Posted by CrabbyCon on July 9, 2009 · Leave a Comment
The latest news is dreadful for the Obama administration and wonderful for those of us who care about this country and the founding principles it was built upon.
Obama’s approval rating over the last couple of days is in free fall. Rasmussen reported yesterday that his approval rating had dropped a full percentage point (-5) – which is huge for one day and usually indicates a trend. Today’s report showed that Obama was at -8 making those who approve 51% and those opposed 48%. The writing is on the wall and I think that other leaders in the conservative movement may have read these signs in advance – making their decisions that much easier.
If Obama’s approval drops below 50% it will be incredibly difficult to get it over that point again – barring some miracle, economically speaking. The chances of economic improvement are minimal and his empty slogan of hope and change is ringing hollow on the masses. The economy does not look as though it will improve any time soon due to massive amounts of spending, a war waged against the middle class and small businesses, and the private sector, we will be in a massive downturn for a couple of years – inflation will be inevitable. The chances of him surviving another term if he enacts legislation that would drastically dismantle the foundation this country was built upon, are slim-to-none.
Two swing states that turned blue last year were also polled. The trend that is occurring at a national level is also occurring at the local level. Both Ohio’s and Virginia’s approval ratings for Obama are below 50%.
It will only be a matter of time before his personal approval rating comes down along with it! My guess: October; when unemployment is worse, the market has taken another massive nose-dive (and it will – it will go lower than it did the first quarter of this year), and inflation hits.
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Posted by CrabbyCon on March 27, 2009 · 1 Comment
Akron, Ohio’s mayor and legislature have decided that the best way to utilize those stimulus funds and get their city’s economy back on track is to create a suicide fence for bridges.
One man jumped to his death off the All-America Bridge this year.
Two more used the Akron bridge — more commonly known as the Y-Bridge — to commit suicide in 2008.
Akron hopes to curtail future deaths on what has been dubbed ”Suicide Bridge” by installing a fence.
The controversial fencing — some have been pushing for it, while others think it’s a waste of money — was among the local projects the state approved Thursday for federal stimulus funds.
”It just makes a safer Akron for everybody,” said Robert Conley, who has been urging the fencing since his son, Kevin, jumped off the bridge to his death in 2006.
Akron received the most stimulus funding of any local community — $21 million for four projects, including $7.5 million for improvements to the Y-Bridge. (The fencing is expected to cost $1 million to $1.5 million; the rest will go toward new decking for the 28-year-old span.)
Couldn’t that $1.5M be better spent on a more reasonable infrastructure program? The rest of the programs discussed in the article sounded sane and did appear to be capital and infrastructure oriented.
Common sense must be expensive nowadays since supply is so low!
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