Comments on: Schumer presses admin on Economic Indicators site.

By: Ms_Joanne

Ms_Joanne — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:24:35 +0000

Repeat after me:

I pledge allegiance to the flag
of the United Corporations of America
And to the shareholders for which it stands
One Boardroom, above all else,
inexcusable
with cronyism and injustice for all (individual citizens)

Lather, rinse and regurgitate.

If we actually knew what kinds of financial shenanigans were going on so that this admin could shovel more of our tax funds to their cronies, specific corporations, etc., not to mention just how screwed up the economy really is…there would be a revolt.

The MSM keeps us occupied with shiny objects (Lindsbritt Hilton) and the masses drone on like stooges (nyuk nyuk nyuk).

By: dictatortot

dictatortot — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:03:33 +0000

If they were keeping data on cow flatulence, there’d be no problem.
Oh, wait–they ARE keeping data on cow flatulence.

http://www.newsprism.com

By: Toss these losers

Toss these losers — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:38:47 +0000

Budgetary constraints my arse. Like they wanted to stop releasing M3 data to save $1.5 M. Not that they stop collecting the data, just that they would stop publishing it so the public and world financial institutions can’t tell how fast and furious the Fed is printing increasingly worthless paper.

By: Badmoodman

Badmoodman — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:35:32 +0000

Chuckie, you’re dead to me. Ya hear me, DEAD.

By: belac

belac — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:23:07 +0000

it would help the quarry industryâ€¦

Comment by ucsbclassics53 â€” February 20, 2008 @ 3:16 pm

exactly, not to mention the scrivners and scribes!

By: ucsbclassics53

ucsbclassics53 — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:16:57 +0000

Comment by belac â€” February 20, 2008 @ 2:47 pm

it would help the quarry industry…

By: DieNowForPeace

DieNowForPeace — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:05:17 +0000

These are the same people itching to do a $40-$50 million test of a faulty missile defense system just to show China that they can shoot down satellites too.

Actually, it’s $60 million, and the debris field is likely to rain on China.

By: DieNowForPeace

DieNowForPeace — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 20:03:04 +0000

Since the fixed costs of website creation have been paid, the operational costs of maintaining such a site must be relatively small.

Try $8.95 on the low end, to $49.95 per month.

http://www.atfreeweb.com/

But I’m sure they felt great about paying a no-bid contractor $4 million, which didn’t include the monthly fee.

By: McWars

McWars — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:51:57 +0000

hehe hehe privatizin’ means less rationin’ hehehe

-George W. Botch

By: belac

belac — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:47:57 +0000

As far as I can tell, the site is only 5 years old. What did people do for such information prior to then?

Comment by good_golly

They printed and distributed pamphlets and information sheets at a much higher cost to the taxpayer- Conservative logic rules!
From now on lets record all important data on clay tablets in cuniform- after all, we know it works- why mess with a good thing, huh, good golly?

By: Bobwurst

Bobwurst — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:46:15 +0000

This called the “fingers in the ears” domestic policy theory. It’s an adaptation of Condi’s policy of stopping the annual listing of terrorist attacks a few years back when they started spiking. If we can just pretend hard enough then all the bad numbers will go away.

By: Fred

Fred — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:44:14 +0000

As far as I can tell, the site is only 5 years old. What did people do for such information prior to then?

Comment by good_golly

Website-new technology
It’s called using two perfectly good legs to walk forward(progress). That’s why they took it down(conservative) or went backwards. Of course the fact that they had things to hide might have something to do with it too……well of course it did.

By: RayFerd

RayFerd — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:43:56 +0000

As far as I can tell, the site is only 5 years old. What did people do for such information prior to then?

Comment by good_golly

Probably the same thing people did before the automobile. They used an inferior, slower, more cumbersome mode. Regression of this type of knowledge is only done when there is something to hide.

By: Bobwurst

Bobwurst — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:43:55 +0000

right gigi, and why should we use horseless carriages? All these new fangled gagets just cause trouble! You and grampa macain come out on the porch and yell at all them young punks to stay offen the lawn by crackie! That’ll learn em.

By: Anacher Forester

Anacher Forester — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:43:05 +0000

Budgetary constraints? That’s rich. These are the same people itching to do a $40-$50 million test of a faulty missile defense system just to show China that they can shoot down satellites too.

Before this website, and Bush for that matter, the US government used to regularly publish and/or release such information.

-AF

By: Doc Rock

Doc Rock — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:41:07 +0000

Schumer misses the point–through the looking glass: perception is reality, especially through a glass darkly.

By: RUCerious

RUCerious — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:40:30 +0000

Yes, the operational costs include having Daryll run on a wheel all day…

By: billyjoejimbob

billyjoejimbob — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:37:34 +0000

It’s letter time…………

By: ralph the wonder llama

ralph the wonder llama — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:33:28 +0000

As far as I can tell, the site is only 5 years old. What did people do for such information prior to then?

Comment by good_golly â€” February 20, 2008 @ 2:27 pm

Once again. Gigi fails to recognize the point. She thinks by muddying the waters and/or lowering the bar of expectations, she can excuse what is a blatant attempt to make embarrassing information more difficult to find for the general public.

Perhaps this kind of behavior is why the President currently sports a public job approval rating of 19%.

http://americanresearchgroup.com/economy/

By: belac

belac — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:30:16 +0000

we’ve been over this… it’s a question of stressing the tubes that make up the digiweb on the internets…
The tubes! The tubes! For the love of God, won’t someone think of the TUBES!