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“The day that I signed on the dotted line of my promissory note, I didn’t even understand what it would mean to have to pay back more than $40,000 in student loans.
I’ll tell you what it means: living in a crappy apartment in Queens well into my 30s.
I vaguely remember my dad trying to get the message through to me, but I must have had cotton in my teenage ears.”
As stories like this spread, the higher education bubble will deflate.
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
KIDS COUNT
KIDS COUNT: 2011 KIDS COUNT Data Book
The 22nd annual KIDS COUNT Data Book profiles the status of children on a national and state-by-state basis and ranks states on 10 measures of well-being.
New features include an enhanced mobile site at http://mobile.kidscount.org/.
Interesting site.
The 22nd annual KIDS COUNT Data Book profiles the status of children on a national and state-by-state basis and ranks states on 10 measures of well-being.
New features include an enhanced mobile site at http://mobile.kidscount.org/.
Interesting site.
US jobs on line as EPA moves
US jobs on line as EPA moves--Michael A. Walsh - NYPOST.com
Get ready for the sacrifice of tens of thousands more American jobs (at least) to feed the fantasy of “clean energy.”
Even as the “green jobs” promise proves to be a lie, the Obama administration is getting set to force the shutdown of countless power plants across half the nation.
The Environmental Protection Agency’s new Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, announced last month, will affect coal-fired electric plants in at least 27 midwestern and eastern states.
Set to take effect next year, the rule could shutter up to a fifth of the nation’s generating capacity.
With coal providing 45 percent of the nation’s energy, utility companies warn of an economic “train wreck” if the regulations -- based on Bush-era EPA proposals that the federal courts threw out in 2008 -- take effect.
One Wisconsin utility says its costs would jump $32.6 million next year, while the head of the Texas Public Utility Commission says the rules could lead to rolling blackouts -- especially given the short time the utilities have to comply with Washington’s iron fist.
This is not some minor tweak.
Obama's jihad against electric power will destroy companies, jobs and lives!
Get ready for the sacrifice of tens of thousands more American jobs (at least) to feed the fantasy of “clean energy.”
Even as the “green jobs” promise proves to be a lie, the Obama administration is getting set to force the shutdown of countless power plants across half the nation.
The Environmental Protection Agency’s new Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, announced last month, will affect coal-fired electric plants in at least 27 midwestern and eastern states.
Set to take effect next year, the rule could shutter up to a fifth of the nation’s generating capacity.
With coal providing 45 percent of the nation’s energy, utility companies warn of an economic “train wreck” if the regulations -- based on Bush-era EPA proposals that the federal courts threw out in 2008 -- take effect.
One Wisconsin utility says its costs would jump $32.6 million next year, while the head of the Texas Public Utility Commission says the rules could lead to rolling blackouts -- especially given the short time the utilities have to comply with Washington’s iron fist.
This is not some minor tweak.
Obama's jihad against electric power will destroy companies, jobs and lives!
Obama’s EPA is Killing More Jobs than Economy Can Create
Brown: Obama’s EPA is Killing More Jobs than Economy Can Create responses from FERC Commissioners to an inquiry from Congress regarding the degree of agency coordination on the impact of the agency's new rules clearly shows the EPA statements were not truthful. Correspondence from the FERC chairman and commissioners revealed the commission is not working on a formal assessment of the impact of the EPA regulations on the ability of our power grid to reliably deliver electricity to the nation's homes and businesses.
Obama's eco-loonies are not only destroying our businesses, they're lying about and getting caught.
Where is the media on this?
Obama's eco-loonies are not only destroying our businesses, they're lying about and getting caught.
Where is the media on this?
Why Obama Can't Lead
Articles: Why Obama Can't Lead
For 22 years he attended the church services led by Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
African-Americans who attended his and other black liberation theology church services in Chicago are taught that their options are limited by the "other," and this other is white society.
Personal choice is not the route to success; choices are limited by the overwhelmingly oppressive power of dominant white America.
America is not, for Rev. Wright's paradigm, a land of opportunity, but instead a land of oppression.
In this political culture, the black political leader does not encourage his people to move forward, but rather convinces them that they cannot move forward.
Whatever choices they make, their future is determined not by personal choice, but by the restrictive confines of white society.
This is why actor-comedian Bill Cosby is viciously attacked when he suggests that African-Americans take responsibility for their own choices.
We see this in Muskegon with too many of the older local black leaders.
Thankfully the new voices (and some old, like Rillistine Wilkins) see personal choice and opportunity as positive options.
For 22 years he attended the church services led by Rev. Jeremiah Wright.
African-Americans who attended his and other black liberation theology church services in Chicago are taught that their options are limited by the "other," and this other is white society.
Personal choice is not the route to success; choices are limited by the overwhelmingly oppressive power of dominant white America.
America is not, for Rev. Wright's paradigm, a land of opportunity, but instead a land of oppression.
In this political culture, the black political leader does not encourage his people to move forward, but rather convinces them that they cannot move forward.
Whatever choices they make, their future is determined not by personal choice, but by the restrictive confines of white society.
This is why actor-comedian Bill Cosby is viciously attacked when he suggests that African-Americans take responsibility for their own choices.
We see this in Muskegon with too many of the older local black leaders.
Thankfully the new voices (and some old, like Rillistine Wilkins) see personal choice and opportunity as positive options.
Illinois Loses Most Jobs in the Nation
Illinois Policy Institute - Policy Chart: Illinois Loses Most Jobs in the Nation
Illinois started to create jobs as the national economy began to recover.
But just when Illinois’s economy seemed to be turning around, lawmakers passed record tax increases in January of this year.
Since then, Illinois’s employment numbers have done nothing but decline.
Illinois started to create jobs as the national economy began to recover.
But just when Illinois’s economy seemed to be turning around, lawmakers passed record tax increases in January of this year.
Since then, Illinois’s employment numbers have done nothing but decline.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Networks Barely Criticize Obama's Disastrous 'Green Jobs' Policies
Networks Barely Criticize Obama's Disastrous 'Green Jobs' Policies
Criticism excluded from 92 percent of network news reports, despite bankruptcies of federally subsidized companies.
Criticism excluded from 92 percent of network news reports, despite bankruptcies of federally subsidized companies.
Social Security Disability Program To Go Entirely Bankrupt in 2017
Social Security Disability Program To Go Entirely Bankrupt in 2017
New congressional estimates say the trust fund that supports Social Security disability will run out of money by 2017, leaving the program unable to pay full benefits, unless Congress acts.
About two decades later, Social Security’s much larger retirement fund is projected to run dry as well.
And Obama golfs......
New congressional estimates say the trust fund that supports Social Security disability will run out of money by 2017, leaving the program unable to pay full benefits, unless Congress acts.
About two decades later, Social Security’s much larger retirement fund is projected to run dry as well.
And Obama golfs......
Tea Party | Terrorists
Tea Party Terrorists Rasmussen The Daily Caller
But it turns out only 29 percent of Americans agree with him, according to a Rasmussen poll released Monday.
Yet their political messiah won't call Islamic murderers "terrorists".
Are they all French?
But it turns out only 29 percent of Americans agree with him, according to a Rasmussen poll released Monday.
Yet their political messiah won't call Islamic murderers "terrorists".
Are they all French?
Chevy Volt supply rises to 22 days as sales slip
Chevy Volt supply rises to 22 days as sales slip — Autoblog Green
Chevrolet sold a mere 125 Volts in July, down from 561 in June.
Chevrolet sold a mere 125 Volts in July, down from 561 in June.
Dem Congresswoman: "The Real Enemy Is The Tea Party"
Dem Congresswoman: "The Real Enemy Is The Tea Party" RealClearPolitics
"Let us all remember who the real enemy is.
The real enemy is the Tea Party -- the Tea Party holds the Congress hostage.
They have one goal in mind, and that's to make President Obama a one-term president,"
"Let us all remember who the real enemy is.
The real enemy is the Tea Party -- the Tea Party holds the Congress hostage.
They have one goal in mind, and that's to make President Obama a one-term president,"
Feds' role in schools re-emerges as 2012 issue
Feds' role in schools re-emerges as 2012 issue - Washington Times
During an Aug. 15 campaign stop in Iowa, Mr. Perry said he doesn’t “think the federal government has a role in education.”
A few days later, Mr. Duncan shot back, telling the Bloomberg news agency he feels “very, very badly” for the students of Texas, a rare example of the education secretary using his pulpit to take political shots at Republicans.
It does seem that more federal government $$ results in worse student performance.
During an Aug. 15 campaign stop in Iowa, Mr. Perry said he doesn’t “think the federal government has a role in education.”
A few days later, Mr. Duncan shot back, telling the Bloomberg news agency he feels “very, very badly” for the students of Texas, a rare example of the education secretary using his pulpit to take political shots at Republicans.
It does seem that more federal government $$ results in worse student performance.
Fresh Prince of Hot Air
Lucianne.com News Forum - Thread
You can bet it will be more generalities from the Fresh Prince of Hot Air.
You can bet it will be more generalities from the Fresh Prince of Hot Air.
Rioting sparks concern about London Olympics
Rioting sparks concern about London Olympics - Washington Times
German lawmaker Manuel Hoeferlin said last week that he thought officials should consider moving the Olympics if rioting and looting resumed.
Imagine the outrage from Muslims when they see women in track and gymnastics outfits.......blimey!
German lawmaker Manuel Hoeferlin said last week that he thought officials should consider moving the Olympics if rioting and looting resumed.
Imagine the outrage from Muslims when they see women in track and gymnastics outfits.......blimey!
That Federal Bank Bailout in 2008 Was Bigger Than We Knew. A Lot Bigger
Articles: That Federal Bank Bailout in 2008 Was Bigger Than We Knew. A Lot Bigger
Thanks to some hard digging and a willingness to engage in litigation by Bloomberg News, we now have the benefit of their truly astonishing analysis of the scope and dimensions of the federal government's fall, 2008 bailout of the American and European banking industries.
Remember the TARP, the U.S. Treasury Department's highly controversial, $ 500 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program?
That was only the tip of the iceberg.
Think: $ 1.2 trillion.
That's right.
One trillion, two hundred billion dollars as of December 5, 2008 - when Wall Street's emergency borrowing for the federal government peaked.
Thanks to some hard digging and a willingness to engage in litigation by Bloomberg News, we now have the benefit of their truly astonishing analysis of the scope and dimensions of the federal government's fall, 2008 bailout of the American and European banking industries.
Remember the TARP, the U.S. Treasury Department's highly controversial, $ 500 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program?
That was only the tip of the iceberg.
Think: $ 1.2 trillion.
That's right.
One trillion, two hundred billion dollars as of December 5, 2008 - when Wall Street's emergency borrowing for the federal government peaked.
Why Amazon Can't Make A Kindle In the USA
Why Amazon Can't Make A Kindle In the USA - Forbes
Amazon couldn’t make a Kindle here if it wanted to
Decades of outsourcing manufacturing have left US industry without the means to invent the next generation of high-tech products that are key to rebuilding its economy
Chilling!
Read it all!
Amazon couldn’t make a Kindle here if it wanted to
Decades of outsourcing manufacturing have left US industry without the means to invent the next generation of high-tech products that are key to rebuilding its economy
Chilling!
Read it all!
FCC finally kills off fairness doctrine
FCC finally kills off fairness doctrine - Brooks Boliek - POLITICO.com
The FCC gave the coup de grace to the fairness doctrine Monday as the commission axed more than 80 media industry rules.
Earlier this summer FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski agreed to erase the post WWII-era rule, but the action Monday puts the last nail into the coffin for the regulation that sought to ensure discussion over the airwaves of controversial issues did not exclude any particular point of view
Free speech lives!
The FCC gave the coup de grace to the fairness doctrine Monday as the commission axed more than 80 media industry rules.
Earlier this summer FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski agreed to erase the post WWII-era rule, but the action Monday puts the last nail into the coffin for the regulation that sought to ensure discussion over the airwaves of controversial issues did not exclude any particular point of view
Free speech lives!
Muskegon County reorganizes staff positions at airport
Muskegon County reorganizes staff positions at airport MLive.com
In addition to the reduction in the general fund contribution to the airport operations, the change will provide another employee to assist with snow removal from the airport's runways during the winter months.
Why is another employee needed "to assist with snow removal" when the airport has been garnering international awards for its snow removal expertise? http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2010/11/muskegon_county_airport_recogn.html
And doesn't hiring two employees to replace one also mean that the county's taxpayers will be supporting two part timers on unemployment when they're laid off?
In addition to the reduction in the general fund contribution to the airport operations, the change will provide another employee to assist with snow removal from the airport's runways during the winter months.
Why is another employee needed "to assist with snow removal" when the airport has been garnering international awards for its snow removal expertise? http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2010/11/muskegon_county_airport_recogn.html
And doesn't hiring two employees to replace one also mean that the county's taxpayers will be supporting two part timers on unemployment when they're laid off?
Monday, August 22, 2011
Black's Dilemma With Obama
Black's Dilemma With Obama - Star Parker - Townhall Conservative
Election of our nation's first black president is delivering an unexpected message to our black population.
Blacks are discovering that what a man or woman does -- their actions -- is what matters, not the color of their skin.
It seems ridiculous to point out that this was supposedly the point of the civil rights movement. Purge racism from America.
But blacks themselves have been the ones having the hardest time letting it go.
Election of our nation's first black president is delivering an unexpected message to our black population.
Blacks are discovering that what a man or woman does -- their actions -- is what matters, not the color of their skin.
It seems ridiculous to point out that this was supposedly the point of the civil rights movement. Purge racism from America.
But blacks themselves have been the ones having the hardest time letting it go.
Former Holiday Inn at Hoyt and Seaway, once the county's top lodging, now a 'dangerous' eyesore
Former Holiday Inn at Hoyt and Seaway, once the county's top lodging, now a 'dangerous' eyesore | MLive.com
When the motel opened in April 1964, it was the top of the local market. Among the first guests was former Vice President (and future President) Richard M. Nixon, who stayed at the brand-new Holiday Inn during a Muskegon visit June 8, 1964, to speak at a Republican fund-raiser.
Tricky Dick?!!!!
Who'd of guessed?
When the motel opened in April 1964, it was the top of the local market. Among the first guests was former Vice President (and future President) Richard M. Nixon, who stayed at the brand-new Holiday Inn during a Muskegon visit June 8, 1964, to speak at a Republican fund-raiser.
Tricky Dick?!!!!
Who'd of guessed?
Rime of the Ancient Democrat
Articles: Rime of the Ancient Democrat
I think sentient Democrats are watching their party's chances in 2012 slip away, and had they not made such a big deal of claiming all opposition to Obama was racist in motivation and effect (see, e.g., this) , they would now be urging him to quit and seeking a new contender for his office.
Like Coleridge's ancient Mariner, however, they can only stand on deck with that albatross around their neck watching both the White House and the Senate slip from their grasp just as did so many state governorships and the House of Representatives.
I think sentient Democrats are watching their party's chances in 2012 slip away, and had they not made such a big deal of claiming all opposition to Obama was racist in motivation and effect (see, e.g., this) , they would now be urging him to quit and seeking a new contender for his office.
Like Coleridge's ancient Mariner, however, they can only stand on deck with that albatross around their neck watching both the White House and the Senate slip from their grasp just as did so many state governorships and the House of Representatives.
Phoenix diocese cathedral won't allow girl altar servers
Phoenix diocese cathedral won't allow girl altar servers
Girls no longer will be allowed as altar servers during Mass at the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix, SS. Simon and Jude.
The Rev. John Lankeit, rector of the cathedral, said he made the decision in hopes of promoting the priesthood for males and other religious vocations, such as becoming a nun, for females.
OK.
So, it's only gonna be little boys......
This'll bring back the faithful......
Girls no longer will be allowed as altar servers during Mass at the cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Phoenix, SS. Simon and Jude.
The Rev. John Lankeit, rector of the cathedral, said he made the decision in hopes of promoting the priesthood for males and other religious vocations, such as becoming a nun, for females.
OK.
So, it's only gonna be little boys......
This'll bring back the faithful......
President Obama doesn't expect another recession
President Obama doesn't expect another recession - latimes.com
Obama doesn't expect another recession
The president does say in a CBS News interview that the country is in danger of not recovering fast enough and acknowledges his reelection depends on the economy.
He hasn't expected ANYTHING that has happened.
The fool has no clue about anything other than golf and more vacations.
Obama doesn't expect another recession
The president does say in a CBS News interview that the country is in danger of not recovering fast enough and acknowledges his reelection depends on the economy.
He hasn't expected ANYTHING that has happened.
The fool has no clue about anything other than golf and more vacations.
Obama made them hate us
PRELL: Obama made them hate us - Washington Times
A new Zogby poll, “Arab Attitudes, 2011,” has revealed that President Obama’s charm offensive in the Arab world has failed.
After he promised to restore America’s international reputation, not only does the Arab world hate America more under Mr. Obama than it did under President George W. Bush, it even hates Mr. Obama - personally - more than it detested the swaggering unilateralist cowboy from Texas
A new Zogby poll, “Arab Attitudes, 2011,” has revealed that President Obama’s charm offensive in the Arab world has failed.
After he promised to restore America’s international reputation, not only does the Arab world hate America more under Mr. Obama than it did under President George W. Bush, it even hates Mr. Obama - personally - more than it detested the swaggering unilateralist cowboy from Texas
Team Obama deals the race card against Perry
Team Obama deals the race card against Perry Timothy P. Carney Politics Washington Examiner
The MSNBC attacks on Perry were egregious. First, on Monday night, liberal host Ed Schultz ran a clip of Perry in Iowa talking about the national debt. Perry spoke of "that big black cloud that hangs over America -- that debt, that is so monstrous," Perry said.
But Schultz cut off the Perry clip before the words "that debt" and asserted flatly, "that black cloud that Perry is talking about is President Barack Obama."
There they go again....
The true racial dividers show their hoods once again.
The MSNBC attacks on Perry were egregious. First, on Monday night, liberal host Ed Schultz ran a clip of Perry in Iowa talking about the national debt. Perry spoke of "that big black cloud that hangs over America -- that debt, that is so monstrous," Perry said.
But Schultz cut off the Perry clip before the words "that debt" and asserted flatly, "that black cloud that Perry is talking about is President Barack Obama."
There they go again....
The true racial dividers show their hoods once again.
The hidden eBay
The hidden eBay - Cool Sites from The Kim Komando Radio Show® & Web site
If you're smart, you can avoid bidding wars to get a great deal.
One way: Take advantage of sellers' carelessness!
At FatFingers, enter the name of the item you want to buy.
It will automatically search eBay for variations on the name.
Specifically, it searches for misspellings and typos.
If you're smart, you can avoid bidding wars to get a great deal.
One way: Take advantage of sellers' carelessness!
At FatFingers, enter the name of the item you want to buy.
It will automatically search eBay for variations on the name.
Specifically, it searches for misspellings and typos.
Michigan Taxpayers Fork Over $912K for Video Game
Michigan Taxpayers Fork Over $912K for Video Game [Michigan Capitol Confidential]
"[S]ubsidies to game makers doesn’t create new wealth, it just shifts it around.
From whom was this money taken?"
"[S]ubsidies to game makers doesn’t create new wealth, it just shifts it around.
From whom was this money taken?"
Obama: Whites need not apply
EDITORIAL: Obama: Whites need not apply - Washington Times
The White House issued an executive order on Thursday titled “Establishing a Coordinated Government-wide Initiative to Promote Diversity and Inclusion in the Federal Workforce.”
The purpose of the order is “to promote the federal workplace as a model of equal opportunity, diversity and inclusion.”
In other words, it would be better for the government if public-spirited white workers sought employment elsewhere.
RACISM!
By executive order.
It must be fun to be all powerful......
The White House issued an executive order on Thursday titled “Establishing a Coordinated Government-wide Initiative to Promote Diversity and Inclusion in the Federal Workforce.”
The purpose of the order is “to promote the federal workplace as a model of equal opportunity, diversity and inclusion.”
In other words, it would be better for the government if public-spirited white workers sought employment elsewhere.
RACISM!
By executive order.
It must be fun to be all powerful......
Tutu calls for wealth tax on whites
Tutu calls for wealth tax on whites - Politics IOL News IOL.co.za
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has called for a “wealth tax” to be imposed on all white South Africans.
Don't we sort of have the same here in Michigan with the millions of dollars of wealth transfering to Detroit from everywhere else?
Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu has called for a “wealth tax” to be imposed on all white South Africans.
Don't we sort of have the same here in Michigan with the millions of dollars of wealth transfering to Detroit from everywhere else?
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