What happened to all of the doom and gloom economic threads?

[busybody..]

Inflation
Great! Fewer employees required.
Still at 1932 levels
People quit looking
Oil prices are supposed to go up when an economy heats up
Yeah! Inflation rules!

I "feel" richer already!

Of course, my feelings never fed a homeless child...

as I warned you a month plus ago

cut the shit

the economy is rebounding strongly

this line wont work against NIGGER, try something else

 

[RobDownSouth]

The big problem is that he didn't have a burning desire to be the next president, which is obvious from how long it took him to get into the race.

But a related problem is that he's just lazy, and when you're not that smart to begin with, there's no way you can win--unless you're in Texas and there's a "R" after your name. I already knew Texas was a Republican state, but it wasn't until moving down here that I really came to appreciate what a monoculture it is, at least among white folks. Republican politicians here don't work hard because they aren't forced to. Perry has never had real competition before, and it's showed.

I absolutely agree. He half-assed his campaign because Republican candidates can do that in Texas. A lot of people, myself included, thought Dubya was a bit of an intellectual lightweight, but Dubya is as smart as a genius like Norman Einstein compared to Rick Perry!

"Norman Einstein" is an old Joe Theismann joke folks

 

[RobDownSouth]

Inflation. Great! Fewer employees required. Still at 1932 levels. People quit looking. Oil prices are supposed to go up when an economy heats up. Yeah! Inflation rules! I "feel" richer already! Of course, my feelings never fed a homeless child...

Glibertarians have glib responses available at their fingertips to discount any and all good news that might reflect positively on President Obama

Poor ole AJ had to turn his patented Herpa Derpa DERP! deflectors up to eleven this morning to drown out the good news....

 

[landslider2000]

If Obama is so cerebral, why are his SAT and LSAT scores secret?

Could it be that Obama's writing at Harvard was as bad as that in Michelle's thesis?

At Harvard (no less), Obama wrote:

"Since the merits of the Law Review's selection policy has (sic) been the subject of commentary...".

 

[RobDownSouth]

If Obama is so cerebral, why are his SAT and LSAT scores secret?

Could it be that Obama's writing at Harvard was as bad as that in Michelle's thesis?

At Harvard (no less), Obama wrote:

"Since the merits of the Law Review's selection policy has (sic) been the subject of commentary...".

What has this got to do with the state of the economy?

Why not start your own thread?

 

[Disgustipated]

What has this got to do with the state of the economy?

Why not start your own thread?

He started this thread. How'd that work out for him?

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Despite the best efforts of conservatives and libertarians to keep the economy weak in the run-up to the 2012 Presidential Election...

Housing market picks up speed for 2012
LINK

On the other hand, Housing starts down 4.1%.

That's real jobs. It was a good month weather-wise too for December...

http://www.foxbusiness.com/news/2012/01/19/data-snap-us-december-housing-starts-fall-41/

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Quarterly reports are telling the story; sales coming in below expectations...



Just sliding along the economic plateau in a flat-line.

And this is the $4T Obama up-cycle.

What if he hits a recession?





http://www.foxbusiness.com/index.html

 

[Wat_Tyler]

The National Association of Realtors was fluffing house sales figures for years.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

If Obama is so cerebral, why are his SAT and LSAT scores secret?

Could it be that Obama's writing at Harvard was as bad as that in Michelle's thesis?

At Harvard (no less), Obama wrote:

"Since the merits of the Law Review's selection policy has (sic) been the subject of commentary...".

What has this got to do with the state of the economy?

Why not start your own thread?

His hires, similar people, a lot of them with tax problems, for example Turbo Timmy Geithner...

If you ask me, I think what we're experiencing isn't in fact closer to a "growthless" recovery than to a jobless one. Because GDP started to grow more than a year and a half ago, but with the exception of just a couple of quarters, growth has not been noticeably above its trend rate of about 2-1/2 percent a year. I don't rejoice at the news that we added 216,000 jobs in March. About a hundred thousand of that 216,000 is needed every month just to keep up with the growth in the labor force. At this rate of job growth, it would take most of the decade to replace the eight 8-1/2 million jobs that were lost in the recession.
Christina Romer
Chairwoman of Obama's White House Council of Economic Advisors

We did not see enough dip in the jobless claims to make a significant difference, yet here you are, as U_D was in September 2009, touting turning the corner.

I was right then, I'm probably right now no matter how many time you and your, what was it, 87 like-minded "thinkers," resort to ad hominem attacks...

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

General Electric Profit Tops Estimates, But Sales Miss
Reuters
The U.S. conglomerate posted a per-share operating profit that came in a penny ahead of expectations, but its revenue fell short, sending shares sliding in pre-market trading.
European Shares Fall as Traders Eye Greek Talks
A rally in European equities lost momentum on Friday as market participants focused on negotiations between Greece and its private creditors that have dragged on for a third day.
Google 4Q Results Miss Views, Shares Tumble
Google posted 4Q results Thursday after the bell that were well shy of Wall Street’s expectations.
Intel 4Q Results Top Views
IBM Grows 4Q Profit, But Sales Disappoint on Hardware Declines
Microsoft EPS Tops Views, Revenue Meets

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

The National Association of Realtors was fluffing house sales figures for years.

That may be true, but the gains Throb is talking about do not come anywhere near bringing us either back to sales level norms or housing value norms.




He just thinks he has some PRETTY IMPRESSIVE SOUNDING HEADLINES!

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

as I warned you a month plus ago

cut the shit

the economy is rebounding strongly

this line wont work against NIGGER, try something else

Probably so that you could bash treading water as not a strong a rebound as even you predicted...



Shallow LT, shallow...

 

[Wat_Tyler]

That may be true, but the gains Throb is talking about do not come anywhere near bringing us either back to sales level norms or housing value norms.




He just thinks he has some PRETTY IMPRESSIVE SOUNDING HEADLINES!

Junior was looking at condos recently. They started off on the market at $280K back in aught nine and can be had today for uner $160K - same condo.


And they still aren't selling.


I haven't done any new work since '08. Thank the Great Spirit for used teepees that need mending.

 

[patrick1]

I think it's quite a stretch to claim that U S economic indicators aren't improving. Here's the Wall Street Journal, not a noted Obama-fan: http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20120118-714035.html - 'Wednesday's set of U.S. economic indicators continued the recent trend of upbeat readings, including a homebuilders sentiment index hitting it highest level since mid-2007. The U.S. also reported that industrial production in December bounced 0.4%, just a tad below the 0.3% expectation.'

Patrick

 

[Wat_Tyler]

homebuilders sentiment index

What the fuck is that? Ah ain't nivver heerd tell of sech-a-thang.


Nor have I ever heard such recently, either.


I have heard some wishful thinking, but I hear a lot more bunker mentality.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

I think it's quite a stretch to claim that U S economic indicators aren't improving. Here's the Wall Street Journal, not a noted Obama-fan: http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20120118-714035.html - 'Wednesday's set of U.S. economic indicators continued the recent trend of upbeat readings, including a homebuilders sentiment index hitting it highest level since mid-2007. The U.S. also reported that industrial production in December bounced 0.4%, just a tad below the 0.3% expectation.'

Patrick

We're saying that it is anaemic growth that is likely unsustainable as we head into that time frame designed earlier to get Obama past this election when all his new Health Care rules start kicking in and we finally get to see what was in the bill...

On another note, Obama and his cheerleaders are complaining that they cannot get anything done because of Republican Obstruction. So, if, at the (very slight, for we shant go far) danger of
Reductio ad absurdum if doing nothing is causing a rebound, perhaps the policies we on the right originally advocated would have brought us to a lot happier conclusion a lot sooner without an additional $4,000,000,000,000.00 in National debt with so little "recovery" to show for it.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

What the fuck is that? Ah ain't nivver heerd tell of sech-a-thang.


Nor have I ever heard such recently, either.


I have heard some wishful thinking, but I hear a lot more bunker mentality.

Seeing as how I just posted, that in the real world, not the sentimental world, starts are actually down...

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

Junior was looking at condos recently. They started off on the market at $280K back in aught nine and can be had today for uner $160K - same condo.


And they still aren't selling.


I haven't done any new work since '08. Thank the Great Spirit for used teepees that need mending.

If I could sell my place, I'd get a condo!

 

[Wat_Tyler]

Seeing as how I just posted, that in the real world, not the sentimental world, starts are actually down...

In my world, where I live, starts have been down

If I could sell my place, I'd get a condo!

I am having this self-same discussion with the Birth Squaw. Her equity is down 20% or more, and she's beginning to make selling noises.


Her .45 is still loaded, too, and she has many spare mags yet to go.

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

In my world, where I live, starts have been down





I am having this self-same discussion with the Birth Squaw. Her equity is down 20% or more, and she's beginning to make selling noises.


Her .45 is still loaded, too, and she has many spare mags yet to go.

The road to success is paved with selling low...



I buy to hold.

I don't want to sell until that second logging crop comes in - another five years, so one way or another, I'll be out of the Obama economy.

 

[RobDownSouth]

Bitter AJ has is Bitter

That may be true, but...but... that's DIFFERENT!

Meanwhile, back on Planet Earth:

USA TODAY:Three upbeat economic reports show recovery gaining ground
LINK

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

USA TODAY!!!


*chuckle*

 

[4est_4est_Gump]

On the housing front, the Commerce Department says builders started just 606,900 homes in 2011. That's up slightly from 587,000 in 2010 and 554,000 in 2009 — the worst year on records dating back 50 years. In a healthy market, economists say, about 1.2 million homes are started each year.

In December, builders broke ground on a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 657,000 homes, down 4% from the previous month.

Last year was the worst on record dating back a half-century for single-family home construction, which accounts for roughly 70% of the market. Builders started just 428,600. In a good economy, builders break ground on about 840,000 at the retail level, was unchanged for the last month of 2011, the Labor Department said Thursday.

Wow! WHATTA RECOVERY!

Record inflation last year, which we predicted, and so far, this year flat.

Fucking Republican Obstructionism!

 

[RobDownSouth]

More Good News For America....Bad News For AJ!

New York Times: U.S. Jobless Claims Fall Sharply
LINK

The number of people seeking unemployment benefits for the first time plummeted last week to 352,000, the fewest since April 2008, the Labor Department said Thursday. The decline added to evidence that the job market is strengthening.

Weekly applications fell by 50,000, the biggest drop in the seasonally adjusted figure in more than six years. The four-week average, which smoothes out fluctuations, dropped to 379,000. That was the second lowest such figure in more than three years.

When weekly applications fall consistently below 375,000, it usually signals that hiring is strong enough to push down the unemployment rate.

Somebody get AJ an American Thinker editorial, STAT!