But the saddest news is below:

Still, many of the jobs the economy added last month were part time. The number of people with part-time jobs who wanted full-time work rose 7.5 percent to 8.6 million, the most since February 2009. Yahoo!Finance

The nation is slowly becoming a part-time economy.

The problem with the number is that it does not factor in people who ran out of their unemployment benefits. One who know about economics cannot help but feel sick when they read something like this: 1.2 million people dropped out of the labor force in one month. With that many people who dropped out of the labor pool, of course the BLS unemployment rate would drop. Remember, the numbers given by the government are used to manipulate the people.

After Florida primary expect Rick Santorum to be the first of the two minor candidates to bow out of the race and endorse. I have a feeling he may endorse Newt Gingrich, just because Rick isn’t a major fan of Romney. Ron Paul will continue to stay in because the debates are a great way for him to spread his message about true conservatism and following the Constitution.

To any Florida readers who are Republicans, remember to vote.

Update 1: Sen. Marco Rubio says “The winner of Florida… going to be the nominee of our party. I’m not the only one that is getting the same impression. Maybe the real campaign can begin!

Update2:It wasn’t even close

What if I told you the girl’s name is Rosinés  Chavez? You’ll just think she is the daughter of some wealthy Hispanic or something, but that would be it. If I told you that she was the daughter of a president, then you might say: “big deal, look at other presidents and how they spoil their daughters!”

So far there is no major reaction. Lets change that.

Rosinés  is the daughter of Hugo Chavez. The president of Venezuela who is claimed that he started the “21st century socialist revolution”. A man who won elections based on the ideas of equality, making the rich pay their “fair share”, universal healthcare, and other populist slogans. A man who said this about capitalism:

I have said it already, I am convinced that the way to build a new and better world is not capitalism. Capitalism leads us straight to hell.

Clearly Hugo Chavez is a man who is devoted to the beliefs of socialism, in public; however, he and his daughter act like capitalist in private.

I don’t think Hugo Chavez is a monster like some media heads might lead you to believe. He flew his daughter so she could meet Justin Bieber, and he gave her some cash so she can buy a shirt with his picture on it. Any father would do that if they could afford it. I find this funny because Hugo Chavez is supposed to be about social justice and making the rich pay, yet here he is treating his daughter like a typical rich person.

It makes you wonder if socialism would really work? We are all human. We all value our children’s’ wellbeing over others, it’s just natural. What Hugo Chavez proves is that any leader of a “socialist revolution” can be just as bad a rich man who exploit the poor. Except that in a capitalist society, you have a shot at being a rich guy. Not so much in a socialist society.

The world saw how the US is by far superior when it comes to conventional warfare. Iraq conventional military was no match for the USA 700 billion dollar war machine; however, when it comes to nation-rebuilding, the US suffered from growing pains as it transition to war to rebuilding. We lost troops from IEDs and suicide bombers. In other words, we lost more troops in unconventional warfare than during the actual battles between uniform soldiers.

What does this mean if a war between Iran and the US happens? It means Iran will not be able to fight the US using accepted rules of engagement. Most of the Iranian army are conscripts with low morale and poor weaponry(which is normal for conscripted armies). The largest factor is that the USA military is designed and excels at conventional warfare. Guide munitions, well-trained soldiers, blue water navy, world’s largest aircraft carriers, and not to mention a 700 billion dollar defense budget all combine to form a nation crushing force.

Iran’s choice, which is rather poor, is to fight using the same tactics that the insurgence used in Iraq. The goal would to increase war weariness in the USA and hope that the cost of life to US soldiers would influence public opinion against the war, or enough to bring the USA to the negotiation table. Will this method work? It will be up to the wills of the governments in both nations. The US will have to deal with war weary citizens while Iran still have internal problems

I will continue to post about the powder keg.

My father broke his arm while in high school. The next day, he saw his doctor. The doctor took the X-ray, set the bone, and wrapped the arm in a cast. A half-day later, the entire procedure was completed. My grandparents only paid a few hundred dollars for everything and my father went on with his day.

I broke my finger back in Jr. High. The following day, I went to see my doctor. He put a temporary splint and sent me to a specialist. The specialist sent me to have an X-ray done. A Radiologic Technologists took the X-ray and sent me back to the specialist.

The specialist looked at the X-ray. He said my finger was fractured. He finally put a durable splint on my finger and I went home at 4:30pm.

My procedure took the entire day and cost more than 1000 dollars.  I wondered why my broken finger took an entire day to fix, yet my father’s broken arm took half. A broken arm is a serious medical condition compared to a broken finger, yet his procedure cost less time and money.  I understand it was in the 70s and a few hundred dollars was expensive; however, why did I have to see three different people? While my father saw one?

When my dad broke his arm, his parents only paid the doctor to do everything, but when I broke my finger my parents paid three different people. I understand there are times when it is paramount to see different types of specialist, for example cancer, yet when is it necessary for three different healthcare providers to fix something as simple as hairline fracture on a finger?

Our problem is that we have been breed to follow the Hamster Wheel of Hedonism, the endless pursuit of pleasure and satisfaction. When life gets a little hard (like this economy) we shout and yell. We gnash our teeth and cry for those with the power to save us, and they do. They save us just for a little bit more freedom and individuality.

Eventually we will be nothing more then serfs of the power elites. Of course, they won’t be our rulers overnight. The elites will seek more power on the behalf of the people, and this cycle will just reduce us to drones to the overlords. A drone we shall be. Unless…

We must over come the crass demands of the flesh. Only take enough to keep our bodies well. We must protect the sacredness of the mind, and insure that we do not use intoxicants for euphoria. For the use of poisons allow others to control us and destroy us. Detach ourselves from the materialistic consumer mindset. Thus doing this shall lead us to freedom.

Now, Obama is in Russia trying to mend the freezing relations between Russia and the United States. Russia has stated what it does not like about America. Notably our missile defense shield and how our currency is crap. I can blame Bush for the Missile Shield, but I know its needed to insure US protection, however, the currency issue, it started with Bush and Obama is making it much worse.

During the day, Obama met with Medvedev, the president of Russia, and made some head way. Obama and Medvedev agreed to limit nuclear arsenals.  Don’t be fooled by the handshakes and smiles. This is not the only reason Obama is over there. Obama is trying to warm relations so Russia doesn’t continue questioning the US dollars dominance. Obama is very concerned with how history will remember him. Obama does not want to be the president that saw the US dollar lose it’s dominance, and because of this Obama would be willing to make any concessions to keep Russia content.

But we all know that this would not work. It didn’t work Neville and it won’t work with Obama.

This is what happens when unchecked consumerism turns to hedonism.

It’s sad to see people that have no idea that their lives were going to end. I can imagine that all of them woke up, and their deaths where the furthest thought from their mind, yet, their lives will be cut short by bullets. This attack has its origins in the narco trade between the USA and Mexico’s drug cartels, and what is fueling the chaos? Americans demand for drugs and pleasure or unchecked hedonism.

Most people will fail to see the connection between this brutal attack on four innocent people and American search of pleasure, however, the link between the two is painfully obvious. We are part of the blame of what happened there. We, Americans, are taught that we must seek pleasure, in any form, whether it be: drugs, alcohol, food, clothing, and the list continues. Through TV, movies, or any form of media. We are taught that doing what feels good is ok and good. That there is no universal belief of what is right and what is wrong. We are taught that right and wrong is open to personal interpretation.

It is a combination of a lack of fundamental morals and the search of pleasure that has cause the need of drugs, obesity, and other negative cancers to flood our society. As long as Americans seek drugs, remember we are the number 1 consumer of illegal narcotics, violence and death shall stalk those who are innocent and defenseless.

The drug user doesn’t care about the deaths of innocent people, they have no second thought that their money shall be used to corrupt government and spread death. The drug dealer doesn’t care for as long as there is demand, he will supply no matter the cost.

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