unemployment

    Job Shift Could Be Good News

    By: Bob Sordahl (Diary)  |  September 5th at 12:00 PM  | 

    If you are a regular reader of my blog, you know that my day job is in the building trades.  The current downturn of our economy has hit this industry hard, and the people I deal with daily have paid a heavy price for this Administration’s assault on the free market.  Recently however, I’ve seen a shift in sector job loss that might just be | Read More »

    Some Republicans As Clueless As Dems

    By: Bob Sordahl (Diary)  |  November 7th at 05:26 PM  | 

    On November 2nd, we witnessed one of the largest political shifts to the Right in this Country’s history.  It is what we have been working for during the last two years, and it was gratifying to see that the American people have realized we were going in the wrong direction.  But now, the work begins.  Now the Republican leadership must lead and they must focus | Read More »

    Will Republicans Hand Obama Another Term?

    By: Bob Sordahl (Diary)  |  August 8th at 01:29 AM  | 

    Incumbent Presidents historically do well if the economy is doing well.  With the possible exception of executive order, Congress really controls the agenda and direction of this Country.  They control what bills move forward and they control the funding of all federal programs.  That is why blaming George Bush for the economic woes of the last four years and eighteen months is so ridiculous.  The | Read More »