Friday, February 05, 2010

More Bad Jobs Figures

Brett Bittner will be joining us at 3:30 today to talk about a bill in the General Assembly that would require any suspected felon to give a DNA sample.  You can read background here and here.

 

The new jobs numbers are out, and they look better than they really are.  While the official unemployment rate dropped from 10% to 9.7% in January, there are fewer jobs in January than there were in December and the real unemployment rate is up to 18%.  There isn't much to celebrate in the jobs report, despite the much-touted number.

 

Here is a brilliantly written piece about why the federal budget is unsustainable.

 

New Jersey lost $70 billion in the last five years as people avoided high taxes.  Georgia should be in a position to become a new home to this wealth.

 

The Mistake admitted yesterday that health care may die in Congress.  Please don't give up now, Mr. President!

 

Two Democrat Senators are trying to go after Wall Street bonuses in their latest plea to the wealth envy crowd.  Here's why you shouldn't be upset about big bonuses.

 

President Obama has a new plan that is designed to help small businesses with loans, but does nothing to ease the fears from small businesses.

 

The federal government has mastered the art of turning spending increases into tax cuts.

 

Race Pimp Rep. John Conyers is upset because there were no black bureaucrats in a meeting with the Congressional Black Caucus about Haiti relief efforts.

 

Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) is blocking all Obama nominees over some pork for his state.

 

Sen. Johnny Isakson wants to know why the Census costs so much.  I also want to know why they're using schools to push it so heavily.

 

It's pronounced "core-man," not "corpse-man," Mr. President.

 

Michelle Obama called her own kids fat.

 

A 12-year-old girl was arrested for doodling on her desk at school.

 

NBC was serving fried chicken and collard greens in their company cafeteria yesterday "in honor of" Black History Month.

 

There was another debate last night among five of the Republican candidates for Governor.

 

Governor Perdue wants to make some statewide offices appointed rather than elected.

 

Here's the story on Georgia Democrats' transportation funding plan.

 

State Superintendent of Schools Kathy Cox wants to increase the dropout age.

 

Since the rain that falls in North Georgia belongs to Alabama and Florida anyway, can we send them the floods too?

 

Congressman Marshall and Senators Isakson and Chambliss are apparently working on keeping the Davis Drive Post Office open.  Don't they have better things to do?

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