BFD: "Incompetent" Black Man Leads US Economy to Solid, Sustained Growth

[sheshe2]

While John Boehner's Republican House is preparing to sue the President for doing his job, and the mainstream media's Left side is busy agreeing with Fox about how incompetent the black President is, the results of this President Obama's hard work insist on... happening: The economy grew at a strong 4% rate in the second quarter of 2014, outpacing analyst estimates by almost a full point.

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The news that is even more encouraging than the topline GDP growth number is where it came from: consumer spending, business investment, and exports. Consumer spending growth doubled since the first quarter, business investment growth grew by more than a factor of 3, and exports saw a near-20-point swing.

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We have come here in less than six short years after the greatest economic calamity this country has ever seen, save for one. We have arrived here not only without creating a war bubble but while actually deflating the war bubble by ending wars. We have come here while withering devastating obstructionism from one of the country's two major political parties. We have come here despite the media-Republican complex's best efforts to break the economy so that they could hurt the President.

This is because while nearly everyone else has been busy trying to generate clicks, the President has worked day and night to generate jobs. This is because while the media has been busy looking for poutrage, this president has used his blood, sweat and tears to look for solutions. This is because while an entire political party has been dedicated to destroying his presidency, this president has dedicated himself to rebuilding our country. This is because while the political and media establishments have focused their eyes on the ups and downs of meaningless polls, this president and his team have kept laser focus on lifting our economy.

http://www.thepeoplesview.net/main/2014/7/30/incompetent-black-man-leads-us-to-major-sustained-economic-growth-path

Bravo Mr President! Bravo! Despite the GOP trying to destroy every American and beat us all into submission, we are growing. And yes, that is a BFD!

[madokie]

1. Yes it is a big f*ing deal

so true the words

[Joe Magarac]

2. In other news, the chocolate ration has been raised to 20 grams n/t

[sheshe2]

3. That's cute....

and it means what?

[Puzzledtraveller]

4. that everything is more expensive?

[awoke_in_2003]

6. It is a 1984 reference...

and the way the public was brainwashed. The government cut the chocolate ration while at the same time proclaiming that they had raised it, and everybody believed it. So, the poster is inferring that we are brainwashed.

[sheshe2]

14. Thanks for the explanation, awoke_in_2003.

We are brainwashed, yup. That figures!

[conservaphobe]

10. Extremists always think they're being clever by hijacking Orwell,

but it has been done by every perpetually disgruntled psedudo-intellectual since his books went to print.

[freshwest]

41. My favorite quote: 'How paralyzingly dull, tedious and boring.'

Few know where that came from, and I won't tell them, because they would only go further to express their inner hostilities, as they are doing just what the speaker said about those trying to bully others.

Gawd, I hate what the rightwing and its handmaiden, the CT media, has done to good intentioned people, enslaving them with memes and telling them they are telling TheTruth© and there is no other out there. They are convinced that those who don't ascribe to their world view, which is the mindset of a cult, are the enemy to be disdained and insulted at every opportunity, as if that is going to save the world. It's a reactionary rightist technique, yet they don't get it.

Just repeating the memes until people think they have found an ultimate truth to pound others over the head with and commit to original thinking, is what that is. But that's not the way enlightenment works. All that the pound-ee will do is resist or flee, and the pound-er will continue or think they are the winner of the ultimate troll prize, silencing your opponent.

The human brain in free thinking mode exists in constant connectivity to all the spheres of life and experience, from philosophy to how to repair a car or hike in the wilds, with emotion, logic and knowledge that is neutral and not biased to the desire of the speaker, and then the ability to synthesize all of that to create things. FUD is used to stifle that and I do not respect the motives of those using it. To bully or degrade shuts off the paths to perception and true achievement.

Which I contend that can only be accessed by the willingness to love the person to whom one is listening, to take the journey with open eyes and open heart to learn what it is like to walk in their shoes to help one grasp how one is walking in one's own. That is the meaning of the word 'Namaste' and if that is accepted and given, one does not retreat from it. PBO is not given a chance by many who discuss him in terms that show they never thought about higher ideals or take them seriously, just saw them as sounds without the infinite use of those ideals. They deny human aspirations of which they could easily become a part and be fulfilled by.

Truth doesn't come from cynicism or bullying, nor the hyped up versions of it from media since they narrow human perception. Truth and dogma don't occupy the same place in any reality.

JMHO.

[babylonsister]

7. Difficult to dispute facts, so I see you didn't. nt

[sheshe2]

16. Luv ya bsis! eom

[William769]

5. Kick & recommended.

[billhicks76]

8. Incompetence?

He's incompetent in that he refuses to stand up against vested interests like banks, the Drug War/Surveillance Complex and the War Machine abroad. Wow...the bar sure has been lowered when measuring success.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

11. THE BLACK TAX IN FULL EFFECT!!

[sheshe2]

19. In many ways it goes along hand and hand with women, Liberal_Stalwart71

You work twice as hard for less money every single day. My opinion, we are the two least respected groups in the workforce.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

45. I'm a woman too, and was always taught that by my parents.

[conservaphobe]

12. The bar has been raised and we all know why. nt

[billhicks76]

13. Yes But

Dont let that distract you from the absolute fact that this President embraces working with conservatives and shuns Progressives. Don't be played. It's business as usual. No one is arguing how awful republicans are. I'm just saying that his actions resemble them not us.

[kelliekat44]

20. He is still the President of the entire nation. We begin to sound like the GOP when

We complain about a President working with the Congress and trying to work with the financial power structure that keeps the nation going. He is a pragmatic leader whom many on the left seem to want him to be the dictator he is accused of being by the opposition. He can't win no matter what he does or does not do. The man is trying his best to lead a divided and powerful nation with a wide range of diverse interests and needs. The bar for this President has indeed been raised to historically unprecedented levels...and mainly by those who don't even measure up to his shoe laces.

[billhicks76]

24. Business As Usual

He campaigned against it and then broke every promise he made. Don't give me this "poor Obama...the republicans might filibuster". Then freakin let them. Obama never used to bully pulpit to take his case to the American people. Why do you think that is? He never voiced it like Reagan did. He didn't try because he didn't want to. It's all charades. The guy is fighting TOOTH AND NAIL to keep NSA from being reformed, to keep banks from being prosecuted, from holding Bush/Cheney accountable and to keep and recreational marijuana from being legalized. Ive seen some crazy rationalizations of Israel supporters justifying killing kids in Gaza. I couldn't grasp how they could eloquently weave such faulty arguments but they did. And it seems as if we do to. I didn't want to believe Obama betrayed us or won't fight for us but those who support him do because they believe what they want to believe...that he is working for us. Good luck with that.

[sheshe2]

25. Damn! You said it all!

Thank you, kelliekat44!

[sheshe2]

17. Give me a break, I need to puke here....

You throw out talking points and that is all you have. Incompetent Incompetent Incompetent Incompetent Incompetent Incompetent Incompetent Incompetent Incompetent Incompetent Incompetent Incompetent Incompetent Incompetent Incompetent Incompetent.

Wow, sounds a lot like faux news. Really? The War Machine? What is that exactly? The Drug War? Explain in detail.

[billhicks76]

18. Really?

You're giving yourself a break so I don't need to. Some of us see the reality of the world in person. Rearguing Obamas flip flops and kissing republicans feet especially military contractors, banksters, NSA and unethical law enforcement corrupted by drug war dollars doesn't need to be rehashed here again. The general consensus has been that we were sold up the river by another business as usual politician. So he's not Rush Limbaugh. Big deal. That had nothing to do with what we voted for.

[sheshe2]

23. More puking here.

"The general consensus has been that we were sold up the river by another business as usual politician. So he's not Rush Limbaugh. Big deal. That had nothing to do with what we voted for."

The general consensus? The general consensus has been that we were sold up the river? Really? Who's consensus, faux news!? LOL!

You have the guts to bring in RL into the equation. WTF! So he's not RL, Big Deal! What exactly were you expecting with President Obama's term? Hmmm? Unicorns



Nope, dreams....they don't exist yet hard work does.

We don't always get our ponies~

[billhicks76]

28. Good Luck With That

Yes. That had been the view here. Utter disappointment. Trying to equate us with Fox News to try and bolster your argument with false dichotomy guilt by association tactics should be beneath any of us. You will never convince me to buy into your perspective.
And yes this was rehashed for years here. I'd say about 75% of those here felt Obama betrayed us. How many promises broken do you need? It's been settled. Go shill for Mr Brennan if you're so adamant. Maybe a proNSA or advocation of attacking Syria editorial by funding extremists. I don't measure success by who someone is not but by who they are. I'd recommend that for ones personal life as well. Enjoy your memes and unicorn fantasies. Like I said some of us live in the real world where there are real world consequences.
And Our system is so corrupt at this point it's going to take a groundswell from the grass roots and not from smokey backslapping back rooms, self-congratulatory cocktail parties or Internet commenting for that matter. I just saw a photo on DU today of a very young Bill Clinton drinking a beer with Bush Sr and George Walkace circa '78-82' and it said it all to me. It's one big club and certain players are manipulating the process. Our JFK Jrs, Paul Wellstones, Alan Grayson's and Russ Feingold's get sidelined not because they can't win but because they are pushed down.
I know Obama could easily have taken his case to the people to at least look like he was trying but he never did. For someone who sounds like a teenage girl gushing over him he sure did decide not to embrace his bully pulpit tactics. NSA is bipartisan as is drug war reform and he's going to still tow the line for those agencies ? We live in different worlds.

[sheshe2]

31. First thing Bill,

It would be polite to put spaces between your paragraphs. You make your posts very hard to read.


So...

Yes. That had been the view here. Utter disappointment. Trying to equate us with Fox News to try and bolster your argument with false dichotomy guilt by association tactics should be beneath any of us. You will never convince me to buy into your perspective.

You are the one that brought Rush on board not I. So why did you do that?

For someone who sounds like a teenage girl gushing over him he sure did decide not to embrace his bully pulpit tactics. NSA is bipartisan as us drug war reform and he's going to still tow the line for those agencies ? We live in different worlds.

OMFG! You went there!!!! WTF! I sound like a teenage girl gushing over Obama! I posted an OP about the economy and I am a gushing teenage girl? Seriously? We don't understand the economy? We as women are to stupid to understand these complex matters?

Of all the misogynistic crap that comes to DU, you won the prize! Congratulations! When women speak about the economy, post an effing thread on the economy, you, Bill tell me I am a gushing teenage girl. That is the the most disgusting post I have ever read on DU. You make me sick and you make DU suck.

[billhicks76]

32. That Makes No Sense

I said Obama gushes over Reagan.

[billhicks76]

33. And I Put Spaces In My Edit

It doesn't translate. Take a deep breath. And you assume I'm a man? This isn't about gender. Read closely. I said Obama gushes over Reagan which makes it bemusing he doesn't use the bully pulpit. The bully pulpit means going on TV and taking whatever case you have to the People and around Congress. You can apologize now.

[sheshe2]

34. Am I of sound mind!?

Excuse me!?

[billhicks76]

35. I'm Stepping Out Of This

I wanted to discuss issues not get personal. I have nothing against you. Please don't throw around serious but baseless charges just because you didn't read something correctly and doing it very loudly, insultingly and vitriolically. I said he referring to Obama not you. Read it please. This is just being disruptive for no reason I can think of.

[sheshe2]

37. Am I of sound mind!?

Excuse me!?

You deleted this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This is what you posted! Yet were you the one that alerted on me?????? Your posts have been disgusting in this thread.

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Post 32...did you change that after the alert fail?

REASON FOR ALERT
First thing Bill,
> > > http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5325461
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> > > This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate.
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> > > ALERTER'S COMMENTS
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> > > This poster is being rude. I hesitated flagging it but misogyny is a serious charge. She misread. I said Obama gushes over Reagan so why not use his tactics.
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> > > You served on a randomly-selected Jury of DU members which reviewed this post. The review was completed at Fri Aug 1, 2014, 11:19 PM, and the Jury voted 3-4 to LEAVE IT.
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> > > Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
> > > Explanation: No explanation given
> > > Juror #2 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
> > > Explanation: You said, and I quote: "For someone who sounds like a teenage girl gushing over him he sure did decide not to embrace his bully pulpit tactics." And she is rude? Given your follow up post, you are the one making nasty, personal attacks and it is kind of tacky to respond TWICE, then alert
> > > Juror #3 voted to HIDE IT
> > > Explanation: No explanation given
> > > Juror #4 voted to HIDE IT
> > > Explanation: Oh the fauxrage from the poster. sheshe2 attacks and then hides behind her gender to escape a fair reply. What a coward. What a PC spewing coward. Hide it.
> > > Juror #5 voted to HIDE IT
> > > Explanation: I'm getting sick of ones like this one that fling round accusations of misogyny like it's going out of fashion.
> > > Juror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
> > > Explanation: No explanation given
> > > Juror #7 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE
> > > Explanation: billhicks76 - If you are the alerter, you did, in fact, write "For someone who sounds like a teenage girl gushing over him he sure did decide not to embrace his bully pulpit tactics." It is directly above sheshe2's post right here. Geesh.
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> > > Thank you very much for participating in our Jury system, and we hope you will be able to participate again in the future.

[JDPriestly]

22. True, but the economy is improving. The numbers are terrific.

Credit where credit is due, and blame where blame is due. None of us is perfect, but we should all be reminded to keep trying to be.

[conservaphobe]

9. K&R for positive news. nt

[Rex]

15. He has made it obvious that he CAN go it alone if Congress wants to behave like 2 year olds.

With apologies to parents, no doubt your 2 year old is far smarter than the average Congress critter.

[sheshe2]

26. Yes he has!

And 2 year olds are indeed smarter than our congress critters.

Thanks, Rex.

[JDPriestly]

21. K&R. The numbers are impressive. Really impressive.

But we still don't feel it that much on Main Street.

Obama is doing well though. Now if we can just get corporations to pay their share of taxes and raise wages.

[MannyGoldstein]

27. The 1% have seen their fortunes soar under Obama

Jamie, Lloyd, and the other "shrewd businessmen" have never done better. Ever.

The 99%? A disaster.

[sheshe2]

29. I appreciate your caring about the 99% Manny.

As you have posted on this board, you are damn close to the 1% range. You posted that to ProSense, I read it, and no I have no link.

So you are correct you are doing well. Please don't dis the rest of us that suffer.

[MannyGoldstein]

30. I get it: our President isn't *allowed* to side with the 99% because he's wealthy.

Your thinking here explains much.

So how does this work exactly? Is one supposed to only side with people, say, at one's income bracket or above? Should that be adjusted for local cost of living? And how do assets figure into the picture? Or is it just income? I'd appreciate some sort of formula so I'll know whose side to take.

So FDR was, indeed, a traitor to his class! Elizabeth Warren too.

[IronLionZion]

40. You can always donate more to charity

#thirdwaymanny

or direct your anger towards get out the vote efforts for the upcoming election.

[Major Hogwash]

39. The rest of us . . .

It's a fact that all boats have been lifted over the last 6 years, which is what John Kerry was referring to clear back in 2004!!!
I was on his board and wholeheartedly agreed with his economic plan back then to recover from the Bush fiasco-in-the-making.

[winter is coming]

43. "It's a fact that all boats have been lifted over the last 6 years" <<<------ UTTER BULLSHIT.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025305549

[Major Hogwash]

44. You have to come aboard sometime.

During Obama's tenure in office over 19 million jobs have been created.
50 straight months of job growth.

[winter is coming]

46. And still a lot of unemployed and underemployed. Are those boats rising?

Or are those people who no longer even have boats?

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/17/us-usa-economy-poverty-idUSBRE98G0PN20130917

[unblock]

36. "greatest economic calamity this country has ever seen, save for one"? WRONG

the "great recession" is the greatest economic calamity this country has seen *since* the one the article is alluding to.

this country faced several depressions and panics prior to the great depression that were undoubtedly worse than the "great recession". heck we're not even *calling* it a depression.

[napkinz]

38. Imagine if a we had a Republican president the past six years ... the media would be calling it

... Morning In America II

[Enrique]

42. GDP was NEGATIVE the previous quarter

so in this guy's view, ONE quarter in a row is "sustained, solid growth".

And when he brings Obama's race into it, Spandan is the one that is racist, just like Bill Maher is when he makes his racial comments a lot of liberals love so much. I guess he thinks the black guy can't get support on his own accomplishments, he needs the absurd aggressive propaganda to help out.