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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 (111754)	9/1/2011 8:38:17 AM
From: TideGlider	5 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224749

You are one sick individual! What color is the sky in your world? Texas is praying it gets hit by Hurricane Katia.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (111754)	9/1/2011 8:50:11 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	3 Recommendations Respond to of 224749

U.S. initial jobless claims off slightly last week Separate report shows sharper fall in second-quarter productivity 09/01 08:46 AM WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- The number of Americans seeking new jobless benefits fell last week but remained at a level associated with slow hiring trends, government data showed. kenny_troll : how is your door greeter job ??? no benefits but enough to fill gas tank ??? In a separate report Thursday, the government said the productivity of U.S. businesses and workers in the second quarter fell more sharply than originally reported. New applications for unemployment compensation dropped 12,000 to 409,000 in the week ended Aug. 27, the Labor Department said Thursday. Initial claims from two weeks ago were revised up to 421,000 from an original reading of 417,000. Economists surveyed by MarketWatch had expected new requests for jobless benefits to fall to 405,000, on a seasonally adjusted basis, for the latest week. Claims were expected to fall partly because of the end of a two-week strike at Verizon Communications Inc. ( VZ:$36.165,0$-0.1450,-0.40%) in which thousands filed for unemployment benefits even though they are probably not eligible. Their applications helped to push up claims two weeks ago. Meanwhile, the average of new claims over the past four weeks rose by 1,750 to 410,250. The monthly average is seen as a more accurate gauge of labor trends because it smooths out volatility in the week-to-week data. In any case, weekly applications for jobless benefits have hovered above 400,000 almost the entire year, reflecting little change in a weak U.S. labor market. In a strong economy, claims usually fall far below 400,000 as companies rapidly add workers. On Friday, the government will issue its latest monthly snapshot of the jobs market, but economists and investors are not expecting much. The number of nonfarm-payroll jobs created in August likely fell to 45,000 from an initially reported 117,000 in July, according to a MarketWatch survey. That would be far below the roughly 200,000 required each month to make a dent in the nation's 9.1% unemployment rate, which stood at 9.1% in July. The fragile U.S. economy is unlikely to gain much momentum until hiring accelerates. People who lack a job or are worried about losing the one they have spend less, giving businesses little incentive to hire in the face of slow sales. The lack of hiring has spurred government to offer extended benefits to millions of Americans over the past few years. About 7.34 million people received some kind of state or federal benefit in the week of Aug. 13, up 45,531 from the prior week. Total claims are reported with a two-week lag.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (111754)	9/1/2011 8:57:44 AM
From: Hope Praytochange	7 Recommendations Respond to of 224749

A sad day for skier Lindsey Vonn...... I find this so sad. She truly earned this medal... American Lindsey Vonn has had to forfeit her Gold Medal on Friday, June 30, 2011. The International Olympic Committee announced today that it has taken back the gold medal previously awarded to American skier Lindsey Vonn and given it to U.S. President Obama . Olympic officials stated, "Obama deserved the medal more than Vonn because no one has ever gone downhill faster than Obama."

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (111754)	9/1/2011 9:28:11 AM
From: locogringo	1 Recommendation Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224749

The country is praying that Washington DC gets shut down by Hurricane Katia.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (111754)	9/1/2011 9:59:55 AM
From: tonto	6 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224749

Idiotic post. Texas is praying it gets hit by Hurricane Katia.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (111754)	9/1/2011 10:04:56 AM
From: locogringo	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 224749

Explain this jobs program to me, kenny_troll? Gibson CEO: Feds Demanded Foreign Labor "On KMJ airwaves, Juszkiewicz revealed that representatives of the US government told Gibson that their legal issues would "disappear" if they used Madagascar labor instead of American labor." kmj580.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (111754)	9/1/2011 11:56:36 AM
From: FJB	4 Recommendations Respond to of 224749

‘Obama Clock’ climbs iPhone reference app chart Published: 12:15 AM 08/31/2011 \| Updated: 10:24 AM 08/31/2011 September 1, 2011 dailycaller.com “Obama Clock” app is jockeying for position with National Geographic’s World Atlas atop the iTunes app store’s reference best-seller list, partly because conservatives are eager to monitor President Barack Obama’s skidding approval numbers and shrinking calendar, says the app’s designer. Liberals don’t like the app because it shows Obama’s numbers trending down, said Jeremy Ross, even though his app just publishes publicly available data. The app can also be used to display the same stats on future GOP presidents. Ross, a California aerospace engineer, cut his sleep time down to 5 hours per day to develop the app, which users rate at 4.5 out of 5 stars. “Most of my friends are very left and strongly discouraged me from starting this app,” he said. “My best friend hates this app.” Ross added that his own mother, also politically liberal, isn’t happy about it. “There‘s almost a sense of, ‘Well you should not do that,’” he told The Daily Caller. “I try to explain that it is not meant to hurt the president, but is a way of monitoring and keeping someone accountable … I would like this to be more of a ‘Presidents’ Clock,’” Ross said. The app displays Rasmussen Reports’ polling data on Obama’s popularity along with the U.S. unemployment rate, the gasoline price index, housing values, the national debt — and the amount of time remaining until the next presidential inauguration. Ross launched the 99-cent app on August 4. Read more: dailycaller.com