Day: December 7, 2010

Can We Be Real For A Moment?

This just in!  Retail sales were the strongest they have been in months this September….the recovery has begun!

That is what all the financial pundits want you to believe but there is more to this story than the increase in sales thanx to Black Friday and Cyber Monday….really!  There is more to it!

But now…for something completely different……..

The Middle Class will keep their tax cuts…..hooray!  But so will the wealthy……..and the promise is that they will start creating jobs because now they know they can keep their money…..think about that logic for a moment……..(pause here for reflection)….but at least the unemployed will keep some of the benefits that come with that stigma…..

By the by…..the tax cuts for the wealthy will add about #4 trillion to the debt….which apparently is NOT that important to the GOP  when it comes to aid for the wealthy…..but that is something that they will coat over with some sort of silver lining…..

The whole argument from the GOP was that if the wealthy kept their tax cuts they would start investing in the economy again and thus would start creating jobs….so the GOP held up the unemployment to get their buds more cash in their pockets….think about that for a minute……(another pause for reflection)……….

Another point and this one from the head doodah of the FED…….

The nation’s unemployment rate, which has been over 9 percent for a record 19 months, is not likely to return to “a more normal unemployment rate” of about 5 percent or 6 percent for four or five years, the Federal Reserve chairman said in an interview with the CBS News program “60 Minutes” broadcast on Sunday night.

And then there is this bit of news……

Most observers expect no signs of a turnaround anytime soon. The Federal Reserve has predicted that unemployment will be around 9 percent by the end of 2011, and around 8 percent by the end of 2012. As Dean Baker of the liberal Center for Economic and Policy Research wrote Friday:

Does not sound like he expects too many jobs to be created for an extended time…..and yet the idea has been sold that if the wealthy keep their cash they will start up and begin created jobs…..think about that, please…….(a pause for reflection…one more time)…..

The GOP is correct in their thinking….the jobs will start pouring in on or about 01 January 2011.   Or could it be that they will just continue buying luxury items and say “screw the jobless”?

My money (both physically and literally) is on the latter!

And guess what….if the jobs do not magical appear, then it will somehow be all Obama’s fault…….well do not hold your breath…besides there is NO proof that tax cuts create jobs….only in the lying heart of a politician…….

Hey voters!  You asked for it….you got it…..what?  A good humping!

Allow me to be blunt here……IT IS ALL A LIE!

To quote a famous pitch man…….”can you hear me NOW!?”

2010 Anal-Ocity Award Nominees

It is that time again…..we at Info Ink have spent lots of hours trying to find the 10 most anal statements made during the course of 2010…it was not easy they all were so flipping anal, but we finally came up with the top 10……which we revised to the top 8 and then a gain to the top 5….they are listed below and I ask all my readers to pick the one that they feel is the most anal…the “Assie” award is given to the person or thing that is the most anal……before the list is presented I would like to recap the past winners for you……

2009 winner was Sarah Palin and her statement after resignation as Gov. of Alaska……”I am a fighter….not a quitter”

2008 winner was Sen.  John McCain when he was talking about Russia’s invasion of Georgia…”In the 21st century nations do not invade other nations”……this from a guy that supported the invasion of Iraq…..

2007 winner was Paris Hilton, when she replied after her sentencing to jail….”It’s not fair!”

There are the past winners…and who will join the list of Assie winners for 2010?

The 5 nominees for the year are………

1–NATO envoy Mark Sedwell when commenting on violence in Kabul, Afghanistan

“children are probably safer here than they would be in London, New York, or Glasgow or many other cities.”

2–Columnists David Broder when writing about chance of re-election…..

Here is where Obama is likely to prevail. With strong Republican support in Congress for challenging Iran’s ambition to become a nuclear power, he can spend much of 2011 and 2012 orchestrating a showdown with the mullahs. This will help him politically because the opposition party will be urging him on. And as tensions rise and we accelerate preparations for war, the economy will improve.

3–GOP state senator of South Carolina when talking about the election of governor Nikki Haley

“We already got one raghead in the White House, we don’t need a raghead in the governor’s mansion,”

4–Former GOP Rep, Duncan Hunter of California when talking about children born in the US to immigrants….

“Would you support deportation of natural-born American citizens that are the children of illegal aliens,” Hunter was asked. “I would have to, yes,” Hunter said. “… We simply cannot afford what we’re doing right now,” he said. “… It takes more than just walking across the border to become an American citizen. It’s what’s in our souls. …”

5–A Muslim cleric in Iran when talking about the increase in earthquake activity….

“Many women who do not dress modestly lead young men astray and spread adultery in society which increases earthquakes,”

There they are the 5 that we consider the most anal statements of the past year……please take your time and read over the nominees and vote for the one that you feel is the most anal…..

Thanx for your time and assistance…….your participation is greatly appreciated…..