Unemployment to rise for six days in wake of Obama's re-election
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Unemployment to rise for six days in wake of Obama's re-election
It's true -- after a well-deserved vacation day today, I'll be joining David Petraeus on the unemployment line for three days, get re-hired for a day next Sunday, then get laid off again for three more days. Or, as some would call it, unpaid furlough. Where was Obama on this one? Banks got bailed out, newspapers got sold out.
So, while I'm gone chew these matters over:
1) The weird thing about Petraeus os that he's such a political Rohrchach test that makes everyone see what they want to see. Is it the downfall of a conservative icon, or the downfall of an Obama administration official? The only thing I know for sure is that what the conjoined Petraeus scandal/Benghazi issue WON'T do is a prompt an "adult conversation" about what we're doing in Libya and elsewhere in the Middle East and, since we're there, how can we do it better? Instead,, conservatives will salivate over this as a way to hurt Obama (it won't) while the Obama administration will try too hard to make it go away (they shouldn't), Regarding Benghazi, let Petraeus testify and tell the truth. America has nothing to fear.
2) Who won the 2012 election in one word? Science.
3) Occupy Wall Street isn't dead. While you were wasting your time watching the Eagles, those "urine soaked moochers" (not) are working their butts off trying to save Staten Island. God bless them.
4) Also, God bless America's veterans as we honor them this weekend. We should be in awe of their service and their sacrifices:
See you briefly on Sunday.
The briefer the better.— fizzbin
I'm assuming that our intrepid Attytood conservative friends MIA are getting to the bottom of the newest Obama scandal.
Why would Obama embed Paula Broadwell in General Patraeus' daily routine? Did the President pay her to seduce the 4 star General? Was this really a secret plot to help Iran develop nukes? Was this withheld until after the election so Obama's socialist policies could further destroy the country he hates?
Inquiring minds want to know...— wokmaster- I am not particularly familiar with Petraeus' political leanings, only really rading them with regards to achieving a military goal. In that vein I would suspect any military commander would write opinions in much the same way.
With that said, it's the downfall of an individual, nothing more. I can't see how Obama can be blamed for the General having an affair. That doesn't mean that Obama doesn't have some responsibility for choosing a flawed leader to be in charge of the most powerful spy organization in the world, as Will has already pointed out by linking to the article listing the General's faults.
Petraeus put the country at great risk just to get his end wet. Clinton did much the same thing. So did Weiner, and Vitter, and countless others. In the end, Petraeus made the right decision to step down.— General Turgidson - I like how Willie brushes off the Petraeus scandal. He was chosen by Obama to head the CIA so this is Obama's appointee. I bet if it happened under a Republican administration, loons like Will would be going crazy and he'd be posting videos from the 1960's that make fun of the president and Petraeus.— Phillies2008WSChamps
- OWS heard there was no plumbing and are reassuring Sandy victims that going to the bathroom in your underwear is nothing to be ashamed of. After all, smelling like urine builds character.— jmc
- I'm sure you can relate. How many times did you relieve yourself in your underwear on Tuesday night? — chasing history
- That stinks, Will (unpaid furlough). Maybe we should rip the part about the American Labor Movement out of high school history texts books. It'll just make those kids depressed when later they join the real job market.— Hamlet
- So who does Obummer blame now? He appointed Peterus (or as Hitlery called him Betrayus). And why does his affair matter? It's personal. Doesn't affect his job performance. Clinton got Lewinskied and it didn't matter and he was the most powerful man in the free world. Again selective outrage. Nobody cared about the Menendaz revelations. You guys are disgusting.And Will, don't worry about the furlough. I'm sure your check from the DNC PR guys for services rendered will be in soon. That or a check from Soros.— georgel
- Georgel, sometimes you are positively illegible...— Hamlet
- And, BTW, "Who won the 2012 election in one word?" I'll give you three: The Good Guys!— Hamlet
- @Georgel,GeneralTurd--Now,now let's say it together--President Barack Obama, Senate majority leader Harry Reid, Senator Elizabeth Warren. You right wing radical wing nuts lost and common sense won. Obama joins FDR, Eisenhower and Reagan as presidents who got over 50% of the popular vote in two consecutive elections (only 4 times in last 100 yrs.) The Tea Party is dead OWS is alive and which makes more sense by the way..."Keep your government hands off my Medicare" or "We are the 99%."— mick-of-the-moment
- Tsk, tsk, Mick, I much prefer your sports-related ditties; best stick with that rather than hold up Obama, Reid and Warren as paragons of anything. I believe Obama was the first reelected president to lose votes in how many years? 80? Tea Party is hardly dead although I must agree that OWS is alive - the stench outside Trinity Church reminds me of that every day. Enjoy gloating for the next four years, if that, but remember that political fortunes have a tendency to fluctuate as much as the Phillies season records. I look forward to returning the favor next election. — fizzbin
- "The Tea Party is dead OWS is alive"
More than ever. Tammy Baldwin and Elizabeth Warren are allies of OWS!— Hamlet - Gloating is so unbecoming... even for low-life liberals.— philly2flag
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