The Ol' Fat Guy Blathers On

When Facts Don't Support, Jail The Dissenters! [From Breitbart.com]  The plan by climate alarmists to have other scientists imprisoned for their ‘ global warming ’ skepticism is backfiring horribly, and the chief alarmist is now facing a House investigation into what has been called “ the largest science scandal in US history .” [...] But his first, far bigger mistake, was his hubris in organizing the letter [suggesting use of the RICO laws against dissenters] in the first place. It drew the attention of Shukla’s critics to something which, presumably, he would have preferred to keep secret: that for nearly 14 years, he, his family and his friends have been gorging themselves on taxpayers’ money at IGES; and that this money comes on top of the very generous salary he receives for doing much the same work at George Mason University (GMU). It’s the latter detail which has led former Virginia State Climatologist ...

"Clown Prince" obama's Weekly Blather barack INGHAM PALACE , District of Corruption , April 26, 2014     In my State of the Union Address, I talked about pizza.  More specifically, I talked about a pizza chain in Minneapolis – Punch Pizza – whose owner, John Soranno, made the business decision to give his employees a raise to ten bucks an hour.  A couple weeks ago, I got a letter from a small business owner who watched that night.  Yasmin Ibrahim is an immigrant who owns her own restaurant – Desi Shack – and plans to open another this summer.  Here’s what she wrote.  “I was moved by John Soranno’s story.  It got me thinking about my … full-time employees and their ability to survive on $8 an hour in New York City.”  So a few weeks ago, Yasmin put in place a plan to lift wages for her employees at both her restaurants to at least $10 an hour by the end of this year.      But here’s the thing – Yasmin ...

"Clown Prince" Obama's Weekly Blather barack INGHAM PALACE , District of Corruption, April 5, 2014     Today, our economy is growing and our businesses are consistently generating new jobs.  But decades-long trends still threaten the middle class.  While those at the top are doing better than ever, too many Americans are working harder than ever, but feel like they can’t get ahead.  That’s why the budget I sent Congress earlier this year is built on the idea of opportunity for all.  It will grow the middle class and shrink the deficits we’ve already cut in half since I took office.  It’s an opportunity agenda with four goals. Number one is creating more good jobs that pay good wages. Number two is training more Americans with the skills to fill those jobs. Number three is guaranteeing every child access to a great education.  And number four is making work pay – with wages you can live on, savings you can retire on, and health ca...

"Clown Prince" obama's March 22nd Weekly Blather barack INGHAM PALACE , District of Corruption March 22, 2014     This week, I visited a community college in Florida, where I spoke with students about what we need to do to make sure our economy rewards the hard work of every American.  More specifically, I spoke about making sure our economy rewards the hard work of women.  Today, women make up about half of our workforce, and more than half of our college graduates.  More women are now their families’ main breadwinner than ever before.  But in a lot of ways, our economy hasn’t caught up to this new reality yet.  On average, a woman still earns just 77 cents for every dollar a man does.  And too many women face outdated workplace policies that hold them back – which in turn holds back our families and our entire economy.  A woman deserves to earn equal pay for equal work, and paid leave that lets you take a da...

Do They Even Know How To Read?!?     Thirteen states are currently on track to raise their states' minimum wages on the New Year.  One additional state waits until July.  Those states : New York; January 1; $8.00/hr Ohio; January 1; $7.95/hr [only affects businesses with gross annual receipts of $292,000/yr] Florida; January 1; $7.93/hr Missouri; January 1; $7.50/hr Vermont; January 1; $8.73/hr Rhode Island; January 1; $8.00/hr Connecticut; January 1; $8.70/hr New Jersey; January 1; $8.25/hr Colorado; January 1; $8.00/hr Montana; January 1; $7.90/hr Arizona; January 1; $7.90 California; July 1 ; $9.00/hr Washington; January 1; $9.32/hr Oregon; January 1; $9.10/hr     Had those legislators been able to read; been able to stay awake in Econ-101, they may have learned that when a company~~forced or voluntarily~~adds to their labor expense, they will reduce another area of said businesses to compensate.  More than likely thos...

My Experience With The Minimum Wage     Just to illustrate how disconnected " Clown Prince " obama is with the real working world, here's but one of my experiences with the minimum wage:     At 9:24AM, December 20 last, I completed my register transaction at the local Walmart (1490 Hudson Ave., Rochester, N.Y., 14621).  As is my norm, I didn't review the cash register tape until I got home.      The primary reason for visiting the store " where the Third-World shops " was to buy Walmart 's version of flavored sparkling water beverage in various flavors.  I bought four-each of three different flavors.  Rather than put all twelve bottles on the belt, I put one of each and told the young lady cashier that I had three more of each flavor.     Of those three flavors~~ twelve bottles, total ~~I was charged for FOUR 'blackberry;'  THREE of 'wild cherry;' THREE of...