July Food Stamp Recipients at All-Time High: Fiscal Year Food Stamps Soar

July 2010 food stamp recipients climbed to 41.8 million. October 2010 marks the beginning of a new fiscal year in the U.S. Beginning this month, "more than an eighth of the U.S. population will get food stamps" each and every month in the coming year - that's an average of 43.3 million people on food stamps every month - an 18% jump from the previous year beginning October 2009. Source. Obama's chickens coming home to roost.


Grapic courtesy of Freaking News

Obama Evoking Dogs Again Today

Obama is speaking in a press conference today. Asked if he is concerned about his nominated candidates receiving confirmation with the contentious Republicans in the Senate, he said yes and "if I nominate someone for dog catcher...," then was interrupted by another question. Do you think Obama understands he does not have the power to nominate anyone for dog catcher?

Graphic courtesy of Kotzpdweb

Ed Schultz 300000 on October 2 in DC: Ed Schultz March With Me

I wanted my title to be Ed Schultz does Glenn Beck, but decided that might be taken the wrong way. So what I am saying is, Schultz wants to emulate Beck and his Restoring Honor rally. Schultz say on October 2nd: "we'll get 300000 (he said 300 hundred grand) - meaning 300,000 to show up on the Mall. Will you march with me Pretty please!  See the video below.

Big Eddie Schultz

We'll show you Conservatives out there, when Big Eddie starts crankin' on something, we don't back down until it gets done...

There will be some old, some white people, at the October 2nd rally in Washington D. C, they just won't be angry, hateful or race baiting.

This guy is a mess.


Ed Schultz: Will You March With Me - Pretty Please! (video)
Cartoon borrowed from Bob McCarty Writes

Labor Day Cartoon - 'Ism' and some Stats about Labor

In honor of Labor Day - it is freedom that made America free - and allowed the workforce to work because they wanted to - not because they were told to, and to work for whom they wanted to work, if they could get hired. The Ism cartoon video below is essential for all of your Leftists relatives and friends, and for children - especially the children of the Left. It's a great way to teach children about the 'isms' they will face, and the 'isms' they will fight against the remainder of their lives.

Ism

From Valerie Strauss at the Washington Post:

Who Are We Celebrating?
154.4 million
Number of people 16 and older in the nation’s labor force in May 2010.

Employee Benefits
83%
Percentage of full-time workers 18 to 64 covered by health insurance during all or part of 2008.

78%
Percentage of workers in private industry who receive a paid vacation as one of their employment benefits.

The Commute to Work
17.7 million
Number of commuters who leave for work between midnight and 5:59 a.m. They represent 13 percent of all commuters.

76%
Percentage of workers who drive alone to work. Another 11 percent carpool and 5 percent take public transportation (excluding taxicabs).

25.5 minutes
The average time it takes people in the nation to commute to work. New York and Maryland had the most time-consuming commutes, averaging 31.6 and 31.5 minutes. (They are not significantly different from one another.)

3.5 million
Number of workers who face extreme commutes to work of 90 or more minutes each day.

Our Jobs
Americans work in a variety of occupations. Here is a sampling:

Teachers 7.2 million
Chief executives 1.7 million
Janitors and building cleaners 2.1 million
Computer software engineers 1.0 million
Aerospace engineers 137,000
Electricians 874,000
Registered nurses 2.8 million
Social workers 729,000
Clergy 441,000
Hairdressers, hairstylists and cosmetologists 773,000
Chefs and head cooks 351,000
Customer service representatives 1.9 million
Taxi drivers and chauffeurs 373,000
Firefighters 293,000
Roofers 234,000
Pharmacists 243,000
Machinists 409,000
Musicians, singers and related workers 186,000
Artists and related workers 213,000
Gaming services workers (gambling) 111,000
Tax preparers 105,000
Service station attendants 87,000
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers and weighers 751,000
Farmers and ranchers 751,000

7.6 million
Number of workers who hold down more than one job. So-called moonlighters comprise 5 percent of the working population. Of these, 4 million work full time at their primary job and part time at their other job.

284,000
Number of moonlighters who work full time at two jobs.

10.1 million
Number of self-employed workers.

26.4 million
Number of female workers 16 and older in management, professional and related occupations. Among male workers 6 and older, 24.7 millionwere employed in management, professional and related occupations.

27%
Percentage of workers 16 and older who work more than 40 hours a week. About 7 percent work 60 or more hours a week.

4.1
Median number of years workers have been with their current employer. About 10 percent of those employed have been with their current employer for 20 or more years.

10.3 million
Number of independent contractors.

16.1 million
Number of labor union members nationwide. About 12 percent of wage and salary workers belong to unions, with Alaska, Hawaii and New York having among the highest rates of any state. North Carolina has one of the lowest rates, 3 percent.

-5.3%
Percentage decline in employment in the United States, between September 2008 and September 2009. Employment declined in 329 of the 334 largest counties (large counties are defined as having employment levels of 75,000 or more).

-14.5%
Percentage decline in Elkhart County, Ind., between September 2008 and September 2009, the largest decline in employment among the 334 largest counties. Los Angles County saw the largest numerical loss over the period: 278,000.

1.7%
Percentage increase in employment in Yakima County, Wash., between September 2008 and September 2009, the largest percentage increase among the nation’s 334 largest counties.

5.9 million
The number of people who work at home.

$46,367 and $35,745
The 2008 real median earnings for male and female full-time, year-round workers, respectively.

Hot Jobs
53%
Projected percentage growth from 2006 to 2016 in the number of network systems and data communication analysts. Forecasters expect this occupation to grow at a faster rate than any other. Meanwhile, the occupation expected to add more positions over this period than any other is registered nurses (587,000).

Make Mine Freedom - Labor Day
Linked by The Lonely Conservative - Thanks Karen!

GOP Generic Ballot 10-Point Lead

This has to hurt not only Democrats but their friends inside the Gallup organization. The GOP has a 10-point lead on the generic ballot - an "unprecedented" lead according to the pollster.

Read the entire article and see the graph here.

Republicans lead by 51% to 41% among registered voters in Gallup weekly tracking of 2010 congressional voting preferences. The 10-percentage-point lead is the GOP's largest so far this year and is its largest in Gallup's history of tracking the midterm generic ballot for Congress.

These results are based on aggregated data from registered voters surveyed Aug. 23-29 as part of Gallup Daily tracking. This marks the fifth week in a row in which Republicans have held an advantage over Democrats -- one that has ranged between 3 and 10 points.

The Republican leads of 6, 7, and 10 points this month are all higher than any previous midterm Republican advantage in Gallup's history of tracking the generic ballot, which dates to 1942. Prior to this year, the highest such gap was five points, measured in June 2002 and July 1994. Elections in both of these years resulted in significant Republican gains in House seats. 

Cartoon courtesy of Michael Ramirez 

Posted by Maggie @ Maggie's Notebook

Coke Employees Sue Coke: Coca Cola Health Care Cancelled

Coca Cola cancelled health care for employees, now approximately 500 workers are on strike and some are suing the company. Among the complaints are "employee surveillance, intimidation and bad faith bargaining."

Coke Employees Sue over Health Care

Workers claim canceling health care violates a federal law known as ERISA, setting minimum standard for providing health care in private industry.

Attorneys representing 500 striking employees at Coke filed a class action lawsuit against the Company yesterday for violations of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) after Coke canceled the employees' health care. Five plaintiffs were named in the complaint.

"In my almost twenty years of representing workers and unions in labor disputes, it's hard to think of any past instance where I have seen an employer retaliate against its striking workers in a manner as egregious as what the Coca-Cola Bottling Company has done here," said Dmitri Iglitzin, an attorney at Schwerin Campbell Barnard Iglitzin & Lavitt, an employment law firm in based in Seattle.

"Cutting off the medical benefits to more than 500 workers, knowing that many of them rely on those benefits on a day-to-day basis and will be irreparably harmed if they lose those benefits is a brutal, full-scale attack by Coke on its own workers," Iglitzin said.

Cartoon by Robs Right and Ken Culotta 

Reforming Congress

The reform they asked for.

Thanks to Bones!

Cartoons at Reaganite Republican: The Three Presidents

Need a break from politics. Run over to Reaganite Republican and take a look at the Three President's cartoon featuring Bill, GW and Barack. Very cool - very funny!

NY Met Museum of Art Hides Mohammad: Met Submits to Religion of Peace

So you think this prestigious museum is not HIDING images of Mohammad? Well sure they are. Out of deference, or out of sheer terror of terror? Muslims have complained that it is not acceptable to display images of their prophet. So of course, the images are down. The museum's official line is, "they didn't fit the theme" of the current collection. See an amusing video below.

Muhammad Art

The museum is also dropping the word "Islamic" from Islamic Galleries, a new section of the Met scheduled to open in 2011. The New York Post  says it's Jihad Jitters, and says the new name will be "awkward." Islamic art expert, Kishwar Rizvi, said the Met has nothing to fear from Mohammed. He forgets that it's not Mohammed strapping on the suicide vests.

This from Creeping Sharia:

Another victim submits to Islamic sharia law, probably fearing the “inflammable mobs” feared in India.

Almost comical that the NY Post would seek, and publish, opinion from Yale University, which refused to publish images of Mohammed in a book about…images of Mohammed.

A book, Muhammad: The “Banned” Images, was subsequently published with many images of Mohammed in response to Yale’s dhimmitude.

Dinah Lord says the removal of the images is "Dhimmi disgrace," and Gates of Vienna says it's "an infectious disease disease of sort and the vector is Islam...

Atlas Shrugs says the museum is commiting cultural jihad:

We are supposed to get on planes, go to stadiums and buck up but one of the world's greatest museums can't stand up for .....art.

More Muhammad Art

If you cannot conceive that Muslims from the Religion of Peace might punish the Met, remember the Muhammad cartoon controversy of 2005? When cartoonist, Kurt Westergaard released the infamous cartoon of Muhammad wearing a bomb in his turban, all hell broke loose around the world. Saudia Arabia boycotted, death threats were issued, and on New Year's Day 2010, an attempt on Westergaard's life was made when a Somali Muslim armed with an axe and a knife broke into his home. Westergaard survived because he had a "panic room" and a stellar security set-up. This was at least the second time that a plot to kill Westergaard was thwarted. In 2008, three Muslims were charged with planning his murder.

The cartoon was inserted into Geert Wilders 2008 film Fitna, without Westergaard's permission (at least that's the story). The gaping gap in Hell broke even wider - fatwahs were issued. If you have not seen it, it is a must. Visit Moonbattery for the film and commentary.

Frankly, I understand The Met not wanting to risk the lives of their employees, and its famous and irreplaceable assets, but there has to be another way. Islam asks nothing more than submission from each and every one of us worldwide. We should not give it to them.

Graphic credit: DarylCagle




Muhammad Art - Freedom of Speech Spread the Word (video)

Fifty year old cartoon video predicts future: America's snake oil salesmen leadership

Fifty years ago, the issues of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness were the same as today. The only difference between then and now - the snake oil salesman is female. See video below.

Snake Oil Salesmen

This is a priceless 50 year-old cartoon, demonstrating how big and small business thrives alongside labor. Then as today, one cannot survive without the other - capital and labor working together.

insert here photo of Nancy Pelosi with rose in teeth

Liberals contend that America is different today, our needs are different, the U.S. Constitution is no longer relevant, but this humorous and desperately serious cartoon shows how the struggle for liberty never ends...until we let "them" end it.












 Fifty year old political cartoon predicts future (video)

Sharing American Values with Despots: Iranian Diplomats to Celebrate Freedom

Around the first of June we began hearing that the U.S. State Department had informed U.S. Embassies around the world that they could invite Iranian diplomats to the Embassy's Independent Day festivities.

Iranian Diplomats to Celebrate Freedom

When FOX News first reported that American Embassies had received a State Department "go-ahead" to issue the invitations, it was odd that the State Department spokesman "spoke on condition of anonymity." As the BBC pointed out, our Embassies have not hosted Iran since 1980. Enter Barack Obama and we want to share our American values with the very people who are brutally beating and killing their own people in the streets of Tehran today. 1980 marked the era of the Iran Hostage crisis, President Ronald Reagan and the first time a yellow ribbon was tied around an oak tree in support of missing Americans: 51 Americans taken prisoner from the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and held for 444 days. President Ronald Reagan shut down all diplomatic relations with Iran until The Time of Obama. It is unclear how many invitations have been sent out, how many have been accepted and if the recipients will now be uninvited. Don't you know that our Embassy personnel are over-joyed to share American values, celebrate freedom and share their champagne and caviar with Iranian despots?

Pork Flu Cure: Pork Flu Biggest Health Threat to America

Thanks to ChicagoRay