June 07, 2011
— Ace Geoff's chart continues to make news, even though Geoff has moved on from the blog for real life.
Actually the folks at e21 are updating it, but Pethokoukis notes how continuingly awesome it is.
Unemployment continues to be above where Obama predicted it would be without the stimulus; that is, according to Obama's promises and projections, we would have been far better off simply not having a stimulus at all. Unemployment would be lower and we'd have an extra trillion in mad money to play with, if we felt like it.
In related news, because I said so, TMZ reports that Weiner offered PR help to Ginger Lee in crafting a lie to cover their, um, "frivolous exchanges between friends."
I need frivolous friends like this, I tell you what.
No seriously, we now return to our regular not-so-much-dick format. But how can I pass up on this?
See, this is a post about economics. It just has this bonus material.
Via Gabe for the employment stuff and Slublog for the deployment stuff. Those are their Twitter handles, btw, if you want to follow.
New York Post Headline Writer Hits the "WIN" Button With A Sledgehammer: "Erections Have Consequences."
Poetry.
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Posted by: that guy that always thinks we're boned now thinks Super Boned. at June 07, 2011 07:45 AM (GTbGH)
We love your Weiner, Ace. Keep giving us the Weiner.
(It's a complex overlapping high density and low density pun minefield, even the little wooden bastards which can't be detected.)
Posted by: Beagle at June 07, 2011 07:46 AM (sOtz/)
Posted by: JoeInMD at June 07, 2011 07:50 AM (PIahf)
Posted by: gebrauchshund at June 07, 2011 07:50 AM (iYwUw)
Geoff's chart continues to make news, even though Geoff has moved on from the blog for real life.
Checking in today because of the sad news about PattyAnn. Nice to see someone maintaining the chart.
is that "jeff" geoff? our guy?
Well, I was your guy, but I don't think I'm the guy you're thinking of. I wrote a number of AoSHQ posts on unemployment 'n such over the past year.
Posted by: geoff at June 07, 2011 07:52 AM (kfRzh)
Well, I was your guy, but I don't think I'm the guy you're thinking of. I wrote a number of AoSHQ posts on unemployment 'n such over the past year.
So you're quitting the blog, huh?
Did you find another blog? Who is she? Is she skinier than we are? prettier?
Posted by: Ben at June 07, 2011 07:54 AM (wuv1c)
“Congressman Weiner’s actions and deception are unacceptable and he should resign. We do not need an investigation to know he lied and acted inappropriately, we need a resignation. Either Leader Pelosi and DNC Chair Wasserman Schultz believe members of Congress are held to a different set of standards or they believe these actions demand his resignation.”
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at June 07, 2011 07:54 AM (2wfuC)
Posted by: Jean at June 07, 2011 07:55 AM (WkuV6)
Posted by: Vic at June 07, 2011 07:55 AM (M9Ie6)
Did you find another blog? Who is she? Is she skinier than we are? prettier?
It's that slut, Althouse, isn't it?
Posted by: garrett at June 07, 2011 07:56 AM (9bj/S)
Well, other than if you count Dodd-Frank's (oh, the irony) attempt to grotesquely over-regulate the financial markets and further depress growth.
Fannie- Freddie? Who dat?
Read it and weep;
Pull quote;
"Almost 40% of homeowners who took out second mortgages—extracting cash from their residences to cover everything from vacations to medical bills—are underwater on their loans, more than twice the rate of owners who didn't take out such loans."
Posted by: Marcus at June 07, 2011 07:57 AM (CHrmZ)
So you're quitting the blog, huh?
I quit a month ago. Kind of tied up with work and couldn't afford the time or distraction. But today...
Posted by: geoff at June 07, 2011 07:57 AM (kfRzh)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at June 07, 2011 07:57 AM (lbo6/)
IMF Official Warns Against Greek Debt Restructuring
/Except the only difference is that for our boning, we *may* get a little lube, while Europe is totally and utterly screwed raw, especially once the Germans get tired of holding up the charade that is the Euro.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 07, 2011 07:58 AM (9hSKh)
Posted by: George Orwell at June 07, 2011 07:59 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: Some economics intern in the basement of the White House at June 07, 2011 07:59 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Ian S. at June 07, 2011 11:57 AM (tqwMN)
What, his involuntary vacation's over already? Damn.
Incidentally, I choked on my root beer reading that NY post headline. Thought I was gonna die for a minute there... awesome stuff.
Posted by: KinleyArdal at June 07, 2011 07:59 AM (Cy/Q5)
Posted by: ABBO at June 07, 2011 07:59 AM (XEwY1)
Posted by: Alec Baldwin at June 07, 2011 07:59 AM (e8T35)
New York Post Headline Writer Hits the "WIN" Button With A Sledgehammer: "Erections Have Consequences."
This why we not permit erections in Peopers Repubric.
Posted by: Hu Jintao at June 07, 2011 08:00 AM (Txl/u)
Posted by: geoff
You're back for the weiner. It's okay. we all are.
Or, in this post, we'll refer to it as a 'leading indicator'.
Posted by: Blue Hen at June 07, 2011 08:00 AM (Gzv/o)
Posted by: toby928™ at June 07, 2011 08:00 AM (GTbGH)
And in this photograph, I'm squeezing my Weiner into an unemployment thread.
Posted by: Anthony Weiner at June 07, 2011 08:02 AM (/Mla1)
Posted by: toby928™
That's true that you can't. Becuase the Jeffs are all too busy trying to 'get dates' with him/er/it.
Posted by: Blue Hen at June 07, 2011 08:03 AM (Gzv/o)
Posted by: Alex #11 at June 07, 2011 08:04 AM (5a5rU)
Posted by: t-bird at June 07, 2011 08:04 AM (FcR7P)
Posted by: George Orwell at June 07, 2011 08:04 AM (AZGON)
(9bj/S)
Does this hash make me gay?
Posted by: garrett
No. But asking that question most certainly did. Here's your pineapple.
Posted by: Blue Hen at June 07, 2011 08:05 AM (Gzv/o)
Does this hash make me gay?
Posted by: garrett at June 07, 2011 12:03 PM (9bj/S)
Not sure...but the 10th definitely would
Posted by: T-Paw 2.0, Underpants Gnome at June 07, 2011 08:05 AM (AnTyA)
Posted by: toby928™ at June 07, 2011 08:05 AM (GTbGH)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at June 07, 2011 08:06 AM (lbo6/)
Speaking of erections, Kirsten Powers said she used to date teh Weiner. I wonder if she was so sad because now she wont receive any more dic pix.
Just another shining example of the incestuousness of the Dem-MFM complex.
Posted by: The Schwalbe: © at June 07, 2011 08:07 AM (UU0OF)
Posted by: toby928™
Agreed. My hashes always suck. Not as much as Garrett of course, but they suck.
Posted by: Blue Hen at June 07, 2011 08:07 AM (Gzv/o)
It's not like the university president would grant dispensation for additional leave in the President called him up or anything.
wut?
Posted by: Austan Goolsbee at June 07, 2011 08:07 AM (AnTyA)
I am getting sick and tired of getting hit with all these MOTHERFUCKING DEAD HOOKERS on this MOTHERFUCKING BLOG!
Posted by: Empire of Jeff
On the bright side, you're getting some action.
Posted by: Blue Hen at June 07, 2011 08:08 AM (Gzv/o)
Posted by: George Orwell at June 07, 2011 08:08 AM (AZGON)
I am going to carry a copy of that chart around and share it with non-conservatives. No debate. Just "How do you explain this?"
To those who say that Bush's economy was worse than we thought, I will remind them that that excuse was already used BEFORE Porkulus. Remember Biden and the rest of the brain trust kept saying that this recession was the worst since the Great Depression. Now on your third look, you decide its worse-worse.
Then ask, now that Obama knows how bad it really is and knows that his plan hasn't worked, what policy changes have been proposed by Obama to fix it. If there are any, how they working out?
Posted by: The Poster Formerly Known as Mr. Barky at June 07, 2011 08:10 AM (qwK3S)
Posted by: George Orwell at June 07, 2011 08:10 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at June 07, 2011 08:10 AM (UlUS4)
(9bj/S)
Does this hash make me gay?
Posted by: garrett
Depends.
Is your dick so long, the 9 Lewinskies have been on yourself?
Posted by: momma at June 07, 2011 08:11 AM (nWikJ)
..it's got these two cute little mice characters and everything!
Posted by: beedubya at June 07, 2011 08:11 AM (AnTyA)
I laughed out loud, then sobbed softly.
Posted by: toby928™
Don't fret. Jeff won't be long.......I've heard.
Posted by: Blue Hen at June 07, 2011 08:11 AM (Gzv/o)
Posted by: Christophe loves him some Christ at June 07, 2011 08:12 AM (agD4m)
I just say Bush who?
January 4th 2007: The day Pelosi became Speaker of the Democratically controlled 110th Congress
DJIA end of session: 12,800.18
National unemployment rate for December 2006: 4.5%
2006 Federal Budget Deficit: $247.7 billion
Average GDP growth for 2006: 3.4%
Median Home Value in December 2006: $244,700 March 2011: $159,600
Average price for Regular Unleaded Gasoline December 2006: $2.30
Federal Debt as % of GDP 2006: 64.55 2008: 70.00 2009: 90.36 2010: 92.28 2011: 102.63 (estimated)
Nonfarm employment in thousands Dec 2006: 137,000 April 2011: 131,028
In the 12 years of Republican Congress, average annual deficit: $104 billion
Posted by: toby928™ at June 07, 2011 08:12 AM (GTbGH)
Posted by: toby928™ at June 07, 2011 12:05 PM (GTbGH)
and flaming things.
Posted by: CAC at June 07, 2011 08:13 AM (JEVge)
Posted by: JackStraw at June 07, 2011 08:13 AM (TMB3S)
Posted by: George Orwell at June 07, 2011 08:14 AM (AZGON)
“You know what man?” Titus said on “The Adam Carolla Show” podcast. “I am going to literally — if she gets elected president, I am going to hang out on the grassy knoll all the time, just loaded and ready — because you know what? It’s for my country. It’s for my country. If I got to sacrifice myself, it’s for my country.”
Posted by: momma at June 07, 2011 08:14 AM (nWikJ)
Anyway, here's Obamas "dead or alive" moment:
More from Obama at press conference: 'A matter of time' before Libya's Gadhafi is removed from power.
/It's been what, 4 months. These rebels suck.
Posted by: Kratos (Ghost of Sparta) at June 07, 2011 08:15 AM (9hSKh)
Why sext? At least with phone sex there's a voice on the other end'
Posted by: momma at June 07, 2011 08:15 AM (nWikJ)
Rush snarking on Weenie right now. Called him a "pencil-necked geek" and can't believe women seek him out at bars, etc. Snortworthy. He hopes he won't resign and will be the face and epitome of Democrat culture of corruption.
As The Weiner Turns...
Posted by: ChristyBlinky at June 07, 2011 08:16 AM (FnRYN)
I can't think of a punchline. It's hard to make that many dead hookers funny.
Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at June 07, 2011 08:16 AM (agD4m)
Is he going to take questions?
Posted by: momma at June 07, 2011 08:16 AM (nWikJ)
The worst thing is, we got nothing for Porkulus.
In Michigan, the governments are still working out the final details to get up a second bridge which is sorely needed since a HUGE amount of trade between Canada and the United States goes through the current tunnel and over the existing Ambassador bridge. Yes, a large part of the problem deals with the current owner of the Ambassador bridge fighting a second bridge, but still....
For such a vital artery of North American trade, you'd think that a couple of billion could have been put to actual use, everything fast tracked and work begun. Nah. As it is, if you took a small anatomically correct Rep Weiner doll and used it's 'pointer' to point to anything Porkulus funded, you couldn't point to anything substantial.
Posted by: Stateless Infidel at June 07, 2011 08:17 AM (GKQDR)
Posted by: steevy at June 07, 2011 08:17 AM (r1/m6)
Posted by: joncelli at June 07, 2011 08:17 AM (RD7QR)
/It's been what, 4 months. These rebels suck.
Posted by: Kratos
And then we'll finally be able to enforce that no fly zone that we hashed out at the UN. Because this isn't about regime change.
Posted by: Blue Hen at June 07, 2011 08:17 AM (Gzv/o)
Bill Clinton on Congressperson Weiner:
“He definitely should not resign. Remember, he did not have sex with that woman. He sent her some pictures of himself, and I think they’re kinda cute. Of course he couldn’t hold a candle to me, but then again he doesn’t have to keep Hillary happy.”
Posted by: Cricket at June 07, 2011 08:17 AM (bViNN)
Posted by: George Orwell at June 07, 2011 08:17 AM (AZGON)
I can't think of a punchline. It's hard to make that many dead hookers funny.
Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth at June 07, 2011 12:16 PM (agD4m)
EoJ walks into a bar, swinging his pecker.....
There is no punch line - the bar cleared the f*ck out.
Posted by: momma at June 07, 2011 08:17 AM (nWikJ)
Posted by: Jean at June 07, 2011 08:18 AM (WkuV6)
Posted by: t-bird at June 07, 2011 08:19 AM (FcR7P)
Posted by: Obumbles at June 07, 2011 08:19 AM (r1/m6)
I can't think of a punchline. It's hard to make that many dead hookers funny.
Posted by: A Balrog of Morgoth
...And the barkeep says, "we don't serve their kind in here; that's sick!"
And so the Jeffs and JackStraw leave....
Posted by: Blue Hen at June 07, 2011 08:19 AM (Gzv/o)
Posted by: George Orwell at June 07, 2011 08:20 AM (AZGON)
"Almost 40% of homeowners who took out second mortgages—extracting cash from their residences to cover everything from vacations to medical bills—are underwater on their loans, more than twice the rate of owners who didn't take out such loans."
Posted by: Marcus at June 07, 2011 11:57 AM (CHrmZ)
People are stupid. i watched all these Vegas dildos go out and buy huge houses on 80/20 loans, then get another big fat equity loan to buy car/boat/furniture/ fill in the blank and then cry because they are under water. Even if you pulled money out of equity for MEDICAL...please....it is only equity for the minute you appraise the house. It is not realized until you sell the house. It is a bigger gamble than a slot machine at the 7/11. I have NO pity for those people, even less for the banks that were willing to make the bet aginst getting theb house back. Unfortunatley, I do pity ME for being on the hook to bail the banks out.
Posted by: giftogab at June 07, 2011 08:20 AM (SPVfc)
Posted by: More Weiner! at June 07, 2011 08:20 AM (FcR7P)
Posted by: George Orwell at June 07, 2011 08:21 AM (AZGON)
46 Speaking of erections, Kirsten Powers said she used to date teh Weiner. I wonder if she was so sad because now she wont receive any more dic pix.
And did anyone ask Ms. Powers if SHE recognized the underwear in the dic-pic? Noooooooo...........
Posted by: joejm65 at June 07, 2011 08:21 AM (BDB5n)
Be careful, my friend. I've heard the Imperial discipline of the Jeff is cruel. And it is fabulous.
Posted by: George Orwell
True, very true. But I have passed through the crucible (the Delaware Senate race) and have been tested.
And I'm also rather numb.
Posted by: Blue Hen at June 07, 2011 08:21 AM (Gzv/o)
The worst thing is, we got nothing for Porkulus.
The worst thing is, we got nothing for Porkulus, just as we said we wouldn't.
Posted by: geoff at June 07, 2011 08:21 AM (kfRzh)
Anyone have good internet Chart-Fu?
The BLS also publishes historic numbers on the % of people EMPLOYED in America... which I think is a better indication of the employment numbers since they have 'changed' the metric whereby they count who is unemployed.
Unemployed used to mean you did not have a job... now they take all kinds of people out of the employment pool, making todays numbers squewed when compared to historic numbers... thus the above chart is really comparing Apples and Orangatangs...
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 07, 2011 08:22 AM (NtXW4)
Posted by: Empire of Jeff at June 07, 2011 12:06 PM (lbo6/)
Well, we know old whores have a thing for you. I wonder........Crunchy fig?
Posted by: maddpgg at June 07, 2011 08:22 AM (OlN4e)
Posted by: giftogab at June 07, 2011 08:23 AM (SPVfc)
Emperor Jeff, Jeff w/the hot girlfriend, and JackStraw walk into a bar...
And the bartender says "get the fuck outta here."
Posted by: Walt Kowalski at June 07, 2011 08:23 AM (/Mla1)
Posted by: Ginger Lee at June 07, 2011 08:23 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: Roger Waters, closet AOSHQ fan at June 07, 2011 08:24 AM (BDB5n)
Posted by: Politics of Penis Destruction at June 07, 2011 08:24 AM (dh5Eu)
Posted by: Blacksheep at June 07, 2011 08:24 AM (8/DeP)
Yo Morons, people always ask me, "Joe why are you such a dick?".
Well I'll tell you folks Joe ain't no dick, I'm a Joseph not a Richard, jeez I mean who doesn't know dimunitives.
And guess what, I joined the Senate not the House because you don't have to show your penis unless it's a tie. And if your tie is as long as your penis then you need a new tailor.
True story, because Joe wouldn't dick you around. Unless it's a tie and then it's a four in hand.
Posted by: Joe the lawyer Biden at June 07, 2011 08:25 AM (8LCNM)
Does this hash make me gay?
No, but it makes your ass look fat.
Posted by: John P. Squibob at June 07, 2011 12:22 PM (/U/Mr)
Seen on a pick up truck in deep blue MD.
Picture of Obama
(text below picture)
Does this ass make my truck look big?
Posted by: Truck Monkey at June 07, 2011 08:26 AM (yQWNf)
Posted by: George Orwell at June 07, 2011 08:26 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: Politics of Penis Destruction
Sehr interessant.
The guy is petty and vindictive, but taking out a guy who was pretty well set and could get in front of the cameras would really be fratricide. Unless that was a warning shot to keep others in line?
Dunno, but it's mere speculation unless you get much more information.
Posted by: Blue Hen at June 07, 2011 08:27 AM (Gzv/o)
Posted by: dananjcon at June 07, 2011 08:27 AM (pr+up)
Posted by: Jean at June 07, 2011 08:27 AM (WkuV6)
Posted by: kathysaysso at June 07, 2011 08:27 AM (ZtwUX)
Posted by: Roger Waters, closet AOSHQ fan at June 07, 2011 12:24 PM (BDB5n)
That could be made into a masturbation gag with just two words switched.
Posted by: CAC at June 07, 2011 08:28 AM (JEVge)
Posted by: Michael Steele at June 07, 2011 08:28 AM (AZGON)
Here's a little Obama stimulus for yuz:
The Las Vegas Review Journal is reporting that Atlantic City Casino workers who took pay cuts are now being encourage by the UNION to get FOOOOOOOD STAMPS!
Posted by: giftogab at June 07, 2011 08:28 AM (SPVfc)
Posted by: kathysaysso
He's meeting with the German Chancellor? How many times did he bow?
Posted by: Blue Hen at June 07, 2011 08:28 AM (Gzv/o)
In short it was a freaking disaster and even today it has not gone away. Obama moved it into the "mandatory spending" category so he could hide it by making people think it was SS and Medicare. That would be a fast way to cut $1T out of the budget.
Posted by: Vic at June 07, 2011 08:29 AM (M9Ie6)
That could be made into a masturbation gag with just two words switched.
Posted by: CAC
All you'd need is one of Joe Biden's ties.
Posted by: Blue Hen at June 07, 2011 08:30 AM (Gzv/o)
President Obama's first question is on the economy. He says, "I'm not concerned about a double-dip recession."
Rather, Obama says, he's worried that the economy isn't creating jobs "as quickly as I want it to happen."
Reflecting on Friday's jobs data, which he didn't address that day while he was at a car plant in Ohio, Obama says that before May, there was "very robust job growth." But in May, it "slowed down."
"We don't yet know whether this is a one-month episode or a longer trend," he says. He notes that gas prices are one of the "headwinds" that might have affected that. (11:55 a.m.)
Obama uses the opportunity to talk about energy, calling for a policy that "can bring some stability to the world." And he says that "every morning when I wake up," he's thinking about how to get Americans jobs.
"One of the things IÂ’m going to be interested in exploring with the members of both parties in Congress is, how do we continue some of these policies to make sure we get these policies up and running in a robust way," he says.
Obama then calls for changing the "tax system" to make it simpler, and "getting a handle on our deficit in a way that is balanced and sensible."
"We are on the path of a recovery, but itÂ’s got to accelerate, and thatÂ’s going to require a continuation of a lot of the steps that I just discussed," he says. (11:58 a.m.)
...
Obama says people are "understandably frustrated," all around the world, "with the us and downs of the economy." And, perhaps indicative of his economic pitch to voters for his reelection, he says that it's "important for folks to remember how close we came to complete disaster." (12:12 p.m.)
The economic recovery, President Obama says, will be "uneven" -- even while progress is being made, people will be "skittish and nervous," along with the markets, he says.
But despite what happens in the marketplace and what the "headlines" say, Obama says, "our task is to not panic."
"Our job is to set a course for the medium and the long term that ensures that not only our economies grow but that the world economy is stable and prosperous, and I think we can do that together," he says. (12:15 p.m.)
Posted by: momma at June 07, 2011 08:30 AM (nWikJ)
Posted by: George Orwell at June 07, 2011 08:32 AM (AZGON)
"Our job is to set a course for the medium and the long term that ensures that not only our economies grow but that the world economy is stable and prosperous, and I think we can do that together," he says. (12:15 p.m.)
Posted by: momma
1. Don't panic
2. give me time
There's a winning strategy. Again: If there were any Republicans with brains, they would be hammering this.
Posted by: Blue Hen at June 07, 2011 08:33 AM (Gzv/o)
Posted by: George Orwell at June 07, 2011 08:34 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: George Orwell at June 07, 2011 08:34 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: George Orwell at June 07, 2011 12:34 PM (AZGON)
Zombie Reagan in 2012?
Posted by: CAC at June 07, 2011 08:35 AM (JEVge)
Ace, the unemployment chart showing how the stimulus didn't do what the geniuses at the White House predicted and Weinergate are actually two sides of the same coin. The coin in question is called "These Are The People Who Think They Can Run Everything!" They not only can't do their jobs correctly (fixing the economy), they can't run their private lives correctly and without embarrassing all of us (Weiner).
So don't think Weinergate was a "frivolous" focus for all of us. It actually was closer to being a metaphor for what ails our society. We have elites who pretend to be smarter than all of the rest of us, but they don't know what ought to be rudimentary for any halfway decent high-school boy... don't send pictures of your pecker over the Internet to strangers. Yet they want to tell us what kind of light bulbs we can buy.
Posted by: The Right Curmudgeon at June 07, 2011 08:36 AM (69ED2)
...Obama then calls for changing the "tax system" to make it simpler, and "getting a handle on our deficit in a way that is balanced and sensible."
So will he agree to the tax plan outlined in the R budget and being crafted by Ways & Means which lowers overall rates while eliminating loopholes?
Posted by: Miss'80sBaby at June 07, 2011 08:36 AM (2wfuC)
And notice that no one has the guts to ask if the majority of the recent jobs were due to one company (McDonalds) hiring a crapload of part time jobs (once known as 'McJobs').
And no mention of recovery summer. From 2010.
Posted by: Blue Hen at June 07, 2011 08:37 AM (Gzv/o)
Posted by: George Orwell at June 07, 2011 08:38 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: momma at June 07, 2011 12:30 PM (nWikJ)
His speechwriters just changed some words around from some of his 2008 campaign speeches. He's campaigning. Nothing else. Did any women throw their panties at him?
Posted by: Soona at June 07, 2011 08:38 AM (LDIop)
Good news for democrats. All of this bad news gives them yet another reason to do what they live to do: RAISE OUR TAXES.
ER um - I mean raise taxes on the "rich".
Posted by: Lemon Kitten at June 07, 2011 08:38 AM (0fzsA)
Posted by: Rod Rescueman at June 07, 2011 08:39 AM (HwE/1)
Posted by: Rod Rescueman
We came up short(s).
Posted by: Blue Hen at June 07, 2011 08:40 AM (Gzv/o)
I mean, seriously folks, it's right in front of us...
Posted by: AoSHQ's *second* worst commenter, DarkLord© at June 07, 2011 08:40 AM (GBXon)
"Our job is to set a course for the medium and the long term that ensures that not only our economies grow but that the world economy is stable and prosperous, and I think we can do that together," he says.
This is SCARY.
It shows he is worried about the world economy, NOT ours.
Dude... you are the US President... not a F'n Citizen of the World...
Posted by: Romeo13 at June 07, 2011 08:41 AM (NtXW4)
Posted by: George Orwell at June 07, 2011 08:42 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: t-bird at June 07, 2011 08:44 AM (FcR7P)
__________
Anothing chart I'd like to see would be that deficit bar graph with a line running through it showing where halving the Bush deficits would be.
Better would be a short Youtube video that plunks the bars down one at a time until the end of the Bush years, then cuts to Obama promising to half the deficit, draws that line across the chart, then plunks the Obama bars down.
Posted by: Anachronda at June 07, 2011 08:46 AM (IrbU4)
That boy should be ridiculed every second of every day for the rest of his adult life.
Posted by: Fritz at June 07, 2011 08:46 AM (GwPRU)
Posted by: Mitt Romney at June 07, 2011 08:46 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: t-bird at June 07, 2011 08:46 AM (FcR7P)
Posted by: George Orwell at June 07, 2011 12:42 PM (AZGON)
Romneycare and AGW. Mitt is nothing more than leftist-light......with a well coiffed squirrel on his head.
Posted by: Soona at June 07, 2011 08:46 AM (LDIop)
You think this economy is stressed!
We're going to Africa in a couple of weeks and, what I ask you, is the First Lady going to wear?
I'm stressed!
Posted by: Michelle Obama's Fashion Consultant at June 07, 2011 08:47 AM (hEqXP)
Oh man, can you imagine how great it would be if AB would hijack a JEF presser
Posted by: Wild Bill at June 07, 2011 08:47 AM (kt5ZI)
Posted by: George Orwell at June 07, 2011 08:47 AM (AZGON)
Posted by: t-bird at June 07, 2011 08:48 AM (FcR7P)
How can this country vote Democratic after studying a chart like that, and then thinking back to all the propoganda?
I just don't understand the majority of my fellow Americans! I get called a Racists almost on a daily basis, I don't even hardly notice anymore, why are there so many still so worrying by being called Racist?
Posted by: Jimi at June 07, 2011 08:50 AM (JMsOK)
Posted by: giftogab at June 07, 2011 08:54 AM (SPVfc)
Posted by: Jean at June 07, 2011 08:55 AM (WkuV6)
How about a chart of golf rounds/economic briefings?
Posted by: Jean at June 07, 2011 12:55 PM (WkuV6)
So did I.
Posted by: Tony O'frankenpeter at June 07, 2011 08:56 AM (SPVfc)
White House officials said the meetings slowly petered out
Oh sure. I do the same thing and I get raked!
Posted by: Rep. Anthony's Weiner at June 07, 2011 09:02 AM (Gzv/o)
Posted by: Lemmiwinks at June 07, 2011 09:03 AM (pdRb1)
Posted by: chillin the most at June 07, 2011 09:05 AM (6IV8T)
Well....Look at the bright side.....if this keeps up at least Obama will be out in 2012...of course we get stuck with T-Paw, Romney or Palin.
That can't possibly be as bad as Obama and his Ilk.
Posted by: Jimi at June 07, 2011 09:06 AM (JMsOK)
If the JEF were trying to destroy our economy, what would he be doing differently?
This is the direct result of the political cancer of "progressivism," something I hit this morning over at my place. The numbers speak for themselves. Ever since Queen Nancy and her Botox Boys took over Congress in '07, we've been on a downhill slide that is breathtaking in its speed, as someone noted upthread.
When will the rest of the country figure out that the "progressive" movement is actively killing us? It's a deliberate effort to rename an anti-American political wing, gussy it up, and make it sound all innocent and shit.
And it's working. I'd like to see Leno do one of his "man on the street" skits and ask people what they though of "progressives." I'm willing to bet that most of the sheeple would think there's nothing wrong with it based on nothing more than the tradidional meaning of the word, not what the political movement actually stands for.
Posted by: BackwardsBoy at June 07, 2011 09:08 AM (d0Tfm)
In my experience...everybody who votes Decmoratic has no idea of what the "Progressive Movement" even is.
They just want to feel good, and be cool. They perceived Obama as being Cool, and they thought his rhetoric sounded good...and that was good enough for them.
Posted by: Jimi at June 07, 2011 09:11 AM (JMsOK)
Better would be a short Youtube video that plunks the bars down one at a time until the end of the Bush years, then cuts to Obama promising to half the deficit, draws that line across the chart, then plunks the Obama bars down.
Posted by: Anachronda at June 07, 2011 12:46 PM (IrbU4)
Good idea... but go back and add a Line in where the Dems took over Congress as well...
After all, it IS Congress who has the power of the purse, and that needs to be pointed out to people.
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