{"id":679,"date":"2009-07-02T17:38:55","date_gmt":"2009-07-03T00:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/?p=679"},"modified":"2009-07-02T18:05:14","modified_gmt":"2009-07-03T01:05:14","slug":"help-wanted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/2helenahandbaskets.com\/?p=679","title":{"rendered":"Help Wanted"},"content":{"rendered":"

The employment report that came out today was, shall we say, disappointing<\/del> a bitch? No matter how much Baracko tries to put a happy face on the economy, facts are stubborn things. And the number one fact is, about 1 out of every 10 Americans is out of work. And the second fact is, the unemployment rate keeps escalating despite all the money ($800 billion – start counting – dollars) thrown at the problem since January. And the third fact is – things aren’t going to get better anytime soon.<\/p>\n

But, you say, The One promised that he knew the answers; he had the plan to change. All we had to do was trust him – we can spend our way out of a recession (keep counting!). YES, WE CAN – SUCKERS! (And we’re counting…)<\/p>\n

So why aren’t things getting better instead of worse? Where are all those “shovel-ready” projects (are you still counting?) that have been waiting for the shovels since February? Why aren’t the bridges being built? Where is all the desperately needed new infrastructure – the bridges, the dams, the highways? We obviously have lots of shovelers and the money to buy enough shovels (are you anywhere close to $800 billion?), but nothing is happening out there to turn the gloom and doom into sunshine and lollipops (or pixie dust and unicorns if you prefer). As far as I have been able to tell, nobody has even started building the “emergency shelters”<\/a> to get prostitutes off the streets. I mean, c’mon – how much planning and prep does it take to build a whorehouse??? And this administration can’t even get that job done????<\/p>\n

Where are all those damn jobs? <\/p>\n

I guess it’s time to bring in the big dogs: <\/p>\n

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