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- U.S. unemployment rate highest in 26 years, at 10.2%
- Misinterpreted numbers..."In October, the number of unemployed persons increased by 558,000 to 15.7 million."That's not 190,000. The 190,000 is non-farm payroll decrease, which doesn't include farm workers or self-employed persons who have hung it up.Maybe we need a NEW "New Deal?"Remember the 3 R's of Franklin Roosevelt's "New Deal?"...
- Tags: Operational accounting, Personal finance, FDR, Common-sense, unemployment rate, New Deal, Obama, Reagan
- Discussion threads 2009-11-06
- Canadians get a taste of American medical system with IMS Health buy
- Oh the ironyJust another ironic investment made on behalf of Canadians over the years. As far as I know CPP is not investing using an ethical or green model, so there are probably lots of examples of very "un-Canadian" companies receiving investment via CPP.Not sure what your point is,...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, IMS Health Inc., CPP, Dana, drug company, Obama
- Discussion threads 2009-11-06
- Geothermal gets its day in the sun
- Wow. Who didn't see that coming.GE, which has been a fervent supporter of Obama, along with Prince Harry's home state, get the lion's share of the federal money. I am sure that none of us saw that coming.From Halliburton to GEsome of us might see that as progress....
- Tags: Obama, geothermal energy
- Discussion threads 2009-10-31
- Diabetes can be kept at bay
- move your ass, lazy americanswalk, run, practice sports and you won't get diabetes.except type I that is geneticThey don't have the incentives ...when they keep getting free handouts that progressives love so much from the big fat@ss government. Free health care, free lunch, free everything and then of course they...
- Tags: diabetes, Wall St., progressive, Obama
- Discussion threads 2009-10-29
- Could Congress head off action by EPA on emissions?
- The likely scenario is.....Obama will use Copenhagen (December '09) as a springboard to give the EPA direction in regulating CO2. It is unlikely the EPA will act on its own before then.Even if no treaty is generated, Obama will direct the EPA to start enforcing the [i]proposed[/i] U.S. position...
- Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, treaty, Obama, U.S. Congress
- Discussion threads 2009-10-27
- Updegrove: Obama should give FOSS equal treatment
- With all the President has on his plate ....... why would he ever waste one nueron on FOSS. The proper place for FOSS to be considered is the level it is being considered. The Executive Branch should never be involved.Obama should pony up some billions for FOSS from...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, F/OSS, Obama
- Discussion threads 2009-10-20
- Self insured may be biggest winners in health reform
- more nonsenseAvoiding insurance companies and creeating death panels are not going to improve the healthcare.The only measures that can relly reform helthcare are in the republican bills that the democrats don't want you to see.Noo thanks"Intervention in maintaining wellness."If by "intervention" you mean "we know what's better for you than...
- Tags: Insurance, Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, patient, Dana, Obama, health care
- Discussion threads 2009-10-12
- Should Obama Have Won the Nobel?
- What are you going to do about it?Please,reveal how many more extremists there are for the secrete service to watch.I'm as big an Obama fan as anyoneBut the fact is that he hasn't accomplished anything worthy of such a prize. He says the right things, certainly, but until plans are...
- Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Nobel, Obama
- Discussion threads 2009-10-09
- Apple leaves Chamber of Commerce in green dispute
- Cap and TAX dramatically increases green house gassesGood for the chamber of commerce to have their eyes open. All this energy tax legislation does is move energy consuming manufacturing off shore to countries where the production of that energy is dramatically more pollution producing. Apple needs to pull it's head...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Obama, manufacturing
- Discussion threads 2009-10-06
- U.S. willing to let go of Icann
- Obama is selling us outonly a peace monger like Obama could cede US sovereignty to UN.It's time to elect a real American in 2012!Huge MistakeThis is a very bad idea. Whenever we cede control to the 'world,' the worlds tin horn disctators make a mess of it.This should have...
- Tags: Benefits, payroll solutions, Personal finance, Obama, salary, ICANN, job
- Discussion threads 2009-09-29
- Did content management help Obama win the Presidency?
- P.T. Barnum had it wrong!There has got to be more than one born every minute, to explain the number of voters who fell for this scam. To quote our president "Come on!". This clown has no experience at ANYTHING, served 147 days before announcing his run, and takes advice from...
- Tags: Web technology, content management
- Discussion threads 2009-09-29
- Facebook, Wrong Again!
- There was a book and movieabout assassinating Bushmaybe the secret service has a pointbut both sides of the aisle should have more respect for the presidency Come on....I don't care for the guy myself, but all you need is the results to be over 50% and some whack job will...
- Tags: Free-speech, Facebook, Obama
- Discussion threads 2009-09-29
- Democrats lack votes for health care reform
- It's amazingWhen Republicans are in power, Democrats can't get anything done. When Democrats are in power, Democrats can't get anything done. Who's running that show anyway?Carl RapsonRepublicansRepublicans will continue to run Washington until the assumptions underlying their rule change. This is good news.We dont need to overhaul a system that...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, Nope, Obama, insurance, healthcare reform
- Discussion threads 2009-09-24
- Another rude awakening for another biofuel dream
- SurpriseSurprise, surprise.Environmentalist are destroying AmericaLets see how long people go without jobs/food trying to believe the lie of 'global warming'......Good grief, I think the Liberal media must be on staff here.Articles about not driving, not using A/C everyone doing with less.Gee, I guess we can all live in mud huts...
- Tags: biofuel, global warming, Obama, Socialist
- Discussion threads 2009-09-18
- Max Baucus' bet on John Castellani
- Socialist careI guess the 'Stimulus' money is going here now to write propaganda for the Obama socialist cause. we don't need big governmentThe health care industry in USA is the best in the world.ObamaCare would make it more expensive and in line with third world countries.We must stand behind the...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Government, Max Baucus, health care, Dems, Obama
- Discussion threads 2009-09-16
- 'How I tweeted my way out of spinal surgery'
- Surprise, surpriseObama says that doctors provide unnecessary surgeries to boost their bottom line, and lo and behold, we suddenly get stories of people being coerced into unnecessary procedures.And, of course, we all know that anyone who tweets anything is telling us the absolute gospel truth.And, of course, if this woman...
- Tags: HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, Obama, hospital, health care, surgeon
- Discussion threads 2009-09-15
- Will the policy debate narrow or end?
- here we go again!Obama is trying to destroy the best healtcare system in the world and give free care to people who don't deserve it.The solutions for the healt reform are simple and have been enumerated by conservatives like John McCain and others:1.Vouchers to buy insurance2.Tort reform3.Tax cuts in the...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, health care, Obama, car
- Discussion threads 2009-09-09
- Fossil fuel battle: who'll reign over America's energy future
- Nothing but lies...When will this lie stop, no different than Lenin quoted, if you tell a lie enough it becomes the truth.There is NO evidence of this and it is ludicrous that everything will be electric. The power grid cannot even support what we have now, so now it is...
- Tags: Obama, global warming, fossil fuel
- Discussion threads 2009-09-08
- China secretly requires real names to post comments
- How do you...secretly require something that every user has to go through? That makes no sense as anyone registering will know immediately.........They're behind the times.South Korea has been doing that for while now. It's all about security, so they say. Google has had problems with the Korean Govt. over...
- Tags: Biotechnology, Dietrich T. Schmitz, DNA, Obama
- Discussion threads 2009-09-05
- For your safety and convenience
- Not intended as a political commentI cite Obama's disregard of the law and basic ethical principles because it's public, obvious, and widely known - not because it's dispicable (getting people to think about that is a bonus.)The right way to deal with policy opponents is to defend your own policies...
- Tags: Obama
- Discussion threads 2009-09-05
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