Doesn't President Obama Understand

that the most important issue facing this country is jobs? You would think as an African American he would at least sympathize with the plight of many of the people who voted for him, but it appears he cares more about taking care of those who channeled major bucks into his successful election campaign, i.e., Wall Street.

A generation ago, such reactionary nonsense would have been met with wholesale denunciation in Black political circles. But as we begin the second decade of the 21st century, a Black Democrat in the White House can get away with speaking like Ronald Reagan, while Black members of Congress are compelled to present moral justification for seeking redress of economic injustices.

Forty years ago, a Republican president, Richard Nixon, would have felt quite comfortable agreeing with the Black Caucus' concerns about economic fairness. Yet today, the nation's first Black president bristles at every suggestion that gross racial inequalities call for executive and legislative action.

Richard Nixon, for all of his flaws, would be seen as a liberal today or even as a progressive. That's how far to the right public discourse has gotten over the past forty years.

Given How Moronic the U.S. Senate Is,

I would be surprised if this jobs bill passes and reaches the president, especially considering all of the asshole blue dogs in the House who voted against it.

They worry about the deficit after Wall Street gets a fucking bailout.

Given Obama's Neoliberal Tendencies,

I don't expect him to do much at all about generating jobs by using the government to do it, despite the huge numbers of unemployed.

If Obama Doesn't Do Enough

to jumpstart the economy, he will be a one-term president for sure. It appears he can't understand the need for this government to create more jobs to get the economy moving.

That's because he is a neoliberal, and they don't differ a hell of a lot from the Republicans when it comes to economic matters.

Why, No Shit, Sherlock

This report tells us there are very few job openings to be had. Job openings are the fewest in nine years.

It's the Jobs, Stupid

It appears far more jobs were lost in September than were created, as if this is any great surprise.

Here is another take on our worsening unemployment situation.

And another one:

For millions of unemployed people, the change merely confirmed something many have come to grasp intimately, through the discouraging process of seeking work.

“There’s nothing out there,” said Jerry Lamirande, a technology systems engineer in Amarillo, Tex., who has been out of work since April 2008.

During the technology boom of the late 1990s, Mr. Lamirande, now 62, worked for I.B.M. and made about $130,000 a year. After a layoff seven years ago, he has been paid about $70,000 a year as a consultant working under temporary contracts.

Since his last job, he and his wife have lived on her salary as a public school teacher and on hardship withdrawals from his retirement account. He has searched nationwide for his next contract, willing to relocate for work.

“I have no choice,” he said. “I’ve got to go where the opportunities are. The problem is, there aren’t many opportunities.”

Meanwhile Robert Reich agrees with me that there needs to be job creation programs in this country to get the economy going again.

That and reverse all of this outsourcing crap which has forced this country to be indebted further to other countries.

The Booming Economy

Gee, I guess I shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth.

After all, new jobs ARE being created, even if it's only a dozen, while 10,000 people will probably apply for these jobs.