Posted on 06/06/2011 3:41:50 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
And you know who that helps? Er, nobody, really, but it certainly hurts Barack Obama. The Daily Caller provides a four-minute video from today’s Don Imus Show, in which Democratic political strategist James Carville warns that extended unemployment will have a destabilizing effect on American politics, which is hardly the kind of Hope and Change Obama was selling in 2008:
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“It is going to be very difficult,” Carville said. “But the country, if that is what we are doing, this is gruesome on people. This unemployment rate for this long is humanitarian crisis of the first magnitude. This financial crisis, people have studied this by the way, they know that the things take this long to work their way through. The aftermath of these things — kind of an academic book that is dry entitled ‘This Time is Different.’ What it concluded it is not different this time. They studied it, the aftermath of the financial crisis. What we are going through is imminently predictable. But this is a terrible thing that has happened to people’s lives. I think the president at one level understands that, you know. But he is limited in what he can do. So we’ll just have to see. But it’s going to be hard. If 54,000 jobs is the new norm – this is going to be very, very tough. Some people say it just might be one more thing. We don’t know.”
But Carville said the consequences aren’t limited to politics alone. He warned of heighten risk of civil unrest with the bleak economic picture.
“You know, look – this is a humanitarian — you know, you’re smart enough to see this,” Carville said. “People, you know, if it continues, we’re going to start to see civil unrest in this country. I hate to that, but I think it’s [eminently] possible.”
Will there be riots in the streets? Doubtful, not unless we see a total collapse of the economy. Right now it’s a toss-up whether we’ll drop into a mild recession, so the civil unrest is hardly imminent, the word the DC mistakenly used to transcribe Carville’s warning. But without a doubt, high and chronic unemployment has caused civil dissatisfaction with Obama and the Democrats; we saw that in the midterm elections, while the GDP numbers were still inching up.
Now that the Keynesian bubble has deflated, Obama is left with no progress at all, and handed his opponents a good argument that far from helping, Obamanomics got in the way of a normal recovery. At the very least, Republicans can ask whether a Democratic warning of impending civil unrest is a sign of success or failure, and ask voters to reach the obvious conclusion.
Had a GOPer said this it’d be front page news for days.
That looks like the start of a very good plan to me.
I live on our 5 acres on the top of my mountain. If I had it to do over again, I would have shot for 10 to 20 acres, yet 5 is enough.
While our house was built in the late 1800s it’s stout and after nearly 30 years of us being here, it’s paid for. I do still owe on a few toys, but they all play an important role in my life... I retired at 53 in 2002, so having fun stuff is important to me because I will never go back to work... I hope. LOL
We used to raise a few head of cattle here, but I don’t want the hassle and expense of hay anymore. My body won’t let me buck hay anymore and I refuse to pay todays price.
We have 26 chickens, all layers. I presently have 4 Toulouse geese, 4 African brown geese, 6 Indian Runner ducks, 4 Khaki Campbell ducks (when they are adults, they will lay up to 350 to 400 eggs a year), and my absolutely favorite—7 Muscovy ducks. Next year I should have around 50 Muscovy. We are new to this bird thing, but I am loving it.
Within a year or so, I will likely have more birds than I know what to do with....hundreds of them. Some are pets, many will go in the freezer, I might sell some, give away some to family and friends... and all of them will weed and mow the yards. ;>)
At some point I may try raising rabbit and maybe even a couple of goats or sheep.
We have had gardens here, but not for years... we are getting late but we hope to start one this year.
You can’t be prepared for everything, but you can make surviving these times a bit easier.
I figure that when you know a storm is coming and you can’t get away from it, then you might as well learn to dance in the rain.... I am ready to dance in that rain.
Good luck....and know this-—much of this is loads of fun.
This is the second time in three days something like this has come up from a Democrat.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2730285/posts?page=18#18
I’m going to do a quick search of the early days of the Sandinistas. I bet there are a few parallels.
LOL... I just read your profile. “Father of 6 kids”.
I am the oldest of 6 kids, so I know that you already know how to survive the storm. ;>)
I wouldn’t trade those days in my large family for anything.... my memories are wonderful and have lasted a lifetime. I dearly miss those days....my dad always told me that I would.
...as of the 1982 State of Emergency, opposition parties were no longer given representation in the council.[32] The preponderance of power also remained with the Sandinistas through their mass organizations, including the Sandinista Workers’ Federation (Central Sandinista de Trabajadores), the Luisa Amanda Espinoza Nicaraguan Women’s Association (Asociación de Mujeres Nicaragüenses Luisa Amanda Espinoza), the National Union of Farmers and Ranchers (Unión Nacional de Agricultores y Ganaderos), and most importantly the Sandinista Defense Committees (CDS). The Sandinista controlled mass organizations were extremely influential over civil society and saw their power and popularity peak in the mid-1980s.[32]
Upon assuming power, the FSLNs political platform included the following: nationalization of property owned by the Somozas and their supporters; land reform; improved rural and urban working conditions; free unionization for all workers, both urban and rural; price fixing for commodities of basic necessity; improved public services, housing conditions, education; abolition of torture[citation needed], political assassination[citation needed] and the death penalty; protection of democratic liberties; equality for women; non-aligned foreign policy; formation of a “popular army” under the leadership of the FSLN and Humberto Ortega.
Interesting.
Aha! You got it! Frightening stuff bro.
Truth Bump!
CWII PING !!
Just what the O admin wants. Civil unrest so he can tighten the screws.
Yep .... Doing the tour guide thang for family so couldn’t answer earlier.
Thanks...
Yup, raising six was loads of fun, hard work, penny pinching, lots of love and discipline, even home schooled them for many years.
I'm simply amazed at today's parents. They can barely raise themselves
The Republican elite do not want to lead; they want the Donkeys to lead and they'll show up to flap their mouths and then cave when the chips are down.
The Republican elites are Donkey-lite — socialists, but not Marxists like the Donkeys. Americans still get screwed, but the Donkeys do it faster than the Stupid Party Republicans.
But I was told right here, the millions of Americans out of work are lazy no goods...
I kid you not.
Dat boy ain’t no Boudreaux fo sho.
LLS
Is this what Ulsterman’s insider said to watch for in the coming few days?
CWII PING !!
Yep. I remember. :-) Ya’ll have a GOOD time! :-) Stay safe!
Carville’s a racist hick.
Thanks for the ping!
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