This, That & The Other Part 3

Monday 5/12/2010 on Hardball with Chris Matthews, one of the guests was Tom Shrek of "The Heritage Foundation". He is senior analyst of labor economics. The following is lifted directly from the 5/12/2010 transcript regarding Mr. Shrek's solution to unemployment.
"And so, if you want to find a job, a lot of the workers now in New York or unemployed are going to have to move to different state. They‘re going to have to move to, say, Nebraska, or to Texas, or one of the states where the economy isn‘t doing as poorly.
But when you got the two years of benefits, it encourages the workers to look for the jobs in New York instead of looking for the jobs, say, in another state."
Using this logic. if the was a sudden influx of the unemployed to Nebraska or Texas, think what will happen to their economy when these states have to start picking up the tab for social services to provide food, clothing, shelter etc. Not just for the unemployed, but for their families as well. Or does Mr. Shrek want families to live & die on the streets of economically sound states?
Background: The Heritage Foundation is a Washington DC conservative think tank.
Is it me,or is conservative think tank one of the great oxymorons of our time?

The Iowa North Tea Party began displaying a billboard in Mason City last week that compares President Obama to Adolf Hitler.
Lets get real. Between 1933-1939 Hitler began to purge (i.e.remove, eliminate, kill those opposed to the Reich. Example: 1934's "Night of the Long Knives") Hitler, consigned, along with the Jews & Gypsies, those considered mentally unstable to concentration camps.
If President Obama was truly comparable to Hitler, Tea Baggers should watch their behinds. The camps are open & waiting for you. If anyone can be considered mentally unstable, it's these morons in the NITP.
Sidebar: The NAACP raised a ruckus regarding the racist message of said billboard.
Really. The more than obvious message from the majority of Tea Party members is based on race. Lordy, lordy Miss Scarlett, "There's a Negro President." From the woodpile to the White House.Whitey is scared to death.

George Steinbrenner died this week. the usual eulogies regarding his generosity to charities, his humanitarian deeds etc. were mentioned predominantly. I don't give a shit. In my learned opinion the jackhole did more to destroy the game of baseball than anyone in history. He exploited the players, the fans & the game itself.
The purity that was once baseball was forever changed thanks to Steibrenner & his ilk.
The days of baseball being a game are long gone.