LOL! Obviously Bush flies over Ohio! Putz!

Now watch this drive.

When Bush says something like that, be scared. Be very scared. Especially when there is so much news of bankruptcies, foreclosures and layoffs. The BLS (bullshit) statistics bear the mark of a fox counting your chickens.

Evidence: the dollar recovering from Euro

Oil and gas and other commodities are dropping in price, housing sales are up, the dollar is improving against the Yen and Euro, and FWTHOM is making money in the stock market.

I hope he's right cause I need a job and I blame NAFTA!

Bush is from Texas. I live in Ohio. I see all the houses for sale, steel mills rusting, people losing their jobs and less jobs every day. Winter is coming which means a lot of seasonal jobs are done! Long cold winter coming soon. More jobs heading south.

NAFTA crushed this state.

"Bush is from Texas. "

Bush is from Connecticut.
He's a Yalie.

If W said so, you can take it to the bank.

Evidence: the dollar recovering from Euro

#4 | Posted by takitez

It means nothing. Both the dollar and the euro are inflated currencies. They lose value back and forth as they head into the pit of nothingness.

The one-man bankruptcy wave is touting the economy? Bwahahahaha

Bush is from Texas. I live in Ohio. I see all the houses for sale, steel mills rusting, people losing their jobs and less jobs every day. Winter is coming which means a lot of seasonal jobs are done! Long cold winter coming soon. More jobs heading south.

Say what you will about us backward, toothless, black hating, wife beating republican rednecks in the south, but your jobs are not moving all the way south.

A lot of them are moving to the southern united states where it's A. Not so fucking cold B. Cheaper cost of living (we all live in trailer parks, you know) and C. Lots of "imported labor".

Development in Charleston and Columbia, SC has taken a hit, but we're a resolute bunch.

There is a new neighborhood going up in Charleston right now that is being built on 100% "Green" technology.

BMW is expanding in Greenville-Spartanburg.

Nan-Ya plastics in Lake City (small town) is still in one of its various phases of construction.

Technology and Research companies are moving to the area. Venture Capitalist groups are bringing in money to the state and creating jobs.

The company I work for has been busy as hell for the past 9 months. Our usual slow down doesn't seem to be coming anytime soon. We're in a niche market. The "green" movement is getting bigger and we're right in the thick of the energy recovery market.

That doesn't mean that things are all rosey though. There's 10 or so houses that have been on the market since 2006 that have yet to be sold. There are still some folks who are struggling. A lot of people in this community have donated a great deal of their time to collect food and clothing for the winter months. Fortunately it doesn't get mind numbingly cold here.

The prices are coming down on houses and I, for the first time, am considering buying one. 56K will buy me a nice 3 bedroom with hardwood floors, 8 ft ceilings and a gigantic backyard. All in a great neighborhood around the corner from my brother and his wife.

We still have a long way to go to make sure people are able to raise their families and live their lives in security in this country, but things are not all doom and gloom.

Ax, my father just a huge brick home with 2+ acers for cheap in Columbia. Might be headed there myself. Except for all the rednecks;-)

I don't mind the rednecks it's the humidity that bugs the crap outta me otherwise I'd be in the South myself though they do talk really funny. I understand Mexicans better than some of y'all.

Does this trust fund frat boy ever take off his rose-colored glasses?

"Might be headed there myself"

YEAH!

Except for the fact that upstate SC is some of the ugliest country in the USA!

The girls however, they grow nice!

Best brace yourself for one hell of a culture shock --- there is none!

My $600 rebate has exactly cancelled an otherwise gloomy picture. Of course when the rebate on borrowed money has to be repaid I'll be long gone.

Fuck Everyone.

Yours truly,

GWB

I lied about WMD's, I lied about torture, I lied about spying, I lied about my past,I lied about Mission Accomplised I lied about lying, at least the economy is good!

Tell it to the owners of the houses all over my town who can't sell and can't move because they can't sell. Tell it to the businesses in my town that have closed in the past two years. Aw hell - forget it. Just shut up and sit down, Georgie. It's almost time for your show to be OVER. You sure tried your best, but you haven't QUITE destroyed our country completely. Yet.

Is it January yet?

Bush is from Texas. I live in Ohio. I see all the houses for sale, steel mills rusting, people losing their jobs and less jobs every day. Winter is coming which means a lot of seasonal jobs are done! Long cold winter coming soon. More jobs heading south.

NAFTA crushed this state.

Posted by Unclesam

Maybe you should get rid of the Democrats in your state. Pittsburgh has many of the same problems and this city and state are loaded with Dem's.

""There is an understandable concern about the high price of gas and food. And many Americans are worried about the health of our housing and job markets. I share these concerns about our economy."

Do we suppose that even one (1) little bitty time in 8 years he has cared about something other than his self-interest ?

And this is going to be a close election with his clone pulling out all of the stops to give us more of the same ?

UNCLESAM,

The democrats ruined Ohio and Michigan. Look at that clown Dennis Kucinich. Vote them out or move out. Don't move to Texas though because if enough of you blue dogs move here with your poor toilette training you will stink this place up as bad as the rust belt. Arf Arf.

Actually, I believe Bush this time, because there is one undeniable sign that things are about to get better:

He's leaving office!

Buy gold.

You mean, "Buy gold, please. I've had my ass handed to me in the last 2 weeks"

Palin..... Palin hits hard as I would vote for her before McCain.

She reminds me of my friends wife. Don't mess with her or she will mess you up.

Palin, a straight shooting honest women which is rarely seen in the arena. How lucky McCain is to pick her even though she disagrees with some of his politics.... LOL!

Go Palin! kwip Obama!

Bush meant all his friends were doing great. How about the rest of us:

You mean, "Buy gold, please. I've had my ass handed to me in the last 2 weeks"

#25 | Posted by Jomama

This has always been a volatile market. You buy gold and silver and take possession and hold for five years or more. This recent dip has brought bargain hunters out in droves, including me. Supplies are drying up and it won't be long before you can't buy silver and gold at any price.

The Feds show every inclination towards driving the dollar down to near nothing. What are you going to do when your stocks, bonds, savings, pensions are worthless? That can't happen with silver and gold.

I live in Ohio. I see all the houses for sale, steel mills rusting, people losing their jobs and less jobs every day.

#7 | Posted by Unclesam

I have one word for you ace. "MOVE" Where you live has been the rust belt for a long time now. Way before the first Bush took office.

Palin, a straight shooting honest women which is rarely seen in the arena

What a JOKE!

Best brace yourself for one hell of a culture shock --- there is none!

No culture, hence, no culture shock. Unless shit like career alcoholism, wife beating, NASCAR and watching them tear down the Pavillion you consider enlightening.

Oh, well, there's always the closed textile mills to drool over. The rebel flag out front the state house. Finding a passed-out drunk in his pickup in the ditch in front of my home, shit like that.

What culture?

Ray is right on buying precious metals. they will always hold value. Currencies can be devalued to noting but gold may rise and fall but will always hold value

The democrats ruined Ohio and Michigan. Look at that clown Dennis Kucinich. Vote them out or move out. Don't move to Texas though because if enough of you blue dogs move here with your poor toilette training you will stink this place up as bad as the rust belt. Arf Arf.

#22 | Posted by fwthom

texas info

* Percentage of Uninsured Children

1st

* Income Inequality Between the Rich and the Poor

2nd

* Percentage of Population without Health Insurance

1st

* Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) Scores

47th

* Percentage of Population over 25 with a High School Diploma

50th

* Percentage of Non-Elderly Women with Health Insurance

50th

* Rate of Women Aged 40+ Who Receive Mammograms

44th

* Rate of Women Aged 18+ Who Receive Pap Smears

47th

* Cervical Cancer Rate

5th

* Women's Voter Registration

43rd

* Women's Voter Turnout

49th

* Percentage of Eligible Voters that Vote

44th

Texas sounds wonderful if you are a jackass

Bush: Economy on the Upswing
Either a liar, or deluded.
Neocons may dissemble....now.

One-Fifth the population of the state of Michigan not only qualifies for but receives taxpayer funded handouts? A 75% jump in food stamp payments? All during Jennifer Granholm's tenure in office. While taxes skyrocket via the largest tax increase in Michigan history and the only tax cuts anyone sees come with a "must stage pro-Granholm presser" proviso.

Love them dems

Lansing insider publication MIRS is reporting that state deposits onto Michigan residents' "Bridge Cards" (think food stamps) has jumped 75 percent since Jennifer Granholm first took office. Last year taxpayers shelled out $1.4 BILLION in what is essentially free cash for those on the welfare rolls. Last year we also set a new record, supplying payments to a staggering 1.2 MILLION people. That's one in every eight Michiganders. 44 percent higher than Granholm's first year in office back in 2003.

CABO

You prove you know nothing.

You've obviously not heard of the massive loss of jobs in Michigan the last few years?

Conservadonia(TM) - where all is rainbows and sunshine

CABO

You prove you know nothing

That hurts.

Dem in charge, must be her fault. Isnt that what you say of republicans?

You cant have it both ways princess.

Why hasn't she turned the economy around in her time in office?

AU,

Some of Michigan's economic problems are tied-in with the Big 3 being in so much trouble. It's unfair to blame that on any governor.

That said, Michigan is a very expensive state to run a business. High corporate taxes coupled with no right-to-work laws and a very big union presence. Add it all up and it's extremely difficult to attract big-business players into Michigan.

Fair or not - Granholm is out of here if things don't begin to turn around in Michigan.

All she has done is raise taxes and give it to the scumbags.

Yep, Michigan is expensive because the corporations can't run rough over the workers.

Yep, Michigan is expensive because the corporations can't run rough over the workers.

#42 | Posted by moneywar at 2008-09-01 07:04 PM

WHAT ????

The unions killed the auto industry. You reap what you sew.

Michigan is expensive because the corporations can't run rough over the workers.

With the net-result being:

A single state recession during a period of huge economic boom.

Why hasn't she turned the economy around in her time in office?

#39 | Posted by cabo_vato

Because idiots using Mitt Romney's business model found it was cheaper to let Chinese build parts.

I doubt the CEO's of those firms took a pay cut.

Cabo,

That is disingenuous, at best.

You can't blame the unions for the Big-3 putting all of their R&D eggs into the SUV basket while, at the very same time, relegating the mid-size, family sedan to fleet work, and little more.

I can find blame for unions and do so, but the management and ownership of the Big-3 shoulder plenty of blame as well.

As a Michigan resident who has plenty of family and friends tied to Ford, it has been extremely painful to watch the revolutionary Taurus evolve into a rental car.

The newest iteration is a decent-enough model, but it's almost to the point of too-little too-late.

CABO

Big Three MANAGEMENT killed the auto industry. THEY made the decision, as JEFFJ says, to build SUV's people no longer want, while Honda, Toyota, and Nissan built a wide line of fuel efficient cars and overtook them.

The UAW workers showed up and built whatever management decided was coming out the end of a production line.

The unions killed the auto industry. You reap what you sew.

LOL!

It is fun laughing at such blantant stupidity for the sake of some blind corporate shill.

I can find blame for unions and do so, but the management and ownership of the Big-3 shoulder plenty of blame as well.

I agree Jeff. It's a fatal mix between high union wages and benefits, and a bad management culture. I doubt the big three will survive the coming Depression, at least in their current form. They've already gone to Washington begging for bailouts, but they won't do any good.

It is fun laughing at such blantant stupidity for the sake of some blind corporate shill.

#49 | Posted by moneywar at 2008-09-01 07:20 PM

AAAAAAAAWWWWWWW that hurts my feeling.

PS CABO

In this case the correct word would be "sow"

"Sew" is what you do with a piece of clothing.

I am glad the spelling and grammar nazis are out. You must be so proud of yourself, I am sure you have told all your friends (assuming you have any) how clever you are. I bet his has made your pathetic day.

his = this

I have a whole lot of friends.

My point, which you missed, was that your rightie rants aren't backed up well when you make such a blatant "error" twice in one post.

Just like when some Bushbot, after going on a tear about how "you don't know shit" then says, "Your such a moron" - making a self retorting retort instantly.

Now, please don't go 'nucular' on me "Bush: Economy on the Upswing"

As much as I yawn at spelling Nazi-ism, I do think it's important, when calling someone else an idiot, to spell all of your words correctly in such a post.

If not, it just lends itself to the 'self-retorting retort' tag(TM).

jeff,

You are a nazi also. This is what happens when you spend all day in the sun having a good time. Something you trolls would know nothing about.

Oh well, time to go BBQ and drink more beer.

Later trolls

Now, please don't go 'nucular' on me "Bush: Economy on the Upswing"

#55 | Posted by AMERICANUNITY

Those statistics are doctored to look good. The fundamentals are worse than ever. This is getting too close to election for the Feds to be publishing bad news. Notice how quiet things are now? It won't last.

"The unions killed the auto industry."

Would someone please buy that boy a history book?

Cabo,

This has nothing to do with Nazi-ism.

If you are going to call someone else an idiot, it's important to properly spell your words in the process.

It's really that simple.