July 19, 2010

Obama's "Job Training" Failures Noted by...NY Times?
— Gabriel Malor

It seems the Times has decided to throw the President to the wolves in the hopes that a better candidate will come along by 2012. How else to explain yesterday's bombshell ObamaCare articles stating outright that the President's signature program is a tax and that it will restrict doctor choice? And then today's articles, including the GM, Chrysler article I posted about this morning, which in the second paragraph (!) suggests that the Obama Administration cost tens of thousands of jobs.

And then there's this:

Hundreds of thousands of Americans have enrolled in federally financed training programs in recent years, only to remain out of work. That has intensified skepticism about training as a cure for unemployment.

Even before the recession created the bleakest job market in more than a quarter-century, job training was already producing disappointing results. A study conducted for the Labor Department tracking the experience of 160,000 laid-off workers in 12 states from mid-2003 to mid-2005 — a time of economic expansion — found that those who went through training wound up earning little more than those who did not, even three and four years later. “Over all, it appears possible that ultimate gains from participation are small or nonexistent,” the study concluded.

In the last 18 months, the Obama administration has embraced more promising approaches to training focused on faster-growing areas like renewable energy and health care. But most money has been directed at the same sorts of programs that in past years have largely failed to steer laid-off workers toward new careers, say experts, and now the number of job openings is vastly outnumbered by people out of work.

Labor economists and work force development experts say the frustration that frequently results from job training reflects the dubious quality of many programs. Most last only a few months, providing general skills without conferring useful credentials in specialized fields. Programs rarely involve potential employers and are typically too modest to enable cast-off workers to begin new careers.

Most job training is financed through the federal Workforce Investment Act, which was written in 1998 — a time when hiring was extraordinarily robust. Then, simply teaching jobless people how to use computers and write résumés put them on a path to paychecks. Today, even highly skilled people with job experience of two decades or more languish among the unemployed. Whole industries are being scaled down by automation, the shifting of work overseas and the recession.

It goes on, under the sub-head "Claiming Successes":

The Obama administration argues that expanded job training has already delivered success. As part of the nearly $800 billion stimulus package begun last year, the administration increased grants sent to states for training programs devoted to laid-off workers by $1.4 billion for 2009 and 2010. Those funds came on top of $2.9 billion allocated through normal budget channels for grants in those two years.

Last year, the number of laid-off workers in job training reached 241,000, up from about 124,000 the year before, according to the Labor Department.

“These programs are really working,” said the assistant secretary of labor, Jane Oates. “These are folks who clearly want to go back to work and we’re able to help them get back to work. The investment in job training is one that’s not only going to pay off in the short term, it’s going to help us be more competitive in the long term.”

According to the Labor Department, 85 percent of laid-off workers who received training in 2007 and 2008 gained jobs within a year of completion. But the department does not track what percentage of them gained jobs in their fields of study and so far lacks any data for 2009, the first year of the Obama administrationÂ’s expansion.

Experts harbor doubts about the reliability of Labor Department numbers, which are derived from reports by state agencies that collect data from community colleges and employment offices whose training funds are dependent upon reaching benchmarks. Twice the Labor Department had to correct the data it supplied for this article.

Oh, yes, the Times just called the Obama Administration liars.

And then the double-wammy. After a few paragraphs on how "those who oversee job training" are also reporting successes:

The literature is not encouraging.

A 2006 study prepared for the Labor Department found virtually no benefit for 8,000 randomly selected recipients who entered federally financed training programs in 2001 and 2002.

This isn't a friendly wap on the nose from the Times. This is their news desk editors wishing they'd voted for Clinton last time and hoping they'll get to vote for her next time.

Posted by: Gabriel Malor at 12:16 PM | Comments (113)
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1 That's all wrong. You don't need training in order to be employed. Where do they get their stories from?

Posted by: Your Mini Monarch at July 19, 2010 12:17 PM (FcR7P)

2

ROTFL.. well, one thing's for damn sure those Wolves won't be able to drag Obama under the bus.  The administration has thrown so many people under it already there just isn't room for one more.

I wonder if maybe this isn't the MSM's way of trying to engineer a primary challenge for Obama in '12, in the hopes of salvaging something out of this total dismal failure of a presidency or at least maybe providing some of the Dem's some political cover as if they wanted to do so but couldn't for whatever reason.

Hmmm.. interesting...

Posted by: Stuck On Stupid at July 19, 2010 12:20 PM (e8T35)

3 The MFM is perfectly willing to throw their current boyfriend under the bus if they think the Democratic Socialist Party has a better chance of staying in power with a New, Improved Candidate.

Posted by: real joe at July 19, 2010 12:20 PM (IpIBJ)

4 Don't trust a liberal, never.

Posted by: bill-tb at July 19, 2010 12:20 PM (y+QfZ)

5 “These programs are really working,” said the assistant secretary of labor, Jane Oates.

Yeah, for the trainers.

Posted by: profligatewaste at July 19, 2010 12:21 PM (b3rrc)

6 More like the Arizona Times. Cowards!

Posted by: Eric Holder at July 19, 2010 12:21 PM (FcR7P)

7 So the Lightworker goes to Lite Worker? NYT has one of those no shit moments? Fuck the NYT, they are a major part of this country's problems. That is, dishonest propaganda shills for the left. Fuck them to hell, and the sooner the better.

Posted by: maddogg at July 19, 2010 12:21 PM (OlN4e)

8 I wonder if maybe this isn't the MSM's way of trying to engineer a primary challenge for Obama in '12, in the hopes of salvaging something out of this total dismal failure of a presidency or at least maybe providing some of the Dem's some political cover as if they wanted to do so but couldn't for whatever reason.

Hillary smells blood in the water.  She'll resign Sec State shortly after the coming November debacle and start gearing up for a primary challenge in '12. 

Posted by: Ombudsman at July 19, 2010 12:22 PM (y4B2y)

9 The truth will out

Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 19, 2010 12:22 PM (5jbD3)

10 And Hildebeast? She is done. She showed that she is little more than a political whore, playing second or third banana to an incompetent boob of a fucking socialist is not much meat for a resume. She can ride that horse into obscurity.

Posted by: maddogg at July 19, 2010 12:24 PM (OlN4e)

11 Obviously something is going on. Maybe they are trying to regain their credibility so they can endorse a fresh round of commies for this fall.

Maybe they have the word that Obama is NOT running in 2012 so they can throw him down in favor of the races this fall.

Posted by: Vic at July 19, 2010 12:24 PM (/jbAw)

12 Keep that chair warm for me, and don't get any cigarette burns on the oval office furniture.

Posted by: Hillary '12 at July 19, 2010 12:25 PM (y4B2y)

13

It's because he was focused laser-like on jobs:

http://tinyurl.com/22lo9go

For his co-conspirators and others who probably didn't need the payola anyway.

 

Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at July 19, 2010 12:25 PM (RkRxq)

14 Now is the time for someone who knows how to wear pants to be President

Posted by: Hillary Rodham Clinton at July 19, 2010 12:25 PM (LdYLm)

15 The most disheartening thing about that article was about Swiss machining.  It's one of the most highly skilled manufacturing jobs there is, yet it now pays only $18/hr.  The second most disheartening thing was that the GIS job market is full up.  Industry is so highly productive, they just don't need people anymore.  I remember when I was a kid hearing that "automation" would one day put everybody out of work; looks like that day is here.

Posted by: gp at July 19, 2010 12:26 PM (B9rV2)

16 Something is going terribly wrong here.  We send the New Yrok Times the latest update on Michelle's tautly muscled upper arms and they print this???

Posted by: David Axelrod at July 19, 2010 12:28 PM (QKKT0)

17 Now is the time for someone who knows how to wear pants to be President

Posted by: Hillary Rodham Clinton at July 19, 2010 04:25 PM (LdYLm)


Realistically, it's now or never for her.  In 2016 she'll be 71 years old.


Posted by: Ombudsman at July 19, 2010 12:28 PM (y4B2y)

18 As Uncle Ted warned: If you like what liberal policies have done for Detroit, your gonna looove Obama. Feel the love, dry, without even a kiss.

Posted by: maddogg at July 19, 2010 12:29 PM (OlN4e)

19

I'm watching for Barry's good buddy Hillary to resign immediately after the November elections and to start tearing the shit out of her former employer.

If she lets Barry get off without being gutted for the crap his buddies pulled in the primaries, it will be a first for her.

Hell hath no furry, was a term coined by someone who pissed off Hillary effing Clinton.

Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at July 19, 2010 12:30 PM (RkRxq)

20

Comrades, some racist counter-revolutionary must have gotten this past the proper channels at the Times. Not to worry comrades, there is always plenty of room in the re-education camps

Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 19, 2010 12:30 PM (1Jaio)

21

Hillary smells blood in the water.  She'll resign Sec State shortly after the coming November debacle and start gearing up for a primary challenge in '12. 

And it'll be over a "policy disagreement" when Zero pulls some new outrage against Israel.  That way Hill collects up the Jewish vote for free.

Posted by: Cicero at July 19, 2010 12:31 PM (QKKT0)

22 You recognize it for what it is--- media manipulation of the facts. Thye are plowing the groung for a retrenchmant from prog to dem, not from dem to conservative. minimize losses thats the gane

Posted by: Sgt Pepper at July 19, 2010 12:32 PM (w9bVp)

23 This isn't a substantive change for the NY Slimes. Just look at their editorial page if you want to see that their sentiments still lie with the communization of America and the kind of economy-killing giveaways and punishment of the productive those tea-sipping East Coast elites have indulged in for years.

I suspect their purpose in finally printing the truth about Osma Obama is simpler, and has nothing to do with the Traitor-in-Chief himself. Rather, they have calculated that lying to the public is hurting their circulation numbers. Their surveys tell them the public isn't buying the Chicago Jesus's act any longer, and they've never met a trend they won't co-opt for themselves.

The Elites in the media can't abide an awkward liar or fraudster. They only appreciate smoothies. Call-Me-Hussein ain't smooth enough.

Posted by: MrScribbler at July 19, 2010 12:32 PM (Ulu3i)

24

And it'll be over a "policy disagreement" when Zero pulls some new outrage against Israel.  That way Hill collects up the Jewish vote for free.

Posted by: Cicero at July 19, 2010 04:31 PM (QKKT0)

Good timing with her daughter marrying a Jew.

Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at July 19, 2010 12:32 PM (RkRxq)

25 Good timing with her daughter marrying a Jew.

Is his old man out of jail yet?

Posted by: Ombudsman at July 19, 2010 12:33 PM (y4B2y)

26 Why its almost as though they passed a bill against the will of the public that penalizes businesses, tries to take over 16% of the private sector yada yada AND still have plans to attempt more damage with cap and tax or EPA equivalent and 'amnesty' What really sucks is that the MFM may get away with their commie propagandizing by now belatedly reporting some truth about Obamao.

Posted by: PaleRider at July 19, 2010 12:33 PM (dkExz)

27 Day after day, Alone on a hill, The man with the foolish grin is keeping perfectly still But nobody wants to know him, They can see that he's just a fool, And he never gives an answer, But the fool on the hill, Sees the sun going down, And the eyes in his head, See the world spinning 'round. Well on the way, Head in a cloud, The man of a thousand voices talking perfectly loud But nobody ever hears him, or the sound he appears to make, and he never seems to notice, But the fool on the hill, Sees the sun going down, And the eyes in his head, See the world spinning 'round. And nobody seems to like him, they can tell what he wants to do, and he never shows his feelings, But the fool on the hill, Sees the sun going down, And the eyes in his head, See the world spinning 'round. Ooh, ooh, Round and round and round. And he never listens to them, He knows that they're the fools They don't like him, The fool on the hill Sees the sun going down, And the eyes in his head, See the world spinning 'round.

Posted by: Sgt Pepper at July 19, 2010 12:34 PM (w9bVp)

28
Is his old man out of jail yet?

Posted by: Ombudsman at July 19, 2010 04:33 PM (y4B2y)

Sorry, don't know anything about the guy.

Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at July 19, 2010 12:36 PM (RkRxq)

29 If The Hill is indeed going to challenge The One in the primaries, where does that leave her husband The Creep in this cycle?  How hard does he really try to get out the vote the The One.

An awful lot of nicknames in there, hope you can sort them out.

Posted by: CUS at July 19, 2010 12:37 PM (wOGfT)

30

Campaign slogan:

Hillary Clinton 2012 A Democrat Who Actually Likes America

Posted by: Cicero at July 19, 2010 12:38 PM (QKKT0)

31 And Hildebeast? She is done. She showed that she is little more than a political whore, playing second or third banana to an incompetent boob of a fucking socialist is not much meat for a resume. She can ride that horse into obscurity. Yes. She proved her incompetence in the last Demotard primaries. Lousy campaigner, empty head, lousy debater, and now she's damaged goods. "I know, let's nominate a carpetbagger Obama toady as our Obama challenger!" Never gonna happen. Never forget Dick Morris and his "Can Hillary be stopped?" meme. If Dick Morris thinks X, you can be pretty sure the truth will be Y.

Posted by: George Orwell at July 19, 2010 12:38 PM (AZGON)

32 28
Is his old man out of jail yet?

Posted by: Ombudsman at July 19, 2010 04:33 PM (y4B2y)

Sorry, don't know anything about the guy.

Posted by: Hussein the Plumber at July 19, 2010 04:36 PM (RkRxq)

Don't be a nag

Posted by: Hillary Rodham Clinton at July 19, 2010 12:39 PM (LdYLm)

33 Hillary Clinton 2012 A Democrat Who Actually Likes America

Hillary Clinton 2012:  Yeah, I'm a Broad, But I Still Have Bigger Balls

Posted by: Ombudsman at July 19, 2010 12:39 PM (y4B2y)

34 I hate Hillary Clinton. But I'd vote for her over this assclown.

Posted by: kansas at July 19, 2010 12:40 PM (mka2b)

35 Never forget Dick Morris and his "Can Hillary be stopped?" meme. If Dick Morris thinks X, you can be pretty sure the truth will be Y.

Dick Morris. Frequently Wrong, Never In Doubt.

Posted by: Ombudsman at July 19, 2010 12:40 PM (y4B2y)

36 So the NYT prints a "see how evenhanded we are!" article.  When they frontpage such articles day after day, wake me up.

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 19, 2010 12:41 PM (2g2ex)

37

I thought the headline means Obama's personal on-the-job training is a miserable failure.

Oh well.

Posted by: always right at July 19, 2010 12:41 PM (UzjcV)

38 Be a sight easier for Teh Cattlebaroness to beat theMcLamenomineeof2012 than to beat Obama2008. That's what they're figuring. And I believe they are correct. Much as it pains me to be able to predict the future, I'm thinking we end up with a WhiteWater WhiteHouse because of, not in spite of. Man, are we fucked. Shillary gets to act all caring after Bambi done fucked us up.

Posted by: Sgt Pepper at July 19, 2010 12:41 PM (w9bVp)

39 Yes. She proved her incompetence in the last Demotard primaries. Lousy campaigner, empty head, lousy debater, and now she's damaged goods. "I know, let's nominate a carpetbagger Obama toady as our Obama challenger!" Never gonna happen.

I have no doubt she thinks she has a chance in the primaries in 2012-it will be her last chance.  Until everyone notices the Afghan Albatross hanging around her neck.

Posted by: CUS at July 19, 2010 12:41 PM (wOGfT)

40 Yes, Dick Morris is often wrong. But I still like the guy. His heart is in the right place, I think.

Posted by: maddogg at July 19, 2010 12:42 PM (OlN4e)

41

OT: Michael Jordan proves he's still a class acts. His comments regarding Le Bron James.

"There's no way, with hindsight, I would've ever called up Larry, called up Magic and said, 'Hey, look, let's get together and play on one team,'" Jordan said after finishing tied for 22nd in the American Century Championship golf tournament in Stateline, Nev. "But that's ... things are different. I can't say that's a bad thing. It's an opportunity these kids have today. In all honesty, I was trying to beat those guys."

Posted by: robtr at July 19, 2010 12:42 PM (fwSHf)

42 I hate Hillary Clinton. But I'd vote for her over this assclown.

Me too. At least she has a track record, and you'll know what you're going to get.  A lefty, yes, but nothing like Havana Barack Obama.    Obama might be closer to Hugo Chavez politically.

Posted by: Ombudsman at July 19, 2010 12:43 PM (y4B2y)

43 Really, how much training does it take to learn how to use the Latte machine?

Posted by: Tom Servo at July 19, 2010 12:43 PM (T1boi)

44 Hillary Clinton 2012:  I love this country almost as much as Barry hates it!

Posted by: Truck Monkey at July 19, 2010 12:43 PM (yQWNf)

45

"  How hard does he really try to get out the vote for the The One."

Let me clue you in, BC is only campaigning for those who supported in Hillary in the undemocratic primaries.

The problem Hillary has is that she has pissed off enough of her former supporters like me by sticking with the radical community organizer and promoting his radical anti-American ideas.

I am still on the email list for HillPac, yes with Carville slowing attacking appropiately, yes Hillary is getting ready.

But she has lost a LOT of supporters. I certainly will not be voting for her.  She is a Obama-lite. And I hope Sarah uses this line. I supported Hillary and will defend her against any sexism, but I will not vote, fundraise or support her against a true fiscal conservative like Sarah Palin.

There are now more Independents than dems or repubs.

Posted by: johnc_recent_EX-democrat at July 19, 2010 12:43 PM (ACkhT)

46

Speaking of job re-training, decades ago my grandfather was laid off in his mid-50s because the steel foundry he had worked in for 20+ years went under. So to put food on his table he learned how to pour concrete.

He didn't have any job re-training or anything else, he took it upon himself to learn a new trade and off he went.

Posted by: Ghost of Lee Atwater at July 19, 2010 12:44 PM (JxMoP)

47 Question is how we infiltrate their friggin primaries and nominate the biggest assclown in their party..........oh wait they did that by themselves.....ok someone who won't win just because they appeal to the dumbasses. I can't come up with a despicable lefty character who the lefty losers won't like....Blago?

Posted by: dagny at July 19, 2010 12:45 PM (YXXeb)

48 You can't rufudiate the need to reparate!

Posted by: James Clyburn's Grey Matter at July 19, 2010 12:45 PM (4OnPC)

49 "There's no way, with hindsight, I would've ever called up Larry, called up Magic and said, 'Hey, look, let's get together and play on one team,'"

And if he did, they'd both have told him to piss off.   Players are far too chummy these days.   It drives me nuts to see the players interact at the end of a NFL game.  They are no longer opponents.  They're members of the same elite club, just in different chapters. 

Posted by: Ombudsman at July 19, 2010 12:45 PM (y4B2y)

50 Hillary 2012: Technically, I'm Not An Actual Marxist

Posted by: t-bird at July 19, 2010 12:46 PM (FcR7P)

51
Obama will take notice of the NY Times harping on him when it appears in the sports section about his golf game.  Otherwise I'm sure he couldn't care less.

Posted by: The Chewbacca Defense at July 19, 2010 12:46 PM (YMZjg)

52 Ah, I see johnc_etc.  Thanks.  So Bill's 'help' is mostly a facade of support for Dems across the board so the Bambi can't complain too much, and claim that he is bringing the party together.

About right?

Posted by: CUS at July 19, 2010 12:46 PM (wOGfT)

53 What fucking difference would it make. Hil is still a socialist at heart, maybe less open about it than the Indonesian Imbecile, and therefore more dangerous.

Posted by: real joe at July 19, 2010 12:47 PM (IpIBJ)

54 The best thing I can come up with about Hillary is that she was born here to american parents, is probably not a muslim, has a far more attractive mate than Obama does, and doesn't golf.

Posted by: dagny at July 19, 2010 12:48 PM (YXXeb)

55 Hillary 2012: I won't make you swallow, only spit

Posted by: Ludicrous Speed at July 19, 2010 12:48 PM (LdYLm)

56 Hildebeast will take many and varied baths in the effort to wash away the Zero stink, but to no avail. Some stinks just won't wash off, and Beast has been swimming in Ode De Zero for 2 years now.

Posted by: maddogg at July 19, 2010 12:48 PM (OlN4e)

57 Nah. Bill is up to something. He is either trying to get Hillary the vp spot, thinking of Hillary challenging Obama, or is making Obama lick his boots. Haven't decided which one yet.

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Posted by: mpfs at July 19, 2010 12:49 PM (iYbLN)

59

Posted by: CUS at July 19, 2010 04:46 PM (wOGfT)

you got it.  I would suggest you put Hillaryis44.org on your reading list, its an excellent site of Hillary supporters, the author will defend Sarah Palin and the Tea Party, these are all moderate centerist dems, and if Hillary does not run in 2012 they are all voting for a repub, ANY repub.

and in 2010, they are voting straight repub just to stop the insanity of the community organizer.

I know you all think all dems are the same, we are not. I used to consider myself a conservative dem, I am probably more socially liberal than most here, but I am conservative in every other sense, since there is no such thing as a "moderate democrat" anymore, December 24th, 2009 proved that, I and millions of dems became an Independent and fled the undemocratic party.

And I suspect like me, they will never be voting for another damn demon rat again.

Posted by: johnc_recent_EX-democrat at July 19, 2010 12:50 PM (ACkhT)

60 Hillary 2012: I knew Saul Alinsky.  Saul Alinsky was a friend of mine.  And Barack, you're no Saul Alinsky.

Posted by: Ombudsman at July 19, 2010 12:50 PM (y4B2y)

61 The problem isn't lack of training, its fricking LACK OF JOBS.

Duh. . .




Posted by: looking closely at July 19, 2010 12:51 PM (6Q9g2)

62 If HRC does decide to challenge Obumbles in 2012, you can safely bet on having even more primary / caucus skullduggery and super delegate politiking.  HRC supporters know how badly they were out manuvered at the locations where caucusing determined the winner.  I hope she does run just to see how that plays out. 

Posted by: Count de Monet at July 19, 2010 12:52 PM (2g2ex)

63 "But, but...I have a certificate of competency signed by Obama himself!"

Posted by: Unsuccessful Applicant at July 19, 2010 12:53 PM (FcR7P)

64

one of my small biz collegues said today, "why the hell would I create more wealth for the community organizer to redistribute it?"

yes, I have no doubt this type of thinking is all across the country. all businesses of all sizes

Posted by: johnc_recent_EX-democrat at July 19, 2010 12:53 PM (ACkhT)

65 Cankles is toast. If the stink of Barry is so rank, no one who lapped up the crumbs off his dinner table will appeal to voters disillusioned with the Obastard regime. Might as well claim Biden has a chance of running too. She's old, she's cranky, she's another fucking Senator. The whole making-a-Senator-the-President thing isn't smelling very good now, and won't smell any better by 2012. Honestly, the Clenis aren't the force they once were. Independents are likely unimpressed by such retreads, and they'll be deciding much of the ballot next time. Look for the Demotards to back Barry 3000% in the 2012 race. No serious challenger will arise. I exclude joke challengers like Kucinich.

Posted by: George Orwell at July 19, 2010 12:53 PM (AZGON)

66 If HRC does decide to challenge Obumbles in 2012, you can safely bet on having even more primary / caucus skullduggery and super delegate politiking.  

Absolutely.  The Clintons are the masters at that.  Al Franken stealing the Minnesota senate seat?  Amateur

Posted by: Ombudsman at July 19, 2010 12:53 PM (y4B2y)

67

It isn't unheard of for the Times to knock some obscure pet project that their candidate supported. What would shock me is if they listed this alongside the rest of Toonces' myriad failures, some pretty much more damaging than a failed job-training experiment.

And don't forget, this was a failure, but his heart was in the right place. Not like Abu Ghraib at all.

Posted by: spongeworthy at July 19, 2010 12:54 PM (rplL3)

68 Whether or not Hillary has an actual chance to win is irrelevant. She has always wanted to be President and probably still wants to. Plus the revenge factor.

Posted by: davidt at July 19, 2010 12:54 PM (HtIec)

69

Since my mother's sole source of information about the world is the NYT this kind of thing is really going to make her actually have to start thinking about things. 

But she voted for Mondale for chissakes, so she's a completely lost cause.

Posted by: eleven at July 19, 2010 12:54 PM (7DB+a)

70 Hillary 2012: I'll only screw America as often as Bill screws me!

Posted by: Ludicrous Speed at July 19, 2010 12:55 PM (LdYLm)

71 If HRC does decide to challenge Obumbles in 2012, you can safely bet on having even more primary / caucus skullduggery and super delegate politiking.  

Absolutely.  The Clintons are the masters at that.  Al Franken stealing the Minnesota senate seat?  Amateur

So how did they miss all the shenanigans at the last primary?

Posted by: CUS at July 19, 2010 12:55 PM (wOGfT)

72 On our side, I really wish Jeb's last name weren't Bush.   I think W ended all possibilities for him.  He's an impressive guy who would give the R's Florida, and win the Hispanic vote.

Posted by: Ombudsman at July 19, 2010 12:56 PM (y4B2y)

73 Obama's Summer Recovery Training You For A Job That Doesn't Exist!

Posted by: t-bird at July 19, 2010 12:56 PM (FcR7P)

74 If the Republicans run one of their Establishment RINOS again there's going to be hell to pay. Hillary should pray for that kind of stupid, and they won't disappoint her unless quashed by the tea party.

Posted by: maddogg at July 19, 2010 12:58 PM (OlN4e)

75 The problem isn't lack of training, its fricking LACK OF JOBS.

Duh. . .




Posted by: looking closely at July 19, 2010 04:51 PM (6Q9g2)

Hey, I was told if I finished my training in buggy whip manufacturing, there would be jobs.

Posted by: Cicero at July 19, 2010 12:59 PM (QKKT0)

76
Hillzilla 2012:  I may be a part time lesbian, but I'll ride the pink pony if it means sitting in the Oval Office.

Posted by: Fish at July 19, 2010 12:59 PM (v1gw3)

77 Hillary 2012! The Other White Meat

Posted by: Ludicrous Speed at July 19, 2010 01:01 PM (LdYLm)

78 While I don't think Cankles will challenge Barry, I wish she would. It would precipitate a monumental circular firing squad in the Demotard Socialist Party. Can you imagine the internecine warfare? Barry all but calling Hillary a Grand Kleagle, bringing up Bill's "this boy would be fetching me coffee" comment, and Hillary being incompetent as usual but her Demotard backers would be so furious at what Barry has done to their Party that they would leak every filthy thing Barry and his posse have committed... not on policy disagreements, mind you. Because they differ not a whit on policy. However every stinking deal to funnel cash and jobs to cronies would be let out. Every expense report for elaborate parties in Barry's crib. It would be awesome, the infighting.

Posted by: George Orwell at July 19, 2010 01:02 PM (AZGON)

79

Posted by: CUS at July 19, 2010 04:55 PM (wOGfT)

They [Hill and Bill]  didn't realise that they were being set up since 2004, you see they did not want Howard Dean as the DNC chair, Dean and Donna Brazilla made sure to not count Florida and Michigan, and also made sure there were more caucuses instead or primaries.

And then in the caususes, many Hillary supporters were locked out. One such person was Latimer M. , a black civil rights leader, all this out right fraud was documented at:     we will not be silenced 2008 dot com

This is why they want now for 2012 even more caususes, not 1 vote-1person primaries. Causues are much easier to bully people, primaries with a ballot is much harder to bully people.

then the racism came in, the "fairytale" comment by BC started it, Wookie said BC was a racist, then the RFK, Hillary is a racist.

you seriosuly think that the DNC  2008 convention being on Dr. King's "I have a dream" speech was all a coincendence??!?!?

this was all set up. right after the community organizer gave the speech at Kerry's DNC convention in 2004

Posted by: johnc_recent_EX-democrat at July 19, 2010 01:04 PM (ACkhT)

80 My Manhattan livin', Barry lovin' libtard s-i-l and her husband must be totally confused.  They treat the NYT like the lib version of the Bible.  If the Times says something, it must be true.

Heh.  I'd love to know what those two nuts think about this. 

Posted by: Jane D'oh at July 19, 2010 01:05 PM (UOM48)

81 Considering that Obama's programs aren't exactly helping the Democrats, I can understand why they might be wanting to toss him under their bus.

Look, many in this country wanted less expensive health care.  We wanted reform in the way of increased competition by the federal government forcing the elimination of state laws that stifle interstate competition which is clearly in the role of the federal government.  We wanted regulations that allow small businesses, self employed, and other individuals to band together and form their own groups for lower rates.  We want to be able to afford our own health plans and not have them tied to our employers so we don't have to suffer a job we hate simply because of the health plan.  And we certainly didn't want unions exempt from all the regulations placed on us and our employers.

We wanted health care reform, not government run health care.

The Democrats need to get back to building roads, bridges, and schools and butt out of our daily lives.  They should be passing laws that facilitate us being able to take care of things ourselves instead of mandating that government take care of us.

Posted by: crosspatch at July 19, 2010 01:05 PM (ZbLJZ)

82
Hillzilla 2012:  I may have said "you fucking Jewish bastard", but it was said with great levity to my good Jewish friend and mentor.

Posted by: Fish at July 19, 2010 01:06 PM (v1gw3)

83 Hillary 2012:  The least bad choice the dhimmicrats could force on you.

Posted by: Truck Monkey at July 19, 2010 01:08 PM (yQWNf)

84

this was all set up. right after the community organizer gave the speech at Kerry's DNC convention in 2004

Posted by: johnc_recent_EX-democrat at July 19, 2010 05:04 PM (ACkhT)


Does anybody know just how exactly Obama got that speech gig? Who was behind his being chosen?

Posted by: davidt at July 19, 2010 01:11 PM (HtIec)

85
Hillzilla 2012:  For all you veterans, John Kerry will lend me his Cambodia hat for my presidential campaign.  With my time under fire, I learned the importance of leadership, and I will lead the military as Commander in Chief like no other before me.

Posted by: Fish at July 19, 2010 01:12 PM (v1gw3)

86

Does anybody know just how exactly Obama got that speech gig? Who was behind his being chosen?

Well, he is a light skinned african american with no negro dialect, unless he wanted to have one.

Posted by: Harry Reid at July 19, 2010 01:19 PM (yQWNf)

87

Posted by: davidt at July 19, 2010 05:11 PM (HtIec)

what  Posted by: Harry Reid at July 19, 2010 05:19 PM (yQWNf)

is most likely the true reason. who really could stop Hillary in 2008? a AA, who will use the race card all the time and anytime.

Posted by: johnc_recent_EX-democrat at July 19, 2010 01:24 PM (ACkhT)

88

46 how to pour concrete.

Last year, my old front stoop rotted thru, and I needed to find somebody to pour a new one (I have no idea how to work concrete.)  The first two guys I called never even gave me an estimate. The third guy took a deposit, waited two months, then demolished the old stoop, then disappeared for two weeks; I fired him.  The fourth guy did a fine job, two weeks leadtime.  I wondered to myself, in an economic depression like this, especially impacting construction, why it's so hard to find good builders?  Is this usual in anybody else's recent experience?

Another thing: reading the comments, like 98% of you are focused on the political and media aspects of this story, but I'd sure like to see a thread on the economic and quality-of-life angle.  That story scares hell out of me.  A demand depression, skyrocketing productivity, short lifecycle for expensive skills, wide-open global labor supply competition all impact American QoL.  Is there a solution?  Even if you can reverse out-of-control liberal government, you still have all those other systemic challenges.  You could elect Ron Paul president, Milton Friedman Sec Treas and Hayek Fed Head, and even they couldn't fix it, could they?  Ace or Monty do a post on this?

Posted by: gp at July 19, 2010 01:31 PM (av0Xk)

89 I haven't read all the comments but, has anyone noted that Barry is a stuttering clusterfuck of a miserable failure yet?

Posted by: that guy that doesn't read all the comments at July 19, 2010 01:37 PM (1eiZq)

90 I understand the why of Obama getting that speech gig. I'm wondering who got him that gig.

Posted by: davidt at July 19, 2010 01:40 PM (HtIec)

91

Posted by: davidt at July 19, 2010 05:40 PM (HtIec)

It was Tom Daschle

Posted by: johnc_recent_EX-democrat at July 19, 2010 01:42 PM (ACkhT)

92 How many solar cell assemblers do we need anyway? The problem with these idiots is they are so consumed by their own horseshit about "green jobs" that they can't even calculate how many of them there might be (if any), and what an out-of-work contractor, for example, might need to do to make himself employable in one. Epic, colossal stupidity or malevolent attempt to destroy the economy? You make the call!

Posted by: Fresh Air at July 19, 2010 01:42 PM (5HTkD)

Posted by: andycanuck at July 19, 2010 01:43 PM (7b1Uc)

94 Ah, Tom Daschle. The consummate Party man. One of Obama's first attempted appointments(epic fail).

Posted by: davidt at July 19, 2010 01:49 PM (HtIec)

95 Blame your patsy; protect The Agenda. Saw this coming a month ago.

Posted by: Old Grouch at July 19, 2010 02:07 PM (wSWeb)

96 I think I can read the Times message here...

Really,
Unless I'm mistaken,
None of this matters to him,
He doesn't seem to care what happens.
Independents are figuring it out,
Lots of folks are still unemployed,
Lots of money is being wasted,
America is getting tired of the training wheels president,
Really folks
You think we can do better? 

So how long before Hillary bails on the Sec of State gig?  

Posted by: drfredc at July 19, 2010 02:10 PM (ljMiA)

97
So how long before Hillary bails on the Sec of State gig?

After the midterms.

Posted by: davidt at July 19, 2010 02:13 PM (HtIec)

98 Buncha racist crackas!!!!   I'LL define success, and you mofos will like it or taste my taint!!!!!

Posted by: Barack Shabazz Obama at July 19, 2010 02:37 PM (GNTj/)

99 "This is their news desk editors wishing they'd voted for Clinton last time and hoping they'll get to vote for her next time."

You think James Carville has anything to do with this? Why do you think he went after Obama so aggressively WRT Obama's Katrina? That was the single most important, acute attack on Obama since President Over-Pars' election. It was not made without great thought, and Carville has friends in high places, too, who surely agree with his politics.

He and other beltway insiders desperately want to regain Executive power. Obama and his czars are destroying America and, more importantly to the elitist hacks, the Democrat label. The progressive movement has awakened Americans into action against neo-liberalism/Progressivism which stands to hurt Carville, the Clinton machine, and Democrat fellow travelers.

It's not that Carville, Clinton et al are against Obama's policies, they're just opposed to the pace of transition, the blowback from moving too expeditiously to Socialism, and the reality that they aren't running the show and dispensing perks.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at July 19, 2010 02:39 PM (swuwV)

100 >>Heh.  I'd love to know what those two nuts think about this.

They're thinking: We need Obama to have 8 years as President to see us through!

/seriously, I heard this today at a staff meeting. From my Director.

Posted by: evil midnight bomber what bombs at midnight at July 19, 2010 02:55 PM (hCQG5)

101 This is an interesting article. Full Disclosure: I'm a Workforce Investment Act(WIA) Case Manager for several counties in a midwestern state(We're privatized). I would agree that there is a major lack of entry level position available for people that have received training - with two notable exceptions: entry level over the road truck drivers and Licensed and Registered Nurses.  It's also not surprising that they have no data from 2009 as the 2009 fiscal year just ended on June 30th. States have until October 2010 to report information about the last fiscal year. Though some data for the beginning of 2009 should be available. This info is all public domain and you can normally find it by googling your state + WIA Annual report.

Posted by: Campionrules at July 19, 2010 03:09 PM (GzpIx)

102 That has intensified skepticism about training as a cure for unemployment.

The best way to cure unemployment is to seek employment with the intent of working for a living. I believe it's an ancient proverb, but I'm not sure.  It's kind of like San Diego, I don't know what it means. I'll be honest, I don't think anyone knows what it means anymore. Scholars maintain that the translation was lost hundreds of years ago.

Posted by: Chairman LMAO at July 19, 2010 04:09 PM (snlsw)

103 Whatever, this is lamesauce. Everybody knows that everything today is Bush's fault. The NYT is probably just hurting for ratings.

Posted by: Jen at July 19, 2010 04:37 PM (FTzC7)

104

If hillary bails on the Sec of State, won't she be a quitter?

Posted by: tinkerthinker at July 19, 2010 06:18 PM (GVJ6H)

105 Hillary Clinton 2012: Yeah, I'm a Broad, But I Still Have Bigger Balls 1) They are Bill's, 2) And she keeps them in a lockbox.

Posted by: cheshirecat at July 19, 2010 06:46 PM (kHbWt)

106 July, August, September, October, November.  Yup, I give 'em five months before the first NYT article about a birth certificate.  They've kept this in their back pocket for a looong time.  Its kind of like having pictures of the police chief making out with a 15 year old.  Not to be used until desperate because its going to be toxic for everyone.

Posted by: Still using my fingers to count at July 19, 2010 06:48 PM (jchJh)

107 One article from the NYT telling the truth about Obama?

Whoopdy fuckin do.

When they start blasting him daily like they did against Bush, then you may have something.

One article a year against Ogabe doesn't mean shit.

Posted by: ghost707 at July 19, 2010 08:12 PM (vrKL/)

108 I'm watching for Barry's good buddy Hillary to resign immediately after the November elections and to start tearing the shit out of her former employer.

Wouldn't it be a riot if Obie thanked her for her service, then got his bunghole reamed at some point later on?

Posted by: Blacque Jacques Shellacque at July 19, 2010 10:09 PM (rXbvW)

109 For a guy with little experience he is doing one heck of a insignificant amount of meaningful work. I just hope he doesnt try to change things like he promised.

The best thing to do, Mr. Obama, is to not make waves. Work on things like the new statue on the capital mall, decorate the oval office with Michelle, or a paint a new postage stamp design. Leave us all alone please.

Posted by: Chardham tour operators at July 19, 2010 10:56 PM (ZWtyz)

110

Corporations are sitting on billions of $$, while remaining staggeringly profitable, and yet this is the govt's fault?

Which is it? Conservatives are all for the free market system, aren't they? Why aren't they pressuring corporations to start investing in the economy then?

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