Headlines today include a new report that the unemployment rate has hit a 5 year high (CNN). The jobless rate has reached 6.1 % and there have been a total of 605,000 jobs lost in 2008.
I'll admit that economic issues are not my strength. But, I really do not understand how we have an immigration problem and an unemployment problem. Also, with it being so tough to get a job, why do so many people I work with seem to still be lazy?
Bottom Line? I can't help but wonder if this is partially my fault. You see, I have two jobs and if I gave one to somebody else, maybe that would help lower the unemployment rate.
Rabbit
Friday, September 5, 2008
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Credibility
Listening to John McCain's convention speech (which isn't over yet), I have one main observation.
Credibility (Google it)
Republicans have no credibility on their two main issues, security and small government. We suffered a major attack under the watch of a Republican administration. Our government has grown and our national debt has grown under a Republican administration.
So, when I hear this sort of rhetoric from Republicans, I do not believe them. They may not necessarily be lying but, they have no credibility to make the claims they make.
Bottom Line? I hope you're not stupid.
Rabbit
Credibility (Google it)
Republicans have no credibility on their two main issues, security and small government. We suffered a major attack under the watch of a Republican administration. Our government has grown and our national debt has grown under a Republican administration.
So, when I hear this sort of rhetoric from Republicans, I do not believe them. They may not necessarily be lying but, they have no credibility to make the claims they make.
Bottom Line? I hope you're not stupid.
Rabbit
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
The Republicans' Jeremiah Wright
Remember Jeremiah Wright?
Barack Obama's former outspoken pastor apparently is not the only minister with a flare for the controversial. Republican VP Candidate Sarah Palin may be able to compete (Seriously, are Republicans just picking VPs based off headshots now). Soon you will know the name Ed Kalnins.
Examples?
Quote on Iraq:
What you see in a terrorist -- that's called the invisible enemy. There has always been an invisible enemy. What you see in Iraq, basically, is a manifestation of what's going on in this unseen world called the spirit world. ... We need to think like Jesus thinks. We are in a time and a season of war, and we need to think like that. We need to develop that instinct. We need to develop as believers the instinct that we are at war, and that war is contending for your faith. ... Jesus called us to die. You're worried about getting hurt? He's called us to die. Listen, you know we can't even follow him unless you are willing to give up your life. ... I believe that Jesus himself operated from that position of war mode. Everyone say "war mode." Now you say, wait a minute Ed, he's like the good shepherd, he's loving all the time and he's kind all the time. Oh yes he is -- but I also believe that he had a part of his thoughts that knew that he was in a war.
On Palin's Election as Governor: "a prophetic declaration and then unfolds the kingdom of God, you know."
On Alaska: "I believe Alaska is one of the refuge states in the last days, and hundreds of thousands of people are going to come to the state to seek refuge and the church has to be ready to minister to them."
On His Own Psychic Abilities? "I said, I'm a minister from Alaska and I want you to know that your wife left you -- you know that your wife left you and that the Lord is gonna defend you in a very short time, and it wasn't your fault. And the man drops his clubs, he literally was about to tee off and he dropped his clubs, and he says, 'Who the blank are you?' And I says, 'well, I'm a minister.' He says, 'how do you know about my life? What do you know?' And I started giving him more of the word of knowledge to his life and he was freaked out."
(Quotes Courtesy of The Huffington Post)
What makes this different from the Jeremiah Wright controversy is that Palin cannot claim she was not aware of such quotes because, many were made in her presence. In the above link, you will also see a video of Palin herself, speaking at the church in June 2008. Her speech alone, will provide fodder for controversy.
Again, people will claim that a candidate's private life should not be brought into question. But, positives about a candidate's private life are never questioned.
Bottom Line? This election will go down in history as either proof that the American voter is unintelligent or that Sarah Palin was the worst VP choice of all time.
Barack Obama's former outspoken pastor apparently is not the only minister with a flare for the controversial. Republican VP Candidate Sarah Palin may be able to compete (Seriously, are Republicans just picking VPs based off headshots now). Soon you will know the name Ed Kalnins.
Examples?
Quote on Iraq:
What you see in a terrorist -- that's called the invisible enemy. There has always been an invisible enemy. What you see in Iraq, basically, is a manifestation of what's going on in this unseen world called the spirit world. ... We need to think like Jesus thinks. We are in a time and a season of war, and we need to think like that. We need to develop that instinct. We need to develop as believers the instinct that we are at war, and that war is contending for your faith. ... Jesus called us to die. You're worried about getting hurt? He's called us to die. Listen, you know we can't even follow him unless you are willing to give up your life. ... I believe that Jesus himself operated from that position of war mode. Everyone say "war mode." Now you say, wait a minute Ed, he's like the good shepherd, he's loving all the time and he's kind all the time. Oh yes he is -- but I also believe that he had a part of his thoughts that knew that he was in a war.
On Palin's Election as Governor: "a prophetic declaration and then unfolds the kingdom of God, you know."
On Alaska: "I believe Alaska is one of the refuge states in the last days, and hundreds of thousands of people are going to come to the state to seek refuge and the church has to be ready to minister to them."
On His Own Psychic Abilities? "I said, I'm a minister from Alaska and I want you to know that your wife left you -- you know that your wife left you and that the Lord is gonna defend you in a very short time, and it wasn't your fault. And the man drops his clubs, he literally was about to tee off and he dropped his clubs, and he says, 'Who the blank are you?' And I says, 'well, I'm a minister.' He says, 'how do you know about my life? What do you know?' And I started giving him more of the word of knowledge to his life and he was freaked out."
(Quotes Courtesy of The Huffington Post)
What makes this different from the Jeremiah Wright controversy is that Palin cannot claim she was not aware of such quotes because, many were made in her presence. In the above link, you will also see a video of Palin herself, speaking at the church in June 2008. Her speech alone, will provide fodder for controversy.
Again, people will claim that a candidate's private life should not be brought into question. But, positives about a candidate's private life are never questioned.
Bottom Line? This election will go down in history as either proof that the American voter is unintelligent or that Sarah Palin was the worst VP choice of all time.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
RIP ACC Football
As an Appalachian State alumnus, I imagine many would think I'd face the music, go through the "we aren't as good as we thought we were" speech, and fade away from football talk.
That's just not my style.
Yes, it is true that the Appalachian State football team took one on the chin this weekend against LSU but, few people ever really claimed that Appalachian State had a better football team than LSU. We just thought that we'd have a chance.
We were wrong.
But, we still are completely in our rights to rag on our football neighbors, the ACC.
They suck.
Wake Forest's win over Baylor was the only win for the conference against an FBS opponent. The conference did avoid an embarrassing loss to an FCS school, but barely. Maryland escaped from their Delaware game with a 14-7 win and the University of North Carolina needed two fourth quarter touchdowns to pull out a victory against McNeese State.
Dismal performances from the conference's two "top" teams, Clemson and Virginia Tech, leads me to realize that the ACC simply does not deserve any BCS recognition. They have lost their last 8 BCS Bowl games.
That is disgraceful.
The ACC has sunk so low, that in the epicenter of the ACC, North Carolina, fan bases have been forced to turn their venom on my Alma mater. Schools, particular the University of North Carolina, have dodged playing Appalachian State for years. Wake Forest, after being beaten several times, fully admits it. NC State played us in 2006, likely a result of the Appalachian Athletic Director being a former Associate Athletic Director there.
But, the University of North Carolina refuses to play Appalachian State. Anybody who follows the division knows that Appalachian State is the undisputed leader of FCS football and UNC is mediocre at best on the FBS level. But, Appalachian State is not the first king of FCS/1-AA football. There were times in which Georgia Southern and Youngstown State in Ohio ruled the division. But, the University of Georgia and Ohio State never backed down from their in state teams.
Why?
Because Georgia and Ohio State are good. UNC is not.
For further proof of the fall of UNC and the rise of Appalachian State I give you these two videos.
1. A skydiver at a Duke game. How is that relevant? He was supposed to go to the UNC game. Can you believe somebody would rather be at a Duke football game than a UNC football game? Sad
2. Appalachian football 2007 teaser.
Bottom Line? Which would you rather be a part of?
That's just not my style.
Yes, it is true that the Appalachian State football team took one on the chin this weekend against LSU but, few people ever really claimed that Appalachian State had a better football team than LSU. We just thought that we'd have a chance.
We were wrong.
But, we still are completely in our rights to rag on our football neighbors, the ACC.
They suck.
Wake Forest's win over Baylor was the only win for the conference against an FBS opponent. The conference did avoid an embarrassing loss to an FCS school, but barely. Maryland escaped from their Delaware game with a 14-7 win and the University of North Carolina needed two fourth quarter touchdowns to pull out a victory against McNeese State.
Dismal performances from the conference's two "top" teams, Clemson and Virginia Tech, leads me to realize that the ACC simply does not deserve any BCS recognition. They have lost their last 8 BCS Bowl games.
That is disgraceful.
The ACC has sunk so low, that in the epicenter of the ACC, North Carolina, fan bases have been forced to turn their venom on my Alma mater. Schools, particular the University of North Carolina, have dodged playing Appalachian State for years. Wake Forest, after being beaten several times, fully admits it. NC State played us in 2006, likely a result of the Appalachian Athletic Director being a former Associate Athletic Director there.
But, the University of North Carolina refuses to play Appalachian State. Anybody who follows the division knows that Appalachian State is the undisputed leader of FCS football and UNC is mediocre at best on the FBS level. But, Appalachian State is not the first king of FCS/1-AA football. There were times in which Georgia Southern and Youngstown State in Ohio ruled the division. But, the University of Georgia and Ohio State never backed down from their in state teams.
Why?
Because Georgia and Ohio State are good. UNC is not.
For further proof of the fall of UNC and the rise of Appalachian State I give you these two videos.
1. A skydiver at a Duke game. How is that relevant? He was supposed to go to the UNC game. Can you believe somebody would rather be at a Duke football game than a UNC football game? Sad
2. Appalachian football 2007 teaser.
Bottom Line? Which would you rather be a part of?
Family Values
Family values are not my main reason for choosing a candidate but, if they are important to you then, which party is a party of family values?
The one with a Presidential nominee that divorced his wife because she gained weight then married a beer heiress. The one with a VP nominee that married her husband and had a baby 8 months later and has a pregnant teenage daughter?
Or the one with a Presidential nominee with 1 wife and 2 kids. The one with a VP nominee that commutes home to Delaware every night since 1973 to be with his children after his wife and their mom died?
Republicans claim family values as their issue all of the time. But, their representatives often do not carry that torch very well. To be fair, many Democratic leaders also do not carry that torch but, they also do not claim a monopoly on the issue.
The big story from Labor Day has been Republican VP nominee Sarah Palin and her pregnant teenage daughter. Many argue, every time there is some sort of private matter made public involving a public official, that we should not care.
I disagree.
Palin is a woman whose policies affect every American's private life, so we should know hers. Any politician that wants to limit your personal freedoms, should have theirs examined. It is hypocritical of her to claim that she understands traditional values, when she does not uphold them. It is stupid of her to call for abstinence-only education, with a pregnant teenage daughter. It is missing the point to claim she sticks to her guns on abortion because, she has a baby with down syndrome.
Rabbit
The one with a Presidential nominee that divorced his wife because she gained weight then married a beer heiress. The one with a VP nominee that married her husband and had a baby 8 months later and has a pregnant teenage daughter?
Or the one with a Presidential nominee with 1 wife and 2 kids. The one with a VP nominee that commutes home to Delaware every night since 1973 to be with his children after his wife and their mom died?
Republicans claim family values as their issue all of the time. But, their representatives often do not carry that torch very well. To be fair, many Democratic leaders also do not carry that torch but, they also do not claim a monopoly on the issue.
The big story from Labor Day has been Republican VP nominee Sarah Palin and her pregnant teenage daughter. Many argue, every time there is some sort of private matter made public involving a public official, that we should not care.
I disagree.
Palin is a woman whose policies affect every American's private life, so we should know hers. Any politician that wants to limit your personal freedoms, should have theirs examined. It is hypocritical of her to claim that she understands traditional values, when she does not uphold them. It is stupid of her to call for abstinence-only education, with a pregnant teenage daughter. It is missing the point to claim she sticks to her guns on abortion because, she has a baby with down syndrome.
Rabbit
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