Voice of North America Articles

EXCERPT: The U.S. lost more jobs than forecast in August and the unemployment rate climbed to a five- year high, heightening the risk that the economic slowdown will worsen.      Payrolls fell by 84,000 in August, and revisions added another 58,000 to job losses for the prior two months, the Labor Department said today in Washington. The jobless rate jumped to 6.1 percent, matching the level of September 2003, from 5.7 percent the prior month.   ...

EXCERPT:   ♥Sarah Palin: northern star injects new life into lumbering campaign ♥     An extraordinary display of raw political talent could trump Obama’s ‘pretty speeches’ and rally the religious right      Sarah Baxter in Detroit     The enthusiasm generated by Sarah Palin, the Republican party’s new “northern star”, on her first tour of Middle America this weekend has...

EXCERPT: For the folks that have arrived at VofA BC (Behind Crumb) here is the unabridged "Bill of Rights" (suggested right way to behave courteously) that we came up with because of his attempt to deny the rest of us participation by spamming the site.  For that, he was eventually banned for a period of time.    VofA Bill of      1. Posting several articles at once dominates the marquee and pushs everybody else off. It...

EXCERPT: Her speech at the Republickin Party’s glass half full convention was caustic, to say the least.   Aggressive was expected, but divisive, snotty, nasty?  And there are other words that came to mind during her tirade, but a normal person would not print them.       Of course the half empty auditorium, pre-programmed to erupted in adulation at every word, was no surprise.   And you could see as the roof came down following...

EXCERPT: Ho Hum!  Nothing on TV Tonight.    Guess I’ll watch the game.  Any game.  Or anything that hasn’t been pre-empted by the Republickin’s circle jerk.     On second thought, it might be good for a laugh.  It could be interesting to see the horror stricken faces of the Repubmeekins docilely trying to look enthusiastic while John McBush regurgitates the lines on the prompter with an occasional badly timed smile as...

EXCERPT: From the land of 10,00 lakes, 5,000 fish and 20,000 fish stories, here’s another fish story.    NEW YORK (CNN) -- This week the Republicans gather for their convention. For four days, they will labor under the illusion their party is still relevant. It's not.      It is entirely fitting that the headliner for this masquerade is a feeble looking 72-year-old white guy who doesn't know how many homes he owns.     ...

EXCERPT: Join real Americans to petition this Congress for redress of grievance, and to do its duty to protect our Constitution and the American people from the onslaught of this outrageously criminal  Bu$s***e regime.       It’s not enough to simply let this rogue regime time out.  If we the American people don’t hold these arrogant criminals who disdain our treasured Constitution accountable for the damage they have done, what is to stop...

EXCERPT:    It hit me like a bright light as I was dozing off last night.  John McCain is walking in the footsteps of his mentor and savior.      I have been mulling McCain’s decision for his VP nomination.  I finally had to chalk it up to John McCain just being John McCain.     In fact my expectation that he would be true to his nature is the reason I was so sure his pick would be Lierbeman.     I...

EXCERPT: And that hot air is probably what is making Gustav ramp up to a super hurricane level.
But the Republickns are secretly relieved and thanking their maker over Gustav’s adroit timing. This gulf coast threat provides them with the excuse they have been agonizing over to act disappointed over the anti-climax their little get together will be after the triumph of the Obama Democratic Convention and Extravaganza.
Cheney and Bush have already sent their regrets. It seems they need to attend...

EXCERPT: My neighbor is a hard right Republican.   The Republicans have a Swiss Army Knife tool that is the answer to any problem: cut taxes.     We were discussing the economic situation and of course she regurgitated the tax cut argument.     I asked her what impact the Bush tax cuts had on her.  She couldn’t say.  But they had to be good.   Then she held out her paper cup for more kool-aid.  ...