Federal Workers Earning Double Their Private Counterparts

As if the salaries of the City of Los Angeles workers weren't enough to send me over the edge, we have USA Today reporting the salaries of federal workers DOUBLE the salaries of their counterparts in the private sector. My favorite quote from the story is that of Colleen Kelley, president of the National Treasury Employees Union, who says "The data are not useful for a direct public-private pay comparison." Really! The article also states that "public employee unions say the compensation gap reflects the increasingly high level of skill and education required for most federal jobs".  When was the last time you interfaced with a federal employee and experienced that "high level of skill and education"?


Bottom line: Federal compensation has grown 36.9% since 2000 after adjusting for inflation, compared with 8.8% for private workers. How about that!

Feel Better Now?

The goal was to make the taxpayers feel better by listing the salaries of Los Angeles City employees, For me it only brought to light the fact that I should not have wasted my money on college but concentrated on getting a job in the City of Los Angeles. I could be a janitor and make more money than I do now. Scroll through the 547 pages and see why taxes are so high.

Sophie's Choice in California-"Vague" Whitman or "Scary" Brown

"Putting the foot on the other shoe", Meg Whitman's interview yesterday on KFI640 with John and Ken exemplified the bob and weave that politicians go through when asked direct questions. Listening to the interview was one thing, watching the video is something else.  John and Ken put her through the wringer. It showed as she was unable to answer anything without the word "So..." prefacing her reply. It was as if she needed to reset her brain in order to select the pseudoapplicable talking point. John and Ken really earned their paychecks as they attempted to pry answers out of her. Yesterdays answers. Who knows what the answers will be in the future? Today is another day, and tomorrow is too. What this interview highlighted is that, as with the presidential race, we are have been given 2 unacceptable candidates to choose from, a Sophie's Choice.

Oh, Now I Understand...It's Our Geography!

Thanks to Meg Whitman, republican candidate for Governor of California, I understand why California can't do anything about illegal immigration. It's our geography. Recently on on Talk Radio's America's Morning News she said:"...I don't think the Arizona law makes sense for California because we have a much bigger state with much bigger geography."  Well, if California's geography is so big, there is no hope that federal immigration law will be upheld, since by Meg's reasoning the U. S. has MUCH MUCH bigger geography. 

Aw, jeez, now I've got to choose between Governor Moonbeam and the Geography queen.

Obama says: "It Could Be Worse!"

Frankly, I can't figure out why our economy is not booming right now. I'm sure nothing gives the country a bigger warm fuzzy than hearing President Obama's dulcet tones telling voters every chance he gets that things would be a lot worse if not for the stimulus bill and other steps he took. At least the recession never became a depression, the president says. There are no better words that instill a feeling of confidence than "It could be worse!" Although, blaming the media for an Obama administration gaff is also a confidence builder. Let's just hope the media doesn't have access to the nuclear button. It will be a real pain for Obama to have to blame them for an errant nuclear strike from a bunker located deep underground.

Chemtrails? Real or Not? You Decide.

Compliments of www.tankerenemy.com This site is in Italian, so you will need to let Google translate it for you.

An Immigrant's Trip to Arizona

In retelling his naturalized mother's experience on a trip to Arizona "An Immigrant's Trip to Arizona, July 10, 2010", Hector Tobar tries to pull at our heart strings. His conclusion is that Arizona "Doesn't sound like a bad place to visit — if you don't mind carrying a passport."


Is that the big deal? That a naturalized citizen should be required to carry a passport or other document? I suppose driving my car around is nice, as long as I don't mind carrying my driver license (and proof of insurance ). And by the way, if I forget them and I'm driving, I feel scared.

Hector should tell his mother that instead of feeling sad because of the new Arizona law, she should feel sad for all the people who immigrated here legally, and who waited so long, being disrespected by those who feel they don't need to follow any "stinkin' U.S. laws".

Tell her I feel sad because I am considered a racist for wanting people to come to my country legally. Tell her I feel sad because we are not allowed to be a sovereign country. And last, but not least, tell her I'm sad that she had to leave the country of her birth. It is sad when your own country does not look out for it's own citizens and allows it to become so unbearable people will risk their lives to leave. I know exactly how she feels and so do the Arizonians.