[goldstategop]

Nothing unusual about it in a recession. We have to see what happens when the recession ends.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find only things evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelogus

[RonF]

People who are dependent on the government are not citizens. They are subjects.

[WOBBLY BOB]

The Threat Within (Voting ourselves largesse from the public treasury)

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2133115/posts

old thread, but always relevant—

the quote usually attributed to Alexander Frazier Tytler is great...and spot-on. (and I don’t care if it was him, Ben Franklin, or Fuzzie Bear who said it- It’s a true statement.)

Despite budget cuts and layoff warnings, California still hiring and workforce still growing

http://www.sacbee.com/politics/story/2094403.html

The Sacramento Bee
Aug. 9, 2009

The job growth for state workers contrasts with the loss of 759,000
jobs in California’s private industry in the past 12 months

http://www.mercurynews.com/topstories/ci_12984385?nclick_check=1&forced=true

not to mention gubermint employees and their pensions:

Reform advocates are spotlighting those with extravagant pensions
— $100,000 or more — as a way to get the public’s attention and
emphasize that the current system is unsustainable.

http://www.modbee.com/editorials/story/803636.html

CHART OF THE DAY: How The Government Payroll Replaced Goods-Producing Jobs

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2422342/posts

Beyond reckless / Sacramento, Washington pile up the debt

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/dec/24/beyond-reckless-sacramento-washington-pile-debt/

House votes 218-214 for short-term debt ceiling increase

CHART OF THE DAY: Bureaucrats Have Way Better Benefits Than You

http://www.businessinsider.com/chart-of-the-day-employer-cost-per-hour-worker-2009-12

[quesney]

Republic’s gone. When someone like Medina can’t even get into the runoff in place like Texas (barely 20% of Republican primary vote), you can (almost) forget someone like Palin making national.

It’s over, folks. Obama knows what he’s doing. My fear is that he knows America better than the rest of us think we do.

[Jim from C-Town]

‘Something’s gone terribly wrong in our country.’

Thine name is Barack Husein Obama!