Inflation tops economic worries.
A new CNN Poll finds that 91 percent of the American public is “somewhat or very concerned about the rising rate of inflation,” topping their list of economic worries. Eighty-six percent are worried about jobs, and 77 percent are worried “about the drop in the amount off money homeowners get when they sell their houses.” New home sales have plummeted more than 15 percent since last year, and the “median price of a single-family home is at its lowest point since February 2005.”
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Hey - don’t worry America! We’ll just spend 12 billion a month in Iraq. We should “turn the corner” any day now.
March 18th, 2008 at 1:54 pmWhat more do people want? bernake worked on this last weekend.
March 18th, 2008 at 1:56 pmI smell more tax cuts for the rich….
March 18th, 2008 at 1:57 pmAnd to think - it’s all because black people bought too many houses.
March 18th, 2008 at 2:01 pmInflation is somewhere around double the official rate. Most people aren’t fooled anymore.
March 18th, 2008 at 2:03 pmwait a minute!
that must be a typo. it should be 81%!
100 - 81 = 19%
March 18th, 2008 at 2:07 pmSo where is mcgigi posting links to articles on newsmax about the link between Al-Queada, and In-flation, the two most diabolical terrist groups out there?
March 18th, 2008 at 2:07 pmThemanoncecared Says:
March 18th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
My begonias are doing great!
March 18th, 2008 at 2:11 pmThemanoncecared Says:
March 18th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
My stocks are doing great!
You must have KBR and Repo Inc.
March 18th, 2008 at 2:12 pmRalph, are they Scarlet?
March 18th, 2008 at 2:12 pmThemanoncecared Says:
March 18th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
My stocks are doing great!
We’re talking about the economy- not your Naughty Pilgrim night-time set… if Goody Womanoncescared would let you out long enough to read the paper or watch the tv you might notice we’re not doing too well…
March 18th, 2008 at 2:14 pmMemo: Princeton Economics Department
To: Unnecessarily concerned American consumers
It’s not about inflation. It’s about Wall Street and the rich within, and those who greedily aspire to be rich.
We recommend loan forgiveness to Bear Stearns. And extended aid in the form of grants. And tax cuts, we love those.
Apply for admission to Princeton. Indicate your intention to major in Economics and you, too, can think along the same lines!
March 18th, 2008 at 2:16 pmThemanoncecared Says:
March 18th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
Rush Limbaugh said…..
And this fool wonders why we consider him a fool……
March 18th, 2008 at 2:20 pmGive more tax breaks to corporations! That’s the ticket.
March 18th, 2008 at 2:21 pmRush Limbaugh is the anti-Dove, he’s 98.9% BullSh*t…
March 18th, 2008 at 2:21 pmThemanoncecared Says:
Dumber than a bag of hair.
March 18th, 2008 at 2:21 pmThemanoncecared
…makes as much sense as a “soup-sandwich”.
March 18th, 2008 at 2:22 pm#14 is a spoof of the real troll, who would never admit that Rush is ever wrong, not even 1.1% of the time.
March 18th, 2008 at 2:23 pmInflation doesn’t mean squat unless you have income to spend. Therefore, jobs is the #1 economic issue for me.
March 18th, 2008 at 2:23 pmThemanoncecared Says:
March 18th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
Rush Limbaugh said this morning … and he’s right 98.9 % of the time!
————————————–
I admit I don’t listen to Rush or look at his website very often, but when I do it mostly seems to be in the 1.1%. Since I’m beating the odds, I should go out and buy a lottery ticket.
March 18th, 2008 at 2:28 pmmissmolly Says:
March 18th, 2008 at 2:28 pm
I admit I don’t listen to Rush or look at his website very often, but when I do it mostly seems to be in the 1.1%. Since I’m beating the odds, I should go out and buy a lottery ticket.
I think you misunderstood Themanoncecared - he meant right as in “starboard,” not right as in “correct.” That 1.1% of the time was when Rush was abusing oxycontin, since only lefty liberals do drugs.
March 18th, 2008 at 2:33 pmReich-wingers, like Drugbaugh, have no shame. If something goes right (which it rarely has under herr dubyah), herr dubyah is given credit and his hailed the greatest human in history. But, when something goes wrong (which has been the trend under herr dubyah) it’s the fault of the libruls and the media. It’s hard to believe “people” actually listen to this stupidity.
March 18th, 2008 at 2:36 pmHere’s the harbinger of things to come:
https://federalreserve.gov/releases/h6/current/
The M2 money supply has increased 10.3% in just the past three months!
March 18th, 2008 at 2:37 pmRe:Themanisscared,
Don’t bother looking for the link, we’ll take your word on what rush said, just explain why anyone would care what he said.
March 18th, 2008 at 2:37 pmThemanoncecared Says:
My stocks are doing great!
Do you really believe that someone with your grammar skills could hold any kind of real paying job to be able to buy stocks?
Your spelling and diction are horrid.
You would not do well on that show, “Are you smarter than a 5th grader”
Who ever is paying you to post here is wasting money, you are the lamest reichwing tool here ever.
Buck Fush
March 18th, 2008 at 2:37 pmgood_golly Says:
March 17th, 2008 at 10:04 pm
There have undoubtedly been phenomelal improvements, but there is obviously still work to be done.
(hey it works here too!)
March 18th, 2008 at 2:39 pmProlonged, out of control deficit spending is the real culprit!
March 18th, 2008 at 2:39 pmOh, and greed!
March 18th, 2008 at 2:39 pmBuckie Boy Says:
March 18th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
a paid repub troll?
i thought they were against prostitution…
March 18th, 2008 at 2:40 pm“When are you lib’s going to learn. NEVER put your money into an American bank.”
But I thought our financial system was the envy of the world! It’s why so many foreigners invest in our country. Or has that cherished canard finally been put to rest?
March 18th, 2008 at 2:40 pmThemanoncecared Says:
March 18th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
Bush is President!
Your point?
March 18th, 2008 at 2:42 pmBush is President!
Water is wet!
March 18th, 2008 at 2:42 pmBush is President!
Fire is hot!
March 18th, 2008 at 2:44 pmBush is President!
Food is good for you!
March 18th, 2008 at 2:44 pmBush is President!
It gets dark at night!
March 18th, 2008 at 2:45 pmBush is a shitty, worthless human being.
Same goes for his Presiduncy.
March 18th, 2008 at 2:46 pmBush is a prep school Cheerleader. And a bad one at that.
@14 - so what we have here is yet another ignorant Dittohead, who would believe anything the King of Mount Molehill has to say.
Let’s flag Thedoofuswhoneverthoughtforhimself until he gives up and goes away for good.
As a parting gift, I’ve got a 2-dollar calculator from Rite-Aid that he can use to un-blind himself.
March 18th, 2008 at 2:47 pmBriseadh na Faire Says:
March 18th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
The M2 money supply has increased 10.3% in just the past three months!
Wow - are we really resorting to Mugabenomics? Soon we’ll be adding zeros to all our currency denominations with green Sharpies!
March 18th, 2008 at 2:49 pmAnyone want to take a crack at guessing Themanisscared’s age?
I’m pegging it around 12.
Wouldn’t surprise me if English wasn’t his native tongue, either.
March 18th, 2008 at 2:50 pmMr. P, director of the Troll Staff, has made a new hire.
March 18th, 2008 at 2:58 pmBush is president!!! I can’t do anything right
Hey! That’s two factually accurate posts in a row… are you just trying to up your batting average? ’cause I don’t think it counts if you throw the ball to yourself…
March 18th, 2008 at 3:05 pmThemanoncecared Says:
March 18th, 2008 at 2:41 pm
Bush is President!
You seem to have a real knack for the obvious Einstein. And yet you missed the obvious stupidity of this comment, “Rush Limbaugh said this morning…” Go figure.
March 18th, 2008 at 3:08 pmTheboywithhisheadinhisass misses the point entirely.
We call it a “Democracy”, boy. You know, majority rule and whatnot.
Until you can get caught up to a 4th grade level you really have no business here whatsoever.
Stop vandalizing these threads with your inartful Righty- graffiti.
Don’t you have parents, siblings, or teachers you could pester?
March 18th, 2008 at 3:09 pmInflatulation is the problem, not inflation.
Corporate greed & ‘it’s never enough profit’; has led to overfed, overpaid & under-worked financial entities who have just one goal…get rich quick & damn anyone or thing in the way.
The first corporate model, IMHO, was the Church. They had power, they could raise taxes by tithing & they had the power of punishment & incarceration. If you argued their premises, you were punished or killed.
Oddly enough, the USA is still using Spanish Inquisition techniques, namely waterboarding.
As I posted earlier, I’d rather have a Pastor denouncing racism than a pervert Priest fondling my boys.
March 18th, 2008 at 3:09 pmbarfly, submit this body of work and you too can get paid by the RNC.
March 18th, 2008 at 3:10 pmUS oil giant loses Venezuela case
A London judge has suspended a court order that froze $12bn of Venezuelan assets awarded to US oil giant ExxonMobil in a dispute over oil interests.
Judge Paul Walker said ExxonMobil had “no good arguable case” that Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), Venezuela’s state oil company, had acted unjustifiably in taking control of two of its operations.
http://english.aljazeera.net/ NR/ exeres/ BF6E6BAB-16E5-4AA9-8625-E9EB63FB596F.htm
March 18th, 2008 at 3:11 pmOne year ago the head of the New York Federal Reservepredictedthis collapse… it’s funny, he never mentions the liberal media at all, he does however list the main causes for the credit crisis and recession. Read up Scary Stone-Pile…
March 18th, 2008 at 3:14 pmTobie Tall Says:
March 18th, 2008 at 3:11 pm
US oil giant loses Venezuela case
Well, that’s settled then. I predict our good friend Uribe will be launching a cross-border raid into Caracas any day now.
March 18th, 2008 at 3:14 pmdow is up over 300 points….probably because of the 3/4 point drop by the fed this morning….
this will feed the inflation problem will it not?
March 18th, 2008 at 3:26 pmBernanke says 91% of the people dont know whats good for them.
March 18th, 2008 at 3:46 pmThe Carlyle Capital Corporation, the investment fund connected to the Carlyle private equity group that defaulted on $17bn (£8.5bn) of debt last week, had $31 in debt for every $1 invested.
March 18th, 2008 at 3:51 pmthis will feed the inflation problem will it not? -=Fred=-
Yes, but its more important to bail out wall street miscreants than worry about the stabilisation of our dollar and prices.
March 18th, 2008 at 3:53 pmoh,snark on.
March 18th, 2008 at 3:56 pmStop vandalizing these threads with your inartful Righty- graffiti.tombaker Says:
March 18th, 2008 at 4:04 pmIf he’s not here, he’s writing his name on his bedroom walls with feces.