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Politics : Liberalism: Do You Agree We've Had Enough of It? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (88099)	7/24/2010 6:51:27 PM
From: longnshort	2 Recommendations Respond to of 224757

and one in the White House

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (88099)	7/24/2010 7:44:18 PM
From: lorne	3 Recommendations Respond to of 224757

kenny...."lorne - Muslims are less than 3% of the population in the US and are a non factor in terms of political power. There is only one Muslim in Congress.".... ken moslums at one time were only 3% of the population of england and europe and look at them now...liberal stupidity have all but destroyed england and the rest of europe. America has a chance to stop the islam creep if American citizens now. Look at the problems caused by the presence of radical islam in America right now with only 3% percent of population. Why does hussein obama have moslum advisers in the White House?????? What about the separation of church and state? Does your wife care about the treatment of women under islam control...do you even let her become aware of the plight of women under islam control. Do you care if your way of life..the American way of life ...is changed by the islam culture...do you mind changing your culture to appease moslum demands.. This is a big problem now in other countries where the moslum population is large. Do you feel any shame as a male when you see a woman covered from head to toe with the burka prison? or do you feel a sense of power as likely male moslums do.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (88099)	7/24/2010 8:05:44 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 224757

When there are snowstorms elsewhere, people here go tide pooling; when humidity soaks the East, Angelenos repose at 75 degrees. Never had this chasm been more acute than during this unusually cool summer in Southern California, where people wrapped themselves in light sweaters as the rest of the nation tried to fry things on the sidewalks. Ha, ha, ha, ha! But then, it rained. That was not funny. Angelenos may like to be cruel with their cool, but it should not interrupt a barbecue. Now, as the summer lurches toward August with barely a warm weekend to its name — to say nothing of the almost-unheard-of precipitation — people here are actually grumpy about their climes. “I actually wish I were on the East Coast,” said Caitlin Pence, 24, who lives in Manhattan Beach, in the South Bay area of Los Angeles County. “It is so miserable here, I don’t really want to do anything. It’s like seriously, actually, genuinely depressing. I am a teacher, and so I have my whole summer off — and I’ve seen the sun probably two times the whole summer.” The average temperature at Los Angeles International Airport in July, so far, has been 66.4 degrees, or 2.4 degrees below normal; on July 12, the airport hit a record with its lowest recorded maximum temperature of 68 degrees. That was repeated on Saturday. (The previous low for the day was 70 degrees, in 1949.) This followed an unusually cool June — generally the dreariest month in Los Angeles. Further, there have been traces of rain four days this month, which for Los Angeles is something akin to a frost in Miami in September. “Two degrees below normal over a month may not sound like much,” said Claudia Cox, head of operations for the National Weather Service’s Western region. “But when you average up all 30 days, it is pretty unusually cold.” While some people may find the cool days a pleasure, it has cramped the style of beachgoers and those who like to emerge from a pool into a bath of radiant sun. “I would say our attendance is down by about 30 percent,” said Juan Arias, who works at the West Hollywood public pool. But revenge may well come next month. “It looks like in August there are going to be above-normal temperatures,” Ms. Cox said. So it may be December before Los Angeles finds its rightful smug spot in the weather world again. JENNIFER STEINHAUER liar cheater algore

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (88099)	7/24/2010 8:07:55 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 224757

one traitor in WH

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (88099)	7/24/2010 9:00:22 PM
From: lorne	Respond to of 224757

ken..."There is only one Muslim in Congress."... I think you are wrong...there are two -- Carson and ellison.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (88099)	7/24/2010 10:51:10 PM
From: Hope Praytochange	Respond to of 224757

nationalaffairs.com Crisis Economics N. GREGORY MANKIW nationalaffairs.com At first glance, the Obama administration would seem to be taking such an empirical approach. In an attempt to "know" as much as possible about the consequences of the stimulus bill, the administration has been compiling data to measure its effects. Indeed, the vaunted stimulus web site (recovery.gov) claims to provide state-level job-creation "data," reported to two decimals of accuracy. In reality, however, this ostensible effort at transparency is actually the least credible part of the whole case for the 2009 stimulus bill. For one thing, the reporting errors involved in the data collection are enormous, as hardly anyone accurately fills out the government's questionnaires about the jobs "saved or created" with stimulus money. Some employers, for instance, have counted money used to provide pay raises to existing employees as "creating" jobs. Thus the Wall Street Journal reported last November that the Mid-Willamette Valley Community Action Agency in Oregon had claimed to create 205 jobs with its $397,761 in stimulus money — spending less than $2,000 per "new" job. The results of gathering economic data this way can be downright comical. A shoe-store owner in Kentucky who sold boots to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (for work on a project made possible by stimulus funds) claimed to have created nine jobs with $889 — a feat that would certainly make him the most efficient job creator in the country. The store owner apparently reasoned that he was creating one job for every pair of boots he sold the Army; after all, a soldier could not go to work on the project without a pair of boots. The episode received attention only because a reporter discovered the ridiculous claim, and the owner then asserted that he had been confused by the government form. The administration has nevertheless accepted such reports, using them as the basis of their stimulus evaluations.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (88099)	7/25/2010 12:28:58 AM
From: Carolyn	Respond to of 224757

And one in the White House.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (88099)	7/25/2010 6:47:45 AM
From: Sedohr Nod	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224757

Not to change the subject, but that minimum wage you are so proud of:..... Study: minimum wage law has reduced teen employment in Texas Teen employment in Texas fell considerably since the government raised the federal minimum wage to $7.25 last year, according to a report released Wednesday by the Employment Policies Institute. The study was prepared by economists William E. Even of Miami University and David A. Macpherson of Trinity University. Employment Policies Institute (EPI) officials say the $2.10 increase in minimum wage resulted in a 6.9 percent decline in the number of employed 16- to 19-year-olds in Texas. This is a reduction of 26,900 jobs in Texas. Teens with less than 12 years of education suffered a 14.1 percent drop in employment. The current minimum wage went into effect last year. “Despite the popularity of wage increases, there are many unintended consequences,” says Michael Saltsman, research fellow at EPI. “This study shows that the 40 percent federal wage hike came at a high cost to our nation’s teens, Texans in particular.” Saltsman adds, “These estimates are conservative. As employers continue to react to the higher wage with increased use of self-service and automation — like bagging your own groceries — the job loss may be even worse.” EPI is a nonprofit research organization that analyzes employment public policies. The summary of the report is available here. P.S.....Don't give me any crap about Texas...It's a fine example of the government's intruding having negative effects. sanantonio.bizjournals.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (88099)	7/26/2010 7:44:03 AM
From: lorne	1 Recommendation Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 224757

Worst heat ever No, not now, but in 1896 - as 1,300 died By MATTHEW SHEPATIN July 25, 2010 nypost.com Don't sweat it, New York. While this month's sizzling weather may feel unbearable, with the temperature hitting a high of 97 degrees yesterday, tying a record, it pales in comparison to the heat wave that city residents endured in the summer of '96 -- 1896, that is. In his new book, "Hot Time in the Old Town," historian Edward Kohn details how New Yorkers faced hellish conditions over 10 brutally hot days in early August. Over that time, 1,300 people died in Manhattan alone, making it the worst urban heat-related disaster in US history. With the city's heat index routinely surpassing 120 degrees and nighttime temperatures never once dropping below 70, the city was transformed into what one local newspaper described as "an inferno of brick and stone." Without air conditioning or even reliable deliveries of ice, tenements became ovenlike death traps. Almost the entire Lower East Side, around 250,000 people, scrambled up to their roofs to sleep. Those who failed to procure a spot on a sweltering roof were forced to sleep on fire escapes, windowsills and stoops. It was not uncommon to hear of people who rolled over in their sleep, falling to their death. One man even drowned after turning over -- his bed was a Hudson River pier at West 37th Street. But the hellish heat itself was the main killer. City papers began reporting on a shortage of coffins. Overcrowded morgues had to lay bodies on the floor. About 200 horses a day died of heatstroke, and their bodies littered the streets, adding to the overpowering stench of steaming excrement and rotting garbage. In the stifling cauldron of squalor, most New Yorkers faced a scarcity of water to drink, or even bathe in. Piped-in water was, in the words of Kohn, an "unimaginable luxury" for tenement dwellers, and "home refrigerators did not achieve widespread use until the First World War." Food and milk went bad in the blink of an eye. Making matters worse, only one company, Charles Morse's Consolidated Ice Company, sold ice, and it set the price well above what the working class -- already buckling under a severe economic depression -- could afford. Only on the last day of the crisis did the city finally take action, directing the police to deliver free ice to those in need. The distribution was at the urging of police commissioner -- and future president -- Theodore Roosevelt.