It's been a busy ten days

I have been away for ten days and they were quite eventful. A bunch of big political/economic events have occured that will have a long lasting effect on the country. Here are a few of the most important:

1) The Occupy Wall Street movement has really begun to show a very unsympathetic side of itself. In DC, the Occupy group tried to storm into the dinner held by Americans for Prosperity and fought a battle with security guards. In Boston, the Occupy group marched on the Israeli embassy and conducted a sit-in against Israeli "apartheid". This one truly amazed me since Occupy is supposedly a domesitic economic movement. The anti-Israel stuff is just far left garbage. Anti-semitic stuff is showing up more and more at the Occupy locations. In Atlanta, the Occupy group formed an alliance with the Nation of Islam. When this got reported, both groups refused comment. There have been pitched battles with police in two other locations where the Occupy group is active. In short, Occupy Wall Street has revealed itself to be a violent hate-filled leftist group. Rudy Giuliani is correct when he says that the support of Obama and the Obamacrats for the movement will hurt them dramatically as the true nature of the Occupy group is revealed for all to see.

2) The assualt on Herman Cain from unnamed sources may be a major benefit to his candidacy or it could be his undoing. If the claims stay murky with supposed complaintants hiding in the shadows, Cain will most likely be seen as the target of a major smear. If some actual substance is shown for the charges, then all bets are off.

3) The games going on in Europe with the Greek problem reveal that there is a distinct likelihood that the Euro zone will collapse. At some point, the Germans will just tell their continental neighbors to take care of themselves and the Euro will be a thing of the past. Maybe the new Greek currency could be called the Worthless.

4) The October unemployment numbers were deplorable. The economy produced a paltry number of new jobs, but the statistical analysis used by the government let them say that the unemployment rate got lower. Things have not gotten better, however. It looks more and more likely that high unemployment will be here for years to come unless there is a change in course in Washington.