Comments on: The Hits Keep Coming

By: Bryan

Bryan — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 04:54:06 +0000

As long as the ‘people in charge’ refuse to accept the reality that what they are doing is 180° out from what is needed, things are only going to get worse. I read somewhere that the majority of people who still have a mortgage on their house, have no equity in the house. So long as we continue to act as if major banks are not bankrupt, things won’t improve. If we had just re-introduced the programs that worked in the 1930s, we would be on our way out of this mess, instead of struggling to pay off the gambling debts of Wall Street with the Social Security trust fund.

That explains it, Hipparchia, but doesn’t make it any less annoying.

By: hipparchia

hipparchia — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 02:07:22 +0000

can we clone stevefromlansing? until then, i may have to start calling up some of the local talk radio shows and ask that question whenever it seems relevant.

diane rehm’s voice: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spasmodic_dysphonia#Notable_people_with_spasmodic_dysphonia

By: cookiejill

cookiejill — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 05:12:03 +0000

And the saddening story today…

About 6 million Californians had incomes below the federal poverty line of $22,113 for a family of four in 2010, census data released Tuesday show. That’s 16.3% of the population, up from 15.3% in 2009.

Nearly 1 in 5 residents lacked health insurance last year, one of the highest rates in the nation. Median household income in the state, when adjusted for inflation, fell 4.6% to $54,459. That’s the largest decline in a single year since record keeping began.

Begs the question…where ARE the freakin’ jobs?????