On health-care reform, money talks, bull-oney walks
The passage of health-care reform marks the transition of the United States from a capitalist to a socialist economy, and is destined to hasten the financial collapse of this once proud and great nation.
Or so the rhetoric on the right would describe it. It is “Armageddon” and will “ruin our country,” as House Minority Leader John Boehner has claimed.
Yet as we all know, talk is cheap. What is the verdict of those with real skin in the game, those who have invested vast amounts of money in the previously capitalistic system and are about to see those fortunes, along with economic liberty, snatched away from them by government? These are the people most sensitive to change, the students of the game who will suddenly shift billions of dollars from one place to another in response to the slightest hint of change in the economic winds.
How have they responded to the onslaught of Armageddon and the abandonment of capitalist principles?
Yawn.
Last Friday, the Dow closed at 10,741. Health-insurance reform became political reality over the weekend, and yesterday the the Dow closed at 10,837, a gain of almost 100 points. The Wall Street Journal reports that stock futures are up this morning as well.
In fact, the Dow charts tell an interesting tale. On Jan. 20, the day we all woke up to find that Scott Brown had won the special election in Massachusetts and that health-insurance reform was seemingly doomed, the Dow began an 800-point decline. It began to recover in early February, about the time that the Obama administration renewed its push for reform, and since then it has risen almost 1,000 points.
I’m not for a minute linking that rise to the improved prospects for health reform. An awful lot of things have been going in the global economy, and it would be foolish to attribute a 10 percent market rise to what is in truth one relatively minor factor among many.
Instead, it is enough to point out that those with fortunes on the line, those trained to be exquisitely sensitive to economic trends, apparently believe that the foundations of American capitalism and finance remain solid.
Money talks, bull-oney walks.
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Doggone/GA
March 26th, 2010
9:53 am
“Raising premiums faster and higher than before”
Waahhhh! Mommy, Barry LIED TO ME! Waahhh. Make him stop. You sound just like a whiney little child. Grow up, already.
TaxPayer
March 26th, 2010
9:54 am
Frog legs – The other white meat.
Paul
March 26th, 2010
9:55 am
getalife
[[He openly mocked the orange guy]]
Bosch has competition for orange shorts lady?
Peadawg
March 26th, 2010
9:56 am
“unless you can show that insurance rates have gone up more than the average rate over the last decade, you STILL would not have proven your point”
I’m not talking about the last decade you dimwit. I’m talking about once all this health care legislation goes into affect.
Redneck Convert (R--and proud of it)
March 26th, 2010
9:56 am
Good morning everybody. I can’t tell much what this Obamacare will do to the economy. On my end the boss down at the warehouse says orders for beer is way up. See, we serve the northren end where all the strong Republicans live and they’ve sure been putting down the suds in the last week. That might not mean anything. The beer business does good irregardless of what’s happening. People drink to sellabrate and they drink to drown their sorrows. Maybe we need to check the sales of Preparation H to see what people are thinking. The librul Democrats rammed it home again last night in the House, so I expect there’s some soreness in the Conservative crowd.
Anyhow, I guess my share of the insurance premiums will be going up like a rocket as soon as all Those People and the welfare bums start signing up to get the same insurance I’m covered by. And I won’t hardly be able to get in to see a Dr. about my pile-on cyst, what with all Those People crowding the waiting room. It sure ain’t a good time to be a Conservative.
Well, got to get back to my hauling. It’s been a long time since I’ve had to get this much beer into the bars and the stores. Bad for the back, but good for my 401k. I hope somebody remembers to play a tune for me tonight when Bookman puts on the traveling music and goes home to get drunk again like the newspaper fellow he is. Somebody’s got to live next to him, and better you than me. Have a good day everybody.
Peadawg
March 26th, 2010
9:58 am
“Waahhhh! Mommy, Barry LIED TO ME! Waahhh. Make him stop. You sound just like a whiney little child. Grow up, already.”
Expecting the POTUS to tell the truth is whining? I can see why democrats never get blasted for going against their morals…y’all have none to begin with. President lies, who cares. He gets a pass b/c he President.
jewcowboy
March 26th, 2010
9:58 am
USinUK,
“historically speaking, the stock and bond markets always perform well when Dems are in charge”
Good article, thanks! I would tend to think you would have more stable markets when regulation is robust, and more stable returns vs. when regulation is weak, leading to booms and busts in the market, where some may make a killing, but on average most lose.
Of course that would just be my opinion, mr. nonjewcowboy was the finance whiz of our house…I was just along for the ride.
md
March 26th, 2010
9:58 am
Very telling – on page 2 and not a single reply on a 24 trillion dollar deficit. I guess we keep our heads in the sand long enough it will just go away. But we got healthcare.
Alice's Medicine Cabinet
March 26th, 2010
9:58 am
And health insurance was so perfect before the Dems went and messed with it. Rabbit stew anyone. I hear it goes well with frog legs.
JDW
March 26th, 2010
9:59 am
“But the fact is that the POTUS LIED to the American people”
I know, I know but thankfully he is out of office and back on the ranch where he belongs.
Peadawg
March 26th, 2010
10:00 am
Also, if this bill is so awesome, why the hell are all the politicians exempt from it?
Alice's Medicine Cabinet
March 26th, 2010
10:01 am
md,
I’m just not buying into the 24 trillion dollar deficit notion. For yuan thing, there just aren’t enough Chinese workers out there to float that much cash.
Paul
March 26th, 2010
10:01 am
Lord Help Us
Talk about extremist rhetoric and pandering to fear:
House Majority Whip Rep Clyburn: Health Care Opponents Aiding Terrorism
“People out there in the streets get their signals from people in positions like we hold.”
Wow. “those people’ ‘out there’ – the Robot Army gets told what to do by the people in power.
“This kind of terrorism.”
Dems just took the Extremist Rhetoric Crown from the Reps.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUbFrAyZyoA
Citizen of the World
March 26th, 2010
10:02 am
md @ 9:52, at least my painting has colors on it other than black and white, which is how you seem to see the world.
Alice's Medicine Cabinet
March 26th, 2010
10:03 am
Also, if this bill is so awesome, why the hell are all the politicians exempt from it?
Because all the politicians voted “Hell NO!” Didn’t you get the memo.
jewcowboy
March 26th, 2010
10:03 am
Redneck Convert (R–and proud of it),
“The beer business does good irregardless of what’s happening.”
You might be right…here is a mutual fund for you:
http://moneycentral.msn.com/detail/stock_quote?symbol=vicex
The Vice Fund…1 Year Return – 31.25%
Brad Steel
March 26th, 2010
10:03 am
The same rhetoric was tired when Reagan used it 50 years ago to scare the same bunch of tea-party-type saps that fall for the inflated BS today.
Sam ol’ same ol’. But rarely does the right have any interest in anything new – even when long ago it was shown to be phony reasoning.
Normal
March 26th, 2010
10:03 am
Peadawg
March 26th, 2010
10:00 am
Because they all ready have their own version of socialized medicine…
USinUK
March 26th, 2010
10:03 am
peadawg –
“I’m not talking about the last decade you dimwit. I’m talking about once all this health care legislation goes into affect.”
awwww … him don’t wike being called on his BS, so him resorts to name-calling … all together now … awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
whether you like it or not, premiums will rise to reflect inflation and what’s going on in the bond markets … the question will be whether the new premium hikes are over the odds … and for THAT, you need to look at the average over at least the last 10 years (the last 20 would be more appropriate)
it’s called being reality-based.
Doggone/GA
March 26th, 2010
10:04 am
“Expecting the POTUS to tell the truth is whining?”
No, it isn’t. Harping on it after that fact…especially when you don’t even know if it’s true that he lied…IS.
USinUK
March 26th, 2010
10:04 am
peadawg – “Also, if this bill is so awesome, why the hell are all the politicians exempt from it?”
ALL the politicians aren’t exempt from it.
Alice's Medicine Cabinet
March 26th, 2010
10:05 am
Dems just took the Extremist Rhetoric Crown from the Reps
Wait a minute. Let me check. I think I have a pill for that too.
Peadawg
March 26th, 2010
10:05 am
“it’s called being reality-based.”
Something people who support this “reform” bill know nothing about.
Doggone/GA
March 26th, 2010
10:05 am
“Also, if this bill is so awesome, why the hell are all the politicians exempt from it?”
Please quote the section of the bill that does that.
USinUK
March 26th, 2010
10:06 am
peadawg – “Something people who support this “reform” bill know nothing about”
ahem … POT.
jewcowbot
March 26th, 2010
10:07 am
Good morning Paul,
How was your trip? I ducked in last night late, and saw @@’s (slightly stalkerish) post, and your response. Very much appreciated, and the feeling is more than mutual.
Though in all fairness, you tend to be more level-headed and impartial than I tend to be
USinUK
March 26th, 2010
10:13 am
so, the final GDP numbers affirmed what we already knew – that the economy had record growth during Q409 and is poised for gains in employment
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601068&sid=a8CxLvnMYlY4
Paul
March 26th, 2010
10:13 am
Doggone/GA
Off the top of my head, the bill takes Congress and staffers out of the Fed program (same as all civil service uses) and puts them in the state pool. Executive is exempt. White House, Cabinet, staffs. Logic I see is Congress is much more tied to the states, representing them, while Executive is for entire country, so shouldn’t be assigned to a state pool.
jewcowboy
Thanks.
Trip went well, everything normal, no recurrence.
Impartial? It’s calculated. Get to irritate twice the people that way.
Peadawg
March 26th, 2010
10:14 am
Doggone/GA:
http://newledger.com/2010/03/exempted-from-obamacare-senior-staff-who-wrote-the-bill/
Peadawg
March 26th, 2010
10:15 am
“ahem … POT.”
You’re offering? No thanks. I don’t smoke.
Paul
March 26th, 2010
10:15 am
Bosch
You in? I have some momentous news.
Doggone/GA
March 26th, 2010
10:16 am
“Logic I see is Congress is much more tied to the states, representing them, while Executive is for entire country, so shouldn’t be assigned to a state pool.”
Yes, that’s a logic that makes sense. And of course it’s FAR from “all politicians are exempt”
I saw your post up-thread about, basically, “so what” if this is something new. It sounded a bit like my own opinion whenever I hear someone say “healthcare isn’t a right” – well, my answer is: it is now.
USinUK
March 26th, 2010
10:17 am
Paul – it doesn’t take all staffers, just those who serve committees (in other words, John Lewis’s staff would be covered, but the Banks and Banking committee staff would not)
Alice's Medicine Cabinet
March 26th, 2010
10:17 am
If you don’t understand Republican logic, then perhaps you are just not in the proper state of mind. Here. Try this.
USinUK
March 26th, 2010
10:18 am
“You’re offering? No thanks. I don’t smoke”
me, neither … but you seemed to prefer that to being the kettle …
Bosch
March 26th, 2010
10:18 am
Paul,
“Bosch has competition for orange shorts lady?”
Funny how the word “orange” catches my attention so quickly on the old blog now. It’s my new “SQUIRREL!!”
Peadawg
March 26th, 2010
10:20 am
“Yes, that’s a logic that makes sense. And of course it’s FAR from “all politicians are exempt””
I exaggerated. My bad. It’s still pretty pathetic that the ones who wrote it are exempt. If it’s not good enough for them, how’s it good enough for us?
Bosch
March 26th, 2010
10:20 am
Peadawg,
And……let me guess – next year when insurance premiums go up, which we all expect them to do – it will be Obama’s fault, according to our wingnut friends.
Doggone/GA
March 26th, 2010
10:20 am
Peadawg – first, that’s not a quote from the bill. Second, “Senior Staff” is not – as you claimed – ALL POLICITIANS.
“why the hell are all the politicians exempt from it?”
Want to give it another try?
Normal
March 26th, 2010
10:20 am
What’s this all about?
Declare ‘Confedrate Southern American’ on Census forms, group says
ShareThisPrint E-mail By Rhonda Cook
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The Southern Legal Resource Center is calling on self-proclaimed “Confederates” to declare their heritage when they are counted in the 2010 Census.
The organization is urging Southerners to declare their “heritage and culture” by classifying themselves as “Confederate Southern Americans” on the line on the form, question No. 9, that asks for race. Check “other” and write “Confed Southern Am” on the line beside it, the group says on its Facebook page and on two YouTube videos.
“A significant number of Southerners identifying themselves as Confederate Southern Americans on the Census form could finally spell the beginning of the end for the discrimination that has been running rampant, especially for the last 20 years or so, against all things Confederate, and for that matter against Southern heritage and identity in general,” SLRC executive director Roger McCredie said in a written statement.
He said this campaign could result in protections for “Confederate Southern Americans” much like those for other groups.
“In this age of honoring diversity, Southern/Confederate people are the last group in America that can be maligned, ridiculed and defamed with impunity,” said SLRC Board Chairman Neill H. Payne. “Using the Census to unite the Southern/Confederate community can be a significant first step to our obtaining rights and recognition that all American ethnic groups are entitled to.”
In a video posted on YouTube.com, the group’s attorney, Kirk David Lyons, said he frequently hears from people who “complain of being discriminated against, harassed, humiliated, terminated from employment, their children suspended from school simply because they are proud of their Southern heritage.”
Lyons noted that there had been several court cases brought against those who displayed Confederate symbols or demonstrated their regional pride and the SLRC’s nationwide effort could “give people of Southern ancestry a voice and legal protections.”
jewcowbot
March 26th, 2010
10:20 am
Paul,
“Impartial? It’s calculated. Get to irritate twice the people that way.”
How devious…I have even more respect for you now.
Paul
March 26th, 2010
10:21 am
“For a head of government to visit the White House and not pose for photographers is rare. For a key ally to be left to his own devices while the President withdraws to have dinner in private was, until this week, unheard of. Yet that is how Binyamin Netanyahu was treated by President Obama on Tuesday night, according to Israeli reports on a trip viewed in Jerusalem as a humiliation.
“After failing to extract a written promise of concessions on settlements, Mr Obama walked out of his meeting with Mr Netanyahu ”
Yet he lets N Korea and Iran slide?!!? And takes a hard line with an ally?
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article7076431.ece
USinUK
March 26th, 2010
10:23 am
Paul – 10:21 – well, it’s not much, but it’s a good start.
Peadawg
March 26th, 2010
10:23 am
Doggone, like I said. My bad. I exaggerated.
That link provides a quote from the bill. Did you even read it?
Bosch
March 26th, 2010
10:23 am
Paul,
Surely that 10:21 isn’t your momentous news.
Gandalf, the White
March 26th, 2010
10:23 am
Jay can you delete Cynny’s blogs too? That would be a blessing!
Doggone/GA
March 26th, 2010
10:24 am
“I exaggerated. My bad”
and some people would call it lieing.
Gandalf, the White
March 26th, 2010
10:24 am
just sayin…
Damn Skippy!
jewcowbot
March 26th, 2010
10:24 am
Bosch,
“It’s my new “SQUIRREL!!”
I was watching “Futurama” last night, and heard one of my favorite lines…
“If I ever see him again, I swear I’ll shove a squirrel in him!.” ~ Mom
Of course my all time favorite quote by Mom:
“I’m off to some charity BS for knocked-up teenage sluts.”
Bosch
March 26th, 2010
10:24 am
jewcowboy,
You might wanna check your name in the “Name (required)” section – unless of course you meant for it to read “jewcowbot.”
Paul
March 26th, 2010
10:25 am
jewcowboy
your new moniker – jewcowbot – is that a second in a row typo, or is it a Transformers/bot symbolic kind of thing?
Bosch
Ah, you’re still here. Good. I must do my good deed for the day. Even on Quip Friday and Music Friday. Something wonderfully momentous to carry you through the weekend and through the foreseeable future with hope and light.
Even without any orange.
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article7076415.ece
Bosch
March 26th, 2010
10:25 am
Shut up Gandalf.
Gandalf, the White
March 26th, 2010
10:26 am
Hey Doggine, lieing is what conservatives do (mostly to them selves)… with every breath they take Damn Skippy!
Peadawg
March 26th, 2010
10:26 am
“And……let me guess – next year when insurance premiums go up, which we all expect them to do – it will be Obama’s fault, according to our wingnut friends.”
You forgot Pelosi and every other person who voted for it. The insurance won’t have a choice but to raise premiums now that they’re forced to cover everyone. But I’m sure you’ll give him a pass saying, “he tried” and “it’s not perfect but it’s a start”.
Gandalf, the White
March 26th, 2010
10:26 am
Good Morning Bosh!
Being a typical liberal and spewing hatred again?
Paul
March 26th, 2010
10:27 am
USinUK
I’m having a tough time understanding the thought process of the White House staff on how to induce various countries to do what we want. Velvet gloves, extreme care, postponement, for enemies, a club for allies. Seems disjointed.
USinUK
March 26th, 2010
10:27 am
Bosch – ” “Name (required)” section – unless of course you meant for it to read “jewcowbot.””
personally, I’d like to see jewcowbot go up against the bookmania bot and take him down!
Bosch
March 26th, 2010
10:27 am
Hey Paul – maybe jewcowboy is a BSG fan and has changed his name to reflect his liking to Ms. Helfer? I know lots of women who thinks she’s hot – why not jewcowboy? I mean, she’s hot. HOT! I say!
Doggone/GA
March 26th, 2010
10:27 am
“Did you even read it?”
I read enough of it to know you “exagerated” – but then, I already knew that.
Gandalf, the White
March 26th, 2010
10:27 am
It’s a start to our destruction IMO…
Fred
March 26th, 2010
10:27 am
You don’t dabble in the stock market much do you. Do you know anything about the stock market. Ever made a trade or looked at a 10K? No, just mutual funds that mirror the market at large, probably.
And then equating a market close with the fiscal future of this country. Isolating health care from all the other boondoggles and empire building. Man, it’s just bewildering the political boot licking you editorialists engage in.
It’s another log on the fire! It’s an additive fiasco.
Damm. Y’all need to start familiarizing yourself with Austrian economics and individual liberty. This country’s relative demise coinciding with the growth and intervention of government has become a serious matter and a threat to individual lives and liberties. That’s where the buck stops. This is aint no joke.
Bosch
March 26th, 2010
10:27 am
Good morning Gandalf! Shut up.
Peadawg
March 26th, 2010
10:28 am
“and some people would call it lieing.”
Do you mean lying? I don’t know what “lieing” is. All politicians vs. some politicians = exaggeration.
Gandalf, the White
March 26th, 2010
10:28 am
EXPAT: We got Iraq to do what we want…
just sayin….
I Report (-: You Whine )-: Impeach Drunken Fool obozo! Just sayin....
March 26th, 2010
10:28 am
I see WellPoint is up $.09 today to $63.67…up from $35.73 a year ago…+78% seems a good return on Armageddon…
jboy- 25 million people are going to be forced to buy the insurance companies product, set at the insurance companies price.
Do you understand economics at all?
Gandalf, the White
March 26th, 2010
10:29 am
Bosch, much nicer!
Thanks for being congenial!
USinUK
March 26th, 2010
10:29 am
Paul –
one of the problems the US has always had is being seen as being soft on Israel – it makes us look like less of an honest broker when dealing with the ME. by making a stand that Israel is going against their promises, we at least look like we’re not turning a blind eye on them YET AGAIN.
Gandalf, the White
March 26th, 2010
10:30 am
“Wait for all the hub bub to calm down, then we will tell you what the bill means”
Nancy Pelosi
Alice's Medicine Cabinet
March 26th, 2010
10:30 am
I like her style.
Paul
March 26th, 2010
10:31 am
jewcowboy
[[“I’m off to some charity BS for knocked-up teenage sluts.”]]
I once observed to a group of ‘no sex ed in schools ’cause our kids are good kids and don’t need to worry about it” that the only difference between the pregnant girl and the not pregnant girl is conception took hold in one and not the other.
The expressions following realization of the implications were great.
Bosch
March 26th, 2010
10:31 am
Paul! Wow! How exciting. I gots to get me one of those outfits. ABBA is (sniff, sniff) so kind – they are doing it for the children! The children!
Bosch
March 26th, 2010
10:31 am
Gandalf,
My pleasure – glad to see you and Skippy are back. Tell Skippy to shut up too.
Doggone/GA
March 26th, 2010
10:32 am
“Do you mean lying? I don’t know what “lieing” is”
When you have no substantive answer, you can always criticize your opponent’s spelling and grammar.
jewcowbot
March 26th, 2010
10:32 am
Bosch / Paul,
Someone mis-typed it the other day, and I thought it had a nice futuristic sound…shake things up for Friday
Gandalf, the White
March 26th, 2010
10:33 am
That is a cheap shot Doggone, I didn’t go there…but some people are so nice!
Alice's Medicine Cabinet
March 26th, 2010
10:33 am
This is aint no joke.
No more pills for you. I think you’ve peaked.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: Impeach Drunken Fool obozo! Just sayin....
March 26th, 2010
10:33 am
Aahhh, yes, the bomb sniffers have figured a way to grope and squeeze-
Terrorists Could Use Explosives in Breast Implants to Crash Planes, Experts Warn
Just sayin…
Gandalf, the White
March 26th, 2010
10:34 am
When does the rationing start? Where will Canadians go to get thier surgeries? These are the thing that trouble me…
Bosch
March 26th, 2010
10:34 am
jewcowbot,
I like it! I’m with USinUK – I think you can take the Bookmanbot.
Peadawg
March 26th, 2010
10:34 am
“When you have no substantive answer, you can always criticize your opponent’s spelling and grammar.”
Cute. You only quoted the part that helps you. When you have no substantive answer, you can always use just the part that makes you look smart.
I Report (-: You Whine )-: Impeach Drunken Fool obozo! Just sayin....
March 26th, 2010
10:35 am
Personal income in 42 states fell in 2009, the Commerce Department said Thursday.
The “change” we’ve been “waiting” for, just sayin….
Gandalf, the White
March 26th, 2010
10:35 am
Peadawg…are you saying he’s smart?
jewcowbot
March 26th, 2010
10:35 am
I Report (-: You Whine )-: Impeach Drunken Fool obozo! Just sayin….,
“Do you understand economics at all?”
Yeah…do Republicans?
Bosch
March 26th, 2010
10:36 am
Gandalf,
The rationings start next week. I’m working all weekend to train the new gulag guards — I’ll make sure you and Skippy get an extra biscuit thrown in your cell.
Paul
March 26th, 2010
10:36 am
jewcowboybot
Bosch’s 10:27: young Mr. Bosch speaks truth and wisdom far beyond his years.
USinUK 10:29
Fair point. Some would say, though, if the US is trying to be the honest broker, what equal pressure has it put on the Palestinians or Arab states? Or is it admission the US has no leverage or influence over them? Then there’s the problem – I’ve seen just a couple references, haven’t checked it out – that the US erred, that the agreements cited did not cover east Jerusalem. If true, we’ve used a nonexistent agreement to get indignant over. Doesn’t do much for credibility.
Gandalf, the White
March 26th, 2010
10:37 am
Is Barry worse than Jimmy “the Peanut Farmer”? Jimmy cracks corn, and I don’t care…Barry smokes in the White House. Who was the last President to smoke in the White House?
There You Go
March 26th, 2010
10:37 am
In 1952 President Truman established one day a year as a “National Day of Prayer.”
In 1988, President Reagan designated the first Thursday in May of each year as the National Day of Prayer.
In June 2007,(then) Presidential Candidate Barack Obama declared that the USA was no longer a Christian nation.
This year President Obama, canceled the 21st annual National Day of Prayer ceremony at the White House under the rouse of “not wanting to offend anyone”
On September 25, 2009 from 4 am until 7 pm, a National Day of Prayer for the Muslim religion was held on Capitol Hill, beside the White House. There were over 50,000 Muslims that day in DC.
I guess it Doesn’t matter if “Christians” Are offended by this event – We obviously don’t count as “anyone” anymore.
The direction this country is headed should strike fear in the heart of every Christian.
Especially knowing that the Muslim religion believes that if Christians cannot be converted they should be Annihilated
This is not a rumor – Go to the website to confirm this info: http://www.islamoncapitolhill.com/
Keep up the good fight!
March 26th, 2010
10:37 am
oh great, now the “confederates” are weighing in on census stupidity reactions. They got such great results from Perdue. Next they will want to be protected as an “endangered feces”.
Alice's Medicine Cabinet
March 26th, 2010
10:38 am
Terrorists Could Use Explosives in Breast Implants to Crash Planes, Experts Warn
Actually, the butt cheek implants have been found to be much more effective.
Gandalf, the White
March 26th, 2010
10:38 am
Bosch is that why Barry is keep GITMO open? Will there be concentration camps here as well? I’d like to moved to Florida, at least they have good football down there!
Gandalf, the White
March 26th, 2010
10:40 am
There you go.. Barry likes that call to prayer…he heard it when he went to the Mosque when he was younger… (Once a muslim….)
Peadawg
March 26th, 2010
10:40 am
“Peadawg…are you saying he’s smart?”
No. He says things to make himself seem smart. It’s all smoke and mirrors.
Alice's Medicine Cabinet
March 26th, 2010
10:41 am
Personal income in 42 states fell in 2009, the Commerce Department said Thursday.
The “change” we’ve been “waiting” for, just sayin….
Perhaps the states should work on that and quit whining for the Fed to bail them out… again. Better yet, perhaps capitalism should kick in and handle that problem.
jewcowbot
March 26th, 2010
10:41 am
Bosch,
“I know lots of women who thinks she’s hot – why not jewcowboy?”
I don’t watch it, but Mary McDonnell has my vote for hot…and urbane.
USinUK
March 26th, 2010
10:41 am
whiner – “Do you understand economics at all?”
um. more than you do, evidently. the price increase was over the YEAR – as I said earlier, most stocks have improved on the year, not just health insurance. that particular datapoint doesn’t say anything.
Bosch
March 26th, 2010
10:41 am
Gandalf,
“Bosch is that why Barry is keep GITMO open? Will there be concentration camps here as well?”
I can’t really comment on that because the guys in the black helicopters will come and get me, then you and Skippy will be sharing a cell with me, and I can’t guarantee you and your kangaroo friend extra biscuits. (Skippy is your kangaroo friend, right?)
Soothsayer
March 26th, 2010
10:42 am
China: Closing for Business?
Nearly a decade after China’s entry into the World Trade Organization, many foreign companies say the warm reception they once received has turned frosty. While China can still be highly profitable, some question how long that will last as Beijing changes the rules to give a lift to its domestic companies, especially state-owned enterprises. A new government procurement program known as “indigenous innovation” features rules favoring local firms: It could block sales worth billions of dollars a year, says Joerg Wuttke, director of the European Union Chamber of Commerce in China. Beijing has written strict standards for everything from cell phones to cars, often couching them in a way that gives an advantage to domestic producers. A recently revised patent law could force foreign companies to hand over key technologies to Chinese bureaucrats. And anti-monopoly regulations have been used to limit foreign access to sectors such as construction machinery and energy. “They have moved away from a level playing field to benefit their own companies,” says Wuttke. Multinationals “are seeing the golden China opportunity become a mirage,” says the China government relations chief of a major tech supplier, who would not be named for fear of reprisals.
Gandalf, the White
March 26th, 2010
10:42 am
Peadawg…like what Barry and Joe Biden do? I think I understand now!
Alice's Medicine Cabinet
March 26th, 2010
10:42 am
“endangered feces”.
Just don’t go messin’ with the cow paddies. We need them.
Peadawg
March 26th, 2010
10:42 am
“Perhaps the states should work on that and quit whining for the Fed to bail them out”
Well hell, they’re bailing everybody else out!