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Anything else I missed?
– Jay Bookman
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Orange 12
August 3rd, 2012
10:18 pm
Mixed signals on the jobs report this time around,
Hootinanny Yum Yum
August 3rd, 2012
10:21 pm
Would it make a difference?
Shine
August 3rd, 2012
10:22 pm
Mitt Romney released his tax records. He is broke and paid 75% income tax rate.
Orange 12
August 3rd, 2012
10:24 pm
A little hard to understand why the amount of new jobs came out at 160 some odd k but unemployment rises to 8.3.
Hootinanny Yum Yum
August 3rd, 2012
10:24 pm
Glad to have you back on dry land…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L-2Of9aznxg
Orange 12
August 3rd, 2012
10:25 pm
Oh yeah – First!!!
Orange 12
August 3rd, 2012
10:26 pm
Jay, did you have any luck?
Patrick
August 3rd, 2012
10:28 pm
Welcome back Jay!
Things are really boring around here when you gone!
Patrick
August 3rd, 2012
10:31 pm
Oh yeah–please scratch Chik-Fil-A off your restaurant list–we’ll explain why later. It gets a little complicated…
oldguy
August 3rd, 2012
10:37 pm
Jay,
Ever get the feeling that the voters have had enough with new taxes?!?
Chris Sanchez
August 3rd, 2012
10:43 pm
T-SPLOST failed, unemployment rises, Bush blamed for both.
Jake
August 3rd, 2012
10:56 pm
Governor says there won’t be a T-SPLOST II, he is going to be “The Decider”.
Don't Tread
August 3rd, 2012
10:57 pm
The Left’s latest attempted end-run around the Constitution went down in flames too. 51 Senators told 0bama and Hitlary to take their gun ban treaty and shove it. Oh, and Chick-Fil-A had a record sales day despite the Left’s attempts to demonize it for daring to disagree with them. The chicken was good too.
It was a good week. When’s your next vacation?
gadem
August 3rd, 2012
10:58 pm
Glad to have you back Jay…its not the same when you are gone. We had to stay at the crazy Uncles house (Wingfield) and talk with his friends and family. I honestly thought we were going to have a shortage of tin foil hats….geesh!
TGT
August 3rd, 2012
11:03 pm
Back just in time for this: http://news.yahoo.com/clint-eastwood-endorsing-romneys-presidential-bid-234505229.html
Clint Eastwood endorses Romney. That means we have “Dirty Harry” while the dems are stuck with “Dingy Harry.” I like our chances.
Midori
August 3rd, 2012
11:08 pm
of course Clint endorses Romney. Didn’t you hear what the porn star said?
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
August 3rd, 2012
11:09 pm
For Jay
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YNsZLtzF18
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
August 3rd, 2012
11:12 pm
For Midori
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exLbXsTJypI
TGT
August 3rd, 2012
11:17 pm
Didn’t you hear what the porn star said?
It’s almost always about sex with you libs isn’t it? How’d that “kiss-in” work out for ya?
Midori
August 3rd, 2012
11:18 pm
Kammy
you were missed
Jack
August 4th, 2012
12:00 am
The Left’s latest attempted end-run around the Constitution went down in flames too. 51 Senators told 0bama and Hitlary to take their gun ban treaty and shove it. Oh, and Chick-Fil-A had a record sales day despite the Left’s attempts to demonize it for daring to disagree with them. The chicken was good too.
The CFA issue was never about freedom of speech or religion. It’s about them giving money to anti-gay/anti-same-sex-marriage groups. If you are a true friend of someone gay or supporter of same-sex marriage, you won’t spend another dollar at CFA.
CBSO
August 4th, 2012
12:35 am
Amazes me that people support assault weapons until it hits home. Also amazes me that Jack believes homosexuality equates to voting for a democrat. Talk about being gullible…JUST WOW
getalife
August 4th, 2012
1:21 am
No attacks, no collapses, leading medal count in the best reality show on television and the dow is up.
Our President’s first term is ending well.
getalife
August 4th, 2012
1:27 am
“people are not pitted against one another as who’s paying taxes and who isn’t.” Clint
In other words, Reid is right.
Tom Middleton
August 4th, 2012
4:55 am
While you were in the rapids, Jay, Mitt Romney said: “We ought to give whichever president is going to be elected at least 6 months to a year to get (his) policies in place.”
In other words according to Mitt, President Obama can only be credited for all the jobs GAINED during his administration — 4.5 million during 29 straight months of economic growth once his policies were in place – and not with all the jobs lost in the beginning that started under George W. Bush.
Thanks, Mitt, and may you also remember that President Obama has already created more jobs in the private sector during his few years in office than George and your supply-side economics did during all eight of his.
P.S. And with President Obama, we won’t have to wait up to a year for something to start happening. With a Congress that wants to help instead of obstruct, all we have to do is more of what we already know for sure works, not return to policies “on steroids” that we already know for sure WILL NOT!
Tom Middleton
August 4th, 2012
4:55 am
While you were in the rapids, Jay, Mitt Romney said: “We ought to give whichever president is going to be elected at least 6 months to a year to get (his) policies in place.”
In other words according to Mitt, President Obama can only be credited for all the jobs GAINED during his administration — 4.5 million during 29 straight months of economic growth once his policies were in place – and not with all the jobs lost in the beginning that started under George W. Bush.
Thanks, Mitt, and may you also remember that President Obama has already created more jobs in the private sector during his few years in office than George and your supply-side economics did during all eight of his.
P.S. And with President Obama, we won’t have to wait up to a year for something to start happening. With a Congress that wants to help instead of obstruct, all we have to do is more of what we already know for sure works, not return to policies “on steroids” that we already know for sure WILL NOT!
Tom Middleton
August 4th, 2012
5:13 am
Oh, and since the basic nature of our religious beliefs these days can be best shown by where we eat, I’m now eating at “Golden Rule Barbecue.” Maybe Mr. Cathy of Chick-Fil-A can swallow his pride and learn to do the same.
Road Scholar
August 4th, 2012
5:50 am
Welcome home! I hope the next few weeks aren’t filled with “fish” stories….like the conserves like to tell!
Gov. Deal is now a transportation planner! He’s going to pick our road projects and kicked the can down the road again on transit! As to the roads, he already was in appointing the chief GDOT planner; how will it change? Not holding my breath!
weetamoe
August 4th, 2012
6:05 am
Some fat old lady named Mrs Alt is stalking the Chik-fil-A guy.
G Mare
August 4th, 2012
7:06 am
Welcome home, Jay! It’s been a loooong 2 weeks.
larry
August 4th, 2012
7:33 am
Welcome Back , Jay!! Hope the trip was nice.
Its going to get lonely at Kyle’s once again.
Mitt still hasnt released his tax returns, and we all are going to have to kiss Nathan’s hind end if we want anything done with transportation in this state , Yayyyy!!!!.
And the President is pretty solidly ahead in all of the swing states.
Pizzaman
August 4th, 2012
7:37 am
Just Republicans being Republican.
larry
August 4th, 2012
7:37 am
And by looking at the Mall Of Georgia yesterday, back to school shopping is in full force and new stores are opening up.
Stores would not be opening up if there wasn’t any confidence in the economy.
A good sign.
Orange 12
August 4th, 2012
7:47 am
Obama weighs in on Tebow issue
http://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/msn/obama_jets_should_be_pretty_nervous_about_tebowsanchez_controversy/11362846
Give me a break. The country is going down in flames and Obama is trying to rationalize the Tim Tebow/New York Jets controversy.
man behind the curtain
August 4th, 2012
7:48 am
Do you feel that you’ve had a sabatical from politics and come back to the same ol’ same ol’? That is, nothing’s changed but you?
man behind the curtain
August 4th, 2012
7:53 am
“The country is going down in flames and Obama is trying to rationalize the Tim Tebow/New York Jets controversy.”
You mean you have believed all those crying “Wolf!” since January 21, 2009? Big O likes football. Get over it.
Jack
August 4th, 2012
8:00 am
For the record, the above Jack at 12:00AM ain’t me.
Jack
August 4th, 2012
8:04 am
It’s a good thing you’re back, Bookman. Your children had no place to play.
Vast Right Wing Conspiracy
August 4th, 2012
8:04 am
Wrong, again (right off the bat). Glorious defeat for tsplost – the people have spoken, and I believe this was one of those “bipartisan” efforts the Democrats speak so fondly of. Taxed enough already.
Liberal Pariah
August 4th, 2012
8:12 am
Liberals are still intolerant and bigoted when it comes to Judeo-Christian views, are still drinking the Obama Kool-Aid and miss Jay because his worldview is as warped as theirs. Same ole, same ole
the smaller the club,
August 4th, 2012
8:16 am
the bigger the party….something about this blog…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OS2EGp66Q98
welcome back Jay!!
Pizzaman
August 4th, 2012
8:20 am
Ok Repubs! Mitt says he’ll release his 2011 tax return when it’s prepared. I thought we all, including Mitt, had to prepare our 2011 return and file it by midnight April 17. So why does Mitt…………? Sorry. How Democratic of me. Mitt gets an “automatic” extension because? He’s rich? A Republican? A conservative? Has friend at the IRS? All of the above and more!?
nelson
August 4th, 2012
8:37 am
That is about it. There is a little drought, the Olympics, Iran has tested a new guidance system on its medium range missels, Romney is well on his way to becoming the next great president of the U.S.
U.S. gymnast Gabby Douglas wins gold; Bob Costas talks about race; viewers tweet rage over ‘Flying Squirrel’ nickname and monkey ad
August 4th, 2012
8:43 am
The #NBCFail hole just keeps getting deeper and deeper.
As Americans of all races, colors, and creeds buzzed with excitement about gold medal-winning U.S. gymnast Gabby Douglas’s amazing poise, artistry, and athleticism in the all-around competition on Thursday night, veteran NBC sports anchor Bob Costas rambled on about the 16-year-old athlete’s … race. She’s the fourth American woman and the first African-American gymnast to capture the title.
Some social media observers had choice words for Costas and his clumsy injection of social and political commentary:
http://twitchy.com/2012/08/03/u-s-gymnast-gabby-douglas-wins-gold-bob-costas-talks-about-race-viewers-tweet-rage-over-flying-squirrel-nickname-and-monkey-ad/
Obama/Biden 2012
August 4th, 2012
8:44 am
☆ 。☆。☆
★。＼｜／。★
Obama 4 MORE
–Deal with it TroIIs–
★。／｜＼。★
。☆。 。☆。
Don Abernethy
August 4th, 2012
8:54 am
Obama received foreign aid as a college student and had a different name??? Is this true??
Normal Free, Prp Human Rights Thug...And liking it!
August 4th, 2012
9:03 am
Jay,
I have a gift card to Red Lobster…interested?
Normal Free, Pro Human Rights Thug...And liking it!
August 4th, 2012
9:04 am
God, I’m hopeless typist
hsn
August 4th, 2012
9:05 am
Jay,
Welcome back. Most people knew TSPLOST was dead on arrival.
FYI.. Romney STILL refuses to release his tax returns (at least the last 5)…
What is he hiding?
hsn
August 4th, 2012
9:06 am
…AND oh one more thing… Andrea Sneiderman has been arrested….
the cat
August 4th, 2012
9:14 am
Most of us behaved. I heard there is a list somewhere of those needing to be shown the door.
Glad you are back!
One tem wonder!
August 4th, 2012
9:27 am
Obama is still flailing around as a miserable failure.
catlady
August 4th, 2012
9:34 am
It seems your absence even had an effect on Kyle’s blog.
Hope you had a great time!
It’s still hot as h3ll (but h3ll is less humid), the Olympics drag on, Romney still has foot-in-mouth disease, and this old world keeps turning.
ragnar danneskjold
August 4th, 2012
9:36 am
You didn’t write that column! Welcome back, hope you had a great vacation.
Recon 0311 2533
August 4th, 2012
9:50 am
Looks like Jay quickly put something up to stop the migration over to Kyle’s blog.
Orange 12
August 4th, 2012
9:51 am
Obama pushing to legalize 1000000+ illegal aliens. Must be some of that “hope and change” he campaigned on. More taxpayer money going to a cause we should not be paying for. Please Obama – run on your record. This election would be over in a hurry.
Tundra Dude
August 4th, 2012
9:55 am
Looks like Jay quickly put something up to stop the migration over to Kyle’s blog.
Imo, no danger of a permanent migration. That guy seems to be bereft of ideas…..
gay chickens…T-splost, more chicken, more splost, yawn….
Recon 0311 2533
August 4th, 2012
9:56 am
Shameful attempt by the Obama campaign to surpress the military vote.
http://spectator.org/blog/2012/08/03/sure-he-supports-the-troops
Daedalus
August 4th, 2012
9:56 am
Save the Deschutes River!
Drink Blitz.
Tundra Dude
August 4th, 2012
10:00 am
Anything else I missed?
– Jay Bookman
Wait till Monday. Rumor is, you’ve been replaced by “Jay Patel”, blogging from beautiful downtown Bangalore.
Normal Free, Pro Human Rights Thug...And liking it!
August 4th, 2012
10:12 am
Oh Sweet Haysus…The Am Spec??? Get real.
Clyde Frog
August 4th, 2012
10:12 am
“A little hard to understand why the amount of new jobs came out at 160 some odd k but unemployment rises to 8.3.”
People need 2 or 3 crappy part-time low-paying jobs to make a living replacing the one decent paying job they used to have. So it’s not a one-to-one ratio of jobs to employed people.
Clyde Frog
August 4th, 2012
10:15 am
Also, the unemployment rate is a complete crock manipulated to the advantage of the politicians, so take that “8.3%’ with a grain of salt. Real numbers are much higher, especially when you add back all the people that have lost their benefits and the people that are severely underemployed.
G Mare
August 4th, 2012
10:16 am
Pizzaman, you are allowed to file for extensions on your tax returns.
Brad Steel
August 4th, 2012
10:24 am
you missed the chik-fil-a-tor kiss-in.
Just saying..
August 4th, 2012
10:27 am
Kyle got 800+ posts yesterday. Guess your readers were getting itchy…
skipper
August 4th, 2012
10:27 am
Jay,
The attempted “kiss-in” was the sorriest attempt at promoting a cause in the history of the planet. Between that weak, sorry attempt and folks seeing clips of the “pride” (misuse of the word, for sure) parade that gets stuck on the news, these folks are doing more harm to their cause than a million Catheys could do. Friday, whether you believe in a cause or not, was absolutely pathetic.
Normal Free, Pro Human Rights Thug...And liking it!
August 4th, 2012
10:28 am
Brad Steel
August 4th, 2012
10:24 am
Seys who?
Morgan
August 4th, 2012
10:30 am
Ethanol had been a subsidized commodity for U.S. crop over production. Wonder how much ethanol will be produced when we start importing corn ?
Recon 0311 2533
August 4th, 2012
10:33 am
Real unemployment is around 15%. GDP is at 1.5%. A weak track record for a first term president seeking a second term. And the left wing chorus says but but it’s Bush’s fault.
Just saying..
August 4th, 2012
10:38 am
Recon 0311 2533
August 4th, 2012-10:33 am: Real unemployment is around 15%. GDP is at 1.5%. A weak track record for a first term president seeking a second term. And the left wing chorus says but but it’s Bush’s fault.
So what’s your view of when the Great Depression ended?
Normal Free, Pro Human Rights Thug...And liking it!
August 4th, 2012
10:38 am
Recon 0311 2533
August 4th, 2012
10:33 am
All the whining in the world doesn’t change the fact that the Bush policies did cause the collapse. Admit it and get your leaders to help fix it. Then there will be nothing to whine about from either side.
Are YOU registered to vote?
August 4th, 2012
10:50 am
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP6Mcvgdrtg
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
August 4th, 2012
10:51 am
All the whining in the world doesn’t change the fact that the Bush policies did cause the collapse.
To be fair, it wasn’t just Bush’s policies. It began with Reagan and continued through Bush the elder and Clinton.
ByteMe
August 4th, 2012
10:52 am
Welcome back, Jay. Hope your visit with nature was fruitful.
Nothing crucial happened that you didn’t expect. Y’know?
East Cobb RINO, Inc. (LLC)
August 4th, 2012
10:58 am
Jay, you missed Mitt Romney insult the British, the Polish, the Arabs, & the media while on an overseas trip to show off his diplomacy skills. Oh and while he was over there he raised lots of money with his friends from the LIBOR scandal.
Are YOU registered to vote?
August 4th, 2012
10:58 am
….you can register “Right Now”…..
http://sos.georgia.gov/elections/
Recon 0311 2533
August 4th, 2012
10:59 am
Normal,
Its not about whining, its about subjectivity verses objectivity. Objectively, no creditable unbiased economist places blame for the great recession solely at the feet of George W. Bush. There was deserved blame on the part of both political parties in government and blame on many in the private financial sector. Blaming Bush policies is simply subjective rhetoric that hasn’t resonated with voters for sometime. Objectively, the Obama administrations economic record does not reflect a sufficient recovery and in fact we’re now seeing a regressing economy. Can’t hide from the reality of today by distorting the reality of yesterday.
Thulsa Doom
August 4th, 2012
11:03 am
You missed Harry Reid making a fool of himself. Again.
ByteMe
August 4th, 2012
11:04 am
Objectively, the Obama administrations economic record does not reflect a sufficient recovery and in fact we’re now seeing a regressing economy
Objectively, no one expects a business expansion to last more than about 3 years without a recession. We’re due. The politicians are playing around with financial toys to keep the party going a little longer, but we’re still going to have a typical business cycle recession (as opposed to a debt supercycle depression) at some point in the next 12 months. Bank on it.
Michael
August 4th, 2012
11:09 am
Nathan Deal announced he wants to fire some Georgia state employees. It’s his contribution to the unemployment problem. Georgia also wants to cut some taxes as their contribution to the state funding problems.
Thulsa Doom
August 4th, 2012
11:12 am
“All the whining in the world doesn’t change the fact that the Bush policies did cause the collapse.”
The recession under W was caused by the housing meltdown. To say that the housing meltdown was the fault of one man or of only 1 of the 2 political parties is pure poppycock. The roots or beginning of the lax lending standards and govt coercion of lending to less qualified applicants goes all the way back to Bush 1.
And lets not forget. We’ve had recessions before- 7 of them I think just since WW2. This is the only one where the recovery has been so anemic. Typically the steeper the recession the stronger the recovery. Only under this president has that not been the trend. You can blame the recession of 07 and 08 on W. The anemic recovery? That’s all on Obama.
Oscar
August 4th, 2012
11:12 am
Harry Reid said the word on the street is that Mitt paid no taxes for ten years, a number of people have told him that, he said.
Romney denies it, said he has paid taxes every year.
Yawn.
Recon 0311 2533
August 4th, 2012
11:13 am
“but we’re still going to have a typical business cycle recession (as opposed to a debt supercycle depression) at some point in the next 12 months. Bank on it.”
Certainly don’t disagree with the strong possibility of recession within the next 12 months but it won’t be typical because we haven’t really recovered from the last one. A typical economic cycle recession is followed by several months of strong economic growth this has not been the case during this untypical weak recovery that is once again slipping.
Oscar
August 4th, 2012
11:19 am
Recon
____
Agree, this is definitely not a typical economic cycle recession. This is something much worse.
I think caused by combination of global competition – our jobs going to Asia – and technology reducing the number of people required in production.
Those basic causes will take time to work through. If ever.
ByteMe
August 4th, 2012
11:22 am
A typical economic cycle recession is followed by several months of strong economic growth this has not been the case during this untypical weak recovery that is once again slipping.
But we didn’t start with a typical economic recession, so expecting a strong economic recovery is faulty logic. However, the next recession will likely be followed by a typical recovery about 6 quarters later… unless the politicians figure out a way to screw it up.
My recommendation for the past year has been to wait until after the elections and then take away the punch bowl of unpaid-for tax cuts, let the recession happen, then we’ll be back in recovery just before the next election AND the deficit will start to come down in a hurry. But no one listens to me
Thulsa Doom
August 4th, 2012
11:28 am
“But we didn’t start with a typical economic recession, so expecting a strong economic recovery is faulty logic.”
How do you come to that conclusion? The overall economic climate was much more hospitable than say after the 81-82 recession where interest rates and inflation were in the double digits. Interest rates were near an all time low during this most recent recession and inflation was also in check. So upon what do you base this conclusion?
Jm-pass TSPLOST-oh well ATL is screwed
August 4th, 2012
11:28 am
You missed me harassing Kyle for a littany of bad predictions and opinions
Recon 0311 2533
August 4th, 2012
11:28 am
But no one listens to me
No one listens to me either but at least we can come on here and pretend that they do.
Bob Loblaw
August 4th, 2012
11:30 am
Jay! Republicans voted for “casino gambling for education”! Let’s start up a discussion about how terrible these VLT machines are. They’re like scratch off cards in electronic form. Players don’t play against the machine, they play against the motherboard at the GA Lottery. We need real, destination resort casinos if we’re going to expand gaming. No doubletalk!
USMC
August 4th, 2012
11:30 am
Welcome back Jay. I hope you enjoyed your much EARNED vacation.
You did miss Obama EMBARRASSING himself and the U.S. on the foreign stage in Poland…
Obama’s ‘Polish death camp’ gaffe
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/post/obamas-polish-death-camp-gaffe/2012/05/30/gJQAJcAw1U_blog.html
Oscar
August 4th, 2012
11:30 am
Recon
____
Same here.
Thulsa Doom
August 4th, 2012
11:32 am
“our jobs going to Asia – and technology reducing the number of people required in production.”
Oscar,
We’ve lost low end textile and low end mfg jobs to Asia but not much more. And that’s been going on for 30 years so its not a new phenomenon that all of a sudden hit in the last couple of years. As for technology replacing human jobs that’s been going on since the dawn of time and especially since the Industrial revolution. When the ice and milk delivery men lost their jobs due to automation did that slow down economic growth or employment? Nope. They just had to retrain and find new jobs in the new economic climate.
ByteMe
August 4th, 2012
11:33 am
The overall economic climate was much more hospitable than say after the 81-82 recession where interest rates and inflation were in the double digits
You are incorrect. Banks stopped lending during the 2008-2009 free-fall. That didn’t happen in 1981-82. When banks stop lending, the economy goes into a full-stop and then into reverse with the peddle on the gas. 81-82 was actually more like a typical recession, since the whole economy went from inflation to recession but the banks were functioning just fine, so when businesses needed money, money was available to them.
ByteMe
August 4th, 2012
11:33 am
No one listens to me either but at least we can come on here and pretend that they do.
Exactly!
USMC
August 4th, 2012
11:34 am
“Jm-pass TSPLOST-oh well ATL is screwed”
If you can’t simply synchronize the traffic lights you already have and/or manage MARTA/ mass transportation, what are you going to do with a Billion$ in tax money???
How about learning to walk before you run…
Hope you are enjoying FL, JM.
Oscar
August 4th, 2012
11:34 am
Thulsa Doom
_____
Ok. What is you theory.
ByteMe
August 4th, 2012
11:34 am
Jm: I woke up this morning to look out at a completely wave-less calm Gulf. Heaven.
Then I had to get in the car and go to work in a building with no windows….
Oscar
August 4th, 2012
11:36 am
ByteMe
____
They call that the progess of man.
Jm-pass TSPLOST-oh well ATL is screwed
August 4th, 2012
11:37 am
Usmc
Dude, totally agree lights and Marta need to be fixed, and yes, in an ideal world you’d say get your sh-t together before you get more money
But we don’t live in an ideal world
And most of the money wasn’t going to go to Marta operations anyway
But I hear you