Posted by Tina
Chico folks with concerns about the homeless problem should be on the lookout for transients coming from the south. San Jose has finally decided it’s had it with transients that have created a 68 acres encampment along a creek bed. This morning the authorities began the messy job of clean-up after spending $4 million to relocate the 150 people that had been living in the “Shanty Town.” They managed to find housing for all but about fifty of them. The area has an estimated 7600 others who sleep under freeways, in parks, and in doorways.
During the depression encampments like these were referred to as Hooverville. Maybe it’s time to start calling encampments today Obamaville. It would certainly be apropos!
Read more in the L.A.Times
Obamavilles has a nice ring and reflective of his legacy.
I too wonder how many of them are headed this way and if our new city council members will address the hobo problem soon before it grows to the size of San Jose’s.
Great name suggestion! One should be remembered for their accomplishments, and creating homeless folks has been about the only successful accomplishment this prez has.
No, I think Shrubtown would be more suitable.
And please to remember that it was WWII that finally pulled us out. The impending parallels are scarifying.
Nice try Libby but:
1. You cannot point to a Bush policy that caused the crash,
2. There are numerous examples of Shrub stern warnings and pleas from President Bush for Congress to do something about the lending situation,
3. His warnings were met with arrogant resistance from powerful and Democrats like barney frank of Ways and Means,
4. The recession ended in the Spring of 2009,
5. As the economy began to improve Democrats adopted job and economy killing policies and regulations, and,
6. Democrats laid the foundation for failure of the banking/lending industry when they passed legislation under Clinton demanding that responsible lending standards be ignored and through Fanny Mae created the bundled loan fiasco to securitize and hide bad loans.
History shows us that the same type of policies that made the Great Depression last ten long years have worked once again to create miserable conditions for the middle and lower classes.
I agree that we can add to the failures of this President the greater likelihood of world war. His policies have made the US weak, strengthened the influence and power of our enemies and failed to uplift economies here and abroad! His bumbling state Department under first Hillary and now Kerry has pretty much assured that evil characters will have the capability to bring a nuclear package to West as well as Israel.
And this morning I read that, according to probable presidential candidate Hillary Clinton we need more empathy for our enemies?
She obviously doesn’t understand the nature of our enemies any better than she and democrats in general understand what makes an economy work for everyone.
Hands down, Obamaville works because the President is the most radical progressive to run the country into the ground that we’ve had in decades!
Maybe if we all pray for rain it will cause them to head south instead!
Heh. Would love to hear a Paul Shanklin parody of Jimmy Buffett’s “Magaritaville”.
“1. You cannot point to a Bush policy that caused the crash.”
Oh, I think the BushCo decision to let Lehman go belly-up qualifies.
Let Lehman go broke? Let? lol Bush, nor Congress was under no obligation to bail out Lehman. They made their bed.
WWII did in fact pull us out, but only because FDR’s socialist policies kept dragging out the depression for far longer than need be. America was ready to get going, but it was democrats that held us back.
I’ll bet we get some of San Jose’s homeless. Obama has sure left this country in a fine mess!
Homeless, debt, sub-prime loans, low wages on hold, record number on welfare… and now China has passed us as the worlds largest economy. And they did most of this in the last 14 years.
Jack: “WWII did in fact pull us out, but only because FDR’s socialist policies kept dragging out the depression for far longer than need be.”
Good God–Libby, these people believe lies that have been debunked for decades. There is no way we can expect them to understand the real causes of the most recent financial crisis when they still can’t admit the real causes of the Great Depression.
Obama put us in second place behind China’s economy. We’ve been in first place since U.S. Grant was president. And his driven our debt to over $18 TRILLION.
Total US Debt Rises Over $18 Trillion; Up 70% Under Barack Obama:
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2014-12-01/total-us-debt-rises-over-18-trillion
Libby, you are just toooooo funny. “Bush’s fault.” Thanks for the laugh. You really can be funny when you try to lay blame on a man who hasn’t been in office for six years.
Peggy IBD reports:
IBD also has another take on China at #1:
Also of note, the economies of Europe, China, and India are all headed for or in recession. Falling oil prices are killing Russia and Venezuela. The Saudis are tolerating low oil prices as a means to harming terrorists (since American power has declined and is useless). All of this is helping make our economy look good by comparison but we are still in for a bumpy ride in the middle and lower classes.
And Peggy that $18 Trillion in debt, up 70% under Obama is really bad, to quote him:
The truth about our rising debt is that much of it has come from unsustainable government programs like SS, MCare, and now Ocare. We’ve been able to borrow at very low interest rates over the last six years. Imagine how high it will go as interest rates are allowed to rise and the huge baby boomer generation continues to retire creating greater demand!
Imagine the amount of SS and MCare deposits that have not been made with so many people out of work for so long…that hasn’t helped the situation either.
The kid that keeps yelling, “Lies” is in for a real shock one day if reality ever permeates that safe little space he inhabits!