Alarming News: I like Morgan Freeberg. A lot.
American Digest: And I like this from "The Blog That Nobody Reads", because it is -- mostly -- about me. What can I say? I'm on an ego trip today. It won't last.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: We were following a trackback and thinking "hmmm... this is a bloody excellent post!", and then we realized that it was just part III of, well, three...Damn. I wish I'd written those.
Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler: ...I just remembered that I found a new blog a short while ago, House of Eratosthenes, that I really like. I like his common sense approach and his curiosity when it comes to why people believe what they believe rather than just what they believe.
Brutally Honest: Morgan Freeberg is brilliant.
Dr. Melissa Clouthier: Morgan Freeberg at House of Eratosthenes (pftthats a mouthful) honors big boned women in skimpy clothing. The picture there is priceless--keep scrolling down.
Exile in Portales: Via Gerard: Morgan Freeberg, a guy with a lot to say. And he speaks The Truth...and it's fascinating stuff. Worth a read, or three. Or six.
Just Muttering: Two nice pieces at House of Eratosthenes, one about a perhaps unintended effect of the Enron mess, and one on the Gore-y environ-movie.
Mein Blogovault: Make "the Blog that No One Reads" one of your daily reads.
The Virginian: I know this post will offend some people, but the author makes some good points.
Poetic Justice: Cletus! Ah gots a laiv one fer yew...
Is that hope and change working out well for you there, junior? Something about We Are The Change We’ve Been Waiting For?
The number of young Americans without a job has exploded to 52.2 percent — a post-World War II high, according to the Labor Dept. — meaning millions of Americans are staring at the likelihood that their lifetime earning potential will be diminished and, combined with the predicted slow economic recovery, their transition into productive members of society could be put on hold for an extended period of time.
The number represents the flip-side to the Labor Dept.’s report that the employment rate of 16-to-24 year olds has eroded to 47.83 percent — the lowest ratio of working young Americans in that age group, including all but those in the military, since WWII.
And worse, without a clear economic recovery plan aimed at creating entry-level jobs, the odds of many of these young adults — aged 16 to 24, excluding students — getting a job and moving out of their parents’ houses are long. Young workers have been among the hardest hit during the current recession — in which a total of 9.5 million jobs have been lost.
Is it unfair, in any way, for me to bottom-line our current plan this way:
We are engaged in a process of using taxes and regulations to make every single business move — that is, every move that would expand a business — as expensive as it could possibly be. That’s every single decision. Every last one.
As a direct result of this, we shall be putting this thing we call “business” in such a state that it’ll do something called “recover” and start humming right along.
Is that an unfair summation? Is it an incomplete one? Did I miss anything? If not…someone please walk me through the steps. Now that we’re in midstream, what exactly are we supposed to be looking for here.
Remember, this is the generation that’s going to be saddled with the $10 trillion in debt. Hope won and fear lost?
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An extra decade in Mom’s basement? That’s gonna leave a mark.
- vanderleun | 09/29/2009 @ 09:56It’s funny, Morgan. Obama is the epitome of hypocrisy. He does the exact opposite of what he claims to want – not only in the economy as you suggested, but also in other areas. He claims to want cooperation from Iran on the nuclear issue, but you don’t get results from dealing with rogue nations with this “tough, direct diplomacy” nonsense or through sanctions as he is now pursuing. You get results by telling Iran, “Knock off the enrichment, or the bombing begins in five minutes.”
Back to the subject at hand.
One claim I’ve heard is that people in this age group are having trouble finding work, because of an influx of unskilled labor from Latin America. Please visit the following link and leave your comments:
http://www.creators.com/advice/ethnically-speaking-larry-meeks/ethnically-speaking-2009-09-05.html
and then the follow-up column, here:
http://www.creators.com/advice/ethnically-speaking-larry-meeks/ethnically-speaking-2009-09-12.html
I thought my comments on both columns were rather insightful, if I may say so myself. In particular, I think it’s absurd that someone has lived and worked in the US for 25 years and still can’t speak English….but that’s a separate issue from unskilled young workers not being able to find jobs.
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