"Abandon all hope, ye who enter..." -Welcome sign above the City of Dis. "Kaos is my son."- Ravager

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The above teen pregnancy states is based upon a report by the CDC, which yahoo news summarizes. The second map is the 2008 presidential election. In terms of rural states? They rate low- rural areas all tend to have low birth rates simply because there's not many peeps there. However, in direct comparisons with blue v. red states? Oh, I think a case can be made in terms of state by state policy decisions directed at addressing the problems of teen pregnancy; sex education, access to services, etc.

We are of course, not at war regarding the economy. This is probably the dumbest statement on the economy since McCain proclaimed the fundamentals to be strong.

Here's the thing; the Obama administration wants to do a massive infrastructure build to get the economy rolling again, much like FDR's New Deal programs. However, many argue that FDR did not spend enough (like Paul Krugman for instance, who recently got the Nobel Prize for economics). This sort of economic thinking is very Keynsian (after John Maynard). Long story short is that it doesn't matter who spends the money, as long as it is spent, however, it does matter HOW it is spent.

Case in point- the recent 700 billion bank bailout. That spending created no jobs. Zero. Zilch. Nada. It was government money pressed into the feverish hands of bankers and ruined wall street firms.

Now, should the US decide to say, buy a shit load of buses, trains, solar plants, wind power plants and other infrastructure (like bridges, roads, etc.) it will create jobs en masse in all sorts of energy sectors. This is called, "resource distribution." Do not be frightened by this term, which is always used by right wingers as a curse against communism/socialism/boogimanism. The simple fact is.... EVERY ECONOMY IS RESOURCE DISTRIBUTION! Doesn't matter which model you choose-it is all the same.

This is the longest recession in 50 years. Look it up. Now, the simple choice is this; follow Republican principles of economics (very Anti-Keynsian) and prolong the recession, possibly turning it into a depression, or find something else. Mark my words- the GOP will obstruct any stimulus package declaring "fiscal principles" much like Hoover did in the early 30s. If we're at war, then the enemy is the GOP. If we're at war with the GOP, then it's really a class war between working people in this country and the elite, with the elite firing the first several rounds by raiding the public treasury and redistributing wealth to their favor (Republican principles of economics since the 1970s).

Conservatives are whining about all the left leaning advisers on the Obama transition team. Funny, Obama's team has an 82% approval rating according to Gallup/CNN's poll last week. Oh, and for the inaugeration? The GOP is skipping town to head to Vegas.

In case you missed it.... the GOP is now "The Southern White Party" in total. No one is left in New England. Few are on the coasts. Their stronghold is greatest in Apalachia. They can have the mountain folk.

Here's the Fox News ticker on New Years- "HAPPY NEW YEAR AND LET’S HOPE THE MAGIC NEGRO DOES A GOOD JOB. LOVE JEN AND JOHN C"

Glad to know Fox isn't afraid to wear their racist, right wing ideology on their sleeve.

Scroll down the Army Times story, and you'll see a few of the sample demographics. 13% Democratic. The rest are Indies and 50% are Republicans.

Seriously- if you're gonna use a poll, and you'll see this poll cited by Hannity and Rushbo and God knows who else, remember to check the demographics.

In case you're wondering what the rest of the United States thinks? It's reversed- 82% approval for Obama so far according to CNN/Gallup. So, if the US ever has a military coup, I can guarantee it will be a right wing fascist order.... with the extreme minority repressing a huge majority. Just saying.

Seriously- he doesn't understand why no one will hire him.

The guy politicized the Justice Department, signed off on torture and did everything he could to shred the Constitution. The guy is as radioactive as Bush and Cheney. Not even the right wing law firms will touch this guy. After all, who really wants TV cameras in their office when Alberto gets arrested for his misdealings when the new Justice Department takes over?

Right, because the constitutional thing to do if people use their right to gather for demonstrations is to send the army after the citizens.

The people of this country didn't riot in the streets during the depression. Whoever wrote this paper has no concept of what it is to be a citizen of this country.

I'll tell you what we don't need- a military with a huge budget and delusions of grandeur. The military industrial complex tried to coup against FDR, but Smedley Butler would have none of it. When the Pentagon decides that the American people are not the enemy (and that will require less right wing ideologues in there) then this nation will be better off.

Came across this story about a Baltimore synagogue's tradition of volunteering at a Catholic soup kitchen during xmas so the usual volunteers can have a xmas for their family. Pretty neat actually.