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Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he was, since his birth records were long ago lost in bureaucratic red tape. He will be remembered as having cultivated such valuable lessons as: - Knowing when to come in out of the rain; - Why the early bird gets the worm; - Life isn't always fair; - and maybe it was my fault.

Common Sense lived by simple, sound financial policies (don't spend more than you can earn) and reliable strategies (adults, not children, are in charge).

His health began to deteriorate rapidly when well-intentioned but overbearing regulations were set in place. Reports of a 6-year-old boy charged with sexual harassment for kissing a classmate; teens suspended from school for using mouthwash after lunch; and a teacher fired for reprimanding an unruly student, only worsened his condition.

Common Sense lost ground when parents attacked teachers for doing the job that they themselves had failed to do in disciplining their unruly children.





It declined even further when schools were required to get parental consent to administer sun lotion or an aspirin to a student; but could not inform parents when a student became pregnant and wanted to have an abortion.

Common Sense lost the will to live as the churches became businesses; and criminals received better treatment than their victims.

Common Sense took a beating when you couldn't defend yourself from a burglar in your own home and the burglar could sue you for assault.

Common Sense finally gave up the will to live, after a woman failed to realize that a steaming cup of coffee was hot. She spilled a little in her lap, and was promptly awarded a huge settlement.

Common Sense was preceded in death, by his parents, Truth and Trust, by his wife, Discretion, by his daughter, Responsibility, and by his son, Reason.

He is survived by his 4 stepbrothers; I Know My Rights; I Want It Now; Someone Else Is To Blame; I'm A Victim!

Not many attended his funeral because so few realized he was gone. If you still remember him, pass this on. If not, join the majority and do nothing.

 

Reports of my demise are wholly unfounded... and greatly exaggerated.

If you actually seek the truth... join the minority and ask me.

 

The year was 1980. America had had enough of unions. They were out of control and it was time to reel them in. We elected a man to do that, but in a totally unrelated story that same President doubled the national debt. In and of itself, that wasn't the end of the world. The problem is that at least half the country pretends it didn't happen.

The problem with pretending and otherwise living in the land of make-believe is that cause and effect no longer exist. People are free to believe whatever they choose to just because it makes them feel good. When accountability dies, common sense dies too.

 

Common sense gave way to PC liberalism.
Moral decay followed with increased liberal secularism.

 

Get with the times driver, we've been blameing Bush for years and now it's Obama's turn

 

And, from where I'm sitting, Obama doesn't seem to be doing as well as Bush did. Not that Bush deserves "Honorable Mention". But, Obama claims the recession is over, and people are still losing their jobs around here, and those that haven't had jobs aren't finding any.

Read an article yesterday that said the CBO (Congressional Budget Office) released figures stating that the actual unemployment is at 40%. Somehow, that doesn't sound to me like anything is over yet. And, their suggestions to reduce the unemployment rate aren't entirely realistic either... By making it more difficult for people to collect unemployment to give them more incentive to find jobs... Common sense says that if the jobs aren't there, you might as well try to squeeze blood out of a rock.

 

Not even CLOSE to 40%. Obama has already "re-created" more jobs in 3 years than Bush did in 8. By the definition of a recession (not one that Obama invented,) the recession IS over. However... I haven't heard him claim any such thing. But, all honest economists agree things are getting better.

http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/108xx/doc10871/Summary.shtml

 

is common sense why the second mouse got the cheese

 

May I suggest you go back and read a bit more than just the "SUMMARY"? That says nothing about where they came with figure of 40%. They didn't just go with those collecting benefits. They also included those whose benefits ran out, AND THOSE THAT HAVE TAKEN PART-TIME JOBS just to have some kind of income. The official unemployment number is hovering around 9%, but when you add in the other figures, it goes up much higher. I did not read the summary until you posted it here. What I read said 40% "total unemployed". That means Obama's job record is not as rosey as you would like it to sound, but you can bet your bottom dollar that he'll be hiding behind that 9% figure for his campaign. But, it's going to take much more than the "hokus pokus" he's been plying so far to honestly say "he" created jobs at all.

Biggest problem I see is that there is nothing better coming from the Republican camps either. Everybody is still trying to "get the leaves out of the way" so that, maybe, they can find the roots.I'll have to do some serious digging and see if I can find an excellent article on "WHAT'S WRONG WITH AMERICA TODAY". I have little doubt you'd find PLENTY to say about it. But, if I post it here, you'll find that someone can actually be longer winded than you.

 

I have a copy of the report on my computer in PDF form.

The Preface was one of the things omitted in your Summary. This tells who prepared the report.
This is the very first paragraph of the report. Not a "SUMMARY". It is stating that the total unemployed is above 40% today, and has been there since December of 2009.

Something else that the report talks about is "PARTICIPATION". The number of people that actually have jobs. I don't remember seeing any percentages, but it did say that (something like) there are 11 million less people employed today than there were in 2007.

Now, would you mind telling us just where in all of this do you see anything even remotely related to a "RECOVERY"? The economy turning around??? All over this country, there are people that are "PARROTING" Obama's claims, but when looking at the figures from other sources (and independent sources), they do not back up his claims. Where in bloody, blue blazes is the recovery????? You have just over 58% of the American Work Force that actually is employed.

And, it doesn't stop there. We HAVE to "*****-FOOT" around China, because if they call their note on us, we're in DEFAULT. We've been operating IN THE RED for a long time. But, never as much so as in the last 3 years.