July 06, 2012
— andy The experts who constantly guess wrong thought we'd create 90,000 jobs in June. We created 80,000.
Unemployment rate holds at 8.2%. Jim Pethokoukis calculated that the headline rate would be 10.9% if the labor force participation rate from January 2009 (Obama's inauguration) had held constant. Also, the broader U-6 rate ticked up a little to 14.9%.
So as you can see, Recovery Summer III is well underway.
[Update] @politicalmath created this interesting heat map of employment by industry.
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Posted by: LeBron Steinman at July 06, 2012 04:40 AM (jfWE9)
Posted by: Yip in Texas at July 06, 2012 04:42 AM (Mrdk1)
Posted by: MSM at July 06, 2012 04:44 AM (4/5f7)
The iceberg only dented the Titanic's hull, y'know....
Posted by: MrScribbler at July 06, 2012 04:45 AM (MQc8e)
Posted by: Fritz at July 06, 2012 04:46 AM (/ZZCn)
Posted by: that guy that always thinks we're boned now thinks SuperBoned at July 06, 2012 04:46 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: Tami at July 06, 2012 04:47 AM (X6akg)
Posted by: that guy that always thinks we're boned now thinks SuperBoned at July 06, 2012 04:49 AM (QupBk)
Posted by: Tami at July 06, 2012 04:49 AM (X6akg)
"This explains why Romney can't make any headway in OH or VA."
Also, half of everyone you will ever meet are too stupid to be reached by reality and/or common sense. Just awesome.
Posted by: Jaws at July 06, 2012 04:50 AM (4I3Uo)
More Hope & Chains!
Where's that Obama stash to pay my rent, gas, cable, & xbox live at?
Posted by: Jenafur Johnson at July 06, 2012 04:50 AM (pUOpM)
Posted by: Captain Hate (dagny solidarity) at July 06, 2012 04:50 AM (GUNMw)
Hey, troll-douche--wrap your stupid head around just how terrible 80K is for a moment and then give us cooked polling data. Maybe you'll clue in to the fact that your guy is a disaster of Hooverian proportions. There I said it.
Idiot.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at July 06, 2012 04:51 AM (B+qrE)
Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at July 06, 2012 04:51 AM (aGX9l)
The change in total nonfarm payroll employment for April was revised
from +77,000 to +68,000, and the change for May was revised from
+69,000 to +77,000.
+68k
+77k
+80k
Full employment in 2424.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 06, 2012 04:52 AM (kdS6q)
Evidently, Soros-marketing pays better than phone collections.
Posted by: LeBron Steinman at July 06, 2012 04:52 AM (jfWE9)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 06, 2012 04:52 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: alexthechick at July 06, 2012 04:54 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: 0bama at July 06, 2012 04:55 AM (9SN2s)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at July 06, 2012 04:55 AM (B+qrE)
Posted by: Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2 century at July 06, 2012 04:55 AM (X8N+X)
Just think about this: Former Enron Economic Adviser Paul Krugman is an "expert on economics."
Yes, Economics seems to be the only industry where one can get paid for a 0% success rate. Even teachers and politicians don't have a gig that good.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 06, 2012 04:56 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at July 06, 2012 04:56 AM (fCkqS)
Posted by: Krugfuck at July 06, 2012 04:57 AM (9SN2s)
Right. Then you can leave now and leave us in peace. And we'll see you in November.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 06, 2012 04:57 AM (8y9MW)
It would be nice to see that broken down into job function. I expect it's more accountants/people who work with gov't regulations, and fewer people who interact with patients.
Posted by: HeatherRadish has a headache at July 06, 2012 04:57 AM (hO8IJ)
Jet skis bad.
Golf and caviar with Mr. Ed Parker good.
Got it.
Folks, David Axelrod is on the blog.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at July 06, 2012 04:58 AM (B+qrE)
Posted by: real joe at July 06, 2012 04:58 AM (PD2ad)
Posted by: EC at July 06, 2012 04:58 AM (GQ8sn)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 06, 2012 04:59 AM (8y9MW)
Both the civilian labor force participation rate and the employment-
population ratio were unchanged in June at 63.8 and 58.6 percent,
respectively.
Department of Love to begin mass executions of the unemployed to improve that metric.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 06, 2012 04:59 AM (kdS6q)
Posted by: teej at July 06, 2012 05:00 AM (ETWo2)
Posted by: toby928© at July 06, 2012 05:00 AM (QupBk)
Posted by: Restless at July 06, 2012 05:00 AM (/wpH/)
So all the angst regarding the Ohio polls. I'm starting to get the feeling that a number of them are being purposely spun to bring shift the RCP average toward Obama.
As I asked CAC last week, can anyone name one single poll that is reliably oversampling Republicans?
No problem, I can wait...
Still looking? No problem...
Yeah, like I said, if the only one you can even consider naming is Rasmussen, who has one of the best historical accuracy ratings, then clearly the averages are being skewed in one direction. It's just math.
In 2008 I spent almost the entire campaign season in Los Angeles. At this point in the process, the Obama bumperstickers could be found on every 10th or 20th car. I was in LA last week and driving all over for 5 days straight. I didn't see a single Obama 2012 sticker. Not on Wilshire, not in Santa Monica, not in Orange County, not even on the 91 and 105 as I skirted Compton.
But Obama has increased his 2008 support in Ohio by 5 points? Color me skeptical.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 06, 2012 05:00 AM (UWIYe)
Posted by: Truman North at July 06, 2012 05:00 AM (I2LwF)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, team dagny at July 06, 2012 05:00 AM (Ho2rs)
What happen to Dagney? Ban-Hammer!
Posted by: Paladin at July 06, 2012 05:01 AM (QGbEp)
Posted by: teej at July 06, 2012 09:00 AM (ETWo2)
But you have that time travel machine going again
Posted by: Velvet Ambition at July 06, 2012 05:01 AM (mFxQX)
Posted by: Fritz at July 06, 2012 05:02 AM (/ZZCn)
Posted by: teej at July 06, 2012 05:02 AM (ETWo2)
Posted by: AuthorLMendez at July 06, 2012 05:02 AM (yAor6)
Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at July 06, 2012 05:03 AM (aGX9l)
From the other thread. Wouldn't it be fun if Barky's love session with the media includes the phrase "the private sector is doin' fine" again?
Posted by: Virginia SoCon at July 06, 2012 05:03 AM (+/C3g)
Posted by: Paladin at July 06, 2012 09:01 AM (QGbEp)
Near as I can figure, she reposted something someone said on twitter (?).....ace didn't like it and gave her a 'warning'.
She self-imposed her 'long break'.
Posted by: Tami at July 06, 2012 05:03 AM (X6akg)
So on Wednesday, we're in another parade with him, this time with no rules like that. He brIngs about 20 staffers and they have the same lame stickers. We brought a red Jeep decked out with flags and our signs, a banner, American flags to hand out, and we gave all the kids on route Steinhof toothbrushes. We busted out the new t-shirts and handed out the new push card warning people that we broke away from a monarchy, and don't vote for another one. Oh, and we had a whole teenage dance school with us. We brought our own fucking parade. You should have heard the little staffers complaining!
We owned joe Kennedy on the 4th. 211 Beating the crap out of a Kennedy is awesome no matter what the situation.
God, just think of the ads we can run against him in the general...
Posted by: Truman North at July 06, 2012 05:03 AM (I2LwF)
Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at July 06, 2012 05:04 AM (aGX9l)
Posted by: Vegan Meatball at July 06, 2012 05:04 AM (mxnUd)
You don't see as many "Baby on Board" signs on cars anymore, either, even though babies are still a hot fashion accessory in Hollywood.
Posted by: HeatherRadish has a headache at July 06, 2012 05:05 AM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: cajun carrot at July 06, 2012 05:06 AM (UZQM8)
Posted by: Crashpanic at July 06, 2012 05:07 AM (9SN2s)
@40
Looks like the job function breakdown is on table B-1. Actually a drop in Offices of Physicians with rises in the rest.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 06, 2012 05:07 AM (kdS6q)
Well, the Democrat spin will be "Mitt Romney raised $100 million dollars last month, an all-time record for a GOP candidate....it seems that fat cat donors would rather back Romney than spend the money in the economy."
I look at it as if you were investing in a mutual fund--would you rather invest your money with an experienced, knowledgeable fund manager, or Jack Lemmon from Glengarry Glen Ross?
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at July 06, 2012 05:07 AM (Ec6wH)
Posted by: Barry's French entourage at July 06, 2012 05:07 AM (56DAY)
Posted by: teej at July 06, 2012 05:08 AM (Xfofp)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 06, 2012 09:00 AM (UWIYe)
---------------------->>>
There is little love for the SCOAMF in the Buckeye State. I overhear a lot of people talking about what a disaster President Obama has been. I work with a physics professor that is a Democrat and even he doesn't say anything to me in support of Obama.
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop at July 06, 2012 05:09 AM (M0NzJ)
Posted by: Truman North at July 06, 2012 05:11 AM (I2LwF)
Posted by: O-bah-muhh bets on America (to show, not win) at July 06, 2012 05:11 AM (grZ5S)
He's giving Krugman a run for his money as to whom is wrong more often.
Posted by: Albie Damned at July 06, 2012 05:13 AM (Yhu4q)
3 months in a row of HORRIBLE job growth, almost 100k jobs less than population growth, and yet:
THE FRIGGIN UNEMPLOYMENT RATE REMAINS EXACTLY THE SAME?
WTF? I call shenanigans!
Posted by: Bill Mitchell at July 06, 2012 05:13 AM (hlUJY)
Posted by: Daybrother at July 06, 2012 05:13 AM (BDj4t)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 06, 2012 05:14 AM (05RcU)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, team dagny at July 06, 2012 05:14 AM (Ho2rs)
Posted by: The Mega Independent at July 06, 2012 05:14 AM (WyYqg)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 06, 2012 05:14 AM (05RcU)
Posted by: joncelli, heartless Con and all around unpleasant guy at July 06, 2012 05:14 AM (RD7QR)
Bank on it.
Month after month of terrible numbers and it NEVER goes up.
Posted by: Bill Mitchell at July 06, 2012 05:15 AM (hlUJY)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 06, 2012 05:15 AM (05RcU)
Posted by: dananjcon at July 06, 2012 05:16 AM (eavT+)
Posted by: DrSmith at July 06, 2012 09:13 AM (t8tck)
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I think he'll just recycle, "This is the best President Obama can do, but not the best that America can do." Are you the same retard that was telling us in Spring 2010, that the economy was going to be roaring by November 2010?
Posted by: Retired Buckeye Cop at July 06, 2012 05:16 AM (M0NzJ)
Remember: They claimed to have raised as much last Thursday as Romney--more, in fact.
When's the FEC deadline for disclosure?
Posted by: RoyalOil at July 06, 2012 05:16 AM (kSaUf)
Posted by: yanks at July 06, 2012 05:16 AM (lnUW/)
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And the future of Social Security will still be secure thanks to the Gore lock box.
Posted by: RioBravo at July 06, 2012 05:16 AM (eEfYn)
Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at July 06, 2012 05:16 AM (aGX9l)
Posted by: toby928© at July 06, 2012 05:17 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 06, 2012 05:17 AM (1Jaio)
Posted by: Chocolate Ration Czar at July 06, 2012 05:17 AM (mV8sg)
"Bush beat Kerry party due to the likability issue. It matters."
How anyone sees SCFOAMF as "likeable" is beyond my processing power. That fucker literally *hates* the people he purports to represent as POTUS. It drips off him - and people can't or won't see that?
SMOD me, baby.
Posted by: Jaws at July 06, 2012 05:17 AM (4I3Uo)
Posted by: TFC3Tweets at July 06, 2012 05:17 AM (bgzAd)
They don't call him the Juicebox President for nothing.
Posted by: Fritz at July 06, 2012 05:17 AM (/ZZCn)
Posted by: phoenixgirl, team dagny at July 06, 2012 09:14 AM (Ho2rs)
I wouldn't be surprised if he inherited his deadbeat polygamist sperm donor's alcoholism; you've already seen that he can't shake the nicotine addiction. Plus his nympho mommy's addiction to moooslim pipe. Just saying "no" isn't in the genes.
Posted by: Captain Hate (dagny solidarity) at July 06, 2012 05:18 AM (GUNMw)
Posted by: Honey Tiberius Badger, drinker of mead at July 06, 2012 05:18 AM (GvYeG)
Posted by: Retread at July 06, 2012 05:18 AM (I2fq9)
Posted by: yinzer at July 06, 2012 05:18 AM (/Mla1)
Posted by: toby928© at July 06, 2012 05:19 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: Lord God King Obama. at July 06, 2012 05:19 AM (9TTOe)
Posted by: toby928© at July 06, 2012 05:20 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: TFC3Tweets at July 06, 2012 05:21 AM (bgzAd)
Posted by: Mary Cloggenstein from Brattleboro, VT at July 06, 2012 05:21 AM (jCQ+I)
Posted by: yanks at July 06, 2012 05:21 AM (ltZ2R)
Where this comes from I have no idea, but clearly the cocksucker-in-chief (apologies to Sandra Fluke) is planning for a late bounce with the unemployment numbers.
But...I'll bet that most people do not give a rat's ass about the raw numbers, and base their calculation on their friends and family's situation.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 06, 2012 05:21 AM (nEUpB)
Job report: Hiring rises, but not enough
Worries that the European debt crisis is impacting the U.S. continues to plague the economy.
The funny thing is no where in the article does it mention Europe or hirings rising but not enough. So the Yahoo douches are actually spinning the AP story
Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 06, 2012 05:21 AM (1Jaio)
Posted by: Gregory of Yardale at July 06, 2012 05:22 AM (aGX9l)
Posted by: Commodore Effete Pirate Barack at July 06, 2012 05:22 AM (grZ5S)
Posted by: toby928© at July 06, 2012 09:20 AM (evdj2)
That would explain a lot....
Posted by: Captain Hate (dagny solidarity) at July 06, 2012 05:22 AM (GUNMw)
The only thing that will be roaring in the Obama economy is IRS agent hiring.
In fact the Romney campaign should frame ObamaCare/RobertCare in a 1984/apple commercial manner. Where we are suffering under the watchful eye of the "agents" ala the Matrix, the first movie anyway.
I think that may resonate pretty well.
Posted by: General Woundwort at July 06, 2012 05:22 AM (06lNq)
I think he is right, for the most part. Except, I wouldn't count heath care insurance even though it is a tax in other countries. The same reasoning could justify including the cost of gas or groceries as taxes.
But, the underlying premise is spot-on: Far too much of our money either goes to the government or goes to quasi-monopolies propped up by the government. For shit-all in services and return.
Posted by: RoyalOil at July 06, 2012 05:22 AM (kSaUf)
Posted by: Honey Tiberius Badger, drinker of mead at July 06, 2012 05:22 AM (GvYeG)
"Well, the Democrat spin will be "Mitt Romney raised $100 million dollars last month, an all-time record fora GOP candidate....it seems that fat cat donors would rather back Romney than spend the money in the economy."
Interesting- the two activities listed above are one and the same- donating money to Romney is in fact investing in the economy, given the stuttering ponce wrecking things on the other team.
If earflaps queen of the sandtraps gets another four years, we're all hobos. Or rather, "nouveau drifters in a kicky new post possession, post prosperity economy" which is how the NYT/Weekly shopper will most probably describe it.
Posted by: Chariots of Toast at July 06, 2012 05:22 AM (ksERZ)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 06, 2012 05:22 AM (05RcU)
Posted by: steevy at July 06, 2012 05:23 AM (Xb3hu)
'DrSmith' is posting the same copy and paste Axel-crap as 'gumbyandpokey' over at Hot Air.
Posted by: LeBron Steinman at July 06, 2012 05:24 AM (jfWE9)
You're probably right at the moment, but doesn't the Mandate kick in in Jan '14? At that point, it moves solidly over to the "tax" category (since you can no longer choose to avoid it). You can still avoid both gas and grocery expenses if you so choose. If you choose to do so with some industry and forethought, you won't even starve.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 06, 2012 05:24 AM (8y9MW)
The electorate is currently 45% who want to become Europe and keep the socialism rolling (including lifelong Dems who would vote for Satan if the DNC ran a commercial for him), 45% people who know the country is heading off a cliff and want to save it, and 10% people who know they need to make a decision, but hate making decisions and are going to keep their head under a blanket until they have to do something.
So I look at all of this crap that is happening to us, and the "Romney is a corporate raider" crap that Obama is tossing out there and wonder, what is going to sway the procrastinators in October when they finally make a decision? I'm pretty confident that 90% of them will vote for Romney and the other 10% will go back to bed.
The last time we had a choice this stark was 1980, and Reagan was down 9 points nationally at this point in the cycle.
Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 06, 2012 05:25 AM (UWIYe)
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 06, 2012 08:52 AM (kdS6q)
FIFY
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 06, 2012 05:25 AM (nEUpB)
EPA on line one.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at July 06, 2012 09:24 AM (B+qrE)
We'll take the sloppy seconds.
Posted by: Dept. of Labor at July 06, 2012 05:25 AM (/Mla1)
My local fishwrap informs me that Obama leads Romney by 18% in California.
California is beyond repair.
Posted by: boniface ballers at July 06, 2012 05:25 AM (l3RZ9)
Posted by: yinzer at July 06, 2012 05:27 AM (/Mla1)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 06, 2012 09:22 AM (05RcU)
I hope she paid the proper taxes on those wages. The IRS will soon have a new pile of agents to check.
Posted by: Retread at July 06, 2012 05:27 AM (I2fq9)
Posted by: Oblahbla at July 06, 2012 05:28 AM (AzwZn)
Posted by: TFC3Tweets at July 06, 2012 05:28 AM (bgzAd)
Posted by: ~15% of the Population at July 06, 2012 05:28 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: steevy at July 06, 2012 05:29 AM (Xb3hu)
Posted by: Fritz at July 06, 2012 05:30 AM (/ZZCn)
'DrSmith' is posting the same copy and paste Axel-crap as 'gumbyandpokey' over at Hot Air.
Posted by: LeBron Steinman
CPing into multiple windows, all while frantically hitting his router's reset button like a chicken trying to win a pellet.
Tragic, really.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 06, 2012 05:30 AM (kdS6q)
Do not despair! Seasonal carnival ride roustabouts and firework stand attendants will rouse this great nation from its economic slumbers!
Posted by: Chariots of Toast at July 06, 2012 05:30 AM (ksERZ)
I admit I have a sinking feeling in my gut, especially after the disastrous OCare decision. But I just can't accept that people are that willingly blind to what's going on around them.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 06, 2012 05:30 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Pyrocles at July 06, 2012 05:31 AM (cv5Iw)
Well if you hire the kid of undocumented residents, then you don't have to mess with all the paperwork, taxes, insurance, health care, overtime, ...
Posted by: RioBravo at July 06, 2012 05:31 AM (eEfYn)
Posted by: Pathetic! at July 06, 2012 05:31 AM (AzwZn)
Posted by: CNN at July 06, 2012 05:31 AM (48wze)
Posted by: yanks at July 06, 2012 05:31 AM (7Jipo)
California is beyond repair.
Posted by: boniface ballers at July 06, 2012 09:25 AM (l3RZ9)
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Yeah - no doubt they realize that the odds of Obie giving them a bail out are far higher than those of Mitt doing so. F*ck Clownifornia. I laugh as they starve their own industry and agriculture. If only we could build a huge fence around that place - cuz you know that when it all starts to crash hard the libtard rats will jump ship and contaminate other states. Better to contain them and let them starve out. Once only the remaining conservatives are left, we could re-open communications and re-colonize the place.
It's such a shame that the beautiful land is given over to libtards. What a waste.
Posted by: Reactionary at July 06, 2012 05:31 AM (xUM1Q)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 06, 2012 05:32 AM (8y9MW)
1/3 of the 80,000 jobs are with temp services.
I mentioned the other day that I believe by 2014 most people will be moved to contractor vs. employee status. It'll make more business sense to have everyone be contract workers. The company won't have to pay employer share of SS, no contribution to retirement funds, no health insurance, that person doesn't count for regulation purpose, you can side step all kinds of EEOC issues, it's a win for the company. Hell, there's no point in trying to build up any kind of employee loyalty since no one actually believes that they can start a career with Company A and stay there until retirement anyway.
I know that there are at least some manufacturing companies that use "temporary" services that are fully controlled by the company itself. Technically, the workers is not employed by Widgets R Us but by WRU Staffing. I expect more of these types of shell games to occur.
Posted by: alexthechick at July 06, 2012 05:32 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: TFC3Tweets at July 06, 2012 05:33 AM (bgzAd)
Posted by: steevy at July 06, 2012 05:34 AM (Xb3hu)
Posted by: yinzer at July 06, 2012 05:34 AM (/Mla1)
Posted by: yanks at July 06, 2012 05:34 AM (oGyUC)
/thinks back to epic fail video of Barky's 3-pointers, laughs at the God-King's self-delusion
Posted by: Waterhouse at July 06, 2012 05:35 AM (jxlCy)
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at July 06, 2012 05:35 AM (B+qrE)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at July 06, 2012 05:36 AM (Ec6wH)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 06, 2012 05:36 AM (05RcU)
Independents love Bush bashing. It's what got Barky in office in the first place. But the GOP base would probably see this as a betrayal, despite the fact that Bush's policies weren't particularly conservative. What does Romney have to do to effectively counter the argument Obama will try and make, "returning to the failed policies of the past."
Posted by: CausticConservative at July 06, 2012 05:36 AM (gT3jF)
I'd take them odds.
That pansy can't play ball worth a damn, which is painfully evident every time you see him launch a fusillade of bricks at whatever unfortunate hoop happens to be in his vicinity.
Factor in the "natural athleticism" displayed while he throws out opening pitches, spastically swings a golf club or rides girls' bikes, as well as his undocumented but real chain smoking- this mincing dolt would be soft as shite on a court.
I could crush this putz, and I'm a doughy out of shape computer jockey.
Though I DID get run on my high school team- and it wasn't even a sissy prep school.
Posted by: Chariots of Toast at July 06, 2012 05:37 AM (ksERZ)
Posted by: Avi at July 06, 2012 05:37 AM (51xVX)
Posted by: toby928© at July 06, 2012 05:37 AM (evdj2)
My 18-year-old girl brat could whip his ass in arm-wrestling.
We have an
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 06, 2012 05:37 AM (nEUpB)
It's pretty apparent at this point that Obama is going to attempt to run against Bush again, at least on the economy.
As Amish noted the other day, Obama is going to run against Obama.
Posted by: alexthechick at July 06, 2012 05:37 AM (VtjlW)
You have to look harder than in 2008 for those bumper-stickers! I haven't seen more than a few around here, and that fills me with maniacal glee!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 06, 2012 05:39 AM (nEUpB)
Will Romney's base allow him say he's not Bush/following those policies or will that increase skepticism of him?
And if they respond to that, they are stupid. Answer with current facts, not past-due-date defenses.
Posted by: Circa (Insert Year Here) at July 06, 2012 05:39 AM (B+qrE)
Posted by: Jean at July 06, 2012 05:39 AM (duqON)
Posted by: Ed Gibbon at July 06, 2012 05:39 AM (4eNxd)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at July 06, 2012 05:40 AM (Ec6wH)
Did his health insurance get covered? The IRS vill vant to zee your rekords!
Posted by: Hrothgar (CJSC Designated Serf) at July 06, 2012 05:40 AM (i3+c5)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 06, 2012 05:40 AM (UWIYe)
Posted by: toby928© at July 06, 2012 05:41 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 06, 2012 05:41 AM (05RcU)
Posted by: Dave in Fla at July 06, 2012 05:41 AM (UWIYe)
And it sure helps when his floor of support is probably 47-48 percent.
Posted by: yanks at July 06, 2012 09:34 AM (oGyUC)
Obama's ass fumes are destroying what little is left of your brain
Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 06, 2012 05:42 AM (1Jaio)
Posted by: toby928© at July 06, 2012 05:42 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: steevy at July 06, 2012 05:42 AM (Xb3hu)
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The decline of California (in manufacturing, agriculture, and quality of public services) is one of the greatest disasters to occur in the history of the Republic. At some point the decline has/will become irreversible. It is an incredible drag on the rest of the country as well.
Posted by: RioBravo at July 06, 2012 05:43 AM (eEfYn)
Posted by: Honey Tiberius Badger, drinker of mead at July 06, 2012 05:43 AM (GvYeG)
Posted by: John at July 06, 2012 05:43 AM (grZ5S)
Posted by: Jean at July 06, 2012 05:43 AM (duqON)
Posted by: Jean at July 06, 2012 09:43 AM (duqON)
Why? They're all the same.
Posted by: Tami at July 06, 2012 05:44 AM (X6akg)
Posted by: RoyalOil at July 06, 2012 05:44 AM (kSaUf)
Though I DID get run on my high school team- and it wasn't even a sissy prep school.
Posted by: Chariots of Toast at July 06, 2012 09:37 AM (ksERZ)
If the JEF was any fucking good at hoops, the MFM would have a continual loop of highlight films running on MSDNC, CNN and the over the air alphabets. All they show are bullshit horse competitions against broken down shillboy Clark Kellogg. I don't have much liking for Scottie Centerfold, but as a Div 1 starting guard he'd destroy the SCoaMF at hoops; and the JEF knows it.
Posted by: Captain Hate (dagny solidarity) at July 06, 2012 05:45 AM (GUNMw)
Posted by: steevy at July 06, 2012 05:45 AM (Xb3hu)
Posted by: Honey Tiberius Badger, drinker of mead at July 06, 2012 05:45 AM (GvYeG)
@179 - steevy, check out Gateway Pundit. The bitch is a self-proclaimed "Number One Fan" of the dog-eating retard. She's posted a Facebook comment calling Republicans "test tubes" and "the reason abortion needs to stay legal!"
Fuck her and her scrunt sister. FYNQ.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 06, 2012 05:46 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Hrothgar (CJSC Designated Serf) at July 06, 2012 05:46 AM (i3+c5)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 06, 2012 05:46 AM (05RcU)
And this is where the genius of Lex Luthor (Superman 1 with Gene Hackman) could be fully realized. A win/win for all coherent and deserving parties, honestly.
Posted by: Chariots of Toast at July 06, 2012 05:47 AM (ksERZ)
Posted by: toby928© at July 06, 2012 05:47 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: steevy at July 06, 2012 05:47 AM (Xb3hu)
Posted by: steevy at July 06, 2012 05:48 AM (Xb3hu)
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 06, 2012 05:49 AM (8y9MW)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 06, 2012 05:49 AM (05RcU)
Posted by: The Mega Independent at July 06, 2012 05:50 AM (WyYqg)
You have reached the limits of my knowledge of this system.
But I speak from experience. I got banned (by mistake! I swear!) last year and used a proxy to comment. Then last week a troll showed up and one of his proxies used the same hash. And this troll's hash was used by nickless and Jean last year.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 06, 2012 05:51 AM (nEUpB)
Posted by: nickless at July 06, 2012 05:51 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Velvet Ambition at July 06, 2012 05:51 AM (mFxQX)
Miller said her sister passed away from colon cancer four years ago — partly because she could not purchase health insurance.
Okay I need help getting up on the tall soap box for this. *clears throat*
Health care is not the same thing as health insurance! An insurance company does not perform any type of health care. An insurance company does not provide treatment or perform tests or perform surgery or draw blood or anything of the like. An insurance company pays for that. No one dies because of a lack of health insurance. A person may die because of a lack of treatment but that is *not the same thing*.
I hate being bitchy to someone who suffered such a loss, but the conflation of health care and health insurance drives me nuts. Further, what indication is there that her sister would have been able to afford insurance even under Obamacare? Obamacare isn't actually single payer, no matter what people think. If her sister was making too much for Medicaid, then her sister would probably be tossed into the high risk exchange pool which would still be horribly expensive. There is no guarantee that her sister could have afforded insurance even then. Stop saying that people died from lack on insurance. Just. Stop it. Don't make me start stompying everyone.
*pants* Okay. Done now. Um. Can someone get me a ladder?
Posted by: alexthechick at July 06, 2012 05:52 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Daybrother at July 06, 2012 05:52 AM (BDj4t)
Posted by: steevy at July 06, 2012 05:52 AM (Xb3hu)
Fuck her and her scrunt sister. FYNQ.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 06, 2012 09:46 AM (zF6Iw)
She should be careful around Barry. Since he eat dogs
Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 06, 2012 05:53 AM (1Jaio)
Posted by: The Mega Independent at July 06, 2012 05:53 AM (WyYqg)
Posted by: steevy at July 06, 2012 05:54 AM (Xb3hu)
Posted by: Pipi "The Chihuahua" at July 06, 2012 05:54 AM (48wze)
He's head of the Council of Economic Advisors
Posted by: Albie Damned at July 06, 2012 05:54 AM (Yhu4q)
Posted by: MWR, Proud Tea(rrorist) Party Hobbit and ABO Supporter at July 06, 2012 05:55 AM (CA2NO)
Posted by: Dog Rubber Extra Paprika! at July 06, 2012 05:55 AM (ZFXqT)
Are you ready for Summer Derecho II: The Jobs Tour?
Posted by: Fritz at July 06, 2012 05:55 AM (/ZZCn)
Weak than anticipated must be the new unexpected
Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 06, 2012 05:55 AM (1Jaio)
No...stay up there and keep preaching the message, because it needs to be repeated.
My dad is a physician, and the number of patients he saw in the hospital with no health insurance is probably in the several hundreds over his career. He had a file cabinet with notes for patients he didn't bother to bill, because it would have been a waste of postage.
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 06, 2012 05:55 AM (nEUpB)
Posted by: NoBama12 at July 06, 2012 05:56 AM (ykY2u)
Posted by: political correctness czar at July 06, 2012 05:57 AM (tueYI)
Posted by: RioBravo at July 06, 2012 05:57 AM (eEfYn)
Just jump. We'll catch you. Swearsies.
But you're right. This is one of the things that has driven me so nuts about this: Health Insurance is not health care. Indeed, Health Insurance does not actually guarantee access to health care, nor does lack of insurance prevent said access.
Virtually every hospital in the nation provides free care if you can't afford it. They just write it off as "indigent care." It's not as good for their bottom line as if you pay, but a) they're big on healing people b) it's better than nothing, and c) it's great PR.
Add to that you can always go to places like the Mayo Clinic or MD Anderson and they'll give you your whole course of treatment, and worry about collecting anything later (again- you have to demonstrate need).
In short- she told a BS story. Her sister didn't die because she didn't have insurance, she died because she never sought out the programs that already existed to help her.
Posted by: AllenG (Dedicated Tenther) Channelling Breitbart at July 06, 2012 05:57 AM (8y9MW)
The other big thing about insurance is you buy it when your healthy. People that don't understand that insurance is just a group using a pool of money to hedge against catastrophic costs are idiots.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at July 06, 2012 05:58 AM (tf9Ne)
Posted by: steevy at July 06, 2012 09:56 AM (Xb3hu)
Good idea. I need a place to relieve myself.
Posted by: Joe Biden at July 06, 2012 05:58 AM (WyYqg)
Posted by: Tim the Enchanter at July 06, 2012 05:59 AM (izA2D)
Posted by: steevy at July 06, 2012 05:59 AM (Xb3hu)
Or maybe she died in spite of reasonable care.
People die. There are no guarantees in this life.
P.S. I hope ATC is wearing a skirt!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 06, 2012 06:00 AM (nEUpB)
Posted by: Vashta Nerada at July 06, 2012 06:00 AM (fCkqS)
Posted by: steevy at July 06, 2012 06:00 AM (Xb3hu)
http://tinyurl.com/7qgevwx
And once we get AGW under control, everything will work out just fine!
Posted by: Hrothgar (CJSC Designated Serf) at July 06, 2012 06:01 AM (i3+c5)
Posted by: John Travolta at July 06, 2012 06:01 AM (4eNxd)
Posted by: steevy at July 06, 2012 06:02 AM (Xb3hu)
What an awful slogan. We lost a bet in 2008 and Barry wants us to double down on it now?
Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 06, 2012 06:02 AM (1Jaio)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 06, 2012 06:02 AM (zF6Iw)
Posted by: Honey Tiberius Badger, drinker of mead at July 06, 2012 06:03 AM (GvYeG)
He would stick you with the tab.
I drink with George Thoroughgood, but I would like to go for a bike ride with W.
Posted by: fluffy at July 06, 2012 06:03 AM (z9HTb)
204 Yeah Alex,hard to muster sympathy for such a stupid bitch.I may be a terrible human being but that's the way I feel.Stupidity kills,stupidity brings down empires(and republics).
I do feel sorry for her. I would have shot manatees in the face if I thought it would have saved the BFF so I get wanting to blame something, anything for a loved one's death. That being said, this is one of those topics that sets my teeth on edge. The purposeful health insurance = health care linguistic manipulation is insulting to the principles of logic. That's not even going into the whole issue of dismissing the numerous physicians, hospitals and charitable organizations that provide health care without any expectation of reimbursement.
I also lump in sob stories about illness/death/injury due to lack of ability to pay for health care in with for the children. As soon as that gets trotted out, I presume the person putting it forward has no actual intellectual support for his/her position. It drives me crazy.
Posted by: alexthechick at July 06, 2012 06:04 AM (VtjlW)
Well, we haven't even gotten into the weather disaster season yet--with all of the heat buildup, I'd expect some extra nastiness to occur from July - October in the Hurricane Belt...not to mention the disatrous effects of persistent drought. That's why an emergency fund is a good thing to have...oh, wait.
Of course, Obama will use weather events to hammer the GOP, who will dutifully agree that the effects of global warming are real and need to be addressed, thereby depressing already depressed conservative hordes.
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at July 06, 2012 06:04 AM (Ec6wH)
234 I agree ... Betting on America ... lame. In time people are gonna have fun with that ...
Posted by: Honey Tiberius Badger, drinker of mead at July 06, 2012 06:05 AM (GvYeG)
Posted by: fluffy at July 06, 2012 10:03 AM (z9HTb)
Wait -- I thought he drank alone -- yeah, with nobody else. No?
Posted by: joncelli, heartless Con and all around unpleasant guy at July 06, 2012 06:06 AM (RD7QR)
Posted by: The Mega Independent at July 06, 2012 06:06 AM (WyYqg)
Felching on America....ARMAGEDDON!!!
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at July 06, 2012 06:06 AM (Ec6wH)
He finally understands that not everyone could afford a 3rd or 4th vacation home on Lake Winnipesaukee
He actually seems sobered by the situation this morning.
Posted by: Albie Damned at July 06, 2012 06:06 AM (Yhu4q)
Posted by: political correctness czar at July 06, 2012 06:07 AM (Q2Ne0)
Posted by: Albie Damned at July 06, 2012 06:09 AM (Yhu4q)
Posted by: steevy at July 06, 2012 06:10 AM (Xb3hu)
Democratic-leaning economists pointed to the silver linings in the data.
“Private employers have added jobs for 28 straight months, proving the resilience of the U.S. economy despite ill-conceived efforts by conservatives in Congress to enforce austerity measures that would surely strangle growth,” said Heather Boushey, senior economist at the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank. “Imagine how much better today’s jobs report would be if lawmakers approved the president’s jobs plan. There’s still time—they should act now, for the sake of millions still unemployed.”
'kay.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 06, 2012 06:10 AM (kdS6q)
If that makes sense to you, you just might be a democrat.
Article from NYT http://tinyurl.com/d6t4g9h
Posted by: Buzzsaw at July 06, 2012 06:10 AM (tf9Ne)
My point exactly.
W doesn't drink it all, so it would be hard to have a beer with him.
Posted by: fluffy at July 06, 2012 06:11 AM (z9HTb)
Posted by: Albie Damned at July 06, 2012 10:06 AM (Yhu4q)
Finally? Really?
Romney may not be the dream candidate, but his understanding of the economics of employment is much more comprehensive than the current squatter in the White House.
Must you buy into the Democrat talking points without any thought?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 06, 2012 06:11 AM (nEUpB)
I thought he drank alone.
No. The only one who'll hang out with him is his dear old granddad.
And they drink alone.
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 06, 2012 06:12 AM (zF6Iw)
And, you didn't point out that the IRS regulations prevent physicians from including the cost of care to indigents as a deductible expense.
Only state charity that can buy votes is acceptable!
Posted by: Hrothgar (CJSC Designated Serf) at July 06, 2012 06:12 AM (i3+c5)
Posted by: Mary Poppins' Practically Perfect Piercing at July 06, 2012 10:12 AM (zF6Iw)
Sometimes Jim Beam drops by!
Posted by: Hrothgar (CJSC Designated Serf) at July 06, 2012 06:14 AM (i3+c5)
Romney should go to Minnesota to purify himself in the waters of Lake Minnetonka.
Quite a few middle class folks have vacation homes, especially when they've reached Romney's age. My elderly neighbors in VA had homes on the Outer Banks that they'd rent out. So what?
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at July 06, 2012 06:14 AM (Ec6wH)
'kay.
Posted by: Laurie David's Cervix at July 06, 2012 10:10 AM (kdS6q)
If only we had approved Comrade Barry's plan we'd doing as well as Spain
Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 06, 2012 06:15 AM (1Jaio)
Now hiring. Professional Turd Polishers. They are going to need quite a few in the upcoming months.
Posted by: political correctness czar at July 06, 2012 06:16 AM (Q2Ne0)
And we demand reparations for the destruction of the ecosystem perpetrated by your White ancestors!
Posted by: Insert amusing nic here at July 06, 2012 06:16 AM (nEUpB)
OK. I'll have an ice tea with W. I remember his first term, somebody did a feature on W's work out schedule, and the fact that he was in superb condition. Not long after, the ususal suspects were bitching because he spent too much time working out, when the country had so many things he needed to fix. Now how many golf rounds has Bambi played ...???
Posted by: Honey Tiberius Badger, drinker of mead at July 06, 2012 06:16 AM (GvYeG)
Posted by: steevy at July 06, 2012 06:16 AM (Xb3hu)
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 06, 2012 10:11 AM (nEUpB)
I'm unemployed too! HAHAHAHHA
-June 16, 2011
Posted by: R. Money at July 06, 2012 06:17 AM (Yhu4q)
Posted by: Honey Tiberius Badger, drinker of mead at July 06, 2012 06:18 AM (GvYeG)
While the numbers are terrible, we should remind ourselves that most people, and most voters (at least voters who would ever consider voting GOP) have jobs. They may be struggling, they may not be doing as well as in the past, but they have jobs. To focus this election on the economy and only the economy is a mistake in my opinion. Mitt has to offer something more, and appeal to voters on the gut level. The economic circumstances dictate that voters will look at the other candidate. But Mitt has to make the sale. I don't think he can do it on economic issues alone. Partly because I have never been impressed with his 150 page 51 point economic plan. I hope Mitt can make the sale because Obama and his liberal policies are taking this country off a financial cliff, and 15,000 pages of new regulations relating to Obamacare scare the bejesus out of me.
Mitt should take a cue from Christie and have a press conference in front of a stack of 15,000 pages of paper and say this is what Obamacare is. He should point out that it means the hiring of 15,000 IRS agents. No one likes the IRS, use them. That appeals to peoples gut about what is wrong with it. Statistics just don't convey the same message.
Posted by: SH at July 06, 2012 06:19 AM (gmeXX)
Posted by: TFC3Tweets at July 06, 2012 06:19 AM (bgzAd)
Posted by: steevy at July 06, 2012 06:21 AM (Xb3hu)
Anyone who believes that economic growth is solely or even mostly dependent on government spending should be fired into the fucking sun.
In order to stimulate the rocketry business, of course.
Posted by: Waterhouse at July 06, 2012 06:21 AM (jxlCy)
Posted by: Infidelswine at July 06, 2012 06:21 AM (KbML6)
Posted by: Big Fat Meanie at July 06, 2012 06:22 AM (Ec6wH)
"So as you can see, Recovery Summer III is well underway."
Let me be clear on this: It's a, y'oh, 12-step recovery which will require 10 more, ummmm...Summers.
And, as I told 'em in Paris, 'Vive le Bain'.
Posted by: President Dole at July 06, 2012 06:22 AM (QjSgY)
Posted by: Eric Holder at July 06, 2012 06:22 AM (f+TdG)
Posted by: Daybrother at July 06, 2012 06:22 AM (BDj4t)
Send him to lake Mille Lacs there are a lot more affordable cabins there. Very few of the homes on Minnetonka are under $500K.
And the MFM would wait for him to pass this one on Minnetonka http://tinyurl.com/c4pedh9 to take their photo.
Posted by: Buzzsaw at July 06, 2012 06:25 AM (tf9Ne)
Barring the early arrival of SMOD, Romney will always be a weak sister when it comes to discussing health care. If only he had had the guts to say, MassCare was the best I could do for the people of MA as governor, but the Dem legislature there f*cked it up then and the Dem Congress have done even worse with OTaxCare.
Posted by: Hrothgar (CJSC Designated Serf) at July 06, 2012 06:27 AM (i3+c5)
Seriously?? He wrote that shit?
I've been fighting against UNICOR/Federal Prison Industries for years
Posted by: Albie Damned at July 06, 2012 06:27 AM (Yhu4q)
Posted by: Schwalbe: The Me-262© at July 06, 2012 06:28 AM (UU0OF)
We're boned.
Posted by: Guy Mohawk at July 06, 2012 06:29 AM (gnmZI)
"You all need to stop watching Fox news and throw a food stamp party."
You know who else needs to throw a food stamp party?
Your old, dried-out mom!
Aww, SNAP,
Aw SNAP,
Come to our gotdamnfoodstamppartry,
Then we'll take a nap.
Posted by: Muscleman at July 06, 2012 06:29 AM (QjSgY)
I wonder why all those Amerikkka hating liberals never leave and go to the perfect socialist paradise that has been created in Europe? I bet I could even get them free one-way tickets via contributions.
Posted by: Hrothgar (CJSC Designated Serf) at July 06, 2012 06:29 AM (i3+c5)
Posted by: 1988 East German Women's Swim Team at July 06, 2012 06:31 AM (x7g7t)
"The decline of California (in manufacturing, agriculture, and quality of public services) is one of the greatest disasters to occur in the history of the Republic. At some point the decline has/will become irreversible. It is an incredible drag on the rest of the country as well."
Don't worry we still have NYC - So we won't run out of stupid celebs saying equally stupid sh#t concerning things they don't have a clue about.
Posted by: MWTexas at July 06, 2012 06:31 AM (N05oL)
Posted by: Drunk Minnesotan at July 06, 2012 06:31 AM (tRce/)
[link to Daily Caller on handle]
Posted by: RioBravo at July 06, 2012 06:34 AM (eEfYn)
Posted by: mare at July 06, 2012 06:34 AM (A98Xu)
Posted by: 1988 East German Women's Swim Team at July 06, 2012 10:31 AM (x7g7t)
Her real name is Julia and she's a cartoon character
Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 06, 2012 06:34 AM (1Jaio)
Posted by: 1988 East German Women's Swim Team at July 06, 2012 06:34 AM (x7g7t)
How long before we find out 'Stephanie MIller' is a DNC hack and doesn't have a sister who died from colon cancer. Or we find out 'Stephanie Miller' isn't even her name.
And. Here. We. Go. http://bit.ly/Pn2Ht2
Posted by: alexthechick at July 06, 2012 06:35 AM (VtjlW)
Even though I'm 100% in the tank for Romney, there couldn't be a more ill-placed candidate image-wise to take on Bammytax, uproot it and salt the earth. It's like the plot of a bad sitcom.
Posted by: Captain Hate (dagny solidarity) at July 06, 2012 06:35 AM (GUNMw)
Posted by: Emperor Barackup at July 06, 2012 06:35 AM (gnmZI)
Posted by: nickless at July 06, 2012 06:36 AM (MMC8r)
Posted by: Hrothgar (CJSC Designated Serf) at July 06, 2012 06:36 AM (i3+c5)
Good God... someone undeserving might get stuck with (oZfic) then?
I pity da foo'.
Posted by: Mr. T ate PeeWee's bike for breakfast at July 06, 2012 06:37 AM (X8N+X)
http://tinyurl.com/854ctu6
Dude is so fucked come November...
Posted by: Mjölnir the Banhammer from Hell at July 06, 2012 06:37 AM (Jls4P)
Posted by: Daybrother at July 06, 2012 06:38 AM (BDj4t)
Posted by: toby928© at July 06, 2012 06:39 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: Soap MacTavish at July 06, 2012 10:38 AM (vbh31)
Ya know what really sucks? More people not having work because of sob stories like this fatassed skeezer's deadbeat sister.
Posted by: Captain Hate (dagny solidarity) at July 06, 2012 06:40 AM (GUNMw)
Posted by: Infidelswine at July 06, 2012 06:41 AM (KbML6)
The warden was obviously a Republican.
Posted by: Jay in Ames at July 06, 2012 06:41 AM (UEEex)
Posted by: Ed Gibbon at July 06, 2012 06:41 AM (4eNxd)
Oh nevermind . The US government brought in foreign workers for these jobs.
Too bad Americans.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/75sduud
Some of the jobs Americans won't do.
Computer Programmers
"Preschool Teachers
Operations Research Analysts
"Software Developers
Accountants and Auditors
Mechanical Engineers
Zoologists and Wildlife Biologists
Computer Programmers
"Secondary School Teachers
"Software Developers
"Elementary School Teachers
Computer Programmers Non R & D
Computer and Information Systems Managers
Financial Managers
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists
Agricultural Inspectors
Operations Research Analysts
Computer Systems Analysts
General and Operations Managers
Social and Community Service Managers
Financial Analysts
Computer Programmers
"Medical Scientists
Database Administrators
"Software Developers
Architectural and Engineering Managers
"Software Developers
"Education Administrators
"Software Developers
Architectural and Engineering Managers
Posted by: reality check at July 06, 2012 06:41 AM (zsgo8)
The death wish of the Republican Party is strong!
Posted by: Hrothgar (CJSC Designated Serf) at July 06, 2012 06:42 AM (i3+c5)
And in a bit of a crying fit, I screamed out I hate this G**-damned country! How can I live in a place that letÂ’s people go broke because they get sick?!
I have some questions for that scrunt:
1. Did you ask your doctor if you could work out a payment plan?
2. Did you continue to buy Starbucks every day during that time?
3. How about new shoes? Books? Clothes?
4. Did you have cable/satellite?
5. Did you go on any trips?
6. Did you bother to put $2,000 in a savings account since you knew that's what your deductible is?
7. Why the every loving fuck do you think you are entitled to take money out of my wallet to pay for your bills you miserable waste of DNA?
Posted by: alexthechick at July 06, 2012 06:42 AM (VtjlW)
Ashbrook cannot help himself when referring to Romney, saying as how Mitt is just back from a wonderful holiday at his very expensive weekend house in New England.
They dismiss the jobs report quickly, and get right away to ObamaCare, in which Ms Freeland warbles on about how no matter what anyone may think, government is the only solution for controlling costs.
Anybody else listen to this godawful shit?
Posted by: TheLittlShiningMan at July 06, 2012 06:43 AM (PH+2B)
No, she died because she had colon cancer. Which is pretty much, you know, a death sentence no matter how many scraps of paper backed by IRS agents say you're "entitled" to health care.
If Obama didn't have the idiot, emotive, too-ugly-to-find-a-man broad vote, he'd lose 50 states.
Posted by: VJay at July 06, 2012 06:43 AM (g0rx9)
@175
I've seen a few new Obama stickers her in metro Atlanta, mostly the "2012" with the 0-logo, but none of the new ones I've seen say "ObamaBiden". Hmmm...Is No-Show Joe going to corkscrew into Mali with Hillary during the CharlottanFest?
ObamaEllison2012!
Posted by: Muscleman at July 06, 2012 06:44 AM (QjSgY)
Posted by: 66chevelle at July 06, 2012 06:45 AM (QjSgY)
Posted by: Misery Index at July 06, 2012 06:45 AM (Q2Ne0)
Posted by: Zombie Howard Cosell at July 06, 2012 06:46 AM (Jls4P)
Posted by: toby928© at July 06, 2012 06:46 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: TheLittlShiningMan at July 06, 2012 10:43 AM (PH+2B)
The only reason a conservative would listen to NPR is opposition research. I'm astonished, and not in a good way, at the number of online morons that listen to that fucking garbage narrated by people with unprofessional speaking tics.
Posted by: Captain Hate (dagny solidarity) at July 06, 2012 06:46 AM (GUNMw)
Posted by: Infidelswine at July 06, 2012 06:49 AM (KbML6)
Posted by: Dave at July 06, 2012 06:49 AM (OMNfZ)
I pay two hundred...no two thousand....no two million dollars. Yeah that's the ticket
Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 06, 2012 06:49 AM (1Jaio)
Posted by: Barack Obama as Augustus at July 06, 2012 06:51 AM (4eNxd)
Posted by: Daybrother at July 06, 2012 06:51 AM (BDj4t)
Posted by: toby928© at July 06, 2012 06:51 AM (evdj2)
Posted by: Ruby at July 06, 2012 06:52 AM (QAUe4)
Posted by: TheQuietMan at July 06, 2012 06:54 AM (1Jaio)
I note she was in the hospital getting care, SCOAMT.
Posted by: Retread at July 06, 2012 06:55 AM (I2fq9)
I'll be here all weekend.
Posted by: White guy trying hard to be cool with the Black guys at July 06, 2012 06:56 AM (udUyj)
That other alternative is the town's local FM-er, playing 70s and 80s rock but so jammed with loud ads is is almost unbearable.
Posted by: TheLittlShiningMan at July 06, 2012 06:56 AM (PH+2B)
Posted by: izoneguy at July 06, 2012 06:57 AM (hbRed)
Posted by: The Huggable Robot Devil at July 06, 2012 06:57 AM (136wp)
Even the 80K figure had to be jiggered by the BLS. Judging from the contraction in the economic activity reports, I'm betting a net loss in reality
Posted by: kbdabear at July 06, 2012 06:57 AM (Y+DPZ)
You previous point (rant) about the conflation of health insurance with health care is part of a broader issue in this country: the loss of personal responsibility. Even the language that people use to describe their situations has become passive.
And...where do these people get the idea that they have a right to MY MONEY?
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo (NJConservative) at July 06, 2012 06:58 AM (nEUpB)
Posted by: Barack Obama as Augustus at July 06, 2012 06:59 AM (4eNxd)
Posted by: The Huggable Robot Devil at July 06, 2012 06:59 AM (136wp)
"Betting On..."?
Camera cuts it off.
Why bet?
Doesn't that mean you have a chance to lose everything?
Posted by: Clutch Cargo at July 06, 2012 06:59 AM (Qxdfp)
Posted by: The Huggable Robot Devil at July 06, 2012 06:59 AM (136wp)
All the "enlightened independents" I know listen to NPR.
Posted by: Jay in Ames at July 06, 2012 07:00 AM (UEEex)
Posted by: Boomer Redneque at July 06, 2012 07:00 AM (/obJc)
Posted by: BlackOrchid-TeamDagny at July 06, 2012 07:00 AM (J6kXj)
Posted by: Infidelswine at July 06, 2012 07:00 AM (KbML6)
She wasn't arguing with her health insurance, they were paying her bills. The dispute was over a claim on disability insurance.
Posted by: HeatherRadish has a headache at July 06, 2012 07:01 AM (hO8IJ)
No, she died because she had colon cancer. Which is pretty much, you know, a death sentence no matter how many scraps of paper backed by IRS agents say you're "entitled" to health care.
The BFF was Canadian and thus had universal healthcare. Her family did not understand that it didn't matter. Her brothers kept saying well how about a liver transplant, how about going to a specialist, how about this, how about that and the doctors kept trying to get through to them that there was nothing that could be done. A sister in law actually made a comment to the extent of how this wasn't supposed to happen since it's not like in America you just die because you can't pay for it. They quite legitimately believed that since all health care was "free" that there was something, anything that could be done. Nope.
Bad shit happens. It sucks. As discussed the other night, I really really want out of this stupid beta test physical form.
Posted by: alexthechick at July 06, 2012 07:01 AM (VtjlW)
Posted by: Barack Insane Obama at July 06, 2012 07:01 AM (136wp)
I think I've seen such theories discussed on Dr. Who and some Sci Fi movies.
Kinda like a weird time paradox or matter and anti-matter, or meeting yourself...
Posted by: Clutch Cargo at July 06, 2012 07:01 AM (Qxdfp)
Posted by: steevy at July 06, 2012 07:02 AM (Xb3hu)
@324
"...narrated by people with unprofessional speaking tics."
Unfortunately, this appears to be an industry-wide phenomenon. I don't know if the Connecticut School of Broadcasting is to blame, or Affirmative Action for Stutterers, or what, but there are some people who have no business reading the news. We have a guy here in Atlanta who sounds just like Squidward Tentacles, and he seems to pride himself on his nasal affliction, like it's his "signature" or something. I keep waiting for the day he moves on to another market. And then there are all the young whelps who can even read proficiently. At least the NPR hacks speak slowly enough to get most of the message out coherently.
Posted by: 66chevelle at July 06, 2012 07:02 AM (QjSgY)
Posted by: BlackOrchid-TeamDagny at July 06, 2012 07:02 AM (J6kXj)
Posted by: Jean at July 06, 2012 07:03 AM (WkuV6)
Does not compute!
DOES NOT COMPUTE!
WARNING! WARNING!
Posted by: Clutch Cargo at July 06, 2012 07:03 AM (Qxdfp)
Posted by: Fussy at July 06, 2012 07:03 AM (Y/2U4)
Posted by: Nevergiveup at July 06, 2012 11:04 AM (05RcU)
And I'm ignoring him.....
Posted by: Tami at July 06, 2012 07:04 AM (X6akg)
Posted by: TheLittlShiningMan at July 06, 2012 10:56 AM (PH+2B)
No AM stations in the area? I've still got the NPR station on my car pre-set out of habit from when they used to play music but there's NFW I'll ever listen to their crap. If there's nothing music or talk-wise I want to listen to across the dial I'll just play cds.
Posted by: Captain Hate (dagny solidarity) at July 06, 2012 07:05 AM (GUNMw)
The eight guys in third world backwaters that she hadn't yet slept with were hardest hit.
Posted by: VJay at July 06, 2012 07:05 AM (g0rx9)
Posted by: cajun carrot at July 06, 2012 07:06 AM (UZQM8)
Posted by: Palin Steele, Jimmah's love child at July 06, 2012 07:06 AM (Cydud)
Shit, Steve Jobs could pay for anything in the world, and he's still dead.
I've been noticing this sort of attitude--nothing is "chance" or "fate" or "God's will" anymore, it's all choice and money--with the recent popularity of conservatives-bashing-childless-women. If you've never brought a child to term, the only reason could possibly be your own selfish choice--disinclination to empty your 401(k) on IVF and/or bring an illegitimate child into the world are "selfish choices" now--biology/physiology/God are totally irrelevant. My cousin who had six miscarriages and stillbirths? Selfish choice.
Our culture is so fucking screwed up, and that's the fucking *conservatives.*
Posted by: HeatherRadish has a headache at July 06, 2012 07:07 AM (hO8IJ)
Posted by: cajun carrot at July 06, 2012 07:09 AM (UZQM8)
Posted by: Infidelswine at July 06, 2012 07:10 AM (KbML6)
Posted by: Jean at July 06, 2012 07:10 AM (WkuV6)
“No, I’ll play basketball for your vote,” Obama replied.
How embarrassing for this scrawny, clumsy little girl. It's incredibly sad that a guy that most out-of-shape drunks could horsewhip at basketball has to fall back onto the only sport that he wasn't embarrassingly horrible at just to maintain the utterly Soviet-esque iron-man image that the MSM bestowed upon him in 2008.
Maybe poker's just not your game, Ike. I know, let's have a spelling contest!
Posted by: VJay at July 06, 2012 07:10 AM (g0rx9)
Posted by: 66chevelle at July 06, 2012 11:02 AM (QjSgY)
The "lateral lisps" (at least that's what Cliff Claven used to call them, when some dimwit pronounces an "s" before another consonant as "sh" as in "lishps") drove me up the fucking wall back when I used to torture myself by inflicting that unprofessional tripe on myself like putting on a hair shirt. That and the mercifully dead Daniel Schorr reminding the listener (or "lishtener") that he was on Nixon's enemies list every other fucking paragraph.
Posted by: Captain Hate (dagny solidarity) at July 06, 2012 07:12 AM (GUNMw)
Posted by: lybor tee at July 06, 2012 07:12 AM (oZfic)
Posted by: Robot at July 06, 2012 07:14 AM (rl5VL)
Posted by: Soap MacTavish at July 06, 2012 10:06 AM (vbh31)
Yeah an we took the rest. SC largest tire producing state in the nation.
How's that right to work law working out for you bitches? Working great for us.
Posted by: Gov Haley at July 06, 2012 07:15 AM (Cydud)
Posted by: cajun carrot at July 06, 2012 11:06 AM (UZQM
That sounds like me listening to some of the local dumbasses on sports talk. If a cop saw me yelling at the radio during this one fuckhead's show, I'd probably become a person of interest in all unsolved serial killings.
Posted by: Captain Hate (dagny solidarity) at July 06, 2012 07:16 AM (GUNMw)
Our culture is so fucking screwed up, and that's the fucking *conservatives.*
Heather,
Thanks for posting that. We have 5 kids and take a lot of crap for it from people who really are selfish. I needed the reminder that not all childless people are so by choice and those who choose are not always selfish in their choice.
Those of us with big families are counter culture and can easily take on a bunker mentality. I am betting you would enjoy my retorts to the stupid comments we get,though.
Posted by: typo dynamofo at July 06, 2012 07:18 AM (FU9ql)
Posted by: SurferDoc at July 06, 2012 07:22 AM (6H6FZ)
Posted by: Clemenza at July 06, 2012 07:27 AM (Jx90a)
Posted by: Drider at July 06, 2012 07:43 AM (HaJD9)
Posted by: Pipi at July 06, 2012 08:15 AM (48wze)
I was lucky. Mrs. SGT Dan had hers caught VERY early, like "stage zero". But since she was a longtime UC sufferer, we were told "Might as well take out the whole thing, since most of the colon is in a precancerous condition anyway." She still cries about it sometimes, but Vanderbilt did a great job on the surgery.
Posted by: SGT Dan at July 06, 2012 08:15 AM (jCQ+I)
Posted by: Pipi "The Chihuahua" at July 06, 2012 08:27 AM (48wze)
Posted by: Bob's Country Bunker at July 06, 2012 08:37 AM (Bxm/r)
Posted by: Purp (@PurpAv) at July 06, 2012 08:53 AM (tjcei)
Last month, the economy created just 80,000 jobs. That's just not good enough, working out to fewer than a million jobs a year when we would need about that many jobs per month to get back to full employment by year end.
Counting from his first full month as president, the economy under Obama has performed poorly. Only GW Bush, with an average monthly job loss of 25,000 the same number of months into his presidency did worse than Obama's loss of 12,000.
Ever heard that retarded saying “SCOAMF” Can’t tell you what it means, look it up. I said people if they are tired of hearing this crap. Turns out they aren’t, because they never heard. One a certain group of people never head the disrespectful trope. Classy, Respectful, Intelligent People. Ob’s such a Miserable Failure he grad Harvard Law and passed his bars and practiced law and beat the “war hero,” John McCain & Simple Sarah. Got Bin Laden. The white supremacists of the GOP Base reek of envy and desperation.
Obama evil? You mean after Adolf Hitler, Pol Pot, Josef Stalin, Osama Bin Laden, Kim Jong-il (along with father and son)? Or on the local front Ted Bundy, Dennis Rader (BTK killer), John Wayne Gacy, Timothy McVeigh et al? Then no, President Obama is neither evil nor wicked. He has neither killed, maimed or intentionally harmed another human being insofar as is known
Even your bullcrap this week says Bush was the worst President
Are you upset there aren't more racists like you?
Governor Romney has been desperately trying to avoid talking about Bain Capital and other investments of his that have consolidated and shut down jobs galore in the US, and shipped so many other jobs over seas.
Suddenly he wants to talk about jobs? Good, I have some questions to ask him.
Posted by: ZaMan at July 06, 2012 01:00 PM (71sq+)
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