POTUS to announce WH Job Creation Summit in December

Mary | Nov 12, 2009 3:28:10 PM posted: “The report attributed Oregon’s unemployment rate — which reached a historic high of 12.2 percent in August — in part to its reliance on the wood-products, high-tech and tourism sectors. Sounds like a liberal paradise. YES WE CAN!”

Actually, Mary, Oregon IS a paradise and YES WE CAN! The state has been through recessions more times than other states because of our economy’s early dependence wood products. We knew exactly what to do.

During the last economic downturn, Oregon issued bonds to create jobs and also opened wider eligibility for federal food stamps. The money circulated throughout the state, helping build jobs. We rebounded, and attracted new high tech employers like INTEL. Even built a rainy day fund.

This recession, the housing bust hit us hard. But in April we started spending on infrastructure projects to get people working and off unemployment. The key focus has been building family wage jobs, so we have used federal money to build healthy new tax payers by investing in school districts, training and community college scholarships. A well trained workforce has already attracted new employers like the country’s largest Solar Panel plant, Bio Sciences, Health Care, High Tech, and Renewable energy. Moody’s has predicted Oregon be one of the leading states out the recession.

And meanwhile, Oregonians who are FAR from all “liberal” enjoy the benefits of New Deal projects every day – hydro-electric dams, bridges along the coast, roads, and stands of timber.

"I'd take the Kennedy family's opinion about JFK and Obama over a right winger's any day. They know the hand Obama was dealt - and they know a touch more about their family member than some poster on a web blog."

Uh, JFK's fiscal policies are a matter of HISTORICAL RECORD and have nothing to do with my opinion. But then, coping with historical reality has never been the strong suit of liberals. That's why we're trillions of dollars deeper in debt and things are getting worse. Hope and Change!

Posted by: ELF | Nov 12, 2009 11:52:43 PM

President Obama ran on supporting and strengthening the union movement - this isn't a big surprise. The top 1% of this country own 80% of the wealth - there is lots of room for workers joining together to get above poverty level wages.

Posted by: Jenn | Nov 12, 2009 10:40:04 PM

"In today's world JFK would be President Barack Obama - JFK's family has clearly told us that including his brother and his daughter."

I'd take the Kennedy family's opinion about JFK and Obama over a right winger's any day. They know the hand Obama was dealt - and they know a touch more about their family member than some poster on a web blog.

The facts are that the Job Summit will be yet another platform for Obama to push the Union agenda. The President will threaten to unleash more ACORN and SEIU intimidation and demand that states and corporation hire more of these militant workers.

This Presidents health takeover, environmental mandates, spread the wealth around, tax or simply take the wealth of investors, are the key impediments to job creation in this country.

Americans understand that Obama’s proposed heath takeover does nothing to improve healthcare. Instead “health reform” is an attempt to put the Union agenda between you and your doctor.

The “public option” is simply a lever for Washington to demand that all workers in your doctor’s office are unionized.

Unions have bankrupted the steel industry, the auto industry, and soon the states of California and New Jersey (more to come); this while unionized teachers have put their economic welfare ahead of educating our children.

So much for bi-partisanship, or fair play. You play the Union-way or you will not play at all!

"In today's world JFK would be President Barack Obama - JFK's family has clearly told us that including his brother and his daughter."

LOL! NOT. JFK's POLICIES tell a different story, especially his fiscal policies which called for the SHRINKING of the federal government and significant tax cuts for the private sector. In this regard, JFK was the ANTI-OBAMA in the extreme. Plus, JFK wasn't a Marxist. But thanks for playing!

JFK was more conservative than either of them. In today's world, he'd be considered a wingnut.
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In today's world JFK would be President Barack Obama - JFK's family has clearly told us that including his brother and his daughter.

"My grandmother wasn't a wingnut. She was an intellectual conservative with libertarian leanings who believed wholeheartedly in civil rights,and who would appreciate Olympia Snowe much more than Boehner. Limbaugh would make her sick."

Doubtful, especially if she were a fiscal conservative. Olympia Snowe is essentially a Democrat and is to the left of Boehner. JFK was more conservative than either of them. In today's world, he'd be considered a wingnut.

I don't think you give Bush any credit for what he did do. Here's sections from an article from 2005.
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Actually I was just making a parody of another poster's comments here who had his shorts all in a know over 4,000 swine flu deaths 'on Obama's watch'.

I was simply pointing out there are an average of 36,000 deaths every year from flu in the United States, so if we used his same logic, there were 288,000 flu deaths 'on George W. Bush's watch.'

The other poster's comment was dumb and I was just revealing that.

Bush did lots of good and interesting stuff, but he made many mistakes, some terrible and tragic.

Allycat-I don't know any Republicans that don't believe in civil rights. I really don't understand how you come to that conclusion. Limbaugh is just a windbag...but you're probably just hearing soundbites of him anyway.
I don't like anyone who feels they have to make fun of people to make their point. I think it just diminishes what they are saying.

Tierra I was born in the 50's. There was a totally different mindset back then. I don't think you have any idea how different it really was.

Unfortunately there are always extremists on both sides. Have you ever read Black Boy. Fascinating book, one of my all time favorites.

You are right...they were more conservative!

Posted by: wow | Nov 12, 2009 6:36:49 PM

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Perhaps. Martin Luther King, Jr. certainly described him as conservative and rigid-- but he was fairminded and pursued change, even if it was ever-so-gradually. And he believed in civil rights. Barry Goldwater's vote against the 1964 Civil Rights Act made him "sick."

So, there are other very important differences between then and now, IMHO. My grandmother wasn't a wingnut. She was an intellectual conservative with libertarian leanings who believed wholeheartedly in civil rights,and who would appreciate Olympia Snowe much more than Boehner. Limbaugh would make her sick.

Yeah-- but my grandmother's Republican party was not the GOP of today. No. way.
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I agree, not as many extremists . . .

Yeah-- but my grandmother's Republican party was not the GOP of today. No. way.

Posted by: Allycat 521 | Nov 12, 2009 5:43:34 P

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You are right...they were more conservative!

Eisenhower's efforts to build the country's highway system were not wasted efforts either and he was (oh noes!) a Republican.

Posted by: Visualize Whirled Peas | Nov 12, 2009 3:06:06 PM

Yeah-- but my grandmother's Republican party was not the GOP of today. No. way.

Obama declaring a national emergency has kept the number of deaths down to 4,000. Sounds like he did the right thing.
Posted by: tierra | Nov 12, 2009 3:37:08 PM

We'll see, once we add the people who die from the regular flu to Obama's total.

The nonpartisan Pew Center on the States ranked Oregon among the 10 states in the greatest “fiscal peril.”
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Same with Florida - down in Jeb Bush country with a Republican governor.

The clock is ticking. Already more have died from the swine flu than Katrina.
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About 288,000 Americans died of flu - on Bush's watch. Obama declaring a national emergency has kept the number of deaths down to 4,000. Sounds like he did the right thing.

"In my state, Oregon, we actually see the benefit from those projects every day – hydro-electric dams, bridges along the coast, roads, and stands of timber."

From the Register-Guard (11/12/09):

"Oregon is one of the most troubled states in the country when it comes to paying for education, human services, public safety and other state services, according to a national report issued today.

The nonpartisan Pew Center on the States ranked Oregon among the 10 states in the greatest “fiscal peril.” The report said California’s budgetary problems “are in a league of their own,” prompting its authors to devise a “California Scorecard” to determine the severity of fiscal problems in other states. By the scorecard’s measures — which accounted for unemployment, the gap between spending and revenue, home foreclosures and other factors — Oregon received a “C+” grade, tied with Nevada for the fifth place behind California.

The Pew Center cited as a leading factor in Oregon’s plunging revenue, a sharper fall-off than all but three other states.

“Perhaps no number tells the story of Oregon’s bleak fiscal house like the 19 percent drop in revenue the state reported between the first quarter of 2008 and the first quarter of 2009. The decrease is a reflection of Oregon’s heavy reliance on income taxes at a time when incomes dropped and employers shed jobs by the tens of thousands.”

Oregon’s income tax, considered more volatile than sales and property taxes, accounts for 71 percent of its general-fund revenue — a higher percentage than any other revenue source for any other state.

The Pew report also cited Oregon’s soaring unemployment from mid-2008 until the spring of 2009. In that time, joblessness more than doubled, the report noted, “outpacing the rate in California and surging faster than that of any other state.”

The report attributed Oregon’s unemployment rate — which reached a historic high of 12.2 percent in August — in part to its reliance on the wood-products, high-tech and tourism sectors. All have suffered during the current recession."

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Sounds like a liberal paradise. YES WE CAN!

In an average flu season, about 36,000 Americans die. So in other words 288,000 Americans died of flu - on Bush's watch. (Reuters)
Posted by: tierra | Nov 12, 2009 3:09:35 PM

Obama declared a national emergency for the swine flu. The clock is ticking. Already more have died from the swine flu than Katrina.

Approximately 4,000 people it is now estimated by the CDC have died from swine flu - on Obama's watch.

Posted by: Visualize Whirled Peas | Nov 12, 2009 1:45:01 PM
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In an average flu season, about 36,000 Americans die. So in other words 288,000 Americans died of flu - on Bush's watch. (Reuters)