Rommey

A fellow therapist looked at me in total disbelief when I told him, I will not vote for Obama, but for Rommey. The reaction I got and I quote, "But you are a therapist". I know what I am. I also know therapist = help = service unto others. However, I tell any patient I have that I will meet them 50%, but they had to meet me 50% of the way. I will not do all the work. I cannot change anyone. I am here to educate, provide tools and support. I will not enable. Is it not our profession to help people stand on their own two feet? Is it not our profession to guide not supply? I can't fix anyone, so if someone comes into treatment with the mind set that they need a certain diagnosis to receive SSI or SSDI, they chose the wrong therapist. I do not get involved with those services. If someone really has a serious problem, they should be under a doctor's care. I am of the mind set that if you hurt your back in construction, seek temporary assistance until you get back in school and learn a new trade. Even the deaf and blind are gainfully employed. I teach personal responsibility. It is up to each and everyone of else to take responsibility for our lives and our choices. I see too many people looking for a hand-out. I see too many people going on SSI or SSDI, working under the table and receiving food stamps. That is the reason our current system is bankrupt. It was put into place to help the truly needed, yet it has been abused for so long that it is easier to ask for a hand-out and never make a honest attempt at self improvement. I have always worked even when I raised three children. I never applied for unemployment. When I injuried my shoulder and could no longer work in the lab, I took out loans and went back to school in my late 40's, while interning and working fulltime. Many days, I felt like saying, "fuck this". I could have gotten a nice worker's comp payout. I did not. I went back to work. I could have applied for SSDI. I did not. I went back to work. I have paid taxes all my life. I pay into short and long term disability. I used the short term for the first time in my life for 5 weeks after I exhausted all my Paid Time Off.

I am a therapist. I am a really good therapist. I am also voting for Rommey.

Update
Thanks to all the readers. I hit an all time high of 45,251 hits today. The last highest date of hits this high was October 13th. Number # topic is still How Obama paid for Harvard?

Jobless Rate

Tell me, do you still think you are better off today, than four years ago. If you do, vote for Obama, but be careful because you may be one of these numbers in the next four years. The man had his chance. He blew it. Time for a change. Vote for Rommey!

CNBC's Rick Santelli runs down the latest numbers on unemployment, and discussing what it indicates about the economy and its impact on the markets, with CNBC's Steve Liesman, and Jim Iuorio, TJM Institutional Services.

By NBC News staff and wire reports

The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits leapt to the highest level in four months in the latest week, erasing the large drop reported last week and then some.
The Labor Department reported Thursday that initial claims, a notoriously volatile data point that is subject to large swings due to technical factors, rose a seasonally-adjusted 46,000 to 388,000. The four-week moving average, which smooths out wrinkles in the data, rose 750 to 365,500. Both data points remain below 400,000, suggesting that the labor market is healing, although at a snail's pace.
"Improvement in the labor market will continue to be fitful and slow," said Joseph Trevisani, a market strategist at Worldwide Markets in Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey.
Last week, California reported a large drop in applications, pushing down the overall figure to the lowest since February 2008. This week, it reported a significant increase as it processed applications delayed from the previous week.
A department spokesman says the seasonally adjusted numbers "are being distorted ... by an issue of timing."
The government adjusts its readings for claims to take into account regular seasonal swings. Claims usually increase at the beginning of a quarter, but one state appears to be following a different pattern than normal in reporting its claims, which led to the wild fluctuations over the last couple of weeks, a department official said.

 

Rommey

Building Businesses, Creating Jobs

Governor Romney's time at Bain Capital was spent fixing struggling businesses and giving new businesses a shot at success. From 1984, when Romney co-founded the firm, to February 1999 when he left to lead the Olympics, Romney helped save thousands of jobs at companies that were in trouble. And the businesses Romney helped start while at Bain Capital employ more than 100,000 people today.

Since Bain Capital's founding, the company has had a remarkable record of success, especially considering that it largely invests with struggling or startup enterprises. Eighty percent of Bain Capital's portfolio companies have increased revenues, and only five percent of the companies under its control have filed for bankruptcy. Romney's work not only helped to save and create jobs, it also provided returns to investors, the majority of which were pension funds for retirees, university endowments helping with financial aid, and charities serving their local communities.

This experience helped Romney fix a scandal-plagued and debt-ridden Olympics in 2002 and to fix a budget shortfall in Massachusetts. He knows how to provide strong leadership in challenging times, and he will bring that experience with him to the White House to fix America's broken economy and to create jobs for the millions of Americans who are out of work.

The Obama campaign's attacks on business and free enterprise aren't just false; they explain why we aren't creating jobs. They reveal what this President really thinks about free enterprise. This is the most anti-business President in memory, and the results are clear: 23 million Americans are struggling for work, and unemployment has been above eight percent for 42-straight months. It's time to make a change to someone who understands the private sector and can get America working again.

Day Three New Orleans

The debate

While having lunch at a Jackson Square cafe, I asked Bill if Clinton's wonderful powerhouse speech was written by speech writers. Of course, his reply was "NO". I asked this question because I made a statement last week about how impressed I was with Mitt Rommey's wife's speech and he stated, "it was written by speech writers". OK. I know I am on vacation but I just had to prove a point. Are we better off today than four years ago? Bill states, "we are not worse". I beg to differ so I brought it out on the streets to these homeless guys in Jackson Square.

 I went out to the square and asked the guys if they thought their lives were better under Obama. I was told "NO". As a matter of fact, the guy in the middle told me he lived here out on Jackson Square. I believe him as his shoes had holes and his clothes were ragged. I handed him a twenty dollar bill and went back to my husband and told him I asked those who were in the greatest need and made my point. Clinton may have given a great speech. I am sure all his speeches are great. Just asked the girl who gave him a blow job in the oval office. Sorry folks, I believe our country is worse off and if you want to blame Bush then I recommend you ask Clinton why he never took out the terrorist who was responsible for 9/11 when he had the opportunity. He can blame Bush for the economic situation, but I blame him for allowing the maniac to make arrangements to take some planes down thus killing thousands of lives. That is what he left for Bush to clean up. Just sayin.