From the New York Times:
Broader Measure of U.S. Unemployment Stands at 17.5%
Friday, the 13th of November, marks my first anniversary of unemployment. I never thought that this would happen in my lifetime.
November 7, 2009
September 7, 2009
Have a Great Labor Day To Those Who Work
For the other 11% of us (and those working) read this great article from the New York Times.
This article sums up the last year for my husband and me.
September 4, 2009
From the New York Times
Here is their headline from the past:
On Sept. 4, 1957, Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus called out the National Guard to prevent nine black students from entering Central High School in Little Rock.
August 26, 2009
The End of an Era
Senator Kennedy has lost his battle with cancer.
I just saw the breaking news from the New York Times. I do not do television in the morning. Too much to handle right now. Let’s pass a healthcare bill that will offer a public option in Senator Kennedy’s memory.
I was listening to Rage Against the Machine when I read the news.
June 15, 2009
Tennessee Gun Bills
The New York Times covered Tennessee’s recent gun bill laws. Tennessee has a Republican controlled state legislature. Unemployment and malnourished children are abundant, but the legislature chose to pass lax gun laws. Again, folks, I’m not frightened by those who use guns responsibly; I’m worried about the kooks and criminals.
By KATHARINE Q. SEELYE Published: June 15, 2009
Cities and counties across Tennessee are preparing this week to deal with the fallout from a raft of pro-gun bills recently signed into law in the state, where Republicans are flexing their new-found strength in the legislature.
Among the new laws is one that would allow people who have gun permits to carry guns in all public parks in the state. Another would exempt from federal regulation guns and ammunition made in Tennessee and kept within its borders.
The measure with the most immediate impact may be the guns-in-parks law. Cities and towns have the chance to opt out of it by Sept. 1 and are beginning debate now about whether to do so. The City of Nashville is scheduled to start hearings on Tuesday.
The measure allowing guns in state parks went into effect Friday and will probably go into effect in national parks starting in February. It applies to the 220,000 Tennesseans who hold gun permits as well as visitors from other states with valid permits.
The law exempting Tennessee from federal gun regulations, while having little immediate effect, may have broader implications down the road. It comes as part of a states’-rights movement that tries to test the limits of federal power. The Tennessee bill is nearly identical to one signed into law in Montana and similar to ones under consideration in other states. Since Montana’s law does not take effect until Oct. 1, the one in Tennessee, which takes effect July 1, could become the first test case in the courts.
Tags: Tennessee | World | US Politics
December 24, 2008
ObamaNation
Obamanation is one of the buzzwords of 2008 according to the New York Times. That’s not a surprise.
This blog uses ObamaNation in the positive sense, as in ColbertNation. The past eight years have been an abomination.
December 1, 2008
No S*** News
Breaking News Alert
The New York Times
Monday, December 1, 2008 — 12:32 PM ET
—–It’s Official: U.S. Economy in Recession
The National Bureau of Economic Research, a panel of academic
economists charged with the official designation of business
cycles, said that the United States economy has been in
recession since December 2007, when economic activity peaked.Read More:
http://www.nytimes.com/?emc=na
And John McCain thought that it was mental.
November 18, 2008
Unemployment Quotation of the Day
This is from the Los Angeles Times email newsletter that I receive each morning:
“‘You fill out a job application and you can’t write ‘long-range reconnaissance and sniper skills.’” ANDREW SPURLOCK, an Army infantryman who was disabled in the Iraq war, on his search for a job that paid better than delivering pizzas.
Here is the link to the original story in the New York Times. Sorry, again, yesterday news today. Unfortunately, the United States Postal Service can’t use him right now. They are laying off 40,000 employees, too. But that news is a few weeks old.
At least, Andrew, folks know what a sniper is. I’m a print buyer, a press checking color analyst, a hi res PDF maker, a magazine paginator. Try explaining that to someone at the unemployment office.
