I don't know if you are aware, but there is yet another UN climate change conference going on as I write. Yes, this time it is in sunny Cancun. Old Al Gore will surely be there, but observers describe his mood as depressed. Nothing a little massage won't cure, eh Big Al?
Is Al spying on Rajendra?
It seems that after the big expectations of last year's freeze in Copenhagen, most people are treating this as a ho hum affair where delegates from 140 some odd countries waste their tax-payers' money to come, sit in a chair 8 hours a day with headsets on then hit the beaches and the night spots. Where are those Mexican cartel gangs when you need them?
I wonder if the Indian delegates will ask the US delegates about that reported comment that Hillary Clinton made about the Indians being the "self-appointed front-runner" for a UN Security Council seat and why she ordered US diplomats to spy on Indian delegates. Isn't that against Obama's promise to support India for that seat? It is clear that Obama has a palace revolution on his hands and must take action quickly to "cut off the head of the snake".
"Sorry, Your Majesty. We will not spy on the Indians. And you're fired."
Remember that big new show CNN announced with Eliot Spitzer (Love client number 9) and Kathleen Parker? Well, it seems that this dream matchup is headed for the rocks. Parker, upset that big mouth Spitzer is dominating the dialogue and sucking all the oxygen out of the room, stormed off the set a few weeks ago.
Obviously, Eliot isn't into dominatrixes.
Meanwhile in Kalifornia, we have a new sheriff in town. That's right, Kamala Harris, San Francisco's former DA, the one who refused to ever seek the death penalty and wouldn't cooperate with federal officials when it came to turning over illegal alien gang members, is now our attorney general.
Yesterday, after a long recount, she declared victory and told the press what her top priorities were as AG.
Relieving prison overcrowding.
Enforcement of California's new Global Warming Final Solutions Act and cracking down on those who harm the environment. (Yes, that was the original name of the act until somebody woke up out of their stupor.)
Other than that, there's not much else.
(About Kamala Harris' agenda, that is. I still have more.)
Speaking of Kalifornia, you might like to know that the state government has an approval rating of about 10%, unemployment is 12.4%, and the state is some 32 billion in debt. So what did we do in the November election? We threw the bums out, right?
Wrong. Not one incumbent was defeated.
Last reported, the state was spotted drifting westward about 50 miles west of Hawaii.
I guess any day now, we will get the big announcement from Eric Holder where the Khalid Sheikh Mohammed trial will be held. I hear his top attorneys are making their decision as we speak.
Finally, I close with these words of wisdom today from Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH):
“There is no real history illustrating that these tax cuts for the rich result in jobs. It’s extending unemployment benefits that creates economic activity that creates jobs, not giving a millionaire an extra ten or twenty or $30,000 in tax cuts that they likely won’t spend,” Brown said.
Sherrod Brown of Ohio. Isn't he the third wide receiver for the Cincinnati Bengals?
Sherrod Brown is absolutely correct. As the two loudest conservative voices at Alexandria (Gary's vacation home) have pointed out quite emphatically, businesses don't exist to create jobs for the rest of us, they exist to make money for their shareholders.
ReplyDeleteWhen is the last time a business owner got a big tax refund and announced "I think I'm going to spend this money hiring a few employees I don't really need, so we can achieve full employment"?
Businesses hire for one reason, and one reason only: when demand for their goods or services rises to the point that they can't meet demand by mere increases in efficiency and productivity, and it appears that the additional production made possible by this new employee will generate more revenue than the new employee will cost.