Monthly Archives: June 2009

Jun 30 2009

June 30 – Obama’s Performance Rating the lowest level yet

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Tuesday shows that 31% of the nation’s voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Thirty-three percent (33%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -2. That matches the lowest level yet recorded. Read More

America is waking up from a deep political sleep! The people are starting to see that Obama is taking this country down the wrong path. He has not kept any of his campaign promises and now wants to tax low and middle income Americans! His ratings are very low for this length of time into his presidential term! Jimmy Carter comes to mind!

Jun 29 2009

UPDATE 30 JUNE – Atmel laying off 266 workers in Colorado Springs, total 511 in two layoffs!

A second wave of layoffs is hitting Atmel, Corp. in Colorado Springs. Pink slips are being handed to 266 workers this week. Last December, just before Christmas, 245 employees were cut.

Atmel is a semiconductor manufacturer. Its computer chips are used in a variety of consumer products, including vehicles. Read More

More about Colorado Unemployment:

Southern Colorado unemployment soars

Colorado’s unemployment rate rose to 5.8 percent in November, as 8,900 more people lost their jobs. There are 160,000 people searching for work in the state. Southern Colorado is faring much worse than the state as a whole.
Today’s announced rate will increase even more as the Atmel layoffs are reflected in the December rate.
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MORE UPDATE 30 JUNE:

State labor officials said Friday that Colorado’s seasonally adjusted rate was 7.6 percent in May, up from 7.4 percent in April. In May of last year, Colorado’s unemployment rate was 4.7 percent.

Colorado’s unemployment rose slightly in May, cutting short a downward trend that some pointed to as hope for a recovery.

Last month, Colorado shed about 21,000 jobs, to 2,513,900. In May of last year, Colorado had 2,597,600 working residents.

State labor officials said unemployment rates usually go up in May, when seasonal ski resort workers look for new jobs. About 7,600 jobs were lost in leisure and hospitality.

Manufacturing employment also fell, down 1,900 jobs, and the logging and mining sector dropped for the sixth consecutive month, shedding 900 jobs.

The biggest losses in the past year came in the category of professional and business services, which is down 15.6 percent from May of 2008, a loss of 25,800 jobs.
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Wonder what these 511 unemployed workers at Atmel think about Obama’s Stimulus plan to create new jobs or save jobs? Americans are still losing jobs at a record pace across America and Obama is still calling for more spending and more taxes! Tell me people, how does a family of 4 meet their bills while on unemployment checks?   Obama approval rating is at its lowest today telling me that the unemployed workers are feeling the hard times while Obama family is spending American tax money to party. 

LINKS:

(1) Rain Barrels are Still Illegal in Colorado (Mostly) by careymoonbeam

(2) Colorado Springs Drinking Water To Double In Price?

Jun 29 2009

Louisiana: 7th State to Affirm Sovereignty by approving Resolution 2 (SCR2)

The Louisiana State House voted to approve Senate Concurrent Resolution 2 (SCR2) which “Memorializes Congress to affirm Louisiana’s sovereignty under the Tenth Amendment of the Constitution of the United States of America and to demand that the federal government halt its practices of assuming powers and imposing mandates upon the states for purposes not enumerated by the Constitution of the United States of America.”

The resolution, authored by State Senator Crowe, passed by a vote of 59-12. It previously passed the State Senate by a vote of 32-0. (h/t hayestown)
Louisiana joins Alaska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Oklahoma, Idaho and Tennessee as states where similar resolutions affirming sovereignty under the 10th Amendment to the Constitution have been approved by both legislative houses.
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There has to be a good reason that these States are affirming their sovereignty, I think they are concern about whats ahead with Obama taking control of everything in his path!