ODDS AND TRENDS

The good news about the unemployment situation is that the number of people losing their jobs every month is going down.

 It has not gone unnoticed that the numbers of unemployed are going up.

 Of course, with fewer people still working, there are many fewer jobs to lose.

 If we keep on going with this good news, in another ten years there will be twice as many unemployed, but only fifteen people a month left to lose their jobs.

By that time, there will be six hundred billionaires, twenty three trillionaires, the Republican Party will not only control the White House, the Senate, and the House of Representatives, they will own the buildings and lease them back to the American public.

Undaunted, the fearless Democrats will continue their courageous fight to begin a conversation about the possible regulation of all the financial institutions in the nation, or, if they don’t get the talk going with somebody other than each other that soon, then facing total disaster, maybe they’ll mention it a bit later, or at the latest, shortly after.

 

SUCH A DEAL!

Boeing, famous for bribing officials to get defense department contracts, is moving some of the production of their new 787 Dreamliner to South Carolina.

Undercover reports uncovered the terms of the true sweetheart deal that turned the trick for Boeing.  Boeing is to receive a couple of hundred million dollars up front cash, plus god know how much more in low interest loans, freedom from pesky unions, and a mintful of tax advantages.

In return, they will provide Governor Mark Sanford with an uncovered soul-mate in any three South American countries of his choosing.

 

DONE AND DONE

Senator Joe Lieberman, commenting on his decision to vote against the Health Care Reform bill said, “Doing nothing is better than a public option.”

Well, if we want Senators to do nothing, old Joe is just the man for the job.

 

FAIR IS FAIR

Many people are protesting the news that Goldman Sachs and other leading banking institutions got a large supply of the swine flu vaccine for their employees, while hospitals desperate to gain some for use with children and pregnant mothers went without.

They should stop their whining complaints.  We are talking about high-risk use here, and what population is in more need of swine flu than the swine.  

My heartfelt and abject apologies for the slurs contained in this item.  This correction is being added to the posting after it had already been published.  The great investment banks and insurance giants actually had to have the vaccine to protect the highest risk group in the nation -- their investors and customers.