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Coming soon to a store near you: Alvin Greene action figures

A reporter from the Guardian UK spent a couple hours with Alvin Greene, South Carolina’s Democrat Senate candidate. He discovered that Greene has some…uhhh…interesting ideas about job creation.

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A reporter from the Guardian UK spent a couple hours with Alvin Greene, South Carolina’s Democrat Senate candidate. He discovered that Greene has some…uhhh…interesting ideas about job creation.

The Guardian has the details:

…It is clear, too, in the course of the two hours I spend with Greene that he has some pretty wacky ideas that, were he to win in November, would put him among the more unpredictable members of the senate. At one point, he lurches off on his big idea for how to create jobs in South Carolina.

“Another thing we can do for jobs is make toys of me, especially for the holidays. Little dolls. Me. Like maybe little action dolls. Me in an army uniform, air force uniform, and me in my suit. They can make toys of me and my vehicle, especially for the holidays and Christmas for the kids. That’s something that would create jobs. So you see I think out of the box like that. It’s not something a typical person would bring up. That’s something that could happen, that makes sense. It’s not a joke.”

Instead of an action figure, perhaps Alvin should consider the Alvin Greene talking doll. Pull the string and it says absolutely nothing intelligent.

H/T: Weasel Zippers

Delusional Pelosi promises that ObamaCare will create 400,000 jobs “almost immediately”

Delusional Pelosi promises that ObamaCare will create 400,000 jobs “almost immediately.” Great. 400,000 grifters, drifters, scalawags, mischief-makers, rogues, scamps, rascals, scoundrels, rapscallions, imps, felons, oulaws, malefactors, bloodsuckers, parasites and, of course, attorneys.

Great. 400,000 grifters, drifters, scalawags, mischief-makers, rogues, scamps, rascals, scoundrels, rapscallions, imps, felons, oulaws, malefactors, bloodsuckers, parasites and, of course, attorneys.

But we repeat ourselves.

How many jobs have been saved or created? Pick a number, any number.

The whole “jobs created or saved” storyline created by the White House was silly to begin with. But it becomes even funnier when Obama sends his advisors out to talk it up on the Sunday talk shows and they quote wildly different numbers.

The whole “jobs created or saved” storyline created by the White House was silly to begin with. But it becomes even funnier when Obama sends his advisors out to talk it up on the Sunday talk shows and they quote wildly different numbers.

Politico.com reports:

The discrepancy was pointed out by a Republican official in an email to reporters noting that “Three presidential advisers on three different programs [gave] three different descriptions of the trillion-dollar stimulus bill.”

Valerie Jarrett had the most conservative count, saying “the Recovery Act saved thousands and thousands of jobs,” while David Axelrod gave the bill the most credit, saying it has “created more than – or saved more than 2 million jobs.” Press Secretary Robert Gibbs came in between them, saying the plan had “saved or created 1.5 million jobs.”

We know three jobs that shouldn’t be saved and never should have been created.

Source: Politico.com

Do you have one of the ten worst jobs in America?

CareerCast.com has done some research. Some very comprehensive research. And when they came out of the other end of the process, they had determined the ten worst jobs in America.

Dairy farmer is a bad job? C'mon, who wouldn't want to rub up against 1200-pound manure covered animals?

CareerCast.com has done some research. Some very comprehensive research. And when they came out of the other end of the process, they had determined the ten worst jobs in America.

This is all very scientific and based on five specific criteria – environment, income, employment outlook, physical demands and stress. So without further delay, here are the ten worst jobs in America:

10. Mail Carrier
9. Meter Reader
8. Construction Worker (Laborer)
7. Taxi Driver
6. Garbage Collector
5. Welder
4. Dairy Farmer
3. Ironworker
2. Lumberjack
1. Roustabout

Hey, c’mon, there are some really bad jobs that didn’t show in the bottom ten that should have. Like the guy who cleans out porta-potties. Or the guy who gives Rosie O’Donnell her Brazilian wax. Or Democrat Senator from North Dakota. Or host of the Keith Olbermann Show.

Those are what you call bad jobs.

Source: Wall Street Journal

Joe Biden is creating jobs like nobody’s business

Why to hear Joe Biden tell it, he’s a regular job creating dynamo. Here’s how Bloomberg reports the story of this walking, talking economic miracle

Joe Biden has also saved or created 700,000 follicles
Joe Biden has also saved or created 700,000 follicles

Why, to hear Joe Biden tell it, he’s a regular job creating dynamo.

Here’s how Bloomberg reports the story of this walking, talking economic miracle:

President Barack Obama’s clean- energy initiatives will help create more than 700,000 jobs and allow the U.S. to double its renewable-power generation in three years, according to a report by Vice President Joe Biden.

Biden, in a memo on administration efforts to shift to a clean-energy economy, said projects in the $787 billion economic stimulus package are contributing to “unprecedented growth” in renewable energy, such as wind and solar, and improving manufacturing for new clean-energy technology.

Hold your horses there, buckeroo. The Wall Street Journal noticed something a little odd about those jobs:

Take a look at footnote 3 on page 2 of the Biden memo:

All of the job estimates used in this document correspond to jobs that last for one year. Of course, some jobs could last longer–in this case the number of distinct jobs would be reduced proportionately. For example, a project that employs one person for two years would count as creating two jobs.

We suppose if the guy doesn’t get fired from either of his two jobs over the course of the two years, that would count as four jobs saved or created.

Of course. It’s like Biden’s hair plugs. He takes them from one part of his head and moves them to another part of his head and says he’s created or saved 700,000 follicles.

Source: Bloomberg

The good news: North Dakota adds 1,800 jobs. The bad news: the other 49 states lost jobs

According to the data, 49 States and the District of Columbia have lost jobs since stimulus was enacted. Only North Dakota has seen net job creation following the February 2009 stimulus.

At the risk of being called Republic tools (as opposed to the just plain “tools” we’re normally called), we quote directly from the Republican Ways and Means website:

The table below compares the White House’s February 2009 projection of the number of jobs that would be created by the 2009 stimulus law (through the end of 2010) with the actual change in state payroll employment through September 2009 (the latest figures available).

According to the data, 49 States and the District of Columbia have lost jobs since stimulus was enacted. Only North Dakota has seen net job creation following the February 2009 stimulus.

While President Obama claimed the result of his stimulus bill would be the creation of 3.5 million jobs, the Nation has already lost a total of 2.7 million – a difference of 6.2 million jobs. To see how stimulus has failed your state, see the table below.

1800 jobs in North Dakota. We have to admit we’re surpised. We didn’t know Indian casinos had that many blackjack dealers.

Here’s the chart, look up your state:
Continue reading “The good news: North Dakota adds 1,800 jobs. The bad news: the other 49 states lost jobs”

CNN says, “Word has it that jobs are scarce.”
You think?

CNN reports the contradictory news that, “The job market is showing signs of improvement, according to the latest economic reports. But for those out of work and pounding the pavement, there are few signs of a turnaround.”

Newsflash from CNN: Unemployment is improving. Except when it's not.
Newsflash from CNN: Unemployment is improving. Except when it's not.

CNN reports the contradictory news that, “The job market is showing signs of improvement, according to the latest economic reports. But for those out of work and pounding the pavement, there are few signs of a turnaround.”

We are still trying to make sense out of the job market “showing signs of improvement’ with ‘few signs of a turnaround.” Perhaps the jobs that are not available now are better jobs than the ones that were previously not available.

CNN explains the signs of improvement with salient snippets like: “In fact, almost 70% of U.S. companies surveyed expect no change in their fourth-quarter hiring plans, according to a recent study by employment services company Manpower Inc.”

We are waiting for CNN to publish more contradictory news, such as “CNN is the most trusted name in news even though everyone knows we’ve lost our relevance and sold our journalistic souls.”

Source: CNN.com

– Written by Patrick Michael

Stimulus money created or saved 796 jobs in New Hampshire. 700 of them were government jobs.

The report also revealed that through the end of June that stimulus money created or saved 796 jobs, with 700 of those state workers who did not have to get laid off thanks to the federal grants, Fitch said. Federal highway money accounted for 75 jobs and weatherization programs kept or added 16 to the payroll, he added.



We're not sure if this is a street paving project or a graph of the deficit
We're not sure if this is a street paving project or a graph of the deficit

IHateTheMedia.com’s next door neighbor is a liberal who owns an engineering and construction company that specializes in building bridges. We asked him if all that stimulus money had impacted his business.

He laughed.

“They talk about rebuilding the infrastructure but, in reality, all the stimulus money is going to street paving projects because they can be done quickly,” he said. “They’re even repaving streets and highways that don’t need to be repaved just to make it look like they’re doing something.”

That seems to be confirmed by this story from New Hanpshire’s Nashua Telegraph: Continue reading “Stimulus money created or saved 796 jobs in New Hampshire. 700 of them were government jobs.”

Oregon spends $176 million in stimulus funds to create jobs that only last one week

Oregon spent $176 million to supplement federal stimulus funds. Democrats are taking credit for a remarkable feat: creating 3,236 new jobs in the program’s first three months. But those jobs lasted on average only 35 hours, or about one work week.

Add the three, carry the six, divide by 52. Yes, the answer is 3,000,000.
Add the three, carry the six, divide by 52. Yes, the answer is 3,000,000.

It’s been widely reported that the Obama aministration says its going to create or save 3,000,000 jobs.

Now,thanks to the Associated Press, we know how it’s going to be done:

“Oregon spent $176 million to supplement federal stimulus funds. Democrats are taking credit for a remarkable feat: creating 3,236 new jobs in the program’s first three months. But those jobs lasted on average only 35 hours, or about one work week. After that, those workers were effectively back unemployed, according to an Associated Press analysis of state spending and hiring data. By the state’s accounting, a job is a job, whether it lasts three hours, three days, three months, or a lifetime. “Sometimes some work for an individual is better than no work,” said Oregon’s Senate president, Peter Courtney.

Apparently, Obama didn’t mean he was going to create or save 3,000,000 full-time jobs, just 3,000,000 one week jobs. Or 60,000 full-time jobs.

But based on Oregon’s experience, we can’t afford those jobs. The state spent $54,388 per job over that three month period. If the program were extended out over the course of a year, each job would cost the state an average of $217,472.

This from the same band of geniuses who want to take over your healthcare.

Source: Associated Press

We’re all screwed, government to buy condoms from China

Outsourced Chinese condom. Mao Tse-Dong brand, we assume.
Outsourced Chinese condom. Mao Tse-Dong brand, we assume.

So much for American jobs. So much for stimulus. Well, wait a minute, maybe we shouldn’t refer to “stimulus” in this story.

McClatchy reports:

In a move expected to cost 300 American jobs, the government is switching to cheaper off-shore condoms, including some made in China.

The switch comes despite implied assurances over the years that the agency would continue to buy American whenever possible.

“Of course, we considered how many U.S. jobs would be affected by this move,” said a USAID official who spoke on the condition that he would not be named. But he said the reasons for the change included lower prices (2 cents versus more than 5 cents for U.S.-made condoms) and the fact that Congress dropped “buy American language” in a recent appropriations bill.

So the Obama administration is doing exactly what they condemn American business for doing – outsourcing to cheaper foreign companies.

First they import cheap condoms, then they increase spending on abortions. Now it all makes sense.

Source: McClatchy

Why did the Washington Post censor today’s Doonesbury comic strip?

Many times over the years, newspapers have chosen not to run Doonesbury comic strips for one reason or another. Creator Garry Trudeau often focuses on topics that editors and readers find offensive.

Today, the Washington Post was so offended that it refused to run the strip. What was the topic they found so offensive? Was it sex? Drugs? Crude language? No, the topic was the recent layoffs at the Washington Post. Instead, they ran a “Doonesbury Flashback” strip–a rerun.

So much for the WaPo, that vaunted bastion of free speech and truth.

The real question, though, should be, why does any newspaper still run Doonesbury? It hasn’t been funny in at least 35 years. It’s the Janeane Garafalo of comic strips.

Here, thanks to MediaBistro, is today’s censored strip.

 

It’s hard work figuring out how many jobs Obama’s going to create. Or save. Or whatever.

It’s bad news when even CNN starts to figure out that Obama is waffling on his promises.

“There are now questions about how many jobs Mr. Obama is promising to create,” CNN’s Ed Henry said on Anderson Cooper’s show. He used three different video clips of Obama talking about job “creation” and each clip featured a different number.

“But Republicans are now wondering if the President has been hedging a little to scale back expectations,” Henry noted.

In related news, Obama said he would have troops out of Iraq in 18 months, or 24 months, or possibly 36 months. Maybe.

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