watchdog has found so far in its survey of the payrolls of local governments. Albuquerque’s City Manager makes $144,773 for overseeing an even larger City Hall workforce responsible for public health and safety, as well streets, roads, parks, vast real estate holdings and huge capital projects.
“The Bernalillo County manager oversees 2500 employees,” Johnson said. KNME employs 49 other than Anderson, according to data obtained from the University of New Mexico’s Sunshine Portal.

Attention PBS Donors: KNME GM Makes $165K Per Year