BloggeRhythms

Yesterday’s entry began with a thought that a significant, if not huge, part of the population is “either undereducated, totally ignorant, or just doesn’t know or care about what goes on around the world. Because the Iran nuclear giveaway is not only a huge foreign affairs mistake, the administration's rationale for passage is nothing but double-talk.”

 

It’s repeated here because, according to foxnews.com this morning, “Iran does not plan to issue permission for the [International Atomic Energy Agency] to inspect every site," Iranian Defense Minister Brig. Gen. Hossein Dehqan told Al Mayadeen News Wednesday. "U.S. officials make boastful remarks and imagine that they can impose anything on the Iranian nation because they lack a proper knowledge of the Iranian nation.”

 

Iran’s official FARS news agency added that “Dehqan had earlier underlined that Tehran would not allow any foreigner to discover Iran's defensive and missile capabilities by inspecting the country's military sites.”  

 

And then a top Iranian general shed further light on the reason for the administration’s full bore dedication to getting the deal done. 

 

The general “told troops preparing for a massive military drill involving up to 250,000 men that “the U.S. and the Zionists should know that the Islamic Revolution will continue enhancing its preparedness until it overthrows Israel and liberates Palestine.” And that’s been Obama et al's goal from the git-go. 

 

However, foreign policy isn’t the only aspect of governance that’s been suffering during the POTUS’s tenure. The nation’s economy is in a regulatory-inflicted slump, purposefully wrought by anti-business goals and ideology. Further evidence of the damage done follows:

 

According to CNSNews.com, “A record 94,031,000 Americans were not in the American labor force last month -- 261,000 more than July -- and the labor force participation rate stayed stuck at 62.6 percent, a 38-year low, for a third straight month in August, the Labor Department reported on Friday, as the nation heads into the Labor Day weekend.”

 

As far as the arithmetic’s concerned, according to the Bureau of labor Statistics, “In August, the nation’s civilian noninstitutional population, consisting of all people 16 or older who were not in the military or an institution, reached 251,096,000. Of those, 157,065,000 participated in the labor force by either holding a job or actively seeking one.

 

“The 157,065,000 who participated in the labor force equaled only 62.6 percent of the 251,096,000 civilian noninstitutional population -- the same as it was in July and June. Not since October 1977, when the participation rate dropped to 62.4, has the percentage been this low.”

 

So, once again, in order to find economic performance as poorly managed as at present, one must go all the way back to the disastrous Carter administration.

 

Which brings us to today’s update on Bill Clinton’s wife.

 

Fox News Chris Stirewalt reports that, “Emails show Hillary helping firm that paid Bubba big bucks”

 

Mr. Stirewalt quotes from  Inside Higher Ed, that: “On the campaign trail Hillary Clinton has been critical of for-profit colleges and has called for tougher regulation of the sector. During her first year as secretary of state, however, Clinton pushed for the inclusion of a large for-profit education company at a higher education policy dinner hosted at the U.S. Department of State. Clinton wrote in an email to a top aide that she wanted to add Laureate Education to the guest list for the event. Describing Laureate as ‘the fastest growing college network in the world,’ Clinton said the company was ‘started by Doug Becker who Bill likes a lot.’ "It's a for-profit model that should be represented," she added in the August 2009 email. A senior vice president at Laureate was added to the guest list, a separate email shows.”

 

And then, there was the all too common clincher, whereas: “Former President Bill Clinton several months later became an honorary chancellor for Laureate International Universities, a role for which he was paid $16.5 million between 2010 and 2014. Clinton stepped down from the position earlier this year.”

 

So, as the old adage goes, another day - another dollar. Except in the Clinton’s case, the dollar amount usually includes six zero’s after the number. Which leads to the ongoing question: Joe Biden, Mayor Bloomberg, Jerry Brown, and Starbuck’s chairman and CEO, Howard Schultz, are you reading this? 

 

That’s it for today folks.

 

Adios