Lefties love bad economic news; what's bad for America is good for the Dems/lefties/MSM.
robert108
· 1 year ago
The truth: 93.9% employment.
realitybasedbob
· 1 year ago
The failing economy proves gop policies don't work.
What good for America is to get the gop out.
realitybasedbob
· 1 year ago
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The Whistler
· 1 year ago
Just think if the Democrats weren't forcing US employers out of work with their environmental, labor laws and other things they screw up.
It seems the economy started going backwards in January of 2007. What happened then?
likwidshoe
· 1 year ago
"realitybased"bob asserts, The failing economy proves gop policies don't work.
And then fails to support that assertion with anything beyond 6.1 percent unemployment, a figure of which is hardly a mark of a "failing economy".
The Whistler
· 1 year ago
good point Lik. I change my statement, that the economy is going backward. It's weakened since Jan 2007.
likwidshoe
· 1 year ago
Not to mention the fact that CONGRESS controls the federal budget, which is hardly the same thing as "the economy". The two are intertwined and affect each other, but they aren't the same thing.
But you don't hear bob moaning about the Democrat controlled Congress and giving them blame.
Gee, I wonder why. Maybe it is because bob is a dishonest partisan schmuck.
justinb
· 1 year ago
GDP grew at 3% in the second QTR. The Dollar is strengthening, forcing oil prices back down to $100 a barrel.
The real problems we have start with high oil prices. And the explanation for that is pretty simple--we are too dependent on foreign oil. So either we start gassing up with corn or hydrogen or we drill for some oil.
Notice how only the last idea is actually viable. Ethanol is simply a big handout to farmers and hydrogen powered cars are years away. But that is the Dem's economic policy in a nutshell. Impractical ideas that put the environment before the American people. Put labor unions before consumers. Put the poor before tax payers. And when people are out of a job because of these sorts of decisions, they are more likely to vote Democrat.
The economy grew robustly for 5 years between 2003 and now. How does Bob explain that when using logic about failed GOP economic policies? Note how the economy stopped growing when Dems took control and note how the markets are scared shitless and not investing any money out of fear of Barack and his economic policies. I think investors know what is good for the economy more than poor people. And investors know Barack isn't good for the economy. But he will be good for poor people in much the same way Marx was. Until his policies destroy the economy completely and put us so far in the red, we end up like Europe.
robert108
· 1 year ago
[quote]It's weakened since Jan 2007.[/quote]
Only in the MSM; the actual numbers are getting stronger. Don't be deceived.
The Whistler
· 1 year ago
[quote]So either we start gassing up with corn or hydrogen or we drill for some oil. [/quote]
Neither hydrogen nor corn ethanol are the answer.
Hydrogen because it's not a source of power but rather a medium. (Like electricity you have to use another power source to produce it.) The other problem is that it's a very difficult thing to contain and handle.
Corn ethanol because it doesn't create that much new energy and it has led to higher grocery prices in addition to consuming a lot of tax dollars.
I don't mind paying at the pump but I don't think I should have to have money taken out of my paycheck and pay more in the grocery store.
Ethanol might be part of the answer, but it's not going to be from corn.
The Whistler
· 1 year ago
[quote]Only in the MSM; the actual numbers are getting stronger. [/quote]
It was stronger in this last quarter but employment hasn't been as strong as we'd like.
Things would be much better if we got the liberals out of the way and quit expending capital resources on their stupid programs.
likwidshoe
· 1 year ago
The Democrat plan: raise taxes, refuse drilling, more economic restrictions, expanded government on all levels, socialize health care, and increase wage cost.
[quote]Things would be much better if we got the liberals out of the way and quit expending capital resources on their stupid programs.[/quote]
There is also the factor of a possible Obama Presidency. Most investors are moving to protect their assets from his policies of confiscation of capital wealth. A Palin/McCain victory will result in an uptick about three months after the election.
robert108
· 1 year ago
[quote]Hydrogen because it's not a source of power but rather a medium. (Like electricity you have to use another power source to produce it.) The other problem is that it's a very difficult thing to contain and handle.[/quote]
Hydrogen is derived from water. Why use a known scarce resource that is essential to human life, for fuel? It seems insane to me. The fuel truth is that only gasoline and diesel produce more than they cost, which is why TBoone is lying about the "transfer of wealth"; we make money from what we spend to purchase foreign oil; otherwise we wouldn't buy it.
The Whistler
· 1 year ago
[quote]Hydrogen is derived from water. Why use a known scarce resource that is essential to human life, for fuel?[/quote]
I'm assuming you're being facetious.
However hydrogen for industrial uses are derived from hydrocarbons such as methane. Producing it from electricity is easy to do, but apparently isn't at all efficient.
And of course that begs the question what do you use to produce the electricity?
But there is plenty of water, almost oceans of it and burning it will result in regeneration of the water in the natural precipitation cycle.
robert108
· 1 year ago
[quote]But there is plenty of water, almost oceans of it and burning it will result in regeneration of the water in the natural precipitation cycle. [/quote]
Interesting point, but that is also true of auto exhaust from any hydrocarbon fuel. The distribution of that precipitation is the problem. In any case, oil, coal and natural gas is stored and concentrated sunlight, and are the best energy sources so far. All the other ones cost more than they yield, which loses money. Not a good idea. If they worked, they wouldn't need subsidies and mandates.
I wasn't being facetious, btw; deriving hydrogen from any source produces more problems than it would solve, and that includes using water as a source. We can use the hydrocarbons directly, with a higher level of efficiency. I don't think pumping our oceans to run vehicles is a good idea at all; in fact, I consider it to be insane.
The Whistler
· 1 year ago
That's why I'm against solar power. I don't want to run the sun down.
robert108
· 1 year ago
[quote]That's why I'm against solar power. I don't want to run the sun down.[/quote]
Exactly why we should be using the stored and concentrated solar power in oil, coal and natural gas. That way, we're "saving" solar power by not using what is being freshly produced. Good reasoning!
Kevin
· 1 year ago
Isnt this Robs blog? Anyway - There are 5.2 million job openings and 9 million unemployed. Many experts believe that 50,000 online job boards are to blame for fragmenting the job market and making it difficult for employers and job seekers to connect. Here's the 3 newest sites from About.com's top 10 Employment list:
[quote]That's why I'm against solar power. I don't want to run the sun down. [/quote]I have it on good authority that 100% of our solar energy comes from [i]outside[/i] the United States.
I think we need to stop our dependence on Foreign Sun.
Osama Obama
· 1 year ago
Government Mandated Increase Of The Minimum Wage - It's still being phased in.
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What good for America is to get the gop out.
It seems the economy started going backwards in January of 2007. What happened then?
And then fails to support that assertion with anything beyond 6.1 percent unemployment, a figure of which is hardly a mark of a "failing economy".
But you don't hear bob moaning about the Democrat controlled Congress and giving them blame.
Gee, I wonder why. Maybe it is because bob is a dishonest partisan schmuck.
The real problems we have start with high oil prices. And the explanation for that is pretty simple--we are too dependent on foreign oil. So either we start gassing up with corn or hydrogen or we drill for some oil.
Notice how only the last idea is actually viable. Ethanol is simply a big handout to farmers and hydrogen powered cars are years away. But that is the Dem's economic policy in a nutshell. Impractical ideas that put the environment before the American people. Put labor unions before consumers. Put the poor before tax payers. And when people are out of a job because of these sorts of decisions, they are more likely to vote Democrat.
The economy grew robustly for 5 years between 2003 and now. How does Bob explain that when using logic about failed GOP economic policies? Note how the economy stopped growing when Dems took control and note how the markets are scared shitless and not investing any money out of fear of Barack and his economic policies. I think investors know what is good for the economy more than poor people. And investors know Barack isn't good for the economy. But he will be good for poor people in much the same way Marx was. Until his policies destroy the economy completely and put us so far in the red, we end up like Europe.
Only in the MSM; the actual numbers are getting stronger. Don't be deceived.
Neither hydrogen nor corn ethanol are the answer.
Hydrogen because it's not a source of power but rather a medium. (Like electricity you have to use another power source to produce it.) The other problem is that it's a very difficult thing to contain and handle.
Corn ethanol because it doesn't create that much new energy and it has led to higher grocery prices in addition to consuming a lot of tax dollars.
I don't mind paying at the pump but I don't think I should have to have money taken out of my paycheck and pay more in the grocery store.
Ethanol might be part of the answer, but it's not going to be from corn.
It was stronger in this last quarter but employment hasn't been as strong as we'd like.
Things would be much better if we got the liberals out of the way and quit expending capital resources on their stupid programs.
Idiots lap it up.
There is also the factor of a possible Obama Presidency. Most investors are moving to protect their assets from his policies of confiscation of capital wealth. A Palin/McCain victory will result in an uptick about three months after the election.
Hydrogen is derived from water. Why use a known scarce resource that is essential to human life, for fuel? It seems insane to me.
The fuel truth is that only gasoline and diesel produce more than they cost, which is why TBoone is lying about the "transfer of wealth"; we make money from what we spend to purchase foreign oil; otherwise we wouldn't buy it.
I'm assuming you're being facetious.
However hydrogen for industrial uses are derived from hydrocarbons such as methane. Producing it from electricity is easy to do, but apparently isn't at all efficient.
And of course that begs the question what do you use to produce the electricity?
But there is plenty of water, almost oceans of it and burning it will result in regeneration of the water in the natural precipitation cycle.
Interesting point, but that is also true of auto exhaust from any hydrocarbon fuel. The distribution of that precipitation is the problem. In any case, oil, coal and natural gas is stored and concentrated sunlight, and are the best energy sources so far. All the other ones cost more than they yield, which loses money. Not a good idea. If they worked, they wouldn't need subsidies and mandates.
I wasn't being facetious, btw; deriving hydrogen from any source produces more problems than it would solve, and that includes using water as a source. We can use the hydrocarbons directly, with a higher level of efficiency.
I don't think pumping our oceans to run vehicles is a good idea at all; in fact, I consider it to be insane.
Exactly why we should be using the stored and concentrated solar power in oil, coal and natural gas. That way, we're "saving" solar power by not using what is being freshly produced. Good reasoning!
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I think we need to stop our dependence on Foreign Sun.