I, Me, Mine

First off I want to address the new announcement this week that once again, the recession is over. One of the numbers cited this week for happy times again is the new unemployment numbers.

However, new jobless claims last week jumped 17,000 over the previous week, coming in at 551,000. That sure looks like the same number that we have seen every month for the past year now.

I am not sure what the official unemployment percentage is, since that number hasn't been released yet. But I doubt it will change much from last month.

That is because, once again, because the government fiddles with the numbers to make them more palatable, Also about the same number of folks are being kicked off the unemployment rolls, and are no longer being counted.

And that isn't counting the statistic that came out last week, that over 50% of folks under 24 are unemployed.

But that isn't the topic I wanted for today. Penski decided not to buy the Saturn car company from GM. I haven't been able to find the details yet, but I can make a few guess's on what happened.

If you remember all the way back to earlier this year when the government decided to send GM through is special bankruptcy. You remember, the one where the shareholders lost their butts, and the Union and the government came out owning everything. As perplexing at that still is, part of the deal rested on Penski buying the Saturn line. As you will remember, the Hummer line was sold to China.

Yesterday, Penski backed out of the deal, leaving GM no choice but to announce it was closing Saturn for good. They say it will not affect any jobs, but I am dubious.

But that isn't what I anted to talk about either.

Today I want to talk about President Obama;s Health Care Plan, or lack or one, so to speak. For what seems like years, although I know its only been months, every time I turn on the TV there is the President telling us about HIS plan. My plan has this. MY plan does that. That isn't in MY plan, they are lying.

I wish he would just get his own channel, so I could watch something else from time to time. Anyway, I have been asking everyone that supports this fictitious plan to show me where I can read it. Send me a link. Show me something. So far, no one has been able to. And the reason became clear yesterday.

Obama Drafts Health Care Fallback Plan
By Keith Koffler
Roll Call Staff
Sept. 30, 2009, 12 a.m.

The White House has been secretly drafting its own health care legislation that it may unveil at some point during the debate if officials believe it would help secure passage of a bill, according to sources familiar with the effort.

http://www.rollcall.com/issues/55_33/news/39053-1.html

He hasn't written a plan yet. All he has done is make pie in the sky statements about a plan that does not exist. HE has been selling a non entity for months.

Which brings us back to HR 3200, the plan the House put on their web site a month or so ago, which contridicts everything the President has been trying to sell.

That is a lie, that is not in MY plan, don't believe the rumors, My plan doesn't say that.

Well, yeah, whatever plan in his head may not, but the House version sure says all those things!

And the real irony is the Flag.gov web site. Turn in folks spreading rumors about a plan that does not exist. No wonder he is having a tough time selling us on this, non plan. The spooky thing is, 49% of the folks believe he has a plan somewhere.

So, we are left to Pelosi, an Reid to give us a plan. And only bad things can come from that,