Sparky speaks Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 So what about the growing debt, the collapsing dollar, the loss of jobs,increasing poverty, the continuing wars, the rise in the cost of living, mortgage foreclosures, the endless printing of fiat currency, the destruction of our civil liberties, and on and on and on....??? Enjoy... The following are 20 signs you might be a typical American worker....#1 If you are working three jobs and you still don't have enough money at the end of the month, you might be a typical American worker.#2 If your job involves asking the question "Would you like fries with that?", you might be a typical American worker.#3 If you shop at the dollar store because Wal-Mart is too expensive, you might be a typical American worker.#4 If your job requires you to wear a smock, a brightly colored polo shirt or lots of "flair", you might be a typical American worker.#5 If people are constantly asking you where the restroom is while you are at work, you might be a typical American worker.#6 If your employer hires extra part-time workers in order to avoid giving anyone full-time hours, you might be a typical American worker.#7 If you are required to watch a mindless "training video" after being hired, you might be a typical American worker.#8 If the company you work for is owned by someone on the other side of the world, you might be a typical American worker.#9 If a trained seal could do your job and you feel like your expensive education is going to waste, you might be at typical American worker.#10 If you don't have any health insurance at all, you might be a typical American worker. Only about 25 percent of all part-time workers in the United States receive employee benefits such as health insurance or paid sick leave.#11 If your car is older than your kids are, you might be a typical American worker.#12 If you can't afford to buy the things that you are selling to the public, you might be a typical American worker.#13 If the balances on your credit cards are larger than your bank accounts are, you might be a typical American worker.#14 If going to Burger King is your idea of "fine dining", then you might be a typical American worker.#15 If it costs more to fill up your car with gas than you will make at your job today, you might be a typical American worker. The price of gasoline has increased by 83 percent since Barack Obama first took office, and the average cost of a gallon of gas in the United States is now up to $3.52.#16 If you eat your cereal with a fork so that you can save milk, you might be a typical American worker.#17 If your electricity bill keeps going up but your paycheck never does, you might be a typical American worker.#18 If it feels like you are losing an organ every time you pay for health insurance each month, you might be a typical American worker.#19 If you feel like your employer is constantly tempted to replace you with someone younger and cheaper, then you might be a typical American worker.#20 If you are so poor that you cannot even afford to pay attention, you might be a typical American worker. http://theeconomiccollapseblog.com/archives/20-signs-you-might-be-a-typical-american-worker Have a good weekend... Link to post Share on other sites
IRememberDBoon Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Ok. So I'm reading the Financial Times today. Its all about GM having the highest profit in its history last quarter; the US on track to become a dominant energy exporter by 2030 (we are already exporting natural gas), while increasing the ...use of bio and alternative fuels, AND the unemployment rate continuing to ebb (down to 8.3% at the end of January and another good week of jobs data). If you listen to the US Press - and some of these posts - the world is coming to an end and President Obama is the anti-christ. Guys, seriously, relax a little. Things are better now than they were in September 2008 when the lead story on Fox News was about banks and businesses that were 'too big to fail'. dude you post articles from theeconomiccollapseblog.disasterandemergencysurvival.com??? Link to post Share on other sites
Synthesizer Patel Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 Ok. So I'm reading the Financial Times today. Its all about GM having the highest profit in its history last quarter; the US on track to become a dominant energy exporter by 2030 (we are already exporting natural gas), while increasing the ...use of bio and alternative fuels, AND the unemployment rate continuing to ebb (down to 8.3% at the end of January and another good week of jobs data). If you listen to the US Press - and some of these posts - the world is coming to an end and President Obama is the anti-christ. Guys, seriously, relax a little. Things are better now than they were in September 2008 when the lead story on Fox News was about banks and businesses that were 'too big to fail'. dude you post articles from theeconomiccollapseblog.disasterandemergencysurvival.com??? weren't General Motors bailled out by the American Government? (sorry, i'm english so I only have a hazy memory of these things). if so, how does that actually all calculate out: they are making record profits, but how much do they owe for the bailout? in the real world you wouldn't be discussing financial success until you actually got out of the red. in the uk, the news the other day was that unemployment figures recently went up to the same levels as you. now i don't think the news was making the comparison in a positive light there. i think you've got a long way to go before your employment figures are considered worthy of a western style economy. i don't know about your energy exports etc... the world is not coming to an end, i think everyone with a vested interest will prop it up for a little longer, but at some point i can see a collapse of the system. that doesn't mean the world will end. people will carry on like they always do, as happens when any political or economic system draws to a close. in some ways it amazes me that the average person would not actually want this to happen as, historically, the subsequent system tends to be an improvement on the one before - there is merely a power shift (which, again, should only worry the very few people who currently hold that power) . . . and obama is not the anti-christ he's merely a political light-weight in a world of political light-weights - as james brown would say, "he's like a dull knife, just ain't cuttin'. he's talkin loud and sayin' nothin'!" watching the politicians in europe trying to solve the greek crisis would make for a great screwball comedy, if it weren't so sad the effect it was all having on the greek people. the idea that politicians hold any sway in this gobalised world can all be disproven by watching that crisis pan out - as they keep throwing money at the greeks and the markets don't respond in the way they hope, so they all sit around again and plan a slightly different way of throwing money towards them. i'm sure obama would be able to solve it though, he's got a great throwing arm. Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky speaks Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 i'm sure obama would be able to solve it though, he's got a great throwing arm. You sure about that? Link to post Share on other sites
IRememberDBoon Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 GM paid the loan back already Patel. You think if the "system" collapses we'll all be fine? what in the name of holy hell are you talking about? Link to post Share on other sites
IRememberDBoon Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 that throw looked fine to me. theres a video after it called President Bush throws like a man. I would say townhall.com is horrendous but i have a friend that works there:-( stop being a simp sparky Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 GM paid the loan back already Patel. You think if the "system" collapses we'll all be fine? what in the name of holy hell are you talking about?I think I heard on the news that they still owe the taxpayers something with 11 digits. This article is 2 years old, but sheds some light... http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/04/26/BUS91D55HR.DTL Link to post Share on other sites
Synthesizer Patel Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 GM paid the loan back already Patel. You think if the "system" collapses we'll all be fine? what in the name of holy hell are you talking about? good. well, it's all on the up and up for gm then! they have done well having achieved record profits and paying off ALL of the $50 Billion they were given. the government must have made a right killing there too, as they own 60% of the company stock, and shares must be soaring, as the company has done so well. it's actually quite a good way for the government to invest your taxes, if that's the case. it would be wise to encourage them to do that sort of thing some more. as for the "system" collapsing and everyone being fine. no not everyone will be fine, but not everyone is fine now. some people starve and some people live in luxury - i don't see how things could get any worse for those currently starving, there is even a strong chance that things will get better. what past political or economic (or whatever you want to call them) systems do you class as superior to the current one? if you're so sure things will get worse - you must have some precedent from the past to be so fearful. Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky speaks Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 that throw looked fine to me. theres a video after it called President Bush throws like a man. I would say townhall.com is horrendous but i have a friend that works there:-( stop being a simp sparky You didn't think that was funny? As a former high school baseball coach, I got a feeling he would be one of the first cuts... Link to post Share on other sites
Sweet Papa Crimbo Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 You didn't think that was funny? As a former high school baseball coach, I got a feeling he would be one of the first cuts...He over threw it...trying to hard. W. threw a nice strike from the mound. It doens't mean anything, but Bush rose to the occassion. Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted February 18, 2012 Share Posted February 18, 2012 He over threw it...trying to hard. W. threw a nice strike from the mound. It doens't mean anything, but Bush rose to the occassion. Yeah well, his daddy did buy him a baseball team at one point. Link to post Share on other sites
Sweet Papa Crimbo Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Yeah well, his daddy did buy him a baseball team at one point. Not hardly. W. was just the face of the organizaiton with minimal financial interest (kind of like Nolan Ryan).Rusty Rose was the money guy in those days. Link to post Share on other sites
IRememberDBoon Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 yeah but i think he invested half a million and walked away with ten plus. not that theres anything wrong with that Link to post Share on other sites
IRememberDBoon Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 LAKE ORION, MICHIGAN - Brad Glende is a team leader on the assembly line at the General Motors plant in Orion, Michigan. He is one of 1,800 workers at a plant that stood idle two years ago during the depths of the economic downturn. Now the plant north of Detroit churns out 800 cars a day on two shifts, and Glende credits the federal government bailout of GM. "Morale is fantastic. People are really glad to be back to work and building a great product," Glende said during a CBS News visit to the plant this week. His previous manufacturing job with the company disappeared four years ago when the GM plant in Janesville, Wisconsin, closed. "I had to pack up my family, and we moved over here to Michigan. I didn't know what to expect," said Glende, who has worked at GM for 16 years. "'Would the company survive?' 'Am I gonna have a job?' 'Do I want to continue my career with GM?'" Because he did, like all GM employees, Glende will receive a $7,000 bonus next month as part of the company's profit-sharing plan. The automaker this week reported record annual profits of $7 billion in 2011. At Orion, where 500 small Chevrolet Sonic sedans and hatchbacks and 300 Buick Veranos roll off the assembly line daily, plant manager Steve Brock credits the Obama administration's emergency financing - around $80 billion in loans to the industry in 2009. "The support of the government is much appreciated by all of us in General Motors," Brock said in an interview. "It enabled us to comeback, and we're gonna work hard each and every day to prove the point that it was worthwhile and a good thing to do for the people here within General Motors and also the U.S." Still, some business and political leaders opposed it, like Mitt Romney, who was contemplating another presidential run at the time. Romney, a Detroit-born son of an auto company CEO who became a Michigan governor, penned a November 2008 Op-Ed in the New York Times declaring "You can kiss the American automotive industry goodbye" if the government bailout went through. "Its demise will be virtually guaranteed," Romney wrote. Glende said, "I'm glad the Obama Administration didn't listen to them, you know. I think there's a lot of job opportunities that would have been lost." Bill Jennings, a United Auto Workers representative who spend 17 years in the GM paint shop, says the profit sharing will pay dividends beyond the Orion plant. "I'm able to put my daughter through college, because I have a job. Central Michigan University has another student. And it goes on and on," Jennings said. "It worked for our community, our plant, our state, and many other states." Automakers have added 14,500 jobs in Michigan since 2009, according to Michigan's Department of Technology, Management, and Budget. Each auto job is believed to support another nine jobs in the state, according to the Center for Automotive Research, in Ann Arbor. Snyder: Stop "dwelling" on Romney's auto bailout opposition "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt" column dogs Romney in MichiganRomney: Republicans in Washington need to stop acting like Democrats "I don't think it's just the engine for Michigan. I think it's the engine for the country," said Dwight Carlson, the CEO of Coherix, an Ann Arbor-based company that makes machines that let manufacturers check parts and their assembly with three-dimensional imagery. Automakers are the source of half his revenue. "Had General Motors and Chrysler had gone out of business, they would have taken the supply base out, and they would have taken Ford Motor Company out also," Carlson said. "It was critical to keep those companies in business." With the rebound of the restructured car companies, Coherix has added twenty high-tech jobs in the past year. The company's chief technical officer, Doug Davidson, said, "It is certainly possible, without the bailout, a large number of automotive suppliers would have gone out of business, and we certainly would have been one of them." A Republican who said he's never voted for a Democrat, Davidson said he can't vote for Romney, because the former governor opposed the auto industry bailout. "I am looking for the manufacturing candidate, and Rick Santorum has talked more about manufacturing and making it more important in the United States than the other candidates," Davidson said. Santorum, who like Romney was not in office at the time, also opposed the bailout of GM and Chrysler. But Santorum said this week Romney was inconsistent, because Romney supported the bailout of Wall Street firms and banks. "My feeling was that...the government should not be involved in bailouts, period," Santorum said in a speech at the Detroit Economic Club on Thursday. Of the auto industry, Santorum added, "If we had just stayed out of it completely and let the market work, I believe the market would have worked." Link to post Share on other sites
Sweet Papa Crimbo Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 yeah but i think he invested half a million and walked away with ten plus. not that theres anything wrong with that Nope... Link to post Share on other sites
IRememberDBoon Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 yep Link to post Share on other sites
The High Heat Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Bush paid $600K ($500K borrowed) for 2% ownership of the Rangers and later sold it for almost $15M. Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky speaks Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Murray Rothbard on Neoconservatives Murray Rothbard had them totally nailed decades ago. This comment was made during the Q&A session after Rothbard delivered a speech at the Michigan Libertarian Party Convention, held in Southfield, Michigan, in May 1989. Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky speaks Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Now here's a presidential candidate who can really play baseball. He didn't even get any respect from his manager batting him 7th? Link to post Share on other sites
Synthesizer Patel Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 can i recommend this documentary series to people. it's 3 parts, all an hour long http://www.archive.org/details/AdamCurtis-AllWatchedOverByMachinesOfLovingGrace here's a little taster clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGHl5dKrnHk the third episode (the monkey in the machine and the machine in the monkey) is probably the most enteraining of them all (which is the clip above) it was made by adam curtis for the bbc, last year - probably the best thing the bbc has put out in a good few years. not that this has anything to do with obama Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky speaks Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Goodbye internet. These guys are bi-partisan when it comes to taking your liberties away. This is what SOPA was all about in the first place. And Obama can't wait to sign it... On Second Thought, Senate Won't Debate Cybersecurity Before Floor Vote By Scott M. Fulton, III In a rush order move that the bill's principal author, Sen. Joseph Lieberman (I - Conn.) called "not rushing," the Senate majority leader will bring to the floor a critical, completely revised cybersecurity bill for a full vote. The move would skip any markup and debate sessions in such committees as the Homeland Security Committee which Sen. Lieberman chairs, and whose ranking Republican - Sen. Susan Collins (R - Maine) - is a co-sponsor. This news was first reported early this morning by The Hill's Brendon Sasso. A draft of the mostly revised Cybersecurity Act of 2012 was released late Tuesday. The new language now omits the most controversial element of the 2011 bill - one which would have granted government authorities oversight rights over any data center housing government data, in the event of a national cybersecurity emergency. Link:http://www.readwriteweb.com/cloud/2012/02/on-second-thought-senate-wont.php Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky speaks Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 New Obama campaign poster revealed... Link to post Share on other sites
Moss Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 Not hardly. W. was just the face of the organizaiton with minimal financial interest (kind of like Nolan Ryan).Rusty Rose was the money guy in those days. Ok, his daddy bought him a small share (and a job) with the baseball team after he ran the previous company his dad bought for him in to the ground. Whatever. Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky speaks Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 How to lose your show on FOX in less than five minutes... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOaCemmsnNk Link to post Share on other sites
Mr. Heartbreak Posted February 19, 2012 Share Posted February 19, 2012 So, I was out of the U.S. all week, and didn't keep up...which states has Ron Paul won so far? Link to post Share on other sites
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