Category Archives: The Economy

Obama’s new threat: worsening race relations

Posted on August 2, 2013 | 4 comments

I remember the race riots of the 60s. Ninety-nine percent black, they were, mostly post-assassination of Dr. King. My Army cavalry unit trained in 68 to put one down in Baltimore if one developed there, with tear gas and a show of gleaming bayonets. Luckily for us, it never happened.

Now the great divider is saying that if he doesn’t get his way with Congress on taxes and a new spending package race relations “may get worse” cause black folks will be incensed at not getting their share of the pie. Ah, yes, the “pie” concept of economics, so beloved of Democrats. And this clown went to Harvard?

How could race relations get any worse? Wormtongue and his court media have been stirring them up since Zimmerman blew up stupid Trayvon’s punk ass.

But there’s more tragedy afoot here.  So what if blacks repeat the 60s and burn down their own neighborhoods? When the looting starts, the Korean and Pakistani business owners will shoot back. And the rioters likewise won’t get far into any nearby non-black neighborhood before coming under heavy kinetics.

The so-what is that, as usual, the Latrinas and the Kemontas will be the primary victims. And their president couldn’t care less. They are his tools, and no more.

Via Instapundit.

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Wisdom from Dr. Boli

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Posted on August 1, 2013 in Blogosphere, The Economy

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Chattanooga to Obama: Take your jobs plan and shove it

Posted on July 31, 2013 | Comments Off on Chattanooga to Obama: Take your jobs plan and shove it

Which makes perfect sense when you consider what Wormtongue’s previous “jobs plans” have accomplished, such as a 39.5 percent tax rate for small businesses, the historical creators of most new jobs.

“…your jobs creation plans so far have included a ridiculous government spending spree and punitive tax increase on job creators that were passed, as well as a minimum wage increase that, thankfully, was not. Economists — and regular folks with a basic understanding of math — understand that these are three of the most damaging policies imaginable when a country is mired in unemployment and starving for job growth.”

Even cBS snooze feels compelled to report that urban unemployment is growing, perhaps above the official 7.6 percent, a meaningful figure only if we can trust an increasingly corrupt and racist government to tell the statistical truth.

Is this all because the Democrat party is stupid, or have they done this on purpose, so Wormtongue gets to play FDR in black face for the cheap seats?

His latest “stimulus” trick will be to lower the corporate tax rate to 28 percent. Knowing him, it’s probably less about turning the economy around than pumping up corporate “campaign contributions” for next year’s congressional elections.

Via Instapundit

UPDATE:  Drew Johnson, the editorial page editor who wrote the “shove it” headline at the Chattanooga Times Free Press has been fired. Not so free, that Free Press.

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The misfortune of Ebonic names

Posted on July 29, 2013 | 7 comments

Bernie, at Planck’s Constant, points to a Harvard study showing that people with Ebonic names like Tabiqwa, or Bershawn are much less likely to be hired than those with standard English names. Fortunately, Bernie quotes from the key parts of the study because Harvard seems to have taken down the link.

No surprise either way, of course. Harvard’s nothing if not PC and who wants an employee whose name you can’t pronounce, much less spell? If you are a business person who is, nevertheless, tempted to hire someone with an Ebonic name because, as fate would have it. they are otherwise outstanding, you should at least avoid names with double meanings.

Such as my all-time personal favorite: Latrina.

Or Pajamas (pronounced paj-a-mas), both of which are real names of real (well, semi-real) people. The second one came from a single (what else?) semi-illiterate mom in Mississippi who reputedly went name shopping in a  Sears catalog. I’m not sure where Latrina came from, other than ignorance.

Bernie thinks Trayvon got his young black ass blown up because his Ghetto Fabulous moniker gave him a bad attitude that proved suicidal. Could be. Who’d want to be called Trayvon, even on a good day? Although it’s certainly better than sharing the name of a toilet.

UPDATE:  Wonder how much of this (black teen unemployment hits 41 percent) is caused by that? They sure got a deal in Wormtongue, didn’t they?

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What, the economy doesn’t jump when he orders it?

Posted on July 28, 2013 | 6 comments

Would be helpful to lower taxes and cut back on voluminous federal business regulations (not to mention repealing Obamacare) but that’s (apparently) too obvious for our disgraceful president.

“Obama taxes Americans. He taxes their incomes, their lifebloods and their patience. He has put his entire faith in taxes, in grubbing up enough money to serve as collateral for his latest scheme. And the road that his paradise of amnesty for illegal aliens, green energy for electric poverty and more government employees to administer the whole mess leads to is Detroit.”

He talks and talks and nothing happens. He doesn’t care. He’s got his.

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Rule 5: Mary Kissel

Posted on July 24, 2013 | 2 comments

I could watch Mary all day, even when she’s not hosting the Wall Street Journal’s Opinion Journal Live on the Web, which is the only time I see her.

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Viet Nam still oppressed

Posted on July 12, 2013 | Comments Off on Viet Nam still oppressed

Reading the other day the how-to-care-for-it brochure that came with Mrs. Charm’s choice of a new kitchen table from Pier Imports, I noticed it was made in Viet Nam.

I like it. Just knowing that their entrepreneurs are turning out stuff that Americans will buy is refreshing. I have some Lands End shirts made there as well. All to the good.

Then, I saw news of their latest show trial of a young dissident, Le Quoc Quan, who thinks they’d be better off without the Communist Party. Well, of course.

The Party, however, disagrees and, obviously, doesn’t intend to put up with criticism of their continued oppression. Sad, but no surprise.

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