By: jazzycmk (Diary)  |  March 10th at 02:59 PM  | 

Apologies in advance — this is not much of a diary.  I haven’t written one in a while so I guess I’m a bit out of practice.  This is more of a rant.  I realize this is a bit of a breach of posting protocol, but sometimes you just need to vent. While browing RCP I came across the following linked article by John Hayward | Read More »

By: jazzycmk (Diary)  |  August 28th at 01:53 PM  | 

As is my usual practice on Mondays, last week I went to my parents for dinner after work.  While watching the news and Ground Zero Mosque coverage, my mother relayed a story that for her captured the feelings of, I believe, all of us who oppose the building at that particular site. Near the neighborhood I grew up in as a child there had been two | Read More »

By: jazzycmk (Diary)  |  August 25th at 10:02 PM  | 

With the primaries nearly done and the November matchups clearly taking shape, I think there are a couple of simple messages / strategies for the Repblicans. Related to the Ground Zero mosque, I believe that until they cancel plans to build it in its current location, this will continue to be an issue through election day.  However, the GOP should not make this about Imam | Read More »

By: jazzycmk (Diary)  |  August 14th at 01:51 PM  | 

As an accounting / finance type I am, by nature, a cautious fellow.  I like fixed rate loans so that I know what I’m paying every month.  I drive defensively.  I read my e-mails at work 3 or 4 times before sending them.  Within that framework, however, I am still cautiously optimistic about the upcoming elections and the prospects for a conservative resurgence (as best | Read More »

By: jazzycmk (Diary)  |  July 5th at 01:56 PM  | 

The weekend news programs have been afire with Michael Steele’s Afghanistan comments, and to some degree, rightly so.  Before that there was Joe Barton’s BP comments.  The MSM also tried taking John Boehner’s “ant” comments out of context, but that one didn’t have legs. So while the MSM is working overtime to bring GOP controversies to the forefront, they are working just as hard to | Read More »

By: jazzycmk (Diary)  |  July 2nd at 08:10 PM  | 

Jobs gained / (lost) in June 2010 per the US Dept of Labor  (prelim):          (125,000) Jobs gained / (lost) in May 2010 per the US Dept of Labor  (prelim):           433,000 Jobs gained / (lost) in April 2010 per the US Dept of Labor  (final):             313,000 Jobs gained / (lost) in March 2010 per the US Dept of Labor  (final):           208,000 Jobs | Read More »

By: jazzycmk (Diary)  |  June 4th at 07:57 PM  | 

Jobs gained / (lost) in May 2010 per the US Dept of Labor  (prelim):           431,000 Jobs gained / (lost) in April 2010 per the US Dept of Labor  (prelim):           290,000 Jobs gained / (lost) in March 2010 per the US Dept of Labor  (final):           208,000 Jobs gained / (lost) in February 2010 per the US Dept of Labor  (final):       39,000 Jobs | Read More »

By: jazzycmk (Diary)  |  May 8th at 01:39 PM  | 

Jobs gained / (lost) in April 2010 per the US Dept of Labor  (prelim):           290,000 Jobs gained / (lost) in March 2010 per the US Dept of Labor  (prelim):        230,000 Jobs gained / (lost) in February 2010 per the US Dept of Labor  (final):       39,000 Jobs gained / (lost) in January 2010 per the US Dept of Labor  (final):         14,000 Jobs gained | Read More »

By: jazzycmk (Diary)  |  April 2nd at 01:40 PM  | 

Jobs gained / (lost) in March 2010 per the US Dept of Labor  (prelim):          162,000 Jobs gained / (lost) in February 2010 per the US Dept of Labor  (prelim):     (14,000) Jobs gained / (lost) in January 2010 per the US Dept of Labor  (final):         14,000 Jobs gained / (lost) in December 2009 per the US Dept of Labor  (final):    (109,000)    Jobs gained / | Read More »

By: jazzycmk (Diary)  |  March 6th at 01:08 PM  | 

Jobs gained / (lost) in February 2010 per the US Dept of Labor  (prelim):       (36,000) Jobs gained / (lost) in January 2010 per the US Dept of Labor  (prelim):       (26,000) Jobs gained / (lost) in December 2009 per the US Dept of Labor  (final):    (109,000)    Jobs gained / (lost) in November 2009 per the US Dept of Labor  (final):       64,000    Jobs gained / (lost) in | Read More »

By: jazzycmk (Diary)  |  February 5th at 07:34 PM  | 

Jobs gained / (lost) in January 2010 per the US Dept of Labor  (prelim):       (20,000) Jobs gained / (lost) in December 2009 per the US Dept of Labor  (prelim):  (150,000)    Jobs gained / (lost) in November 2009 per the US Dept of Labor  (final):       64,000    Jobs gained / (lost) in October 2009 per the US Dept of Labor  (final):         (224,000) Jobs gained / (lost) in September | Read More »

By: jazzycmk (Diary)  |  January 16th at 12:19 PM  | 

Over the holidays the Obama administration had a very quiet release of a change in how jobs will be counted to track the success (or failure as the case may be) of the stimulus program. Recall that the administration had always claimed that they were counting jobs created or “saved”.  That “saved” part was getting them into trouble.  In October, they came up with their | Read More »

By: jazzycmk (Diary)  |  January 9th at 12:33 PM  | 

Jobs gained / (lost) in December 2009 per the US Dept of Labor  (prelim):    (85,000)    Jobs gained / (lost) in November 2009 per the US Dept of Labor  (prelim):     4,000    Jobs gained / (lost) in October 2009 per the US Dept of Labor  (final):         (127,000) Jobs gained / (lost) in September 2009 per the US Dept of Labor  (final) :   (139,000) Jobs gained / (lost) | Read More »

By: jazzycmk (Diary)  |  December 4th at 01:37 PM  | 

Jobs gained / (lost) in November 2009 per the US Dept of Labor  (prelim):    (11,000)    Jobs gained / (lost) in October 2009 per the US Dept of Labor  (prelim):       (111,000) Jobs gained / (lost) in September 2009 per the US Dept of Labor  (final) :   (139,000) Jobs gained / (lost) in August 2009 per the US Dept of Labor  (final) :        (154,000) Jobs gained / | Read More »

By: jazzycmk (Diary)  |  November 7th at 11:47 AM  | 

Jobs gained / (lost) in October 2009 per the US Dept of Labor  (prelim):       (190,000) Jobs gained / (lost) in September 2009 per the US Dept of Labor  (prelim) : (219,000) Jobs gained / (lost) in August 2009 per the US Dept of Labor  (final) :        (154,000) Jobs gained / (lost) in July 2009 per the US Dept of Labor  (final) :             (304,000) Jobs gained / (lost) | Read More »

By: jazzycmk (Diary)  |  October 3rd at 01:30 AM  | 

Jobs gained / (lost) in September 2009 per the US Dept of Labor  (prelim) : (263,000) Jobs gained / (lost) in August 2009 per the US Dept of Labor  (prelim) :      (201,000) Jobs gained / (lost) in July 2009 per the US Dept of Labor  (final) :             (304,000) Jobs gained / (lost) in June 2009 per the US Dept of Labor  (final) :            (463,000) Jobs gained / | Read More »

By: jazzycmk (Diary)  |  September 4th at 09:19 AM  | 

Jobs gained / (lost) in August 2009 per the US Dept of Labor  (prelim) : (216,000) Jobs gained / (lost) in July 2009 per the US Dept of Labor  (prelim) :     (276,000) Jobs gained / (lost) in June 2009 per the US Dept of Labor  (final) :       (463,000) Jobs gained / (lost) in May 2009 per the US Dept of Labor  (final) :        (303,000) Jobs gained / (lost) | Read More »

By: jazzycmk (Diary)  |  August 8th at 11:29 AM  | 

Jobs gained / (lost) in July 2009 per the US Dept of Labor  (prelim) :      (247,000) Jobs gained / (lost) in June 2009 per the US Dept of Labor  (prelim) :      (443,000) Jobs gained / (lost) in May 2009 per the US Dept of Labor  (final) :        (303,000) Jobs gained / (lost) in April 2009 per the US Dept of Labor  (final):          (519,000) Jobs gained / (lost) in | Read More »

By: jazzycmk (Diary)  |  July 2nd at 05:09 PM  | 

Jobs gained / (lost) in June 2009 per the US Dept of Labor  (prelim) :      (467,000) Jobs gained / (lost) in May 2009 per the US Dept of Labor  (revised) :      (322,000) Jobs gained / (lost) in April 2009 per the US Dept of Labor  (final):          (519,000) Jobs gained / (lost) in March 2009 per the US Dept of Labor (final):        (652,000) Jobs gained / (lost) in February 2009 | Read More »

By: jazzycmk (Diary)  |  June 5th at 10:33 PM  | 

Jobs gained / (lost) in May 2009 per the US Dept of Labor :                       (345,000) Jobs gained / (lost) in April 2009 per the US Dept of Labor  (revised):          (504,000) Jobs gained / (lost) in March 2009 per the US Dept of Labor (revised):        (652,000) Jobs gained / (lost) in February 2009 per the US Dept of Labor (revised) :    (681,000) Number of jobs promised by the Obama | Read More »

By: jazzycmk (Diary)  |  May 15th at 10:16 PM  | 

We saw today that protests over Obama’s commencement address and receipt of an honorary agree from Notre Dame started in earnest leading to 15 arrests including Alan Keyes.  The protestors were noted as peaceful but “…..were told they could protest all they want in the town of South Bend, Ind., but once they stepped onto Notre Dame property, they would be arrested.”  They did not | Read More »

By: jazzycmk (Diary)  |  May 8th at 09:17 AM  | 

Jobs gained / (lost) in April 2009 per the US Dept of Labor :                       (539,000) Jobs gained / (lost) in March 2009 per the US Dept of Labor (revised):        (699,000) Jobs gained / (lost) in February 2009 per the US Dept of Labor (revised) :    (681,000) Number of jobs promised by the Obama administration :                            4,000,000 Number of jobs remaining to hit goal :                                                      5,919,000 Link to | Read More »

By: jazzycmk (Diary)  |  May 1st at 10:20 AM  | 

These will be soft numbers and impossible to prove…..but then, of course, so was Obama’s claim of creating or saving 150,000 jobs (looking forward to seeing that formula of how you compute saved jobs Barry). I’ll start the bidding: Cost of New York flyover/photo-op by Air Force One :   $328,835 Cost of lost productivity, disrupted business, emergency response, etc. caused by general panic due to | Read More »

By: jazzycmk (Diary)  |  April 3rd at 09:59 PM  | 

Jobs gained / (lost) in February 2009 per the US Dept of Labor :    (651,000) Jobs gained / (lost) in March 2009 per the US Dept of Labor :        (663,000) Number of jobs promised by the Obama administration :               4,000,000 Number of jobs remaining to hit goal :                                          5,314,000  Perhaps, there are not enough of those “shovel-ready” jobs that the stimulus was supposed to produce. Notes: | Read More »

By: jazzycmk (Diary)  |  March 6th at 10:54 PM  | 

Jobs gained / (lost) in February 2009 per the US Dept of Labor :    (651,000) Number of jobs promised by the Obama administration :             4,000,000 Number of jobs remaining to hit goal :                                             4,651,000   Notes: Number of jobs promised by the Obama administration has varied between 3.5 – 4 million.  He promised 4 million early, and then started easing off on that.  I’m | Read More »