Anything in the news might be found here, especially BS put out by the government
What makes a good youth baseball coach ?coach
You know that feeling you get?
Congress in session ..get elected, show up a few months out of the year..get paid(you can see their schedule here..)
http://www.thecapitol.net/FAQ/cong_schedule.html
Granted some are tough decisions..the same tough decisions they were trying to make twenty years ago. Congress in sessions solution seems to be make another law. Hmmm , free country with more laws than any other nation in the world.. back to the point. You know that feeling you get?
Have you ever seen a young child grab a baseball bat or a hammer for the first time?
You know that feeling you get?
When congress goes in session..
I get that same feeling every time Congress is in session.
I try to be on time..actually a few minutes early.
The trouble with being punctual is that nobody’s there to appreciate it.
Aldi Foods has opened 11 stores in Texas . 
Aldi Foods has been selling low cost groceries since 1976 and Aldi Foods has now opened stores in Texas. As Walmart struggles to maintain same store sales much less growth (it can be reasoned that same store sales growth is merely price increases for Walmart..remember name brands for less, we buy American , we sell for less..) , a true low cost food retailer is perfect for the Texas market. Welcome to Texas Aldi Foods.
Is your woman ticked off?
Here is a perfect example that will let you know if your woman is ticked off.
This is the Sarah Palin book my wife asked for.
One year ago, Sarah Palin burst onto the national political stage like a comet. Yet even now, few Americans know who this remarkable woman really is. There is now a Sarah Palin book quickly rising on the charts. Sarah Palin Going Rogue
In this eagerly anticipated memoir, Palin paints an intimate portrait of growing up in the wilds of Alaska; meeting her lifelong love; her decision to enter politics; the importance of faith and family; and the unique joys and trials of life as a high-profile working mother. She also opens up for the first time about the 2008 presidential race, providing a rare, mom’s-eye view of high-stakes national politics—from patriots dedicated to “Country First” to slick politicos bent on winning at any cost.
Sarah Palin Going Rogue traces one ordinary citizen’s extraordinary journey and imparts Palin’s vision of a way forward for America and her unfailing hope in the greatest nation on earth.
On September 3, 2008 Alaska Governor and vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin delivered a speech at the Republican National Convention that electrified the nation and instantly made her one of the most recognizable women in the world.
As chief executive of America’s largest state, she had built a record as a reformer who cast aside politics-as-usual and pushed through changes other politicians only talked about: Energy independence. Ethics reform. And the biggest private sector infrastructure project in U.S. history. And while revitalizing public school funding and ensuring the state met its responsibilities to seniors and Alaska Native populations, Palin also beat the political “good ol’ boys club” at their own game and brought Big Oil to heel.
Like her GOP running mate, John McCain, Palin wasn’t a packaged and over-produced candidate. She was a Main Street American woman: a working mom, wife of a blue collar union man, and mother of five children, the eldest of whom was serving his country in a yearlong deployment in Iraq and the youngest, an infant with special needs. Palin’s hometown story touched a populist nerve, rallying hundreds of thousands of ordinary Americans to the GOP ticket.
But as the campaign unfolded, Palin became a lightning rod for both praise and criticism. Supporters called her “refreshing” and “honest,” a kitchen-table public servant they felt would fight for their interests. Opponents derided her as a wide-eyed Pollyanna unprepared for national leadership. But none of them knew the real Sarah Palin.
Capitalism is a great idea, but it is not working as it was intended. The primary reason being our elected officials and their collaboration with big corporations. The income gap in the U.S. is widening even more now.
The rich are getting richer, and the poor are at a standstill while the ranks of the poor is growing. The income gaps of Americans is widening. Has been for decades., but it is just getting plain ridiculous. We often hear the question of compensation for ordinary workers counterposed with the idea of profits. The reality, however, is that the total share of GDP that goes to workforce compensation remains eerily steady in the 56-59 percent range year after year.
Here is a nice easy to read article that explains simply
Working Harder – Getting Less
You can read more here
http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/archives/2009/07/the-rich-getting-richer.php
Over the last few decades we have been taught that the rich should get richer because it trickles down to the entire economy creating jobs. Has anyone noticed that as companies are still making profits that jobs are being cut, wages have been almost at a total standstill for a decade.
According to the progressive economics blog.. “Real Average hourly earnings (AHE) of private sector employees rose by a total of just 6.7% over the entire decade, and the average includes private sector managers (AHE up 20.3%) Excluding private sector managers (8.1% of the private sector workforce), real AHE in the private sector rose by just 4.6%, and the median non managerial private sector worker (half make more and half make less) experienced a real wage gain of just 3.4% over the decade.
The real average hourly earnings of the highest paid 5% (essentially managers and higher paid private sector professionals) rose by 12%. The main change in the distribution of hourly wages over the period was a shift within the upper half of workers to the very top.
Real AHE were essentially flat over the entire decade for lower and middle wage occupations – including clerical jobs (down 0.3%); non supervisory manufacturing occupations (up 0.6%); cashiers and retail salespersons (down 3.0%) and even the construction trades (up just 2.2% over the decade.)”
For years corporate growth has not trickled down as our government officials still provide unnecessary tax breaks. The Los Angeles Times reported that “corporate earnings keep rising at a double-digit pace while workers are lucky to get even low single-digit wage increases.” During this period Corporate dividends were also growing.
Even now with the troubled economy the top 1% lost a lot of their value. But what have they down. As the bulk of America has bulked down, lost retirement income, lost jobs, used up their savings, lost wages, basically doing without a lot of things and dramatically changing the quality of their lives..the rich invested in Americas trouble and now are gaining ground again. Car manufactures were in deep crap a while back..I didn’t see any reducing their prices by much to try and get rid of inventory and generate cash. Hell some financial institutions are already making enormous profits again while the rest of America. While the income gap widens even more.
Capitalism is a great idea, but it is not working as it was intended. The primary reason being our elected officials and their collaboration with big corporations. It never seems to change, just with different elected officials. I am so disgusted.
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