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Ford Announces End of Lincoln Mercury

Posted by Jay Adler Comment on Wednesday, June 02, 2010 10:21:13 PM
TV and radio is th best example. Ad after ad threads to people being broke or in credit card debt or being thrown out in the street. A Depression can only be evaluated by economists in hindsight upon careful study of the fundamentals. I am one of those who believes this is a Depression as I observe individuals and families in torment and suffering and abject fear. It is probably not logical to think that the voters can do anything before November but Congress may act in the face of continuing political impropriety. Voters can begin the arduous process of recovering the America we once knew. Do your due diligence in November and hit the booths running. Remember that we have lost so much that we held dear that is to include the Mercury Marquis; the American family car that I grew up with going back to a semi bucolic lifestyle that has been wrenched away from us.

Jay R
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Problems We Are Facing Are Numerically Pervasive

Posted by Jay Adler Comment on Sunday, May 30, 2010 1:47:10 AM
I am sitting back and pondering about all the issues, suspicions and severe problems that we as a nation have faced for some time now. Of course we can divide the circumstances between those that are domestic and global in description. Either way there are an inordinate number of distressing situations and I have been on this earth a long time and never have I seen this country in overall duress as in my opinion wae are wallowing in today. I overhear by happenstance people speaking to each other and most are in economic distress. Some stores have credit card limits and sadly, it is many the time that I see people adding candy bars and gum to augment their bill so that they can make a limit that will increase their indebtedness. Fear abounds in offices and facilities all over the country concerning job safety and so many families are working themselves into the ground with each spouse carrying two jobs. People seem tense and angry, going at each other over trivialities.
Oh and Hillary I saw on TV tonight and she looks tired, worn out. I do not blame her.

Jay R
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If You Cannot Stand the Heat Suggest A BP Alternative

Posted by Jay Adler Comment on Wednesday, May 26, 2010 11:37:23 PM
I saw on the news tonight that there is a 100,000 count website protesting BP and their work in the Gulf Oil Spill. Other individuals are picketing and boycotting. the BP service stations. I am not a stock holder in BP but a journeyman freelance writer and I tell you that nobody can put a dent in a huge conglomerate like BP. Half the time we are buying their goods and services and do not even know it. The service stations are selling gas approaching Memorial Day because thousands of people do not even follow the news. We call this the arrogance of power and BP will not be going anywhere. I would like to hear anyone making noise over this suggest a replacement contractor. It is one thing to shout down BP but then make your proposal. Our government has not fired BP because they know that they themselves do not have the technological ability to handle this. BP has the contacts and consultants and unlimited exposure to esoteric equipment and high level personnel. Again, I do not have a dog in this fight but I am pretty sure we need as point man a huge corporation in the oil vertical market. Do these disgruntled people want to change horses in midstream? If they think they can harm the bottom line of BP, they are playing handball on the curb.
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Let BP Work Without Tension, Accusations and Money Demands

Posted by Jay Adler Comment on Tuesday, May 25, 2010 2:32:22 AM
This Gulf Oil Spill is a tough one but despite all the politics and the blame or escape the blame statements as a stock player I know some fundamentals and history of BP. This repair is dicey and nothing is certain but BP has the experience, equipment and know how to put this fire out. Of course to animal lovers like my family and environmentalists, this entire mess is revolting and unacceptable. The federal government does have the power to abrogate the BP contract but if they thought it would be advisable to do that that would have already happened. For these types of events I firmly and absolutely trust my government to act effectively and properly in this situation. This of course would not be a political decision but an operational one. The fact of the matter is that absent our close to the vest Press Secretary, there seems to be an acceptance of BP as the contractor and belief by Federal officials that they can bring closure to this.The know how is really too esoteric as an industry for us to be railing on BP. There may be dirty linen in this thing and we all know that. The more things change, the more things remain the same. I would let them work without threats and interference similar to what we do when some guys come over to lay down some carpet. We let them work.
Jay R
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Why Is It That Americans Are Subject To New Oddities

Posted by Jay Adler Comment on Sunday, May 16, 2010 2:09:57 AM
When I came into this world on the Upper East Side of New York, Harry Truman was surprised by the morning papers. Admittedly, there was no Nirvana in a complete evaluation because there was segregation. As a young man I witnessed this travelling with my mother throughout the South and then again as a selected Boy Scout on my way by bus out to New Mexico.This was a regrettable portion of American history but going under the desk and having a fallout shelter in my prewar building on the upper West Side was a big negative as well. That was the A bomb scare we endured in this country, the Nola Gay not to far in our past. Absent the significant problems we had which included the polio epidemic and two little arms, two little feet, give me a time capsule and I would go back to the 1950's any day. We didn't have the unmitigated stress that we have today and we did not have surprise ,surprise, a new catastrophe, program, agenda, financial problem, errant corporation, multiple acts of adultery in the government, outlandish and subversive statements that are simply designed to throw us off guard. When I was a kid, I proudly wore a little white button that said I Like Ike. Ike was a military man and a hero of Dunkirk. He had an advisor named Sherman Adams who did an outstanding job of filling in. It is a shame that no button contractor in 2010 could make a profit. Our only device we had then was happiness, which we sure do not have in 2010. Please read my Blog title and know that not too long from now we will enjoy our lifestyles just like we used to do.

Jay R
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Anxiety and Depression Rule The Roost

Posted by Jay Adler Comment on Saturday, May 15, 2010 2:33:15 AM
We are all men and DOB 1951 I am no longer interested or a party to the events and amusements of my youth. The other day while continuing his unyielding stump, Obama in a diner somewhere in the hinterlands, did some harmless flirting with a young lady in the crowd. The female in turn made a very inappropriate remark about FLOTUS. Obama proceeded to enchant the obese youth of our country by eating a meal that was capable of giving him a coronary on the spot. I honestly could not care less about politicians and anything they do with the opposite sex. That's because I just assume that they all do it. As long as the country is in good shape, well, there goes that idea. I did grow up in the era of Truman, Stevenson, Humphrey, Mondale and I do not think they would have any repartee in a diner with a local who would probably embarrass him and the American people. The incidents which included the flirting and eating fried food when we soon may be saturated in oil just makes me want November and then 2012 to hurry up and get here so we can start to take our country back. Obama reminds me of Moliere's Ransom of Red Chief. If you know short stories, you may agree.

Jay R
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Fear of the Unknown

Posted by Jay Adler Comment on Friday, May 14, 2010 2:50:35 AM
I saw a woman become hysterical in a variety store today, something about her manufacturers coupon shorting her a buck or two on a small purchase. She started pleading and going through her children's histories and this went on for some time. Today the stores just stand there stoically because no one gets a break today. I started to wonder about this, the pathetic properties of a society where two dollars can demorialize and diminish  a person' defenses and reduce their self worth. Every time I go out for takeout because nobody is paying $200 to go to a half  empty restaurant, it is a ghost town and stores are for lease and house signs every which way but loose. I see Americans tight as a drum everywhere, at each other's throat.The plans we hear for massive government intrusiveness in our lives and a burgeoning deficit is not only scary it is the fear of the unknown attached to so many issues, We may be in an actual Depression and not know it because economists have to look back in hindsight to determine the nomenclature to describe our misery. I would suggest that in the coming elections do not focus on the broken promises. When you vote, do a bottom line assessment of your lot in life. In the booth you are safe, you do not have to speak to pollsters if you do not want to.
Jay R
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Scrambling After The Fact

Posted by Jay Adler Comment on Wednesday, May 12, 2010 6:48:20 PM
The American people are finding out something most of us suspected from the beginning of the health care debate, those that did not think about it were force fed a bill of goods. Some of the sections including long term care and some pre existing condition assurances for children look like they just will not fly. Is it a wonder, many representatives never even read it. " At least we will get something through" was the illogical reasoning that many on the left used to jam this bill through. I do not even know what that means although I believe they meant that and are now sorry because there own families are going to suffer. There are as reported today massive cost differences versus the original COB figure. 80% of Americans knew this would happen, Congress should have listened to them. The Congressman who was just defeated in West Virginia was a Health Care Reform Bill supporter. This was a canary in the mines of what is to come in November.

Jay R
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Scrambling After The Fact

Posted by Jay Adler Comment on Wednesday, May 12, 2010 6:47:06 PM
The American people are finding out something most of us suspected from the beginning of the health care debate, those that did not think about it were force fed a bill of goods. Some of the sections including long term care and some pre existing condition assurances for children look like they just will not fly. Is it a wonder, many representatives never even read it. " At least we will get something through" was the illogical reasoning that many on the left used to jam this bill through. I do not even know what that means although I believe they meant that and are now sorry because there own families are going to suffer. There are as reported today massive cost differences versus the original COB figure. 80% of Americans knew this would happen, Congress should have listened to them. The Congressman who was just defeated in West Virginia was a Health Care Reform Bill supporter. This was a canary in the mines of what is to come in November.

Jay R
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Do the job report in the open

Posted by Jay Adler Comment on Tuesday, May 11, 2010 1:55:08 AM
Between Governor Patterson furloughing the workforce, the Census workers a temporary assignment soon to end and layoffs all over the country, just recently in the City of New York, do we not have to revise the job report?. This has happened before where the administration is giddy about creative numbers. I suggest a permanent panel of mathematicians and economists  figure out the job report and not for political purposes. Lets us see a real report played out on a web site with all the particulars spelled out. Making the calculations by independent survey and out in the open will make a big difference and create a true value which I do not believe we are getting.

Jay R
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The Experience Card Pops Up Again

Posted by Jay Adler Comment on Sunday, May 09, 2010 11:56:32 PM
If I were  looking to appoint a Supreme Court judge I guess I would look for someone who never was a judge. Americans have been down  that road before and it has not been working, has it? Maybe it is one of those Catch 22 formulas of the Electronic Age. Get someone who has never done it and then you get to teach them how to do it. Good deal!

Jay R
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What is the status of the Salahis?

Posted by Jay Adler Comment on Sunday, May 09, 2010 1:04:42 AM
Does anybody know the status of the Gatecrasher case? I have not found out the answer to this important question after posing it on many sites that I am associated with. The case was serious enough to go before Congress for an inquiry. The Salahis responded only by invoking the Fifth Amendment which if applicable is their right. After the hearing it was revealed that a Grand Jury was to be convened due to the serious nature of their actions. You really cannot within our laws crash the White House and walk up to the President of the United States. I am a freelance writer so I have no control over the disposition of any case. As a citizen of the United States and on behalf of all of us, I suggest that someone give us an update. If the whole incident was considered a harmless publicity stunt, perhaps Mr. Gibbs could shed some light on this subject and perhaps let the American people know whether the case was actually dropped.

Jay R
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Do Layoffs Count?

Posted by Jay Adler Comment on Saturday, May 08, 2010 2:16:54 AM
I do not want to take anything away from the Obama administration and their creating more jobs report of late. To Obama's credit, the economy does show signs of improvement however gas is over $3.00 and climbing, interest rates are creeping up a little and the administration is still massaging the numbers. We writers all know that the Census workers will soon join the ranks of the unemployed. New York City  where I grew up has  suffered massive layoffs in teachers and train workers although the unions may repair some of this. Companies will always jettison expendable workers in a recession and retain those who cause a profit. Mayor Bloomberg of New York is suggesting a total of 11,000 workers. He is a businessman and knows what he has to do in this economy to save his city. So should we recalculate Obama's numbers to reflect the lost jobs? I would also want to know if these jobs will support families and if they have benefits. Again I will never criticize the President for an accomplishment but I would like to see a little more transparency in the reporting of economy data.
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The Hunting Expeditions Should Be Prioritized

Posted by Jay Adler Comment on Wednesday, May 05, 2010 3:16:35 AM
There is a laundry list of domestic and global problems that may end up twisting us up due to the sheer numbers of fires to be put out. A good suggestion is to prioritize this list and if civil in nature begin to pare it down in light of the Times Square Attack, The Gulf Oil Spill and nuclear proliferation in the Mid East. Obama went down to Louisiana to view the devastation of the Gulf Oil Spill. He went into his remarks by saying that BP would pay for everything and he said it vehemently. Assigning blame and assessing penalties is definitely going to be a long drawn process because percentage of fault is subject to testimony and BP is not going to go quietly. If they lose bad there goes our oil prices at the pump. As far as Goldman is concerned, a trial balloon sent up would be a settlement and send them back to work under supervision. The point is if the Obama administration goes back to hammering these two conglomerates it may distract them from fixing the economy and lowering employment. the global problems are situations where much more attention should be dispersed. With what we have going down now the Obama administration might find it more valuable to settle the time wasters and protect our citizens from what we all saw was a potential catastrophe.   Jay R
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A Big Shift in Inquiry For Obama

Posted by Jay Adler Comment on Sunday, May 02, 2010 12:40:15 PM
Let me preface my remarks by saying that I have no background in oil spill response requirements and in fact I would be of no use to any facet of the oil business. As a freelance writer, I do pay more attention to media reports and the Internet than most. From what I can gather the citizens impacted are starting to shift some blame from BP to the administration. If it turns out to be highly implicating for the company, the administration may have to back off from the Goldman quest. I do not see how raking over the coals both Goldman and if necessary BP will help our economy.

Jay R 
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