Tag: George Bush

• The Day The Democrats Took Over

  I’ve been arguing what is written below (received via e-mail and edited) since President Obama took office, but my thoughts are well-crystallized here: The day the Democrats took over was not January 22nd 2009 (the inauguration of President Obama), it was actually January 3rd 2007, the day the Democrats took over the House of Representatives…

  bbollmann

  February 23, 2012

  Congress, Democrat

  Barack Obama, Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, Congress, Democrats, George Bush, Nancy Pelosi

• Another Employment Measure

  Last week, the Federal Government announced the Unemployment Rate of 8.8% for March with 216,000 new jobs.  My question is always related to how many people quit looking for a job or fell off the Unemployment roles.  We all know that the true Unemployment Rate is much higher in the 15-17% range. This month, my…

  bbollmann

  April 4, 2011

  Economy, Free Market, Unemployment

  Barack Obama, Employment, George Bush

• Still A Jackass

  If you hadn’t noticed, or maybe you forgot, Kanye West is still a Jackass!  On a telethon in 2005, West famously accused George Bush of ‘hating black people’ for not interfering with rushing down to view, first-hand, the hurricane Katrina clean-up. President Bush lamented in his memoir and in interview about the low-point of his…

  bbollmann

  November 3, 2010

  Bush

  George Bush, Hurricane Katrina, Kanye West, Taylor Swift