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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 (147846)	11/2/2012 9:45:22 AM
From: tonto	2 Recommendations Respond to of 224717

Some had projected that unemployment could have hit 8% again.

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (147846)	11/2/2012 9:49:38 AM
From: Jack of All Trades	3 Recommendations Respond to of 224717

-61,000 since he took office if you add up the actual data WITH revisions, not just the headline numbers... video.cnbc.com

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (147846)	11/2/2012 10:18:12 AM
From: joefromspringfield	6 Recommendations Respond to of 224717

From: Kenneth E. Phillipps "There were 184,000 new private sector jobs." Objection you honor councilor is presenting facts not in evidence. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics there were 171,000 new private sector jobs created in October. bls.gov

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (147846)	11/2/2012 10:23:43 AM
From: longnshort	3 Recommendations Respond to of 224717

Nonunion utility crews turned away from New Jersey The small state of New Jersey recently decimated by hurricane Sandy suffered yet another blow. But it wasn’t an act of God this time, no, the culprit is the atrocity some call “labour unions.” A news station in Alabama is reporting that non-union utility crews were turned away upon arriving in New Jersey: SEASIDE HEIGHTS, NEW JERSEY ( WAFF) - The hurricane-ravaged east coast has been receiving north Alabama help, but crews from Huntsville Utilities learned they’ll be doing work in Long Island, New York instead of in New Jersey. Crews from Huntsville, as well as Decatur Utilities and Joe Wheeler out of Trinity headed up there this week, but Derrick Moore, one of the Decatur workers, said they were told by crews in New Jersey that they can’t do any work there since they’re not union employees. The crews that are in Roanoke, Virginia say they are just watching and waiting even though they originally received a call asking for help from Seaside Heights, New Jersey. The crews were told to stand down. In fact, Moore said the crew from Trinity is already headed back home. Understandably, Moore said they’re frustrated being told “thanks, but no thanks.” At least Huntsville has now found someone who wants their help. And the news report:

To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (147846)	11/2/2012 10:25:01 AM
From: longnshort	2 Recommendations Respond to of 224717

Hypocrisy: Dem blames slow storm relief on Red Cross By R. Mitchell on Nov 02, 2012 in featured opinion Some things never change.. some things do. The paraphrased line from The Matrix‘s “Morpheus” can be applied to the hypocritical nature of Democrats. When Hurricane Katrina, a massive category 3 storm, hit the Gulf coast, democrats could do nothing but blame the sitting president for slow relief response. There was no blaming relief groups, the poor judgement of a city mayor that didn’t forcefully stress evacuation, the lacking effort on the part of citizens to prepare or the inadequate provisions made by local leaders at the Superdome. Nope, all the blame was heaped on President Bush. Now, a force one storm hits the Northeast – a tragedy for sure – and the blame is placed squarely on .. the Red Cross? While the Red Cross is not as efficient as charities such as the Christian-based Salvation Army, they didn’t cause the storm – just as George Bush didn’t cause Katrina. Neither the Red Cross nor the former President forced those people to stay in the wake of the storm instead of evacuating – and they all had ample warning. On Friday morning, Borough President James Molinaro decided to boisterously attack the Red Cross for not providing food and water fast enough for those that stayed in the city as he pleaded, “Where was the Red Cross? Isn’t that their function? They collect millions of dollars.” Most reasonable people would have thought that those individuals, having heard that a massive storm of historic proportions, would have left the city knowing that food, water and electricity would not be available for days if not weeks. If they didn’t want to leave, perhaps they should have gathered 7-10 days worth of water and food as many news outlets had suggested. The Red Cross is clearly not where the blame should be focused nor should it be placed on the President. The people that decided to ride out the “frankenstorm” or “storm of the century” or “monster storm” should shoulder the entirety of the blame for failing to take care of themselves and their families. Now we see New Yorkers dumpster diving, Mayor Bloomberg trying desperately to shuttle food and water into the projects and Democrats looking for anyone else to blame. Heck.. the mayor went so far as to tack on a charge against global warming – as if that was why citizens in his city were struggling. Wasn’t he the one that decided to only evacuate a small portion of the city? The hypocrisy is thick as we watch Democratic leaders attack the Red Cross for this storm after having laid the blame on President Bush for the last. When is the blame to be placed on the individuals who clearly made the poor choices to both stay in the path of the storm and to have no provisions ready when it came? Rich Mitchell is the Sr. Managing Editor of Conservative Daily News. His posts may contain opinions that are his own and are not necessarily shared by Anomalous Media, CDN, staff or .. much of anyone else. Find him on twitter, facebook and google+