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[bluetick]

U.S. GDP Accelerates Sharply in Second Quarter

(Reuters 1 hr ago)- The U.S. economy accelerated more quickly than expected in the second quarter thanks to a surge in exports, bolstering the case for the Federal Reserve to wind down a major economic stimulus program.

Other economic data on Thursday showed the number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits fell last week, a potential sign of faster hiring in August.

U.S. gross domestic product grew at a 2.5 percent annual rate in the April-June period, according to revised estimates released by the Commerce Department. That was more than double the pace clocked in the prior three months.

[hedge]

"Ah, but we were feisty back then. Not war weary like we are now, right?"

Chat room RINO's with no skin in the game never get war weary....

[Toemeesleather]

5 years and counting...rich v poor.....the same old divide and conquer....millionaires and billionaires.....5+ years and nothing has changed, the shameless Obammer regurgitates same ol same ol at MLK 50 yr anniversary. This is leadership in our new normal USA.


"even as corporate profits soar, even as the pay of a fortunate few explodes."

"Entrenched interests—those who benefit from an unjust status quo resisted any government efforts to give working families a fair deal, marshaling an army of lobbyists and opinion makers to argue that minimum wage increases or stronger labor laws or taxes on the wealthy who could afford it just to fund crumbling schools—that all these things violated sound economic principles.

"We'd be told that growing inequality was the price for a growing economy, a measure of the free market—that greed was good and compassion ineffective, and those without jobs or health care had only themselves to blame."

[bluetick]

We get it already. If only Romney were in charge, we wouldn't have to hear any more speeches coming from the oval office about the ever-expanding income gap between the wealthy and everybody else.

Oh well..

[Toemeesleather]

We get it already.


I know, I know....Bush...Bush...Bush....bwaaaaaaaa. Look backward, not forward.

[Toemeesleather]

Questions forward thinking, sage progressive/elitists will never be able to answer:


When do we start selling our ocean front property?

When will you stop blaming Bush?

[hedge]

When will you die?

[Toemeesleather]

Not to worry....you'll get that answer way before the two I posted.

[bluetick]

That's your whole schtick..."when will you quit blaming Bush...please stop it." When the obvious answer is: whenever the bills from his fuckups stop coming due.

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/201 ... -you-think

"It's really the decision of how to pay for [the Iraq War] that has had such a negative effect on the U.S. economy. Because unlike any previous war in U.S. history, this was paid for entirely by debt at the same time that we cut taxes," says Blimes. While entitlement and other mandatory spending make up a majority of annual budgets and contribute heavily to deficits and debt, the Iraq War also contributed significantly. The Center for Budget and Policy Priorities has estimated that the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, together with the Bush tax cuts, will account for almost half of the projected $20 trillion debt in 2019.

[Toemeesleather]

good lord....



you left out Katrina!!!11111


We're still paying for that111111!!!!

[Toemeesleather]

No telling what the cost of the War on Women is either.....got to be billions.....

[bluetick]

Seriously, toe...if the answer to "when to stop blaming bush" upsets you so much, then maybe you should rethink asking the question.

[Toemeesleather]

Everyone (most everyone) knows it will be worse, but we can blame Bush.

[bluetick]

notice the trajectory there....you could balance a pitcher of beer on the blue, not so much the other..

lol

[Dr. Strangelove]

UK Parliament votes against acting in Syria. Nothing will happen before the UN gives its report at this point.

[Toemeesleather]

notice the trajectory there....you could balance a pitcher of beer on the blue, not so much the other..

lol

Good one, just the graph needed to prove why Obammercare was delayed in implementation......keep it up, soon you'll look as lame as these guys, Jackson & Sharpton, Inc.

[Johnette's Daddy]

Hillary in 16 and re-elected in 20.

Texas goes Blue in 20.

Julian Castro in 24 and re-elected in 28.

[aTm]

When Texas goes blue there will be a paradigm shift in politics. Useless to predict where each party will be after that.

[Owlman]

Question Conservatives won't answer: When should taxes increase? If the answer is never, then that means taxes should be at zero.

[sardis]

notice the trajectory there....you could balance a pitcher of beer on the blue, not so much the other..

lol

That's funny, Obama complains constantly that we are not spending enough and that he his shackled by the sequestration of congress.