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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 11:01 AM Original message |
Barack Obama is way too optimistic. |
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Mari333 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 11:03 AM Response to Original message |
1. Those huge multinational corporations that sent all our manufacturing base |
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phantom power (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 11:05 AM Response to Original message |
2. Obama could be the FDR of the 21st century |
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Moondog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 11:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
22. We'll know that happened |
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dysfunctional press (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 01:40 PM Response to Reply #2 |
42. woulda, coulda, shoulda... |
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C_Lawyer09 (690 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
3. Did it ever occur to you |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 11:09 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. "Why not audit the fed?" |
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C_Lawyer09 (690 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 11:16 AM Response to Reply #5 |
7. My bad, my spider senses must be off today |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 11:08 AM Response to Original message |
4. Politicians stick to the strategies of the scripts their handlers provide them with |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 11:09 AM Response to Original message |
6. Paying down the debt will do nothing to alleviate unemployment. |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 11:19 AM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Does it scare you that the WH is even thinking such a thought? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 11:22 AM Response to Reply #8 |
11. I didn't know the WH was. That would be very troubling. n/t |
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BeFree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 11:57 AM Response to Reply #11 |
24. Pay down debt message? |
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pnwmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 06:35 PM Response to Reply #24 |
43. According to Paul Krugman, it is the exact wrong time we should be thinking |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 11:24 AM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Yeah, this is nuts! |
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Winterblues (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 11:29 AM Response to Reply #6 |
17. It isn't even really paying down the debt, it is only about a third of the interest on the debt. |
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EmeraldCityGrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
9. I need to hear a state of the union address. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 11:21 AM Response to Original message |
10. Yes- a presidential pronouncement of DOOM and GLOOM is in order - that'll fix the economy! |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 11:24 AM Response to Reply #10 |
14. A little honesty would be in order. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 11:27 AM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Yes - DOM and GLOOM is just what the doctor ordered for worried consumers and businesses |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 11:28 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Let's pretend... |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 11:32 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. I'm not pretending - if Obama talks down our fragile economy, he kills the recovery |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 11:36 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. What recovery? |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 11:44 AM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Look at GDP - when Obama was sworn-in it was tanking at -6.4% (1st quarter 2009) |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 12:11 PM Response to Reply #21 |
26. I understand what you are saying but... |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 12:16 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Yes - a 3rd Quarter GDP growth of +3.4% is proof-positive that the economy is crashing |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 12:37 PM Response to Reply #26 |
31. Yarp. |
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galileoreloaded (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 12:55 PM Response to Reply #26 |
35. Wall Street IS still slumping. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 01:10 PM Response to Reply #35 |
36. Yes- this spring the DOW was ~6500, today it is >10,000: proof-positive of a stock market collapse |
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galileoreloaded (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 01:28 PM Response to Reply #36 |
38. Ok smarty pants, spread that into pre-equity pullback dollars. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 01:37 PM Response to Reply #38 |
40. All the US stock indices have increased by double-digit percentages post-Obama Stimulus |
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galileoreloaded (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 12:49 PM Response to Reply #21 |
34. Frustrating post. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 01:23 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. stupid post |
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galileoreloaded (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 01:36 PM Response to Reply #37 |
39. A massive release of dollars into its native habitat stabilized |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 01:38 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Yet another stupid post |
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kerrywins (864 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 11:23 AM Response to Original message |
12. Statistic Methods Have Changed For the Worse |
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HughMoran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 11:38 AM Response to Original message |
20. I think he's very serious about this |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 11:53 AM Response to Original message |
23. Obama just got done saying we could be in for a double dip recession, how is that optimistic? |
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bigtree (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
25. hmm |
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kentuck (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 12:17 PM Response to Original message |
28. Tim Geithner has shown little interest in creating jobs.. |
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jpak (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 12:36 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Yes - it would have been better for the financial system to completely collapse |
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OHdem10 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
29. They were all informed in 2006 that the Globalization Crisis had |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Nov-20-09 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
32. FDR was way too courageous. |
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