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It's more like a 'no jobs' speech
HOLLYWOOD - God bless America, and how's everybody? President Obama's jobs speech to Congress Thursday isn't expected to make that big a splash. It could also cause a sensation. If he wants to make an authentic Jobs Speech he should wear a black pullover, introduce a new Apple product and then resign for health reasons. Labor Day weekend was spoiled when the Labor Department reported Friday the U.S. economy added no new jobs last month. ...
Mancession opens some doors wide
It sounds good to me. I speak of an opportunity made possible by the "mancession." You see, the recession that began in December 2007 hit male-dominated industries, such as construction, harder than female-dominated industries. The male unemployment rate hit 10.4 percent in November 2010, whereas the female unemployment rate hovered around 8 percent. This "mancession" has resulted in some interesting domestic changes for some guys, according to a University of Kansas study featured in U.S. ...
No more professors, please!
President Obama has nominated Princeton University Professor Alan Krueger to be chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisors.
Jeb Bush could still run
Is there a President Jeb Bush in the White House's future? Many pundits think he'll run after 2012, and could have a chance of winning despite having the same last name as you-know-who. But a lot will depend on the 2012 race's outcome – whether the Republican Party repudiates the conservatism of his brother, former President George W. Bush, and father, former President George H. W. Bush, espoused. And make no mistake about it: a ...
Little hope for jobs this Labor Day
Three years in, and the Obama administration's attempts to fix unemployment have been about as effective as trying to scratch your ear with your elbow.
Quake closes the Washington Monument
HOLLYWOOD - God bless America, and how's everybody? The Washington Monument was closed due to cracks in the concrete after Tuesday's quake hit the capital. Rumors that the monument was leaning turned out to be false. It's been standing up straight for 100 years and it may be time to consult a physician. Bill Clinton discussed his vegan diet Friday, saying while vegetarians don't eat meat, poultry, fish or seafood, vegans also shun dairy, eggs ...
Let's us get some of that crack
BEVERLY HILLS - God bless America, and how's everybody? Washington D.C. residents were reeling Friday after being hit by an earthquake and a hurricane in the same week. The streets were chaotic. The Washington Monument had to be closed after the earthquake when former Mayor Marion Barry heard it had crack in it. New Yorkers stocked up on water, canned goods and emergency supplies on Friday as Hurricane Irene spun north. They needed to replenish ...
The job, and bills, fall to us -- again
With approximately 135 different tribes within its borders, the hard lifting in Libya now begins. It is incumbent upon the United States to take a lead role in this vital area.
Earthquake is a Great Depression
HOLLYWOOD - God bless America, and how's everybody? Washington D.C. was hit by an earthquake Tuesday, shaking the East Coast. To survive an earthquake you must carry an earthquake preparedness kit with a transistor radio, a flashlight and a can of tuna. If it didn't look like the Great Depression before, it does now. New York's Mayor Michael Bloomberg went on the air Tuesday to calm New Yorkers after they felt their first earthquake. The ...
Here's a suggestion, stop suggesting
This time I was about to get on my plane at San Diego International Airport when I went to the newsstand to buy a copy of the Los Angeles Times. As the clerk rang it up she asked me in a robot-like type tone:
Killing jobs doesn't build economy
President Barack Obama says he will get focused on the jobs problem just as soon as he returns from his August vacation in Martha's Vineyard.
sTop making deals that hurt America
Republican deals with Obama are killing US Writing a syndicated column in 2011 is night and day different from when we started writing for publication in the 1990's. The overriding change is the volume and immediacy of feedback. In the 1990's we would receive the occasional letter applauding or challenging our thesis, facts and motives. Today we find our e-mail inbox and comment sections so full it is difficult to read it all. We take ...
Perry is gunning for Bernanke
HOLLYWOOD - God bless America, and how's everybody? GOP candidate Rick Perry said Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is committing treason if he prints more money. Perry warned him that he'll be treated ugly if he comes to Texas. The next day Laura Bush called and said if he doesn't tone it down she is going to leave him. Perry got into a war of words with the White House Monday over the tone of his ...
That penny wouldn't buy very pleasing thoughts
Everyone has a story about getting ripped off by an airline, abused by the phone company, or hosed at the department of motor vehicles.
Perry sued for daring to pray
The hysterical reaction to Republican presidential hopeful Gov. Rick Perry's faith is about as overblown as his home state of Texas is big.
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Keep Those Catalogs Comin’
What America needs is a good Productivity Boosting Nap Pod, a device that looks like a dentist chair with a roof. As luck would have it, this 310-pound unit, that "provides optimal ergonomics for napping," is available from Hammacher Schlemmer for $16,000. Dagwood Bumstead take note.
Even the bugs are getting audited
HOLLYWOOD-Happy Wednesday, everybody, and God bless America.
Obama Agenda Undermines Medical Innovation
Alzheimer's Disease costs the U.S. economy over $200 billion per year, about $140 billion of which is a direct federal budgetary cost to Medicare and Medicaid. On our present course, this cost will quintuple to $1 trillion by 2050. It is the major driver up the steeply rising health care cost curve. Given this context, the most important question for health policy is not the green eyeshade question of who-pays-how-much that has come to dominate ...
Welfare on Mars?
HOLLYWOOD-Happy Tuesday, everybody, and God bless America.
Learn from History
History is one of our greatest teachers.
Do We Still Need the Department of Education?
When executives of corporations are caught aiding and abetting criminal behavior of their employees, the executives are prosecuted and the businesses are destroyed.
