Economics & Politics
That 8.3% Unemployment Rate is Total BS – 1.2 Million DROPPED OUT of Labor Force Last Month
By marfdrat on February 3, 2012
At CNN (and presumably other lamestream media outlets), they’re trumpeting the “great news” about the reduction in the unemployment rate from December’s 8.5% to 8.3% in January. Meanwhile, the unemployment rate fell to 8.3%. That is the lowest since February 2009. Hiring was much stronger than expected, and once it was apparent the job gains were broad [...]
Posted in Economics & Politics | Tagged acme economic destruction co., bls, labor force, labor participation, obama, unemployment, wile e obama | 2 Responses
“My Presidency Will Be a One-Term Proposition if the Economy Doesn’t Turn Around in 3 Years”
By marfdrat on February 2, 2012
Well, here we are, three years later…
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Gallup Poll: Petulant Boy-King Will Soon Get Chance to Find Less Boring Job
By marfdrat on February 1, 2012
From time to time, you hear commenters in the media explaining why Wile E Obama (Geeeeenius) isn’t doing such a hot job as president: the job’s just too boring and pedestrian. It’s way below the skills and intelligence he sharpened as a community organizer. When he gets done, he’ll be able to find something much [...]
Posted in Economics & Politics | Tagged 2012 election, DFOaLG, gallup poll, petulant boy-king, President, presidential approval, wile e obama | Leave a response
Wile E. Obama and his ACME Economic Destruction Co. – Working Hard…
By marfdrat on January 31, 2012
…to keep the economy in the crapper for as long as possible. More great economic news from the Congressional Budget Office (via The Hill): The Congressional Budget Office on Tuesday predicted the deficit will rise to $1.08 trillion in 2012. The office also projected the jobless rate would rise to 8.9 percent by the end [...]
Posted in Economics & Politics | Tagged 2012 election, acme economic destruction co., CBO, obamanomics, tax increases, unemployment, wile e obama | Leave a response
Don’t Be Raaaaacist. The Food-Stamp President is Trying to Stimulate the Economy, of Course
By marfdrat on January 30, 2012
Various race-baiting demagoguers have stated it’s raaaaacist to call Barry the Petulant Boy-King Obama the “food stamp president,” as Newt Gingrich did in a couple of the Republican debates. If he’s not the food stamp president, then what of this story from Big Government? Over the last three years, the number of Americans on food [...]
Posted in Economics & Politics | Tagged food stamp president, food stamps, obama, petulant boy-king, raaaaacism | Leave a response
Good Thing TOTUS is There When POTUS Needs Him
By marfdrat on January 26, 2012
Here’s an image taken from the podium at a recent speech given by the Petulant Boy-King. The Reuters article caption is below it. A teleprompter used by U.S. President Barack Obama is pictured as he meets members of the audience following remarks at Conveyer Engineering and Manufacturing in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, January 25, 2012. Obama [...]
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SOTU Address Signals Official Start to Petulant Boy-King’s “Delusional” Re-election Tour
By marfdrat on January 25, 2012
It’s no wonder the viewing audience for Obama’s SOTU addresses has dropped off drastically (14% from last year, and 28% from his first one); the guy tells so many lies that he doesn’t know which way is up anymore. Here’s a whopper he dropped last night: President Obama today asserted that President Bush was responsible for [...]
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Allen West: There is No Racist Code Language in the “Food Stamp President” Claim – It’s a Fact
By marfdrat on January 23, 2012
Various liberal demagoguers and race-baiters have been weighing in on the “food stamp president” appellation assigned to the Petulant Boy-King Obama by Newt Gingrich. They say it’s “code” language, being spoken by honky crackers that want to “take us back to Jim Crow” or something. Representative Allen West (R-FL), who happens to be black, doesn’t [...]
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Gingrich Surges Ahead in Florida Rasmussen Poll
By marfdrat on January 23, 2012
A couple of weeks changes everything. With two weeks to go, though, a lot more could change. From Rasmussen Less than two weeks ago, Mitt Romney had a 22-point lead in Florida, but that’s ancient history in the race for the Republican presidential nomination. Following his big win in South Carolina on Saturday, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich [...]
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Lookin’ Good in Orange: Obama 2008 Staffer Arrested for Stealing Iowa Secretary of State’s Identity
By marfdrat on January 21, 2012
From the Iowa Republican: Barack Obama’s 2008 Iowa New Media Director was arrested Friday for attempting to use the identities of Secretary of State Matt Schultz, and/or his brother Thomas, with the intent to falsely implicate the Secretary Schultz in illegal or unethical behavior. Zach Edwards, 29, of Des Moines, currently works for Link Strategies, [...]
Posted in Economics & Politics | Tagged identity theft, iowa, Iowa Secretary of State, obama cronies, obamabots, zach edwards | Leave a response
Chuck Norris Makes His Endorsement – So You KNOW Who the Next President Will Be
By marfdrat on January 21, 2012
Do we really need to go on with the whole primary thing? In the last few editions of my weekly column, I detailed “10 questions to find our next president” in no particular order of importance. I proposed that the name of the candidate that fills the majority of the answers deserved readers’ vote. Who [...]
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#ChangeIs…Incredibly Easy to Mock. Come On, Everybody – Join in the Fun on Twitter
By marfdrat on January 21, 2012
You’d have thought the president’s pointy-headed advisors could have come up with something better this. The hashtag #changeis is already going wild on Twitter. Here are some great examples: Change Is – National debt equal to GDP Change Is – No nasty oil-carrying Keystone XL pipeline Change Is – 14 million new foodstamp recipients Change [...]
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Newt Blasts CNN Debate Moderator John King for “Despicable…Trashy” Debate Question
By marfdrat on January 20, 2012
This is awesomeness. The more I hear Newt Gingrich in debates, the more I like him. Sure, he’s got flaws, but which of the candidates doesn’t? From Mediaite: Republican hopeful Newt Gingrich excoriated CNN’s John King at Thursday’s South Carolina debate for asking if the former Speaker of the House wanted to respond to the [...]
Posted in Economics & Politics | Tagged 2012 election, CNN, John King, Newt, newt gingrich, presidential debate, republican debates | 1 Response
And If You Re-Elect Me, You’ll All Get a Castle…
By marfdrat on January 19, 2012
Yes, the guy with the big ears took over Main Street, USA (restricting all the little people who were on vacations that they paid for) for a speech. No, not Mickey – the one who’s occupying the White House. Talk about setting yourself up for jokes. See more pictures at Buzzfeed
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CNN Reports Perry Dropping Out of Presidential Race
By marfdrat on January 19, 2012
Via Hot Air: CNN reports that Rick Perry will withdraw from the Republican presidential race today, based on information from two sources in the campaign. No one who followed the polling can be surprised by this decision. Perry has not come out of the mid-single digits in South Carolina for weeks, and his debate performance on [...]
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