NEW RULES

New Rule – It’s Christmas, the time of year that Christians all over the world celebrate the birth of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ it is not the Holidays!  The Holidays are: Labor Day, Memorial Day, 4^th of July, New Years Day and so on.  If you choose not to celebrate Christmas, that’s fine with me, but when greeting me, please refrain from saying happy holidays, it’s Christmas and the proper greeting is Merry Christmas!  Can anyone tell me what a Holiday Tree looks like? You can’t because there’s no such thing as a Holiday Tree, and if you believe there is, you probably believe in Santa Clause and the Loch Ness monster as well. 

New Rule – No more saying that the Denver Broncos have a winning record since Tim Tebow has been starting because he has a direct line to God; trust me while God may very well be a football fan, I’m sure he’s not rigging the games to help Tebow win.  It’s admirable that Mr. Tebow doesn’t hide his faith, and I have no doubt that faith has helped him believe that he can win at crucial times but, has everyone forgotten  that Tebow was an all American QB at Florida, he won the Heisman Trophy and a National Championship?  He also threw 93 touchdown passes in 4 years while at Florida, so it’s probably not a fluke or divine intervention that he’s a winner.   

New Rule – If you’re a person who hangs out in the Bad Boys room after golf on Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday or Sunday and find yourself still there after 2 or 3 hours with a person whose initials are CR, MC, MG, SD, GD, TN, JF, SP, BG, DM, LH, GD or MS, you’ve had enough to drink and must get up and go home immediately.  All of these people like alcohol way too much, and clearly so do you, and if you refuse to follow this advice, you could end up in one of the following situations:

·         You will need a ride home and possibly have to crawl up your driveway when you get there.

·         You r wife may have to wake you up from a drunken stupor, and yes you’re on the kitchen floor.

·         You may wake up in your car at midnight still sitting in the parking lot.

·         Your mind doesn’t work right for the next 2 or 3 days.

New Rule – No more political arguments about who’s better between the Democrats and Republicans!  Both parties are a bunch of Butt Holes who have no regard for the people who supposedly voted them into office.  The Democrats are only interested in keeping poor people poor and at each other’s throats so that they can continue to distribute nickels and dimes to the poor while lining their own pockets with millions.  The Republicans primary interest is in protecting the deep pockets on Wall Street and the fat cat bankers who they bailed out at the expense of the rest of the public.  No, I say a pox on both their houses.   

New Rule – People using cell phones without a hands free device and cause an accident should be treated the same as the person who points a loaded gun into a crowd and pulls the trigger.  A 4000 pound car is not the place to have an argument, love affair, talk to your momma, papa, boss, baby sitter or anyone else.  If you don’t care about your life, please have enough courtesy to care about mine and the rest of the people on the highway with you.  Anyone proven to be on the phone in an accident where someone is killed or seriously injured should be tried for depraved indifference and sentenced to the maximum jail term permitted by law.

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THE OFFENDED

Has anyone besides me noticed how easy it is to offend people these days? I mean really, we're almost to the point that no matter what you say or do offends someone. We live in a world where Black people are no longer Black, their Africans, but you can't mix up the real Africans with the African Americans, because now you've offended two groups. We have people here from every country in Latin America, and they all expect that we should know they’re not all Mexicans! I grew up in North Jersey, where we had Cubans, and Puerto Ricans, which makes me much better understand why my parents confused my Cuban friends with Puerto Ricans, after all both groups spoke Spanish. I don't know about you, but I have no idea how to tell the difference between a Mexican and Honduran, and frankly but for the fact that most people from Africa have some sort of accent and don't comb their hair, I wouldn't be able to tell them from African Americans either.



Tried telling a joke lately? Well if you haven't, don't, because there will surely be at least one person in the crowd who's going to be offended.  Last month we were out having dinner with friends when the conversation turned to mowing the lawn. One person said that she had to get home to mow her lawn by the weekend, to which I replied "you need to hire a Mexican". A week later, I get a call from one of the people at the table telling me how offended someone was by my statement. For the record, the guy who does my yard work is a Red Neck. Do you think anyone would have been offended had I said she needed to hire a Red Neck? Probably not, since the only people it's still ok to insult in America are white males. Ever hear a joke that starts out, there were 3 guys, one white, one Polish and one ___________? I know you're tempted, but don't you dare fill in that blank! If you do, be prepared for someone in the offended class to report you to the PC Police.



Like a good Cigar, or do you smoke or chew, how about a good stiff drink? Those in the Offended Class can't stand that you're smoking or drinking, after all if they can't have any fun, why should you? In places like NY, MD and CA people have actually filed lawsuits to keep their neighbors from smoking in their own apartments or condos. In NY, you can no longer smoke in a public park, and most states (yes even VA) have banned smoking in bars and restaurants with the exception in VA being that a smoking area can be designated. Here's a novel idea, if I spend the money to open a bar or restaurant, how about letting me and my patrons decide if we want to smoke or not. Do you suppose it ever occurred to the offended that if they don't like what we're doing, they can eat and drink someplace where people aren’t drinking or smoking.  Oh, and let’s not forget about profanity (that’s cursing for the uneducated).  The use of profanity in any setting will surely be banned at some point, after all, profanity goes naturally with smoking and drinking.



RECAP - These are things that you can no longer say or do without being ridiculed by the Offended!

·          Either learn the difference between a Mexican and other Spanish speaking folks, or just call them all Hispanics.

·         Remember, Black people are now Africans and the best way to tell them from regular Africans (those from African countries) is to listen for the accent as some African Americans don’t comb their hair either.

·         All jokes must have 3 generic people in them; no longer can you make a joke that identifies anyone by race or gender.

·         The above goes double if the joke has a Gay person in it.

·         No smoking or chewing within a mile of a non smoker.

·         No profanity within earshot of women, children or Christians, even if you are in your own car, home or office.

·         No female jokes.  This is especially true if the female is a race other than Caucasian.

·         Please never use the word Retard.  Yes, I know that we all grew up calling people Retards, but evidently that word is now on the banned list.

·         Finally, never use the following words that are so bad that we can only use the first letter of each.  They are: The N, F, B, S, R, H words.

 I'm, Just Sayin!!!

EVER BEEN TO CLOWN COURT?

In 2009, a tenant started a grease fire in the kitchen of a rental unit that I owned in Norfolk, and I ended up paying $5000 to cover the deductible as part of a $14000 claim.  Given my knowledge of the tenant’s financials, I decided that it would not be cost effective to file suit against her to try and recover the 5K, and since it didn’t put me in the poor house I dropped it.  Two years later, my insurance company had different ideas and decided to file suit to get their money back and of course my deductible was going to be a part of their recovery effort.  This blog is about my day in the Norfolk, VA General District court, or what I have dubbed “My Day in Clown Court”.

I get to court 30 minutes prior to our scheduled time, and meet with the two lawyers hired by the insurance company and all seems to be going well until they tell me that the judge is running about two hours behind schedule.   Once I sat in the court for a few minutes, it was painfully clear why she was behind, and thus I resign myself to the possibility that I could be here all day.  This judge may have been the most incapable person in her profession that I have ever encountered, and considering I’ve traveled the world and met thousands of people, that’s saying a lot.  It was clear from the very beginning that she had a serious distain for corporations, business people in general or anyone who appeared to have any wealth at all.  Let me give you some examples of how this judge settled cases, and I assure that while I cannot quote word for word what was said, this is pretty close to how things went.

1.       Attorney presents a case against a former tenant who departed owing the property owner approximately $3000.

Judge – Miss, do you agree that you owe the amount stated?

Defendant – Yes Judge

Judge to lawyer – This defendant would probably never be able to pay off $3000, would your client settle for $500? (Never heard a judge ask that question before, so I’m now officially worried)

Lawyer – I don’t think so Judge.

Judge – Can you call them? 

Lawyer – I can try, but they are out of the country. 

Judge - Try, I know she can’t pay, and $500 seems fair!  I (don’t know how it ended up, but really judge?)

2.       Attorney ask judge to enter Summary Judgment against a defendant who’s case was set for trial today, but he failed to file his defense documents prior to the stated due date.

Lawyer – Your honor, we request a Summary Judgment against Mr. X, based on his failure to meet the court’s filing deadline.

Judge – Mr. X, do you have a reason why I shouldn’t enter judgment against you?

Defendant – Judge, I went to my country for a visit, and when I got back, I had Jet lag.

Lawyer – Judge, his reason is not relevant, we are asking for Summary Judgment.

Judge – Ok, Mr. X, I’m going to give you until December 7^th to make your filing, but if you don’t file this time I can’t help you.  CAN YOU SAY JUSTICE DELAYED? By the way, she never responded to the attorney.

3.        Guy owes $14000 to loan company.  (Only Caucasian defendant of the day but don't worry, he got the hook up tooJ)

Lawyer – Judge, Mr. Y owes Capital One $14K for a car loan.

Judge – Mr. Y, do you admit that you owe this debt?

Mr. Y, Yes judge.

Judge – Ok, I am going to enter judgment fir 14K with 6% interest starting today against you.

Mr. Y to Judge – Judge, the original amount was $10K before they started tacking on interest payments, so I think that I should only have to pay back $10K.

Judge to Lawyer – We’re entering judgment for $10K with 6% interest starting today.

Ok, you’ve read enough, so I’m not going to bore you with the details of my case, but it suffices to say that when Rich Black Guy with Heavy Hitter Insurance Company shows up in this judge’s court against poor down trodden grandmother, the evidence really doesn’t matter!  This judge ignored the expert testimony of the fire inspector, claims person and everyone else in record time as she denied our claim in favor of the defendant.   As I said, I had written off my $5000, so not getting the judgment wasn’t a big deal, but the way that this judge handled her rulings all day was really disturbing. 

I’ve been in enough VA courts to know that thankfully this judge isn’t the norm throughout our courts.  This judge is a person who has determined that she’s going to protect the little people at all cost, even if it means that she has to deny justice to everyone else.  My guess is that she proudly voted for Obama, and believes much like he does that wealthy people are the problem in the world and that irresponsibility by most of the people who pass through her court really isn’t their fault.  She’s an enabler, she’s one of the reasons why there will always be an over abundance of poor and disenfranchised people in America, because she will never, hold any of the people who pass through her court accountable. 

Yes, I went to “Clown Court”, and the Court Jester was the judge!

I’m Just Sayin

YOU’VE GOTTA LOVE VEGAS

Las Vegas has got to be one of the greatest cities in America to visit if you’re an adult, it doesn’t really matter if you’re smart enough to control your gambling or not, but it sure helps if you can.  You just have to love a city where people still have the freedom to decide where they want to go and what they want to do.  Unlike Atlantic City, NJ where the smoking Nazi’s have taken over the entire state, including a ban on smoking in the casinos, bars and restaurants.  No,  in Vegas you can actually engage in adult activities like smoking cigars and cigarettes in the casinos, bars and restaurants, in Vegas, people can drink as much as they want (as long as they behave) and the place never closes.  The only place that comes close is New York, but those communist (like their neighbor New Jersey) have outlawed almost all individual freedomsJ

At 2 in the morning on a week night, I’m in a restaurant eating Thai food, smoking a cigar and drinking beer as I watch the ladies of the evening wander in with their latest prey, and not a single person is passing judgment, tongue wagging or worrying about the activities that others are engaging in.  Now I know that for someone reading this, you’re thinking that you wouldn’t want to be any place near people smoking, drinking or gambling their money away, but that’s the beauty of a place like Vegas.  It used to be that way in all of America.  We all actually had choices about what kind of behavior we chose to engage in, but over the last 20 years everyone seems to b e much more interested in controlling the behaviors of others that they deem not appropriate.  Whatever happened to minding one’s business?

It was fun to just walk the strip and take in the sights while you dodge the people trying to get you to take business cards for the local Strip clubs, or the young people trying to sell you on free tickets to a show if you stop by and spend a couple of hours listening to someone try and sell you a Timeshare.  I always find it amusing that the folks with the stripper cards could care less that you’re holding hands with your wife or girl friend as you walk, they just want to get that card into your handJ  It’s also fun to watch the obvious visitors walk around as they cross the streets in hoards trying to get to the next casino or shopping mall.  Vegas also has some of the best entertainment in the world, and we always take in a show or two while there, so on this trip we decided to see Donnie and Marie at the Flamingo, and they were both fabulous.  Ok, before any of you comment, yes I went to see Donnie & Marie and I actually enjoyed it, so there!   I also got to play a little 3 card Poker and some Roulette, but the truth is that I’m an awful gambler, and thus my time at the gaming tables was very limited.  While I didn’t gamble much, I did spend some at the bar people watching and drinking Tennessee High Balls, which is absolutely my new favorite drink.  Here’s the recipe just in case anyone would like to try one:

TENNESSSE HIGH BALL

1 oz Jack Daniels, 1 or 2 dashes of bitters, 1 part orange juice and 1 part ginger ale, over ice, shake and enjoy.

Yes, I highly recommend Las Vegas, but I wouldn’t take minor children, however as a lover of freedom for all, I’ll leave that up to you.  If you get there stop in one of the bars and have a Tennessee High Ball for me, and if I get there before you, I’ll have one for you.

Finally, just remember the new Las Vegas motto:

WHAT HAPPENS IN VEGAS STAYS ON FACEBOOK AND YOU TUBE

I’m just sayinJ

NEW RULES

I don’t know how many of you watch Real Time with Bill Maher, but Bill has a segment called New Rules that I really need to borrow this week.   During the course of the week, I have numerous conversations with people about any number of subjects, but there is one subject that I find people constantly distort the truth, lie and just make crap up is with politics.  Now I know that we all want to think that the guy we voted for is honest, he’s really working for all of the people, doesn’t take special interest money, and when he/she talks, you can take their word as gospel.  As a rule, I get my news from a number of sources, which include but are not limited to Fox News, ABC News, CNN, Yahoo and a free subscription to news papers in other English speaking countries.  As I read and listen, I hear all kinds of statements made by politicians and their supporters that at best are only half true or a repeat of some other false statement they’ve heard some other knuckle head make.  As an example; I had a conversation with someone recently who tried to convince me that OSHA, at the direction of President Obama has established a rule that says if a construction worker is using a ladder to get to a space more than 3 feet off the ground that the ladder must have safety lines.  Now, I’m going to give this person the benefit of the doubt and say that he was simply misinformed, but because he was so passionate about his position, I decided to pull the OSHA rule on ladder height, and it’s listed below for all to view.

If the total length of a climb on a fixed ladder equals or exceeds 24 feet (7.3 m), the following requirements must be met: fixed ladders must be equipped with either (a) ladder safety devices; (b) self-retracting lifelines, and rest platforms at intervals not to exceed 150 feet (45.7 m); or (c) a cage or well, and multiple ladder sections, each ladder section not to exceed 50 feet (15.2 m) in length. These ladder sections must be offset from adjacent sections, and landing platforms must be provided at maximum intervals of 50 feet (15.2 m).

Now because I don't know anything about construction, 24 feet might be a stupid rule, but it's a long way from 3 feet.

Ok, now that we’ve cleared up the ladder height thing, let’s get to my New Rules.

New Rule – If you’re on the payroll of a State or Federal Government, you don’t get to complain about deficits, after all, you’re part of the reason we have deficits.  It really doesn’t matter what you do for government, I’m still paying for it, so shut up and cash your check!

New Rule – If the tax payers are paying for your Health Insurance, you don’t get to be against Obama Care.  After all, if government sponsored health insurance is good enough for you, it’s good enough for the rest of the population that wouldn’t have health insurance without government assistance.

New Rule – If you make more than $250,000 a year, you don’t get to complain about your tax burden.  Unless you would just rather not have the 70% that’s left after paying taxes.

New Rule – Unless you’ve actually lived in a Socialist country, you don’t know what Socialism is really like, so stop calling people who don’t agree with you a Socialist.  By the way, that goes for Communist as well.

New Rule – If you’re truly a Christian, try reading the bible, I think you’ll discover that god wasn’t a Democrat or a Republican.  Jesus spread love, not hate, and contrary to what you might think, judgment is not yours.

New Rule – If you’re waiting for the good Union Jobs to return to America, get a grip, those jobs are gone for good, and they are not coming back.

New Rule – If you’re an employer who hires illegal workers because their cheaper, just be honest enough to say that.  Don’t add to the lie that American workers would rather collect welfare than work.  The truth is that Americans would take the job if you paid a living wage.

New Rule – If when you shop you look for the cheapest price, knowing that it couldn’t have been made in America, stop complaining because the unemployment rate is 9%.  If you took the time to look for the Made in America label and purchased those items, you could help create thousands of jobs in this country.  By the way be careful, the next job shipped offshore could be yours!

I’m Just Sayin, if you like New Rules, send me yours and I’ll try to publish another segment in a few weeks.

THE BACK NINE ON MONDAY

Every now and then, I see or hear something that I walk away thinking was really great, but I let it marinate for a few days before writing about it.  I take this approach because sometimes when you think something was great, after a few days or weeks, the shine wears off, and it turns out it wasn’t that great after all.  So now that I’ve had a chance to let the FSCC Club Championship Match between my friends Mark and Rob marinate for over a week, it’s time to share it with you.

In the last 25 years, I’ve traveled extensively, and I’ve had the good fortune to see lots of live sporting events, both professional and amateur.  Some were good, some not so good and a few were really great, but nothing more so than the 36 hole club championship match that I had the pleasure of watching  this past Labor Day.  In the interest of full disclosure, I competed in this event and was eliminated in the second round.  With that said, I don’t know if I or anyone else could have put on the kind of show that these two competitors gave those in attendance that afternoon.

I went to the club to meet a friend that afternoon and try to get 18 holes in myself, but because I was a little early, I decided to go out and watch a couple holes of the Championship match.  I caught up with the guys as they were approaching the 12^th green and was one of about a half dozen folks following the match at that time.  When I asked how things stood, I was informed that Rob was up either two or three holes, so I decided to ride along and watch for a while.  By this time, my friend showed up and agreed to watch for a while as well.   As we followed the match, it seemed to get more and more interesting as Rob’s lead was never more than three holes, and never less than one through the first 18 holes.  At the end of 18, Mark was still down 2 or 3 holes, and the tide had not yet started to turn, but he was hanging tough.  As other golfers finished their matches in the other flights, others started to join us in following Rob and Mark, and although Mark was still down, it was starting to become clear that this match would go deep into the second 18. 

After the first 18, the competitors agreed to take a 15 minute break to eat, use the facilities and so on.  Although I really wanted to play golf, I and a number of others were really invested in this match, and thus decided to grab some beer, scrap our plans to play ourselves and watch what would ultimately become our version of Ali/Frazier.   I know, Ali/Frazier is pretty strong, but if you had seen it, you would absolutely agree, it was that good.

As they started the final nine holes, Mark was still down either 1 or 2 holes, and it was obvious that both guys were starting to show some nerves.  Mark wasn’t putting well, and Rob had made a couple of very uncharacteristic mistakes, but both were still playing spectacular golf.  At some point, I heard someone say that if Mark could just get to even that he would win the match, and I remember thinking “that’s going to be a tall order”.  In all honesty, I don’t remember which hole the match got back to even, but I know it was very late on the final nine (I think maybe hole 35).  I do know that going to the 36^th and final hole, the match was even and I said to my cart mate that we were probably looking at extra holes.   By now, the nerves seemed to be gone from both guys, replaced by a resolve to win as both hit their drives and second shots into almost perfect positions.   Mark was out, and hit his third shot to the right rear of the green, leaving what most of us considered the putt from hell.  Rob hit his third just past the flag and it rolled back to within 4 or 5 feet, leaving one of the fastest downhill putts on the course.  By this time, there had to be between 50 or 60 folks or more watching around the 18^th green.  When Mark lined up his putt, he turned to his caddy Mike and pointed to a line to which Mike said that looks right and walked away.  The crowd went completely silent as Mark placed his putter behind the ball, and despite leaving a number of putts short all day, this one was hit hard enough, and seemed to be tracking from the moment it started rolling right up to the thud in the bottom of the cup for birdie.  The crowd went wild!  Now it was Rob’s turn, and although my vantage point wasn’t great, we could all tell that all he needed to do was touch it to get to the hole.   As he stepped up to the ball, the crowd once again went silent and not a sound was heard until the ball burned the edge of the cup, and all anyone could hear was the sigh of the crowd as it rolled by. 

Rob’s missed putt ended what for many of us was one of the best live sporting events professional or amateur we have seen.  I know that there ultimately can only be one winner, but both of these men played their hearts out, and gave those of us watching a super show.

Mark and Rob, thank you for not only putting on a great show, but also for the sportsmanship that you showed, you both represented yourselves with honor and distinction and that is truly appreciated.

“I’m Just Sayin”

THEY SHOULD LOVE HIM - BUT THEY DON'T

In the interest of full disclosure, I voted for a republican for the first time when I was 19 years old, and continued to vote that way in all but two elections for the next 35 years.  I finally gave up on the Republican Party and became an Independent, two years ago when folks started showing up outside venues where the president was speaking carrying guns.  Please don’t get the wrong impression, I am all for gun ownership, I actually own a few myself.  I just could not see myself continuing in a political party in which people think it’s acceptable to express their displeasure with the president in way that by all appearances was designed to intimidate not just him, but anyone who supported him.    
As an Independent, I think that Republicans should love Obama after all, like every president before him he continues to do their bidding.  Before you decide that I’ve lost my mind, let me outline a few of the things that he’s done that conservatives should love.

1.        Wars – When Obama was elected, there were two wars in process, and although he campaigned against both, he has ultimately decided to continue to prosecute both.  Not only did Obama continue the war in Afghanistan, he sent an additional 40,000 troops into that war, and more than ten years into the war, we’re still there with seemingly no way out.  In addition, we’re still in Iraq with seemingly no way out of there either.  Never mind that we really had no good reason to go to Iraq in the first place.   Not only did Obama continue the two wars that he inherited, he actually decided it would be a good idea to follow the French into Libya.  But don’t worry now that the rebels are in charge, we have someone else to sell arms to, so that they can be used against us in some future war. 

2.       Taxes – Despite all of his talk about the poor and disenfranchised, Obama has not only done nothing to help those folks, he has continued to give tax breaks to the wealthiest among us.  Don’t get me wrong, I’ll take the tax break, but for a president who was elected on a platform to help the poor and middle class, Obama has failed miserably.  The extension of the Bush tax cuts is a direct subsidy to the richest Americans, at the expense of the poorest among us, yet the very people receiving those tax breaks hate him.  Can you say hypocrite?

3.       The Banks& Wall Street – Prior to leaving office, Bush 43 signed off on bailing out the banks and Wall Street, and yes once again, Obama went along with the program.  Not only did he bail out the Banks and Wall Street, he used tax payer funds to bail out the automotive industry as well.  Yep, this man who campaigned on helping those most in need of help, continued to help those who don’t really need it, while ordinary Americans continued to lose their homes, and stand in unemployment lines.  The very people in big business and the Wall Street crew are Obama’s chief critics, while taking advantage of his policies to line their pockets.   Obama’s policies all seem to be designed to help the wealthiest among us, to the exclusion of those who continue to support him despite the fact that he continues to fail them. 

4.       Entitlements – Let’s be clear, Social Security is not an Entitlement, most of us paid into it for 30 to 50 or in some cases 60 years.  It’s our money, the government was supposed to invest it in a way that earned interest for our retirement years.  Entitlements are subsidies to big oil companies, bailing out banks and other financial firms, entitlements are in my view things like farm subsidies, grants to the family members of congress people, disability to people who could work, but won’t.

5.       Stimulus – Every Republican running for president accuses Obama of running up the deficit, and criticizes his stimulus plan, yet every one of them live in a state that took stimulus money.  Rick Perry’s rails against the stimulus, yet Texas got over 24 million in stimulus funds, that’s second only to California.  Listen, I don’t care of states took Federal money, but if you did, just shut up, you have no right to complain when you’re stuffing your state coffers with the very money that you’re complaining about.

Those who hate Obama, blame him for the deficit and claim that he has increased the debt more than any other president, which is not only an outright lie, those who make those statements know it’s a lie, but they continue to say it because their audience is ignorant!   Did you know that when George W took office, he inherited a surplus from Clinton?  Yep, that’s right, a surplus.  When Obama took office, he inherited a deficit of 10.26 Trillion dollars. The deficit t is currently projected to be around 14 Trillion next year.  Now for those of you who can’t count, when Clinton left office, the surplus was approximately $236 Billion dollars, which means that not only did Bush blow the small surplus, he ran up over 10 Billion dollars in debt.   Fact is that 4 Trillion of that debt was for the two wars that Bush kept off budget during his administration, and Obama put on budget when he was elected. 

UNEMPLOYMENT - Did you know that when Clinton left office, the unemployment rate was 4.1%?  The day that Bush 43 left office, the unemployment rate was 7.5%, and our current unemployment rate is 9.1% which means that Obama s responsible for 1.6% of the current rate.  Yeah, I know, if Obama wasn’t president, somehow all of those businesses that he continues to give tax breaks to would move those jobs back from China, India and Pakistan, and our unemployment rate would instantly drop to 2%.  No one wants to face it, but the new full employment in this country will never be 5% again, unless the corporations can find a way to get us to work for the same wages as folks in Pakistan, India and China, and there is absolutely nothing that Obama or any other president can do about it.

You may not agree with my assessment, but facts are facts.  In my lifetime, only Carter was a worse president than Obama has been thus far, but given what he inherited, and the fact that he doesn’t seem to have much of a back bone, he’s doing the best that he can. 

“I’m Just Sayin”