OBAMA EXTENDS 'BUSH' TAX CUTS FOR 2 YEARS, GOP LIFTS BLOCKADE ON UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS...

And, reportedly, Democrats are up in arms about the "bait and switch". But, why? This is politics as usual. Nothing new here, Son. Where do they get these opinion polls from anyway? Please believe that the unemployed who collect benefits are relieved and don't give a damn that the rich are getting a 2-year extension on their tax cuts. In their minds, they only need that long to be rich themselves. Seriously. We saw some of the press conference and Obama was fightin' mad about how the Replicans have dirtied his shirt while playin' ball. But what does he expect now that they run the House? #getreal Read the details here.

UNEMPLOYMENT UPDATE + INDIANA WORK ONE CENTERS GEARING UP WITH ARMED GUARDS...

Via the National Congress of State Legislature's website, September's unemployment #'s are not as bad for some as for others... but still less than desirable all around. We're in California, which is at 12.4%. Wowzers! And, though it's hella high, it has gone virtually unchanged from September of last year at 12.1%, and 12.3% in August 2010.