Mike Williams
Saving a government job?
While perusing around this morning, I happened on this headline from Reuters. “White House says stimulus saving education jobs”
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration said on Monday its economic stimulus had saved or created 250,000 education jobs, as it sought to push back against Republicans who contend the package was wasteful and had not worked.
The Republicans are saying that it isn’t working because it isn’t working. I guess cause the Republicans are focusing on the private sector where it really matters and not the government where it doesn’t. The quarter of a million jobs we are now losing on a monthly basis are private sector jobs not public ones.
It’s like getting shot in the arm and bandaging your leg. Like that.
I had to read the headline once again to make sure I wasn’t dreaming or perhaps read this incorrectly.
School teachers outside of the public system were excluded in this story. The stimulus didn’t save the private sector jobs just the public ones that you already pay for anyway. I mean “saved or created.”
School teachers are on the public payroll. You pay them. You the taxpayer. In theory, school districts are funded for the most part by local school taxes which then pay for school teachers. Federal money is given in the form of a supplement to existing programs and so on.
Let’s assume that the federal money is paying for the teacher’s salaries (it’s really not but play along). What this headline says is that the federal government isn’t cutting jobs that it wasn’t going to cut anyway and that the stimulus has everything to do with that.
Complete and utter nonsense.
Infrequent Blogging
Folks,
I know there are serious gaps in my posts but I have a really good reason for that…
…2 full time jobs.
I get up and work for 4 hours on Take That! Radio.
I go to my day time job for 8 hours.
I come home and record podcasts and edit for an additional 4 hours.
I also have to squeeze in writing, designing websites, artwork, and…
…eating and sleeping.
I think Melissa’s schedule is even worse.
All the folks who are working on projects and podcasts at Take That! are doing so because we all believe that we make a difference.
I had a friend of mine ask me if I felt that I was doing enough to advance my conservative values. At the time, I thought “no.”
When I went to Washington 2 weeks ago, I helped Melissa and Tabitha interview over a dozen key players in the conservative movement. My moment of Zen came when I looked up from my laptop as Melissa was conducting an interview and realizing that United States Senator Jim DeMint was sitting 2 feet away from me talking to Melissa to appear on a show I produce.
Did I feel like I was doing enough?
Did I mention that Jim DeMint was 2 feet away from me?
The Trip to Washington
*** Updated: 10/04/09 ***
Well. We missed the meet-up in Washington because we didn’t arrive until about 1:00 am. Went straight to bed.
*** SATURDAY 10/03 ***
Steve Schippert and I met up for coffee and registration for the conference. Got to meet E. Telford while fielding malicious text messages from Dr. Clouthier.
Internet connectivity problems seem to plague the conference room where the bloggers are. I finally got connected but poor Steve’s eyes are bleeding…
Ok. We’re connected and waiting for Melissa…
Melissa made it.
*** Take That! Radio on Radio Row ***
After deciding that Blogger’s Row would be too noisy to record interviews, we landed a spot on Radio Row thanks to Melissa.
Due to the location and setup of our equipment (big thanks to Steve for bringing the pro microphone. We couldn’t have had the great audio without it!), we landed a whole slew of great interviews including:
Bob Weeks
Phil Kerpin
Dan Gainor
Senator Jim DeMint
Steve Moore
Hugh Hewitt
Tracy Walsh
Phelim McAleer
Ed Morrissey
Mark Kelly
Diana Cohen
Erik Telford
Emily Zanotti
John Hawkins
Mary Katherine Ham
We wrapped up taping around 6:30 as the bloggers went to the “bloggers dinner.”
We have tremendously talented people who work very hard to put out a quality show in their own right but they also play very hard as well.
The last bar we ended up in was the one where we heard “last call.”
I’d like to thank Melissa for helping to get Tabitha “smashed” which in turn provided the entertainment for the long walk back to the Marriot and Sheridan.
Thanks to Elizabeth for getting Tabitha home.
Where in the World
This weekend, a bunch of the Take That! staff is heading to the Americans for Prosperity conference in Washington, DC.
Steve Schippert and I will be joining Dr. Melissa Clothier and Tabitha Hale this evening (if we can get to DC in time) for a Twitter Meetup at Bailey’s in Arlington, VA.
Throughout the weekend I’ll be posting pictures and taping as much audio as possible.
Take That! Radio is taking on Washington, DC.
Watch it.
The Star Trek Universe
I’m always humbled to write a script idea and Star Trek Repulse is no exception.
I was able to write most of the story line today and it’s a real tear jerker to Star Trek fans.
Fueled by a need for revenge, a technology we haven’t seen before, and a death count in the billions, Starfleet faces an enemy that will stop at nothing until they are destroyed.
The Qutarians start a conflict that Captain John Burton hopes to bring to an end. He’s lost his parents and is now forced to return to the planetary system where they died. Unfortunately, his new ship now bares the name of Repulse. The same ship that had been destroyed along with his parents all those years ago.
Lansu won’t forget. He won’t forget about a wayward nacelle crashing into his settlement on Delvian 2 and taking the life of his beloved wife Kara. The Qutarians want revenge. They build a massive ship to fulfill that purpose.
Armed with a “phase based” technology Lansu begins a crusade of destruction. Destroying whole worlds, he begins to make the Federation pay for what they have done.
When Lansu destroys Captain John Burton’s home world and his aunt and uncle, the need for revenge becomes the “pulse” of John Burton’s command decisions.
Armed with a small Federation Starship, John Burton has a score to settle.
The battle for Earth’s survival begins with…
U.S.S. Repulse
Amazing Robbery
These folks are thinkers and doers…
STOCKHOLM – Masked gunmen used a stolen helicopter and explosives to engineer a spectacular raid on a cash depot in Stockholm on Wednesday, breaking into the building through the roof and flying off with bags of cash, police and officials said.
The daring pre-dawn heist stunned police in the Swedish capital, who were unable to deploy their own helicopters to the scene because suspected explosives had been placed at their hangar.
The security company that owns the facility, G4S PLC, said the thieves had made off with “an unconfirmed sum of money” and added it would offer a large reward for information leading to their arrest and the return of the loot. The company did not give an exact amount for the reward.
I suggest you click here and read the whole article. I’m not advocating robbing a bank but just pointing out how well thought out this was.
If robbers can do this just imagine what terrorists could do?
Joke of the Month
Sent to me via my buddy Rich…
Guy goes into a bar, there’s a robot bartender.
The robot says, “What will you have?”
The guy says, “Martini.”
The robot brings back the best martini ever and says to the man, “What?s your IQ?”
The guy says, “168”.
Th e robot then proceeds to talk about physics, space exploration and medical technology.
The guy leaves, but he is curious, so he goes back into the bar.
The robot bartender says, “What will you have?”
The guy says, “Martini”.
Again, the robot makes a great martini, gives it to the man and says, “What?s your IQ?
The guy says, “100.”
The robot then starts to talk about NASCAR, Budweiser and John Deere tractors.
The guy leaves, but finds it very interesting, so he thinks he will try it one more time. He goes back into the bar.
The robot says, “What will you have?”
The guy says, “Martini”, and the robot brings him another great martini.
The robot then says, “What?s your IQ”
The guy says, “Uh, about 50.”
The robot leans in real close and says, “So, you people still happy you voted for Obama?”
